Željko Joksimović Unveils New Twists As He Prepares To Storm Eurovision
Serbia’s Željko Joksimović is pulling out all the stops in his latest bid to lift the Eurovision trophy with his song Nije ljubav stvar. After missing out on his previous outings at the Eurovision Song Contest, Željko is not leaving anything to chance this time. As well as the familiar tactic of recording his song in various languages, recent days have seen Željko unveil further surprises.
First came the song recorded in Serbian (Nije ljubav stvar), English (Synonym) and Russian (Любовь не вещь), complete with the story that the Russian lyric had been translated from Serbian by Belarussian-based fan Viktoria Lapeho. This week a further was recorded with a Belgrade symphony orchestra, which would have been plenty for most people to take on. Not so Željko, who instructed his team to come up with something special to promote his appearance.
The Ties That Bind Us
Blood is thicker than water. That is how the saying goes. From a young age, we are told that family bonds will hold us together, supporting us through good times and bad. Family will always be there to fall back on and they will protect us against outsiders and the follies of fate. In reality, though, families can be a root cause of those bad times almost as much as they are the saving grace we are led to expect.
Many families are a dysfunctional mish-mash with little in common other than blood and memories. Rather than The Waltons, more often than not our families better reflect The Simpsons. We indulge the peccadilloes and tendencies of family that would be unacceptable in our friends. But somehow, and against the odds, families work. As another saying goes: you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family.
Little Britain Star Matt Lucas to Film Therese Raquin in Serbia
Leading British character actor and award-winning comedian Matt Lucas will travel to Serbia in coming months to film a movie version of Emile Zola’s Therese Raquin. The much-loved actor and star of international TV hits Little Britain and Come Fly With Me will shoot in Serbia alongside Oscar winning American actress Jessica Lange.
Matt is best known to TV audiences for Little Britain and the world of unforgettable characters and catchphrases he introduced through the smash sketch show. Many of these characters have already gone down as comedy classics, such as health spa nightmare Bubbles Devere, abusive slimming coach Marjorie Doors, teenage delinquent Vicky ‘yeah but no but’ Pollard ‘, wheelchair cheat Andy Pipkin and ‘the only gay in the village’ Daffyd Thomas.
Serbia’s Željko Joksimović Has Unfinished Business With Eurovision
Serbia’s Željko Joksimović has some unfinished business with the Eurovision Song Contestand he is coming back to sort it out once and for all. That bold message was clear when Željko spoke with W!LD RooSTeR this week. Despite penning some of the Balkan region’s more memorable entries of recent years and coming in a close second place to the wild woman of the Ukraine, Željko has not yet managed to get his hands on the elusive winner’s trophy. He intends to put this right on stage in Baku.
“There is definitely something magical about Eurovision,’ Željko said, when he took time out of rehearsals in his studio. “It is a big and very important international TV show. Maybe I am coming back again as I feel deeply inside that I did not finish what I truly want. The Eurovision Song Contest gave me a lot and I believe that I will give something back to it as well.”
