Forget arid animals with colorful manes lounging beneath the rainbows, because unicorns, it turns out, come in a variety of shapes, styles and sounds. Just before Noa Kirel takes the stage of the Eurovision final to perform "Unicorn" at the moment of truth, the network is filled with surprising and certainly unusual cover versions of the hit that represents Israel in the European song contest. We chose five of them, like that on one horn, that will pass the time until the main show.
Unicorn in distortion
The Israeli rock band Twisted Mind, which combines Mediterranean music with metal, presents a particularly nervous and kicking cover of "Unicorn", which is even backed by a relatively elaborate video (don't miss the guitar solo towards the end of the song). This is actually the band's first single from a new cover album called "Rocking Israel" - a great way to create buzz. Who is the next artist to get the special treatment?
Classic horn
Pano is a hardworking guy who fills his YouTube channel with instrumental piano versions of selected Eurovision songs, which he performs with impressive professionalism. "Unicorn", of course, is one of those selected songs, but if you dig a little deeper into the channel you will find impressive performances of several other works that compete against Kyrell's determined unicorn, such as "Cha Cha Cha" which represents Finland and is also expected to reach a high place in the competition.
Sharp diagnosis
What does unicorns have to do with, well, ovaries? Ask comedian Perla Danoch — or just listen to "Get Out of My Ovaries — her poignant parody song that demands that clearly tactless people stop harassing and ask when she'll get pregnant. And all of course to the tune of "Unicorn", yes? Served as a public service - or rather as a service to all nosy aunts. Tens of thousands of views of the mighty clip are not wrong.
Get Out of My Ovaries | Perla in a phenomenal tribute to Noa Kirel in a song that encapsulates the power of Israeliness - to be tactless pic.twitter.com/vocKq9UZlc
— HERE (@kann) May 11, 2023
Phenomen-phenomen-phenometal
Another rock cover by an Israeli band, this time by the Tel Aviv metalcore band Her Last Sight. This time it is a heavy, loud and extremely screaming piece that is not recommended for listening to the faint of heart. On the other hand, if a horror film based on Eurovision were made, there is no doubt that this cover would have received a place of honor on the soundtrack.
The Power of the Goldicorn
Finally, this is what we really didn't expect: an exciting acoustic version of "Unicorn" by none other than Nikki Goldstein. The comedian plucks the emotional capillaries and strains his vocal cords in an impressive and well-produced performance, with none other than Avi Singolda on guitars. Hidden among the comments are comments such as "There's a lot of respect for Noa Kirel, but in my opinion this performance will be more successful at Eurovision." Goldstein next year on the way to Douz Foa?
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