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Eurovision 2009: Regina, Bosnia & Herzegovina

by Stuart Heritage

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 [...]

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Eurovision 2009: Patrick Ouchène, Belgium

by Stuart Heritage

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…

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Eurovision 2009: Petr Elfimov, Belarus

by Stuart Heritage

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 [...]

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Eurovision 2009: AySel & Arash, Azerbaijan

by Stuart Heritage

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 [...]

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Eurovision 2009: Inga and Anush Arshakyan, Armenia

by Stuart Heritage

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 [...]

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Eurovision 2009: Susanne Georgi, Andorra

by Stuart Heritage

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 [...]

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Eurovision 2009: Kejsi Tola, Albania

by Stuart Heritage

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.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber Reveals His Six Rubbish Eurovision Hopefuls

by Matthew Laidlow

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.

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Eurovision Brings Back Juries Just To Annoy The Ruskies

by Stuart Heritage

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’sEurovision 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'sEurovision we'll know for certain that it was because our entry was genuinely awful and not because everyone's quite scared of Vladimir Putin.
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Everyone Gets All Sad About Being Crap At Eurovision

by Stuart Heritage

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?

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