Sunday, May 4, 2008

Three Times the Schalger Fun!

As per usual with SBS and Eurovision we have some good news and some bad news.

The surprisingly good news is that the First Semi Final will be shown. The BBC - whose feed is what we see on SBS in Australia - are only required to show the second semi final by the EBU. The BBC are electing to cover both semis - Paddy O'Connell and Caroline Flack will provide commentary on both nights.

The bad news is that the delays are getting longer. Semi Final #1 takes place in the early hours of Wednesday 21st (Australian time) but will be screening on Friday night - a delay of 60 hours! The second semi will be delayed 36 hours and the Final by the requisite 12 hours (or so). The silver lining of that cloud, of course, is that we get three straight nights of schlagerfest over a weekend. (Book your sickie for Monday 26th now!)

SBS will show both semi-finals and are advertising Julia Zemiro as the presenter. Whether she just introduces the show before crossing to the telecast is unknown. Julia has been a long-time cast member of Eurovision: The Musical and knows her stuff.

SBS screening times:
  • Friday 23 May 7.30 1st Semi
  • Saturday 24 May 7.30 2nd semi
  • Sunday 25 May 7.30 Final

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Julia was hilarious in Eurobeat, so that's great news! Hope she has lots of involvement. Not a fan of the long delays though, but better than nothing.