Danes Ready For Eurovision

The event appears to have spilled out of the 10,000-capacity B&W Hallerne and across Refshaleøen island, which the city of Copenhagen is now calling “Eurovision Island.”

From the island, a former shipyard in Copenhagen harbour that’s being redeveloped by a property company with money from some pension funds, Eurovision could well take over the entire Danish capital.

The organisers are promising that, from April 24 to May 11, “the Danish capital will switch to Eurovision mode with over 180 events, most of which are free.”

Triple Eurovision winner Johnny Logan will perform an open-air concert in Eurovision Village, there’s a Eurovision Cool Pool Party at the city’s harbour baths, while the AIDS Foundation will attempt to create the world’s biggest kiss chain down the Fan Mile, the main entrance to Eurovision village.

The city of Copenhagen will marry lovers in a CO2-neutral canal boat.

The most outrageous act at this year’s Eurovision, with odds anywhere between 80-1 and 100-1 to win it, is Austrian entry Conchita Wurst.

Conchita is the alter ego of 24-year-old Tom Neuwirth, who was introduced as a glamorous (and bearded) wannabe in TV talent show “Die Große Chance.”

Since then s/he has made more TV appearances including ORF production’s reality show “The Hardest Jobs In Austria,” where she worked in a fish factory. In reality show “Wild Girls,”

Conchita had to survive in the deserts of Namibia and live with native tribes.