{"id":684,"date":"2011-05-05T15:28:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T14:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/?p=684"},"modified":"2012-07-20T15:17:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T14:17:05","slug":"red-white-and-blue-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2011\/05\/05\/red-white-and-blue-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Red, white and&#8230; BLUE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So how have you been? Welcome back to the wonderful world of Eurovision!<\/p>\n<p>This will be the fourth year that I have blogged from the host city, and this year we&#8217;re in Dusseldorf in Germany. I will arrive on Saturday morning, and so far early reports from friends and Eurovision scholars already on location suggests that it&#8217;s going to be a great spectacle once again.<\/p>\n<p>I will make an early predication for you (or the kiss of death!) that the UK will do well this year &#8211; we&#8217;ll definately be up there with the runners and riders on the night of the final (Saturday 14 May). Blue are representing the UK with a song that isn&#8217;t half bad &#8211; no finishing in last place this time around! In fact, we&#8217;re second favorite to win at the moment. So, to get the blog underway for 2011, and back from boyband oblivion, here&#8217;s what&#8217;s going to knock &#8217;em all for six&#8230; or should I say, douze&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"United Kingdom - &quot;I Can&quot; - Eurovision Song Contest 2011 - BBC One\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z2JYc_jWIDQ?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>Do you think we can?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So how have you been? Welcome back to the wonderful world of Eurovision! This will be the fourth year that I have blogged from the host city, and this year we&#8217;re in Dusseldorf in Germany. 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