Eurovision Moscow 2009

We were Eurovisiontastic around our house last night, although it seems that every year the Duke of York Cinema in Brighton is the place to be!

The competition is often the subject of much criticism, as many countries, particularly those on the east of Europe tend to vote for neighbouring countries and it is not really a musical contest at all. However, this year the voting in the final was split between televoting and panels of musical experts, which was supposed to reduce the incidence of the contest being about population demographics. A total of 42 countries voted on the 25 songs. Norway were the overall winners...

I voted Germany, but in retrospect the song is now very annoying!
Tony Cassidy has produced a lesson on it here.

Eurovision Belgrade 2008

Well my Saturday night was spent watching the annual Eurovision song contest, live from Belgrade in Serbia. The UK's entry from Andy Abraham came joint last and Russia won. My favourite was Iceland, but as Terry pointed out (his ironic commentary my only excuse for watching it), this is not a musical contest. It is a contest of population demographics- read here.

The winning song- Russia



My favourite- Iceland



The Uk entry-



Thanks Tony for highlighting all of this :)