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a polish treat

Hello dear. Whilst reeling from the hagg reeling from the injustice and indignity of facing a "lucky losers" round (a thousand swedish pot plants are probably being ripped from their roots as i write) i happened upon this "wildcard" which has made it into the Polish final without the song itself actually being uploaded onto their national final website. Yes it has been another wild Saturday on the tiles for me. Anyway, if you can see past the amateur video and the pronunciation surpassed only in incomprehensibleness by Isis Gee, I think that this could be a very enjoyable entry from Poland. Enjoy xx

the phantom of the opera

Hello chickies New year new euro! The optimism ends here for me, however, as I have grave concerns that the powers that be across europe (aka drunk televoters and desperate belarussian housewives) may not be taking their responsibilities seriously enough. February has scarcely begun and already we have a clutch of entries for what will be the largest contest in its history. Unfortunately it been downhill since Albania, and Albania was pretty much at sea level to begin with. Those who feared 42 sour-faced lesbian power ballads should have been more careful what they wished for, as even Eastern Europe seems to be taking the piss this year. Much has been made of Ireland's prospective entry from a stuffed turkey named Dustin, with all the predictable cries of "Ireland sends a turkey, what's new???" etc etc. Yet looking at the field so far, Dustin may well be wondering if he isn't risking his artistic integrity. Here are my meanderings on a few of the recent of...