2015 Eurovision Awards - part 2

So we say a final goodbye to the 2015 Eurovision season by having part 2 of the DVVHolland awards.

Squirt is a little quieter in this episode but does make a few gurgles towards the end of the podcast.

The awards given out today are, in no particular order...
Best use of wind machine
Audience participation award
Invisibility award
Are they miming? award
Invisible backing singers award
The Chiara memorial award for best wink
and a special award for who I consider to be the *real* winners of this years Eurovision.

I also explain that on the next podcast we are going to be looking into our crystal balls...

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2015 Eurovision Awards - part 1

It's been a few weeks since Eurovision has come and gone so it's time to give out some awards - although not everybody might be pleased as to why it has been given to them!

Having chewed the fat a little and given it thought here's the first round of the 2015 awards.
The categories being fought out in this episode are...

Best background
The WTF award
Bucks Fizz costume change award
Worst staging
Best prop
Best finger point

Who would your winners be...? Listen on to find out who we chose and if you agree...

We start, however, not with one of our award winners but with this year's winner of the infamous Barbara Dex award, Trijntje Oosterhuis.

When I started the podcast, Squirt was a little dozey but as you will hear he decided to gatecrash the recording  more and more as the recording went on...

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ESC wrap up

In the words of the song this is the 'calm after the storm'

This is the time of year many an ESC fan gets struck down with a condition worse than any case of Man Flu - PED (Post Eurovision Depression) but never fear, Eurovision is never too far away... The deadline for songs being too early for the 2016 contest is only round the corner (September) and preparations are already in place for Junior Eurovision being held in Bulgaria in November.

Firstly I discuss the 'palaver' regarding the voting - I am a bit one sided on this argument as I was not a fan of the Italian entry!!! Many felt that the split voting results showed that the televoters and jury did not quite see eye to eye. What can be done to make  it more level - or is  the fact that they are not the same a great leveller? I think of ways  round the problem and resurrect my jury idea based on ski jumping.

Then I look at how smoothly the show ran this year, how the hosts fared, what the staging was like and of course my opinion on the booing. Finally I take a glimpse into my crystal ball and wonder what Sweden might have in store for us next year.

If you have any ideas for the up coming DVVHolland awards for 2015 - get in touch!

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