Rude Awakening

There was hilarity at the last Swiss press conference when singer Paolo Meneguzzi asked the Serbian TV compere to confirm the what Paolo's surname meant in Serbian. After some reluctance the compere Mladen Popovich translated Meneguzzi, to the delight of the watching press listen. It remains to be see how this will affect the voting for Switzerland from the former countries of Yugoslavia.

Switzerland sings in Italian

The Swiss artist Paolo Meneguzzi has chosen to sing in Italian which is spoken in the Ticino part of Switzerland in the South of the country. The choice of language was the first thing addressed by their Head of Delegation listen. Paolo explained why his experience allowed him to feel more relaxed at the Eurovision than some of the other artists listen.