The
blonde beauty, who bookies predicted to impress, managed to avoid the fate of
her predecessors who were negatively received during last year's event. It was a faultless performance from the
blonde beauty who stepped out onto the stage in front of a raucous audience in
Vienna, Austria. Wearing a white gown with spaghetti straps and a plunging
neckline, Polina set the tone before she even began singing her track 'A
Million Voices'. An international team
of authors worked on the song ‘A Million
Voices’ including Russians, Swedes and even an Australian who lives in Berlin
Polina Sergeyevna
Gagarina is a Russian singer, songwriter, actress, and model. She represents Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Polina’s second name Gagarina is one of the
most known not only in Russia but in the world thanks to "the first man in
space", Yuri Gagarin. She had her
schooling in Greece, and hence
Greek is no Latin to her. She studied acting and wears a special
concert perfume !
The
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 is the 60th
edition of the annual Eurovision Song
Contest musical event. The contest is currently taking place in Vienna,
Austria, following Conchita Wurst's victory in the 2014 edition
with her song "Rise Like a Phoenix". This is the second time that
Austria hosts the contest after holding its 1967 edition also in Vienna. The
contest consists of two semi-finals, and a final, to be held on 23 May 2015. Forty countries are participating in the
contest, with Australia debuting as a guest entrant, and Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, and Serbia returning. Ukraine, however, announced their withdrawal
due to financial and political reasons.
The
interesting technology news is that of Eurovision song contest installing 'anti-booing' technology for the first time to
hide jeers aimed towards Russia's singer over the country's military aggression
in Ukraine ! ..... Sound
reducers were installed to stop the jeers from being broadcast arising out of
fears that Russia's contestant may be targeted
due to the Ukraine crisis, reports MailOnline.
After
a year in which Russia continued to be fiercely condemned for annexing the
Crimea and its separatists' seizure of eastern Ukraine, the country remains a
pariah through most of Europe. Now, amidst
fears that Russia's Eurovision singer
Polina Gagarina will bear the brunt of the ill-will, contest organisers have
installed drastic 'anti-booing' technology for the final in Vienna. Special
sound reducers have been installed in a bid to stop the acrimony towards Russia
being broadcast - an issue that was last year labelled 'embarrassing' by
organisers.
Jarmo
Siim, communications co-ordinator for Eurovision, told The Moscow Times the
sound reducers were installed as a 'Plan B', and he hoped they would not be
required. He said: 'It was very embarrassing for us last year when this
happened, as it is not in the spirit of the contest. We are here to build
bridges, as the [Eurovision] motto says. 'It is the first time we have prepared
in this way, we want to be ready in all scenarios [but] we have high
expectations that nothing like this will happen.' He added that after seeing
Russian contestant Polina Gagarina during rehearsals, they had 'no reason' to
be concerned.
Despite
a strong performance, last year Russia's Tolmachevy Sisters were subjected to
jeers from the crowd which stemmed from anger at their country's involvement in
the Ukraine crisis. The organisers' intervention also comes after Russia's
anti-gay laws continue to be condemned by the international community, while
Vienna - this year's host city - has installed gay-themed traffic lights.
The
Austrian capital launched the revamped lights a fortnight ago at 120 zebra
crossings as a symbol of tolerance. Instead of the traditional single figure,
they now show either a gay or heterosexual couple holding hands, along with a
heart symbol. The city had even ordered 2,000 t-shirts featuring the small
figures in red and green on a black background.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
21st May
2015.
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