Synopsis »
Eurobeat, the glorious stage musical that celebrates everything we love and cringe about every time we watch the Eurovision Song Contest, heralds the dawn of the interactive musical as the audience vote for their favourite song via text messaging*.
Set in Sarajevo, who have somehow won the rights to host this year's competition. Every audience member will be assigned to one of the ten competing countries as they enter the venue with a badge so it doesn’t matter if you are from Queensland tonight you are from the country you're given, so get used to it! Don't forget – you can’t vote for your own country although there is nothing to stop you bribing others.
Competing countries are (in order of appearance):
ITALY, POLAND, ICELAND, UNITED KINGDOM, HUNGARY, RUSSIA, IRELAND, GREECE, GERMANY, SWEDEN
*P.S. Voting costs the same as a regular text message.
10 Steps To Eurobliss
Your job as a member of the EUROBEAT Sarajevo audience
1. Practice waving your flag clacking (if you don’t have a flag or clacker – get them or spend the evening wishing you had). You are here to support your country, but please make sure you at least smile for the other contestants, feel the love!
2. Have your mobile phone turned on, but switch to silent or vibrrrrate.
3. Marvel at & ogle the contestants in wonderment (they are the people on stage).
4. Choose your 5 favourites entries (without touching).
5. *vote via text message (follow simple instructions from your hosts Boyka and Sergei).
6. Enjoy interval recreational activities (such as drinking and buying C.D.).
7. Come back after interval. It is polite. Genuine live voting results and see if your country has won.
8. Go home, tell your partner that Eurobeat is better than sex, but you’d like to double check.
9. Visit the web site and send in your comments – be brutally honest, but gushing.
10. Check your phone the next day.
* All voting is via text message, is real and doesn’t cost more than a normal text msg.
Some useful Bosnian phrases:
Help! – Upomic!
I’ve been injured – Povrijedio sam se
Do you have a toilet? – Da li imate je WC?
I need asprin - Treba me lijek za boi
How much is this turnip? – koliko je ovo repa?
