Eurovision Review
So, there we go – the UK did quite well. Norton was certainly acceptable as the “voice-over” man. The Russians did some bizarre and strange half time act with no apparant regard for any health and safety law and Norway won with an insipid song.
That really sums up the evening.
What made the evening more interesting was linking the programme with twitter. Using Twitter Fall and following the keyword #twumpet I could read (some of, there were far too many to read all) the comments in real time, re-tweat some that were interesting and contribute to an online massive dialogue.
This takes the level of viewer interaction to a whole new level. To some extend it’s a real time version of Points of View, but in real time and unfiltered. Add into that the comments of Philip Schofield, Jonathon Ross and other celebrities and it brings a different dimension to the “entertainment”.
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