Eurovision Song Contest

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_song_contest

I'm not talking about just this years Eurovisions, but the whole show in genereal. I think last years show rocked :D

I'm sorry to say this, but those outside Europe don't have much to say to this, since - well, it's pretty confusing :D

No matter how cheesy the Eurovision is, I still watch it every year. The UK haven't won in a while, and I don't hold out much hope for this year either.

I think that a lot of the voting is political, which may explain why in recent years (since 2001 especially), the UK hasn't received many votes. Remember Jemini and the "nil points"?

i love eurovision

it's so fun! shame it's not longer a big thing in portugal

i love to se those contries where people gathered in public places to watch it

I read in a magazine a couple of years ago that people have "Eurovision Parties", where they invite friends, and each person is given a country, and for the duration of the party, they have to support that country.

They also have things like European food and drink.

Now, I like the Eurovision, but I don't think I'd ever go that far!

What does everyone think about "The Big Four" - that is the countries who are automatically entered despite their performances. They are the UK, France, Germany and Spain. Is this fair?

i mean they contribute with money to keep the show running so i think it's fair


oohh a eurovison party, that sound like fun! great oppotunity to taste different food! xD

mmmmh Eurovision parties sound yummy and fun! :D

as to those countries who enter automatically - well, I didn't even know that rule until now, but I don't think it's fair... why does this regulation even exist? :/
....

cut that. I've just read on wikipedia that they do it because these 4 countries contribute the most to the European Broadcasting Union, and the whole contest would be virtually impossible without them. So now I know it ...

and still... singing is an art and who gets accepted to the finals shouldn't depend on money :/ ... I mean, of course, I can understand why they want to avoid having such countries fail to get to the finals - because they would lose a great audience there. It's just... disappointing from the artistic point of view.

Watching the semi-finals now...

Israel have just been on...

"Push the button push the button"

Oh dear me...

XD the "push the button" guys were funny ...

hehe... and another funny one: the "Drama-Queen" XD

hmmm my faves were Turkey, the Netherlands, Andorra aaand .. mm Poland was also cool... :D

who were you faves?

oh.. and I didn't spot Caree..

I watched some of this earlier but it doesn't really interest me. The United Kingdom's entry is pants though ^^

I couldn't stand Georgia's entry!!!! ...Israel was just - well, weird and... lol :D

But yeah, I don't think it's fair that those four countries get through because of the money they're putting to the show. Sure, they can put some money there, but i think you should get through with talent and by people's choice. If i was one of those countries (lol xD) i would keep putting money to the whole thing but not buy myself a ticket to the final.

The Andorra boys were cute :D And Poland was... well, special :D It was okay, really ^^

BUT GEORGIA'S!!!!!!!!!! >__<

lol.. the Georgia girl... that voice could break windows, really XD

It wasn't even singing :D More like... screams that were put into smaller parts xD

woooooooooop its on tonight =]
im well gonna watch it

Can't wait for next years Eurovision... I really hope they put atleast some good choices to choose of to represent Finland, and not some stupid Hanna Pakarinen! It means mental suicide xD

But congrats to Serbia, even if i'm strongly against their victory... didn't like 'em at all :D But whatever...

It's over now.... *sigh* No more dudes calling me "shekerim" or anything Even if i got proposed twice xD But mwehh, i don't wanna move xD

yeah.. congrats to Serbia, but, like Caree... I just don't understand why that girl won, the song was .. lame. -_-" .. oh yeah, political votes. Already ranted about that in the GCHR so I won't repeat everything XD ... it just annoys me.... U.U"

but oh well, at least the second place was kinda deserved - at least they were funny - no, funny is the wrong word, because they were hilarious! XD

and "Shake it up - Shekerim" (the Turkish song) was a million - oh cut that, a zillion times better than the Serbian girl and the Russian girls put together! XD

ahh and Lordi at the opening rocked! :D

LOL :D

Our Shekerim song, Cris, it will be played at our wedding xD

i thought the serbian song was rubish i liked the dress the finland person was waring and then close after that another country came on in a long black dress i was like im going too steal it

I was soooo ashamed for Hanna's dress *sinks through the ground* The least she could do was to dress properly, and not protend to be some heavy/rock 'n roll queen xD

But nooooo..

Oh the pain! xD

yess Careee! *huggles her shekerim* XD - we'll play it instead of the wedding march! XD ... and the whoooole church - including nuns and everybodyyy will SHAAAKE!

XD

...lol xD

I can't believe that it's over xD I'm still all hyped up because of those dudes :D

*giggles madly*

...yes, I giggled xD

.... You're mad love.

How can you possibly have liked Ukraine??! That was social suicide! .... Well. France and the UK didn't do much better... "Flying the Flag"... pssh. Yeah right.

Is it just me or did no one else like the Romanian, Latvian, Hungarian and German entries? The German one especially. That was... it was REALLY good.

mmm I don't remember the Latvian one but... the Hungarian girl roooocked - such a beautiful voice and song, she really deserved more!

Oooh you liked the Romanian one? *huggles* then me wuvs you! *g* - I kinda liked it. Well, not to the poont of loving it, but - as I said somewhere earlier, not sure if in this thread - they were, in my humble opinion, way better than the Romanian guy from last year.. who got 4th place. U_U" .. and I voted for them cuz I thought, if they win, I will go home to Bucharest just a bit more often .. like.. to watch the Eurovision show XD ... buut they got 13th place so next year's Romanian singers will have the chance of even falling through the semifinals .. niiiiice. -_-"

And the German one.. mhm, it was ok, but it wasn't any big revelation, at least for me.

And the Ukranian .. well *g* ... the song was pretty stupid, I have to admit that, but at least the show they put on was funny .. and they were at least more interesting to watch than the Serbian girl and the Russian girls... <.<"

I bought the Eurovision CD :D And i've been singing Sweden's song all day xD It's not even good, but come on, it's stuck in my head xD

...happy emos... xD

I think he could have had atleats SOME hair on his chest, he looked like a naked rat!!! xD ...with make-up :D

Oh, and France's entry was good too.. I DON'T WANNA FORGET THE FINAL!!!!! *cries* It's once in a lifetime experience, and it's already a bit of a blur for me

And swifty, you promised to email me, you schmoo It's your fault if i kill myself xD

I can't believe you have the happy emo song stuck in your head....

I was amazed at the Romanian one!! It was so... back to what Eurovision's really about!

I SAW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I live in the U.S. and yet I still watched it. i think SPAIN should've won, they had the best song. I LOVE YOU MI VIDA!! Eww i can't belive that other lady who sang terribly won. I have no comment towards her but SHES UGLY! Serbia did terrible. I downloaded Spain's song, Uk's song, and greece's song. They were the best.

i can't wait for next years, maybe spain can win that one!

...only a true European can really understand the meaning of the Eurovisions... *whistles innocently*

;] i want to watch it

Hum, the semis ... I'm not watching them, but I did get a glimpse of a few songs while I was eating, none of which were any revelation to me. But let's see... maybe the finals will be good and I have a feeling I already know what I'll be doing on Saturday evening *g*

(watching them on TV, duh xD)

I just know that Romania's one is kind of unexciting... I've heard it a few times on the Romanian international TV channel and got really annoyed by the fact that they keep telling me to "vote for Romania from whatever country I'm in" .... dudes, get real! I won't vote for some rubbish just because of the country, I will vote for whatever artist performs best and no million TV spots can convince me to do the opposite! ... hmph. >.<

Oh well. Let's hope the show is gonna be fun! :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan :D

ok, so this is it: the singing is over, now we're waiting for the results.....

My personal overall opinion: not many songs I liked, most were either too weird or too over-dramatic or ... just not my style. I must correct what I said before and admit that Romania's song wasn't even half that bad, but not deserving one of the first places. But yeah, compared to ... uhm, Poland's song, ... yeah, compared to that, it seemed brilliant (no offense but that woman was just lame, in my humble opinion o.O").

Some cool ones, in my opinion, were: Finland - ROOOOCK! -, Turkey - a bit of rock again, yay :D -, Georgia - great voice and awesome song -, annnnnd .... the special prize for craziness goes tooooo..... Spain! XD XD XD OHHH and the pirates, of course! *giggles* (that was Latvia, btw :D)

Portugal - hm, nice voices and nice song but ... yeah, me and ballads, long story. xD .... but hey, it's difficult to be in the mood for ballads when you have my dad next to you poking fun at every second song XD

(btw, my dad's poking-fun-at-songs-and-singers-show is worth more than the whole Eurovision )

Well. Not voting anyhow. xD

edit: Oh! I just remembered! Russia's song! :D - well, not the song itself, that wasn't so special - but did you see who was ice-skating around the singer, huuuuh? :D Evgeny Plushenko! SQUEEEE! ^.^