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AUSTRIAS BEARDED LADY BATTLES AGAINST ARMENIAN EUROVISION RIVAL
Austrian Independent
March 27 2014
A war of words has broken out between Austria's bearded lady entry for
the Eurovision Song Contest and an Armenian singer after he described
her as "abnormal" and "unsuitable to take part in the event".
UK comedian Russell Brand had earlier described Conchita Wurst as
his double while on a recent visit to the Austrian capital Vienna,
tweeting a picture of her in local media and saying: "Look, I am
already on the front page."
But Conchita failed to impress Aram Sargsyan, 29, better known by his
stage name Aram Mp3, who is set to open the semifinals at the the
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he will
represent Armenia. In an interview he made it clear that he was not
impressed with having to share the stage with Austrian drag queen
Thomas Neuwirth, who is performing under the stage name Conchita Wurst.
He called her lifestyle 'not normal' and 'not adequate' and that
competing in a contest with her 'will be difficult'. And he advised
her to take some time to decide whether she was really a man or woman.
He then broadened his criticism to include the gay community generally,
who he tries to avoid. He said: "When I pass through Kom aygi [a gay
district in the Armenian capital Yerevan] I speed up my car."
He added however that he would be unable to avoid the song contest and
therefore added: "In this case, I will try to somehow put up with it.
I do not live such a life, and regardless how the world has progressed
or regressed, this is an unacceptable subject matter for me."
Neuwirth, 25, graduated from the Graz School of Fashion in 2011
and worked as a shop window decorator before reinventing himself as
Conchita Wurst after taking part in the Starmania talent show.
When told about the comments she said: "I guess that means he doesn't
want to marry me."
She then added with a wink: "It seems as if Aram wants me to be a
woman, but I can say this to you Aram my dear, I am a working woman
and an incredibly lazy young man in my free time and that is not going
to change. If you have problems understanding that, then I would be
happy to sit down with you and explain it to you in more detail. And
with your homophobic comments, that is a conversation that we really
need to speak about."
http://austrianindependent.com/news/General_News/2014-03-27/15238/Austrias_bearded_lady_battles_against_Armenian_Eur ovision_Rival
From: Baghdasarian
Austrian Independent
March 27 2014
A war of words has broken out between Austria's bearded lady entry for
the Eurovision Song Contest and an Armenian singer after he described
her as "abnormal" and "unsuitable to take part in the event".
UK comedian Russell Brand had earlier described Conchita Wurst as
his double while on a recent visit to the Austrian capital Vienna,
tweeting a picture of her in local media and saying: "Look, I am
already on the front page."
But Conchita failed to impress Aram Sargsyan, 29, better known by his
stage name Aram Mp3, who is set to open the semifinals at the the
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he will
represent Armenia. In an interview he made it clear that he was not
impressed with having to share the stage with Austrian drag queen
Thomas Neuwirth, who is performing under the stage name Conchita Wurst.
He called her lifestyle 'not normal' and 'not adequate' and that
competing in a contest with her 'will be difficult'. And he advised
her to take some time to decide whether she was really a man or woman.
He then broadened his criticism to include the gay community generally,
who he tries to avoid. He said: "When I pass through Kom aygi [a gay
district in the Armenian capital Yerevan] I speed up my car."
He added however that he would be unable to avoid the song contest and
therefore added: "In this case, I will try to somehow put up with it.
I do not live such a life, and regardless how the world has progressed
or regressed, this is an unacceptable subject matter for me."
Neuwirth, 25, graduated from the Graz School of Fashion in 2011
and worked as a shop window decorator before reinventing himself as
Conchita Wurst after taking part in the Starmania talent show.
When told about the comments she said: "I guess that means he doesn't
want to marry me."
She then added with a wink: "It seems as if Aram wants me to be a
woman, but I can say this to you Aram my dear, I am a working woman
and an incredibly lazy young man in my free time and that is not going
to change. If you have problems understanding that, then I would be
happy to sit down with you and explain it to you in more detail. And
with your homophobic comments, that is a conversation that we really
need to speak about."
http://austrianindependent.com/news/General_News/2014-03-27/15238/Austrias_bearded_lady_battles_against_Armenian_Eur ovision_Rival
From: Baghdasarian