heyyyy, any of my musical friends out there want to write a song?

Its official - Asiavision is starting this year. Australia is going to be in it (SBS should be announcing its involvement very soon). Apparently the national finals will be sometime between July and October, and the Asian Final is in November.

Basically its like Eurovision. Except its localised and Australia will be in it. The official languages of Asiavision will be Mandarin and English. Don't know where the final will be held, but the rumour is Singapore.

If you fancy prizemoney, being onstage in a massive arena or writing a song for it, and getting a free trip, lets write a song!!!!
(the more dodgy the pop punk feel of it, the better).

Dom, if its in Singapore, I'll come visit you in Malaysia whilst I'm over.

And in other related news - my Eurovision promise for this year. I'd really really like to see Norway win. If they do though, I dont believe I could afford to go next year. I have a feeling Azerbaijan are the other big chance, but its ridiculously hard to get to.
So... if one of the following countries win instead, I will go to Eurovision 2010 -
Spain, Greece, Malta, Turkey
(as well as my normal favourite countries to visit - Germany and UK).

I made the decision of those based on the fact they are affordable and easy countries to get to. I chose them because I havent been down to the Mediterranean yet on my travels (apart from Italy), but I'd love an extra excuse to go. I think they all have very high chances of winning. All of them are ranked as top 10 chances already.

If I do go 2010, the holiday will be about cruising the Islands after Eurovision and maybe doing a cooking course somewhere. I'd love to learn more Greek and Turkish dishes. Lots of great vegie meals to eat there. oooh, and I would like to go to Pompeii... still havent been there.

In 2011, I might aim to do the Balkans... Romania, Moldova, Ukraine etc. By then hopefully the visas won't be needed.