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Flotsam & Jetsam
1:18PM Jess McGuire | Even though her last couple of dalliances with the world of music ended badly (a failed Eurovision bid in 2005, and a widely mocked duet of A Whole New World with former husband Peter Andre in 2006), it seems Katie Price aka The Artist Formerly Known As Jordan has decided to have another crack at a pop career. The result? Let’s just say we all lose. More »
Katie Price’s Pop Career Makes The Baby Jesus Cry.
1:18PM Jess McGuire | Even though her last couple of dalliances with the world of music ended badly (a failed Eurovision bid in 2005, and a widely mocked duet of A Whole New World with former husband Peter Andre in 2006), it seems Katie Price aka The Artist Formerly Known As Jordan has decided to have another crack at a pop career. The result? Let’s just say we all lose. More » 
Music
11:14AM Jess McGuire | When I do particularly daft and pointless things to pass the time and share these deeds with my virtual chums on Twitter but forget to share them with you, my most beloved readers, I feel as though I’m having an affair – although given that Twitter is 140 characters (or less!) it’s not a full blown affair. Just kissing, maybe some light over the shirt action, nothing worth splitting up over, you know? So yesterday when I spent ten minutes recording a phonetically accurate cover of Eurovision winner Lena’s song ‘Satellite’ to amuse my friend Lorelei and posted it on Twitter, I probably should’ve given you the heads up too but I didn’t. I’m sorry. More »
Defamer Australia – “Satellite” (Phonetically Accurate Cover)
11:14AM Jess McGuire | When I do particularly daft and pointless things to pass the time and share these deeds with my virtual chums on Twitter but forget to share them with you, my most beloved readers, I feel as though I’m having an affair – although given that Twitter is 140 characters (or less!) it’s not a full blown affair. Just kissing, maybe some light over the shirt action, nothing worth splitting up over, you know? So yesterday when I spent ten minutes recording a phonetically accurate cover of Eurovision winner Lena’s song ‘Satellite’ to amuse my friend Lorelei and posted it on Twitter, I probably should’ve given you the heads up too but I didn’t. I’m sorry. More »
Music
8:28AM Jess McGuire | I’m rather pleased about backing a winner for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest! Congratulations to Lena Meyer-Landrut who was voted the bestest singer in all the land after an astoundingly perky performance of the song ‘Satellite’ won hearts around the world. FYI: I am inexplicably obsessed with her accent. More »
Lena Wins Eurovision For Germany!
8:28AM Jess McGuire | I’m rather pleased about backing a winner for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest! Congratulations to Lena Meyer-Landrut who was voted the bestest singer in all the land after an astoundingly perky performance of the song ‘Satellite’ won hearts around the world. FYI: I am inexplicably obsessed with her accent. More »
Music
5:34PM Jess McGuire | Attention Eurovision lovers! What do you think about this song by Germany’s entry in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest? It is oddly catchy, but mostly I’m obsessed by Lena’s insane accent. She reminds me of an Australian lady singer, but for the life of me I cannot work out precisely who it is I’m thinking she sounds like! Any ideas? More »
Lena – “Satellite”
5:34PM Jess McGuire | Attention Eurovision lovers! What do you think about this song by Germany’s entry in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest? It is oddly catchy, but mostly I’m obsessed by Lena’s insane accent. She reminds me of an Australian lady singer, but for the life of me I cannot work out precisely who it is I’m thinking she sounds like! Any ideas? More »
Music
2:46PM Jess McGuire | Normally I rely on my beloved Gay Husband and Defamer Australia’s resident Euro Correspondent, the fabulous Will Fop, to keep me updated on the exciting twists and turns of Melodifestivalen (and then Eurovision) but he’s terribly busy at the moment, so thank god for reader Daniel who has forwarded me a clip of a song called “Manboy”. More »
Eric Saade – “Manboy”
2:46PM Jess McGuire | Normally I rely on my beloved Gay Husband and Defamer Australia’s resident Euro Correspondent, the fabulous Will Fop, to keep me updated on the exciting twists and turns of Melodifestivalen (and then Eurovision) but he’s terribly busy at the moment, so thank god for reader Daniel who has forwarded me a clip of a song called “Manboy”. More »
People
12:46PM Jess McGuire | Take a look at the angelic face on the left. Blonde curls, giant blue eyes, a ready wave for photographers, milky skin which could possibly become extremely brown if exposed to sunshine on a Greek Island for an extended period of time/repeated visits to a tanning salon… Can she dance? We can’t tell for sure from the photo we’ve got, but she seems like she could hold her own if forced to compete in a body roll competition under a waterfall. Would she fail at an attempt to represent her country at Eurovision? Possibly.
Who are her famous parents? More »
Which Famous Celebrity Couple Are The Parents Of This Little Girl?
12:46PM Jess McGuire | Take a look at the angelic face on the left. Blonde curls, giant blue eyes, a ready wave for photographers, milky skin which could possibly become extremely brown if exposed to sunshine on a Greek Island for an extended period of time/repeated visits to a tanning salon… Can she dance? We can’t tell for sure from the photo we’ve got, but she seems like she could hold her own if forced to compete in a body roll competition under a waterfall. Would she fail at an attempt to represent her country at Eurovision? Possibly.
Who are her famous parents? More » 
Some Important News From Defamer Australia’s Euro Correspondent
8:40AM Jess McGuire | It’s been a while between bulletins for our Euro Correspondent Will, and I like to imagine he has been keeping himself busy throwing himself wholeheartedly into the world of Schlagerpop and investigating potential representatives for next year’s Eurovision competition. I have asked him for an opinion piece regarding Kylie’s stylist/gay husband Will Baker’s recent claims that Madonna needs to let go of her youth and stop embarrassing herself with daft outfits, but while we wait for that gripping report, here’s some poptastic news from our hero.
I’m not sure if you’re already on board with this but do you know about Marit Larsen? She is a Norwegian singer/songwriter who was in M2M (remember “Don’t say you love me” -
– from the Pokemon soundtrack? Important key change around 2:39) and she has just released her second album The Chase – recently a number one album in Norway but tragically ignored everywhere else.
She sounds a little Chipmunk-y to me, Willy, but go on. Educate my ignorant self!
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Defamer Australia’s Slightly Belated Eurovision Wrap Up
8:59PM Jess McGuire | (Praise be! Euro Correspondent Will has just sent in the last part of his Eurovision coverage, a delicious wrap up of the final. As Bruce McAvaney might say, truly special stuff…)
ON THE EUROVISION 2008 GRAND FINAL
Please excuse my slight delay in filing this report but I am still feeling quite numb after what has to be the least deserved win in this competition since Estonia took it out in 2001. An ugly iceskater? Inexplicable gurning? A turgid, overblown ballad? These things, to me, are not ingredients for Eurovisional delight. Still, let’s look at it for a time perhaps:
When this qualified for the final, it seemed fairly certain to win – people love Dima Bilan and they also love voting for Russia. So I can’t say I’m surprised. Moscow 2009 is not a terrible prospect and Russia do deserve success in this contest – just not with this song. I suppose they will host it well, given how badly they wanted it, and I always like it when countries win ESC that have never won before. REGARDLESS – this was all a bit of a downer and I am actually quite disappointed and confused as to what would motivate people to vote for such a celebration of all things ill-judged.
Let’s accentuate the positive instead.
More » We’ll Tell You What We “Believe”, Dima Bilan – We “Believe” We Can See Your Testicles Under That Safety Helmet.
2:24PM Jess McGuire | Congratulations to Russia’s Dima Bilan for winning this year’s Eurovision competition with his Timbaland produced ditty “Believe”. Beautiful stuff, even though we were secretly rooting for Pirates Of The Sea’s tune “Wolves Of The Sea”.
Here at Defamer Australia HQ, we’re hoping our Euro Correspondent provides us with a suitable round up of his thoughts regarding the final, but until then, you’ll have to make do with a sexy photo of Dima Bilan – after the jump!
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Eurovision 2008 Semifinal Report (Part Two – “The Bad”)
9:22PM Jess McGuire | (As part of our ongoing Eurovision coverage, penned with effortless brilliance by our Euro Correspondent Will, we proudly present Part Two of Will’s report on the second semifinal. Part one is available here…)
THE BAD.
1. Malta missing out!! This is Morena with “Vodka”:
I thought this performance had everything perfectly calibrated – mirrorball boots, a song about a drink enjoyed by citizens of most of the countries that seem to control Eurovision voting, cossack dancing, generally strong stage presence – but it was overlooked! I’m not really fussed but it’s a bit surprising that Iceland took and this one didn’t (though the French commentators noted that Morena “really annoyed” them).
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