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Eurosong 2008 was the national final format developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The competition was held on 23 February 2008 at the University Concert Hall in Limerick , hosted by Ray D'Arcy and broadcast on RTÉ One as well as online via the broadcaster's official website rte.ie .
Eurovision Song Contest: Belgrade 2008 was the official compilation album of the 2008 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 12 May 2008.The album featured all 43 songs that entered in the 2008 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final ...
Ireland was relegated in 2002, but in keeping with EBU rules since they intended to return in 2003, RTÉ broadcast that year's event and a TV commentator was sent to the contest in Tallinn. RTÉ has hosted the contest on seven occasions; all were held in the Irish capital Dublin except for the 1993 contest , which was staged in Millstreet , a ...
Irelande Douze Pointe" (transl. Ireland Twelve Points) is a 2008 novelty song by Irish puppet act Dustin the Turkey, played by John Morrison. The song was chosen to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 after winning Eurosong 2008 , Ireland's national final for that year's Eurovision Song Contest . [ 1 ]
The official Swiss song for the tournament was a new version of "Bring en hei" (Bring him Home) by Baschi. [70] Christina Stürmer sang the official tournament song of Austrian ÖFB, "Fieber" (Fever). [71] Croatia manager Slaven Bilić recorded his country's official Euro 2008 song, "Vatreno ludilo" ("Fiery Madness"), with his rock group, Rawbau.
Eurovision in Concert, held annually in Amsterdam, was one of the first of these events to be created, holding its first edition in 2008. [390] [391] Other events held regularly include the London Eurovision Party, PrePartyES in Madrid, and Israel Calling in Tel Aviv.
Bambie Thug performed their rendition of ‘Doomsday Blue’ at the semi-finals in Malmo, Sweden
Qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2008 finals tournament took place between August 2006 and November 2007. Fifty teams were divided into seven groups. In a double round-robin system, each team played against each of the others in their group on a home-and-away basis. The winner and runner-up of each group qualified automatically for the final ...