{"id":767,"date":"2011-05-11T22:35:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T21:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/?p=767"},"modified":"2011-05-11T22:36:41","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T21:36:41","slug":"ice-ice-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/2011\/05\/11\/ice-ice-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice, Ice baby!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The venue was busy, considering it was the first semi-final (it has been quiet in previous years, and this wasn&#8217;t exactly the most competitive of semi-finals)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/01-areana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/01-areana-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/02-arena.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/02-arena-e1305149233172-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Big story of the night for me &#8211; how great was Iceland last night!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-768 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-770 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice3-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-769 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/ice2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am man enough to say that I actually teared-up during the song &#8211; it looks stunning on stage &#8211; and I hope that you thought it was just as good at home. \u00a0If I was a betting man &#8211; blah, blah&#8230;\u00a0Hope you enjoyed the show.<\/p>\n<p>Azerbaijan was similarly effective when the water fall of fireworks began &#8211; we didn&#8217;t see that in the dress rehearsal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/Azerbaijan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/Azerbaijan-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hungary kept some men I know very happy by going through&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/hungary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/hungary-e1305149304577-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, \u00a07\/10 for the napkin of death isn&#8217;t too bad, is it. \u00a0Credibility almost intact!<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s been a bit of a to-do in Eurovision towers because loads of countries lost their audio feed from the commentators. The EBU hastily arranged a press conference here in the press centre to discuss, what is in fact, a huge cock-up. Seems like there was more drama last night when Turkey didn&#8217;t get through &#8211; but how marvellous that Finland, Iceland and Switzerland did.<\/p>\n<p>BTW: I meant to say &#8211; we&#8217;re all very excited that Spidercam is back, b-a-c-k, BACK! \u00a0You will no doubt be enjoying fab vision mixing &#8211; and everytime you see an infinity shot\/360 angle &#8211; that&#8217;s thanks to the super-powers of Spidercam! \u00a0Wind machine be gone, I have a new arena i-spy game&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/spidy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-773 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/spidy-e1305132797139-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/spidy-e1305132797139-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/eurovision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/05\/spidy-e1305132797139-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But that was all *so yesterday* &#8211; what about the second semi-final? More to follow&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The venue was busy, considering it was the first semi-final (it has been quiet in previous years, and this wasn&#8217;t exactly the most competitive of semi-finals)&#8230; Big story of the night for me &#8211; how great was Iceland last night! 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