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"Vampires" tour pre-sales begin Friday
Vampires alive on the charts, in the news
Of course the chart success is good news for DJ BoBo and his team. "I'm extremely happy," the showman exclaimed. Vampires are alive moved from 'null' directly to #3 in the official charts. "It's a 'made to order' kick-off here in my own country," the singer said. The song is also heard on television commercials for Emmi Energy Milk in Switzerland. Emmi has long sponsored DJ BoBo and his tours and is giving away four trips to the song contest in Helsinki.
Despite the song's popularity with the Swiss public, 28,000 people have now added their names to a petition organized by a small but active evangelical Christian political party. The Eidgenössisch-Demokratische Union (EDU) is still gathering signatures, and they plan to present the petition asking the Swiss government to act in withdrawing the song next Tuesday. The EDU, which holds only two seats in the federal parliament, believes that DJ BoBo's song is "satanically inspired". The singer is busy in the studio finalizing production on his next album and has no comment.
Pardon me, but your teeth are on my neck
Seemingly, vampires really are alive in Switzerland - at least for the EDU; this week the party also set their sights on stopping a school production of the musical "Tanz der Vampire (Dance of the vampires)" in the Alps. The teenagers in the secondary school in Bischofszell, Switzerland are rehearsing a production of the popular musical which based on Roman Polanski's 1967 horror/comedy film "The fearless vampire killers". Before it was adapted into a stage musical in 1997, the original film was rated appropriate for Swiss children aged 12 and up in Switzerland. However, the EDU claim the "negative message" presented in the musical is "similar to DJ BoBo's" and should be set aside in favour of more Christian oriented themes.
Vampires on tour in 2008
Regardless of his Eurovision Song Contest result in May, DJ BoBo and his team are in the planning stages for another of his dance and special effects laden tours for 2008. The Tour is planned around the Vampire theme. Dates are already lined up for several venues in Germany and Switzerland with more planned for Poland, Austria, Hungary, and Luxemburg. Ticket pre-sales for the Swiss and German shows begin Friday 23rd March on the Official DJ BoBo site (here). Telephone pre-sales begin a week later, though the tour will only kick-off in Oberhausen, Germany on 30th April, 2008 just before next year's Eurovision Song Contest.
The single for Vampires are a live will be released outside of Switzerland on 20th April; the full album is due on the 11th of May one day after DJ BoBo's appearance in the Eurovsision Song Contest semi final.
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my top three is
1.turkey
2.spain
3.malta
This is my Top 10 from Italy:
1° Belarus
2° FYR Macedonia
3° Sweden
4° Moldova
5° Spain
6° Switzerland
7° Finland
8° Greece
9° Malta
10° Slovenia
But, afterall, I hope in Eurovision 2008 in Stockholm in Globen Arena!
Top 3
1.greece
2.belaus
3. ukraine
and turkey is somewhere here.. 4 or 5
I like Switzerland a lot as a country (and Swiss International Airlines absolutely rock) - but this is hideous beyond belief. RIght in the bottom 5 for me in the sorry company of Czech Republic, Ukraine, Albania and Norway. What were you guys thinking? At least Lordi had a song in there somewhere...
Baaaaad. Must try harder next term.....
Swiss is one of my 5 favorites, the song is very good.
My top 5:
1 Spain
2 Denmark
3 Swiss
4 Cyprus
5 Slovenia
If the song is Eurotrash and only enjoyable for children with teletubby dolls, then on May 10th I will have my teletubby with me as I watch DJ Bobo perform....and I have a feeling that other 'little children' will be doing the same.
Well done!!! THE MUSIC AND THEIR VOICES ARE GREAT;
although, I cannot say the same about the lyrics!
Still, it's in my Top 10.
@ Fabio
Its a bit of fun........ god you are a barrell of laughs!!! zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Yannis - I voted already
I just wanted to share 
karl fradgley
thanks for your vote but you can click my link and you can easy vote.
the link is: http://eurovisionfun.blogspot.com
sean kehoe:
Post your lousy ranking in your profile, because nobody else is intested on it. Here you should comment on the news, to share your point of view on every song use your profile.
Yannis -
Favourite semi finalist = Georgia
Favourite finalist = Germany
top 5 over all
Georgia
Germany
Fyrom
Switzerland
France
Hey guys,
I have create this blog about Eurovision and I have also have a quick poll about favourite entry and favourite semifinal entry. Would appreciate if you support it!!!
here: http://eurovisionfun.blogspot.com
i think it's good news for everyone that a song is doing so well in the charts - Switzerland will be top 5 this year - i really love it. people may feel he's trying to copy finland last year which is a pity.
go bo bo
ATTENTION Per
I'm trying to email you but can't manage. If you are going to bet on Malta hurry and do it now because I just checked the odds and it has already gone up from 41 to 26. So hurry. This is the only way I could message you sorry!
Not keen at all on the swiss song.
My top 3
MALTA
POLAND
TURKEY
@Fabio
I will post whatever and wherever I like..........
Just heard ALL the songs again.
The swiss song climbed one position in my personal ranking, but my top favourite remains Malta! good luck!
@Vasilis Kigkos
Shame on you !!
did Bobo had a good piss today? That's the only Bobo news i am missing! :-P enough of that crap!
Today you can enjoy with Georgia, Montenegro, Switzerland, Moldova and Netherlands in http://www.eurocronicas.blogspot.com
You can vote for your favourite entry.
Thanks for visit my website.
Hey guys just to tell you that Malta went up from 40/1 to 26/1 on William Hill 
Good luck to all!
No other country than Swizerland deserves to win this year. To be honest, Switzerland or Spain, of course !!
sean kehoe: could you stop at posting that horrible ranking in every article. Who cares about it? I don't care about your opinion/taste, by my part.
Sean - always the same rubbish!!!!!!!??? Portugal's songs have indeed been bad these past 3/4 years, but not so in most of the remaining years. The portuguese songs have ALWAYS been underated. This year's song will probably surprise people like yourself.
I like this year's Swiss entry...sure that it will be in top 10!
Good Luck
Lyrics are a little silly but still not to be taken seriously, so what if he sings about vampires, kids will like it, just wait and see how far Switzerland will go this year, especially thanks to some vampire costumes and dance show. Not my personal favoruite but I really don't mind if Switzerland qualifies.
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