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
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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
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(and fart!)
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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
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Do the funky beat
COME ON!!
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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!
