Terminal 3.... The Eurovision Blog

And become the 4th country to announce both singer and song - Andrea Demirovic will sing an uptempo cheese fest of a song called "Just Get Out of My Life" and I have to say that out of the 4 chosen so far it is my 2nd favourite behind Turkey. Born in 1985 in Titograd, Montenegro she has 2 previous attempts at representing her country, Firstly in Beovijia to represent what was then Serbia & Montenegro and then again to represent Montenegro. So finally she gets the opportunity to represent her home country in Moscow in May. I have to say I do prefer the song to last years entry but still prefer Steven Faddy's 2007 entry. She is the first female representative from Montenegro, but will she be the first to qualify for the Eurovision Final......Only time will tell.....Personally I think she may have a very good chance!!! But what do I know and there are still 39 to choose!!

Today I was reading an article on ESCToday regarding the United Kingdom and that the song title was now known and it gave me a link to another article which was in the Daily Mail which was an interview with Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and I have to say I was sick to death of the comments people were making on there about the UK at Eurovision and this years procedure for choosing the song. So I let rip, I had 1000 characters and made sure I used every single one of them to have a go at the quite obvious non Eurovision fans for the constant moaning. Please bear in mind these are my own thoughts and comments and no one elses. "The real reason for the UK not doing so well at Eurovision over the past few years is down to one thing and one thing only - the public vote - YES thats right you lot who are all on here moaning about it!!! You all voted for Daz Sampson instead of Tony Costa, Scooch instead of Cyndi and Andy Abrahams instead of Michelle Gayle. All of these singers especially Cyn

The weekend of the 30 January to 2 February 2009 will see the announcement of 6 Countries songs for Eurovision including:- Romania Finland United Kingdom The Netherlands Slovenia Denmark Denmark have in my mind got one of the strongest National Finals for a long time and there are at least 5 songs which I think could do very well in Moscow. Unfortunately due to not being in the country that weekend I will have to catch up with the announcements upon my return on February 3rd. I am going to say right now and stick my neck on the line that I think that 1 of the following will win:- Trine Jepsen - I'll Never Fall In Love Again Sukkerchok - Det' Det Johnny Deluxe - Sindssyg Christina Undhjem - Underneath My Skin My favourite is Sukkerchok and would love that go to Moscow.

And I'm sorry but they have decided what I can only describe as a horrid soft metal song called "Eyes That Never Lie" and is sung by Petr Elfimov. This is by no ways in the same league as Koldun or Ruslan Alenho and I think this is the second worst song sent by Belarus ever in their history of Eurovision entries. I simply cannot bring myself to like this song and after expecting even greater things from them this year I simply cannot see us visiting Minsk in 2010. However we all have our own tastes in music, so here it is for you to listen too.

it has been in Euro land..................Another 3 countries have announced their singers, but not the songs which will be announced later. Azerbaijan are sending Aysel a 19 year old singer whom I think after watching her rehearsal is not exactly what I expected after their debut last year and dont think that she is a particularly strong singer. Bosnia & Herzegovina are sending Regina a rock group who have a wealth of experience and have been around for a while and I think given a decent song could do ok. However Switzerland have pulled out all the stops and are sending Lovebugs and from watching the videos on You Tube could actually do very well for the Swiss if they have a brilliant song which I can see them doing. Could this be the year which sees Switzerland back in the Eurovision Final.....I do hope so

That they will be sending a rock band to Moscow with a song called "Bistra Voda" (Clear Water). The band is called Regina and have been on the scene for over 20 years. The song will be presented to the public on March1st. Personally I am not a massive fan of rock so it will be very interesting to see what happens with the Bosnian entry.

According to early reports and following many names being thrown into the ring it would seem that IBA (the Israeli TV Company) have offered the job of bringing the Eurovision Crown back to Jerusalem to Ahinoam Nini (more commonly known in Israel as Noa). It is believed that she was offered the job this morning by IBA and accepted the job in a similar sort of fashion to last years Azerbaijan representatives by saying she would only go if her friend Mira Awad who is an Israeli-Arab performed with her. It is believed that Noa and Mira will present 3 songs on IBA and the public will be asked to choose the one to go to Moscow.

According to ESCtoday the French will be announcing that Patricia Kaas will be representing them at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. A big name in France she has sold well over 17 million records worldwide since the app earance of her first album in 1988. Following a break from the music industry which started in 2005 she is returning to the International stage to sing what could possibly be the best French entry in years (even though I dont know what it is yet!!!) Further information regarding the French representative will be updated regularly.

Well what a coup for the UK!!! A multi award winning composer in the form of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber composing the song and a Multi Grammy Award winning Diane Warren helping with the lyrics. Oh my god I am soooooooo excited about this!!! The superstars this woman has written for is phenomenal, they include 5 Star, Cher, Bette Midler, Belinda Carlisle, Aaliyah, Ace of Base, Al Green, Backstreet Boys, Barbra Streisand, Bill Medley, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Tyler, Brandy, Chaka Khan, Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion and Diana Ross to name but a few. With 3 Grammy Awards, 6 Academy Award Nominations, 4 Golden Globe Nominations, 18 Billboard Awards and Honours and 26 other awards I personally think that this is the best news for the United Kingdom. Do you think the United Kingdom will be the one to beat in Moscow with this team behind the song cos I do!!!

And what a belter of a song it is, even my eldest son thinks this is a winner. I actually think that this is the best Turkish entry since "Superstar" from Athens 2006 and am secretly hoping that this could mean a second Turkish victory. The song I think has that ethnic Turkish hint to it with a serious dance, and with a hint of Elena Paparizou in the singer that could spell success for Turkey. I still think we could be seeing a succession of dance numbers coming through over the next few weeks.