Turkey to be Ireland's Eurovision entry |
| Published: February 6, 2008, 3:36 am |
| Tags: rte, dustin the turkey, eurovision, eurovision 2008, ireland |
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It's either an act of bravado, or - ahem - simply giving Eurovision the bird, but Ireland looks intent on sending a singing turkey to this year's Eurovision. An actual puppet on a string.A delightful piece of whimsy for a knockabout competition, you might think. Not, apparently, if you're a songwriter in Ireland. To them, it's as welcome as a turkey twizzler in a health farm:Frank McNamara, who wrote two Eurovision winners, asked whether RTE, the state broadcaster that selected the six acts, was giving two fingers to Irish songwriters. I think it is absolutely disgraceful, he said.Shay Healy, who wrote Johnny Logan's Eurovision hit What's Another Year?, wondered how any bunch of grown-ups could come up with this as a solution . And Phil Coulter thought that Eurovision was going down the tubes . Some observers might wonder if there's very much distance between Johnny Logan and a turkey puppet. The anger of the songwriter might be less about Eurovision and more [ Full article ] |
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