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Fifth Harmony
Fifth Harmony, AKA the best thing to come out of US X-Factor ever
(besides countless Britney Spears expression GIFs) are heading to
G-A-Y on Saturday to BO$$ us up. James Egan dialled up his Dream
Phone for a chirpse with two Fifths, Dinah and Lauren.
Hey girls! I was worried I was gonna
have five of you so we’d need different
buzzers, like on Catchphrase.
L:[laughs] You definitely got the lucky end of
the stick here. It’s just two today.
So for those poor souls in the UK who
may not know, who are Fifth Harmony?
L: We are a girl band who came off the X
Factor. We’re American, but it’s funny because
none of us are actually fully American! Camila
is Cuban-Mexican, Dinah’s Polynesian,
Normani’s African-American, I’m Cuban-
American and Ally is Mexican-American. We
have a very ethnic vibe!
You guys had Simon Cowell as your
mentor, what was it like working with him?
D: All five of us grew up watching him,
dreaming that we could perform for him and
then all of a sudden, we’re doing that on
American X Factor. And then he becomes our
mentor! He’s a really nice guy.
L: He’s very honest and very open to hearing
us out, about what we think is right for our
brand and for our music. I think that’s great.
He always makes sure to remind us that we’re
human and we deserve to have a say in what
we’re doing. That’s really important in this
industry, because so many people try to take
that away from you.
So you feel part of a real creative
process, making things that you want to
put out into the world.
L: Exactly! Anything else would be fake. It gets
to the point where it’s not an authentic reading
of who we are. Simon is a huge part of that.
You have a new single too right? With
Kid Ink on it?
L: That’s right! “Worth it!”
D: We kinda went into it thinking “Oh, let’s
just record a song. That’d be cool. Whatever!”
It was actually Kid Ink’s song first, so we
turned it into a girl’s perspective and chopped
it up. Then all of a sudden people started
responding to it very well.
You’ve also been on tour with another
judge, Demi Lovato.
L: That was so amazing. It was like a girl power
tour, Little Mix was there, Cher Lloyd was there.
We had a lot of fun. It was nerve-wracking,
because obviously the audience is there for
Demi and not necessarily for you!
Luckily people were really supportive. The
arena was full by the time we went on first,
so we didn’t have to perform to like, the two
stragglers who came early just to see us!
Oh god, like a mall tour where you’re
just performing to three people and
their grandma.
We’re
human and
we deserve
to have a
say in what
we’re doing.
[Laughs] And some random person
wandering into the back of CVS like “who the
hell is this?”
I heard you guys have your own Barbie
dolls now.
[TWO LOUD SCREAMS]
D: Oh my god, yes, it’s so awesome. They look
exactly like us down to moles on our faces!
L: We went over to Mattel and there were
like, five different stations: an eye station, a
hair station, wardrobe, face, skin tones. They
have a person sitting at each one and their
job is to make sure that it was ABSOLUTE
PERFECTION.
I’m horribly jealous
L: Don’t worry babe, you’ll have your own
Barbie someday. I’ll make it happen for you.
The only thing is, you must wonder
who’s sleeping with that doll. That
could be creepy.
D: Oh no!
L: Can you imagine? Like some forty year old
man went in and bought one and is sleeping
with it every night?
Gently stroking the hair and singing
‘Sledgehammer’ to it.
[TWO MORE LOUD SCREAMS]
D: You know what, if they bought my doll, I’m
not gonna discriminate!
Fifth Harmony are at G-A-Y @ Heaven
(Under the Arches, Villiers Street, Charing Cross,
WC2N 6NG) on Saturday 30th May, 11pm-5am.
Discount entry wristbands available at G-A-Y Bar.
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Douze Points
Spencer
Barnett
reviews last
weekend’s
epic
Eurovision
Song
Contest.
And what
a night it
was…
© Sweden / Thomas Hanses
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© Conchita / Elena Volotova (EBU)
W
hether happily watching at home among the UK’s 6.5 million viewers or joining the party at
one of the many esteemed establishments holding special events, you were likely swept away
by the euphoria that was last weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest.
ORF, the Austrian state broadcaster, spent an estimated 38 million hosting the contest,
which was beamed across the globe. In addition to a one-off participation from Australia
(on account of the 60th anniversary celebrations), Eurovision was also broadcast in China,
opening it up to an entirely new audience.
Behind the scenes, there were some technical issues in the run up to the final, which
unfortunately carried over to Saturday’s grand final. The television direction was a bit loose in
places too, possibly because a machine, rather than a member of the production team, was
responsible for the vision mixing.
There were a couple of shock departures from last week’s semi-finals. Tuesday saw
expected qualifiers Netherlands pack their bags early, and despite Moldova producing
a good track their stage performance didn’t translate live, ensuring they too left the
competition quickly. Iceland failed to hit the right note during Thursday’s second semi and
seven-time winners Ireland also failed to make the grade (it really was a dull song though,
so that wasn’t the biggest surprise).
Saturday saw Slovenia kick off proceedings, followed by a very weak song from France.
Israel - the fan’s favourite in rehearsals - lifted the audience with their track Golden Boy. Still
popular in the finals, it enabled Nadav to produce a coveted top-ten finish, Israel’s best result
in years. Fourth to sing were Estonia, followed by the UK’s act Electro Velvet, singing their up
tempo number ‘Still In Love’. It failed to strike a chord across Europe and we finished with a
disappointing haul of 5 points, languishing in 24th place.
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© Belgium / Thomas Hanses (EBU)
© Andres Putting (EBU)
© Eurovision.tv
© Italy / Elena Volotova
Armenia, Lithuania and Serbia were next, offering
a selection of awful, upbeat and anthemic respectively.
Surprise qualifier Norway sang next, but ‘A Monster Like
Me’ was just too slow to be a serious contender. The bookies
favourite, Sweden, followed with an Avicii like track and
clever stage act. It set the bar for the remaining songs.
Cyprus were up next with a simple ballad and their
singer John Karayiannis was one of the most popular artists
in Vienna. One off participants Australia rocked the crowd
with a Bruno Mars style song from the very talented Guy
Sebastian which ended with a well deserved 5th place. Loic
Nottet’s self-penned ‘Rhythm Inside’ did very in landing
Belgium a better-than-expected fourth place finish.
Austria followed with what was a very good song, but
at 500 to 1 the bookies got it right; ‘I Am Yours’ didn’t
register a single point. Greece and Montenegro followed
with some very average songs and both failed to make
the top ten. The Germans followed the form of their
neighbours and also managed ‘nul points’ with a truly
dreadful number. Monika Kuszynska performed next for
Poland with an equally drab song, one which could only
give her 23rd out of the 27 finalists.
Latvia proved the surprise package on the night finishing
fourth, followed by Romania, Spain and a Kate Middleton
lookalike from Hungary. Georgia and Azerbaijan also failed
to make the top ten. And when Russia took to the stage
it was great to see rainbow flags thrust high, in full view
of the cameras, as the audience expressed solidarity with
persecuted LGBT Russians.
For the show’s enormous LGBT fanbase it was definitely
for the best that Polina Gagarina wasn’t victorious; many
of my colleagues had already stated they wouldn’t be
prepared to travel to a Russian hosted competition, and I
doubt they’d be alone in feeling that.
© Eurovision.tv
The penultimate act came from Albania: another off-key
performance, which really only qualified due to the political
nature of the contest. Luckily, the last song ended the
show on a high note with vocally perfect Il Volo delighting
the audience with their classy song ‘Grande Amore’. The
Italian Head of Press, Kabir Naidoo, did a brilliant job of
promoting this and his work will have no doubt contributed
to Italy finishing third with an impressive 292 points.
It’s fitting that the 60th Eurovision Song Contest has
gone back to the land of ABBA, undoubtedly the contest’s
biggest success story. Måns Zelmerlöw sang his heart out
and scooped
365 points from
every corner
of Europe.
Although it
wasn’t the best
song on the
night, the stage
performance was
slick, stylish and
sophisticated.
It was enough
to give Sweden
its sixth win,
one short of
Ireland’s record,
not to mention
the honour
of hosting
this eccentric
extravaganza in
2016. See you in
Stockholm!
It’s fitting
that the 60th
Eurovision
Song Contest
has gone
back to
the land
of ABBA,
undoubtedly
the contest’s
biggest
success story.
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