Entries from Boom Bang a Blog tagged with 'Eurovision'
Albania was Just the Beginning...
HAPPY New Year Boom Bang a Bloggers - and what better way to usher in 2009 than with a shiny new entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest? That is exactly what the top execs at Turkish telly thought, hence...
Crimbovision!
Happy Christmas Eve! Boom Bang a Blog knows that one thought has been uppermost on your mind as you have queued outside Currys at 5am for the last Wii Fitness in the northern hemisphere, cursed Jamie Oliver for a lack...
The Trickle Which Shall Become a Flood
As I type, the Eurovision Song Contest is 143 days away (I checked on an online calendar countdown thingy, please don't think I have such facts lingering conveniently about my brain) - and the Albanians aren't leaving anything to chance...
The Eire Factor
With six months to go before a single note is sung in Moscow, tabloids in various Eurovision member states are already chockful of gossip about who could be carrying the pride of a nation on their voicebox next May....
Sing Hallelujah. Twice.
Here's 2008 X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke with her first release, a cover of the Leonard Cohen song Hallelujah. And here's 1979 Eurovision Song Contest winners Milk & Honey with their victorious ditty, Hallelujah, winning on home turf for Israel. Perhaps...
In less than one month...
...the BBC begins its Saturday night search for the artist who will represent the UK at Eurovision 2009 in Moscow. According to media reports, Andrew Lord Webber has already found the six acts he wants on the shortlist for the...
"Eurovision song used in advert" shocker
Recognise this? You will do if you've seen the new ads for the Renault Megane in the breaks for Corrie and The X-Factor. It's Sebastien Tellier with Divine, this year's French entry. It only finished 19th in Belgrade, but it...
We're the Kids from Lithuania, FYR Macedonia and Cyprus (Woah-oh!)
Tomorrow is the sixth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest - and just when you thought the adults had the sole stake on rehearsal week drama and strops, wait until you hear about the kids. In what could be...
We're the Kids from Serbia, Malta, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Woah-oh!)
Bless you for your loyalty in the run up to Fun-Sized Eurovision on Saturday. The first of today's four entries is from Serbia, this year's hosts of the other singing contest. SONG 9 Serbia Uvek Kad U Nebo Pogledam performed...
We're the Kids from Romania, Armenia, Belarus and Russia (Woah-oh!)
Saturday sees the sixth running of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, live from Lemesos, Cyprus. There is minimal interest in this Minipops version of the main event in Western Europe, although the host nation, Belgium, The Netherlands and Malta are...
At Least He's Putin in the Effort
"Tell Mr Lloyd Webber he should get the boys to pull the girls' skirts off, but the girls are actually wearing smaller skirts beneath those ones. It is genius. And very credible." You may have heard the news over...
Get Thee to the Dancefloor
Now, isn't this marvellous? The North West of England (that's the bit Boom Bang a Blog lives in) is going to get its very own Eurovision disco. We said it was marvellous. For one night only, Bacchanalia in Chapel Walks,...
Boom Bang a Bond
Well, who'd have thunk that Shiri Maimon would be named as Europe's third best singer and Leona Lewis and Dima not even getting a look in? Anyway, today's blog bit isn't about the MTV Awards, it's about James Bond instead....
Liverpool Calling
As you may (or may not) know, Boom Bang a Blog HQ is not that far from Liverpool. The city is aquiver with anticipation today as it gears up to host the MTV European Music Awards at its spanking new...
Our Own Tiny Tribute
Boom Bang a Blog couldn't let this momentous day pass without paying tribute to Barack Obama and his historic claim to the US presidency. Barack was born in an era when black and white men couldn't always share the same...
Woooo-ooo-ooooh! Spooky Eurovision!
Happy Hallowe'en! Boom Bang a Blog was thinking about the scariest Eurovision entry there has ever been to give you the appropriate chills this October 31. We've already done Jemini (we don't like to repeat ourselves), it would be far...
Boom Bang a Blog does not endorse gambling
Here's some slightly encouraging news. Following a recent Lord-related announcement, Irish bookmakers Paddy Power have given odds of 9/1 of the UK winning the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, as well as a 3/1 chance that the song Andrew Lloyd Webber...
The Good Old Days? I Should CoCo
THIS lady and this gentleman are due to appear at Southport Theatre on Thursday, October 30, with a good old Cocker-nee knees-up singalong show called Roll Out the Barrel. But, you may ask, what connects this singing twosome with...
The Lord Speaketh Unto Us (Well, Radio 1 really...)
Lord Andrew Sir Lloyd Webber (LASLW) has been chatting to those trendy types at Radio 1 about the Eurovision challenge which lies ahed of him in the coming months. LASLW has some interesting things to say about the Your Country...
Should we have Rice with that?
In addition to the news of Lord Lloyd Webber's national songwriting duty, Oswald Moseley's paper of choice, the Daily Mail, has announced that the Lord may join forces with lyrical powerhouse, Sir Tim Rice, to write next year's UK entry....
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