Website updates

The website www.garyshield.com is no longer online. This Blog now replaces it and will be easier to maintain while we don't have a PC :-)

http://caravanhobos.blogspot.com/

All will become clear about the name lol ;-)

Eurovision Song Contest - Happy Birthday!

It's officially the 50th anniversary today (24th May) of the Eurovision Song Contest.

50 years ago this evening 7 countries competed in the first event in Lugano Switzerland.
it was won by Lys Assia with the song 'Refrain' singing for Switzerland.

Lordi does it!

Finland have finally won the 51st Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens, Greece.
After 45 years, the Scandinavians have beaten 36 countries to win the award.

What's different about this win is everything! It's a hard rock monster group, Lordi, singing the superb 'Hard Rock Hallelujah'. They also managed to gain the most points of any winner in the history of the contest with 292 points.

Roll on Finland 2007 and the 52nd Eurovision.

Lordi's Eurovision website

Lordi's official site