great work griet! that was awesome! i can't wait to see the contest final! god i hope it plays out in seattle SOMEWHERE!

spain is nearly ireland but not brash and weird enough.

Serbia? okay, but the whole thing with this comp is supposed to be great pop songs. that sounded like some soundtrack music. something you'd here at a heartfelt moment in a movie by steven speilberg (an animated movie....)

c'mon peeps lets find out where it's happenin!

from new york times article last may:

Now, apparently, NBC has the rights to bring a version of Eurovision to the United States, with all 50 states competing. I hope they do it, but only if they keep the same voting system. It may not tell us much about the music we produce or like; but in a patchwork quilt of a country, with red versus blue states, North versus South, East Coast versus West Coast, the Midwest versus everyone — and who-knows-what going on in Texas — it may tell us a lot about what we really think of one another.

please please please baby jesus make this happen!!!!