2008

Yearly Archives: 2008

Daniel Aragay from Vacarisses, Catalunya • CC BY 2.0

Irish enter an actual Turkey for Eurovision

Phil: It is what it is ... and that's not necessarily a bad thing, I guess ... He does everything that you would expect...

Uno – El Slapstevan

I note that my editor-in-chief is being offensive and rude again. That didn't take long. I think he's upset because we've been given some...
Daniel Aragay from Vacarisses, Catalunya • CC BY 2.0

Morning! – and Poland

Phil: Isis Gee is on the monitors at the moment (they have fixed the sound in the press centre and it is perfect!!) -...
Daniel Aragay from Vacarisses, Catalunya • CC BY 2.0

The last couple …

Just had a quick peekey at the Azeri press conf. Both lads themselves had identical tea cosy hats and cool shades on, looking every...
Maria Haukaas Storeng

Last and quite possibly least … Norway

This is highly thought of in some circles, mainly fan polls but I can't really see why. Or perhaps I mean that I do...
Maria Haukaas Storeng

No way Norway …

The Diet Merethe Troan is now filling my screen with a song I have heard before sung better by someone with more talent. The blue...
Maria Haukaas Storeng

Norwegian wood … well, I would

The gentleman to the left: Who does she remind me of? Name me some fat Norwegian singers? The gentleman to my right: Merethe Troan The gentleman...

A slice of Slovenia and a sit down

Nick: The last run through of this had better be good. They're carefully choreographing everything to within an inch of its life - except...
Daniel Aragay from Vacarisses, Catalunya • CC BY 2.0

Azeris with wings

Phil: Oh Dear God! - The angel has wings that move in a Lordi Stylee ... It is hideous ... It is a total...
Ishtar at first semi-final, Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia, May 20, 200

O Julissi Turophili

Phil: Having just hard-wired Roy (long hair being one of the few things that the EBU's Svante Stockselius has not yet banned at Eurovision)...