yes folks,another year has passed and its time to dig out the lederhosen,tune up the accordians and dust down Cheryl Baker [Bucks Fizz] and tut at the tv for the wonderful nonsense that is the Eurovision Song Contest from Oslo. the first of the semi-finals [curse the fall of the Soviet Union] with all the countires ending in "onia" is on tonight 8pm UK time BBC3 with the 2nd semi-final with the countries ending in "akia" on thursday same time,same channel. this year the UK has decided to "Rick roll" you all and is sending a Rick Astley wannabe to see if we can get lower points than Gemini did.. so,what dreadful dirges are we set for this year I wonder? and do i need an extra bottle of Jack Daniels to compensate the appaling lack of taste from the continent?
its_a_hard_life 26994 · Member since
I never watch it.
JoxerTheDeityPirate · Member since
^ you are missing out on the wonderful naffness of European music..and lederhosen..and accordians.its worth it just for playing the "accordian drinking game" :-D
JoxerTheDeityPirate · Member since
first rant: how the hell did that Russian dirge get into the final and not the Malta one with the 'bird man'?
its_a_hard_life 26994 · Member since
;)
shannonsealy · Member since
It's bullshit,the whole thing.
JoxerTheDeityPirate · Member since
gutted the dutch girl and the song by father abraham [the smurfs] didnt qualify :-[
JoxerTheDeityPirate · Member since
i dont want to spoil it for anyone who hasnt watched it yet but... there were only 5 countries that can afford to host this nonsense at the moment and the UK was one of them but Europe hates us so we dont have to bother.i Wonder what other countries pay for this every year no matter who wins?..hedge your bets anyone,ok,i narrow it down to France,Germany,Spain and Azererbejan.. guess who won out of that? oh,btw,it always makes me giggle when Israel gives "nil point" to the Germans when every other country gives 12 :-D
pma · Member since
I once again managed to fall asleep during the show. Obviously I didn't miss anything, other than the whole point of why anyone would want to hear that German song ever again. The winning song is bordering on a pastiche of everything that's wrong with music today. Perhaps that's why it won.
I am gutted and bitter that my personal favorite, that androgynous Serbian did not win, that haircut was a winner.
My second favorite: Greece, they did fairly well, but not as well as I had expected. Another winning combination, an aged balding machoman from Greece, looking like he was full of hidden rage, with a stage performance where he was surrounded by younger male dancers. Now that was a Eurovision classic in the making!
I was also puzzled by the Danish song, it sounded like some DJ had mixed together "Every Breath You Take" and the chorus was taken from "The Best".
And the new voting system, how did it prevent countries from favoring their neighbours?
With national broadcasting companies deep in debt, why is this nonsense still alive, year after year?
JoxerTheDeityPirate · Member since
the Greek bloke kind of reminded me of Paul Rodgers but the reason that did kinda well in the contest had nothing to do with him but the 5 buff tattooed dancers around him.i was watching it with a bunch of women and they couldnt get their fingers on the dial pad quick enough to vote for them which probably explains why the UK gave them 12 points :-p i hope everyone is sitting down when they read this next bit...
i wanted France to win :-p
Mr Mercury · Member since
So the UK came last............. tbh I wasnt surprised when I heard the actual song. Typical Pete Waterman shite.......
YourValentine · Member since
pma wrote:
I am gutted and bitter that my personal favorite, that androgynous Serbian did not win, that haircut was a winner.
Did you vote, Pete? ;)
Holly2003 · Member since
Once again Britannia is shafted by Johnny Euro when clearly our song was the best. We should now do a Dunkirk and withdraw our forces back to Blighty until next year, when our song should be the Dambusters Theme.
JoxerTheDeityPirate · Member since
^ how about we send Pete Waterman to check for land mines in Afghanistan instead?
we will win it next year as the Germans wont want to host it twice or they will be as skint as the Greeks and good ol' Blighty/BBC are the only other Country/organisation that can afford it now :-p
