Thursday, May 17, 2012
This is the seventh post in a series about the Eurovision Song Contest. If you don't know what that is I strongly suggest you follow my posts. You'll learn a lot.
While there have been particular trends, some Eurovision artists try and stand out from the crowd by bringing in some star power.
The last decade has seen some significant appearances. Actually, looking at my examples it's been the last four years. They've arguably stolen the show to take the interest from the song itself... not that anyone's complaining.
Champion ice-skater Evgeni Plushenko helped his Russian countryman Dima Bilan to victory in 2008 by doing a small routine on-stage. Just look at his graciousness... flying like a bird.
Burlesque star Dita Von Teese was a special guest for Germany's Oscar Loya during his 2009 performance. The fact she was able to still put on a show beside those pants speaks volumes.
Serial pest Jimmy Jump made an appearance in 2010 when he decided to become part of the choreography for countryman Daniel Diges. The Spaniard singer got a second shot at the conclusion of the other songs.
This one has to be my favourite. Kseniya Simonova stole Ukraine singer Mika Newton's thunder for all the right reasons. The sand artist was the reigning Ukraine's Got Talent winner when she appeared in 2011 to assist with the performance and blew the stadium away. I know, I was there.
She told the story of a girl who had lost her mother and felt alone before an angel appeared to comfort her. While the song was nice, the trophy would've been Kseniya's had Ukraine won. Just look at it. Amazing.
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