One of the odder aspects of this whole Eurovision thing is that Dustin the Turkey has, at times, been playing it straight. Here’s today’s Morning Ireland interview in which Aine Lawlor interviews a man on a phone line who is in character, but without the jokes.
However, is there a moment at the start when the man nehind/beneath Dustin, John Morrison, can be heard saying hello in his own voice?
The chief reason Dustin the Turkey failed to get out of even the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest was not because the song was desperate (although it was) but because it was such an obvious act of desperation on the part of Ireland to get some Euro-kudos again. On the night it became clear that Ireland was like a child, engaging in all sorts of annoying tricks just to get some attention. But the voters, I would guess, could see right through it. Post-Lordi, you have to be a little more subtle if you’re going to go overboard.
Ultimately, it was more humiliating than any of the other recent disasters, because in previous years we sank quietly. This one plummeted with a very loud whine, and hit the ground with a noticeable splat.
[By the way, the odds of this being a topic on Liveline today? 1/500]
UPDATE: RTÉ’s Gareth O’Connor gave a live report on the RTÉ2 news late last night that was so bitter he was only just short of calling for a no vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum. It was late, but I’m pretty sure he actually used the phrase “there’s no accounting for taste”.
Anyway, the RTÉ website hasn’t updated the News On Two page since last Thursday, so we’ll have to wait a week or so to see his reaction – which was a better performance than our Eurovision entry.
