he isn't my cup of tea either. my husband has a friend who is constantly winning these radio contests (horseshoe up his ass I guess ) and he won one recently that was for him and a guest to attend some special *event* where DJ Bobo was going to play his new song for the EuroVision song contest?? to a small group of people.
my husbands reaction to his friends invite was "hahah, as if. take your girlfriend man!"
I don't think anyone used that win! it was a lose lose!
apparently he said if he'll get zero points at the contest he'll take a sabbatical of a couple of months
gotta go now and start praying LOL
let's all pray together, shall we?
I don't hate him, I have to admire his unbelievable luck...
Is it only in his homeland that he is considered as a creditible artist or has he had any form of success outwith CH?
He needs pelted with an array of rotten fruit and veg.
I think the reason that he's popular here is down to the fact that most of the natives have rather questionable tastes in music.
Radio 1 ..UK
Radio 1...Czech republic..great choice, every single moderator has its own taste for music.
Cheers,
Nick
Anyone, who takes a normal song and makes a poor attempt at singing while the original plays in the background must have a huge cahoonies!!! (spelling?)- (US slang for testicles).
Shame about the voice, AND he is getting rich from it..
a) can't sing
b) the choreography looks like an aerobics class
c) crap melody
a-c counts for 99% of his songs
d) is filthy rich through hard work (can't be because of a-c, right!)
Because of d) I like him. because of a-c I don't listen to the radio anymore.
But then again, it might just be that his fanbase is made up entirely of drugcrazed zombies on speed.
Oh, wait, no, that's Street Parade ð®
Haven't heard it yet, not looking forward to it either...
Also very popular in Germany (sizable 9-13 yo crowd )
Prefer tar 'n feathers myself.
De gustibus non est disputandum. BTW, DJ Bobo is from Aargau. 'Nuf said!
(For those not in the know of Züri Chauvinism: Aargauer are considered the white sock-wearing proles in chav-style spoilered bangers)
He did have one hit in Australia back in the early 90s, "Somebody Dance With Me". Even then we pulled the piss out of him. Little did I dream that one day I would end up in his home country
This story relating to Miss Switzerland makes an interesting point about the celebrities/promis here:
"Miss Switzerland title-holders have a near mythical status in a country of seven million inhabitants but very few celebrities.
Switzerland has almost no internationally known figures from popular culture – Roger Federer and Martina Hingis are probably the only two living Swiss that most foreigners can name.
As a result, the Swiss media tries to manufacture celebrities from television presenters, folk musicians and beauty competitions."
How many countries have a Mister (insert country name here) competition, little alone shown on prime-time state-funded television?
dave
I could be paid to hug DJBobo's problems out of him - like, at the reasonable rate of a million francs!
If he put on the Pirate of Dance outfit, no deal! I do have some standards!
Dr Ray Stantz: [excited] Venkman? I saw it, I saw it, I saw it.
Dr. Peter Venkman: [slowly, calmly] It's right here, Ray. It's... looking at me.
Dr Ray Stantz: He's an ugly little spud, isn't he?
Dr. Peter Venkman: [quickly] I think he can hear you, Ray.
(Who ya gonna call?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Bobo...n_Song_Contest
but at least it should guarantee that the UK wont come last :-)