So I guess when I feel compelled to, I'll continue with this. And what the hey, why not now. So in my last venture into this topic, I picked a song that did quite well in 2004. This time, not so much. Poor, poor Rita Guerra. Now to be fair, I really didn't take notice of this song until I heard Luís Sousa (backing singer for the amazing Vânia Fernandes this year) do a rendition of Deixa-me sonhar (só mais uma vez) at the Portuguese party in Belgrade this year. Going back to the performance though, I'm really shocked to see why it did so poorly, even though I really think 2003 was one of the strongest years of the current decade. (with 2008 in contention!) This was definitely one of the best of the night, I think:
Have I mentioned how much I wanted to see Portugal to win this year lately? Yeah, I did. Oh Portugal :(
Moscow is set to be the most expensive host city yet and I'm not questioning this statement due to this, for example:
The average cup of joe in Moscow is US$10.19, including service, according to a new survey by the London office of U.S. consulting firm Mercer. - CTV
Goodness me. This is going to be fun, maybe this wasn't the best time to quit my job!
I've run the 2008 DVDs a few times now, and I'm sadly not tired of it. I really loved the final this year, it was definitely the best we've seen for a few years (well, at least since 2003).
I came across the cutest video of Maria Haukaas Storeng at the Scala in London at the massive Eurovision party they had at the end of April:
Her reaction to everyone singing along is just adorable. I'm still sad I couldn't go to that! Curse you, university.
Almost 9 months now until I'm getting myself ready to head off to Moscow, oi!
