Anyone got some smelling salts?
Readers, what I have just seen and heard may take some getting over. Sit down, move all sharp objects and hot drinks out of harm's way, and click below:
Cinema Bizarre are one of the 5 acts competing for the German ticket to Belgrade in May. And it's quite good. I'm stunned. It sounds contemporary, all those wee boys have nice costumes and make-up (plus one of them looks like Michelle Williams off of Dawson's Creek. Amazing.), and most importantly it's all really Euro-friendly. Lots of tATu-esque stuff going on, particularly in the chorus, which should certainly appeal to the Russian/Belarus vote. Of course, anything could happen on German national final night - February 6th - but I'm impressed by this offering.
It's worth checking out their Japanese-style website here. Juicy.
In other German news, the highly successful girl band No Angels are also going for the Euro ticket in Hamburg. It could be Monrose (a.k.a caterwauling disaster) mark II, but even I had heard of No Angels before now, and though falling someway short of the impact of tATu for Russia in 2003 this is big news. Watch this space.
PS I should highlight an error in my maiden posting of 2008. The Norwegian songs I mentioned are not even guaranteed finalists! Curses! They are taking part in the first of THREE darned semifinals, which is being aired TONIGHT. I suppose I should finish the job now that I've started, so if I can will myself I'll make mention of the other two semi-f's in due course.
Cinema Bizarre are one of the 5 acts competing for the German ticket to Belgrade in May. And it's quite good. I'm stunned. It sounds contemporary, all those wee boys have nice costumes and make-up (plus one of them looks like Michelle Williams off of Dawson's Creek. Amazing.), and most importantly it's all really Euro-friendly. Lots of tATu-esque stuff going on, particularly in the chorus, which should certainly appeal to the Russian/Belarus vote. Of course, anything could happen on German national final night - February 6th - but I'm impressed by this offering.
It's worth checking out their Japanese-style website here. Juicy.
In other German news, the highly successful girl band No Angels are also going for the Euro ticket in Hamburg. It could be Monrose (a.k.a caterwauling disaster) mark II, but even I had heard of No Angels before now, and though falling someway short of the impact of tATu for Russia in 2003 this is big news. Watch this space.
PS I should highlight an error in my maiden posting of 2008. The Norwegian songs I mentioned are not even guaranteed finalists! Curses! They are taking part in the first of THREE darned semifinals, which is being aired TONIGHT. I suppose I should finish the job now that I've started, so if I can will myself I'll make mention of the other two semi-f's in due course.
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