{"id":411,"date":"2009-05-15T15:41:01","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T14:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/?p=411"},"modified":"2009-05-15T19:57:07","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T18:57:07","slug":"as-seen-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2009\/05\/15\/as-seen-on-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"As seen on TV&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday evening and a packed Olympic Arena here in Moscow.\u00a0 I had mixed feelings about this group of songs &#8211; but many of them came through rather dodgy rehearsals with some good performances.\u00a0 Some failed to impress and were sent home.\u00a0 As for the &#8216;Napkin of Death&#8217;\u00a0 I did OK &#8211; getting 8\/10.\u00a0 That means I got 16\/2o in total.\u00a0 As Ruxandra has comented in disbelief, I&#8217;m normally much worse at this prediction lark!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are some pics of the proceedings last night &#8211; from my point of view.\u00a0 Apparently Rachel was saying that I was seen on TV?\u00a0 Good god &#8211; it must have been a wide shot! \ud83d\ude00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I&#8217;m still not bored of looking at this dynamic set design&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-400\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-1-stage-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"fri-1-stage\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-1-stage-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-1-stage.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My view of the back of the arena&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-401\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-2-view-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"fri-2-view\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-2-view-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-2-view.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The celebrations continued after the broadcast came off air&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-402\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-3-celebrations-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"fri-3-celebrations\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-3-celebrations-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-3-celebrations.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sakis continued to build support ahead of the final&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-403\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-4-sakis-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"fri-4-sakis\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-4-sakis-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-4-sakis.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gotta get me some white pants!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-405\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-6-sakis-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"fri-6-sakis\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-6-sakis-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-6-sakis.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And spare a thought for poor Ireland.\u00a0 I thought that they did a great job, and I was sure it would go through &#8211; but with three countries left to reveal it was clear that is was out of the running &#8211; with the hot faves still to come.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s my last view of the arena last night &#8211; stunning lights or what.\u00a0 Irish flags weren&#8217;t exactly waving, and Irish eyes certainly weren&#8217;t smiling.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-406\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-7-leaving-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"fri-7-leaving\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-7-leaving-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2009\/05\/fri-7-leaving.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>scscs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday evening and a packed Olympic Arena here in Moscow.\u00a0 I had mixed feelings about this group of songs &#8211; 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