BELARUS

Eurovision 2012 has offically kicked off with the first (well, possibly!) full song and singer chosen by Belarus !

The Belarussian Final was held in Minsk on December 7th, with the winner being chosen by a mixture of televoting and an "expert" jury.  The winner of "Eurofest" with a full points victory from bith jury and televote was last year's disqualified winner Alyona Lanskaya. Last year she won the final with a ballad but was then stripped of her ticket to Baku after vote rigging allegations. This year she returned with a very different song.

"Rhythm of Love" is an uptempo dance song (I have a feeling we'll have a lot of these this year) with a radio friendly feel and a bit of a Girls Aloud/Swedish production edge to it. The start of the song is quite strong and the verses are well paced but the chorus is a little bit lacklustre and a bit too rushed. It doesn't have the punch that the start seems to promise. She is not a bad singer, although the accent can seem a bit garbled at times, and she has good stage presence even when she is lying on the floor! Visually it is not bad and the dancers do add a strength the song needs.

Obviously at this stage it is hard to judge how well a song like this will do when there is nothing to compare it too, however I would suggest this is a "good but not good enough". By the end of the month we should have at least 5 songs and singers to compare her too.
Knowing Belarus, she may have won the vote, but will she be off to Malmo...?


Artist -Alyona Lanskaya
Song - Rhythm of Love
Music - Leonid Shirin, Yuri Vashchuk, A. Shirin
Lyrics - Leonid Shirin, Yuri Vashchuk, A. Shirin

Eurovision Triplets

Here is the last podcast of the summer holiday and more of the triplets!

I do have a good idea for the next podcast but as I am back to work on Monday (and have the small matter of a wedding to plan for 8 weeks time) I am not quite sure exactly when that will be... but there will be one soon, I promise !

Keep an eye on the twitter feed at @DVVHolland as well as the facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DVVHolland to find out the latest news :o)

You can download or listen to it here http://www.archive.org/details/EurovisionTriplets

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More Eurovision Duos

Hello again and it's back to the duos on De Vogels Van Holland !

Lots of different languages this time, from Icelandic to Maltese, as well as some background knowledge about some of the duos - including some scurrilous naked rumours !

You can download or listen to it here http://www.archive.org/details/MoreEurovisionDuos

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Trios

Hello all and welcome to another podcast!
As promised this week's show focuses on entries sung by trios.  As I have discovered, there have been far too many duets and trios in Eurovision and am going to do more shows covering them in the next few weeks.

You can download or listen to it here http://www.archive.org/details/Trios

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Eurovision Duets

This week's podcast is all about duets... and there have been a surprising amount of them ! From the 50's up to the present day, Eurovision has been littered with memorable (and not so memorable) and good (and not so good) duets and songs.

Next time we'll be adding another one to the mix to look at trios !

You can download or listen to it here http://www.archive.org/details/EurovisionDuets

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A return!

Hello all !!!!
After a shore hiatus the podcast is back - I cannot promise I will remember but now that I am *kind of* over my throat problem I will be more than inclined to actually do the podcasts without being self conscious !!!

And as you will hear, I would be very intersted to know where I can find an ESC version of the Turkish entry I play today ... Confused? Then listen!

You can download or listen to it here http://www.archive.org/details/VariousESC


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Euro 2012

So what connections are there between Eurovision and Football? Are there any?

Not many but there are lots if you are tenuous like me !!!!

I've chosen a few songs which have footballing and sporting connections (of a sort) and tried to put them together into a cohesive podcast *chortle*

You can download or listen to it here http://www.archive.org/details/Euro2012Eurovision


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The Aftermath

So eurovision is over for another year and what a year it was !
So here I am with a quick round up of the entries in the final an whether thy deserved their placing. The general answer is NO but I hope that doesn't put you off listening to the podcast !

As of next week the podcast will go back to the normal layout of songs on a theme !

You can download or listen to it here http://www.archive.org/details/TheAftermath2012


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Final Predictions

So the last podcast before Eurovision!
Mr Jopijedd and I (_forky) take a mournful look back over the semis and unsuccessfully look at who the winners might be on Saturday night/Sunday morning depending on your time zone !

We both apologise profusely for all the farting XD

You can download or listen to it here http://www.archive.org/details/FinalPredictsions2012


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Rehearsals 2012

So here is a look at the rehearsals over the past week, and look at who the contenders and no hopers are AND who I think will be in the final on Saturday!
You can download or listen to it here http://www.archive.org/details/Rehearsals2012


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