the draw for the semi final 1 finalists was during the press conference and...
NORWAY DREW THE LAST SPOT!
my excitement is OFF THE CHARTS right now, amazing!!!
San Marino was easily the best tonight, such a shame they didn't go through and AZERBAIJAN did.
But VERY HAPPY that Israel and Norway made it through.
Probably not going to the after party tonight, so I might update this with pictures and the like. We'll see. It's been a busy couple of days!
Greetings from Belgrade! I have been here a grand total of 6 hours and so far I have been to a few of the rehearsals (Cyprus, Macedonia, Portugal, UK, Germany & France to be exact) and that was great. Videos and Photos I've taken throughout the day can be found here:
http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=3403
Belgrade is an interesting city, the one thing that truly surprised me was the wild dogs running freely around the city, except they looked awfully like regular house pets, so I don't know what to think about that. Otherwise, we're going to the Welcome Party tonight and we'll leave the press centre in an hour to get ready.
I'm so worn out I can't even tell you! this is most possibly the craziest thing I've ever done, but I'm not regretting it. the oiko people are really lovely and we're getting on really well,well - at least TODAY we are.
:)
Oh goodness, it's almost here! I am not close to being ready to leave, yet I am doing so on Friday morning. I'll get myself reacquainted with Brighton, and then head on to Belgrade on Sunday for a week. I'm nervous as hell, but excited at the same time. I'm actually amazed all my plans have pulled through, and that I've actually managed to become part of one of the biggest ESC fansites, somewhere I bookmarked over the years and went to every day.
It's amazing how the ESC has evolved for me. I've only been following the show for three years at this point, I downloaded a torrent of the semi-final in 2005 and there was no turning back. I watched the shows live online in 2006 from my house in New York, and then last year in Helsinki, watching the semi-final in Senate Square and the final at the Euroclub. This year, I'll be in Belgrade Arena, surrounded by thousands of people that love this display of camp, tradition, originality and competition as much as I do. This excites me to no end.
My personal hopes are for Oslo 2009 (although I know this is not going to happen), but I have several favourites this year, and I guess, personally, just the build up to the 24th will make Eurovision this year amazing.
