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March 25, 2013

Bisexual superstar Jessie J has denied claims she is wearing false hair during promo shots of the BBC reality singing competition show

After shaving her hair off for charity, British pop star Jessie J has responded to claims she is wearing a wig in the promo for The Voice.

The bisexual ‘Domino’ star took to Twitter to end allegations of wiggery, posting a picture of her re-growth and telling fans the show is pre-recorded.

She commented saying: ‘EVERYTHING WAS FILMED PRIOR TO ME SHAVING MY HEAD THE WHOLE SERIES! So give your mean thumbs a rest and go hug someone!’

January 23, 2013

Gay CNN host says: 'This is Beyoncé's world, and we're all just living in it'

Gay CNN host Anderson Cooper has defended Beyoncé Knowles for allegedly lip-syncing the national anthem at the inauguration yesterday (22 January).

Speaking on his show AC360, Cooper brought up the controversy as part of his segment ‘The Ridiculist’.

‘Tonight it is the story everyone seems to be talking about. Oh scandalous scandal, whether Beyoncé may or may not have lip-synced her performance of the national anthem at the inauguration,’ he said.

January 10, 2013

Gay rights champion and lesbian icon Kelly Clarkson joins Beyoncé and James Taylor at US President's inauguration ceremony

Pop star and gay rights champion Kelly Clarkson has been chosen to perform at US President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony.

The American Idol winner will sing 'My Country Tis of Thee' at the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington DC on 21 January.

She will be joined by R&B superstar Beyoncé, who will sing the national anthem, and James Taylor performing 'America the Beautiful'.

Despite admitting she was a Republican at heart, Clarkson said she would vote for Democrat Obama over his support for gay marriage.

January 8, 2013

'I like to see people do what they enjoy and be with the person they enjoy being with'

Grammy winning singer Fantasia Barrino hopes to convince people, once and for all, that she was not putting down gay marriage in a confusing Instagram rant last week.

'First of all, my words were taken out of context!' she tells Starpulse.com. 'After being personally;attacked on my Instagram account, I was simply trying to respond and say we live in a world where things are becoming more acceptable…thank God!'

January 4, 2013

Laserlight singer shows Twitter followers photo of her looking 'rough' without any makeup on

Bisexual pop star Jessie J appears to have made a New Year's resolution to wear less make-up, tweeting a photo of herself 'au naturale'.

The British singer proved she's a hottie even without the thick eyeliner and lipstick when she surprised her 6 million Twitter followers with the picture on New Year's Day.

'Holly taking pictures of me looking rough "chillin with no makeup on" #newyearchill', she tweeted.

January 2, 2013

'I support the gay community as they support me'

Fantasia Barrino, winner of the third season of American Idol, is claiming her comments about gay marriage in an Instagram rant have been taken out of context.

The Grammy winner had posted a rant which read in part: 'Its a lot going on that the Bible speaks about we should Not be doing: Weed legal in some places, Gay Marriage Legal BUT YET IM JUDGED!!!'

December 31, 2012

'Gay Marriage Legal BUT YET I'M JUDGED!'

Fantasia Barrino, the singer who managed to beat Jennifer Hudson and all other challengers to win season three of American Idol, apparently has a problem with gay marriage.

The Grammy winner took to her Intragram account and posted a rant which read in part: 'Its a lot going on that the Bible speaks about we should Not be doing: Weed legal in some places, Gay Marriage Legal BUT YET IM JUDGED!!!'

December 24, 2012

Another chance to watch the viral HMS Ocean Christmas video - because GSN loves a camp sing-a-long

Gay Star News loved this video so much last year that we decided to release it this Christmas as well.

The HMS Ocean battleship’s camp mime-along to Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas became a YouTube hit.

And gay celebrities got in on the excitement, with Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen sharing it with Anthony Cotton – from long-running TV soap Coronation Street and the original UK Queer As Folk.

‘It was glorious and made me laugh and cry with joy,’ said Cotton, who put the link out via Twitter.

December 20, 2012

Bisexual pop star has given fans a behind-the-scenes look at the BBC reality competition show

Bisexual pop star Jessie J has offered a behind-the-scenes look at filming the new series of The Voice UK.

The ‘Price Tag’ singer, who will return as a coach for the second run, posted images of herself filming the auditions on Instagram and Twitter.

Fellow coaches Will. i. Am, The Script frontman Danny O’Donaghue and Welsh music legend Sir Tom Jones, have also returned and began filming the blind auditions in Manchester earlier this month.

December 17, 2012

'I don't even know if they remember there are contestants anymore'

This spring will mark 10 years ago that Clay Aiken was launched to stardom after finishing as runner-up on American Idol.

He's one of the show's biggest breakout stars along with Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry.

But don't Aiken doesn't expect to be invited back to mark the 10 year anniversary of his season.

December 14, 2012

British boyband member and singer-songwriter perform Elton John and Kiki Dee's Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Oh, what a night! One Direction’s Harry Styles and British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran sang a gay classic at karaoke together as captured in a fan's video.

Styles and Sheeran were filmed singing Elton John and Kiki Dee’s ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’.

The fan video was taken at a party that followed One Direction’s recent sell-out performance at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

In the video, the duo put their own ‘spin’ on the famous gay classic while fellow band members Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and others cheekily danced around on stage.

November 3, 2012

Gay singer-songwriter, who has impressed audiences with her self-penned tracks, has quit the show due to illness

Lesbian contestant Lucy Spraggan has quit The X Factor due to illness.

The 21-year-old singer-songwriter said she was ‘gutted’ to pull out of the British singing competition and felt it would be unfair on the other contestants to miss two shows in a row.

Spraggan, who has impressed audiences with her self-penned tracks, had a free pass last week after coming down with ‘severe flu’.

A statement from X Factor producers said: ‘Lucy isn’t well enough to perform this weekend so she has decided to withdraw from the competition.

October 28, 2012

The 25-year-old mother lost a sing-off on the British singing competition reality show

Lesbian contestant Jade Ellis was voted off on tonight’s X Factor (28 October).

The 25-year-old mother from London performed White Flag by Dido in a sing-off with fellow bottom two act Union J.

She was chosen to stay by her mentor Tulisa, but the other judges Nicole Scherzinger, Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh opted for the boyband.

Ellis said: ‘To me it’s just been an amazing experience, I want to thank you guys for your amazing critique, and for me, my life starts now.’

October 27, 2012

Lesbian singer-songwriter will not perform on this weekend's Halloween special and gets a free pass to next week

X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan will not take part in this week’s X Factor live shows (27/28 October).

The lesbian singer-songwriter fell ill earlier this week and producers made the decision to give her a free pass to next week’s show today.

On Twitter, the official X Factor account said: ‘NEWS: @lspraggan is just too unwell to perform on tonight’s #xfactor. Lucy will proceed to next weekend’s show as happened with [Diana Vickers].’

October 26, 2012

UK X Factor contestant Jade Ellis has admitted she is so mesmerised by judge Nicole Scherzinger that she can't concentrate

UK X Factor contestant Jade Ellis admits she has a massive crush on judge Nicole Scherzinger.

Despite living with her long-term girlfriend, the 25-year-old singer says she has the hots for the sexy Pussycat Dolls star and even finds it hard to concentrate when she gives her feedback during the live shows.

'I have a crush on Nicole, it’s terrible,' she said, Unreality TV reported.

She added: 'I hardly ever remember anything she says to me because I am just staring at her and thinking "You are so beautiful".'

October 17, 2012

MK1's Charlie Rundle proves she also has the sex factor with topless Mr Men pantie photo

X Factor finalist Charlie Rundle, of urban group MK1, proved she also has the sex factor by tweeting a photo of her wearing nothing but a pair of Mr Men panties.

The blonde bombshell, who is one of three lesbian acts on the UK TV talent show, is pictured sporting a sexy cropped hairstyle, a pair of headphones and novelty cartoon underpants.

'The promo shot for my old DJ sets...Minus the Mr. Men,' the 19-year-old said in her post on Twitter.

Along with bandmate Simeon Dixon, 24, Rundle has made it through to the third week of X Factor live shows.

October 15, 2012

Gay and lesbian UK X Factor finalists survive second round of live shows

X Factor judge Gary Barlow is in 'shock' after flamboyant gay contestant Rylan Clarke survived to sing another week.

Unlike last week, the camp Essex singer wasn't even in the bottom two after the results of the public vote were revealed yesterday (14 October).

His over the top mash-up of Korean pop hit Gangnam Style, Groove is in the Heart and Pump up the Jam featured dancing panda 'fashionistas' and Karl Lagerfeld impersonaters.

August 24, 2012

Bisexual British pop star says she 'can't wait' to coach the second series constestants of the BBC reality show

Bisexual British pop star Jessie J has confirmed she will return for a second series of The Voice UK.

The ‘Price Tag’ singer’s stint as coach was in doubt on the BBC reality competition show after tabloid reports claimed she would not return.

However the 24-year-old took to Twitter to blast the false reports.

She said: ‘I WILL be a coach on the 2nd series of The Voice UK! I'm B B B BACK!

May 21, 2012

American Idol alum loses to Arsenio Hall on Celebrity Apprentice

Clay Aiken didn't let coming in second on American Idol more than a decade ago stop him from going on to become one of the biggest stars ever to emerge from that reality show competition.

Still, the openly gay singer was hoping to finish first on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice after making it to the finals of Donald Trump's reality show and facing off against former talk show host Arsenio Hall.

'My mother's here tonight and she's already sat through me losing once,' Aiken told the live studio audience before Trump made his final decision.

March 2, 2012

BBC selects 75-year-old to represent UK at annual campfest that is the Eurovision Song Contest

GSN loves the distinctly European weirdness of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and are delighted we’re going to have two contributors at the finals in Baku, Azerbaijan on 26 May.

We also love old crooners.

So we’re coming down on the side of Engelbert Humperdinck, the 75-year-old crooner set to represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision.

To say the announcement of Engelbert Humperdinck as the UK’s 2012 Eurovision entry was a surprise would be a huge understatement.

January 24, 2012

Mozart's famous opera given a New York Studio 54 club twist for London gay audience

A gay version of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni will premier at London's Heaven nightclub this April.

Directed by Dominic Gray and produced by Richard Crichton, the new production sees Don Giovanni as a playboy nightclub owner in a setting inspired by New York's infamous Studio 54.

In an additional twist, the roles of all singers will be reversed: sopranos will become tenors while baritones will become mezzos in order to demonstrate 'the harmonic genius of Mozart'.