Dustin the Turkey has, surprisingly, made headlines in the Spanish news and media. Spanish newspaper ABC runs an article on the puppet's quest to represent its native country, Ireland, at the Eurovision Song Contest. He will be competing in the Irish Eurovision national final which is scheduled to be held on the 23rd of February with the song 'Irelande Douze Points. The puppet will be competing with 5 other candidates in their quest to represent the Emerald Isle in Serbia!

Dustin The Turkey has already gained massive press and media coverage both inIreland andoverseas, eversince RTE announced that he was among the 6 finalists at the Irish Eurovision national final. The Spanish newspaper ABCreportsabout the puppet's quest to represent Ireland inBelgrade next May at the Eurovision Song Contest, something which is extremely rare. Dustin is already making headlines around Europe eventhough he hasn't won the golden ticket to represent Ireland yet. What is yet to be seen is what would happenif he wins the Irish national final Eurosong 2008 and gets to represent Ireland?


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.