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Eurosong 2007
I missed Eurosong due to a fabulous party in Brussels (featuring Lady Jane and Lori Glory, and I am still recuperating from leaving the dance floor when the light peeped in.) I didn't mind missing Eurosong, coz I think it was boring (like it always has been since Sandra Kim forward.) I won't nag about this festival becoming a political music thing as it always have been (The Netherlands always voted for Belgium and Belgium always for The Netherlands...)
What surprised me this year was the attendance of several 'queer' and not so obvious choices. Serbia presented the 23 year old lesbian Marija Serifovic, who has roots as a Roma. She won. I hope this winning also helps Serbia forward in their fight to get decent gay rights.
(A similar story with Ukrainian drag queen 'Verka Serdyuchka'. The whole act was definitely a laugh, but they did put a drag queen on stage...)
So if this means the whole festival is becoming a East European one, I can only say: why not...
Posted on May 13, 2007
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I had this song as one of my favs. My other fav, Ukraine, finished second. Those were some funky beats.
Here's an English translation of 'Molitva', just in case you were wondering what Marija was singing about: http://www.diggiloo.net/?2007rs
Posted by Stijn | May 14, 2007 4:57 PMIk vond het een terechte winnaar: show stelde weinig voor maar het liedje had wel iets dat je raakte .. (toegegeven de Bondgirls op de achtergrond zullen wel ook deels aan deze mening hebben bijgedragen...)
Het feit dat er blokvoting was, is iets waar je niets aan kunt doen. De culturen van buurlanden liggen nu gewoon dichter bij elkaar, maar het enige wat ik mij afvraag is hoever eurosong gaat gaan. Als tegenwoordig ook Israel al meedoet, moeten we dan niet stilaan een andere naam kiezen...
Posted by Lara | May 14, 2007 7:05 PM