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Lucy Diakovska gays up Austria's "Starmania"

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AfterEllen.com reader Nelfy tipped us off that the Austrian show Starmania — an American Idol-type reality TV show — debuts its fourth season Friday with openly gay Bulgarian pop singer Lucy Diakovska among the show's three judges.

Lucy in 2008, left, and in 2006

Lucy with the other judges auditioning contestants for Starmania

The show airs on ORF 1, a public access TV channel in Austria that has never prominently featured lesbian or bisexual women in their programming before. (ORF bought the rights to The L Word, but decided against airing it.)

Lucy came out publicly as bisexual several years ago, and had a short relationship with German singer Juliette Schoppmann. She now identifies as a lesbian, and recently broke off her relationship with Bulgarian fashion designer Bojedara Bakalova.

Diakovska with Bakalova at a fashion show in 2008 (left); Juliette Schoppman

Diakovska rose to fame a few years ago as part of the girl group No Angels, which was formed in 2000 as a result of the reality TV show Popstars, and went on to become one of the biggest-selling German girl bands to date. They disbanded in 2003, and Lucy developed a solo career. No Angels reunited in 2006 and is currently working on their fifth studio album.

Here's a photo of the group (naturally, the queer woman is the one wearing pants):

The women of No Angels

Could that photo be any gayer? (And I don't mean that as a slur.) All that's keeping this from looking like a poster for a German pride parade is glitter and a dancing queen.

For more info, check out the No Angels MySpace page, and Lucy's MySpace page.

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    • Submitted by
    Sarah Warn
    on October 15, 2008 - 3:00pm.
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    Nelfy's picture

    Single again?

    Submitted by
    Nelfy (443 posts)
    on October 15, 2008 - 3:15pm.

    I didn't know that! wow, the possibilities... ;-)

    I actually thought about auditioning just to see her up close and personal, but my talent is so limited (as in non-existing), that I didn't find the courage. I saw her perform in my hometown once, that was pretty cool. I have to say I think she's kinda hot! and she has really cool tattoos as well!

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    shamWow's picture

    Lol to "popular" ORF

    Submitted by
    shamWow (85 posts)
    on October 15, 2008 - 4:42pm.

    Well to be a smartass it's anything but popular ...

    But it's true that it hardly airs anything LGBT related - even less than German TV which is also very dissapointing.

     

    Aya's picture

    So

    Submitted by
    Aya (603 posts)
    on October 15, 2008 - 5:25pm.
    So is she a lesbian or bi?
    Sarah Warn's picture

    I'm not sure

    Submitted by
    Sarah Warn (4091 posts)
    on October 15, 2008 - 5:31pm.
    because I don't read German. Wikipedia says she's gay, but I read somewhere else that she was bi. So I was hoping one of our German readers would tell us. :)
    Nelfy's picture

    bisexual

    Submitted by
    Nelfy (443 posts)
    on October 15, 2008 - 5:59pm.

    when she came out to Bravo, she said that she likes both men and women and that she doesn't limit herself. That was in 2002:

    Quote: "Ja, ich bin bisexuell. Ich stehe auf Männer, aber auch sehr auf Frauen. Mich sprechen alle Menschen auf der Welt an, und nicht nur die Hälfte."
    Translation: "Yes, I am bisexual. I like men, but I also like women a lot. I am attracted to all people on this earth, not just one half."

    in more recent interviews, she referred to herself as lesbian, so I'm guessin she's leaning more towards women.

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    Whaler's picture

    sexuality

    Submitted by
    Whaler (1 post)
    on October 16, 2008 - 3:12am.
    Here in Bulgaria Lusy is clear in her interviews that she is lesbian
    Lolly's picture

    Im from germany. And I can

    Submitted by
    Lolly (1 post)
    on October 15, 2008 - 6:28pm.

    Im from germany. And I can tell shes 100% lesbian.

    After her time of the No angels she was quit happy that she can finally coming out.

    I always knew her because shes living in my hometown Hamburg, the last time I saw her was when shes was sitting next to me in the airplane and she totally told me that shes 100% gay. 

    I love her because she doesnt make a big deal of it..so shes one of the famoust people in germany and shes gay - so what!

    Shes gives a f** about people minds and talked about her sexual experience on tv.

    I love her! I wish there were more famous people in germany who finally have the decency to come out in public!

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    Lucy

    Submitted by
    Linda77 (52 posts)
    on October 15, 2008 - 6:54pm.

    Oh my god, it's No Angels Lucy. She is the coolest of the band, hands down. She talks with an accent also. That's always a plus. I have seen her once in person, walking down the streets.. she is tiny! And she was definitely sending off some vibes before she came out. A famous line of hers, while sitting in a wok, sliding down a bobrun, screaming: "Ich werd heut Abend noch Sex habeeeen!!" which translates to: "I'm gonna have sex toniiight!!"

     

     

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    Clips of Lucy in Starmania

    Submitted by
    Wienerin (1 post)
    on October 16, 2008 - 10:03am.

    You can Lucy in the clips of the contestant castings. A direkt link for a media player f.ex.: mms://streamx.ORF.at/starmania_on_demand/HS_W191-II.wmv

    Or you can go to http://starmania.orf.at/ and click on one of the little contestant pictures. In the violet box click on "-> Video anschauen" (means: watch video)

    I hope there won't be any ip region restriction.

    kekskonstrukt's picture

    lucy...

    Submitted by
    kekskonstrukt (12 posts)
    on October 16, 2008 - 4:13am.
    usually i don't watch starmania... but maybe i'll watch this time - just because of lucy ;-)
    Gigi's picture

    LOL

    Submitted by
    Gigi (20 posts)
    on October 16, 2008 - 6:38am.
    i only watched the first season... now i will too only watch it because of lucy. and i probs only watch the segments when they judge the contestant, what else is there ;)
    Nelfy's picture

    me too!

    Submitted by
    Nelfy (443 posts)
    on October 16, 2008 - 7:46am.

    I'll check out the episode friday to see whether she has enough "screen time" to make it worth watching the whole thing. but she kinda is reason enough to watch crappy austrian tv-shows, isn't she?

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    Ms. Davies's picture

    OMG!

    Submitted by
    Ms. Davies (80 posts)
    on October 16, 2008 - 6:52am.

    I'm a huge No Angels fan, and when Lucy came out a few years ago, she only conefirmed what I already knew. She wears pants most of the time and has the coolest outfits.

    Didn't know she was single again. Maybe Sandy (the blonde No Angel) coulb break up with her boyfriend and hook up with Lucy. (Yeah, a girl can dream)

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    SORRY

    Submitted by
    saint (12 posts)
    on November 30, 2008 - 11:25am.
    Sorry girls she's not single she's with Bojedara Bakalova again and this time she wanted to move in with Bakalova, but the fashion designer disagreed. Well more Bojedara for me ^_^

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