Dustin The Turkey less confrontational

In the second Irish press conference Dustin The Turkey was less confrontational. Apart from apologizing about getting the Australian reference in his song wrong (see lead story) he limited his comments to Irish talent - without however being able to resist one last dig at Terry Wogan.

listen: Dustin on former Irish Eurovision winner Linda Martin
listen: Dustin on Bono and the US Presidential Election
listen: Dustin on Terry Wogan's wig
listen: Dustin does Riverdance
listen: Dustin on his past, future and Ireland's special relationship with the Eurovision
listen: Dustin on where he met his backing singers
listen: Dustin on his two national final judges, former winners Dana and Marja
listen: Dustin on how he got into television

Dustin The Turkey apologizes to Australia

In the second Irish press conference Dustin The Turkey apologized for confusing Australia with Austria and including the line "G'Day Austria" in his song, blaming the error on his bad atlas listen.

Dustin is unlikely to lose any votes over the issue because Austria pulled out of the Eurovision last year in a fit of good taste, so now the Austrians, like the Australians, are unable to participate in the official voting.

Caught in a Dustin Storm

The Irish entry Dustin the Turkey brought the contest preparations to a halt with his spontaneous and sometimes politically incorrect observations, including suggesting he might join SBS's commentator Terry Wogan in the commentary booth for the Grand Final.


listen: Dustin on Terry Wogan
listen: Dustin on Dana and Johnny Logan
listen: Dustin on last year's winner Marja
listen: Dustin on Turkey Recipes and the Polish Singer Isis Gee
listen: Dustin on this year's Turkish entry
listen: Dustin on standing for President of Ireland
listen: Dustin on the 2008 UK Entry