Trade alert! Mixed martial artists, kickboxing hotness and fitness champ Ron "Choir Boy" Stallings has uploaded a behind-the-scenes video that many of you may enjoy. After flexing in the locker room ...
The 6'0 and 185lb middleweight champ is seen stripping off for his weigh-in before fighting Mike Massenzio on September 14. The "packaging" is very! nice!
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One of the more interesting stories at this weekend's Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan was that of Ukraine's Gaitana. The Ukrainian-Congolese pop star made it to Sunday's finals—which Ukraine won in 2004. Her song "Be My Guest" topped the charts in Ukraine and Russia. It's destined to become a club anthem for the gays in Ibiza and South Beach.
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Gaitana was born in Kiev to a Congolese father and a Ukrainian mother. She lived in the Republic of Congo as a young child before returning to the Ukraine, where she is quite popular and sings in Ukrainian, Russian and English. A far-right politician created a huge controversy with racist remarks last February about the singer, reported the Kiev Times and AFP.
"[Eurovision's] millions of viewers will see Ukraine represented by someone who does not belong to our race, and they will think Ukraine is located somewhere in Africa," said Yury Sirotnyuk of the Svoboda Party. The comments created a "huge outcry from artists and musicians." Ukraine's ruling party and state television later demanded an apology.
Gaitana was the only Black contestant at this year's ESC. There were several Black contestants at Eurovision 2011 in Dusseldorf, including Norwegian-Kenyan singer Stella Mwangi, Italy's Senit who repped San Marino and the abtastic gay fave Simon Webbe of Blue who represented the UK. For a history of Black singers at Eurovision see HERE.
Gaitana placed 15th out of 42. Watch AFTER THE JUMP ...
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British pop slash R&B super-hotness Simon Webbe tweets this photo before a recent workout session. Looking pretty good ... that is, if ripped n tatted muscles are your thing.
Webbe—recently seen auditioning for "Guys with iPhones"—reunited with his former Blue bandmates last May to sing the UK’s entry at Eurovision in Düsseldorf, Germany. Blue was among the gay faves at the campy contest—in addition to Webbe's abstastic appeal the band boasts openly bisexual singer Duncan James—but the performance was rather lackluster. Blue placed in the middle at eleven.
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Kenyan-Norwegian singer Stella Mwangi represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Mangi performed her track "Haba Haba", which topped the singles chart in Norway earlier this year. Unfortunately: Stella Mwangi made it only as far as the Semi-Finals.
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"[Mwangi's] work has been used in films such as American Pie and Save the Last Dance, also in TV-series such as CSI New York and Scrubs. She has won several awards including; the Kisima Awards, Clops Awards and Jeermaan Awards [and] she is one of the most popular singers in Norway."
Mwangi was accompanied by several Black dancers and backup singers. An historic move by the virtually all-white Scandinavian nation: Sending a Black representative to Eurovision ... who sings in English and Swahili to Afro Beats.
Mwangi was one of several Black contestants at Eurovision 2011, including Simon Webbe in Blue who represented the UK, Italian singer Senit who repped San Marino, and numerous background singers. For a history of Black singers at Eurovision see HERE.
Brava to Stella Mwangi and Noway. Watch AFTER THE JUMP ...
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So much for the much-hyped battle of the boybands at last night's Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany. The surprise winners: Pop duo Ell/Nikki with the first Eurovision win for Azerbaijan ... the former Soviet republic that is technically in Asia.
Ireland's glam rock/Human League-inspired identical twin twinks Jedward finished ninth. And after reuniting after six years apart—and one of the most commercially successful bands ever to compete in the campy contest—British R&B super-hotness Simon Webbe and his Blue bandmates finished in the middle at eleven. JEdward's tune is catchy and their look is perfect for Eurovision, too bad they didn't place a little higher.
JEdward and Blue undoubtedly were the gay faves of the contest, with the campy aesthetic of the Irish twins and the pec- and abstastic appeal of Simon Webbe and Blue's openly bisexual singer Duncan James.
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British R&B hotness Simon Webbe—recently seen auditioning for "Guys with iPhones"—has reunited with his former Blue bandmates to sing the UK’s entry at Eurovision. Backed by "scantily-clad male dancers dressed in bridal gowns," the boys performed their new track and celebrated the royal wedding last weekend with a "saucy performance" at London's super-club G-A-Y.
The show came just a day after Prince William married Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in London - so Duncan James and his bandmates Lee Ryan, Antony Costa and Simon Webbe, decided to embrace the royal wedding theme by dressing as grooms. They were backed by a group of hunky dancers in bridal dresses, and during the concert the pop stars thrilled the crowd by tearing off the gowns and stripping the men down to skimpy underpants.
Blue performed their hit "All Rise" and the new Eurovision single "I Can", which dropped on Monday. Watch Simon strip down and the boys' "saucy performance" AFTER THE JUMP ...
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British R&B hotness Simon Webbe hit 34,000 followers last week on Twitter. And as promised, Webbe treated his fans to a stripped down, Guys With iPhone-style pose featuring lots of muscle.
In 2006, Webbe covered UK homostyle mag AXM. Webbe talked up his huge gay male fanbase and the rarity of black male celebrities in gay magazines.
The pop and R&B vocalist has been the most successful of the former members of the boyband Blue. After six years apart, Webbe and his former bandmates have reunited to sing the UK’s entry at Eurovision in Düsseldorf, Germany, on May 14. The track "I Can" debuts Monday ... and Webbe has blasted UK stations for lack of airplay.
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Dozens are detained and many are injured as Moscow's riot police violently disperse a gay rights march. The violent police action shattered any hopes the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest being held there—which has a huge international following among gays—would shield protesters from abuse.
USA Today reports: "Activists gathered near a university in southwestern Moscow to protest discrimination against gays and lesbians in Russia. The group, which included British gay rights advocate Peter Tatchell, waved flags and chanted slogans, including: 'Homophobia is a disgrace of this country!' and 'We are demanding equal rights!' After about a minute, riot police charged into the group and began to grab protesters, dragging them to waiting buses. Russian gay rights movement leader Nikolai Alexeyev was among those detained."
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