Blog posts by year and monthMay 2013
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Ana Matronic's Eurovision trailblazers
When you think of the Eurovision Song Contest, you might not always think of ground breaking music, or performances that push the envelope style-wise. But amongst the ballads and Euro-floor fillers there have always been acts brave enough to do their own thing.
Bonnie meets the European press
No sooner had Team UK landed in Copenhagen for the short drive to host city Malm枚, it聽seemed most of聽Europe's press had聽descended on mass with the news that Bonnie Tyler had finally arrived. Accomodating a Swedish crew聽on the Eurovision bus, we even聽made the evening news.
Eurovision: It鈥檚 all political though isn鈥檛 it?
鈥淚t鈥檚 all political though isn鈥檛 it?鈥� 鈥淲e never do well because of Iraq鈥� 鈥淭hose Eastern Europeans only vote for their neighbours鈥�. Just some of the usual hackneyed phrases attributed to the UK鈥檚 involvement in the contest. Do these really hold true? Is it all really a big conspiracy and opportunity for Europe to take revenge against their enemies?