hey hey! last night before i went to bed there was a story on nightline (required viewing - they always feature interesting stories) about the infamous annual eurovision competition (in existence since 1956 - abbawon in 1974) i was totally bummed i wouldn't be able to watch the over-the-top and somewhat tacky festivities - but when i woke up this morning i hopped right onto twitter and thanks to a few of my pals i quickly found some links to watch the big finale online (which was airing live from moscow, russia) 25 countries competed in the finals (cut down from 42) i only caught the last five performances but before voting began (people only had 15 minutes to vote) they recapped each country's performance - i really enjoyed germany (who had special guest - ms. flawless aka dita von teese) and ukraine but in the end it was 23-year old alex rybak from norway who won the 54th eurovision song contest (he was born in belarus and moved to norway when he was four) and also set a record - winning by the largest amount of points (387) in the history of the competition! (iceland took 2nd place and azerbaijan came in 3rd) i really couldn't figure out why everyone was so crazy about norway (watch him sing his song fairytale below) apparently mr. rybak is quite popular over there - my pal ruairidh referred to him as the nordish zac efron - he's not bad looking but not really my type (mr. efron is way cuter) now that he's won - the 2010 competition will take place in oslo - next year i'm planning to watch all three nights! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
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NORWAY'S ALEX RYBAK WINS EUROVISION 2009!
Rybak was not famous before the Eurovision song contest, most of the participants aren't - I think that's somehow part of the requirements for participating (although some are :l )
As for the song: the cheesy "final countdown" feel of it is typical Eurovision, the style of fiddling is typically Norwegian folk and the rest is just a mess of other cultural influences.
Mm, what else - ah, I think Norway is one of very few western European countries where a significant amount of the populace cares about this competition, so we're all very happy.
HEIDI KLUM HITS THE RUNWAY Friday November 20 2009 @ 7:44AM FILED UNDER MODELS ADD COMMENTS (0) | PERMALINK
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AN UPDATE ON BRAD PITT'S BEARD ... Thursday November 19 2009 @ 8:05PM FILED UNDER ACTORS ADD COMMENTS (0) | PERMALINK
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I'M OFF TO SEE RÖYKSOPP! Wednesday November 18 2009 @ 8:15PM FILED UNDER CONCERTS ADD COMMENTS (0) | PERMALINK
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LADY GAGA IS A MONSTER Monday November 16 2009 @ 7:26AM FILED UNDER LADY GAGA + MONDAY MP3 ADD COMMENTS (3) | PERMALINK
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DOLLY PARTON - HERE SHE COMES AGAIN Saturday November 14 2009 @ 3:53PM FILED UNDER MUSIC VIDEO ADD COMMENTS (0) | PERMALINK
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Rybak was not famous before the Eurovision song contest, most of the participants aren't - I think that's somehow part of the requirements for participating (although some are :l )
As for the song: the cheesy "final countdown" feel of it is typical Eurovision, the style of fiddling is typically Norwegian folk and the rest is just a mess of other cultural influences.
Mm, what else - ah, I think Norway is one of very few western European countries where a significant amount of the populace cares about this competition, so we're all very happy.