Vebooboo: Ukraine is the land of the Orange Revolution, but I was super pleased to see the fashion gods followed the most sacred of staging rules — put a black woman in a white dress, and you’ve got a winner. From the first few seconds of today’s second rehearsal, Gaitana made it clear that she [...]
Wiwi: Gaitana is my sentimental favourite. Shortly after winning Ukraine’s national selection back in February, she had to deal with ugly comments from a right-wing politician who said she wasn’t an “organic” representative of the Ukraine because she’s half-Congolese. But she held her head high, gave a kick ass interview to WiwiBloggs.Com, and emerged as [...]
Since we last reviewed the odds to win the second semi-final at Eurovision 2012, little has changed at the top. Sweden, Serbia, Norway and Turkey have held on to the top four spots. Further down the bookies’ oddstable, however, competitors have been shuffling around like a man with ants in his pants. Recommend on Facebook [...]
Gaitana—Ukraine’s most famous singer of Congolese descent—has released the official video for her Eurovision entry “Be My Guest.” In a statement released this afternoon, her publicity team described the video as “inflammatory, vibrant and bright.” They went on to say that, through the video, Gaitaina “calls the whole world for friendship, by stirring the hearts [...]
Over the past month Gaitana has survived Ukraine’s national Eurovision selection—and racist slurs from a right-wing politician. Despite her busy schedule and the ongoing controversy, she recently took some time to speak with Wiwi Bloggs. In her first English-language interview, she discusses her Eurovision entry “Be My Guest,” her dream of creating a women’s high [...]
As part of Wiwi’s day job, he sometimes gets to write about Eurovision. As such, he recently interviewed Ukraine’s Gaitana, who has become embroiled in a high-profile war of words with a conservative politician. You can read the full story on TIME.com by clicking here, or you can read the cut-n-paste story below. The story [...]
The members of Wiwi’s Jury put on their tightest pants and headed to Kiev over the weekend to review Gaitana’s Eurovision 2012 song “Be My Guest.” The power ballad split the jury down the middle, resulting in a series of b*tch slaps, slurs and threats to post those nasty photos from last year’s Eurovision trip [...]
Given that Ukraine consistently places in the Top 5 at Eurovision, you’d think critics would think twice before questioning the nation’s Eurovision candidate. Well apparently the ultra-conservative Svoboda (Freedom) Party didn’t get the message. Senior member Yuriy Syrotyuk has publicly blasted Gaitana-Lurdes Essami—the nation’s only Congolese-Ukrainian celebrity and its contestant for Eurovision 2012. Sadly, his [...]
Gaitana—the only Afro-Ukrainian celebrity in her country—has just won the right to represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2012 with her song “Be My Guest.” Wiwi laughed out loud earlier this afternoon when he was on Twitter and @EurovisionByJaz tweeted that “a pair of boobs” had won Ukraine’s national selection. As these photos show, Gaitana is a [...]
Read the lyrics to Gaitana’s “Be My Guest”—Ukraine’s 2012 Eurovision contestant! Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
LOL. Anggun Cipta, France’s babe-a-licious Eurovision 2012 contestant, continues to lip-synch her way through Eurovision selection season. This afternoon the Indonesian-born beauty sang “Echo (You and I)” in Kyiv. Her beautifully re-mastered voice really stood out—and not just because the 21 acts that came before her were appalling! Her team is truly skilled at pressing [...]
January 23 marks Chinese and Vietnamese New Year. As such, Wiwi was on YouTube searching for videos—my procrastination knows no limits—and he came across a video of an amateur Vietnamese pop group getting down to Ruslana’s winning Eurovision song “Wild Dances.” This totally made him chuckle. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it [...]
Y’all remember Mika Newton—the blond bombshell who placed fourth at Eurovision 2011 by having a sand lady in the background? Well she’s about to drop a hot new video for her single “Don’t Dumb Me Down,” and her team have released a behind-the-scenes video for all y’all to enjoy. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers [...]
Svetlana Loboda’s provocative performance at Eurovision 2009 divided Europe, and her elaborate set forced her to re-mortgage her house. But since then Svetlana has recouped her losses, had a baby and filmed this glossy video for her song Na svete (In the Light). What do y’all think? Are you still impressed with the size of [...]
Ruslana, queen of Eurovision 2004, is everywhere. First Wiwi spots her music on the gymnastics floor. And now she’s back with a sexy new video for “Sha-la-la.” We’re big fans of the chroegraphed crowd sourcing at 2:30. You betta work, Ruslana! Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on [...]
If American gymnast Jordyn Wieber is any indicator, then Eurovision really has gone global. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
The only thing Wiwi and Vebooboo love more than a bad Eurovision cover is a really bad Eurovision cover. That’s how we got through last year’s Azeri national selection, and that’s why we’re constantly googling Russian diva Philip Kirkorov. Have you heard him sing Dana International’s ‘Diva’? O. M. G.! Recommend on Facebook Share with [...]
Watch Kristall’s official video of “Europe,” her entry at Junior Eurovision 2011. Lyrics follow the video. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
In the wake of Ukraine’s national final, Mika Newton made it clear that she didn’t want to sing “Angel” at Eurovision. But officials told her to suck it up—she won with that song, and she would perform with that song—and they promised to head back to the recording studio to revamp it. She got what [...]
At the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, Russia’s Dima Bilan and Ukraine’s Ani Lorak finished one-two. They may have duked it out on stage in Belgrade, but they’ve re-united on friendlier terms judging from this emotional duet of “Piu’ Che Puoi,” sung in Italian on Russian TV. Finally: some proof that ESC can bring people together [...]