How to score votes? Striptease and acrobats at Eurovision
Published: 14 May, 2009, 19:57
Top model Natalia Vodyanova and TV presenter Andrey Malakhov hosting the second semi-final dress rehearsal image from www.eurovision.tv
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Maybe acrobats and striptease is not something you expect from a professional song contest, but that’s exactly what you’ll see at Eurovision this year in Moscow.
The second semifinal of Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will take place today in Moscow and promises to be even more high-voltage than the first one.
Hungary undresses
Hungarian contestant Zoli Adok has decided to undress his dancers on stage. While his song plays Adok’s dancers will progressively shuffle off their clothes, but of course remaining within the realms of decency.
Adok is among those contestants who have rested their chances on their dances. It requires much breathing training from the artist to keep the ability to sing during all the crazy dancing and acrobatic tricks – the singer is planning to make a flying somersault on stage!
 Hungary`s Zoli Adok and his dancers (AFP Photo / Natalia Kolesnikova) |
Will it be Greece's night?
He’s far from being the only one who’ll represent an entry with an impressive choreographic accompaniment. Greece’s Sakis Rouvas, who’s taking part in Eurovision for the second time after 2004, is also getting prepared for the battle. Sakis with his versatile talents is not only a singer, but also his other passion was gymnastics prior to his musical career.
Anything for the show
The Ukrainian contestant Svetlana Loboda has prepared a flamboyant show for her entry “Be my Valentine! (Anti-crisis girl)” Her stage scenery proved to be the most daring and ambitious. It requires the greatest effort from the stage crew to bring together the sophisticated scenery in just a thirty-second interval between the songs.
In the beginning it was supposed that Loboda would appear on the stage from above the stage, but then the crew had to abandon this idea.
Professional acrobats will also be backing the show for one of the favorites of this year’s contest, the Norwegian singer with Belarusian roots, Alexander Rybak. At the press conference he once said he’s much inspired by Svetlana Loboda and would be happy if she voted for his song.
 Norway`s Alexander Rybak (AFP Photo / Natalia Kolesnikova) |
The Baltic story
The most humble presentation will be given by the Estonian participants Urban Symphony. The girls decided not to make a show out of their song and stay within the limits of classical music presentation. The vocalist will just sing and the other girls will play violins and a cello, leaving acrobatic tricks aside.
It’s going to be a plain performance, just like Russia’s t.A.T.u. back in 2003, when the two girls just appeared on stage with no dancers of backing vocalists. In spite of ditching the glitz, Urban Symphony’s song is still enjoying massive support in the semi-final.
The second semi-final will kick off at 20:00 GMT and will feature contestants from Croatia, Ireland, Latvia, Serbia, Poland, Norway, Cyprus, Slovakia, Denmark, Slovenia, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Greece, Lithuania, Moldova, Albania, Ukraine, Estonia, and The Netherlands.
Participants from 19 countries will try their best to score votes from the viewers of the contest with their performances. Today’s voting will choose the remaining ten finalists.
14.05.2009, 16:04
ISS crew to kick-off Eurovision final votingThe official start to voting for the best act at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be given by the crew of the International Space Station, the Russian Space Agency reports on Thursday. |
14.05.2009, 20:43
Ukrainian sex bomb to light up EurovisionShe boasts the most demanding scenery in the competition and flaunts an aggressive sexuality on stage. Her name is Svetlana Loboda and she is Ukraine’s entry at Eurovision 2009. |
Its a load of rubbish and england are only in because they pay to be in it, and IRELAND WERE THE BEST LAST NIGHT AND THATS NOT SOUR GRAPES,