Sammarinese team at Eurovision 2016 is so multinational there seems to be no one from San Marino included, except HoD Alessandro Capicchioni. Turkish Serhat or Ahmet Serhat Hacıpaşalıoğlu (51) is the artis. The composer is another Turk Olcayto Ahmet Tugsuz, who already enned the Turkish entries back in 1982 and 1987. Lyrics are by Greek Nektarios Tyrakis, responsabile for the entries of Greece in 2004 and Belarus in 2005. French Cyril Orcel (52) will arrange the song with Belgian-African Guy Waku. The song was recorded in Belgium and there will be at least English, French and Italian versions. The Italian lyrics are penned by Italian Mariella Nava (56) and the French ones by Stéphane Laporte (55). The creative director for the whole affair is French fashion designer, master of self alteration Thierry Mugler (67). The record company is German. And the song will be premiered in Paris where the video was shot.
In one year San Marino has turned from "the youngest for the smallest" to .... well.... not so young ones waving a foreign flag....
Thierry Mugler, who calls himself Manfred these days, became a world famous fashion designer in the 1980's and 1990's. Later he has moved to photography, directing short films, ads and videos. In 2002 he collaborated with Cirque de Soleil, and in 2009 he worked as artistic advicer and designer for Beyonce's world tour. A year later in April 2010 New York Times story discussed Mugler's cosmetic transformation of his face body and genitals. "[Mugler has] taken to calling himself Manfred and transformed his body...into what is apparently a 240-pound spectacle of muscle and nipple and tattoo..." (You can find photos easily on internet ;-p)
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