Marty

"Hi Mika!" lol

HIIIIIII KELLLLLLLLLLLLLY! mikafanclub > dmb

thank god you made that up!

Ugh. Mika lost out to Avril Lavigne AGAIN! 5. Missy Higgins - Steer 4. Silverchair - Straight Lines 3. Christina Aguilera - Candyman 2. Mika - Grace Kelly 1. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend

Yeah but I just used wikipedia to back me up, I know this because I'm Lebanese-Australian. Here we go (another source): "If your passport contains Israeli stamps you will be refused entry to Lebanon, even if you hold a valid Lebanese visa." http://www.newssafety.com/hotspots/countries/lebanonx.htm

It's not about getting INTO Israel, it's about going to other countries when he has been to Israel. Like, for example, Shakira is half-Lebanese and has never been to Israel, because if she had been to Israel she wouldn't have been allowed in Lebanon. (well I looked all over google and I didn't find anything to say she's been there :|) I might be wrong though, for all I know the Lebanese government could make an exception to celebrities.

Haha, he's friends with Amy Winehouse I'm sure, and she's Jewish. By the way, his home country is Lebanon, and I'm not so sure that you're allowed in Lebanon if you have visited Israel? Because in Lebanon they don't recognise Israel as a nation. I'm sure he'd rather visit Lebanon than Israel, because he's Lebanese. I'm not sure if what I'm saying is correct.. but Wikipedia backs me up (I think?). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#Countries_that_do_not_accept_Israeli_passports

Mika WILL be number 1 or number 2 this week! It's between him and Avril! I'll keep you guys updated, we find out in a few minutes. edit: damn, Avril took it. Oh well, there'll be next week, and I like Avril's song.

I hope he makes it to number 1 this week, because next week we'll have Beyonce/Shakira and Missy Higgins entering the charts, and one of them is a shoe-in to debut at no1.

iTunes charts: 1. Mika - Grace Kelly 2. Silverchair - Straight Lines 3. KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See 4. Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race 5. Thirsty Merc - 20 Good Reasons 6. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend 7. Missy Higgins - Steer 8. Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar 9. Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape 10. Linkin Park - What I've Done you can see it if you have iTunes.

I'm not sure I understand your first question.

OMG! MIKA JUST KNOCKED SILVERCHAIR OFF THE TOP SPOT ON AUSTRALIAN ITUNES!! I am so happy!

I'm Australian and I always go with UK.

Any song by Mika.

yay! Mika is coming second in Australia's iTunes chart. He'll probably debut at number 2 with his album this week because of Silverchair.

It was on the radio here on Monday.. probably recorded over the weekend.

Great article, good read!

Just about the question about the hype in Lebanon- Grace Kelly got to number 1 there recently.

http://austereo.castmetrix.net/podcast/378302368699129057/1/Hot30BestOfMondaythe5thMarch.mp3 There's nothing about it after he stops talking.. it's kind of funny but I'm thinking it might be fake, but it's still funny!

Thanks everyone!

I can't wait to get my hands on Mika's single and album.. but they're not out in Australia yet. Is there a website that has info on release dates around the world?

Hi, my name is Marty and I'm 17 & from Sydney, Australia. I found out about Mika because I'm a complete music freak and I look at world-wide charts too much.. I saw that Mika had been ontop of the UK charts for like 4 weeks so I looked him up on wikipedia and saw that he was Lebanese (like me!) and I went to youtube to have a listen to "Grace Kelly", then I realised it was that weird song I saw on MTV the other week.. that I kinda liked (even though it sounded so homosexual when I first heard it lol nothing wrong with that) and now it's my favourite song. & I found these forums to post a really funny radio interview with Mika that I heard today but it hasn't been put up on the site yet, I'll be sure to post it as soon as it's put up.