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Back to one of the Big 4 then – soon to be Big 5 by the look of things as Italy has manoeuvered itself back into the game by taking advantage of the ‘free spot’ in the final. Some clever negotiations over at EBU headquarters I suspect but I hardly think anyone minds as The Boot has been missed in the past 13 editions of the Contest: they dropped out after a Big 4 win, it only seems appropriate they return after another one. Makes you wonder if they’d have returned sooner.

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From Moscow to Oslo then and with Norway’s solid financial resources it promised to be another overwhelming and impressive show. They were quite on target the last time round so surely they’d hit the nail on the head again. And with a fresh little popsong like ‘Fairytale’ winning things looked bright for Lady Eurovision on a musical level as well. Or are we getting ahead of ourselves?

Continue reading “Eurovision Review – 2010: Lav, oh lav!”

It was always to be expected that Europe’s largest nation would make sure that their edition of the Contest would be an affair to remember. Little did we know which rabbits the Russians would have magically appear out of their hat. And how multicolored they would be. Much like that logo really. A rainbowcolored peacock? I’m still trying to catch my breath from laughing! Pretty though.

Continue reading “Eurovision Review – 2009: In your face”

Off to the seventh nation in a row that has never hosted Eurovision before – which isn’t exactly surprising as Serbia has been an independent republic for a full two years. Much like Latvia and Ukraine before them they managed to secure a victory after only a handful of attempts and with the disastrous Contest in 1990, organised in the same region, in mind we all wondered how the new nation would tackle our beloved Contest. But we must all keep in mind now: nathing is impassibal!

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God kväll Helsingfors!! Took us a bloody long time to be able to say that – not because my Swedish is that bad (thank you, I won’t even try it in Finnish) no but obviously because Finland has been robbed of the victory enough in the past and it was high time the Scandinavian country played host to our favorite event. Then why ‘the new Ireland’ you ask? Patience, young Padawans, patience.

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Now, I know in Hebrew ‘hallelujah’ means ‘Praise God’ but I’m pretty sure on the 20th of May 2006 it was used all over Europe – and in one nation in particular – as a substitute for ‘finally’. On multiple occasions/for multiple reasons. And God’s name will not have been used in a positive way…

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As the illustrious boys from Eden once enthusiastically shouted out: Happy Birthday to you – Dreams will come true – If we party and dance till morning – May the years pass – With fun, happiness and joy – Always. Quite fitting to celebrate Lady Eurovision’s 50th birthday and a joyous occasion it is. May she live happily ever after. What’s another year after all?

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With so many new countries joining in the past decade we’re getting to know a Europe outside… well, Dublin basically! Ironically enough Turkey’s not one of those new countries as it’s been waiting for a victory ever since 1975! And so it happens we’re putting a toe in Asian waters as we’re travelling to Istanbul for the 49th edition of the Contest. The world is our oyster, eller hur?

Continue reading “Eurovision Review – 2004: The Huns are coming!”