Eurovision Thread

Amp34 · 13 May 2007 at 13:24

Jokester said:
It's voted for by the public.

Jokester

I reckon each year we are just voting for the song that will get us Nil points. We cant win so as we cant go out we may as well get zero each year.

daz · 13 May 2007 at 13:43

The only time we had a decent song and band in the last 10 years we destroyed the competition.

Beansprout · 13 May 2007 at 14:41

naffa said:
When will they learn that you need half decent music for a chance of doing well.

No you don't, you just need to be a tiny insignificant American-hating country with no stance on the world stage and not much else going for you

FirebarUK · 13 May 2007 at 14:53

It's voted for by the public.

Are you being serious? :eek:

This would explain why people continue to vote Labour!

daz · 13 May 2007 at 15:01

Beansprout said:
No you don't, you just need to be a tiny insignificant American-hating country with no stance on the world stage and not much else going for you

Like I said above, the last time we had a decent song and band we destroyed the competition... 227 points from 24 countries....

Of course, I'm a little biased.

Rosbif · 13 May 2007 at 15:22

I think the Irish will feel a bit hard done by this year since they gave the British some votes and the British responded with jack all, lol. I think the British will regret that come next year.

alexakasloth · 13 May 2007 at 15:26

I voted Ukraine

Butch lesbian harry potter shouldn't have won imo. I didn't think it was anything extrodinary.

Von Luck · 13 May 2007 at 15:34

I didn't vote but I thought the Georgian entry was excellent - cracking looking girl too.

Amp34 · 13 May 2007 at 15:43

daz said:
Like I said above, the last time we had a decent song and band we destroyed the competition... 227 points from 24 countries....

Of course, I'm a little biased.

Who was that?

And Georgia should have come better than it did, same with no 23 Armenia. Both were actually good songs! :eek:

As well as Apocoliptica? the ones singing during the vote count.

Edit: does anyone know where I canfind the actual list of who sang and in what order? I remember the numbers not the names of the countries.

daz · 13 May 2007 at 15:45

Amp34 said:
Who was that?

Katrina and the Waves.... my dad was the bassist lol... They were reluctant to do Eurovision in the first place... they're most well known for "Walking on Sunshine" though.

Amp34 · 13 May 2007 at 15:47

Ah yeah, have heard of them.

Stormrider · 13 May 2007 at 15:51

Amp34 said:
As well as Apocoliptica? the ones singing during the vote count.

Apocalyptica , who I first heard about when they released their album "Apocalyptica plays metallica by four cellos"

magick · 14 May 2007 at 14:10

Why was everyone in the audiance booing russia?

FirebarUK · 14 May 2007 at 15:05

Because they were absolutely crap and were just trying to get votes by putting some 'fresh bootay' up on stage.

Maybe that and their current standing politically etc? (Litvenko or whoever etc etc).

shifty_uk · 14 May 2007 at 15:08

I didn't watch it, and would never watch it but I have seen this "scooch" band on the Music channels - utter rubbish.....but the two girls are hot!

magick · 14 May 2007 at 15:21

FirebarUK said:
Because they were absolutely crap and were just trying to get votes by putting some 'fresh bootay' up on stage.

Maybe that and their current standing politically etc? (Litvenko or whoever etc etc).

I thought it might have something to do with politics, didn't think it would be expressed through eurovision. That aside I noticed all of russias neighbours were given them high points. Probably didn't want there gas supplies being turned off!

Neolink · 14 May 2007 at 15:22

magick said:
Why was everyone in the audiance booing russia?

Having spent quite a lot of time in Finland myself, I can tell you than a lot of Finnish people hate the Russians because of past conflicts and are still scared that Russia is going to do something again to them someday...and im guessing a lot of the audience were Finnish

jas72 · 14 May 2007 at 15:40

Neolink said:
Having spent quite a lot of time in Finland myself, I can tell you than a lot of Finnish people hate the Russians because of past conflicts and are still scared that Russia is going to do something again to them someday...and im guessing a lot of the audience were Finnish

not to mention the couple of 100 thousand land mines that russia has placed at the border.

magick · 14 May 2007 at 15:45

jas72 said:
not to mention the couple of 100 thousand land mines that russia has placed at the border.

At the finnish boarder? Is this to stop Finland invading and taking over Russia? I wouldn't have thought Finland would be up to the task. Or is it to stop the US invading via finland?

AJUK · 14 May 2007 at 15:49

Given that the UK has given the world all of the greatest music ever and no country can even come close to the superiority of British music. Does anyone suspect that we are deliberately entering crap so that we don't have the expense of running the whole circus?

Any Europhiles that spout their tosh about EU integration and the harmony of the nations of Europe (despite the majority of the contestants aren't even in EUrope :rolleyes:

) should be made to watch the competition so that they finally realise that Johnny Foreigner hates us.

We could have entered The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, The Smiths or Deep Purple and Ireland could have entered U2 and we would have still lost. UK, Germany, France and Spain put up the majority of the money, I say let the former commies pick up the bill in future and we should refuse to take part.

Nothing reinforces my hatred of the continentals more than Eurovision.