The Eurovision Song Contest has long been a joke. Crap songs by ridiculous artists, it may be considered as entertainment by some, but as a source of musical talent; forget it.
Sad then, that the Irish entry this year failed to make the cut. The singer was Dustin and the song was a haunting melody called Irelande Douze Pointe. Dustin is hugely popular in Ireland and has released six best-selling albums. Dustin is also a turkey glove puppet. Personally I would have voted for a puppet turkey with a hand up it’s arse, this is the sort of act that should win the Eurovision Song Contest.
Still smarting over the exclusion of the turkey, Terry Wogan covered this year’s contest and was further dismayed when Britain’s entry, a dirge sung by an ex-dustman with the charisma of a house brick, came last. The winner was Russia with a song produced by Timbaland and sung by Dima Bilan, a hugely popular artist in Eastern Europe. The massive voting by Eastern block countries for a professionally produced song by an artist they knew, in a language they could understand, was clearly political voting; according to Sir Terry. Unlike the douze pointe that the Irish entry would have received from Turkey had it made the cut into the final.