It is Eurobash weekend here in Dublin.To celebrate here is Pernilla's schlagertastic song submitted for Melodifestivalen 2008. More of this for 2011 Christer!

Happy Friday!

Dusseldorf is espected to be announced as the host city in the coming days according to Bild with the Esprit Arena being the main contender as the venue. It can hold up to 60,000 people!!

In other news, The melodifestivalen deadline passed yesterday with a total of 3832 songs submitted! I want to listen to them all!

This is a record number of songs with a big increase from 2010.

Year Number of Songs

1995 600 songs
1996 1 475 songs
1997 1 223 songs
1998 1 126 songs
1999 1 315 songs
2000 1 394 songs
2001 1 567 songs
2002 1 830 songs
2003 2 620 songs
2004 3 228 songs
2005 3 131 songs
2006 3 326 songs
2007 3 234 songs
2008 3 489 songs
2009 3 440 songs
2010 2 794 songs (incl 180 Web wild cards)
2011 3 832 songs (incl 424 Web wild cards)

The Countdown Begins!

Our Eurovision queen Niamh will be mixing with the burly bears and tiny twinks as she plays Limerick Pride next weekend!

The committee is headed by Alternative Miss Ireland queen and Ireland's Verka Serducha, Shelia Fitpatrick Shinnors. Check out the launch with Heidi Hotlips! and Mr. Gay Limerick on Thursday the 9th@ 31 Thomas St.

They have put so much into this project and I hope everyone can support this fabulous event!

Check out www.limerickpride.ie for more details

Have a blast:)