Tag Archives: Eurovision

Written by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Diane Warren, Jade Ewen’s entry for the UK sounds more like a song justifiably cut from the second act of Wicked than the usual over the top Eurovision fare. Show queens will lurve it, of course.

Germany’s Eurovision entry is a Ricky Martin-ish big band/pop mashup featuring an orchestra led by German house DJ Alex Christensen. Vocals are by openly gay California-born Oscar Loya, a first generation Mexican-American who resides in Munich. Eurovision doesn’t care much about the contestants’ actual nationality. After all, Celine Dion won for Switzerland in 1988.

Azerbeijan’s Eurovision entry totally reminds me of late ’80s Miami freestyle – sort of Johnny O & Cynthia go to Baku. Power 96, represent!

I’m going to post a few of my favorite Eurovision entries over the next few days. Let’s start with Sweden’s startlingly drag queen-ish Malena Ernman, a mezzo-soprano who regularly performs in Europe’s most vaunted opera houses. As my buddy Troubled Diva says, THIS is camp – the dancing gay boys, the disco beat, those higha-than-Mariah notes! The last note literally …

Gay fans traveling to the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow this weekend are being warned that extremists are planning to “roam the streets” of the city looking for homosexuals to assault. Via the Guardian UK: [T]here is now a distinct possibility that Russian nationalists and neo-Nazis will once again beat up gay demonstrators – as well as visiting Eurovision fans …

Russian gay activists have asked contestants at this weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest to boycott the finals if Moscow police attempt to interfere with the gay pride parade on that day. The lead singer of the Netherlands’ entry, The Toppers, is the first to agree. Dutch singer Gordon has said he will boycott the Eurovision Song Contest if Moscow police use …

Although they’ll surely be rejected, next week a lesbian couple in Moscow will attempt to get a marriage license. Public relations worker Irina Fyet, 31, and her partner of the same age will apply for a marriage license at a register office on May 12 in Moscow, a city where mayor Yuri Luzhkov once described gay pride marches as “satanic.” …

LGBT activists in Moscow have shrewdly rescheduled this year’s pride events to coincide to that city’s hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest, guaranteeing them a global stage should the Russian government follow through on its promise to once again ban their celebration. Activists said they would ask contestants to support gay rights by wearing lapel pins onstage on May 16, …

Gay pride organizers in Moscow remained defiant even after their mayor used a Eurovision ceremony yesterday to warn homosexuals to stay off the streets during the famously loved-by-gays song contest. The Mayor of Moscow has used a Eurovision Song Contest ceremony to warn gay people visiting the city for the event next year that they are not welcome on the …

Speaking at an AIDS conference of all things, the mayor of Moscow promised that he will continue to oppress Russian homosexuals. Speaking at an international conference on HIV/AIDS, Mayor Luzhkov said: “So-called democrats consider that sexual minorities can be the main indicator and main symbol of democracy, but we will in future continue to ban propaganda of the views of …

Even though gay rights marches have been banned there, Moscow authorities say that gay Eurovision fans will be safe when the city hosts the contest next year. Activists aren’t convinced. A leading Russian gay rights activist has accused the Moscow authorities of “pure hypocrisy” after an official gave assurances about the safety of gay people attending next year’s Eurovision Song …

The British embassy in Belgrade will issue a pamphlet of “advice” to gay fans heading to the Eurovision Song Contest in Serbia this month, after fears were raised that local fascists plan to attack homosexual attendees. The British Embassy in Belgrade is funding the production of an information leaflet for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people planning to visit the …

The president of Serbia has issued “a guarantee for the safety of delegations, press and fans” attending this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade. Concerns have been raised about possible violence from Serbia’s active fascist element, particularly against the many gay men that follow Eurovision so avidly. Last week a local fascist organization vowed in their newspaper to attack gays …

I remain mystified by Eurovision, the annual camp fest that captivates gay Europeans. Although I’m pleased that The Gays took first and second place, this year’s winner, the song by out lesbian Marija Serifovic, representing Serbia, was complete schlock ripped from the Jim Steinman/Celine Dion songbook. However, I am amused by the second place winner from Ukraine, a drag queen …