Eurovision

[Sam_b]

First Semi-Final tonight. Who's excited? I'm excited.

Discuss.

[eyedrop]

The transport union agreed to give a free pass for artist equipment from the transport strike going on btw.

I'm not particularly interested, I'm not even sure who the Norwegian entry is.

[Sam_b]

Its not very good. Pretty sure its a guy who used to be in A1.

[Sam_b]

Not as good as the semis from last year, but I still enjoyed it, scorecard in hand. I predicted 9/10 which is pretty good: I had Malta to qualify over Portugal.

I would have liked Estonia to have gone further, personally.

[gorillafuck]

What's Eurovision?

[Blake's Baby]

It's an American plot to undermine Actually Existing Democratic Socialism Comrade (TM) by uniting the whiter bits of Europe and The Zionist Terror State in a decadent orgy of laughing at Norway and trying to bankrupt Ireland.

Now run by Free Market East European Oligarchic Fascists for the glorification of their failed attempts to undermine The Glorious Legacy of the Excellent People's Soviet Union (R).

Or, a singing competition, you take your pick (other explanations are available. Warning: the value of explanations can go up as well as down).

[Sam_b]

^ Fail.

[leftace53]

A singing competition? :blink: Like the Idol series but with competitors from different Europe countries?:blink:
Fascinating.
What language(s) do they sing in?

[al8]

Zekloid, it is a super cheesy mediocre song contest where the goal is to be good enough to take part and get to the finals, but bad enough not to win, since winning carries a lot of costs for the respective state radios of each winning country. So Ireland won a whole bunch of times because they couldn't find any bad musicians among themselves, until they finally found some guy that could pretend to be rubbish.

[al8]

A singing competition? :blink: Like the Idol series but with competitors from different Europe countries?:blink:
Fascinating.
What language(s) do they sing in?

In English, sadly. Though some songs groups mix it up with words from countries they're trying to fish votes from. One song group made up their own language/gibberish, kind of cool because they stayed neutral of any provincialism

There was a time when ballads where only sung in the languages existing within the contestant countries. It was a time when Eurovision was fresh, informative and exotic.

[Manifesto]

Couldn't give a shit.

[Wanted Man]

The Dutch contribution is exceptionally awful this year:

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http://i46.tinypic.com/2vvul5h.gif

Last year, this crap (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te1w81E8L5A) did not advance beyond the semi-finals, ending third-last. I'm very much convinced that this year, we can actually finish last.

A cartoon that illustrates it well:

http://www.foksuk.nl/content/formfield_files/formcartoon_6971_39bfec171d0ad75800e7afadce5225296 67a8cd2.gif

It says that we're "really risking a war with North Korea now". :p

[Kenco Smooth]

Who's the British contribution? I can't believe we've had Bill Bailey and Morrissey offer to do it and we still put in the crap we do.

[RedAnarchist]

The UK one is probably the worst one by far. It's barely even a song.

[Sam_b]

Like the Idol series but with competitors from different Europe countries?

It is not like Idol at all. For a start its been running since 1956 and is one of the most-watched non-sport events in the world.

[Lyev]

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/05/21/eurovision06_wideweb__470x312,0.jpg
^ Sums up why Eurovision is invariably shit.

[Dr Mindbender]

i'd rather rub my swollen, unsheathed dick on a cheese grater for 3 hours, far more entertaining.

[ContrarianLemming]

Zekloid, it is a super cheesy mediocre song contest where the goal is to be good enough to take part and get to the finals, but bad enough not to win, since winning carries a lot of costs for the respective state radios of each winning country. So Ireland won a whole bunch of times because they couldn't find any bad musicians among themselves, until they finally found some guy that could pretend to be rubbish.

This is actually true, believe it or not, we used to always win

Eurovision used to be good, then we let eastern europe join in and they always vote for there neighbors, the UK will never vote Ireland :(

[Sam_b]

i'd rather rub my swollen, unsheathed dick on a cheese grater for 3 hours

Don't let me stop you on that one.


Eurovision used to be good, then we let eastern europe join in and they always vote for there neighbors, the UK will never vote Ireland

Despite Ireland not qualifying for several years, Ireland still receives its most points from the UK: 187 total so far.

[eyedrop]

Iceland... You remember that 8.4 billion kroner loan you got in 2008?

I would keep that in mind when voting if I were you.

[Blake's Baby]

... laughing at Norway and trying to bankrupt Ireland...

This is why Britain always votes for Ireland, never Norway.

[eyedrop]

... laughing at Norway and trying to bankrupt Ireland... This is why Britain always votes for Ireland, never Norway.
Never a loan without some strings attached.

[Angry Young Man]

First Semi-Final tonight. Who's excited? I'm excited.

wtf? You make a thing about being an unmoving cynic, every cigarette a foil for your sneer, scoffing at the excitability of we mere juveniles saying that puppies are cute or such a band sounds ace, and it turns out you enthuse over Eurovision? It's like hearing that James Dean likes gymkhanas! Well, mr Wishes-he-was-Charlie-Brooker, it's my turn to be the smoke-drowned smirking cynic.

[Sam_b]

You make a thing about being an unmoving cynic, every cigarette a foil for your sneer, scoffing at the excitability of we mere juveniles saying that puppies are cute or such a band sounds ace, and it turns out you enthuse over Eurovision? It's like hearing that James Dean likes gymkhanas! Well, mr Wishes-he-was-Charlie-Brooker

I'll think you'll find that it is in fact other users which label me as a grumpy cynic. I don't wish to be anything like Charlie Brooker, I don't like his hair.

Not that I was looking for approval.

[Dr Mindbender]

Don't let me stop you on that one.



Whatever gets you off, baby.

[Sam_b]

Whatever gets you off, baby

Trust me, it would.

[Jazzratt]

I only ever watch the final, but I have a real evening of it. Generally though I miss out on the build up because I'm a lazy git that rarely watches the telly.

[Dr Mindbender]

Trust me, it would.

After you.

I'm a nice sort of guy, i'll let you bleed at a life threatening rate from your dick hole first.

Oh wait, i can watch Dave on Sky HD i dont need to watch eurovision anyway, phew.

[Angry Young Man]

Isn't it hosted by Graham Norton now? I saw an advert where his figure was writ large over London addressing the public in a tux sequined in Union Jack colours, and I thought about how colourful fascism had got since its austere 30's aesthetic.

[Dr Mindbender]

Isn't it hosted by Graham Norton now? I saw an advert where his figure was writ large over London addressing the public in a tux sequined in Union Jack colours, and I thought about how colourful fascism had got since its austere 30's aesthetic.

the BBC has gone to shit since it lost Wogan's deep browning voice and celtic charm.

[Angry Young Man]

Graham Norton is also Celtic. I never much cared for Wogan. I used to watch Graham Norton's shows avidly when he was on Channel 4. Either his shows were better or they seemed better to my 13-y-o self

[Dr Mindbender]

Graham Norton is also Celtic. I never much cared for Wogan.

his entertainment value is much more high brow though.

Norton's showmanship is the fodder of prime time junk and shits n giggles.

[mosfeld]

Iceland... You remember that 8.4 billion kroner loan you got in 2008?

I would keep that in mind when voting if I were you.

:laugh:

[Devrim]

I thought that Eurovision was just an elaborate Joke dreamed up by Terry Wogan so that the Brits and Irish can laugh at other nations attempting to play pop music.

Devrim

[Jeoh]

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/05/21/eurovision06_wideweb__470x312,0.jpg
^ Sums up why Eurovision is invariably shit.

Lordi was the dog's bollocks. Better than most of the generic pop they play at Eurovision.

[Sam_b]

Lies. Best song of 2006 was Dima Bilan.

[Leo]

Bullshit. The best song, and probably the only decent song of 2006 was Lejla by Hari Mata Hari from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Unless I'm too drunk by then, I hope to watch the final on Saturday. I watched the second semi final today, I don't think any of the songs were particularly good. Turkey had, as much as I hate to say it being a revolutionary defeatist, a relatively decent song.

I think Eurovision is fun, its kind of a big deal here in Turkey - incidentally the band which represented Turkey last year is made up of Trotskyists and the lead singer used to be an anarchist. The songs in the contest are mostly poor, but generally there is at least one good song every year (which only rarely wins). Some of the songs, like Nocturne from Secret Garden, Lane Moje from Željko Joksimović and Lejla, I still listen to from time to time.

[Glenn Beck]

I watch Eurovision every year, even though I'm bigoted against Europe in general.

No, actually because I'm bigoted against Europe in general.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjkIxDmke68

ARE YOU OKAY?

[Blake's Baby]

Who was the Ukranian Cross-Dressing Space-Nazi a couple of years ago? For sheer cajones I thought that was a sterling performance.

[Glenn Beck]

Who was the Ukranian Cross-Dressing Space-Nazi a couple of years ago? For sheer cajones I thought that was a sterling performance.

You mean this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hco0bR_mfzo

Fucking incredible, I had this stuck in my head for weeks

[Angry Young Man]

Wasn't the Lithuanian entry the year Lordi won just a bloke dressed like a civil servant going 'We will win Eurovision!' and another civil servanty bloke did a funky violin thingy?

[Jazzratt]

If it wasn't then it should have been.

[Angry Young Man]

I youtubed it. There was a violin solo where a bald bloke did an epileptic dance

[Sam_b]

8/10 for the second semi. A lot tougher, and not the "quality" of the first semi per se.

[Honggweilo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32goyWjRLMQ

only entry i ever really enjoyed

[al8]

The Icelandic entry is surprisingly catchy
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But this may have been up to subliminal conditioning. It has probably been played to death on the radio without me noticing it.

[Das war einmal]

Eurovision= the real Entartete 'kunst'

[Vanguard1917]

I enjoy Armenia's entry (with the volume off, of course).

[The Red Next Door]

What's Eurovision?

It Like a music award ceremony for all of the artists in Europe and the middle east.

[al8]

Germany won!!! How on earth did that happen!?
Did you guys notice the surprise lip kiss the norwegian winner from last year gave to Lena? I couldn't quite catch if she was offended or wanted another one. She got another one on the edge of the lip as if it were a compromise, really weird. A quick stressful filled kiss.

[Saorsa]

http://i.imgur.com/Of2My.jpg

[Kamerat]

Fucking nazi salute. :mad:

I thought Eurovision could not get any worse, but i was wrong now it has become a platform form nazis.

[ContrarianLemming]

UK came last right? didnt the UK come last? I think the UK came last, the UK did come last didn't it? I think the UK came last, did the UK come last? UK took last place right? Last place went to the UK didn't it? UK came last in position correct? UK came last?

:lol:

[Sam_b]

Fucking nazi salute. http://www.revleft.com/vb/eurovision-t135957/revleft/smilies/angry.gif

I thought Eurovision could not get any worse, but i was wrong now it has become a platform form nazis.


I assume you're taking the piss, though with users like you I often have to ask.

I think it was a good winner.

[Raven of Odin]

Eh, Eurovision is all political. Yesterday morning, as I was watching it, I could literally guess 50% of the votes that all the countries would give. It is simply made up of countries voting for their neighbouring countries, not voting for talent.

[Leo]

Serbia clearly had the best song in my opinion.

Ukraine, Germany, Turkey and France had decent songs.

[brigadista]

my favorite and one of the few NOT in english =the german song was horrible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC7L6SDPL4A

[Blake's Baby]

UK came last right? didnt the UK come last? I think the UK came last, the UK did come last didn't it? I think the UK came last, did the UK come last? UK took last place right? Last place went to the UK didn't it? UK came last in position correct? UK came last?

:lol:

Damn! Our plan of having a shit song so that Ireland won it again so we could all go to Dublin and drink nice Guiness while the Irish economy got bankrupted again by having to statge a Beijing-style opening ceremony failed completely, as the Irish entry didn't even win!

Actually I've not even heard the UK entry, I have no idea if it's shit.

I have my suspicions though.

[eyedrop]

UK came last right? didnt the UK come last? I think the UK came last, the UK did come last didn't it? I think the UK came last, did the UK come last? UK took last place right? Last place went to the UK didn't it? UK came last in position correct? UK came last?

:lol:
Shut up, I lost money on a bet for UK not finishing last. Last time I trust UK to be good for anything.

I publicly retract all my previous criticisms of Eurovision, it was quite fun when you got plenty of beers, mates and bet's on every continuity.


I'm glad we didn't win again though, now our state channel can hopefully finally afford to spend money on decent programs again. They couldn't even afford the football championship this year due to that blasted Eurovision.

[Blake's Baby]

You mean this?

Hco0bR_mfzo

Fucking incredible, I had this stuck in my head for weeks

Yeah, that's the one, thanks (only just noticed this, it got lost on t'other page).

[ed miliband]

I fucking love that Ukranian one. Reminds me of Divine (the one who worked with John Waters lots).

I'm sad I missed it this year, but I heard most of the songs were quite slow and boring?

[Kamerat]

I assume you're taking the piss, though with users like you I often have to ask.

I think it was a good winner.
Users like me, what do you mean by that?

Im surprised so many people here watch this shit.:confused:

[al8]

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Ah, the thought of Lena and Alexander being together makes me all tingly inside though. They'd make such a charming couple. Notice the slight dorky manner of Alexander, he is obviously quite into her. Aw.

[mosfeld]

I thought France and Greece was really cool.

[Edelweiss]

Wow, first German victory since 28 years.

Lena dances like Joe Cocker's daughter and her singing arts with that fake British accent is far away from what others presented at the Eurovision. The song is not really as catchy as other Eurovision winners used to be. It's a decent and modern pop song but nothing ground-breaking.

Nevertheless I like how crazy, lovely Lena did kick all the bullshit bombastic, pompous butterfly-wings-circus-strip show-tits performances ass, and just convinced by her own just with her natural charm and beauty, personality and non-conformance.

Also, Lena probably isn't like most Europeans think that the average German is. She probably is a refreshing alternative to the German stereotype. Maybe that's also one reason why she got so many votes.

Having said that, all the German flag-waving that's starting again here, the "finally it's okay again to be proud of our country" bullshit attitude, similar to the last world cup, is making me want to puke.

[Tyrlop]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjJa3_dR5Ac
Viktory to ze Germans!

[Rjevan]

Having said that, all the German flag-waving that's starting again here, the "finally it's okay again to be proud of our country" bullshit attitude, similar to the last world cup, is making me want to puke.
Absolutely this! I wish I could rep that. :thumbup1:
They behave as if some historic event of world importance took place which changed Germany forever. This "We are Lena!"-hype (similar to "We are Pope!", "You are Germany!", etc.) is just ridiculous. I'm not Lena, I didn't win and I'm also far from being Germany. Just because a German girl wins Eurovision with a lalala-songy this year this doesn't mean that Germany kicks the ass of the whole world. And when some CDU idiot suggest to give Lena the Bundesverdienstkreuz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Cross_of_Merit) you really ask yourself if it can get any more embarrassing.

All you hear the whole day long in the news is Lena, all you see the whole day long in the news is Lena. Did the world really get that stunned by her victory that nothing else happens anywhere anymore? Open bread and games at its finest.

[Sam_b]

Users like me, what do you mean by that?


Idiots.

Personally, I voted for the Romanian song. But I do have a soft spot for the Russian entry. Peter Nalitch has much better songs than Lost and Forgotten though.

[Blake's Baby]

Absolutely this! I wish I could rep that. :thumbup1:
They behave as if some historic event of world importance took place which changed Germany forever. This "We are Lena!"-hype (similar to "We are Pope!", "You are Germany!", etc.) is just ridiculous. I'm not Lena, I didn't win and I'm also far from being Germany. Just because a German girl wins Eurovision with a lalala-songy this year this doesn't mean that Germany kicks the ass of the whole world. And when some CDU idiot suggest to give Lena the Bundesverdienstkreuz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Cross_of_Merit) you really ask yourself if it can get any more embarrassing.

All you hear the whole day long in the news is Lena, all you see the whole day long in the news is Lena. Did the world really get that stunned by her victory that nothing else happens anywhere anymore? Open bread and games at its finest.

Who's Lena? Is she the same as Nena? WOOO! German pop girls is GO!

[Edelweiss]

Who's Lena? Is she the same as Nena? WOOO! German pop girls is GO!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmOeISUYXuI

[Blake's Baby]

(It was a joke. I was demonstrating that the world wasn't so totally stunned by her victory that we all know who she is. Even though I do. But thanks for posting the link anyway :thumbup1: )

She looks like Miranda Cosgrove (I Carly). I prefer Nena.

[Honggweilo]

Nevertheless I like how crazy, lovely Lena did kick all the bullshit bombastic, pompous butterfly-wings-circus-strip show-tits performances ass, and just convinced by her own just with her natural charm and beauty, personality and non-conformance.She resembles TC a bit, thats probably why Edelweiss digs Lena :rolleyes:

Btw.. is she wearing a Ironcross around her neck :blink:?

[Edelweiss]

She resembles TC a bit, thats probably why Edelweiss digs Lena

Who is TC?


Btw.. is she wearing a Ironcross around her neck ?

No, it's not an Ironcross. I have no idea what it is, but it surely isn't an Irconcross.

[Blake's Baby]

Top Cat.

Famous brand of cat food made into a cartoon in the 1950s after Phil Silvers was turned into a cat during atomic testing on US servicemen. Hoover tried to hush it all up of course, that's why the Eurovisiopn Song Contest was invented.

It's all connected.