NORWAY 2011 - Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba

[StellaStai]

And this from the host country : :idea:

http://translate.google.com/transla.../www.nrk.no/kultur-og-underholdning/1.7515094





My ticket for the final is for sale..

 

[Chipmunk]

Very stupid comments from Raab

 

[r3gg13]

@StellaStai: Those comments from Raab (and from Skavlan) are really uncalled for. I'm really happy that Stella is taking it well as in this article NRK article

 

[AlekS]

Raab used to poke fun at almost every European country I wasn't surprised when he was negative about her.
Also, the man who said in front of Ruslana that Eurovision would be better without Eastern Europe is going to host ESC You can already guess German broadcaster's points to Norway. Unless the jury will have enough brains in order to have their own opinion.
He will be the host so Stella can kick his butt in person

 

[Simon87]

He will be the host so Stella can kick his butt in person

333

 

[r3gg13]

He will be the host so Stella can kick his butt in person

Hahaha, If she does super well, or wins, it will be a super slap in his face

@Aleks, For a host of a show that's supposed to unite Europe, I was expecting him to be a little bit more accepting of different cultures... or act more professionally towards other music professionals AT THE LEAST. I don't know him much, but he sounds like a Terry Wogan to me (sorry for going off topic)

 

[Milos-BC]

I still remember when Raab asked Peter Nalitch " Is that Milan Stankovic on the photo you are holding and singing about?"

 

[KilledByShoes]

I couldn't make up my mind about this song after the first listen but after reading all those disgusting comments I fully support it out of principle. I know Eurovision isn't supposed to be political but ain't it great how an inoccent song like this can prove that Europe is changing and that some countries are mature enough to see that and chose an song/artist like Stella to represent them?
Sorry for going off-topic. I hope Haba Haba will do well.

 

[Muireanne]

Re: NORGE - Norway 2011

This truely sounds like Norway... 3. But not bad though. I gave it 1pt at first, now I'd say a 7! It just grows on you xsing. Go Norway!

 

[bella]

Haba Haba, i like it :-D a very happy song.
Could be a summer-hit!!!
But what means "Haba Haba..." is it spanish?

You know... what Raab says... thats Raab! Take it with a pinch of salt ;-)

 

[MaryAnny]

@ bella
Because she's from Kenya, I thought it was Swahili. I found this with google:

Haba na haba, hujaza kibaba.

Little by little, fills the pot.

As this Swahili proverb says, all things are possible if you just take it little by little, step by step.

And I also love the song! My favourite until now!

 

[bella]

Ah okay... thx. Sounds spanish, but okay.
It´s my fav. too + the entry of NL ;-)

 

[adamsamways]

lol I don't think it sounds spanish at all, but it's definitely not Spanish anyway it is Swahili like maryanny said

Loving this song more and more and loving Stella too, it's fast becoming my favourite!

 

[Schlagerman1]

Gosh It is many songs still to go..but I wonder if not Norway will go away with possibly a place in the top 5 (even be best placed nordic act). Stella is wonderful artist, so sweet and the song is so happy that you can't help yourself from singing along while smiling and dancing to this wonderful entry!
I start to think we must watch out for this sweet little girl with this innocent african song!

 

[Andalublue]

Great! I really like the song. I think the singer needs to do a lot of rehearsing to improve her vocal performance, but it has a lovely, happy feeling to it. African-influences in Eurovision don't have a very good record of performing well, which is a shame. I wish Norway and Stella very good luck. I've been humming this now for most of the evening.

 

[Charley]

And this from the host country : :idea:

http://translate.google.com/transla.../www.nrk.no/kultur-og-underholdning/1.7515094

This story is completely false and fabricated. Raab never said anything about "bongo bongo music" or the Norwegian song at all really. He did make some cheap word association joke. Asked about Haba Haba he said: "If the Italians particiate with Bunga Bunga (not bongo bongo!), we can pack up and go home." (see Bunga bunga)

If you don't believe me, you can watch it and hear for yourself here (at 2:45)
http://www.unser-song-fuer-deutschl...index.html?contentId=98346&initialTab=related

 

[Matt]

This story is completely false and fabricated. Raab never said anything about "bongo bongo music" or the Norwegian song at all really. He did make some cheap word association joke. Asked about Haba Haba he said: "If the Italians particiate with Bunga Bunga (not bongo bongo!), we can pack up and go home." (see Bunga bunga)

If you don't believe me, you can watch it and hear for yourself here:
http://www.unser-song-fuer-deutschl...index.html?contentId=98346&initialTab=related

I never bothered reading that article but now I'm quite surprised by it. Stefan never said that. Was he poking fun at someof the entries? Yes, he's a comedian but he never said that the song from Norway is bongo bongo music. That's some unreliable article. So don't get too upset with him....at least not for that particular reason

 

[AlekS]

This story is completely false and fabricated. Raab never said anything about "bongo bongo music" or the Norwegian song at all really. He did make some cheap word association joke. Asked about Haba Haba he said: "If the Italians particiate with Bunga Bunga (not bongo bongo!), we can pack up and go home." (see Bunga bunga)

I like the 1st words of that article: Bunga bunga is a phrase of mock African origin.

Coming after Stella kinda says it all
Nobody says that he's a racist. But he plays on national prejudices.
This is not the host broadcaster's position (after all Raab is disliked even in Germany) but it wasn't nice, not just imo

 

[Charley]

I like the 1st words of that article: Bunga bunga is a phrase of mock African origin.

Coming after Stella kinda says it all

He did not "come after Stella". His 'joke' had no connection with her at all really, he only wanted to say bunga bunga, which became kind of a known phrase in Germany through the Berlusconi sex scandal, which he figured would get him a laugh. I doubt anyone in Germany even knows bunga bunga is of African origin, not Italian.

 

[katapult]

This story is completely false and fabricated. Raab never said anything about "bongo bongo music" or the Norwegian song at all really. He did make some cheap word association joke. Asked about Haba Haba he said: "If the Italians particiate with Bunga Bunga (not bongo bongo!), we can pack up and go home." (see Bunga bunga)

If you don't believe me, you can watch it and hear for yourself here (at 2:45)
http://www.unser-song-fuer-deutschl...index.html?contentId=98346&initialTab=related

Thank you for putting that right!

It was just a lame wordplay-joke by Raab :roll: (on the "Bunga-Bunga"-Phrase concerning Berlusconi; in fact nothing related to Stella nor Norway) - but I KNEW instantly that this could - again - cause some sort of unnessary irritations, misunderstandings- it' not the first time with Raab, as we know.

You can be sure, he would have been booed off the stage by the audience and slaughtered by the press and public the day after, if he'd really said something that dumb, pejorative, nasty, whatever.

I think, Norway is actually considered as one of the favourites for the win, so far