The Dr Horrible method of winning Eurovision

Quite simply, Pete Waterman has had his chance at winning Eurovision with Steps back in 1998, why should we let him have a go? Actually I don’t think there’s much chance of him beating the combined might of Niamh Kavanagh vocal’s for Ireland getting paired up with Joss “Dr Horrible’s Sing Along Blog” Whedon.
And here’s [...]

Carlsberg don’t make Eurovision follow up albums…

…but if they did, it would probably sound a bit like Fairytales by Alexander Rybak.
Over on Boom Bang a Blog, my irregular look at the music and discography of previous Eurovision entrants continues. This week I’m listening to the winner of last year’s contest, Alexander Rybak, and his debut album Fairytales.
The album has a certain [...]

He could write the Eurovision theme tune, sing the Eurovision theme tune…

This morning the BBC announced the man behind this year’s UK entry into the Eurovision Song Contest. Producing and writing the song will be… Pete Waterman.
Of course the inevitable Dennis “Little Britain” Waterman jokes appeared, and I hope that Pete is taking it all in his stride. I suspect that Pete, like Andrew Lloyd [...]

Hello Kiev, This is the Internet calling – let’s vote for our Junior Eurovision 2009 favourite!

Just a bit of fun, you understand; as The Internet doesn’t have an entry in Junior Eurovision (JESC), we can’t have an official vote. So I’ve set this one up for people following the fun on Twitter to join in.
There’s no influence on the final vote, there’s no feedback to the main team here, [...]

The Watchers Guide to Junior Eurovision 2009

In case you haven’t noticed, this week has (partly) been building up to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest (the rest of the time I’ve been building a pocket supercomputer the size of Jonathan Livingston Seagull … honestly). A quick recap on the week’s articles…

Introduction to Junior Eurovision.
What’s different about Junior Eurovision?
How to watch Junior Eurovision [...]

Download your Junior Eurovision scorecard

Ever wondered what the biggest search term is around Eurovision leading up to any of the contests? So would I! What I do know from my logs is that many people are looking for a scorecard they can print out and fill in as the contest progresses.
In previous years I’ve just pointed to the BBC [...]

How to watch Junior Eurovision 2009 this weekend

A question that’s popped up on twitter a few times is how people can watch the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this weekend. Eagle eyed viewers in the UK will have spotted that when the show starts (1915 or 2015 CET) the BBC are showing Strictly Come Dancing while ITV have Harry Hill and The X-Factor.
If [...]

So what’s different in Junior Eurovision (or why nobody ever scores nul points)

With Junior Eurovision on this weekend, I thought I’d take some time each day this week to build up to one of the biggest children’s singing contest in the world. Today… what’s different between this Eurovision and the ‘Adult’ Eurovision that happens in May each year.

Who can sing?
Given the name of the contest it’s [...]

Eurovision Long Player – Dervish (Ireland 2007)

More Eurovision music on the Trinity Mirror’s Boom Bang a Blog as I continuing to look at the discography and music of Eurovision entrants before and after they’ve appeared on the world’s biggest television show. This week it’s the turn of Dervish…
Every Eurovision entry stands on the shoulders of giants, the artists and myths that [...]

It’s Eurovision Week – in a junior sort of way

It’s time for the annual shot of methadone for addicts of the Eurovision Song Contest… yes it’s time for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest! Set roughly between the grown-ups version, Junior Eurovision (JESC) sees children between the ages of 12 and 15 representing their country by performing songs they have written themselves to an international [...]

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