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Russia Wins 53rd Eurovision Song Contest
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by Pasi | May 24, 2008 at 10:11 pm
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Big night is over and Russia seems to get everything; Eurovision, Olympics, ice-hockey World championship etc.
But in Sweden the disappointment was big when 1999 winner, Charlotte Perelli, was "only" the 18th. Sweden has won the competition four times and is used to get better places.
Russia took the prize at the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest Saturday night in Belgrade. Despite a promising performance in the semi-final, the Finnish entry, the heavy metal band Teräsbetoni ("Steel Concrete"), did not steal the show, winning just 35 points. With 272 points, Russia's Dima Bilan won the contest with the pop ballad Believe.
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at 22:21 on May 24th, 2008
Pasi, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 01:22 on May 25th, 2008
Pasi, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Trust us Brits to come last. I thought the Pirate one, though kitsch was quite fun. It was supposed to be 'naff'. You can imagine it being played in kid's parties. I noticed quite a few sang in English to get a better a chance. I think all they need is a 'better tune', then you can sing any words. A tune is a big part of it.
at 03:00 on May 25th, 2008
Britain coming last is a bit better the how our Turkey (Dustin) did. The problem that the UK has is professional songwriters are not going to risk their reputations by submitting a song for the contest. I suspect that many sing in English because they are trying to establish international careers and the big markets are English speaking.
I could be wrong but the UK and Ireland started doing badly as soon as tele-voting was introduced.
Anyway, congratulations to Russia.
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