May 7
Watch: Olly Alexander, Four Hunky Dancers Lace Up for a Boxing Ring Rendition of 'Dizzy' at Eurovision
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
It looks like it's punch-drunk love for out singer Olly Alexander as he prepares to represent the UK in this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.
And he's not out there on his lonesome: The Years and Years frontman and "It's a Sin" star has a quartet of sweaty dancers in his corner, as can be seen in a rehearsal video for his boxing match-themed Eurovision entry, "Dizzy."
The footage was included in a release that compiled snippets from all 37 songs that will be in contention for the annual musical throwdown, which is slated to start today, May 7, and run four days, through May 11, before one champion is declared.
"Olly and his four male backing dancers take to the stage dressed head to toe in red boxing gear," Eurovoix News details. "The stage has been turned into a big gym locker room complete with dirty tiles as a nod to the 'post-apocalyptic' feel that the UK delegation have aimed for."
Source: AP Photo/Martin Meissner
"Olly Alexander's Eurovision performance transports viewers into a post- apocalyptic dystopian boxing gym locker room, aboard a spaceship hurtling toward Earth through a black hole in 1985!"
"The performance features fireworks and a new arrangement in the middle eight," Eurovoix noted of the retooled song, which Alexander released as a single in March.
The kinetic choreography has the boxer boys not knowing which way is up as they climb the walls and jump atop each other on the ceiling. Alexander, ensconced in their midst, belts out the song, microphone in hand.
Check out the glimpse of Olly and his pugilistic pals in the compilation video below. (Note: The look at "Dizzy" starts at the 2:10 mark.)
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
