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Khalid Spills the Tea and Comes Out: “I Am Not Ashamed”

23Nov

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Khalid Spills the Tea and Comes Out: “I Am Not Ashamed”

Khalid, sweetheart, you must not be ashamed! Pop powerhouse Khalid has sashayed into the spotlight with his truth, darling, and we’re absolutely living for it! The “Young, Dumb & Broke” crooner has officially come out as gay, following a rather messy outing situation. Instead of shrinking into the shadows, Khalid has snatched back the narrative and served up a bold declaration: “I am not ashamed.” I got outted and the world still continues to turn. Let’s get this straight (lmao) I am not ashamed of my sexuality! In reality it ain’t nobodies business! But I am okay with me 🖤 love yall — Khalid (@thegreatkhalid) November 23, 2024 After facing the grim reality of being outed against his will, the 26-year-old star turned a potentially crushing moment into an opportunity to live u...

11Feb

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closeUp, Entertainment, Eurovision, Opinion

Angelina Mango wins Sanremo 2024

Angelina Mango wins Sanremo 2024 and flies to Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. What a long but still amusing finale for Sanremo 2024, full of twisted turns and unexpected results. Against all odds - as apparently the majority of the televoting people from home wanted Geolier to win - Angelina Mango triumphed at this grand finale of Festival di Sanremo 2024 and is now the Italian candidate to represent Italy at Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Loads of polemics linked to a possible arrival of piloted and fake televotes for Geolier that seemed so close to the victory and that is still the singer from Sanremo 2024 with very impressive numbers on streaming platforms. This is sad, yes: in the end we have a young singer on that very important stage at Sanremo 2024, with his dreams and hopes, th...

Olly Alexander to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024!

19Dec

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Olly Alexander to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024!

The UK has made their choice: Olly Alexander will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Sweden. ..and I couldn’t be happier!! The UK has decided, ain’t it? What a fantastic surprise has this been for me! I feel so motivated to restart our #RoadToEurovision with #Titina24! One of my favourite singers in the whole planet, the one I’ve been listening to since their very debut with Year&Years with “King”! Olly Alexander has been chosen to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö: one more reason not to miss this event! The news appeared first on BBC Strictly Come Dancing where Olly Alexander and the entire BBC offered the gayest 8 minutes of British Television so far. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C07kdK3rwTQ/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== ...

Festival di Sanremo 2023: an epic first night.

8Feb

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Festival di Sanremo 2023: an epic first night.

The first night of the Festival di Sanremo 2023 was broadcast yesterday, between praises and critics. Is there something about the Festival di Sanremo that I really do not like? Yep! The useless and prolonged time of duration of the show. It is true that Eurovision Song Contest created their competition taking inspiration and example from the Festival di Sanremo, but at least there are no dead times or useless/unwanted pathetic shows. We told you to watch out for Marco Mengoni and Elodie, and here they are ranked respectively number 1 and 2 of the first night of the Festival di Sanremo 2023 (according to the votes received by the Press Room). The Co-Host Chiara Ferragni Co-Hosting the first night of the Festival di Sanremo 2023 there was the world-famous Chiara Ferragni, blogger and ...

The Holy Week of Sanremo 2023 has started!

7Feb

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The Holy Week of Sanremo 2023 has started!

Yes, this is the holiest of the weeks for Italians in Italy and around the world: Sanremo 2023 will start today, and Raffa from TheGaylyMirror, will tell you what to expect and how to watch it. The Festival di Sanremo2023 will officially start today, but the cast members of this edition have already been preparing for some time to make Amadeus, who is again this year's host and artistic director, proud like cool daddy can be. There is great expectation for the show and the highlight of this edition seems to be Chiara Ferragni; fans and haters alike are curious to see how she will fare on the stage of the Ariston Theatre. But who will the guests be? Who are the singers? And what is the setlist? First evening The first evening of the Festival di Sanremo 2023 will be broadcast on Tues...

Eurivision Song Contest 2022 – Israeli delegation’s participation in doubt.

12Apr

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Eurivision Song Contest 2022 – Israeli delegation’s participation in doubt.

Less than a month to the so awaited Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, and KAN - Israeli Broadcaster - announced that their participation to the contest is uncertain. It took a tweet from Kan's official account to throw some serious sadness amongst Eurovision's Fans: given the recent attacks in Tel Aviv where 14 civilians were shot and the fear of new attacks is still in the air, plus the Ministry of Foreign Affairs strike, the Israeli Broadcaster - as of now - does not feel to be able to guarantee the delegation's security during the event in Turin. https://twitter.com/kaneurovision/status/1513774659812081670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1513774659812081670%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionworld.com%2Fesc%2Fisraels-eurovision-2022...

Festival di Sanremo selects their first “transvestite” co-host: Drusilla Foer

12Jan

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Festival di Sanremo selects their first “transvestite” co-host: Drusilla Foer

After so many years and after great critiques over the too-catholic and family oriented style of Festival di Sanremo, Amadeus (the host) has finally given the LGBT+ people someone they can see themselves in, selecting Drusilla Foer as his co-host for the kermesse. The National Festival of the Italian Song - Festival di Sanremo 2022 - is about to start in less than 3 weeks, and after all the critiques received in the past years, for being “too catholic and/or family oriented”, their main Host - Amadeus - who’s already hosted Sanremo in the past, selected among others, Drusilla Foer to be his co-host during the festival. The choice, of course, comes as a big surprise for the Italian audience, that is used to a very long, too times boring, 5-evenings-event, where the winner also got the cha...

Road To Eurovision 2022 – The Roop release their new song “OhMyGodable”

26Nov

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Road To Eurovision 2022 – The Roop release their new song “OhMyGodable”

The Lithuanian band who we all loved with their “Discoteque” song, just released a new song and music video that we are all going sing! The Room - Lithuanian Elctro-Pop Music Band - released their new single “OhMyGodable”, just today, but surprises us the most is not their great taste for good music and a new song that is easy to listen to that you start singing along just after the first 30 seconds … it the title they gave to the video on YouTube: THE ROOP - Ohmygodable (Official Music Video) (Eurovision 2022) Is this meaning they will representing Lithuania at Eurovision 2022 in Turin? Or is this just one of the songs who will compete to selected and get the chance to represent Lithuania in the contest? We will have to wait as no official communications have been released, yet...

18Nov

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Måneskin defend Eurovision Song Contest

Anni-Frid Lyngstad - ABBA - admits she’s no longer a fan of Eurovision, but Måneskin can’t be bothered from her comment. Fronted by Damiano David, Maneskin have become one of the most popular Eurovision contestants in recent years, with their success extending beyond the competition and turning the band into worldwide success. They’ve recently rocked at the MTv’s EMAs and they can’t seem to stop. On the other hand, Abba’s singer Anni-Frid recently said she feels that the competition has changed a lot since her legendary pop group got propelled to superstardom after winning Eurovision in 1974. Damiano, interviewed during the MTV EMAs in Budapest - Hungary, said: “I think that everything changes with time so we have to deal with it – and we like it actually.” And Victoria De Angelis...

15Oct

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Adele’s back with “Easy on Me”

We had to wait for 6 long years but she is finally back: Adele releases Easy On Me her first single from her new album 30. The reactions of her fans is unique! I admit I’ve never been an Adele’s fan, but I must confess that yesterday I waited for midnight to come in order to listen to her new single “Easy on Me”… and did I like it? I absolutely loved it… even if it made me cry. Of course, afters such an injection of feelings, I started reading comments of her fans from all over the world, and Lil NasX was - I think - the leader on twitter yesterday night. He said: “Easy On Me’ is so good. It’s so crazy to think the last time Adele released new music I was sitting on stan Twitter. I feel like I’m 15 again.” (this appeared on a twit he quickly deleted) The song is such a heavy ba...