http://www.bengamblin.com Blog of Ben Gamblin http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/467/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2009-05-22/eurovision-2009/ It occurs to me, nearly one week on, that I haven't written about this year's Eurovision Song Contest; held in Moscow. Sadly, since it's been a few days I don't think I'll be able to comment on perhaps some of the more obscure acts of the contest. Sayin... Fri, 22 May 2009 16:35:21 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/462/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2009-01-31/eurovision-2009-the-uk-entry/ The UK entry for this year's Eurovision song contest was decided just a short while ago, voted for by the British public on the BBC One show "Eurovision: Your Country Needs You". For the last 5 weeks, potential performers have been auditioning ... Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:11:22 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/443/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2008-05-25/eurovision-2008-the-final/ Well it wasn't really a surprise that the United Kingdom didn't win this years contest (again), but it was disappointing that we came joint last along with Poland and Germany. It feels that we increasingly have little chance of winning other contest, let... Sun, 25 May 2008 00:24:19 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/442/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2008-05-22/eurovision-semis/ This year's Eurovision Song Contest is a bit of a marathon (and all the better for it) with 2 semi finals, the first held last Tuesday, and the second held this evening to determine 20 songs (10 per semi) which will compete in the final on Saturday. To g... Thu, 22 May 2008 22:18:54 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/432/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2008-03-03/eurovision-2008-your-decision/ On Saturday, the BBC hosted it's annual programme dedicated to choosing the song that would represent us in the Eurovision Song Contest later this year. The line up of artists, to be frank, was pitiful. All of them (with the exception of Michelle Gayle?... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:01:55 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/402/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2007-05-14/eurovision-2007-the-final/ It's occured to me that since the Eurovision final on Saturday night, I haven't actually written about it. Of course that wouldn't really be a problem, except I've written about the semi final so it would be wrong to leave it at that. So, just to sum up... Mon, 14 May 2007 17:10:19 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/401/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2007-05-10/eurovision-2007-the-semi-final/ This years Eurovision is now well under way, with the semi final having just taken place in Helsinki, Finland. Due to 42 countries taking part in the Song Contest this year, tonight's semi final was a chance to eliminate 18 of them ready for the main eve... Thu, 10 May 2007 22:56:34 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/300/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2006-05-22/eurovision-2006/ Another year, and another Eurovision. Finland won this years show held in Greece. Their song was very bizarre. So was the act. In fact I think my exact words were "The Klingons have invaded Poland!". The UK song was better than previous yea... Mon, 22 May 2006 21:17:27 +0100 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/284/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2006-03-04/eurovision-making-your-mind-up/ Making Your Mind Up is on BBC One at the moment. It's the programme that will decide what song will represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in May. Unfortunately I missed the first song so I can't comment (yet) but as for the second song, sung b... Sat, 04 Mar 2006 19:16:26 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/239/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2005-05-22/eurovision-kate-s-birthday-computer-purchases/ It was Eurovision night again last night. This year the contest was held in Kiev - the capital city of last years winners Ukraine. As usual most of the acts seemed a little crazy, with plenty of mad outfits and bizarre music, and of course the political... Sun, 22 May 2005 00:00:00 +0100