Eurovision: the executive summary

Image via Wikipedia It must be said: Germany’s entry, “Satellite” by Lena, was a very so-so song, and it wasn’t exactly an electric vocal performance. Strange that they received so many votes, although this sort of thing is said every year. But what about the lyrics? A research and semantics laboratory had the fun idea [...]

Georgia pulls out of Eurovision

As I suspected they would, the Eurovision organisers have asked Georgia to either change the lyrics of their entry, “We Don’t Wanna Put In” or choose another song. Georgia has decided to do neither of the above, and actually withdraw from the contest entirely. Quoted in the Georgian Times, Nikoloz Rurua, Georgia’s Minister of Culture, [...]