Sadly, Trijntje Oosterhuis did not progress beyond the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final. Nevertheless, her performance attracted plenty of media attention, not least because of her much-discussed dress. Eurovision fever has gripped audiences for sixty years. Over that time, the contest has become a cult event the media never tire of covering.
Interestingly, the stories are not confined to the entrants’ singing abilities. Anything connected with Eurovision is considered newsworthy. As always, Progress Communications keeps its finger on the pulse and takes the media’s temperature:
- Looking into the crystal ball. Computer Idee reports that Microsoft’s search engine Bing has joined the debate about who will win.
- Out of sight… Metronieuws revisits previous Dutch entrants. Do you still remember Treble and Esther Hart?
- A question of language. Elsevier publishes a column about Eurovision lyrics: what works and what does not?
- Eurovision has been one big Twitter party for years. De Telegraaf reports that “hashflags” are available again.
- Social media. AD reports that 159,000 tweets about Eurovision were sent during the semi-final.
- Success beyond the contest. Radio station 3FM shares a list of artists who also scored major hits outside Eurovision.
- A warm welcome. RTL Nieuws publishes a story about Vienna’s traffic lights welcoming Eurovision visitors.
- All-time favourites. Eurovision fever has also reached the Veronica Magazine editorial team, who list their favourite acts of all time.
- And finally, the dress. Trijntje Oosterhuis’s dress caused quite a stir on social media. Linda Nieuws rounds up the funniest topical responses to “Traincha’s Dress Gate”.
Lianne van Dijk
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