I have an announcement to make that will be shocking for many. I will not be going to Eurovision 2015.
It is around this time that I would be fervently checking Facebook for messages about how to secure a ticket package. But this year, due to an increase in membership numbers, the OGAE has brought in new rules that participating members would receive a higher ranking for ticket packages based on a system of having points awarded for completing certain tasks. Unfortunately, the deadlines had slipped by and I had done squat so no points for me. The list of members who had done the right thing was pretty much equivalent to the number of packages awarded to the OGAE last year and with Vienna being a high-demand, central European location, I doubt that we, as the club with members predominantly located outside of Europe and with no clear entrant to support will receive an increase.
I could try my luck purchasing tickets in the public allocation, but frankly it’s easier to find a straight man in EuroClub!
So no Austrian Eurovision for me.
It’s probably for the best. I should save my money. I should travel to other continents and for other reasons. CJP has decided to invest his energies into J-Pop instead so I would be traveling on my own.