Well it is if you are an Austrian Eurovision fan. Over the years Austria have taken part 45 times and only finished in the Top 5 on 5 occasions including their win back in 1966 with Ugo Jurgens with his famous ditty "Merci Cherie". The last time Austria graced us with a placing in the Top 10 was in 2003 with Alf Poier when he finished 6th. Austria then finished 21st in 2004 and since then have been stuck in the Semi Final. Global Kryner was probably Austria's best chance of re-qualification to the Final in 2005 as it was one of the best performed songs in the semi and also one of the most original, unfortunately it was not meant to be and the result ended in the Austrian Broadcaster saying "Enough is Enough" and then withdrew from 2006. Coming back in 2007 after much pressure from Eurovision fans both living in and out of Austria, a singer and song were chosen internally which once again ended in disappointment for the Austrian faithful 27th out of the 28 nations in the semi. With that in mind Austria have not thrown their teddy out of the pram and said we wont be in Belgrade they have in fact embraced the challenge and will be in Belgrade singing their hearts out with god only knows who and you never know with the 2 semi finals anything is possible and Austria could well be in the Final for the first time since 2005.
SORRY for not being as regular with updates on the blog over the past couple of months, unfortunately personal issues have overtaken both myself and Colin which has meant less time to deal with the blog and reply to any comments or information given. As of today both of us will now be making regular updates on the blog and would appreciate any comments or information that you have. Once Again Sorry Paul & Colin
Well another year's contest is over and I'm now back at home. So what are my thoughts on the contest? There are two things that stand out this year.... 1. Belgrade's/Serbia's apathy towards the contest, and 2. The results (as always!) So let's look at them in turn.... 1. After the recent elections, it appears that Serbians are keen to join the EU and after many years of troubles, which I will not go into, I would have thought that hosting the Eurovision would have been an excellent way to show what they are capable of. However, in the city itself, you would have been hard pressed to actually know that the contest was taking place! For most of the week, the only thing you could see with regards to the Eurovision was that a few shops were cashing in on the merchandise, a single information stall in one of the squares and I saw one advertisment for the Azerbaijan entry (there may have been more). So why did they not take up the opportunity? Was it that after the rec
So Terry Wogan has finally retired having damaged the reputation of the Eurovision Song Contest in the UK for far too many years. So, considering that the UK seem to be trying to take the pre -selection a bit more seriously by having Lord Andrew Lloyd- Webber help, who do they decide to take over? GRAHAM NORTON!! WHY?! For one, Graham Norton has no experience at commentating. Two, I doubt Graham Norton has any experience of being serious! So we'll be subjected to more poor jokes, tasteless innuendos as the BBC moves the commentating more away from the music. How can Terry Wogan complain about the contest moving away from being a Music contest, when the BBC has failed to treat it as such for so long! So here's to many more years of Eurovision being a total joke in the UK!
Well it is if you are an Austrian Eurovision fan. Over the years Austria have taken part 45 times and only finished in the Top 5 on 5 occasions including their win back in 1966 with Ugo Jurgens with his famous ditty "Merci Cherie". The last time Austria graced us with a placing in the Top 10 was in 2003 with Alf Poier when he finished 6th. Austria then finished 21st in 2004 and since then have been stuck in the Semi Final. Global Kryner was probably Austria's best chance of re-qualification to the Final in 2005 as it was one of the best performed songs in the semi and also one of the most original, unfortunately it was not meant to be and the result ended in the Austrian Broadcaster saying "Enough is Enough" and then withdrew from 2006. Coming back in 2007 after much pressure from Eurovision fans both living in and out of Austria, a singer and song were chosen internally which once again ended in disappointment for the Austrian faithful 27th out of the 28 nations in the semi. With that in mind Austria have not thrown their teddy out of the pram and said we wont be in Belgrade they have in fact embraced the challenge and will be in Belgrade singing their hearts out with god only knows who and you never know with the 2 semi finals anything is possible and Austria could well be in the Final for the first time since 2005.
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