It's the sound of various performers and Eurovision fans descending upon the fair city of Athens for 7+ hours of music, mayhem, and camp.
Despite not being certain if TVE Internacional is carrying Eurovision this year (and they'd better--I can justify paying for QTN, but TVE-I will be vetted intensely if they don't), I'll be doing reviews/recaps of both the Qualifier and the Final Round as I did last year.
In order to avoid carpal tunnel (and for amusement purposes...okay mostly for amusement purposes), I'm going to be employing nicknames whenever possible. Here's a list.
The Qualifier
- Andre: The Unibrower (Why oh why did Armenian TV not go for the Cher & Colton Ford combination?)
- Anžej Dežan: Jazz Hands (Project Runway is over, so the whole "Slo-Nick" nickname holds little water now.)
- Polina Smolova: Po (If she's being lazy by shortening a song called "Mama" to "Ma," then I can do the same to her name...plus it's ironic gold, given the farce that are national finals in Belarus)
- Luiz Ejlli: The Twink (Need I explain why?)
- Kate Ryan: La Ryan (for camp value)
- Séverine Ferrer: Séverine (échoué) (Ah hell, I'll just call her Séverine.)
- Elena Risteska: Elenina Sky (If you've listened to "Move Ya Body" you know why.)
- Ich Troje: Punch Bowl Hair and The Princesses (Well that's what they look like!)
- Dima Bilan: The Mullet Twink (I'm not in any way shape or form trendy, but for pete's sake! Cut it off!)
- Sandra: Carola Jr.
- Hari Mata Hari: HMH (I was going to go for Hary Myler Hore, but he's a good egg.)
The Final
- Six4One: The International Union of Pretty Popsters or IUPP (I really have to give credit to the crew at OnEurope for this one.)
- Arsenium: Arse (It works on so many levels.)
- Fabrizio Faniello: A Twink Called Fab or just Fabbo.
- Anna Vissi: La Vissi (I wouldn't dare call her anything else.)
- Severina: Seve, aka Severina from the block
4 comments:
only if American Idol could be as good as far as quality, I think that non-viewers and viewers alike can take the show more seriously...I enjoyed the videos from the TV you have posted...they should hire you to be their PR
Do you have a name for Texas Lightning? I think I'm supporting a German win this year. That or Slovenia. And Germany's more likely!
The Teutonic Twang?
I'm holding out hope for Croatia myself.
Croatia!!!! Wooohooo! :)
Sorry...
"Arse" indeed works on so many many levels :)
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