Leonid The Magnificent

Oh my - I hate to admit that Ed and I have been hooked on "America's Got Talent" this summer. I mean, we pretty much knew that America doesn't have talent, but it's summertime and we were always up for some good brainless fluffy TV. And did we get it. In droves. By far, the highlight of the competition has been Leonid the Magnificent. Leonid is a ridiculously tall Eastern European drag queen, who wears platform heels and huge feather headdresses (as if he wasn't tall enough already.

The Hoff called him "Victoria's Secret from Hell"
Piers called him a Christmas Tree.
Brandy was just frightened I think.
I call it funny as all hell!

In the tryouts he balanced swords on a thread. In the semi-finals he twirled a giant cube. Well, for a good laugh the judges brough him back for the wild card show, and he really outdid himself with a hula hoop act that looks like it came straight out of "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar".

Boy I love YouTube - upon further searching, I found this video of his stage act, including the hula hoop and sword balancing routines (viewers beware, contains Leonid hiney & other simulated actions so watch at your own risk). And of course, in true fashion of today, he's got a MySpace page... I love that his heros are "Jesus Christ & God". Go Leonid!