{"id":689,"date":"2018-05-08T15:17:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T14:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/?p=689"},"modified":"2018-05-09T08:16:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T07:16:03","slug":"eurovision-song-contest-2018-ola-amigos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2018\/05\/08\/eurovision-song-contest-2018-ola-amigos\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision Song Contest 2018: Ol\u00e1 Amigos!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-691\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2018\/05\/PhilJackson007-X2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2018\/05\/PhilJackson007-X2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2018\/05\/PhilJackson007-X2-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2018\/05\/PhilJackson007-X2-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2018\/05\/PhilJackson007-X2-1024x564.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"page\" class=\"hfeed\">\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div id=\"content\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-1579\" class=\"post-1579 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>All Aboard, Eurofans! It\u2019s that time again\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This is the 11th year of my Eurovision Song Contest blog. I\u2019m not blogging from sunny Lisbon this year, no \u2013 it\u2019ll be sunny Southport\/Ormskirk for me once again. As with last year this won\u2019t stop me from getting suitably Eurovision giddy, and sharing my thoughts on the Contest this year with returning and new blog readers.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be blogging from this Sunday. The rehearsals have been underway in Lisbon since last weekend and from what I have seen of the snippets of rehearsal footage it\u2019s once again going to be a musically and visually interesting year. Israel have been the bookies favourite for months now, but is now being challenged by Norway and France amongst others. The \u2018Big Five\u2019 and host country Portugal start their rehearsals today (4 May), so let\u2019s see how they get on.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I\u2019ll be back online from Sunday, so in the meantime here\u2019s the official Eurovision trailer to get you in the mood, with a whole load of songs I\u2019be commented on since I started doing this blog waaay back in 2008\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Obrigada, Euro-chums!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eurovision Song Contest - Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hSUzJw28ni0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/\">Click here to read more of Phil&#8217;s Eurovision blogs here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Aboard, Eurofans! 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