lowculture Eurovision blogger Squeezy swans around Belgrade trying to uncover the secrets of Eurovision success, stalking the participants as he goes…
After an eventful first day in Belgrade, I wondered if day two could possibly live up to the standard that had been set. I had a full agenda – attending the press pentre, the first [...]
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Eurovision Song Contest
Squeezy reports for lowculture from the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade. Today, he gets his face seen at the opening party, and asks the contenders what they think makes a Eurovision winner.
Well, I am finally in Belgrade and already Squeezy is causing quite the stir at Eurovision . I officially announced during an interview with [...]
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Eurovision 2008
Eurovision 2008 Song of the Day
Malta: Vodka, Morena
Seemingly not a fan-favourite. I don’t care. From the moment Morena graces the Maltese stage with HAIR and EYES and LIPS and LEGS, she basically owns the entire island. And this is before she’s even gone into the crowd mid-performance to get everyone off their [...]
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Malta,
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Paul Oscar,
Páll Óskar
Eurovision 2008 Song of the Day
Iceland: This Is My Life, Eurobandið
This is a massive song, performed with aplomb (yes, a big plomb) by Friðrik and Regína, with the legendary Páll Óskar pulling the strings (he’s already sacked the back-up dancers for something much more amazing instead. They’re pissed off – we don’t care). [...]
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Iceland,
United Kingdom
Bonsoir! Oui, c’est bien moi, la Céline Dion, chanteuse québécoise et mère extraordinaire. Mes chers, chers amis au lowculture veulent que je discute quelques petites chansons qui vont participer au concours de la Grand Prix de l’Eurovision!
After those little words of French, I must speak to you in English. You know, people, [...]
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Hungary,
Iceland,
Moldova,
ne partez pas sans moi,
Norway,
Ukraine
¡Hello babies! How is it that you are in this more glorious week of the Eurovisión? It is I, Gigliola, Your Eurovision Expert!
I am grieved that has taken so long to disclose goings-on of the competition relative to this year, but the authorities in Greece have shut me up for many months. This followed an [...]
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Eurovision 2008,
Gigliola
EURO! The Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final, BBC3, 8.00pm
Call us sentimental traditionalists if you like, but for us Eurovision has never quite been the same since SM:tv got axed and we were robbed of the opportunity to hear the “na na Europop, dingle dangle wingle wangle” song on the corresponding Saturday every year. That was [...]
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Eurovision 2008
In a comment article last week, it was stated that a swift and imminent victory for Justin and Beverle’i’ in Saturday night’s Making Your Mind Up would take place. In fact, that victory was actually taken by Cyndi Scooch. It is the policy of lowculture to correct significant errors as soon as possible, and [...]
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nul points,
Scooch