Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.

On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:55:59 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2012 12:18:27 +0100, PeterC
wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2012 10:09:39 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2012 02:14:08 +0100, Ian
wrote:

In message , Brian Gaff
writes
And where do the EBUget the dosh?

Brian

The "Big Five", who are the countries who as a result of paying most
towards it, go straight into the final.

All the members. Some pay a lot more than others.


GB wouldn't ever be in the final otherwise.

There's scope for a Western European Song Contest.

Some countries do seem to be (literally) only marginally European; Israel is
Middle East, not European. If we're having ...stans in, why not Pakistan?

They haven't joined the EBU :-)

All the North African countries & Jordan are members too
http://www.ebu.ch/en/ebu_members/actives/index.php

The Vatican is also a member.

Isn't it time we had European Song Contest entry from the Vatican.

The Vatican's Swiss Guard could provide backing dancers:
http://www.tienda-medieval.com/blog/...rdia_suiza.jpg


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Regards
David

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On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:09:48 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

PeterC wrote:

Some countries do seem to be (literally) only marginally European; Israel
is
Middle East, not European. If we're having ...stans in, why not Pakistan?
We are actually at war with Pakistan.

Does the MOD know?
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Martin

I know just the lyric, "The Vatican Rag" by Tom Lehrer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKWI41G8h_A

On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:25:42 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

The Vatican is also a member.

Isn't it time we had European Song Contest entry from the Vatican.
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On Sat, 26 May 2012 14:21:09 +0100, Java Jive
wrote:

I know just the lyric, "The Vatican Rag" by Tom Lehrer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKWI41G8h_A

Ah, yes, but I don't think that would meet the contest rules. It is a
song contest not a singing contest. The songs have to be new.


On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:25:42 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

The Vatican is also a member.

Isn't it time we had European Song Contest entry from the Vatican.

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On 26/05/2012 2:14 AM, Ian wrote:
In message , Brian Gaff
writes
And where do the EBUget the dosh?

Brian

The "Big Five", who are the countries who as a result of paying most
towards it, go straight into the final.

GB wouldn't ever be in the final otherwise.



apparently it does still work out as the cheapest 3 hours of prime time
event television of the year though.

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Gareth.
That fly.... Is your magic wand.

On 26/05/2012 13:35, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:25:42 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

The Vatican is also a member.

Isn't it time we had European Song Contest entry from the Vatican.

The Vatican's Swiss Guard could provide backing dancers:
http://www.tienda-medieval.com/blog/...rdia_suiza.jpg

I was expecting the inquisition. :-)

You must be a nobody then. ;-)
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Phil Cook

On Saturday, May 26th, 2012, at 13:09:48h +0100, Bill Wright wrote:

We are actually at war with Pakistan.

And Pakistan really, really, really does have weapons
of mass destruction.

And the man who helped the CIA in tracking down Bin Laden's
location has just been sentenced to 33 years behind bars for
providing the information.

http://www.nytimes.COM/2012/05/24/world/asia/doctor-who-helped-find-bin-laden-given-jail-term-official-says.html

To Ireland's eternal shame, that didn't stop Dana winning it, even
though her song was a plagiarism of "My Favourite Things" from "The
Sound Of Music".

On Sat, 26 May 2012 14:26:57 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

Ah, yes, but I don't think that would meet the contest rules. It is a
song contest not a singing contest. The songs have to be new.
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On Sat, 26 May 2012 14:26:57 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

Ah, yes, but I don't think that would meet the contest rules. It is a
song contest not a singing contest. The songs have to be new.

To Ireland's eternal shame, that didn't stop Dana winning it, even
though her song was a plagiarism of "My Favourite Things" from "The
Sound Of Music".

But at least you can still remember the tune, and probably nearly all of
the words. This is more than can be said for most of the entries for the
past ten years.
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Ian

On 25/05/2012 20:44, David wrote:
How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?
Regards
David

From an old FoI:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/foi/class...ts_to-_ebu.pdf

2009 £279,805
2010 £283,190

Cheap TV! even including artiste fees, studio, lines/sat, etc

Richard