Eurovision time

[prendrelemick]

Finland going for the lesbian vote in answer to the Irish homo-erotic act last tuesday.

Smiley Malta with a ukelele! I liked that one. Office Folk, a new musical genre is born.

Wooooweee It just gets better and better, Bulgaria are going for the everything including the kitchen sink and bagpipes approach. Bonnie must be wishing she was back home in Wales.

I wish I could speak Greek - then I'd know what the heck that was all about.


Oh great NOW I remember the sub-title button!

Hungry have the earworm tonight - Kanda sham!

Norway - absolute quality, what a performance. A strong contender that.

Georgia, a lovely duet - that would've won twenty years ago.

Romania have soared beyond any adjective known to the english language

[prendrelemick]

I'm not a betting man but Denmark (8/11) is hot favourite, followed by Norway,(8/1) Ukraine (10/1) and Russia.(16/1)



If you're looking for value - Georgia (at 25/1) and Finland (40/1)seems good.

If you're looking for long blondes with long odds and short skirts, Belarus at 100/1, ticks those boxes.

[kiki1982]

Well, the question whether a true Viking would ever miss Eurovision was answered last night by Iceland's entry. That singer looked like a real one. Sexy Jesus... I must say I was surprised that it got through, but delighted at the same time, it was a great song, powerful without needing text to be so. I hope he does well. That language is impressive in terms of sounds.

I forgot about Russia. That's a nice song too. (grudgingly)

Malta and the ukulele was so nice. I was quite sad that the other cutesy song from San Marino didn't get through, though. Shame, because it was good kind of Laura Pausini song. Too Italian?

The Hungarian guy had a good song, but he got eclipsed by his backing singer at some point. He got much better towards the end. I hope he does better tomorrow. Fortunately he didn't have three backing singers, they would have outsung him big time.

Don't like Norway.

Like France big time, but it's too good for Eurovision. Very Axel Red (that's Belgian, by the way, but she got a Légion d'Honneur a few years ago).

Greece is fun, but they shouldn't win it really. Shame. I wonder how they got that old guy singing. Did one of the band bring their father to the rehearsals or something?

The Finish entry is nice too. She does play with the gay-straight issue at the end of her song. It's really funny because you have heard this about her and her boyfriend, singing 'marry me baby' and then she kisses her backing singer. Quite fun.

If there was an opera for Bram Stoker's Dracula, I think we should employ the Romanian guy, although maybe a counter tenor for Dracula is a bit camp.

[prendrelemick]

"A bit camp" is what Eurovision is all about.

I haven't heard the so called big 5 entries yet.

The Russian girl had the best voice, but the song was a bit ordinary.
The camera loved the Norwegian Girl, couldn't take my eyes off her.
Denmark had best song.
But let's hope an outsider comes through to win.

[cacian]

indeed camp is the word.
so what are the bets on who would be top and who would be nul point bottom of the table?

[LitNetIsGreat]

Mrs Neely keeps telling me things about the Eurovision...for some reason. Mrs Neely tells me that the Denmark song is very over-rated. That's about the only thing I can remember, I think I'm repressing it, something something about Malta. Oh and by accident I also put £3 on Belgium at around 350/1! Whoops.

[prendrelemick]

Neely, all this Mrs Neely said this, Mrs Neely said that! Step into the light.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Ha, ha, no thanks I'm stepping into the pub, or sitting upstairs with my chess books.

[prendrelemick]

Soooo who shall I vote for?

Malta
Hungary
Norway
Russia

I think it's going to be .................................................. .......Hungary. It's a song that gets in your head.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Jesus Christ, I've come downstairs because the 'singing' is 'over' and some of the biggest load of ****e is on while they count up the votes, shoot me please.

[Darcy88]

I get European radio in the wee hours of the morning and last night I heard a Eurovision song by a French act with a female vocalist. It was awesome. Can anyone tell me what it was? I'd appreciate it.

Edit: Never mind. I think this is it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfwa2A_aV5U L'enfer Et Moi by Amandine.

[prendrelemick]

HA! The French are refusing to speak in English - Bless

[prendrelemick]

And that's it for another year. But then as Johnnie Logan sang "What's another year?"


I thought the standard was very high this time - I mean the quality of the performers, I love the daft stuff, and I don't take any of it seriously, but it should be about the singing and the songs in the end.

[JuniperWoolf]

I just had some online friends show me what Eurovision is, talk about your different worlds. All those lights and people, it's all so grand and shiny, and and this is what I'm used to (filmed in my area, this is the most accurate film representation of rural Alberta culture ever created - this is my life ).

[prendrelemick]

^Aye, those boys are a few sequins short of a eurovision.


Though Denmark won, I bet that Norwegian girl gets the most internet hits.