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Who says there’s no such thing as a free dinner?\u00a0 Who tells you that you can’t get something for nothing?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, here at the press centre you can!\u00a0 We get given loads of freebies – and as I said last year, this is to coerce good copy from us journo types, reporters, bloggers, liggers and people fiddling with hair straigheners and hairspray.<\/p>\n

I was more than a little chuffed with my Sakis Rouvas freebie – a goodie bag that contains a promo CD and a scarf that cleverly says “this is our night” on it.\u00a0 Clever – do you see what he did there?\u00a0 I’ll be flying the flag\u00a0for Sakis on Thursday, and I’ll now do it with my scarf!\u00a0 Cool.<\/p>\n

Just when we all thought that the freebies couldn’t reach new heights, this dropped out of my bag…<\/p>\n

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It looks like like a reasonable promo pack, right?\u00a0 Wrong – it’s an awesome promo pack!\u00a0 When you open it up it works like a musical card – playing the chorus from The Toppers “Shine” accompanied by sparkling lights!\u00a0 You see – they shine…<\/em>\u00a0Genius!\u00a0 What is even better is that it is now installed on our breakfast table to greet us each morning, and add a little sugar coating to our day…<\/p>\n

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After a rather ropey schlager-not-so-tastic rehearsal today I’m not convinced that such novelties will ensure The Netherlands a safe passage to the final?\u00a0<\/p>\n

We’ll see on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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