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Rolf Harris Paints The Queen

by Stuart Heritage

Rolf Harris (Books) means different things to different people. To some, he’s a mighty pop-star; to some, he’s the man that showed cartoons on TV and made funny noises by slapping himself in the face; and to others, he’s the teary-eyed "WHY? Why did it have to DIE?" presenter of Animal Hospital. Now he can [...]

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Eurovision Odds – Netherlands and Norway

by Stuart Heritage

The Eurovision Song Contest will be here in six days, and hecklerspray and Betfair.com are continuing to profile every country for your betting enjoyment. The Eurovision Song Contest has made the fortunes of many people, including Abba, Serge Gainsbourg, Celine Dion, Lulu and the Belgian entrant in the 1976 contest – Pierre Rapsat. Today we’ll [...]

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Eurovision Odds – Moldova and Monaco

by Stuart Heritage

It’s day 11 of the hecklerspray and Betfair.com coverage of the Eurovison Song Contest coverage. The event is only one week away – you only have seven days to learn the name of every Eurovision song every so you can impress your mates. Here’s a selection to start you off: Tom Tom Tom, Pump Pump, [...]

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Eurovision Odds – Macedonia and Malta

by Stuart Heritage

It’s time for another dose of Eurovision betting knowledge, brought to you by hecklerspray and Betfair.com. The winner of the first ever Eurovision Song Contest was Lys Assia from Switzerland, with her song Refrain, about melancholy and the colour of rain. This song set the tone for the downbeat understatement that the event traditionally displays. [...]

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Eurovision Odds – Latvia and Lituania

by Stuart Heritage

The Eurovision Song Contest gets ever closer. hecklerspray and Betfair.com are still bringing you the crucial facts and figures for each country, in order to prepare you for listening to almost 40 songs that rhyme "fire" with "desire". The stage design information for this year’s contest tells us to "imagine a leafy clearing by a [...]

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Eurovision Odds – Ireland and Israel

by Stuart Heritage

It’s the eighth day of the hecklerspray and Betfair.com Eurovision Song Contest listings! This year, the contest will be held in the Ukraine, home of that man who got poisoned until his face looked like a bowl of Rice Krispies. They use the metric system, and they just love their electricity in 220 volts AC, [...]

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Eurovision Odds – Hungary and Iceland

by Stuart Heritage

It’s time for another installment of the Eurovision Song Contest lowdown, brought to you hecklerspray and Betfair.com. In a real Eurovision study, taken in the genuine University Of Leiden by people that do exist, the most common words that Eurovision fans use when discussing the song contest are "Abba", "Dana", "Eurovison" and "Leandros". This is [...]

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Eurovision Odds – Greece and Germany

by Stuart Heritage

It’s day six of the Eurovision Song Contest country rundown, brought to you by hecklerspray and Betfair.com. This year, there’s going to be a semi-final held two days before the main event, because Europe’s got so big that there’s not enough time for each country to sing on the big night. We’re blaming the asylum [...]

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Eurovision Odds – Finland and France

by Stuart Heritage

In two week’s time, we’ll know who won the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. But right now we don’t, and that’s why hecklerspray and Betfair.com are teaming up to give you a rundown on the contenders. In this country the event is commentated by Terry Wogan, but it’s a little known fact that in Latvia they [...]

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Celebrity Wrestling: The Loudest TV Show… Ever

by Stuart Heritage

Celebrity Wresting has established itself in the Saturday night ITV lineup. Established itself as the most breathtakingly inane spectacle TV has ever seen, that is. If you haven’t seen it, you really should. Just load up on the Nurofen before you switch it on. Celebrity Wrestling is loud. And not exciting loud, either. It’s loud [...]

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