Classy burlesque queen dancing in Eurovision Song Festival

Ever since Dita's very public divorce -- which she claimed had plunged her into such deep grief for a year that she didn't touch a man throughout that time -- she has been hitting the tabloid headlines in Europe. The latest news that the risque performer, at the moment dancing in the Crazy Horse saloon in Paris, will be dancing in the German entry for this year's Eurovision Songfestival at the Olympiyski Indoor Arena in Moscow on May 14, raises that country's hopes that her stunning looks could help Germany gain at least twelve points. They are singing a number called "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang, written by Alex Christensen and Oscar Loya. see The first rehearsals are already in progress in downtown Moscow: Montenegro, Czech Republic, Belarus, Belgium, Sweden, Armenia, Andorra, Switzerland and Turkey have already held the first rehearsals and press conferences. The video clip above is from the Turkish entry. Still rehearsing are Israel, Bulgaria, Iceland, FYR Macedonia, Romania, Finland, Portugal, Malta and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Eurovision TV press handouts Rehearsals and pre-publicity shoots for the Eurovision Song Festival in Moscow on May 14 have been going on all this week. This is the Swedish entry, Malena Emman, with her dance troupe. image:50806:6::0

Judging from the costumes and musical content at the current rehearsals, the Eurovision Song Festival is going to be more bizarre than ever. However there 's some whacking good talent too: the video clip above for instance, shows Turkey's entry, performing her song Düm Tek Tek. It had pyrotechnics and a wind machine, which is pretty tame for the Eurovision Song Festival. But the girl's talent is undeniable. View video clips of other entries here Dita's personal life has been a source of constant fascination for the tabloids here in Europe ever since she divorced shockrocker Marilyn Manson in 2007.She didn't 'touch anyone for a year after that', she claimed: "I was so lovelorn I wasn't even thinking about having sex with anyone.' see "That was rather odd, because I had to behave very sexily in my work," she said. ' Indeed: she even posed for Playboy, and it can't get much more sexy than that. She got on with her life, however, and now enjoys designing her own line of 1940s retro lingerie for Wonderbra: see She says they are very comfortable to wear. Painfully shy as a teenager:

Nina NL Sexy burlesque dancer Dita von Teese, ex-wife of shockrocker Marilyn Manson, has designed her own retro-look Wonderbra collection. She's also dancing in the German entry for the Eurovision Song Festival in Moscow . image:50807:5::0

Dita, who once described herself as being 'painfully shy as a teenager', cheered up considerably after that dark year: "I have now accepted that my heart can be broken. And that it will probably happen again.' She revealed last month in Female First that she even took group showers with fellow dancers after her shows at the Crazy Horse in Paris:"After the show I take communal showers with those beautiful Russian and French dancers, trying to scrub off each other's makeup.' see And she also revealed that Manson has been in contact with her again this year: however she's not even thinking about having him back:"At the moment, I have three men on different continents. That is my greatest sin: having relationships with a variety of men'. One, it is being rumoured, is the drop-dead gorgious and very married football star David Beckham. However, she claims, they have only been texting each other.