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Eurovision 2008: Part 2

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Ukraine's Ani Lorak France's Sebastien Tellier Hi Zeitgeisters, This is the second part of my Eurovision re-cap. Part 1 is here on my mrtrivia.net site . We return now to the Belgrade Arena where the flags of various European countries are waving, the audience is screaming and a Scandanavian nation is about to blitz the Eurovison Song Contest (ESC) stage. 16. Denmark Denmark’s entry was the lyrically uninspired, but musically quite catchy ‘ All Night Long ’. It was sung by SIMON MATHEW and he had an actual band backing him up. They played a 1970s style number that sounded like the sort of thing Mika might do if they decided to give up their career and enter the Eurovision Song Contest. The old-timey vibe continued with the band’s apparel. They had flat caps and braces, which were the height of 1930s-style retro-chic when Gilbert O’Sullivan dressed this way, back in 1972 and sang Alone Again (Naturally) . Or maybe they were knocking off Chas and Dave . Can’t say for sure. 17....