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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Friday, 26 June 2015
Saturday, 20 June 2015
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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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.
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Friday, 12 June 2015
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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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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Tuesday, 26 May 2015
DVVH on the BBC
On Friday, the day before Eurovision, I returned to BBC Radio Bristol to talk to Steve Yabsley about this year's Eurovision song contest. For those of you who remember I did the same last year and was asked back again this year!
As you will see I made some fairly insightful predictions...!
Here is the BBC iplayer link - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02r42zy - however I will put up a file of the audio some time soon. My bit is about 30mins in :)
As you will see I made some fairly insightful predictions...!
Here is the BBC iplayer link - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02r42zy - however I will put up a file of the audio some time soon. My bit is about 30mins in :)
Saturday, 16 May 2015
SOA 2015 episode 5
It's the last episode of Shite or Alright and so here ends our 2015 Eurovision journey... until we al get pissed off about who qualifies and then one someone shit or predictable wins.... XD
During this podcast we uncover a few home truths..
Who has Måns Zelmerlöw been taking singing lessons from?
What did Mørland do in his early youth?
How much does Mr Jopijedd not like Azerbaijan?
When will Eurovision be renamed "The Voice of Eurovision" ?
What did Mr Jopijedd think happened to Junior Eurovision contestants once the show is over?
And we unveil our overall winner - which now has been given the kiss of death and fail by getting a DNQ...
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During this podcast we uncover a few home truths..
Who has Måns Zelmerlöw been taking singing lessons from?
What did Mørland do in his early youth?
How much does Mr Jopijedd not like Azerbaijan?
When will Eurovision be renamed "The Voice of Eurovision" ?
What did Mr Jopijedd think happened to Junior Eurovision contestants once the show is over?
And we unveil our overall winner - which now has been given the kiss of death and fail by getting a DNQ...
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Thursday, 14 May 2015
SOA 2015 episode 4
We start as we mean to go on by starting with a really inappropriate introduction... in the meaning that it is totally untrue!
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There is some excitement as we celebrate a very lonely key change, @mrs_forky gets very angry at @jopijedd for not liking one of her favourite songs... we also get a bit UKIP (in a very ironic way) but most of all we spend most of the time wondering what the songs sound like in a non-plagiaristic way of course...
If you know what Plaid Cymru is you might get one of the jokes. we do far too many Mrs Brown-esque "that's nice", we segue into "Czarna Dziewczyna" for no reason whatsoever and Squirt gets quite gurgly in the second half and seemingly joins in by headbanging to one of the songs!
Plus - VRT - if you are by any chance listening, we suggest who Belgium needs to send or at least write their entry next year... PLEASE...!
This podcast has 2 very odd adverts but its also brought to you by Yazz and the ministry of Hot Mess.
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Monday, 11 May 2015
SOA 2015 episode 3
Another 8 entries are put through the wringer by @mrs_forky and @jopijedd !
This week starts off on a topical note with a late election result... any similarity to any real political parties referenced in the sketch is of course totally co-incidental...
This podcast brings up many issues...
How many gimmicks is too many?
Should anybody be able to do Eurovision?
Can a song be too earnest?
Does anybody else know of Rolando the opera singer bloke?
We also have more TOP QUALITY* adverts
*possibly not....
One country in this episode gets a full 10 points - will that be matched in the final 2 episodes...?
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This week starts off on a topical note with a late election result... any similarity to any real political parties referenced in the sketch is of course totally co-incidental...
This podcast brings up many issues...
How many gimmicks is too many?
Should anybody be able to do Eurovision?
Can a song be too earnest?
Does anybody else know of Rolando the opera singer bloke?
We also have more TOP QUALITY* adverts
*possibly not....
One country in this episode gets a full 10 points - will that be matched in the final 2 episodes...?
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You can download or listen to it here https://archive.org/details/soa1503
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Thursday, 7 May 2015
SOA 2015 episode 2
More silliness, more pointless adverts and this time ACTUAL baby noises! He does exists everyone!!!
This episode starts of with a random special guest... or is it...?
Lots of silliness to be had during the podcast but mostly we end up posing many a meaningful, and not so meaningful, question.. Most of which have answers far from our grasp...
Which song helped us create our own 'forgotten' girl supergroup?
Which song needs to restyle itself as a dance track?
Which act do we imagine Princess Charlotte would like?
Which song do we think is a bit Studio Brussel?
Which duet make me think of 3-2-1?
Which act is more SUBO than ASBO?
Which song is Vince Clarke circa 1995?
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This episode starts of with a random special guest... or is it...?
Lots of silliness to be had during the podcast but mostly we end up posing many a meaningful, and not so meaningful, question.. Most of which have answers far from our grasp...
Which song helped us create our own 'forgotten' girl supergroup?
Which song needs to restyle itself as a dance track?
Which act do we imagine Princess Charlotte would like?
Which song do we think is a bit Studio Brussel?
Which duet make me think of 3-2-1?
Which act is more SUBO than ASBO?
Which song is Vince Clarke circa 1995?
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Monday, 4 May 2015
SOA 2015 episode 1
Better late than never but here is our first of 5 "Shite or Alright" podcasts showcasing this year's 40 eurovision entries about the battle it out in Vienna!
@mrs_forky and @jopijedd are back for another year but this year we have an extra voice on the podcast as our brand new baby son Marcus (also known colloquially as Squirt) gurgles and coos away in the background. He is surprisingly chilled out during this episode - don't expect it to be like this EVERY podcast!
We start as we mean to go and and actually end up not saying very much at all about anything... except for making random and quite narrow cultural references
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You can download or listen to it here https://archive.org/details/soa1501
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@mrs_forky and @jopijedd are back for another year but this year we have an extra voice on the podcast as our brand new baby son Marcus (also known colloquially as Squirt) gurgles and coos away in the background. He is surprisingly chilled out during this episode - don't expect it to be like this EVERY podcast!
We start as we mean to go and and actually end up not saying very much at all about anything... except for making random and quite narrow cultural references
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or like our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DVVHolland to find get the latest information about blogposts and podcasts or even have a look back at our old ones :o)
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Friday, 17 April 2015
Early Predictions
A very quick wrap up podcast before Eurovision in Concert and my own impending delivery!
I go over my top 40 and look at who I would say my 10 qualifiers for semis one and two would be. As you will see, I think there are some shoo-ins but a few borderline cases. The big question is, will any country lose their 100% qualification record?
Finally I have a little moan-ette about pregnancy and list some of the things that have annoyed me and got me down during the last 9 months.
Don't know when the next podcast will be but there will probably be an extra body in the room when I do it!!!
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I go over my top 40 and look at who I would say my 10 qualifiers for semis one and two would be. As you will see, I think there are some shoo-ins but a few borderline cases. The big question is, will any country lose their 100% qualification record?
Finally I have a little moan-ette about pregnancy and list some of the things that have annoyed me and got me down during the last 9 months.
Don't know when the next podcast will be but there will probably be an extra body in the room when I do it!!!
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