Bore-o-vision song contest 2008

Ist das Euer Ernst? Rodolfo Chikilicuatre tritt für Spanien mit Baila el ChikiChiki an

Spangly sequinned drag queens, folklore tedium, Spanish ‘ChikiChiki’ and a crooning Irish muppet. During the 53rd Eurovision song contest from 20 to 24 May in Belgrade, Europe’s music types once more let their speciality potpourri of mediocrity loose. Is someone actually taking this seriously?

PANORAMA Top five Eurovision hits

Top five Eurovision hits

Since its first broadcast on 24 May 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest has seen hundreds of songs battle it out for the titles of the worst, the funniest and above all the best

by lea chalmont @ // 21/05/08

european tour, music, festivals, video gallery, eurovision, culture

OPINION Eurovision song contest: chamber of horrors

Eurovision song contest: chamber of horrors

Dear readers – it’s not easy, but I have to tell you the truth. You surf cafebabel.com, amazed by the variety of themes the online magazine covers and the quality of the analyses it publishes. You’ve no idea of the unhuman conditions which are imposed on its journalists! Recently the editorial team asked me to write an article about the participants of the 2008 Eurovision song contest. Great! So enthusiatic .... I am such a poor baboon

by Alexis Brunelle @ // 20/05/08

eurovision, culture

ANALYSIS Ourvision song contest in Helsinki – northern talent nodes

Ourvision song contest in Helsinki – northern talent nodes

Modest budgets, amateur singers, no dance troupes: the song contest is open to people living in Finland with non-Finnish origins

by Soili Semkina @ // 20/05/08

music, eurovision, culture

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