Eurovision countdown Part 1

In case you missed part 1 of the Eurovision countdown shown on RTE last here you can find it here.

Interview with Dame Hera Bjork coming soon..

Dança comigo!

Date: Thursday, 06 May 2010
Time: 20:30 - 23:00
Location: Meeting House Squaure

Tonight the Eurovision flashmob dance for the interval act of Eurovision 2010 will come to Dublin! Bow and arrow!!!

I am getting my twinkle toes down there later this evening. Hope to see you all there!

Location:
Time: 20.30-23.00
Dresscode: colourful and happy!


We are looking forward to seeing YOU there!!


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Baku, Dublin, Zagreb 2011?

Tonight three weeks Eurovision 2010 will be kicking off at the Telenor Arena in Oslo!
I am beyond excited and I have a feeling this year will be a very exciting contest with a great host city, a strong Irish entry and no clear winner at this stage.

I will be there from Thursday morning until Sunday and am delighted to get semi 2 in this year. We are staying at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia hotel which was originally the home of the euroclub but this has since changed!
Accreditation is sorted, flashmob has been practised for the Irish edition on Thursday in Temple Bar (part 4 is damn tricky!)but looking forward to being part of it having missed the postcard filmed at the Spire.

This Saturday I am meeting a number of Oslo bound eurovision fans to have a pre Oslo day which involves lunch, drinks, shopping for Irish flags, leprechaun hats and feater bowas and general euro chat!

At my Eurovision preview party we had a great night. It was won by Denmark and Ireland was 2nd (just like the OGAE vote in Enniscorthy!)

Others that did well were Iceland, Bealrus, Romania, Belguim, and Azerbaijan.

Portugal was a surprise favourite and as usual the U.K divided opinion. Ireland would have stormed to victory but thanks to 'That's how David D's it' who didn't score Niamh this didn't happen!

The big losers on the night were Russia, Poland and the Ukraine which was no surprise. Thanks to the guys for a fantastic night!

Niamh will be joined by an extra backing singer for Oslo and they are 2 weeks away from flying out to Norway for rehearsal. A full list of rehearsal can be seen here.

Niamh has returned from Romania, Belguim and the U.K. where she performed on a number of TV shows and was a resounding success at the Preview Party in The Shadow Lounge in London.

Everyone is wondering who could win at this stage and I think that Azerbaijan, Croatia and Ireland are definately up there with a shot as I think they will appeal to bothe televoters and juries. The thoughts of Baku 2011 puts me right off unfortunately but may the best song win...It's for You!!!

Preview Party Time!

Tonight I am hosting our fabulous preview party (Thanks to Peter for the dvd!)
I will post the results when we have them..Something tells me you could guess who will get the 12 points!

NRK are coming to Dublin on Monday (volcanic dust permitting!) to film the introduction segment for Ireland's entry. The proposed setting is the GPO. We will be there waving the tri colour!

Niamh is on the promo trail in Sweden on Monday performing at Golden Hits in Stockholm.

OGAE Ireland will be having their annual preview party on Saturday 24th in Enniscorthy. Having predicted the winner in 2009 and 2008 will we get it correct again?!

JLC song for Eurosong!

Just in case you didn't hear Justin Lee Collins submission to Eurosong 2010 here it is..

Hi Everyone,

Just back from a mini break in Malta. I didn't share a bucket of chicken wings with the fabulous Chiara but I had a great time nonetheless!

Oslo feels so much closer now and speculation and guessing about qualification goes into overdrive at this point.

Our semi final has 7 countries with a 100% qualification record which makes things more testing for Ireland but I have full confidence that we will be amongst the ten envelopes.

Countries like Greece and Azerbaijan are certain qualifiers but things can always change and it will remain to be seen how the 50/50 voiting will impact the results.

Germany now seems to be top with the bookies having overtaken Azerbaijan in recent days. A nice song that I really like but I don't see it as a winner at the moment. Ireland has gone from 50/1 at Boylesports to 25/1 at the moment, definately worth a bet!

The Euroclub has moved location aswell despite my booking of the original hotel for convenience!

I hope you all checked out Shelia Fitzpatrick's tribute to Niamh. If you didn't you will find it here!

A UK rag also published a story yesterday stating that Josh would no longer be singing the UK entry but that Sonia would be entering and renewing her battle with Niamh from 1993! At least Eurovision April fools jokes are getting published!

Read it here.

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter. Hugs x