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Eurovision 2014: Austria.
Apr. 3rd, 2014 09:06 pmAustria are in the middle of a long dry spell in Eurovision. The only win Austria have managed was in 1966 with Udo Jürgens third entry in the event in a row. I doubt Conchita Wurst will go in thrice, but you never know.
Artist: Conchita Wurst
Song: Rise like the Phoenix
There is usually a Kitsch-ness to drag acts in Eurovision. Slovenia's Sestre and Denmark's DQ exemplified this. These acts were also shown up by their poor singing. Before taking on the persona or Conchita, Tom Neuwirth was already a finalist in a popstars like singing contest in Austria and was quite the little performer.
Though Conchita's chances don't look great (the bookies put Austria out of the top 10), it appears she may have had an affect on the favourites chances. Since controversy broke last week in comments by Aram MP3 that appeared to be trans and homophobic, Armenia's odds has slipped slightly from even money to not so even money. I appreciated that from this Conchita has made this year more interesting and that gets votes from me for that.
I like what she represents and stands for. As for the song, meh, it is another bond theme. At the moment though I only want it to win to fvck up Aram MP3.
Attempted Bond themes crop up regularly in Eurovision. Some, like Slovenian 2005 try to be deliberately bad so as to hide that it is an attempted Bond theme, but we know what you are up to, you crazy Slovenes.
Artist: Conchita Wurst
Song: Rise like the Phoenix
There is usually a Kitsch-ness to drag acts in Eurovision. Slovenia's Sestre and Denmark's DQ exemplified this. These acts were also shown up by their poor singing. Before taking on the persona or Conchita, Tom Neuwirth was already a finalist in a popstars like singing contest in Austria and was quite the little performer.
Though Conchita's chances don't look great (the bookies put Austria out of the top 10), it appears she may have had an affect on the favourites chances. Since controversy broke last week in comments by Aram MP3 that appeared to be trans and homophobic, Armenia's odds has slipped slightly from even money to not so even money. I appreciated that from this Conchita has made this year more interesting and that gets votes from me for that.
I like what she represents and stands for. As for the song, meh, it is another bond theme. At the moment though I only want it to win to fvck up Aram MP3.
Attempted Bond themes crop up regularly in Eurovision. Some, like Slovenian 2005 try to be deliberately bad so as to hide that it is an attempted Bond theme, but we know what you are up to, you crazy Slovenes.