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| Hello & welcome to a celebration of the finest pan--European annual musical jamboree known to man, the Eurovision Song Contest. And so we went to Oslo, where visitors took warm underwear, an application for a second mortgage, and a appreciation of fishcheese. One eck of a result ensued, where Germany took the plexiglass mic, followed by Turkey in second and Romania third. Funnily enough I had money on the very same one-two-three. Magic. |
| The 3 shows again utilised a 50% televoting / 50% jury system after an initially successful debut last year. The theory was espoused that this should give the supposed less popular nations a bigger chance of success. I think we can now happliy confirm that the new voting method works, as the we're heading for Berlin/Hamburg/Munich/Dussledorf in 2011. But the year wasn't completely without surprises. A man who wanted desparately to get on stage inexplicably chose the Spanish performance to gatecrash. Sweden, a nation not used to going home early on a night out, didn't get to the final. The pits that was Denmark finished in 4th!, and all in all the East had a disappointing night. Talking about disapppointing nights, the UK deservedly propped everyone up (another prediction ticked off). Mister God only knows what the BBC were thinking when they: (1) let Waterman have free reign, and (2) employ those tone deaf backing singers. Truly abject. |
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| Although Norway haven't been able to fund a show that gets close to Moscow for pure spectacle they still managed to get all of the coloured light bulbs out of the cupboard. This year's result is a real shot in the arm for the superpower that is the "Big 4" who have had a terrible run of things in the last decade or so. If you can't get enough a preview of the 2010 acts can be found on the Youtube 2010 Eurovision Player.or alternatively at the official Eurovision Song Contest - Oslo 2010 Preview Player . For a limited time you can also still watch the Final on the official site. |
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| The big wedge concentrates on the real stars of the show, our plucky entrants. Whether they went through a grueling four month pre-selection or were phoned up and begged to sing, they will all be here. But if you're after a British educational perspective, then there's always info on each country involved too. Just click on a country below. What with handy ideas to throw your very own special Eurovision Party, general bookie Odds for the contest, and the never-popular Predictions section, then there really is no reason to shop around for your ESC related nonsense. Please feel free to give your Feedback, but remember I have been known to burst into tears if comments are too harsh. There are many excellent Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) websites out there (please see Links), and they are all extremely good in their own way. An overview of the 2010 results can be found here. And not being afraid to flog a dead horse, you can still see a thankfully brief account of my 2007 visit on the Blog & pics. So amaze your relatives, astound your colleagues, and lose your friends with www.douzepoints.com |
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