Posts Tagged ‘ Moscow ’

[Eurovision 2009] A bit of Fun

May 18, 2009
By Stephen
[Eurovision 2009] A bit of Fun

A friend suggested that I do a Wordle on all the translated Eurovision Lyrics and I did and it produced an interesting wordle. Click to enlarge. Not surprised that Love is big, but am suprised that “wanna” is mentioned alot! What surpises you? (PS: This is my last Eurovision post I promise!)

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[Eurovision 2009] The results

May 17, 2009
By Stephen
[Eurovision 2009] The results

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Im just looking at the results of the Eurovision Voting. Ireland came 11th in the  televote vote just missing out. Well done Girls! We got 52 votes in total including 10 points from Spain! Croatia who came 13th in our semi were the ones saved by the Jury. The Irish vote in the Semi was dominated by our new migrants. 12 points went to Lithuania, 10 Points went to Poland and only 8...

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[Eurovision 2009] Semi Final 2 Tonight – Come on Ireland!

May 14, 2009
By Stephen
[Eurovision 2009] Semi Final 2 Tonight –  Come on Ireland!

Image via Wikipedia Tonight sees the 2nd Semi Final of the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. Tonight Ireland will be represented by Sinead Mulvely and Black Daisy as they hope to get to Ireland into the final with “Et Cetera”. I will be tweeting during the semi on twitter and most should appear on the liveblog. So my predictions for tonight are: Greece The Netherlands Ireland Ukraine Norway Moldova Slovakia Slovenia Latvia Serbia I wonder how many I...

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[Eurovision 2009] Semi Final 1 – Results

May 12, 2009
By Stephen
[Eurovision 2009] Semi Final 1 – Results

So I got 7 out the qualifiers from tonights Eurovision Semi-Final right! I think that equals one of the scores that I got last year. So who got through? Finland (Predicted) Sweden (Predicted) Bosnia and Herzegovina Turkey (Predicted) Israel (Predicted) Iceland Armenia Romania (Predicted) Portugal (Predicted) Malta (Predicted) Belgium, Andorra and Bulgaria all let me down. I missed the start of the show only getting home in time for Israel the 10th entry. It was a good show and...

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[Eurovision 2009] Semi Final 1 Tonight!!

May 12, 2009
By Stephen
[Eurovision 2009] Semi Final 1 Tonight!!

Image via Wikipedia So the First Semi Final of the 54th Eurovision Song Contest takes place tonight. It will be aired at 20:00 GMT (21:00 CET) on RTÉ 2 and BBC 3. There will also be a live stream on eurovision.tv is you dont like commentary. Ireland will not be taking part or voting in tonights contest but it will be interesting to see who gets through as there is a lot of good songs in it. My predictions...

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[Eurovision 2009] Semi-Final Two Preview

April 13, 2009
By Stephen
[Eurovision 2009] Semi-Final Two Preview

Image via Wikipedia Well we are just over a month away from the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow which takes place on May 14th. This semi final sees another 19 songs competing for a place in the Final. This is the semi that Ireland has been drawn in so it should be the interesting one for us. France and Russia will also be voting in this semi. As usual I have linked to the...

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[Eurovision 2009] Semi-Final One Preview

March 29, 2009
By Stephen
[Eurovision 2009] Semi-Final One Preview

Image via Wikipedia Well as usual every year I do my preview of the Eurovision Song Contest and try and do a prediction, which goes horrible wrong! Mainly its just random thoughts on the song. I have included links to the songs on youtube, so you can make up your own mind! So anyway Semi-Final one will take place on May 12th. There are 18 countries in this semi, and 10 will go on to the final. As well...

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Irish Euovision Entry 2009

February 27, 2009
By Stephen
Irish Euovision Entry 2009

So I finally get around to listening to the Irish entry for Eurovision Song Contest, yes I know it was selected LAST Friday, and I like it! in fact I like it alot actually. It is called “Et cetera” and is performed by Sinead Mulvey and Black Daisy. The song was composed by Niall Mooney, Jonas Gladnikoff, Daniele Moretti and Christina Schilling. Brilliant song that will do us proud in Moscow! You go Girls!!! Related articles by Zemanta Israel’s...

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