Monday, July 30, 2007

60 SECONDS Interview : Verka Serduchka




Drag queen Verka Serduchka is a comedy phenomenon in the former Eastern Bloc. The brainchild of Ukrainian comedian Andrey Danilko, Verka plays sell-out gigs in the former Soviet Union. He was a sensation at this year's Eurovision Song Contest but was pipped at the post by a Serbian female Billy Bunter lookalike. His song, Dancing Lasha Tumbai, is out now.

What are the highs and lows of being a Ukrainian drag queen?
It’s not an easy way to be a Ukrainian star. It’s not an easy way to be a star at all. Occasionally there are people that bother me because I’m too successful. I wasn’t very much loved in the Ukraine before Eurovision and after that there isn’t much love for Verka in Russia either. There was a black PR campaign against me. They said I sang ‘Russia goodbye’ but I was singing ‘lasha tumbai’. It was a huge black PR campaign from the Russian TV stations saying Verka Serduchka f**ked Russia up.

Were you disappointed you didn’t win Eurovision?
After my performance on Eurovision, I knew I would take second place. The Serbian woman [Marija Seritovic] was pretty good, though. There are a lot of benefits to coming second. The winner has to go to six countries and work for free for Eurovision. I do the same tour but I get paid for it.
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source:metro.co.uk

New Wave 2007: Natalia Gordienko from Moldova wins


With 312 point Natalia Gordienko from Moldova wins the sixth edition of New Wave Festival.


The final results are: (1st day + 2nd day + 3rd day)


1 - Natalia Gordienko (Moldova) - 100 - 105 - 107 = 312
2 - duo Barcelona (Ukraine) - 106 -101 - 101 = 308
3- Erglis (Latvia) - 103 - 101 - 104 = 308
4 - Marina (Poland) - 100 -97 - 107 = 304
5- Polina Smolova (Belarus)- 100 - 95 - 106 = 301
6- Rin'Go (Kazakhstan) - 95 - 100 - 106 = 301
7 -Kostas Martakis (Greece) - 94 - 103 - 102 = 299
8 - Francisca Urio(Germany) - 98 - 100 -101= 299
9- Masha Novikova (Russia) - 98 - 98 - 101= 297
10 -Natasha Vinokurova (Russia)- 93 - 103 - 100 = 296
11- Anastasia Kochetkova (Russia) - 97 -96 - 98 = 291
12- Vasily Lazarovich (Ukraine) - 94 - 96 - 99 = 289
13 -Mihai Traistariu (Romania) - 81 - 107 - 99 = 287
14- Chioma (USA) - 93 - 100 - 93 = 286
15- Issa Samer (Czech Republic) - 91- 92 100 = 283
16- Eleonora (Georgia) - 89 - 96 - 94 = 279
17- Kate (Czech Republic)- 92 - 89 - 94 = 275
18- Alessandro (Italy) - 95 - 88 - 91= 274


source:newwavestars.com

New Wave 2007: third day; Natalia Gordienko - video

New Wave Festival 2007 (Day 3): Natalia Gordienko

New Wave 2007: third day: Kostas Martakis - video

[UPD]Kostas Martakis, winner of the Audience Choice Award

Kostas Martakis - photos

New Wave 2007: New Wave Festival 2007 (Day 3): Kostas Martakis





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New Wave 2007:Third day. Mihai Traistariu -Video

Mihai Traistariu - "Say something" (songwritter Laurentiu Cazan)





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New Wave 2007: The results of the third day of the Festival



The second competing night held on 27 July at Dzintari concerthall in Jurmala, Latvia had the following results for the finalists of the New Wave 2007 festival:

1-Mihai Traistariu (Romania) - 107 (video)
2- Natalia Gordienko (Moldova) - 105 (video)
3-Natalia Vinokurova (Russia) -103
4-Kostas Martakis (Greece) - 103 (video)
5-duo "Barcelona" - (Ukraine) - 101
6-Erglis (Latvia) -101
7- Rin' Go (Kazakhtan) - 100
8- Francisca Urio (Gemany) - 100
9- Chioma (SUA) - 100
10- Masha Novikova (Russia) - 98
11-Marina (Poland) - 97
12- Vasiliy Lazarovich (Ukraine) -96
13- Anastasia Kochetkova (Russia)- 96
14- Eleonora (Georgia) -96
15- Polina Smolova (Belarus) - 95
16 - Issa Samer (Czech Republic) - 92
17- Kate (Czech Republic) - 89
18- Alessandro(Italy) - 88





source:newwavestars.com