Comments on: Euroshambles at the Flinders

By: Eurovision 2009 | james o'brien

Eurovision 2009 | james o'brien — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:10:49 +0000

[...] friend Graeme has described the night as Euroshamble at The Flinders. Graeme always has stronger views on most subjects than I do. And on the Myers-Briggs scale, [...]

By: David

David — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:40:55 +0000

A bullet safely dodged by my non-attendance. Nice to see the Flinders delivering their usual standard of customer service.

By: James

James — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:53:22 +0000

A lesson learned. Lots of promise, but not much delivered. A couple of things here and there would have helped. The drag queen could have done a classic Eurovision number, instead of a generic drag number. They could have had “voting forms” with a prize/ceremony at the end. I don’t understand why Madonna was the music before and after the screening. A few classic Eurovision numbers (and there are many) would have set the scene etc. I sense the crowd was mostly interested in Eurovision, though I’m not convinced the organisers were as hard-core. By the way… do you think you could email me higher quality pics?

By: Eurovision 2009 – The Final « Twist In The Dark

Eurovision 2009 – The Final « Twist In The Dark — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:58:01 +0000

[...] I love Eurovision. Okay, I may not be as obsessed with it as some others but I always make a ritual of watching it – semi-finals and all. Usually it involves a party at James’ place (and a couple of times at my place) but this year it was suggested that we try something different and we go to the Eurovision night held at the Flinders Hotel. Well, that was a disaster and Graeme has reported quite fully on that debacle. [...]

By: twistinthedark

twistinthedark — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:17:55 +0000

Alexander looks like he’s beaming up to the Starship Enterprise in that last pic.

By: twistinthedark

twistinthedark — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:16:31 +0000

Thanks for saying exactly what I was thinking. I just didn’t want to say anything and you’re right, I was gritting my teeth. But I didn’t want to be the killjoy. I’m glad I wasn’t alone.

A big thumbs down to the Flinders Hotel and Gay4Play. It takes more than a few flags (and many of them were not even European ones at that) to put on a good Eurovision event.