Here is just a little bit of Eurovision trivia that we thought you might like to know about ...
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| From Delegation Jags & Buses |
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| From Delegation Jags & Buses |
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| From Delegation Jags & Buses |
and last but not least .... YaaaaaaaaaYY
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| From Delegation Jags & Buses |
Each of the 43 delegations received it's own individually brand new tour bus with personal driver. Scheduling is arranged after daily consultation with the transport management via their delegation host. These buses can be seen travelling all around Dusseldorf, ferrying the various acts and their delegations to the arena, to parties and we guess to wherever they want to go. We think these artists don;t walk anywhere at any time for 2 weeks!!
As well as the buses, there is a vast fleet of black eurovision branded new BMWs and Mercedes cars as well as assorted people carriers.... and again personal drivers. Drew and Tam spoke to a local Taxi driver who happened to mention that the local taxi firms were not happy at all with the above arrangements because they thought they'd be rolling in it and making lots of money with all the extra fare. But really, please, can you really see Blue or Lena going everywhere in a local taxi... nice as they are ;)
On top of the delegation transport, there is a fleet of brand new shuttle coaches which ferry the accredited masses between the city centre and the press centre/arena every 20 minutes.
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| From Drew & Tam at Semi-Final 1, 10th May |
Eurovision does not come cheap as all these fleets of top of the range buses and cars must have cost a fortune.