Music Reviews / Previews
Eurovision 2009 – Christina Metaxa, Cyprus
You can't deny that these Eurovision 2009 profiles aren't getting exciting - we even had bare boobs a couple of days ago, for crying out loud. But the best is yet to come. And when we say 'best' we mean 'majority'. Surely something good has to come up in the next month, right? Anything - a tune that doesn't make us want to shatter our skull into microscopic fragments would be a nice treat at the moment, to be honest. Oh, who are we kidding, that'll never happen. Here's the Eurovision 2009 rundown for Christina Metaxa from Cyprus...
You can't deny that these Eurovision 2009 profiles aren't getting exciting - we even had bare boobs a couple of days ago, for crying out loud. But the best is yet to come. And when we say 'best' we mean 'majority'. Surely something good has to come up in the next month, right? Anything - a tune that doesn't make us want to shatter our skull into microscopic fragments would be a nice treat at the moment, to be honest. Oh, who are we kidding, that'll never happen. Here's the Eurovision 2009 rundown for Christina Metaxa from Cyprus...
Eurovision 2009: Igor Cukrov and Andrea Šušnjara, Croatia
Here we go again, it's time for another thump of Eurovision 2009 profiles. We're so close to the Eurovision Song Contest now that we can give you actual news about the contest instead of filling this space up with meaningless facts and unimportant figures. So here's today's Eurovision news - the lighting for the contest has started to be built into the Olympiyski Indoor Arena. Whew, that's some news. We wonder if tomorrow's news will be able to top that? In the meantime, here's the Eurovision 2009 profile for Igor Cukrov and Andrea Šušnjara from Croatia...
Here we go again, it's time for another thump of Eurovision 2009 profiles. We're so close to the Eurovision Song Contest now that we can give you actual news about the contest instead of filling this space up with meaningless facts and unimportant figures. So here's today's Eurovision news - the lighting for the contest has started to be built into the Olympiyski Indoor Arena. Whew, that's some news. We wonder if tomorrow's news will be able to top that? In the meantime, here's the Eurovision 2009 profile for Igor Cukrov and Andrea Šušnjara from Croatia...
Eurovision 2009, Krassimir Avramov, Bulgaria
Welcome to week three of our 400-week-long look at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. We know you're only reading this because you're a crazy-eyed Eurovision fanatic, so here's a Eurovision fact for you: Poland made the most impressive debut in 1994, when Edyta Gorniak came second with To Nie Ja, closely followed by Serbia's victory in 2007. Cut that fact out and keep it, Eurovision fans. Cut it out of the internet. With scissors. Here's today's Eurovision 2009 profile - it's Krassimir Avramov from Bulgaria...
Welcome to week three of our 400-week-long look at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. We know you're only reading this because you're a crazy-eyed Eurovision fanatic, so here's a Eurovision fact for you: Poland made the most impressive debut in 1994, when Edyta Gorniak came second with To Nie Ja, closely followed by Serbia's victory in 2007. Cut that fact out and keep it, Eurovision fans. Cut it out of the internet. With scissors. Here's today's Eurovision 2009 profile - it's Krassimir Avramov from Bulgaria...
Eurovision 2009: Regina, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Two weeks into our Eurovision 2009 coverage and we're already at the B countries. This is going so fast! Phew! The big question, though, is whether you're ready for our Eurovision Fact Of The Day. Oh, it doesn't matter if you are or not, because here it is anyway - Dutch conductor Dolf van der Linde conducted for seven different countries (Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland). Oh boy, that fact's a KEEPER! Anyway, here's the Eurovision 2009 lowdown for Regina, who'll be representing Bosnia & Herzegovina...
Two weeks into our Eurovision 2009 coverage and we're already at the B countries. This is going so fast! Phew! The big question, though, is whether you're ready for our Eurovision Fact Of The Day. Oh, it doesn't matter if you are or not, because here it is anyway - Dutch conductor Dolf van der Linde conducted for seven different countries (Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland). Oh boy, that fact's a KEEPER! Anyway, here's the Eurovision 2009 lowdown for Regina, who'll be representing Bosnia & Herzegovina...
Eurovision 2009: Patrick Ouchène, Belgium
Excited! It's April now, and do you know what that means? It means that In just over a month and a bit it'll be time to Eurovision! Ngggg! Ready for another thrilling Eurovision fact of the day? OK, here goes - Morocco took part in the Eurovision Song Contest only once (1980). Unfortunately, their first attempt was not very successful. THRILLING! Here's the Eurovision 2009 profile of Patrick Ouchène, who'll be representing Belgium...
Excited! It's April now, and do you know what that means? It means that In just over a month and a bit it'll be time to Eurovision! Ngggg! Ready for another thrilling Eurovision fact of the day? OK, here goes - Morocco took part in the Eurovision Song Contest only once (1980). Unfortunately, their first attempt was not very successful. THRILLING! Here's the Eurovision 2009 profile of Patrick Ouchène, who'll be representing Belgium...
Eurovision 2009: Petr Elfimov, Belarus
Time for another exciting look at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest! EXCITING! You know what? Let's mix up this Eurovision rundown with a few fun Eurovision facts and figures. Here's the first one - German songwriter and composer Ralph Siegel took part 18 times, often together with Bernd Meinunger. Exciting! EXCITING FACTS! Anyway, here's our Eurovision 2009 profile for Petr Elfimov of Belarus...
Time for another exciting look at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest! EXCITING! You know what? Let's mix up this Eurovision rundown with a few fun Eurovision facts and figures. Here's the first one - German songwriter and composer Ralph Siegel took part 18 times, often together with Bernd Meinunger. Exciting! EXCITING FACTS! Anyway, here's our Eurovision 2009 profile for Petr Elfimov of Belarus...
Eurovision 2009: AySel & Arash, Azerbaijan
Have you got Eurovision fever yet? Have you? Of course, by 'Eurovision fever' we mean 'homosexuality'. No we don't. Just because it's the gayest two hours of the year, full of gay people singing gay songs, held in the gayest country on Earth, Eurovision isn't just for gay people, you know. It's also for some women. And people who are alone. So terribly, terribly alone. So let's go! Here's our 2009 Eurovision rundown for AySel & Arash from Azerbaijan...
Have you got Eurovision fever yet? Have you? Of course, by 'Eurovision fever' we mean 'homosexuality'. No we don't. Just because it's the gayest two hours of the year, full of gay people singing gay songs, held in the gayest country on Earth, Eurovision isn't just for gay people, you know. It's also for some women. And people who are alone. So terribly, terribly alone. So let's go! Here's our 2009 Eurovision rundown for AySel & Arash from Azerbaijan...
Eurovision 2009: Inga and Anush Arshakyan, Armenia
And so to our second week of looking at the 2009 Eurovision runners and riders. We've only profiled two entries so far, but what have we learnt? Well, we've learnt that this is probably going to be the worst Eurovision Song Contest in all of history. And we haven't even got to the French entry yet. That one almost made our ears pack up and leave our head. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Here's the 2009 Eurovision entry for Armenia, by Inga and Anush Arshakyan...
And so to our second week of looking at the 2009 Eurovision runners and riders. We've only profiled two entries so far, but what have we learnt? Well, we've learnt that this is probably going to be the worst Eurovision Song Contest in all of history. And we haven't even got to the French entry yet. That one almost made our ears pack up and leave our head. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Here's the 2009 Eurovision entry for Armenia, by Inga and Anush Arshakyan...
