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Eurovision Insight Podcast: Chat from Dusseldorf, Monday 9th May Written by on May 9, 2011 | 3 Comments

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Week two starts, and the technical rehearsals morph into the dress rehearsals. If you haven’t got something working now, then you are in serious trouble – all you get on stage are the three minutes for the song, and thirty seconds set-up time. It’s fast, frantic and of course live to the juries and the pubic each night until we find a winner.

The panel also talk about the changes to the voting system this year – specifically how the votes will be presented to preserve the excitement and tension. Oh and I try to draw parallels with the on-screen info from Nascar and Baseball, but I think that it went right over the heads over

Daily News from Dusseldorf, Monday 9th May
Hosted by Ewan Spence with…

Keith Mills (All Kinds of Everything)
David Elder (The Eurovisionary Blog/ Scotsman)
Robin Scott (U105 Belfast Radio)

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British Academy (BAFTA) nominated broadcaster and writer Ewan Spence is the voice behind The Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast and one of the driving forces behind ESC Insight. Having had an online presence since 1994, he is a noted commentator around the intersection of the media, internet, technology, mobility and how it affects us all. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, his work has appeared on the BBC, The Stage, STV, and The Times. You can follow Ewan on Twitter (@ewan) and Facebook (facebook.com/ewanspence).

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3 responses to “Eurovision Insight Podcast: Chat from Dusseldorf, Monday 9th May”

  1. Chad says:
    May 9, 2011 at 15:13

    Keith Mills is so negative – so Blue didn’t have a Top 10 UK hit – so what!!? They are hugely popular across Europe and we will see what happens on Saturday. They definitely stand a chance of winning. More than Jedward…

  2. Anthony says:
    May 9, 2011 at 17:39

    I totally agree with Carl, Blue have given the Uk guaranteed votes, Blue have had no.1 hits across Europe and still have a huge following. The BBC finally got a big name to go to Eurovision instead of finding a weak song. I hope I see a Uk win or a UK top3 and I do hope they get the screens to work in time during their performance on Saturday.

  3. Seán says:
    May 9, 2011 at 17:50

    Based on a “Poll of Polls” with 5 polls (Press centre poll, Escdaily, The Mysterious Stanger, Escstats, AKOE), the Bookmaker (PaddyPower), YouTube, Google and my own predictions. After 9 predictions counted the qualifers are (Random Order):

    Russia
    Serbia
    Finland
    Azerbaijan
    Armenia
    Turkey
    Hungary
    Norway
    Greece
    Poland

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