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Posted 4/Dec 2010 at 11:39 by Brendan Bonner.
I have to agree with Philip , I'm delighted Italy will be in ESC 2011, long overdue
it also looks they will join the big 4 to make it the big 5, not sure how Russia will feel about that. However, if that is the case there will be 25 nations in the final and not the planned 24.
it also looks they will join the big 4 to make it the big 5, not sure how Russia will feel about that. However, if that is the case there will be 25 nations in the final and not the planned 24.
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- Lepotani and his underpants
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- anyone seen Sharleen and the Ozlo crowd
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- April 2010
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- Keeping an eye on the bookies
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- Drip Drop - the remix
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- Do Promotional Tours Work
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- So thats what Lena is singing
- The Germans are Coming
- UK - remix!
- sweet lord, sweet people
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- Whats happening in the bookies odds
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- Betting Odds turned upside down
- Eurovision Parties
- Good rework by Albina
- Iseral, Ukraine and Belarus
- Can you make Lena Meyer-Landrut Sexy?
- Big Changes in Betting - Norway Still Ahead
- Bosnia - ok
- Bosnian Final - croatia and ireland came on top
- Hope the Russians get lost and are forgotten
- UK Press - unimpressed
- Serbia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Sweden 2nd Favourates before the final
- Giorgos needs some dance lessons
- How can you bitch about a crap song
- Bad night - Greece went the obivous
- UK Germany Estonia - out of the running
- UK - out of the running before the result comes in
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- looks like Opa for Greece
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- What to watch on Friday night
- Sweden - the battle is on
- Panic Over - Playing with fire is going to Oslo
- Belgium - short odds
- Influence of Current Affairs
- Romina - got burnt playing with fire?
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- Potential Losers from Semi Final 2
- Busy Weekend - Mixed outcomes
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- Iseral - Always worth waiting for !
- Moldova - good choice
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- Portugal - got it so wrong
- I love you - NOT
- Ukrain Final - Hard Work
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- Will it be Catarina for Portugal
- Walk over for Niamh Kavanagh - its for you
- Amazing Song - Dreadful frock - Ireland
- Lithuania silly song wins
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTw0OR0Xj08
- Hmmmm Lithunia wont win
- Irish Final - Niamh has it in the bag
- This is my dream - well its really growing on me
- MaNga - Could we be the same?
- Manga - could be very different or strange
- Azerbaijani national final
- Swiss Rolled
- The Irish Odds
- February 2010
- The Greeks really up the anti
- Bulgeria - obivious choice
- Palva - different
- Miro - Big hopes for Bulgeria
- Malena Emman - very funny
- What for Latvia - I wonder myself its dreadful
- Nice song from Slovkia
- Sweden tonight - enjoyable and fun
- Shine on Geogie
- Welcome back GEORGIA
- That dreadful Dutch song is NO1????????
- 3+2 = nil points
- Its all about you Albania
- People of Europe - Get a Grip
- Jessy Matador to represent France!!
- Malta - 20 songs and not a winner in sight
- Spanish Final 9/10 with promise
- Poland?????? - did i get it wrong? or did you?
- I dont like Apricots or stones
- Portugal - really good selection of songs
- Swedish Slection - definately no beauty contest
- Irish Line Up Interesting
- Dam Dutch Entry
- Comment On Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Cyprus
- Estonian Final - think I will give it a miss
- Great Come Back for Anabel Conde
- January 2010
- Coral Segovia - Classic
- Have the UK lost the plot
- Finland - Are you having a laugh?
- Uk 1991 entry Sam Janus on UK tv
- A1 - Im Sorry
- Listened to dadvarmusic.com
- Is Iran in Eurovision ?
- Emmy & Mihran for Armenia - interesting
- Eurovision and the wonders of the WWW
- More of the same from Finland
- Greece Wont Leave ESC? WIll they ?
- REAL TIME CHAT
- So Ricci Is OUt
- Swiss Big Ears but not a bad song
- Finland - no winner obivious
- Definately No Dutch Treat
- Norway Heat 1
- December 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- Giorgos B - not far off the mark
- Hadise & Alexander !!!!!!!!!
- Interesting point to note on ESC and Irish Charts
- Eurovision Songs Chart Well In Ireland
- 5 Eurovision Songs Chart in the UK
- Dolly loves or Dolly Vs Terry
- Et Cetera - a hit on the Irish Charts
- ESC and Champions League FInal
- Shocking Pics
- Zoli Adok wins Barbara Dex award
- Brinck !
- ESC - Commercial Success
- Televoting
- It was fair enough
- Morning after the night before
- a little resovle for Et Cetera
- Voting
- Slavic Pride Eurovision ?
- Former Winners Looking for a Song
- Food is ready
- How did Ireland go out
- before the votes come in for SF2
- SF about to start
- The none fans view of semi final 2
- Sounds like most of Semi Final 2 are out of tune
- SF1 over and done with
- no rock songs
- Hmmmm
- What non-fans Think!
