Terminal 3.... The Eurovision Blog

And about time too!!!! So that just leaves Italy (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE COME BACK!), Austria (who wont be in Moscow), Monaco (Still no decision), Luxembourg (PLEASE PLEASE COME BACK!!) and Georgia (who have decided not to go to Moscow) I have to say I was suprised the Slovaks didn't come back this year after the Czech Republics first attempt. I wonder what the Slovaks will send to Moscow? How will they choose it? Will they do as badly as before? I hope not...... Motlidba was fantastic and should have been a lot higher in the rankings than where it finished in 1998........ 8 points was abysmal for such a fantastic song. Mind you it's not the first time a fantastic song did so poorly - remember Rita Guerra in 2003 for Portugal. Anyway here is Slovakian 1998 entry to remind you.

and that officially makes them the second country to choose their singers for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest............is it me or is it starting earlier each year???? De Toppers are a popular group in the Netherlands who are renowned for their sell out tours in the Netherlands and have performed to no less than 360,00 people since 2005. De Toppers are Gerard Joling, Rene and Gordon Froger.... As everyone is aware Gerard Joling performed for the Netherlands in 1998 with the song "Shangri-La" which still happens to be one of my all time favourites even now. It is believed that the popularity in the group with the Netherlands will be enough to send their viewing figures sky high and also with the experience of Gerard Joling at Eurovision are hoping for the Netherlands to be in the final for the first time since 2004. Mind you didn't the Dutch expect that with Edsilia Rombley in 2007 when she was robbed of a Final place? Good Luck to the Netherlands, hopefully we shall se

Much to the disgust of some people within Estonian National Broadcaster ETV the Estonian public have voted with a large majority to send an entry to Moscow in 2009. It would appear that the threat of a boycott is over even though Poland and Lithuania have still not confirmed their attendance yet. Lets hope that Estonia send something half decent in 2009 after this years abysmal entry which once again since the Semi Finals were introduced saw the Estonians fail to qualify for the final. Lets remember their glory years with a song that in my mind is one of their best entries ever!

Finally the National Broadcasters have decided to bring back the International Juries to play a part in the decision of who wins the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. I for one am well chuffed with this and can't wait to see what impact it will have. It is believed that the decision has been made following a comparison of the jury votes (which were not officially made public) and the televoting..............It has never been confirmed as the EBu are keeping very quiet about it, but reading between the lines the jury vote chose a completely different Eurovision winner in Belgrade......I would love to know who it would have been. The Jury vote will only be used in the Final, whereas the Semi Finals will be the same as this year in Belgrade and as we all know the back up juries did us the honour of saving Sweden who finished 12th after the televote but were the highest scoring country of the Juries thus knocking Macedonia in to 11th place. A final decision has not been made as t

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