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everybody's a winner

Eurovision Gets Timbalanded


It could be residual inspirational song ear-cheese from last week's American Idol finale, but on first listen I was pretty convinced that Dima Bilan's "Believe," which won the 2008 Eurovision song contest on Saturday night, was an amalgam of this country's Lite-FM staples of the past 12 years—the Enrique Iglesias opening, the bits of Lonestar's "Amazed" and Mariah Carey's various mid-'90s ballads that are strewn throughout. (Although the yoga-ish dancing is, uh, quite original.) Finding out that the recorded version of the track was produced by Timbaland was merely the icing on my "this song would not exist without the songs it is made up of" cake, and it should serve as an ominous sign that the iconic producer has moved on from simply ripping himself off to taking "inspiration" from the songs that his earliest productions provided a radio respite from. More »

9:00 AM on Tue May 27 2008
By Maura Johnston
268 views, 3 comments

Latest by n/a: Wow, that first song/performance is so incredibly horrible in every way that it makes me warm inside that such a thing could actually get both played and lauded on TV. more »

Language purists in France are très malheureuse with Sebastien Tellier because his Eurovision entrant, "Divine," has lyrics en Anglais, a move that was made in part because English-language songs have pretty much dominated the competition. Can't we smooth over any ruffled feathers by reminding the offended Francophiles that Tellier may sing in English, but he's proved his French bona fides via the employment of tasteful nudity? [Guardian]

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France To Send Known Breast Man To Eurovision Stage


So far, 30 of the 43 countries participating in next week's this spring's Eurovision Song Contest have made their song selections, and while we were going through the list one pick stood out: France is sending Sebastien Tellier, who will perform his song "Divine" (above). The track, which was produced by Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo, was reportedly selected in part because of Tellier's mastery of the "French touch"; no doubt that part of that "touch" comes from his fine grasp of artistic nudity, as seen in his Marlboro-Man-gone-wild album cover: More »

11:15 AM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Maura Johnston
320 views, 3 comments

Latest by MrStarhead: The politics of Eurovision are fascinating; the UK, France, and Germany will never win again because the Eastern European countries vote in a bloc against them, no matter how good their song may be. And that song was damn catchy. more »

the bird is the word

Ireland Enters Turkey In Eurovision Song Contest, Idolators' Grandparents Roll Over In Their Graves


Ireland, ancestral homeland of both of your Idolators, has decided on its entrant in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. (Eurovision being the annual extravaganza where every country on the planet, except for stuck-up isolationists the United States of America, selects a representatively kitschy pop tune to battle it out in front of a batshit huge television audience to be crowned the world's cheesiest/best song, former winners including the illustrious Abba, Finnish Gwar jockers Lordi, and Ms. Celine Dion.) And that entrant is... a talking turkey puppet that kinda sounds like Paul Lynde shouting over Eurodisco. Yes, singing TV star Dustin The Turkey will attempt to win the votes of hundreds of millions of viewers when he takes the stage in the Serbian capital of Belgrade this May during the Eurovision finals, but those of us not up on our Irish puppetry might be asking: just who is this bird representing Ireland's more than 4 million residents, not to mention all those expatriates around the world? More »

11:00 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Jess Harvell
906 views, 8 comments

Latest by JohnOO: @GrioirDoibin: Did someone mention Father Ted? more »

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Serbia Grabs Eurovision Crown In A Knock-Down, Drag-Out Battle

Serbia, in its first solo appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest, took home this year's prize during Saturday night's competition thanks to Marija Serifovic's Celine-gone-drag-king "Molitva," a big ballad that teeters on the line between completely sappy and sorta dirgey. (The Ukrainian gender-bending entry finished second.) While nine countries gave "Prayer" their best-in-competition votes, even the presence of a pan-flute solo couldn't stop this five-month-old from falling into a full-on drool. More »

12:50 PM on Mon May 14 2007
By mjohnston
185 views, 3 comments

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Will A Ukranian Drag Queen Step Into Lordi's Platform Shoes?

The finals for the annual Eurovision Song Contest are tomorrow night, and the current favorite to win it all is the Ukraine's entry, a bit of Europop-folk called "Dancing Lasha Tumbai." The song is by comedian Andriy Danylko, who performs under the alias Verka Serduchka, a lot of makeup, and a cloud of drag-fueled controversy; we're still fans of Serebro, but on grounds of pure absurdity, we're hoping Verka takes the big prize—especially now that Switzerland's homage to vampires and Meat Loaf has been eliminated. More »

11:00 AM on Fri May 11 2007
By mjohnston
1,814 views, 6 comments

Latest by Grizly: I am from Ukraine (icq 455 06 80) a lot of our people didn't want Verka to participate in Eurovision. and at some moment even Verka herself decided not to go to Finland (because the words from her song "russia more »

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Russia's Eurovision Entry Will Really Pump Up Our Workouts

This year's installment of Eurovision isn't until May, and tongues in the UK are already wagging about the country's entry possibly lip-syncing its way to Helsinki. (We're more scandalized by someone in the UK actually wanting to be represented by a band called "Scooch.") But thanks to Popjustice, we've become charmed by Russia's entry, which combines the schoolgirl-Sappho undertones of t.A.T.u., the chorus from "Oops! I Did It Again," the silly double-entendres of mid-period Warrant, and the synth-aided thump of Bon Jovi's "It's My Life"/"Have A Nice Day"-style anthems. And we haven't even mentioned the dance sequence, which will either inspire mass choreography breaking out around Russia or a lawsuit from Justin Timberlake. More »

4:43 PM on Tue Mar 20 2007
By mjohnston
1,778 views, 4 comments

Latest by BURR: @DJorn: Just to make it clear - It's called "Song #1" 'cause it's their debut single! - as simple as that! more »

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Finland's 2007 Eurovision Candidate Not Inspiring Much Of A Hard Rock Hallelujah

Those of you hoping that last year's Eurovision success of costumed metallers Lordi would usher in a new era of prosthetic-horn wearers representing Finland at the pan-European song contest are going to be somewhat disappointed: More »

2:30 PM on Mon Mar 5 2007
By mjohnston
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Morrissey Hoping To Add Class, Gloom To UK Eurovision Entry

The UK's showing in the annual Eurovision Song Contest has been rough lately, and one prominent singer from the country is ready to take action: More »

9:59 AM on Tue Jan 9 2007
By mjohnston
40 views, 4 comments