Wiwi Was Wrong: Romania Can Dance

Last week Wiwi suggested that Romanian pop star Elena Gheorghe cannot dance. To support that, he posted a video which shows Elena throwing her limbs around, bobbing up and down and occasionally adjusting her hair. That inspired more than 70 Romanians to e-mail Wiwi: some sent friendly messages, others sent hate mail, but all argued [...]

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Romania: ‘Balkan Girls’ Rehearsal A Disaster

Wiwi Bloggs has had his fingers crossed for weeks that Romania’s Elena Gheorghe, the half-Macedonian daughter of a priest, would deliver a Eurovision performance as exciting and surprising as her standout tune The Balkan Girls. Sadly, her rehearsal this afternoon was a total letdown. First, the LCD screen features a tree that changes color, which [...]

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Romania: Elena Cannot Dance So Adjusts Her Hair Instead

Romania’s Elena Gheorghe is emerging as one of Eurovision’s most endearing personalities. The half Macedonian pop star known for being the daughter of a priest has already made headlines for securing a private plane to take her to Moscow. Now, after careful analysis, Wiwi Bloggs can reveal that Elena does not know how to dance. [...]

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Romania defies credit crunch, will fly to Mosow on private jet

It’s just broken that Elena Gheorghe, Romania’s Eurovision representative, will fly to Moscow on a “personal” plane after a deal was reached between Romania’s TVR network and Blue Air, a Romanian airline. “We are sure that our effort will be repaid in the moment when Elena will fully succeed through her talent and will make [...]

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Romania: Elena Gheorghe

According to her official Eurovision biography, Romania’s Elena Gheorghe comes from a family of priests. If those priests have seen the latest video for “The Balkan Girls,” I suspect they’re preparing the holy water. Elena, the lyrics tell us, needs to unwind, so she plans to start her weekend with “gin, tonic and lime.” Her [...]

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