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				"The men gather for action only when they can no longer help it and the longing for each other becomes unbearable".

	The Spin Band Kreisiraadio will represent Estonia at the Eurovision 2008 with "Leto svet". Band members are Peeter Oja, Hannes Vorno and Tarmo Leinatamm. Their song was written together with Priit Pajusaar and Glen Pilvre. Girls from Dance Art are performing as backing dancers in presentation. Winner of the national selection has been determined via televoting. 96471 votes have been casted during superfinal of the national selection, and 52518 of them for the winning group. Reserve jury put on the first place entry by Iiris Vesik. This will be the first occasion when an Estonian Eurovision Song Contest entry hasn't been performed either in the Estonian or English language. Leto Svet is performed maily in the Serbo-Croatian language with parts of the song in the German and Finnish languages. Kreisiraadio (Crazy Radio) is an ultra-popular three-man team, who first met up in the city of Tartu. Having recognised each other’s hidden desires they immediately decided to crack some jokes. This is what they are still doing today! In April 1993, the trio started on the radio, continued on Estonian national television, and in many other places where people have tolerated them. They do not set limits in their activities and could care less about established practices. And this is why they have no competitors in Estonia, or if they do, these must be invisible competitors! Kreisiraadio has tried their hand at everything during their lifetime. They have performed in opera, conducted a symphonic orchestra and acted in films, not to even mention their countless TV and radio performances. All three men have cool children and beautiful homes in different areas of Tallinn. Look at the map! Kreisiraadio has a sub-fund named after it under the Estonian National Culture Fund. Kreisiraadio will soon publish a book and open a pub called Kreisiraadio. All three men are highly educated specialists. Hannes Võrno has a higher education in fashion design and is most widely known as a TV show host. He is the host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? He has been a member of parliament and was recently awarded the rank of junior lieutenant by the President of the Republic of Estonia. Hannes is a reserve officer. Peeter Oja is a highly educated actor, who stopped working as an on-the-staff actor in the mid-80s and has enjoyed the joys and sorrows of a freelancer now for a couple of decades. Peeter is one of the hosts of the most viewed socially critical ridicule show on an Estonian commercial TV channel and the recognised author of widely commented newspaper articles. Tarmo Leinatamm is a highly educated conductor, whom the viewers of the 1996 and 1997 Eurovision Song Contest have seen conducting the orchestra. Tarmo also finds time to host TV shows – and already for about ten years. Tarmo has also been a member of parliament. All counted, he has nine professions. Kreisiraadio has been on the air for 15 years and no end is in sight. The men gather for action only when they can no longer help it and the longing for each other becomes unbearable. Thus they unsuspectingly ended up at the Eurovision Song Contest, or as people say in Estonia – Leto Svet! We wish the same to you, dear reader!

























	The Singer Les Patterson crossed with Emo Phillips starts up this barrel scraping effort from the Baltics. This is culturally horrific entry that should be burned forthwith, enshrined in an LT United effigy along the way. Their neighbours have clearly been the muse for this monstrosity, and it's nothing to laugh about. I am reliably informed that Kreissiraadio ia a supergroup of talented TV entertainers, although from the evidence to date it appears the prosecution won't have to put up much of an argument to prove my allegations that they are as about as entertaining as a 36 hour Chinese opera.













	The Past Ruffus got punched upon arriving back in Tallinn after the 2003 contest. Some might say an over-reaction by the Estonians, a nation who weren't used to Eurovision failure. Wogan's paranoid fantasy of "Baltic block voting" aside, Estonia has done a super job over the years bearing in mind the handicap of so many singers/songs with double consonants and vowels. They won it in 2001 with a commonly held opinion that it was a sack of shite, and should have never got close to the podium.




	The Song This appears to be a song rustled up by aging TV personalities after a heavy lunch of two storey kibinas. In what was a shocking year for Eurolaul, the Estonian public chose a national selection performance of staggering cheapness. The three men, guilty as charged, appear on stage and mug. One of the act appears from stage left like a fat Hitler. and pretends to play the piano in a Stooge-like manner. Les Patterson explodes the accordion. The ladies in the background gurn. How those long winter evenings must just fly by.


	Overall It has often been said that fat men are, more often than not, jolly. Kreisiraadio go a long way to lay that stereotype to rest. Crazy it may be. Radio on the other hand, is too good for it. After managing to cover every square metre of their capital's old town in 20 minutes, I can appreciate their talent pool may not get theur ankles wet. All is forgiven Maarja.