Austria wins Eurovision Song Contest 2014

[FluffyMcDeath]

 

[metalman]

has a very good voice, and lots of vocal range, nice delivery. Has a Russell Brand in drag look. The bearded lady has always been the most popular side-show act.

Pop culture wars!

Lady Gaga won't be able to out freak him, she's probably kicking herself right now for not thinking up a that gimmick. Miley Cyrus can out twerk him, and has a singing vagina too!

 

[Glaucus]

Pop culture wars!

Well sorta, but not quite the culture war you were thinking of...

Why Russia Hates The Bearded Lady: The Hairy Politics of Eurovision

Inevitably, the audience in Copenhagen booed Russia loudly on Saturday night. This was rough in the moment, as the country’s entry was a pair of teenage twins, and really you couldn’t blame them for President Putin’s warmongering and state-sponsored bigotry.

But Eurovision is all about statements, and so the crowd booed; and because Wurst—as performed by 25-year-old Tom Neuwirth—was the embodiment of sexual diversity that Eurovision-ers hold dear, he was cheered wildly. It was a direct hero versus villain smackdown. Wurst’s song was called, rousingly enough, “Rise Like a Phoenix.”

The only thing missing was a blue and yellow dress.

Ultranationalist MP Vladimir Zhirinovsky called this year’s result “the end of Europe,” saying: “There is no limit to our outrage. It has turned wild. There are no more men or women in Europe, just it.” Putin’s vice premier, Dmitry Rogozin, tweeted that the contest “showed supporters of European integration their European future—a bearded girl.” To which the only right-minded response right now, is “Hell, yeah, Dmitry.”

That made my day.