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Puppet with no strings: Dustin going to Serbia

Preferably, the only way I would like to see Dustin go to Serbia is if it were along the Serbia/Kosovo border, none the less, the public have voted to send him to Eurovision.

Describing it as a foul (or is that fowl) move, Dana conceded that the public have made their decision.

It came down to two acts, Leona Daly and Dustin the Turkey. There were a mixture of cheers and boos as Dustin was announced the winner.

So the lemmings get their Eurovision entry, and the genuine music artists get the two fingered salute.

It will now be left to the EBU to decide if the entry is a valid one.

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  • Did somebody say Dustin for Taoiseach? Now there's an idea...
    http://www.dustinfortaoiseach....

  • Hoof

    I believe the European Rugby Cup Final is being played on the same day. So hopefully we'll be watching the replay for about the third time as Eurosquawk is on and singing almost as badly in celebration!!!

  • John

    Thank you all for not following Marija and Louis' example by calling Dustin a duck. I seriously object to that because the ducks I know have a certain dignity and style, unlike that darn turkey.

    There's only one thing left to look forward to in this year's Eurovision now - Terry Wogan's reaction to the dig about the wig.

  • Hoof

    Jesus, Tommy......keep that notion of a duet with Twink quiet, willya. For fear one of those inbreds up in Mediaworld will put the suggestion to her.

    A glove-puppet turkey is one thing, sending out that D4 Fishwife could be an insult too far, and possibly construed by the Serbs as an act of war. Poor WillieO would have to recall the Rangers Battalion.

    On a slightly serious note, how much money is generated from the televoting? I'd imagine every mobile owned by anyone either physically and/or mentally under the age of 14 was cleaned out of phone credits last Saturday.

  • tommy

    Dustin getting elected is just another example of the self centred gang in Dublin 4 that control the airwaves of Ireland. They push each other non-stop in front of the general public by way of tv, radio and print. I am just amazed that "TWINK" was not doing a duet with the turkey. At the back of all this is that there was once a song contest in Europe that people enjoyed and it has gone to pot in order to get financial gain.. Now Ireland has brought it down to the lowest level ever and dont be surpised if we win it. There is as many small minded sheep all over Europe that will vote for turkey as there is in this gren land of scholars.
    Ps Will the be a stewarts inquiry if we dont get Turkeys vote too.

  • Pat

    A good choice, although I would have preferred "my lovely horse"

  • {Batman}

    I can only see 3 countries giving him a possible 12 votes each...
    Ahem... they will be, Turkey, Greece & Hungary....
    Ha ha... that's if you get it... :)

  • Squid

    The way i see it, if you don't like it, don't watch it,

    Irish people seem to have it engraned to interfere with things they have no appreciation for or interest in to the detrament of those that do, whether it be vandalising statues of phyl lynnot or rigging the votes of shows they have no real interest in.

    Remember those fibreglass cows that travelled all over the world. They were in prestine condition until they came to Dublin where they were smashed up. it says a lot.

  • old dubliner

    jesus colm its only a song contest .what are you going to do next release your man boobs and burn your bra.......jesus get a life

  • Colm

    The choice of Dustin is evidence that the Irish people are feeling increasingly isolated from Europe. This is two fingers to a europe that has increasingly marginalised us islanders in it's rush to push further and further east. This weekend we voted for Dustin. In a few months hopefully we will vote to preserve democracy and reject the new EU constitution and resulting federal superstate (or European Empire as Jose Manuel Barroso now likes to call it).

  • me

    We take ourselves too seriously anyway, right job.

  • Hugh

    It does matter really. We're going to look like complete eejits, well more than normal at the Eurosong and not a lot of people are going to realise that it's intentional.

  • Squid

    Next year we should send a howling dog

    I thought we did that last year.

  • blah blah blah

    Next year we should send a howling dog or singing magican

  • mitchell

    Man and I thought that Leona one was actually fair good

  • Roisin Dubh

    Hugh, does it matter?
    Eurovision is a joke and has been for the past few years.

    Good luck to Dustin.

  • Hugh

    *Cringes* No one in Europe is going to get the humour (What little there is of it). In fact I doubt anyone living outside of Dublin will get it. Typical RTÉ, shower of gobsheens.

  • Triffid

    It does not matter we could send U2 and they still could not win its down to keeping the neighbours friendly, Block voting. The public has spoken there isn't a student in Ireland with credit in their phone.

  • rhebogue ranter

    Dustin for Taoiseach- Bring the dart to dingle.

  • old dubliner

    go on you good thing

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