– Leonid the Magnificent after one of the judges told him
he was perfect for the top of a Christmas tree, otherwise
he was magnificently useless
Not since Liberace have we seen such unabashed queer showmanship!
At 7-feet or thereabouts, Leonid the Magnificent, formerly of Russia, currently of Brooklyn, brought down the house on America Has Talent – a sort of Gong Show crossed with Cirque du Soleil — that presents a summer-long American Idol-style competition, but with jugglers, bird-callers and at least one stocky man who got himself inside a big pink balloon (you had to be there).
Leonid is a sword balancer — sort of. He’s really Cher, with a Russian accent. He comes on stage near nude, with the sort of golden Adonis body reminiscent of pulpy gay-trade paperbacks of the Sixties — and, oh yeah, fucking angel wings!
We loved the way his act began as he walked toward the camera with hard, purposeful steps, crossing one leg over the other in the manner of a showgirl — to the string accompaniment of Feelings.
No, we haven’t been this catapulted out into the queer stratosphere since… well, since Siegfried and Roy raced the snow tiger around the stage in their sequined hot pants.
See the Magnificent Leonid for yourself:
Until he was asked back on the show, Leonid was doing what is described as “an adult version of a hula hoop routine” in The Fantasy Party, a girls-night-out show in Greenwich Village. Surely there must be a spot for this fabulash glamboy at the Stardust in Vegas.
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He is tall and he is good looking and I love the accent.
Wonder what he looks like without all the makeup.
Haha!
Amazing what guts he must have, geez, I would never do that (I’m not so much into pink stuff and lipstick anyway) I also like his accent, but is that really grey hair or did he paint it for the performance or something, beats me.
Anyway, indeed the queerest post ever if you’d ask me, though I thought those candy girls or whatever you had here a week ago went pretty far too. Guess I’m not so much into queer stuff.
He should meet louloudelasvegas in France.
He is about as tall – all legs and sports a mowhawk
and is in porn films now in Europe.
They could start a CHORUSLINE
makeup-schmakeup!!!
what a star!!!
you rock Leonid!!!
hot
I’d like to fuck him…