Articles tagged with: Eurovision
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...
Eurovision 2009: Susanne Georgi, Andorra
Time for another Eurovision 2009 profile, we feel. Settle in, chaps, we're doing this for two full months. This year, of course, the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Moscow, because last year's Eurovision Song Contest was won by Dima Bilan's Russian song Believe. That song, by the way, is now the third most famous Russian song of all time, after that music from the vodka advert and Free Will Must Be Smashed (Boogietime) by Josef Stalin And The Humpettes. Anyway, today's Eurovision 2009 song is by Susanne Georgi of Andorra...
Time for another Eurovision 2009 profile, we feel. Settle in, chaps, we're doing this for two full months. This year, of course, the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Moscow, because last year's Eurovision Song Contest was won by Dima Bilan's Russian song Believe. That song, by the way, is now the third most famous Russian song of all time, after that music from the vodka advert and Free Will Must Be Smashed (Boogietime) by Josef Stalin And The Humpettes. Anyway, today's Eurovision 2009 song is by Susanne Georgi of Andorra...
Eurovision 2009: Kejsi Tola, Albania
If any of you thought that the new hecklerspray would be dangerously different or bravely exciting, here's some reassurance - it isn't. And, look, here's the proof. It's our seven-millionth annual look at the Eurovision Song Contest! Between now and May we'll be running down each and every stinking entry in this year's Eurovision. Some will be good. Some will be awful. Some will be written by Andrew Lloyd-Webber and so will automatically come under the subsection 'awful'. But we'll be here with you at every step. So let's start by looking at the 2009 Eurovision entry by Kejsi Tola of Albania...
If any of you thought that the new hecklerspray would be dangerously different or bravely exciting, here's some reassurance - it isn't. And, look, here's the proof. It's our seven-millionth annual look at the Eurovision Song Contest! Between now and May we'll be running down each and every stinking entry in this year's Eurovision. Some will be good. Some will be awful. Some will be written by Andrew Lloyd-Webber and so will automatically come under the subsection 'awful'. But we'll be here with you at every step. So let's start by looking at the 2009 Eurovision entry by Kejsi Tola of Albania...
Andrew Lloyd Webber Reveals His Six Rubbish Eurovision Hopefuls
The UK hasn’t exactly been leading the world when it comes to Eurovision lately, has it? For a nation that spawned Simply Red and Wet Wet Wet, the UK should be bringing home the points instead of lagging at the bottom. But why is this? Maybe it’s because we haven’t resorted to dancing on stage with camels in silly hats like some of our European neighbours. Nevertheless, Andrew Lloyd Webber has unveiled his six new potential Eurovision contestants. Probably best not to buy any bunting just yet.
The UK hasn’t exactly been leading the world when it comes to Eurovision lately, has it? For a nation that spawned Simply Red and Wet Wet Wet, the UK should be bringing home the points instead of lagging at the bottom. But why is this? Maybe it’s because we haven’t resorted to dancing on stage with camels in silly hats like some of our European neighbours. Nevertheless, Andrew Lloyd Webber has unveiled his six new potential Eurovision contestants. Probably best not to buy any bunting just yet.
Eurovision Brings Back Juries Just To Annoy The Ruskies
Fact: every conversation about Eurovision in recent years will have included the phrase "Oh, but it's so political these days" at least 500 times. That's because it's true. The Eurovision Song Contest has got so political these days. The proof? The UK hasn't won Eurovision for over a decade, regardless of whether we've entered a rubbish holiday camp cabaret act or a hamfisted reality TV show runner-up. It's a flipping disgrace. But Eurovision won't be political for much longer, because Eurovision bigwigs are bringing back national juries in a bid to end the tactical voting that's destroyed the contest's credibility in recent years. At last! Now when the UK comes last at next year's Eurovision we'll know for certain that it was because our entry was genuinely awful and not because everyone's quite scared of Vladimir Putin.
Fact: every conversation about Eurovision in recent years will have included the phrase "Oh, but it's so political these days" at least 500 times. That's because it's true. The Eurovision Song Contest has got so political these days. The proof? The UK hasn't won Eurovision for over a decade, regardless of whether we've entered a rubbish holiday camp cabaret act or a hamfisted reality TV show runner-up. It's a flipping disgrace. But Eurovision won't be political for much longer, because Eurovision bigwigs are bringing back national juries in a bid to end the tactical voting that's destroyed the contest's credibility in recent years. At last! Now when the UK comes last at next year's Eurovision we'll know for certain that it was because our entry was genuinely awful and not because everyone's quite scared of Vladimir Putin.
Everyone Gets All Sad About Being Crap At Eurovision
In case you missed the news, the UK is the rubbishest in the world at Eurovision - even rubbisher than Spain's creepy Elvis-geek. On Saturday the UK Eurovision entry Andy Abraham came joint last - along with some nondescript Germans and a Polish tooth machine who looks like she bathes in Ronseal - causing Terry Wogan to mumble furiously about political block voting and boycotts and even his own resignation if our crap songs weren't taken as seriously as mainland Europe's crap songs in the future. And now Terry Wogan's outraged warcry has been backed up by none other than Bruce Forsyth. Old men grumbling about stuff? Who'd have thought?
In case you missed the news, the UK is the rubbishest in the world at Eurovision - even rubbisher than Spain's creepy Elvis-geek. On Saturday the UK Eurovision entry Andy Abraham came joint last - along with some nondescript Germans and a Polish tooth machine who looks like she bathes in Ronseal - causing Terry Wogan to mumble furiously about political block voting and boycotts and even his own resignation if our crap songs weren't taken as seriously as mainland Europe's crap songs in the future. And now Terry Wogan's outraged warcry has been backed up by none other than Bruce Forsyth. Old men grumbling about stuff? Who'd have thought?
