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Jan. 12th, 2009 09:34 pm
lolabobs: (elvis)
Oh there was such glee.

It was gloriously tacky, wonderfully sincere and such fun.

I loved it.

How can you not love being in a place where this ) is an everyday sight?

It was brilliant. There were heats and shows and performances. Elvis was ALWAYS in the building. We sat at giant round tables and whooped and cheered. There were scarves and leis being exchanged every few minutes. Everywhere you looked there was an Elvis, and a nice selection of Vegas years and early rock look. There were competitors from France and Hungary as well as the US and the UK. There was even one we were convinced was a woman.

The final was last night and I swear - every second Elvis (and there were 22 finalists) sang Polk Salad Annie as one of their two songs. I didn't know wheher to feel sorriest for myself listening, or the band/backing singers who had to perform it over and over!

this )
is the person who won.

He is Trent Carlini who does shows in Vegas and is apparantly well known. HIs victory wasn't greeted with wholehearted approval (people felt he was too professional to be in the true spirit of the competition) but he was absolutely fantastic - exceptionally good.

this ) It's quite a poor picture and this does not reflect the fact thatI went a little bit stalkery trying to get a picture of him because I quite fancied him and his tight jeans. Not at all. I found out since he is a ETA (gotta use the lingo!) himself and has plenty of youtube footage and his own site - so I didn't need to pap him anyway!

Any downsides? Well. My hotel room was shall we say small ) The bed had a space of 8 inches between the end and the wall. The photo is of the edge of teh en suite and the bit of room leading to my window. P had the room next door and we chatted through the wall...


I'm back now though. Would go again most definitely.

NB - Who knew Blackpool was near Preston - I had no idea - until I booked the hotel I didn't even know it were 'up North'. People sould never underestimate my geographical ignorance. I waved at the signs for Preston anyway - so anyone who lives there shuld have sensed my aura and friendliness!!

PS - Happy Birthday Verlaine!

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