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Eurovision 2023: This year’s grand final was the most watched in the contest’s history

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The Eurovision 2023 final reached a massive milestone in the contest’s 67-year history. On 13 May, 26 countries returned to the Liverpool Arena to battle it out for the coveted first-place title and Eurovision trophy. Due to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the UK hosted the highly anticipated competition on behalf of the European country – who took home the title with Kalush Orchestra’s single Stefania in 2022. While each artist delivered incredible performances full of showstopping vocals, unique dance routines and jaw-dropping sets, Sweden’s Loreen and her emotional single…

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Eurovision 2023: Sweden’s Loreen makes history by taking home title for a second time

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LGBTQ+ pop superstar Loreen has made history with her monumental Eurovision 2023 win. On 13 May, the grand final of the 2023 competition took place at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool – with Graham Norton, Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina (of The HARDKISS), Emmy Award-winning Ted Lasso actress Hannah Waddingham and singer/television presenter/Mis-Teeq alum Alesha Dixon stepping in as hosts. Eurovision 2022 winners Kalush Orchestra kicked off the four-hour show with an iconic rendition of their hit track Stefania.  Their performance also featured showstopping guest appearances from Sam Ryder, Andrew Lloyd-Webber,…

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‘Eurovision is the ultimate safe space for queer self-expression’

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Growing up, I wouldn’t have classed myself as a big Eurovision fan. I’ve never been to a Eurovision party, tuned in for the semi-finals or listened to any of the acts before the main event. But within 48 hours of my arrival this week in Liverpool – home of Eurovision 2023 – I was a convert, yet another LGBTQ+ person who loves Eurovision. How did this happen? Was I simply star struck after bumping into Finland’s Käärijä – the bookies’ choice to win this year – backstage at the EuroVillage?…

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And Just Like That showrunner spills the tea on Sam Smith season 2 cameo

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And Just Like That showrunner Michael Patrick King has spilled on Sam Smith’s cameo in the show’s second season after pictures of them on set leaked during filming. The upcoming instalment of the Sex and the City spinoff will once again follow Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristin Davies) as they navigate life and love. John Corbett will return in the role of Carrie’s past love Aidan Shaw, with the rest of the cast rounded out by Sara Ramírez, Sarita Choudhury, Nicole Ari Parker, Karen Pittman,…

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BREAKING POP NEWS: Kylie Minogue announces 16th album Tension

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Breathing is a bit difficult right now, because Kylie Minogue has announced a brand new album of “euphoric, empowered dance floor bangers and sultry pop cuts” (!). Tension, the pop icon’s 16th studio album, will be released on 22 September and will be led by the “hypnotic electro” track Padam Padam. According to the press release, the album will contain 11 “unabashed pleasure-seeking, seize-the-moment, joyful pop tunes”. Again, it’s a bit hard to breathe. Kylie said she started the album with “an open mind and a blank page”. “Unlike my…

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Janelle Monáe announces fourth album The Age of Pleasure

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Janelle Monáe is set to return with her first new album in five years (!). On 11 May, the Grammy-nominated superstar and actor announced her fifth studio album, The Age of Pleasure, which will arrive 9 June. The album will include the critically-acclaimed lead single Float, featuring Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, as well as the brand new track Lipstick Lover. Monáe described Lipstick Lover as a “freeassmothafucka anthem inspired by f.a.m. for f.a.m”, adding: “This is our oasis made with love, rooted in self-acceptance, throbbing in self-discovery, and signed…

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Renaissance World Tour: “Pride starts now” with Beyoncé’s queerest extravaganza ever

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Beyoncé has just delivered her queerest show to date. After paying homage to the Black and Brown LGBTQ+ pioneers of ballroom with her lauded seventh studio album, the pop icon continued to showcase her allyship during the opening night of the Renaissance World Tour in Stockholm, Sweden (10 May). As the show began, rainbow colours were projected on the screen; resembling static bars that appear on a television when there’s no signal. It was, in fact, the groundbreaking Progress Pride Flag. (Read our brief history on the queer term “mother!”…

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