Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has ordered an inquiry into why his country gave Russia “nul points” at Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest. Russia gave Azerbaijan full marks!
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Her harsh eurozone crisis stance is blamed for the failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting
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Tonight Emmelie de Forest won the Eurovision Song Content 2013 for Denmark with the song Only Teardrops.
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Finland’s lesbian kiss-boosted “Marry me” has made it, and it will do battle in Malmo on Saturday with a Vampire-themed entry from Romania, a 2.34 metre-high Ukrainian and Bonnie Tyler, among others.
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Check out the Greek entry. That country is really collapsing.
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Television viewers chose one of the Christian missionary group’s Swiss chapters, whose bass player is 94 years old, from among five national finalists late Saturday.
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“The main goal of the group was to stage terrorist acts in Baku during Eurovision,” the National Security Ministry said in a statement. “As a result of the measures taken, 40 members of the group were arrested.”
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The countdown to kitsch has begun. When the final of the 57th Eurovision Song Contest opens in the oil-rich Caucasus state of Azerbaijan on Saturday, fans can look forward to the customary explosion of glam and glitter
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As the Spanish economy struggles under the weight of its debt, Spanish public television directors have urged its representative at the Eurovision Song Contest, Pastora Soler, not to win because Spain cannot afford to stage next year’s contest
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“…But look past the froth and sequins and it becomes impossible to deny that the annual contest, which is watched by more than 100 million people, also serves as a barometer of contemporary Europe and the internal conflicts the continent faces….”
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