Dustin the Turkey performs for Ireland in semi-finals tomorrow night

DUSTIN THE TURKEY has drifted a bit in the EUROVISION SONG CONTEST betting stakes. PADDY POWER are giving odds of 8/1 for an outright win - Dustin has now slipped to fifth-joint favourite.  The semi-finals will be broadcast live tomorrow night from BELGRADE, SERBIA.

Apparently european success has gone to the head of this usually level-headed jack-of-all-trades-builder/turkey who upped his dressing-room demands: he now demands a box of LYONS TEA, the FAIR CITY complete box-set and podcasts of JOE DUFFY's radio programme LIVELINE.