Eurovision Song Contest 2008 - Belgrade (All The Songs From The Show) - Various Artists

Eurovision song contest

Advantages: On only once a year
Disadvantages: Uk never wins

There is no way that the British eurovision song entry would ever win,the song could have been written by by the best songwriter in the world,but the United kingdom has been sent into Eurovision coventry.. There are many reasons for this,the main reason seems to b the governments foreign policy. The song was okay but lets be honest it was never going to win,it really didn't have that Europen catchy link..plus theres the Eastern European link all friends together voting for each other,,hey thats cool but who has Britain got in our Euro gang?..Well this year it was Ireland and San Marino. The winner of this years Eurovision Extravaganza was Russia,the song was written by Timberland who has written songs for Madonna and many other well known singers... Our entry was written by Andy. I fell asleep before the results last night ...

lorren23a 25.05.2008 · Read full review
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An Excellent Album way above the usual Eurovision stuff.

Advantages: 8 very good songs
Disadvantages: Some garbage in between but this is to be expected.

Eurovision is a much maligned event and considered by many to be somewhat of a joke musically. This may be true some of the time but the 2003 event held in Riga, Latvia was a definite exception and produced some very fine and original music. It might be best remembered for The United Kingdom's entry scoring "nil points" but that fact should just be considered and put aside as trivia because the contest and consequently this album has a lot to offer. The contest was won by Turkey's Sertab Erener with "Every Way That I Can" which I personally thought was an average song and very much sounded like what could best be described as snake charming music. It may have won because this style was prominent at the time in the mainstream pop music starts. The real quality on this album comes from "Open Your Heart" - Birgitta Haukdal (Iceland ...

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Review of Eurovision Song Contest 2003 - Riga - Various Artists

The Political Song Contest

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: political nowadays, not about singing

The Eurovision Song Contest- a contest which certainly does not deserve my 12 points, or any of my time! Nowadays, the Eurovision song Contest is not a showcase of singing talent across the European countries - it is simply a game - a political game, which sees countries voting for their neighbours, and closest friends. And is the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 any exception ? Of course not.... its all still about politics. This year, the UK was represented by Andy Abraham... runner up in the X Factor a few years ago. Now, undeniably, it was the first decent song we have entered with within the past few years... and was it enough, to put everything in shortness... no, it was not. The UK, only received votes by 2 Countries... that unsuprisingly being Ireland and San Marino, who gave us 6 points. I feel this is so embarrassing ...

RyanC92 25.05.2008 · Read full review
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