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Your Race Sounds Familiar?: Blackface, Cross-Racial/Cross-Gender Drag and the Your Face Sounds Familiar Franchise (2013–) on Post-Yugoslav Television Cover

Your Race Sounds Familiar?: Blackface, Cross-Racial/Cross-Gender Drag and the Your Face Sounds Familiar Franchise (2013–) on Post-Yugoslav Television

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|Dec 2021

Figures & Tables

Video 1

The Spice Girls and Zwarte Piet, 1997.

Table 1

Cross-gender and cross-racial impersonations on Croatian Tvoje lice zvuči poznato.37

YearPerformancesCross-genderCross-racialCross-racial and cross-gender
M to FF to MTotalM to FF to MTotal
2014 (S1)9615 (15.6%)22 (22.9%)37 (38.5%)17 (17.7%)3 (3.1%)4 (4.2%)7 (7.3%)
2015 (S2)9624 (25.0%)21 (21.9%)45 (46.9%)24 (25.0%)5 (5.2%)5 (5.2%)10 (10.4%)
2016 (S3)10424 (23.1%)25 (24.0%)49 (47.1%)22 (21.2%)5 (4.8%)5 (4.8%)10 (9.6%)
2017 (S4)10428 (26.9%)30 (28.8%)58 (55.7%)24 (23.1%)3 (2.9%)7 (6.7%)10 (9.6%)
2018 (S5)10425 (24.0%)26 (25.0%)51 (49.0%)36 (34.6%)9 (8.7%)10 (9.6%)19 (18.3%)
2020 (S6)64 (to 1 Nov 2020)17 (26.6%)21 (32.9%)38 (59.4%)23 (35.9%)5 (7.8%)6 (9.3%)11 (17.2%)
Total568133 (23.4%)145 (25.5%)278 (48.9%)146 (25.7%)30 (5.3%)37 (6.5%)67 (11.8%)
Table 2

Cross-racial impersonations by contestant.43

YearContestantImpersonations (episode)Total
2014 (S1)Mario Petreković (comedian)Beyoncé (e2)
Tina Turner (e5)
Lionel Richie (e9)
Bruno Mars (e12)
4
Baby Dooks (rapper)Psy (e3)
Esma Redžepova (e8)
James Brown (e9)
Nicolas Reyes (Gypsy Kings) (e10)
Andre 3000 (e11)
5
Minea (singer)MC Hammer (e3)1
Vanda Winter (singer)Stevie Wonder (e5)
Loreen (e7)
Loalwa Braz (Kaoma) (e10)
Rihanna (e12)
4
Jasna Palić-Picukarić (actor)Pharrell Williams (e6)1
Andrea Andrassy (actor)Michael Jackson (e8)1
Giuliano (singer)Lenny Kravitz (e12)1
2015 (S2)Maja Šuput (singer)Bruno Mars (e1)
Šaban Bajramović (e4)
Donna Summer (e8)
3
Maja Posavec (actor)Jackson 5 (e2)
Toni Braxton (e8)
2
Renata Sabljak (singer)Whitney Houston (e3)
Diana Ross (e6)
Prince (e8)
Cee Lo Green (e10)
Ruth Pointer (e12)
5
Ivan Šarić (comedian)Bob Marley (e3)
Grace Jones (e4)
Barry White (e7)
Michael Jackson (e9)
Nicki Minaj (e10)
5
Ivana Marić (singer)Chaka Khan (e4)
Rihanna (e11)
2
Dušan Bućan (actor)Shaggy (e4)
Felly Kilingi (model, Technotronic ‘Pump Up the Jam’ video) (e5)
Bobby Farrell (e8)
Cameo (e10)
4
Luka Bulić (actor)Marvin Gaye (e10)1
Saša Lozar (singer)Aretha Franklin (e11)
Beyoncé (e12)
2
2016 (S3)Ana Maras Harmander (actor)Gloria Gaynor (e1)1
Filip Dizdar (singer)Will.i.am (e1)
Jason Derulo (e8)
Louis Armstrong (e11)
3
Lana Jurčević (singer)Bobby Farrell (e2)
Sean Paul (e6)
Beyoncé (e12)
3
Fil Tilen (rapper)King África (e2)
Redfoo (e6)
Alesha Dixon (e7)
Freedom Williams (e8)
Mary J Blige (e10)
Rick James (e13)
6
Damir Kedžo (singer)Tina Turner (e5)
The Weeknd (e9)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind and Fire) (e10)
Mariah Carey (e13)
4
Žanamari Perčić (singer)Prince (e8)
Victor Willis (Village People) (e10)
Bruno Mars (e12)
3
Matteo Cetinski (singer)Martha Wash (e10)1
2017 (S4)Nives Celzijus (singer)Baha Men (e1)
Coolio (e6)
2
Mia Anočić-Valentić (actor)Chubby Checker (e1)
Césaria Évora (e7)
Michael Jackson (e11)
Sean Paul (e12)
4
Mario Roth (singer)Tina Turner (e1)
Don Omar (e2)
Gypsy Kings (e5)
James Brown (e12)
4
Ana Gruica (actor)Ray Charles (e2)
Salt’N’Pepa (e7)
2
Bojan Jambrošić (singer)OMI (e3)
Kool and the Gang (e6)
Prince (e9)
En Vogue (e11)
4
Ivana Mišerić (presenter)Ottawan (e4)
Michael Jackson (e7)
Rihanna (e9)
3
Daniel Bilić (singer)Will Smith (e5)
Chuck Berry (e6)
Diana Ross (e10)
3
Dalibor Petko (presenter)Mory Kante (e6)
Inner Circle (e8)
2
2018 (S5)Maja Bajamić (singer)Aretha Franklin (e1)
Labh Janjua (e2)
Carl Douglas (e4)
Beyoncé (e7)
Michael Jackson (e8)
John Legend (e10)
6
Damir Poljičak (actor)Amii Stewart (e1)
Mariah Carey (e4)
2
Matko Knešaurek (actor)Beyoncé (e1)
Mel B (e5)
Lionel Richie (e8)
Franky Gee (Captain Jack) (e10)
Melanie Thornton (La Bouche) (e12)
5
Paola Valić Bekić (singer)Tina Turner (e2)
Tionne Watkins (TLC) (e8)
Nicki Minaj (e10)
En Vogue (e11)
4
Ana Vilenica (actor)Kelis (e2)
Rockwell (e6)
Kool and the Gang (e9)
Stevie Wonder (e10)
Whitney Houston (e11)
5
Katarina Baban (actor)Jason Derulo (e3)
Rihanna (e6)
Prince (e7)
Bruno Mars (e10)
Kim Sasabone (Vengaboys) (e11)
5
Amel Ćurić (singer)Bobby Farrell (e3)
J Balvin (e5)
Celia Cruz (e9)
Barry White (e12)
4
Drele (comedian)Will Smith (e3)
Heather Small (e7)
Bob Marley (e9)
Esma Redžepova (e11)
Missy Elliott (e12)
5
2020 (S6)Siniša Ružić (actor)Cardi B (e1)
50 Cent (e4)
The Temptations (e6)
3
Lana Klingor Mihić (singer)LunchMoney Lewis (e1)
Rihanna (e3)
Tina Turner (e6)
Pharrell Williams (e7)
4
Neda Parmać (singer)Daddy Yankee (e2)
Fleur East (e7)
2
Fabijan Pavao Medvešek (actor)Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson (e2)
Lionel Richie, Diana Ross (e6)
4
Lu Jakelić (singer)Dr Alban (e2)
Ciara, Missy Elliott (e3)
3
Marina Orsag (singer)Ozuna (e3)
Barry White (e8)
2
Mario Valentić (actor)Shaggy (e4)
Sean Paul (e7)
2
Video 2

Boney M, “Daddy Cool” (the video Jurčević appears to imitate).

Video 3

Tom Holland, “Umbrella,” Lip Sync Battle (Comedy Central, May 7, 2017).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18146/view.267 | Journal eISSN: 2213-0969
Language: English
Page range: 83 - 103
Published on: Dec 1, 2021
Published by: Sound & Vision
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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