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Image description: Eurovision crowds in purple and turquoise lighting turned to a stage with a spotlight Following Saturday’s Grand Final, another Eurovision has come and gone. In what felt like the quickest grand final in recent memory, 26 countries competed for the glass microphone trophy, with Italy pulling up ahead of the jury-favourites Switzerland and […]
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Image description: Daði & Gagnamagnið performing on stage with a purple and blue background and sparkling lights Picture it now, and wipe a tear from your eye. Last year, Gay Christmas was cancelled. Due to go ahead in May 2020, the pandemic forced the 65th Eurovision Song Contest off our screens, and a microwave meal […]
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Image Description: characters Lars and Sigrit on stage in front of the Icelandic flag Like millions of other Eurovision enthusiasts, I felt my heart sink on March 18th – the day we heard that this year’s contest would no longer be going ahead. I hung my head as I cancelled my viewing party plans and […]
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Last Saturday 25 European countries (and Australia) came together to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. This year the UK’s contribution was “Joe and Jake”, two ex-contestants of reality singing competition The Voice who couldn’t even make it to Week 3. Disappointingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, the pair placed 24th, another […]
Continue ReadingJosh Brown: Conchita Wurst ‘Rise Like a Phoenix’ The ‘hotbed of sodomy’, as declared by Russian state TV, is this year’s unquestionable standout. Conchita Wurst is the drag alter-ego of ex-boyband member Thomas Neuwirth, although, as Eurovision approaches, Wurst has acquired the nickname ‘The Bearded Lady’. Austria’s Conchita has inspired comical reactions from Europe’s more conservative […]
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