In other news: Nepotism shocker in Cyprus
WE did say this trickle would become a flood.
Once Valentine's Day eases into the early hours of Sunday morning, close to half of 43 the songs participating in this year's Eurovision Song Contest will be known.
Irish telly (RTE) announces its shortlist today - and it appears that a song previously submitted to the Latvian final was yanked out of contention in Riga and despatched to Dublin instead. This is a rather canny move. Ireland has seen a surge of migrant workers from Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in recent years, which explains the past three douze points from the Irish televote; Lithuania (2006, 2007) and Poland (2008).
The song in question is rumoured to be the favourite of the panel who sifted through 300 potential entries - and is surely a shoe-in if the Eastern European members of the Irish community can rally themselves when the phonelines open. Their final is on February 20.
But what was all that about a shocker in Cyprus? Oh, you'll like this...
This is Christina Metaxa performing Firefly, selected as the Cypriot entry for Moscow last weekend.
We say Christina 'performs' it, as she certainly isn't 'singing' it. But we know what you're thinking - the song isn't that bad, so why didn't the production team rope in someone with the appropriate hi-octane voicebox for vocal duty?
This is probably the appropriate moment to point out that the composer of Firefly and Christina's brother are one and the same.
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Jamie McLoughlin - The news editor of Southport Visiter reveals all about his musical hobby that more people should admit to having.
Last year Ireland had a random song by a Slovenian in it.
There are only 3 days to vote for ESC videos of 2008. At the moment Hungary, Georgia and Romania are on the first places. Who will get the BESC Award?
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