The Political Fix for Russian and the UK In Eurovision Is On!

Remember all the noise made by certain parts of the UK media that the ESC 2008 result was a fix, that some countries voted for other countries for political reasons, arguably because they wanted to keep a significant ally (Russia) happy, so the oil and gas would continue to flow. Well, what goes around comes […]

It’s Junior Eurovision This Weekend!

Right then, it’s time for some fun this weekend… and the obscure fun that everyone the world over can join in with, for free. That’s right, it’s time for Eurovision! Actually that’s not strictly true. It’s now time for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

The format is pretty much what you expect from it’s more […]

Smash Hit’s “20 Eurovision Belters…”

Back in October, UK music TV station Smash Hits ran one of their many themed portions, but this time with a Eurovision bent. Entitles “20 Eurovision Belters….” it was always going to be interesting to see what tracks they decided to play on a decidedly mainstream UK channel.
Amazingly (for the UK) they were pretty good […]

Eurovision Halloween Special

Halloween today, and to ‘celebrate’ most of the local primary school/nursery got dressed up and invited the parents into the school for the school breakfast mornings that happen reasonably regularly. So this morning was time for a last minute, super quick, costume. And being Halloween, it has to be something genuinely scary. Oh and not […]

High School Musical to save UK at Eurovision?

Okay, call me crazy, but I’ve had a great idea… I think. It would mean sacrificing national pride to a mouse, but it would be worth it.
The announcement that Andrew Lloyd Webber will be composing the UK entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 gave some hope to the UK fans of the competiton (and […]

How The BBC Should Change Eurovision

At the end of last month, after I made a flurry of posts regarding the perceptions of the Eurovision Song Contest (and negating each one of them), The Stage approached me to ask if I could do a column based around a simple question… “[what should the BBC] do to improve the competition’s standing (and […]

How To Fix Eurovision

I love the unintended double meaning in this blog post from Daniel Sullivan. With the title ‘Eurovision to be Fixed,’ he points out his delight at the re-introduction of the jury vote. Of course, with perhaps only eight people in the jury to influence, rather than a whole country voting on the phon, doesn’t this […]

Jury Voting Returns To The Eurovision Song Contest

Interesting decisions from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) from their meeting in Moscow to discuss the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2009. Apart from the almost formality of confirming Russia’s capital as the host city next May, the voting system to decide the winning song will now be made up of a mix of pre-selected juries […]

The ‘Nul Points’ Picture of the Day

dConstruct? Naw, I’ll pass on that for this…

I had fun…

Norton to succeed Wogan on Eurovision Destroys any UK Hopes

NNNnnnnnooooooo!!!!!
No on the count of “Execs have big plans for the show and want to make it more glitzy, with one eye on X Factor [UK ‘Talent’ Show).” I’ve said this before, we don’t win Eurovision because the UK mainstream media does not take it seriously. Having a talent contest, for amateurs, and then throwing […]