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Login/Join to Participatei beat my inner child
184 posts
Location: manchester UK
well i never normally watch it but i decided to this year. luckily i missed all the songs so i jus watched the voting
i had such a laugh! terry wogan has a new place in my heart. some of the things he was coming out with were quite amusing ... complaining how long the voting was going on for, commenting on the predictability of voting and generally taking the piss out of the whole contest with his sly digs.what got me thinking was the fact that all the competitors take is so seriously. do the europeans really think that this is good music? and do any of them/you take it as a totally serious competition?
i know that its pretty much a joke in the uk. even if we did win it (which is never gonna happen) the artist would maybe get a bit of admiration but would fall very quickly into the pit of musical nothingness. ok it was different int he old days when bucks fizz (???) won it but its changed
why is it that the biggest countries also being the largest contributors came last (uk, spain, germany, france)? do you not like us or was our song really that bad?
i dont see why we cant get a decent act togetheri think its more of a political contest now. germany dont vote for us (uk), we dont vote for them. we vote for the countries we like to go on holiday (turkey greece spain), and they vote for us.
anyway ill be watching all the fun and games next year ...
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
lol i love eurovision
missed it though
but had a fun time missing it
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Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
lol i was forced to watch it last night and it was actually quite good - terry wogan was really funny (without him id have gone mad) i think it is little political but in general its a joke. i think the only people to take it seriously are the contestants and the announcers.
thought the body artists before the votes were announced was cool tho....
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i beat my inner child
184 posts
Location: manchester UK
body artists? must've missed them. the drummers were funny cos they were so boring, same with that guy doing that ballet thing.
i did find it amusing that the ukraine voting was announced wrong. could it be something to do with yushchenko being present??? hmmm ... i think they should ask for a recount
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old hand
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Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
Terry is the only reason to watch, even here in Australia we get the BBC commentary.
I liked the Bosnian entry; it was good fun and the singers looked like they enjoyed themselves. Didn't rate the Greek one at all.
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28 posts
Location: Finland, Lappeenranta
I can't understand why Finland keeps sending anyone to eurovision, it's a miracle if we don't come last. I think that no one takes it seriously here... No one takes it even as a joke... Mostly no one even cares.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Eurovision's got nothing to do with music. If it did it'd be called euromusic. It's eurovision because you can see on tv the state of who likes who in europe. In a lot of countries (some of which arn't in europe anyway) the public can't vote anyway, it's just a load of politicians. Terry Wogan is the only redeaming factor, but still not a reason to watch
404 posts
Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
eurovision songfestival: its a pink hell
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
I thought it was funny how the four most "western", Most powerful nations of Europe were the four last!
(Germany, Spain, Uk, France)
Yet...they contribute the most money to Eurovision!! (hense them being allowed in each year even when they come last)
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
404 posts
Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
my last post wasn't aimed at you
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Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
I thaught the lady with the flame thrower was ummmm interesting?
I also liked the red hot chilli peppers, come hippy grandma band that was a winner in my books
and why did everyone haave a stick theme? lots of drammatic drum playing too
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Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
my friends in australia always love it for the sheer laughing value. i missed it this year - who actually won?
last year i loved the entry (turkey?) where at the end, the girl reached into her bra, pulled out some glitter and blew it into the audience. me and my friend payed the shyte out of that for weeks!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
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Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
i think that they all had drummy bits bc the winners last year did :P
out of interest is it jsut me or is it quite sad that we need to have some badly done music contest to find out which countries like each other?
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veteran
1,286 posts
Location: My House, United Kingdom
ITS BACK, AND THIS TIME ITS GOT LORDI!!!
OH YEEEEAAAAAAAAHH!!!!
HARD ROCK HALLELUJAH!!
Vote Finland!!!
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Are You Sniffing My Mitten?
965 posts
Location: London
Vote Finland. Lordi are gonna be insane!
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Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
*watches the video*
Haaahahahahaha! Brilliant. I'm SO voting Finland.
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enthusiast
315 posts
Location: Finland
Well i can understand if Lordi gets some pity-points. you`ve got to understand that he`s going trough a horrible puberty, i mean have you seen his skin? it`s in aweful shape. oohh and his voice, you can hear the puberty kick in in there too
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Peace -Fyre-
1,007 posts
Location: Horsham
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
man i love eurovision. especially the greek entry a couple of years ago.
SADAKO S-A-D-A-K-OOOOOOooooOOOOOOOo!
I can't wait for tonight! its gonna be awesome.
all hugs and praise for master terry wogan!
Owner of Dragosani's right side.
614 posts
the english entry was a disgrace and one of the worst tunes ive ever heard...........shocking
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Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
Hoorah for Lordi!
Loving the zombie cheerleader army :P
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veteran
1,286 posts
Location: My House, United Kingdom
Haha the English entry is great, shows everything england stands for; trying to be american, paedophelia and chavs
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Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
I really hope Lordi win. I quite enjoy the song...
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Haha the English entry is great, shows everything england stands for; trying to be american, paedophelia and chavs
I don't understand why we don't put some decent indie in for the Eurovision song contest. Cannot go wrong with a bit of Kooks, Kaiser Chiefs etc. Might even stand a chance if we add them.
Willy - is bad for your health...
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Because decent bands are smart enough to know that Eurovision is career suicide. Just ask Gina G.
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
hehe, 'Member' huhuh
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And Katrina and the Waves...
Re: Gina G you need a career before you can have career suicide...
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Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
The Greeks are stormin it...probably cos she looks like she could kick the crap out of the audience and still have enough breath for the big crescendo...
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
hehe, 'Member' huhuh
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I'm finding it highly amusing that all you guys seem to be into this more than I'm 'supposed' to...
(ahhh, comfortable with your sexuality blah blah blah)
National Pride perhaps?
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Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Nah, i just find it very funny. And Wogan is marvellous, only he gets the right blend of p*sstaking and sarcasm...
The French bird was bloody awful, however the Ukrainian woman was feckin HOT!
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
veteran
1,286 posts
Location: My House, United Kingdom
agreed mags, 1)wogan is god 2) france (and spain) were aweful, and 3) ukranian was hot, i gotta say the greek bird was rather nice...i think it was the greek bird, the one in the "gypsy-chic" kinda outfit
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614 posts
lol skniky............nail on head
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
The Norwegians were rather attractive too, but then all the ugly Norwegians were rounded up and dropped off a glacier about 300 years ago, so it's hardly surprising. Norwegian girls are SO hot!
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
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