Thoughts On My Current Eurovision Coverage

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Covering the Eurovision Song Contest this year is proving fun, if not a teensy bit more tiring than an event like SXSW Interactive (to put it into some perspective for many of you). The coverage is breaking down into roughly four areas, and all of them have a different tone and aim. I thought I’d go over them while ‘in situ.’

Blogging at The Stage

Although informal, these still have a tone of authority, and a decidedly pro-British viewpoint. probably the closest to the traditional view of ‘reporting.’ Al the coverage can be found here

Various Individual Articles

Two that are public with my name on them include the Political Betting Guide and All About Symbian’s Guide to Eurovision on your Smartphone. There are a few others not yet published which I’ll link to here if i can.

Downloadable Commentaries

A little experiment, providing an MP3 you can play at home while watching the semi-finals and finals. This is reasonably neutral, with little bias towards any country. For those of you who grew up with Wogan it might be a bit too ‘factual’ for you but the reaction via email today from those who used it was good.

Twitter Commentary

Now you all seemed to like this, and it defiantly had more sarcasm and wit than I thought it would – but when the Eurovision host is doing his best to be Matt Berry (The IT Crowd, Darkplace), and you have a pink inflatable tank on stage, what can you do…

It’s also great (and a touch humbling) to read tweets like:

LucieSmith@ewanspence can’t wait to see Thursday’s show – you make it sound amazing!!

squawkbox @ewanspence Thanks for coverage, sadly we only saw 5 seconds of Tatu due to BBC Three doing their own thing.

owenblacker So, @bbceurovision, why is it Graham Norton when both Paddy and @ewanspence would be *much* more entertaining? :o)

digitalmaverick Grrr I meant c’mon BBC sign up @ewanspence to do a Twitter feed or vocal commentary from #eurovision

scottm Loving Paddy O’Connell on the #eurovision commentary. He would been my first choice for the Final gig, 2nd @ewanspence, 3rd Graham Norton

If you’re looking to follow the Eurovision Tweet stream, www.twitter.com/ewanspence and follow me before the second semi Final (Thur May 14) and the Grand Final (Sat May 16)