Super Saturday! – is fast approaching and the much eagerly awaited Irish National Final – Eurosong 2008 is the must see show of the whole National Final season 2008 or even according to some reports; since National Finals began!
esctoday.com has just received confirmation from RTÉ that there will be a worldwide webcast available this coming Saturday 23rd February 2008 for the Irish National Final.
On hearing rumours over the last few weeks that there might or might not be a website to provide a live feed; esctoday.com contacted RTÉ seeking official confirmation.
On response, RTÉ will gladly provide live broadcasting on RTÉ television on RTÉ ONE andLIVE transmission on the web at www.rte.ie/live at 20:00 CET (19:00 local time) and 22:45 CET (21:45 local time) this coming Saturday 23rd February 2008.
Also, confirmation has been given from RTÉ that www.eurovision.tvwill havea webcast available there also.
Over the past few weeks eurovision fans worldwide have been talking and gossiping over the eagerly anticipated Irish Eurosong National Final with one act in particular making headlines in european and worldwidemedia as far off as the USA and Australia. Who is it? or should we say What is it?
esctoday.com can exclusively reveal from a close source, whose opinion was that "Dustin the Turkey" organisers have thought "outside the box" while other songs seem to be still "inside the box." How you interpret that is up to you!
Who knows what surprises await us this Saturday night, but RTÉ are remaining very secretive on the issue and are giving away very little on what we might see or hear. One source heard that Marija Serifovic (winner Eurovision Song Contest 2007 for Serbia) will be there on the night, judging the finalists' performances, withDana (winner Eurovision Song Contest 1970) and Louis Walsh (music manager and UK X-factor judge.)
However one thing is for sure is that all this years Irish Eurosong 2008 finalist entrants' songs can beaudio previewedexclusively on "The Derek Mooney Radio Show" on RTÉ Radio 1 broadcasting live at 16:00 CET (15:00 local time), tomorrow Thursday 20th February 2008. Catch it live on www.rte.ie/radio1
But surely tomorrow's audio previews will be only ahint of what to expect this Saturday Night.
Stay logged on to esctoday.com for live show reports and after-show reactions on Saturday!
