Disclaimer: I was otherwise occupied during the actual finals (I'd rather rip my ears off and pick my eyes out, but I managed to go cycling instead), but I heard the summaries before hitting the shower. Since there really is not a "good enough" eastern block act (they all vote for each other - the program should be renamed to EESC). Hence this year the "victory" goes to UK. Congrats! :-)
EDIT: So, the eastern block did manage to unite after all... ;-)
none of this "mrs boozy likes it".. just admit it ffs .. your forcing HER to watch it..
ncis is on.. but I switched over.. there is always a bit of euro tottie on it..
Oi! Sod off! Mrs Boozy does like it, infact she kept telling me to shut up while I was laughing at all the little Eastern European countries voting for each other, I can't remember which one it was but just before I went outside for a snout (read she kicked me out because I was taking the piss) I predicted their 3 votes quite accurately.
Anyway I spent almost the entire duration of the concert on the phone to my ma, so no I didn't watch it properly, and if I had've I'd have said it was sh*te so pfffffft :p
Oi! Sod off! Mrs Boozy does like it, infact she kept telling me to shut up while I was laughing at all the little Eastern European countries voting for each other, I can't remember which one it was but just before I went outside for a snout (read she kicked me out because I was taking the piss) I predicted their 3 votes quite accurately.
Anyway I spent almost the entire duration of the concert on the phone to my ma, so no I didn't watch it properly, and if I had've I'd have said it was sh*te so pfffffft :p
Lost count of the protestations there.... far too many....
I detest this whole pantomime and always have done but i know some people like it.
The thing that gets me is every sodding year England lose and trot out the same excuse that countries dont score them high because of Iraq/Afghanistan. If this is the case then stop entering it.
What is actually happening is that in a contest of pure talentless formulaic songwriting we cant even write a run of the mill catchy tune to win or even come close to winning.
I'm guessing the whole naff kitch thing appeals to people.
We all know its bad ! Its just a program once a year which can be quite amusing, some of the entries are just ridiculous. Its funny seeing the neighbours give each other points every time, bit ridiculous with all those eastern european countries though.
Like you say its totally naff, but its just once a year, i like the points coming in, get bored of the actual songs but its amusing to have on in the background. I dont have any eurovision parties or get upset if England get nil points etc, but its just a bit of fun.
I'd like to see The Fall as next year's eurovision UK entry. I reckon mark e smith would do it as well, in a post-ironic yet also non-ironic sort of way
watching bits and pieces of that last night I quickly came to the conclusion that either I am not a human, or the singers + crowd + announcers were not humans. because I refuse to be considered the same species as whatever those guys are, lol
I personally think that for next year, the UK should go either one of two ways:
a) Go down the more fun route and get someone like Bill Bailey to write and perform the song, or
b) Get Take That to enter. I personally think that if they had entered with a song like "Shine" instead of releasing it commercially first, we could've nailed it, as it's a very catchy song (I will fully admit that since they've got back together, they've done a couple of great tracks!).
I missed all the preliminary selection stages. Was the UK song selected by a public vote? Always a bad idea. They nearly chose that dreadful Jordan woman one year. I still shudder at the thought. Democracy isn't a very good method for selecting the best person to do a job.
Something needs to be done about the final voting procedure as well. It used to be moderately exciting when there were only a few countries and they announced every score individually, as there was a lot of movement on the chart. But now there's so many countries involved that they can't do that and the other problem is that by the time they're a quarter or so through the possible winners are down to a pretty obvious three or four and the rest of the votes don't make much difference. There were 43 countries to get through this year; I fell asleep somewhere in the 20s and when I woke up the programme had finished.
i didnt watch it (well i caught a few seconds of it passing to the fridge for more drink :P) but caught a bit on the news this morning, one act that DID catch my eye were some wearing gret pointy hats then broke into some mad trumpet playing...........that one looked interesting i admit
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I'd like to see The Fall as next year's eurovision UK entry. I reckon mark e smith would do it as well, in a post-ironic yet also non-ironic sort of way
i didnt watch it (well i caught a few seconds of it passing to the fridge for more drink :P) but caught a bit on the news this morning, one act that DID catch my eye were some wearing gret pointy hats then broke into some mad trumpet playing...........that one looked interesting i admit
The thing that gets me is every sodding year England lose and trot out the same excuse that countries dont score them high because of Iraq/Afghanistan. If this is the case then stop entering it.
The thing that gets me is every sodding year England lose and trot out the same excuse that countries dont score them high because of Iraq/Afghanistan. If this is the case then stop entering it.
Wasn't the whole "zero points in 2003 due to Iraq" thing surrounded by more than a whiff of the urban myth given that our act that year was terrible and that other acts from countries associated with the invasion of Iraq (Spain, Poland) scored okay? The rumour largely extended from comments Terry Wogan made about the whole thing, and he always, always played-up the idea that the voting was largely "political".
It's perfectly possible, of course, that people were less likely to vote for the UK because of political opposition to the Iraq war but then, well, look at the Jemini performance linked to above and at the fact that Poland and Spain both got over 80 points.
b) Get Take That to enter. I personally think that if they had entered with a song like "Shine" instead of releasing it commercially first, we could've nailed it, as it's a very catchy song (I will fully admit that since they've got back together, they've done a couple of great tracks!).
Has your wife/girlfriend logged on using your account and typed the above ? 'Shine' by Take That ? Come on fella !
Theres no kudos to winning Eurovision so you'll never get a good established act entering it or wanting to. It'll always be full of the z listers or groups wanting to try and make a comeback and this is the only way to do it like Blue/Bloke out of X Factor and other crap.
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The Dutch now hold the dubious world record of being voted out in the semi-finals for 7 years on a row. :oops:
So they might even get in the top 20.
And what the hell were those Smurfs that followed them...
EDIT: So, the eastern block did manage to unite after all... ;-)
The UK always get a place in the final - they pay for the privilege. ;-)
Are you guys watching this on TV right now?
Oi! Sod off! Mrs Boozy does like it, infact she kept telling me to shut up while I was laughing at all the little Eastern European countries voting for each other, I can't remember which one it was but just before I went outside for a snout (read she kicked me out because I was taking the piss) I predicted their 3 votes quite accurately.
Anyway I spent almost the entire duration of the concert on the phone to my ma, so no I didn't watch it properly, and if I had've I'd have said it was sh*te so pfffffft :p
Lost count of the protestations there.... far too many....
the winner, 1 of them lives in north London... and you can go try out for another country (a friend has)
blue were just hoping for some dosh
mheide , you have hhmm 9-10 months to sort a song out :)
failing that just get Reyn Ouwehand and Jereon tel (maniacs of noise) to knock up some tunes
We all know its bad ! Its just a program once a year which can be quite amusing, some of the entries are just ridiculous. Its funny seeing the neighbours give each other points every time, bit ridiculous with all those eastern european countries though.
Like you say its totally naff, but its just once a year, i like the points coming in, get bored of the actual songs but its amusing to have on in the background. I dont have any eurovision parties or get upset if England get nil points etc, but its just a bit of fun.
I'd like to see The Fall as next year's eurovision UK entry. I reckon mark e smith would do it as well, in a post-ironic yet also non-ironic sort of way
watching bits and pieces of that last night I quickly came to the conclusion that either I am not a human, or the singers + crowd + announcers were not humans. because I refuse to be considered the same species as whatever those guys are, lol
a) Go down the more fun route and get someone like Bill Bailey to write and perform the song, or
b) Get Take That to enter. I personally think that if they had entered with a song like "Shine" instead of releasing it commercially first, we could've nailed it, as it's a very catchy song (I will fully admit that since they've got back together, they've done a couple of great tracks!).
I thought he was Catholic!
Something needs to be done about the final voting procedure as well. It used to be moderately exciting when there were only a few countries and they announced every score individually, as there was a lot of movement on the chart. But now there's so many countries involved that they can't do that and the other problem is that by the time they're a quarter or so through the possible winners are down to a pretty obvious three or four and the rest of the votes don't make much difference. There were 43 countries to get through this year; I fell asleep somewhere in the 20s and when I woke up the programme had finished.
I second this.
European ----contest
European screamcontest
I mean it looks like a hardrockfestival.
Almost no good songs!
Also the english of most countries is so bad you can't hear what they sing.
found it, its Moldova
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF21pTGtKTw
This will haunt us for all eternity methinks.
:lol:
I always have some can's of Special Brew / Tenants Super. It's the only way I can bare watching this $hit, coz the other half often watches it :lol:
Wasn't the whole "zero points in 2003 due to Iraq" thing surrounded by more than a whiff of the urban myth given that our act that year was terrible and that other acts from countries associated with the invasion of Iraq (Spain, Poland) scored okay? The rumour largely extended from comments Terry Wogan made about the whole thing, and he always, always played-up the idea that the voting was largely "political".
It's perfectly possible, of course, that people were less likely to vote for the UK because of political opposition to the Iraq war but then, well, look at the Jemini performance linked to above and at the fact that Poland and Spain both got over 80 points.
Has your wife/girlfriend logged on using your account and typed the above ? 'Shine' by Take That ? Come on fella !
Theres no kudos to winning Eurovision so you'll never get a good established act entering it or wanting to. It'll always be full of the z listers or groups wanting to try and make a comeback and this is the only way to do it like Blue/Bloke out of X Factor and other crap.
And have Boz sing the lyrics?
But then it wouldn't be a Dutch effort anymore ... unless you force him to take citizenship.
citizenship ? you know this years winners.. one of them lives in north London..
my friend went into represent the Swiss.. but he's never been there!! (one of the band members is a swizz citizen , so it counts for nothing.
the runners today.. one represents the UK.. funny.. that accent she has is VERY US..
footbal,. I could play for ireland.. so could any kids , solely because my parents are irish..
so means nothing a lot of the time :)