Eurovision - Ireland to be represented by a Turkey (Puppet)

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This will make more sense to the Europeans on the forum, but there's a long existing bit of international reality tv called the Eurovision song contest. It launched the careers of ABBA, Celine Dion and inflicted Riverdance on the world. However, this year Ireland's national song contest selected a famous TV puppet Turkey called Dustin to represent the country with possibly.

The song's tacky, has loads of cheap early 90s eurodance music and mispronounces its own title "Irlande Douze Points!"

So, it seems like we've given two fingers to the Eurovision... it's quite entertaining though.

You tube link to the audio below:

 
YAY for Eurovision!

But I am so dissappointed in Ireland for sending this.

I cant help but think that Ireland are sore losers after coming last in 2007. I mean that girl sang dreadfully, never looked at the camera and that kind of music is so old fashioned.

Irelands record 7 wins will never be topped. The next country in line, Luxembourg has not entered since 1993. It would take the UK or France 3 wins to top Irelands record. Isn't that on its own something to be proud of?

Oh well I guess we cant complain that Irelands entry this year is boring.

My other favourite Eurovision countries, Estonia and Croatia, are sending dreadful entries this year. These 3 countries, along with the UK used to dominate the contest. Whatever happened?
 
I think you have just made the point. Ireland have consistently submitted quality performances and songs to the competition and yet for several years have been beaten by the complete and utter garbage from the Eastern Bloc, all of whom vote for each other and who have turned it into a total farce. Not that it wasn't a farce before! I wish that the UK would submit something like Ireland and help to reinforce the fact that the competition has been ruined by the likes of Croatia, Estonia etc because of the favourtism they display.

Good on Ireland for implying that a singing turkey has a chance to win this now. Wouldn't surprise me if it wiped the floor with all of 'em. Where would they go from there?!?!?!?!? They would all be stuffed ;-)
 
Dustin the Turkey is actually a HUGE kinda cult kids TV icon. He's from the same team that brought us Zig and Zag and Podge and Rodge. It would be a little bit like the BBC entering Gordon the Gopher

He's a LOT more satirical and a lot more 'grown up' in terms of the humor than Gordon the Gopher... possibly more like entering one of Katherine Tate's characters!!! e.g. Lauren Cooper (I ain't bovered!!!)

The actual performance on after the win is linked below taken from the actual TV show.

Basically, Ireland's currently in a position where we can't even get through the qualification rounds of the Eurovision. From what I've heard RTE (the national public service broadcaster) was considering pulling the plug on the show or shoving it onto TG4 (the obscure all Irish speaking channel) instead of RTE 1. It's simply not pulling in an audience anymore as we can't even guarantee being in the finals anymore.

It's basically a "two fingers" to the EBU and a way for the channel in Ireland that's broadcasting the competition to get a decent sized national audience as people will actually watch to see how Dustin gets on.

He will also be wheeled on in a converted Tesco shopping trolley

The reality, sad as it may be, is that for most of us the Eurovision is no longer worth watching and completely irrelevent tripe.

He speaks in a characture of a Dublin accent, I suspect this will be toned down somewhat for the actual Eurovision performance. It may be a little difficult for some to understand, I even struggle and I'm FROM Dublin!

Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest Belgrade 2008
(Eurosong Winner - Dustin the Turkey)

Lyrics:
Oh I come, from a nation
What knows how to write a song...
Oh Europe, where or where did it all go wrong....?

COME ON!!!!!!

Irlande douze points

Drag acts and bad acts and Terry Wogan's wig
Mad acts and sad acts, it was Johnny Logan's gig

Shake your feathers and pop your beak
Shake em to the west and to the east
Wave euro hands and euro feet
Wiggle to the edge of the turkey beat

Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Do the funky beat

D O E double B L E Yeah

Hello Abba, hello Bono, hello Helsinki
Ola Prague, hello sailor, se la vie
Alvida sein Mama Mia, and god save the Queen
Bon joir Serbia, good day Austria
You know what I mean?

Shake your feathers and pop your beak
Shake em to the west and to the east
Wave euro hands and euro feet
Wiggle to the edge of the turkey beat

Shake your feathers and pop your beak
Shake em to the west and to the east
Wave euro hands and euro feet
Wiggle to the edge of the turkey beat

Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
(and fart!)
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Do the funky beat
COME ON!!

Give us another chance, we're sorry for riverdance
Sure Flately he's a yank
And the Danube flows through France
Block voting, shock voting
Give your 12 today
You're all invited to Dublin Ireland
And we'll party the Shamrock way

Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Do the funky beat
COME ON!!

Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points

Eastern Europe we love you
Do you like Irish stew?
Or goulash as it is to you?

Shake your feathers

Listen Bulgaria we love you
Belarus, Georgia, Montenegro,
Moldavia, Albania, Croatia,
Poland, Russia, Ukraine,
Macedonia, Love you Turkey
Hungary, Estonia, Slovakia,
Armenia, Bosnia Herzegovina
And don't forget the Swiss!

 
Dustin + westlife

This is how he interacted with Westlife.. gate crashing a chat show.

 
and his top selling album

.... he has released several albums and even had an xmas number 1 !!!

 
The Eurovision entry is absolutely not serious though. It's just a bit of fun / telling them what we think of the current state of the contest .. call it a protest entry!

I have very confidence that the UK will prob. back us up and vote Dustin too LOL
 

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