Terminal 3.... The Eurovision Blog

Welcome back to our continuing watch on the national finals and the qualifiers for 2010! This year, to add to the list, we will also provide a link to a download of the mp3 of the entrant if we can. So here goes! The qualifiers for this years Eurovision as at 10th Jan 2010 are..... Albania - Juliana Pasha - Nuk mundem pa ty [Download] Switzerland - Michael von der Heide - Il pleut de l'or [Download] Not a big list at the moment, but I'm sure it will pick up speed now!

Well thats it 2 songs known for definate now......... Switzerland and Albania and I have to say I quite like the Swiss song even though I am not sure it is a winner. Bulgaria, Belgium and Israel have also announced male soloists but I cant say I'm suprised as none of them have won for a while if at all. So with 4 males and a female who is the best so far............. well I have to say I prefer Switzerland to Albania! It will be interesting to see over the next few weeks who gets the votes from various nations especially as there are some that seem to be going for the internal vote rather than the public............... Is this the way the UK will go? I am not sure, the rumour is that Gary Barlow will be writing the song and that Duncan James will be doing something with it also........ Following the Norwegian 5th in 2008 and then a win in 2009 will it be the Uk's year to follow suit? San Marino, Andorra and Montenegro have announced their withdrawal from 2010 due to financial...

Well with 7 months and 3 days to go before the 54th Eurovision song contest in Oslo we have 28 definate attendees and 2 definate not going, 3 definate not returning and 2 possible not going........ How confusing does that sound??? Ok so those withdrawing from 2010 are:- Czech Republic - apparently due to lack of interest from the viewers. Hungary - due to financial problems within MTV the National Broadcaster. 2 Possibles in not going are:- Estonia - due to financial troubles in ERR the National Broadcaster Lithuania - due to financial troubles in LRT the National Broadcaster Definately not returning:- Austria - Still not convinced that the voting problems have been sorted Monaco - No Money Luxembourg - No Money The 28 who have said yes are:- Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark Finland Georgia Germany Greece Iceland Israel Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Possible returns c...

Was the the night that France Gall won the 10th Eurovision Song Contest which was held in the RAI Concert Hall in Naples, Italy. This is one of the earliest contests that I have on DVD and I actually watched it a couple of nights ago. I have to say that for me it is not a classic contest and I like the winning song "Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son" but still think that Kathy Kirby and her song "I Belong" was actually better in a lot of ways on the night and was by far the most polished performance of the evening. However the night belonged to France Gall singing for Luxembourg and winning the contest for the tiny Duchy for the second time. Luxembourg won the contest by 6 points from United Kingdom which does not really seem a great deal but at the time it was a landslide victory and one that France Gall had held from the very first vote was cast by the Dutch Jury. The Top 5 of 1965:- 1. Luxembourg - France Gall Singing Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son 2. United Kin...

After listening to the first semi final for this years Eurovision Song Contest in the order of performance I thought that I had better do the same with the Second Semi Final, which with the countries involved you would think is the stronger of the 2, however I don’t think it is. Croatia start the proceedings off with another haunting folky type ballad and I think it works, this is for me their best entry in several years. For me this is the second best entry from the former Yugoslav republics behind Bosnia & Herzegovina. Next we move to Ireland and after a blooming great turkey of a song last year they seem to be back on track and have sent what I think is an absolute corker of a song and a very Kelly Clarkson sounding song, I am not sure this is an overall winner but definately think a spot in the final is on the cards for the most successful Eurovision country. However the downfall for Ireland is they are singing second!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Latvia come next and it reminds me slightly ...

I thought that I would give a personal opinion of the draws for the semi finals and after listening to the songs in the order that they will be performed on Tuesday 12 May 2009 here is my opinion of the First Semi Final. After starting the semi final in 2008 with quite a drab song in comparison Montenegro once again kick off the 1st Semi Final with an uptempo number which really gets you to sit up and take notice and really gives the 1st Semi Final a good kick up the backside to begin with. Second to perform are Czech Republic with what could almost be called a gimmick song and I thought we might have got away from these this year, mind you I don’t think it is a bad one and the chorus is extremely catchy......... will the curse of number 2 strike the Czech’s this year. Belgium sing third and with the rockabilly sound makes this the 3rd uptempo song in a row, not their best entry, but could it stand out as something different... we shall have to see!! Belarus are 4th to perform and I j...

Well thats it the National Final season for 2009 is now officially over and the countdown to Moscow has now started. The favourite with the bookies seems to be Norway with Greece and Turkey not too far behind. The United Kingdom are commanding 7th favourites at the moment whilst the 3 previous winning nations Russia, Serbia and Finland are not particularly well thought of with Russia being the best bet at 9th favourites. Its quite funny looking at the bets when you see that for the first time in years Russia are not the favourites of the former Soviet states....... that one goes to Azerbaijan this year and in my opinion deservedly so. The other suprise in the betting is to see that Montenegro who are in for the 3rd time is the favourite from the former Yugoslav Republics when they have over the past 2 years been the odds on favourites from that region not to get to the final...............will we see Montenegro in the final on May 16th??? I still am not sure on that one!!!! I still ...