Just imagine, there may be some galaxies far, far away where there is no Eurovision Song Contest!
Just imagine, there may be some galaxies far, far away where there is no Eurovision Song Contest!
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Yes! Rapping spacemen from Montenegro. How can they lose?
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That was brilliant, and we get to do it all again twice!
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Bonnie Taylor to represent the UK I think. I was a bit surprised at the choice but there you go.
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
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And Belgium is through.
That's the second time we've succeeded to get to the final! And then come last.
Apart from that one time years ago where Sweden didn't give us any points and the Turks won and we came second. grrrrrr
I liked the songs by Denmark, Moldova (I think) and Estonia (the lady 5 months pregnant with her seventies white strapless dress). But then there was the surprise by the Netherlands. We wre still singing it when we went to bed. So maybe it could be a dark horse.
Didn't you think the presentation was a breath of fresh air? It was engaging and no over-tried-to-be-funny-autocue-but-I'm-no-good-at-it stuff.
My husband really converted me into a Eurovision fan...
One has to laugh before being happy, because otherwise one risks to die before having laughed.
"Je crains [...] que l'âme ne se vide à ces passe-temps vains, et que le fin du fin ne soit la fin des fins." (Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Acte III, Scène VII)
We could have The Beatles represent us and we wouldn't stand a chance.Originally Posted by cacian
Bonnie Taylor to represent the UK I think. I was a bit surprised at the choice but there you go.
According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens.
Charles Dickens, by George Orwell
Kiki. I never knew Joaqiun Phoenix was Belgian.
and I still don't know how that Nederlander dirge got through.
Best entrance - Carried on by a giant.
Best dress - Cyprus - economic circumstances meant they could only afford the flimsiest material two sizes too small.
Best spray tan- the girl in the very,very,very short dress who emerged from the glitter ball.
Best Princess Diaries themed act -Russia.
Best singer - Actually, they could all sing.
Best effects - the girl with a hydraulic lift in her skirt.
Special "We were robbed" catogory - Montenegro of course
Special award for the one I'd like to see again but never will - That Girl band at the end. Unbelievable and just a little bit scary.
Special - oops we've come to the wrong party - Award. Those 5 blokes from Croatia
Last edited by prendrelemick; 05-15-2013 at 11:11 AM.
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Nono, it was 2003 with Sanomi by Urban Trad (that weird song in a made-up language). I still remember we could win because Turkey and Belgium were not very far apart (urkey won by 2 points) and then, the Swedes (b*st*rds; no offence intended
Didn't you find the dancing excellent all of a sudden? I mean, apart from the music, that woman with her three dancers like those who won Britain's Got Talent a few years ago, they were so good. The Belgian guy who got touched up by woman double his age was quite funny.
One has to laugh before being happy, because otherwise one risks to die before having laughed.
"Je crains [...] que l'âme ne se vide à ces passe-temps vains, et que le fin du fin ne soit la fin des fins." (Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Acte III, Scène VII)
The Belgian dancers had some very strange moves altogether.
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And that's just where I intend to be on a Saturday night. Red Deer pub will do.
Mrs Neely loves the Eurovision, hence the escape. She fancies Norway. I've put her a fiver on it at 8/1. A good thing she thinks. There you go, there's your tip.
[QUOTE=kiki1982;1218573]Nono, it was 2003 with Sanomi by Urban Trad (that weird song in a made-up language). I still remember we could win because Turkey and Belgium were not very far apart (urkey won by 2 points) and then, the Swedes (b*st*rds; no offence intended
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Same thing happened to us in 1988. We were in front right up to the last country, Yugoslavia (now defunct ,HA!) who gave us nothing and seven to some no hoper called Celine Dion - so she won instead.
In fact The UK has been 2nd 14 times.
Last edited by prendrelemick; 05-16-2013 at 01:53 AM.
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I know, the Belgian dancers had weird moves, so did those others I mentioned, but I foud the whole thing so well synchronised. Better than otherwise. Or maybe it was becuase there was less going on and more substance.
My hubby's favourite Denmark. In fact, he has predicted the top 3 (and sometimes the winner) accurately for at least the last 5 years.
He doesn't know what he has to make of the Netherlands.
Nasty Dion. Tssss. And later you don't hear anything of them anymore.
One has to laugh before being happy, because otherwise one risks to die before having laughed.
"Je crains [...] que l'âme ne se vide à ces passe-temps vains, et que le fin du fin ne soit la fin des fins." (Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Acte III, Scène VII)
I'll be missing it again. Bah.
Every year the Viking Society for Northern Research always somehow manages to schedule a meeting on Eurovision night, so I miss the whole thing. I suspect a conspiracy.
Mind you, I think Eurovision has become more serious in recent years - less campy fun and more a serious attempt to do something vaguely decent. Plus, I do miss Sir Terry's acerbic commentary - that was what made the whole thing fun.
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
Oh, but I think Graham Norton is a worthy replacement. He's maybe a little less non-overtly sarcastic, but he's definitely worth listening to. In fact I always had a problem listening to Wogan, because his mellow tones sometimes got lost in the tumult. That's me, though, otherwise I thoroughly enjoy(ed) his voice and style. If I had BBC radio...
They've got Ana Matronic from the Scissor Sisters co-presenting again tonight. She looks really enthusiastic. A bit less weird than that girl who did it the last few years (announcer for BBC3?), whom I had got used to by now. Her presentation had something kitschy that weirdly suited the event, come to think of it, but I had the impression that freaked people out and that they didn't understand her accent sometimes.
It seems that someone in your Viking Society has no taste for good stuff like Eurovision
But indeed it seems at least that more or less 3/4 of the countries are trying to focus on content rather than gimmick.
One has to laugh before being happy, because otherwise one risks to die before having laughed.
"Je crains [...] que l'âme ne se vide à ces passe-temps vains, et que le fin du fin ne soit la fin des fins." (Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Acte III, Scène VII)
So far I've liked the Russian entry the best - so they have no chance then.
The best song is probably Denmark's
HOWEVER, we are less than halfway through
Loki: Ask yourself - would a true Viking miss Eurovision night?
Last edited by prendrelemick; 05-16-2013 at 01:53 PM.
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