Category: 2010

Eurovision 2010 Podcast: Scoring, Voting and Douze Points

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Scoring, Voting and Douze Points (MP3 5.6MB 5 minutes 57 seconds) DOWNLOAD the podcast by right clicking on this link, or press play and listen in your browser. [powerpress] The short guides to the Eurovision Song Contest section of the podcast continues with a look at how the Semi-Finals and the Grand Final select the winners. The mix of public voting (by SMS and phone votes) and a selected jury in each country worked well in the final last year. Now this style is going to be used in the semi finals for the first time. But how does it

Welcome to your window on this year’s Eurovision Song Contest

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In summary, if you are one of the few people who cannot stand Eurovision, then please remember normal service will resume at the end of May. For everyone else, it’s almost May, and that means it’s time to gear up for coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest for 2010. Just like last year, I’ll be flying out to the stadium to provide live coverage from the heart of Eurovision. This year it’s in Oslo, Norway, which is thankfully a lot easier to get to than Moscow. The flight out (ash willing) is on May 21st, and I’ll be in the

Speaking at the Scottish Social Media Dinner

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This Wednesday I’m through in Glasgow as one of the speakers at this month’s Scottish Social Media Dinner. The topic is podcasting, and the three speakers are described as: Ewan Spence – who does podcasts on music, gaming, The Edinburgh Fringe and, IIRC, The Eurovision Song Contest and builds up really good audiences for them all on the way. The Glasgow Podcart team who who produce – at not for profit – some of the most diverse and exciting podcasts in Scotland. But the main attraction is going to Mark Gillespie who is a one-man band producing the phenomenal WhiskyCast.

Eight weeks till Eurovision 2010

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In eight weeks time, this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be over, and I’ll be back from Oslo in Edinburgh. Just as last year, I’ll be covering the event online from inside the stadium not just on the night of the Grand Final (May 29th) but also the two semi finals (May 25th and 27th), but also in the run up to the ‘Eurovision Week’ of staging, rehearsals, backstage fun and everything else that goes into one of the world’s most popular TV show in the world. The easiest way to follow me is going to be on Twitter (follow