JA
Sorry to be a spoilsport, and going on about terrorism and all that, but I just thought you'd have seen this....
BBC News Front Page [UK Edition]
BBC News Front Page [UK Edition]
BO
Have been watching a few of the videos online, the director for the Ireland show appears to like changing camera shots.
The studio wasn't that great that you had to see it for every angle!
And as was said before, it appears Albania went over the top with the spending for their video equipment, the studio and the lighting...
The studio wasn't that great that you had to see it for every angle!
And as was said before, it appears Albania went over the top with the spending for their video equipment, the studio and the lighting...
MD
That's the other issue surrounding this year's Eurovision...Turkey doesn't recognise the Republic of Cyprus at all, but they'll be competing in this year's event. TRT have tried a number of times already to pass them off as "South Cyprus" or the "Greek Cypriot Administration".
Boleto posted:
COME ON CYPRUS AND GREECE!
That's the other issue surrounding this year's Eurovision...Turkey doesn't recognise the Republic of Cyprus at all, but they'll be competing in this year's event. TRT have tried a number of times already to pass them off as "South Cyprus" or the "Greek Cypriot Administration".
MD
That's the reassuring side of it all. The director for the contest, I'm told, is also Swedish. As long as TRT bureaucracy stays as far back as possible, it should go smoothly. I won't be watching on TRT or anything though - Wogan and BBC Prime commentary for me!
noggin posted:
I wouldn't worry - like Latvia and Estonia for the last two years, the Swedes are providing the TV production facilities (with a bit of help from the Finns I expect). That will mean 4 out of the 5 last Eurovision contests have been produced by a team co-ordinated pretty much by SVT? And who can blame Eurovision for chosing them - the SVT MelodiFestival (the huge contest where Sweden choses its Eurovision Entry) competition makes Pop Idol look quite unimpressive. The Swedes really know how to make great eventy music telly.
(And yes I do have the last two year MelodiFestivals on DVD... Sad? Me?)
(And yes I do have the last two year MelodiFestivals on DVD... Sad? Me?)
That's the reassuring side of it all. The director for the contest, I'm told, is also Swedish. As long as TRT bureaucracy stays as far back as possible, it should go smoothly. I won't be watching on TRT or anything though - Wogan and BBC Prime commentary for me!
MA
Martin
Founding member
Got my cd in the post from Amazon yesterday 
http://www.martinsharkey.co.uk/tvforum/eurodisk.jpg
Quite a difference with so many songs on it this year, hard to pick out a favourite.
http://www.martinsharkey.co.uk/tvforum/eurodisk.jpg
Quite a difference with so many songs on it this year, hard to pick out a favourite.
:-(
From now on, the televotes are not collated by a telephone company in each country. Deutsche Telekom (or one of its subsiduary companies) has a contract with the EBU to collate ALL the televotes and text votes from all 36 voting countries at a central point in Cologne. The results will then be sent to the broacasters in each country.
A former member
noggin posted:
Hmm - not sure that is "legal" under Eurovision rules. AIUI the national votes must be broadcast from the city that the back-up jury are resident in/and the televotes collated from? (The BBC wanted to deliver the votes from Edinburgh a while back and weren't allowed to?) Or maybe they just have to LOOK like they are being broadcast from there...
From now on, the televotes are not collated by a telephone company in each country. Deutsche Telekom (or one of its subsiduary companies) has a contract with the EBU to collate ALL the televotes and text votes from all 36 voting countries at a central point in Cologne. The results will then be sent to the broacasters in each country.
JO
Got mine before you!!
Joel.
xxx
Martin posted:
Got my cd in the post from Amazon yesterday
http://www.martinsharkey.co.uk/tvforum/eurodisk.jpg
Quite a difference with so many songs on it this year, hard to pick out a favourite.
http://www.martinsharkey.co.uk/tvforum/eurodisk.jpg
Quite a difference with so many songs on it this year, hard to pick out a favourite.
Got mine before you!!
Joel.
xxx
JO
The scoreboard for this year's ESC has been released, here is a picture of it...
http://phantome.ath.cx:8080/~sv1cqo/special/esc04/voting%20table.jpg
The numbers by the side of the country names will have the country's flag on it!
Thanks,
Joel.
xxx
http://phantome.ath.cx:8080/~sv1cqo/special/esc04/voting%20table.jpg
The numbers by the side of the country names will have the country's flag on it!
Thanks,
Joel.
xxx
DV
Eurovision Song Contest: Newsletter - Received today
Read on for the latest news having to do with the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), and for what's new on eurovision.tv!
Our topics in this issue:
eurovision.tv: The Official ESC Website
ESC 2004: a Brand New Format.
The eurovision.tv Quiz.
Eurovision for You: Online Shop, Ringtones and Multimedia Lounge.
eurovision.tv: The Official ESC Website
eurovision.tv is the EBU official website for the Eurovision Song Contest. It's available in English and French and was created by Cologne-based web agency, Pixelpark AG. Pixelpark was commissioned in 2003 to create the entire portal - from graphics, editorial content and technical infrastructure - initially for the next three years.
With everything you need to know about the 36 countries at Eurovision this year, extensive coverage of the event itself in Istanbul, numerous user functions and online shop, eurovision.tv is a one-stop shop for Eurovision journalists and fans.
eurovision.tv also has a special history section. There you can find everything you need to know about Eurovision since it began as well as those facts about the world's most famous song contest you might not know…
» www.eurovision.tv
ESC 2004: a Brand New Format
For the first time in Eurovision history, 36 countries - more than ever before - will take part in Eurovision. New faces taking the mike this year in Istanbul include Andorra and Belarus. And after several years not participating, Monaco is also returning to Eurovision this year.
So many new countries mean Eurovision has become too big for just one night. So this year Eurovision is taking place over two days. A Semi Final will take place on 12 May with the Final taking place on 15 May. Click www.eurovision.tv to read all about the countries new to Eurovision, which ones will battle it out for a place in the Final and which have already qualified.
The eurovision.tv Quiz
Think you know everything there is to know about Europe's most famous Song Contest? Then take the daily eurovision.tv quiz! And if you're lucky, you could win signed CDs, the T-shirt as worn by Germany's Max and even Croatian Eurovision singer, Ivan Mikullic's tie…
Eurovision for You: Online Shop, Ringtones and Multimedia Lounge.
eurovision.tv brings you all the service you need at the click of a mouse. Shopoholic? Then visit the eurovision.tv shop where can buy everything from the official ESC CD to Eurovision baseball caps, T-shirts, key rings and much, much more.
If you're bored of your mobile ring, you can download your favourite Eurovision song as a ringtone at eurovision.tv. You can also listen to all this year's songs and watch the videos in the eurovision.tv Multimedia Lounge as well as downloading pictures from the Photo Gallery.
Your eurovision.tv team
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Read on for the latest news having to do with the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), and for what's new on eurovision.tv!
Our topics in this issue:
eurovision.tv: The Official ESC Website
ESC 2004: a Brand New Format.
The eurovision.tv Quiz.
Eurovision for You: Online Shop, Ringtones and Multimedia Lounge.
eurovision.tv: The Official ESC Website
eurovision.tv is the EBU official website for the Eurovision Song Contest. It's available in English and French and was created by Cologne-based web agency, Pixelpark AG. Pixelpark was commissioned in 2003 to create the entire portal - from graphics, editorial content and technical infrastructure - initially for the next three years.
With everything you need to know about the 36 countries at Eurovision this year, extensive coverage of the event itself in Istanbul, numerous user functions and online shop, eurovision.tv is a one-stop shop for Eurovision journalists and fans.
eurovision.tv also has a special history section. There you can find everything you need to know about Eurovision since it began as well as those facts about the world's most famous song contest you might not know…
» www.eurovision.tv
ESC 2004: a Brand New Format
For the first time in Eurovision history, 36 countries - more than ever before - will take part in Eurovision. New faces taking the mike this year in Istanbul include Andorra and Belarus. And after several years not participating, Monaco is also returning to Eurovision this year.
So many new countries mean Eurovision has become too big for just one night. So this year Eurovision is taking place over two days. A Semi Final will take place on 12 May with the Final taking place on 15 May. Click www.eurovision.tv to read all about the countries new to Eurovision, which ones will battle it out for a place in the Final and which have already qualified.
The eurovision.tv Quiz
Think you know everything there is to know about Europe's most famous Song Contest? Then take the daily eurovision.tv quiz! And if you're lucky, you could win signed CDs, the T-shirt as worn by Germany's Max and even Croatian Eurovision singer, Ivan Mikullic's tie…
Eurovision for You: Online Shop, Ringtones and Multimedia Lounge.
eurovision.tv brings you all the service you need at the click of a mouse. Shopoholic? Then visit the eurovision.tv shop where can buy everything from the official ESC CD to Eurovision baseball caps, T-shirts, key rings and much, much more.
If you're bored of your mobile ring, you can download your favourite Eurovision song as a ringtone at eurovision.tv. You can also listen to all this year's songs and watch the videos in the eurovision.tv Multimedia Lounge as well as downloading pictures from the Photo Gallery.
Your eurovision.tv team
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