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Poier in Thailand: Between scorpions & frogs

Cabaret artist Alf Poier: Before his performance at the smago! Award on April 18, Alf Poier is warming up in Thailand. He tastes his way through the local specialties, and even a motorcycle accident can't stop him.(Bild: Instagram/Alf Poier, Krone KREATIV)

It is a special preparation that the universal artist is currently enjoying before he sings in Schladming on April 18. Cabaret artist Alf Poier has been on his beloved Thailand vacation for some time now and is sampling the very special cuisine ...

Cabaret artist, painter and singer Alf Poier has been in the Far East for some time now. In Thailand, the Styrian universal artist is recharging his batteries for new exploits. One of these will be his performance on April 18 at the smago! Award at the Hohenhaus Tenne in Schladming. Here he will join a line-up of artists such as Hansi Hinterseer, the Seern, Heino, the Nockis and Marco Ventre to further his career as a pop singer.

"I'm serious about it," the 2003 Song Contest participant told us when he recently caused a stir in the scene with his song "Hoch am Berg" (with ZiB presenter Tarek Leitner in a video guest role). It is one of his many facets ...

... whether it has as many as Thai cuisine has to offer remains to be seen at this point. It is almost certainly more unusual for us Europeans. But even here he knows no mercy - with himself. He is currently tasting his way through the local cuisine in a kind of self-experiment. And if the scorpion doesn't taste good, he simply compensates with deep-fried frog and other "delicacies".

Incidentally, even a motorcycle accident in faraway Asia can't stop Poier. In other words, he stays on course for Schladming and the new career as a pop star that goes with it.