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Eurovision 2008 Live Blog

Live blogging the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, from Belgrade, Serbia (all times UTC+1)

2315 It’s all over. Top three were Russia, Ukraine and Greece. More commentary tomorrow, now it’s time for bed

2209 I’ll post the twitter commentary here shortly, for now, top three for me were Russia, Ukraine, and Sweden.

Here is the Twitter Stream from my coverage of Eurovision 2008 Final, in reverse chronological order.

It’s All Over!

Congrats to @OwenBlacker for winning Twitter #Eurovision 2nd @ewanspence 3rd @Neonbubble 4th @djwaters1 more at http://tinyurl.com/5noljs 11:58 PM May 24, 2008 from web

New blog post: Eurovision Pick 3 2008: The Results of the Twitterverse Competition http://tinyurl.com/5noljs 11:54 PM May 24, 2008 from Twitter Tools

Yep it’s all over for another year. Now, next year, can I get myself to Russia and tweet from there? 11:26 PM May 24, 2008 from web

@owenblacker and watch the top come off at some point in the encore 11:13 PMin reply to owenblacker

@cbetta Norway was fifth, Sweden was nowhere, for a good score inmy three I should have went for NOrway 11:12 PMin reply to cbetta

@solobasssteve He’s hinted it for a while. Damm I need to send an audition tape 11:10 PMin reply to solobasssteve

Russia didn;t outscore Lordi, take heart 11:08 PM

During the Judging

And there we go! Tis all over! Russia 1st, Ukraine 2nd, Greece Third (I had Russia, Ukraine, Sweden) I picked the wrong Scandanvian country 11:07 PM May 24, 2008 from twhirl

UKRAINE FT2nd!!! 11:03 PM

Russia FTW, Ukraine 7 behind Greece, come on Ukraine! 11:01 PM

WHo let Owen Wilson into Sweden to judge? 11:00 PM

@gerikson I agree. Sweden was a superb song, but tyes the looks of the next to a radiator performer has let it down (cf Norway) 10:59 PMin reply to gerikson

Come on Ukraine!!! Only 16 points behind Greece. Grab secon place and give me the top two places!!! 10:58 PM

Oooh votes for Poland! I spoke too soon…. FTL indeed 10:57 PM

Ireland probably gives us enough of a buffer against Poland. And surprise the UK and Ireland do the 10 and 12 to the Pirates 10:54 PM

Malta gives 12 to sweden. I’ll take that for my pick three 10:53 PM

And if there’s another score for Poland, UK is gonna be last 10:50 PM

Russia pulling nicely ahead. Yaay! Now it’s time to root for Ukraine to sneak second place from Joss Wheddon’s Dollhouse singer 10:50 PM

Russia are now more than 12 points ahead of the competition. THey can’t be overhauled in a single round – tis a vital landmark in ESC voting 10:48 PM

Come on Russia! And if FSM smiles, Ukraine can pull up to greece and jump ahead 10:46 PM

@djwaters1 or we get Def Leppard to be our entry next year 10:46 PMin reply to djwaters1

@peprice yes, thats the ony reason we get to be in the final 10:45 PMin reply to peprice

Half way stage. Ukraine and Russia riding high which is good as my pick of Sweden is proving a disaster #eurovision 10:41 PM

@markmedia I know, Sweden is absolutley nowhere. Looks like western europe switched to Norway 10:37 PMin reply to markmedia

Iceland in no way a Scandanvian block vote there 10:36 PM

@NicoleSimon Yes, I wonder why she;s getting so many votes 10:36 PMin reply to NicoleSimon

Moldovan judge… Draco Malfoy!!! 10:35 PM

Ewan Spence ewanspence Cyprus in shock 12 points to greece 10:34 PM May 24, 2008 from twhirl

@kosso Italy threw a hissy fit a few years ago 10:32 PMin reply to kosso

No Nul Points this year…. 10:31 PM

Now we get into the Baltic votes and the Blakan run 10:30 PM

@kosso probably, as Ireland is voting 10:30 PMin reply to kosso

There’s a lot of Balkans at the start of the voting. Looking very close still 10:26 PM

Norway doing better than sweden. Interesting. And more votes for Dima 10:25 PM

Theres a gazprom vote for Ukraine 10:23 PM

MAcedoani – pure Balkan block vote!!! 10:22 PM

10 for latvia. UK not a european indicator though. MAcedona will indicate the Balkan vote f=holding up or not 10:21 PM

Carrie Grant? Where’s Harvye? #eurovision 10:20 PM

Everyone with a pick three, do keep a tally of your own score, I won;t be able to add up everyones till the end #eurovision 10:19 PM

@owenblacker Awwww wow!Jean Paul AND Wogan next year! PLEASEE!!!! 10:18 PMin reply to owenblacker

@NicoleSimon favour us over football? You mean people don;t do that already? ;-) 10:17 PMin reply to NicoleSimon

@NicoleSimon (eurovision isa test case on twitter for Olypics) very very true. ANd I think we can class it as a fail :-( 10:17 PMin reply to NicoleSimon

@rachelclarke, no they’re insisint on trying to do it on an iPhone at 2g 10:16 PMin reply to rachelclarke

@kosso European Broadcasting Union is p2p streaming with Octagon for all #eurovision 10:16 PMin reply to kosso

@TomRaftery prrrrrrp :-p 10:15 PMin reply to TomRaftery

@djwaters1 I await your dot life blog post on Twitter-eurovision on Monday with keen interest 10:14 PMin reply to djwaters1

@NicoleSimon How to win Eurovision… break up the Union! 10:11 PMin reply to NicoleSimon

Ewan Spence ewanspence @NicoleSimon Showing your age there Nicole! 10:10 PM May 24, 2008 from twhirl in reply to NicoleSimon

Fingers crossed this doesn;t become as big as riverdance #eurovision 10:07 PM

@Stroppycow Good question, where will our 12 go with no Ireland? Bosnia, Latvia or Finland I think #eurovision 10:04 PMin reply to Stroppycow

@NicoleSimon when they switched to a semi final, they still have all the countries (43) who entered voting, not just the finalists #euro … … 10:02 PMin reply to NicoleSimon

The Interval

@neonbubble yes finalnd was strong, and the finland/sweden.iceland choice is tough 09:59 PMin reply to neonbubble

Pirates FTW is without saying, and Finland as well, if politics weren;t involved 09:57 PM

My pick three for Eurovision… Ukraine, Sweden, Russia. No change in pre final pic. All the performers I was checking were on top 09:55 PM

@syzygy Shopping High! 09:52 PMin reply to syzygy

Contenders… Ready! 09:51 PM

So, everyone choose three, tweet here, and at the end add up the three scores for our Queen of Eurovision.#eurovision 09:49 PM

During The Singing

There we go, all 25 09:49 PM

@deekdeekster and she’s been under orders not to talk the last 48 hours to save it for tonight. #eurovision 09:49 PMin reply to deekdeekster

@nicolesimon and a genuine stratavarius vilon – pity they didn;t have Stratovarius singing #eurovision 09:48 PMin reply to NicoleSimon

Finally up is Norway. I like this singer, err, song… #eurovision 09:46 PM

That is Jeff Clavier on the violin for Russia??? #eurovision 09:45 PM

@rachelclarke I liked the slug balancing act 09:45 PMin reply to rachelclarke

@kosso Relax and go for it – there is no war in Europe tonight.#eurovision 09:42 PMin reply to kosso

Two left, Russia (good each way bet) and Norway (strong top ten, top three if people don’t go for Sweden/Iceland in the Scandanavia 09:41 PM

@nicolesimon Dima (Russia) is up next. I’m told he’s the heart throb around Russia and the Baltic 09:40 PMin reply to NicoleSimon

@kosso #urovision broke Twitter 09:39 PMin reply to kosso

Ewan Spence ewanspence Ah the serbian track, written by the host of the show tonight. COnflict of interest? Naaaaaaa #eurovision 09:38 PM May 24, 2008 from twhirl

Spain is epic fail or ftw – can;t decide yet @eurovision 09:37 PM

@nicolesimon ah bt the girls are going to be calling for Russia… the gays, as usual, will rule us #eurovision 09:36 PMin reply to NicoleSimon

Here comes spain, and the robocop dance! ALl music from a Commodore 64 #eurovision 09:34 PM

Greece makes a play to be the musical episode of ‘Dllhouse’ #eurovision 09:33 PM

retweet Steve Lawson solobasssteve Azerbaijan… WHAT … THE … FUCK? It’s like Erasure got wasted & made a half-assed stab at me … … 09:32 PM

I do want to sing “Genie in a Bottle” to this, mind you #eurovision 09:31 PM

21-25 is a strong finish…. I like them all (for different reasons) Greece is always nice ethnic plus bland pop faux kylie 09:31 PM

@cennydd No you don;t speak for 600 million global viewers… ;-) 09:29 PMin reply to Cennydd

retweek Jody Joss Wheadon’s new Angel series takes a disturbing turn; They shoudl do stonehenge and be done with it #eurovision 09:28 PM

It’s a goth David Bowie fighting the angellic Zammo from Grange Hill 09:27 PM

retweet @JodyArmstrong He looks a bit like Eric Clapton if you photoshopped a beard on him #eurovision 09:26 PM

@scottishlass Yep, it’s straight to the Batille if they don;t win 09:26 PMin reply to scottishlass

Look~ The HEroes logo in the sky 09:25 PM

@markmedia I jsut don;t see any of the big four winning. If anyone will, it’ll be Spain and thier dance like Robocop line #eurovision 09:24 PMin reply to markmedia

It’s Ringo and The Starrs!!! #eurovision 09:23 PM

Urgh, the French entry… boooring #eurovision 09:22 PM

Ukraines final cleavage shot is worth another douze points #eurovision 09:21 PM

@frankarr the main eurovision site is streaming it via Octagon as I recall 09:20 PMin reply to frankarr

@owenblacker FOUR men in a box 09:20 PMin reply to owenblacker

Ewan Spence ewanspence retweet @vikkispence OK that was freaky – a split second before Wogan said “a potential winner”, Ewan said “a potential winner” #eurovision 09:19 PM May 24, 2008 from twhirl

@djwaters1 Good man 09:18 PMin reply to djwaters1

Here comes the Ukraine, one of my three top picks. Yes it’s another short silver dress mind you #eurovision 09:17 PM

Custome change tastic!!! THat’s *all* Georgia has going for it #eurovision 09:17 PM

retweet @JodyArmstrong THe new Terminator sent back in time to murder musical talent #eurovision 09:16 PM

Vikki is physically moving away from the sight of the (blinf) Georgian singer. She doesn;t know that mind you. Don’t tell her #eurovision 09:15 PM

@djwaters1 you up to speed now Darren? 09:14 PM May 24, 2008 from web in reply to djwaters1

@greendragon the people’s front of judea is over there… go join Italy who also abstain from #eurovision 09:12 PMin reply to GreenDragon

@markmedia Her mother? Is it Cassandra from Doctor Who? #eurovision 09:11 PMin reply to markmedia

@neonbubble Yeah I’m with the rest of your house. Sweden FT(3rd) 09:10 PMin reply to neonbubble

And now, Denmarks; Robbie Williams clone #eurovision 09:10 PM

And theres the wizard of oz monochrome to colour change from Sweden #eurovision 09:08 PM

Potential winner, deffo top three from Sweden now #eurovision 09:06 PM

@nicolesimon spoilsport – they got the votes to get out of the semin final 09:06 PMin reply to NicoleSimon

Warned you I did,m warned you. But young pirate obi wans did not listen #eurovision 09:06 PM

And Sweden is up next – this is the high water mark, folks!!! #eurovision 09:04 PM

Ah good, Latvia have improved the arrangement since Thursday 09:03 PM

If Steps had been in Pirates of the Caribbean 09:03 PM

PIRATES NEXT PIRATES NEXT PIRATES NEXT PIRATES NEXT PIRATES NEXT PIRATES NEXT PIRATES NEXT PIRATES NEXT PIRATES NEXT PIRATES NEXT #eurov … … 09:02 PM

Oooh look Portugal is doing a Meat Loaf impression #eurovision 09:02 PM

Ewan Spence ewanspence @scottishlass you can call up the typed in real time british subtites #eurovision 09:01 PM May 24, 2008 from twhirl in reply to scottishlass

@deekdeekster but she has a stunning dress and figure #eurovision 09:01 PMin reply to deekdeekster

New blog post: Here We Eurovision Go! Go! Go!!!! http://tinyurl.com/5rf4hk 09:01 PM May 24, 2008 from Twitter Tools

@NicoleSimon you saw Dustin the Turkey then? #eurovision 08:59 PMin reply to NicoleSimon

I think the Portugese entry was the ‘judges choice’ in the second semi final that got a ‘bye’ to the final #eurovision 08:59 PM

Twitter crashes with ‘too many connections’ just as Eurovision starts… coincidence? http://is.gd/lkf #eurovision 08:57 PM

Have we brought down Twitter with the ESC Twitter Traffic #eurovision 08:57 PM

@neonbubble I’m with you, Turkey ++ 08:56 PMin reply to neonbubble

Watch out for the turkish pyros at the end #eurovision 08:55 PM

There are enough displaced Turks to get “More than Purple” to a top ten result #eurovision 08:54 PM

@owenblacker I want more from Almight Records then! #eurovision 08:54 PMin reply to owenblacker

Iceland you do know they are a tribute band that perform the hits of eurovision in stge shows, yes? #eurovision 08:52 PM

@iaindale You;re going to love Russia then… ehrm.. the song… #eurovision 08:51 PMin reply to iaindale
iceland – TWINK alert! #eurovision 08:50 PM

Ahh, I like Icland – and of course it’s a scandanavian block vote country #eurovision 08:49 PM

This is what happens if you breed Celine Dion with TObermoray the Womble #eurovision 08:47 PM

I knew Terry would get at TOG referenece #eurovision 08:44 PM

Croatisa… back in my day we didn;t have satellites at #eurovision we had a phone line and Katie Boyle and were thankful 08:44 PM

@giagia they can do Oddjob from Goldfinger sings the blues. Look at that hat brim! #eurovision 08:42 PMin reply to giagia

It’s 50 cent’s Dad, 75 cents! Yo Gramps! #eurovision 08:41 PM

Ewan Spence ewanspence @aeioux I missed that. Coool! 08:41 PM May 24, 2008 from twhirl in reply to aeioux

Wiow, they’ve puled out ALL the stops compared to the Semi Final//. GO Finland!!! #eurovision the performance is making ALL the diference 08:40 PM

RAWCK!!!!! If there were np pirates my inner child would love Finland #eurovision 08:39 PM

Here comes Finland. In English, they are ‘Steel Reinforced Concrete’ #eurovision 08:37 PM

Look, Lewis Hamilton is singing for Israle! #eurovision 08:35 PM

@aeioux You’ll be pleased to hear that there is much better to come after Bosnia. Latvia for example. 08:34 PMin reply to aeioux

I *knew* Bosnia would go down well in the UK! #eurovision 08:33 PM

@vero We’ll see you back here soon 08:33 PMin reply to vero

TIm Burton, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter at Eurovison., Fraking Toaster Tastic!!! #eurovision 08:30 PM

Here comes Bosnia Heregovina!!!! Tim Burton esque delight! #eurovision 08:28 PM

Hey everyone, Vikki’s just joined Twitter for Eurovision @vikkispence go follow her and make her welcome!!! 08:26 PM

Armenia – I like this one. Top Ten placing #eurovision 08:24 PM

@markmedia This is what happens why you don;t have to blood yourself in the semi final #eurovision 08:24 PMin reply to markmedia

THe albanian entry… has she got a Second Life prim round her waist? #eurovision 08:20 PM

@scottishlass Never forget Scooch… or Jemini… or Michael Ball… #eurovision 08:19 PMin reply to scottishlass

@jangles Nevillie, why not? A global audience of 100-600 million? That’s *social* surely? :-) #eurovision 08:18 PMin reply to jangles

@owenblacker Yes but it’s out the way early. Bosnia Herzegovina at no 6 is going to be the first big wow of the night #eurovision 08:17 PMin reply to owenblacker

@cbetta He was second in the X Factor behind Leona Lewis (so you’re watching then) #eurovision 08:16 PMin reply to cbetta

@iamdanw Twitter is doing it’s best to fall over, maybe there is a benefit to a crap server #eurovision 08:16 PMin reply to iamdanw

Twitter is having a very poor night. If you thought an Apple keynote was bad, try 100 million European Eurovision fans! #eurovision 08:15 PM

Ewan Spence ewanspence Well, at least the UK is in tune… but the balance of the sound is *shocking* 08:13 PM May 24, 2008 from twhirl

Here we go, it;s the United Kingdom…. oh dear, but it is the best of the first five songs #eurovision 08:12 PM

If there could a more tepid song to start with, then it would have been entered by Switzerland #eurovision 08:10 PM

Quick everyone call now, and we can sue Terry Wogan – he said so! #eurovision 08:10 PM

@cbetta and we do that by paying for th ething, knowing we’ll come last #eurovision 08:06 PMin reply to cbetta

@giagia It gets better – there are pirates later! #eurovision 08:06 PMin reply to giagia

#eurovision It’s the Serbian Penguin Orchestra. I’mnot enjoying this ‘re-imagining’ of last year’s winning song. Did George Lucas get ne … … 08:05 PM

The Show Starts

YAAAYYYYY IT”S EUROVISION TIME!!!! My God, Wogan starts early comparing the Serbian heroine from last year to Jimmy Krankie #eurovision 08:02 PM

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