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Report on the Eurovision 2009 Final

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This went up on The Stage’s website this afternoon, my thoughts on the results of the Eurovision Song Contest: Not only did Rybak win, but he won in style. Scoring a massive 387 points, he smashed through the previous highest points scored record of 298 points, which belonged to Finnish Rockers Lordi in the 2006 competition. There will be a lot of Eurovision fans happy they don’t need to see Lordi mentioned as the highest scoring song ever now. It’s not quite the greatest song ever, though. Adjusting scores to take account of total points available each year, it’s beaten

Download My Commentary Track for Tonight’s Eurovision Song Contest

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More temporal reporting from the modern Internet as I present my commentary for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest final. It’s the Grand Final tonight, with 25 countries battling it out for the right to, well, host the contest next year. As I’m still here, reporting on the Song Contest in Moscow, while watching the dress rehearsals I’ve recorded a commentary track for those who (a) are watching on the free internet stream at www.eurovision.tv and have no commentator, or (b) who would like something a little bit different to the regular TV commentators. Please note that the commentary is very

My “Ones To Watch” in tonight’s Eurovision Final

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The final of the Eurovision Song Contest is nearly here, so to make sure you don’t miss anything “wow” during your evening, I’ve another highlights of the show over at The Stage’s TV Today blog. As with the semi-final posts, these are not the ones to win, these are ones to watch – a subtle difference at Eurovision! Cirque Du Soleil, France, Portugal, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Malta, Norway and The United Kingdom The full post, with preview videos, can be found here.

Your Post-Wogan Eurovision Drinking Game

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Watching the Eurovision Song Contest for many is a perfect time for a party, with nibbles and drinks. I know many people have so called drinking games to help them through the three hour spectacular. For many years, the standard drinking game in the UK for Eurovision was “drink whenever Terry Wogan said something rude.” That game got particularly dangerous in the last few years. So what can you do instead, given that we are in Magic 8-Ball territory on Graham Norton’s coverage (<fx: shake> Unclear, ask again later) and don’t know yet what we can latch on to? I

Eurovision and the Web 2.0 Digital Water Cooler

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Over in the Technology section of BBC News is my article on how the internet is being used to create communities and social interaction around big events such as Eurovision: More than 100 million people are expected to watch it across Europe; many of whom will also be hooked up to the net, discussing the staging, songs, hosts, and everything else that people chat about during Eurovision. And using the latest applications to achieve this, they will be continuing one of the original goals of the Eurovision Song Contest… More in the full article, which is here. At the same

Downloadable Commentary Track for the Second Eurovision 2009 Semi-Final

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Turns out that those of you who did pick up my commentary file on Tuesday really liked it! Good, because it’ is highly experimental (but if any D2 badged commentators drop ill or fall down some stairs) then I am available for national broadcast duties.! A reminder how this works… being in Moscow and covering the Eurovision Song Contest, I’m watching the dress rehearsals and using that as the basis for a commentary track for those who (a) are watching on the free internet stream at www.eurovision.tv and have no commentator, or (b) who would like something a little bit