Post by: minty on May 17, 2006, 12:20:55 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 17, 2006, 01:34:16 pm
I'm going to a Eurovision party to watch. The people hosting it are absolute fanatics - one of them could tell you the singers and writers of the Cyprus entry from 1991 without missing a beat!
I heard a few clips of the songs last night and Belgium have a good chance in my view. But the last few years Balkan countries have triumphed because of block voting and there's little anyone can do to stop it.
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on May 17, 2006, 02:27:17 pm
Post by: chocolate chick on May 17, 2006, 02:29:51 pm
Post by: goldencup on May 17, 2006, 03:09:19 pm
Post by: oldspice on May 17, 2006, 07:07:07 pm
Terry's wit makes it worth watching. Most of the songs are awful but it's compulsive so-bad-it's-good viewing.
Post by: Forth Bridges on May 17, 2006, 07:21:30 pm
I watch it just for wogan ( who is also back on UK godl this sudnay with is new tv show wogan new & old_
Post by: BONKERS on May 17, 2006, 08:07:07 pm
I think i'd rather eat my own vomit. By the way, the other night, as I was flicking through the channels on the telly, I came across TOTP2 and who else was on the show but Brotherhood of Man and their song Save Your Kisses. I nearly brought up my dinner. Was this song not an entry in 1973? Incidentally, I couldn't get the tune from my head all through the next day. I wanted to die!!!!
Post by: smurfboy on May 17, 2006, 08:40:06 pm
Post by: goldencup on May 17, 2006, 11:15:03 pm
(I will definitely give them a miss though).
Post by: loulou on May 17, 2006, 11:20:36 pm
Post by: BONKERS on May 18, 2006, 01:57:23 am
Post by: smurfboy on May 18, 2006, 02:20:53 am
Post by: oldspice on May 18, 2006, 07:38:19 am
Well, if you set aside the obviously memorable Waterloo, Congratulations, Puppet On A String and Bomm Bang-a-Bang, i have forgotten most of them!
The ones that come to mind are All Kinds Of Everything (Dana for Ireland), Knock, Knock, Who's There? (Mary Hopkin) and Come What May (Viki Leandros).
My absolute worse Brisitsh entry must be Power to All Our Friends (Cliff Richard 
)
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on May 18, 2006, 09:11:22 am
What is everyone's fave Eurovision song?
"Making your mind up" by Bucks fizz - it won the 1981 contest.
I loved Mike Nolan and was totally devastated when he was hurt in the tour bus crash.
"Love shine a light" by Katrina and the waves was also a great song. At the time (I think it was 1997) it set the record for the highest ever eurovision points score.
Post by: smurfboy on May 18, 2006, 01:03:49 pm
'Love Shine a Light' is a classic! And I'm glad you remember 'Come What May' Oldspice - it's a bit before my time, but a karaoke favourite of a friend and I really like it now!
Post by: minty on May 18, 2006, 06:34:04 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 18, 2006, 07:54:11 pm
Post by: on May 19, 2006, 10:01:51 am
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on May 19, 2006, 12:02:55 pm
Post by: on May 19, 2006, 12:18:22 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 19, 2006, 01:31:50 pm
Post by: on May 19, 2006, 01:46:23 pm
Post by: lemoneye on May 19, 2006, 02:36:25 pm
Russian entry is good. English entry, whilst could be considered terrible, is exactly the kind of thing that wins Eurovision.I like it. Belgium were very unlucky i thought to not qualify.
BH - English entry has schoolgirls in uniform...
Best English entry was from 1989 "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong" came second... should have won...
Post by: loulou on May 19, 2006, 09:03:34 pm
What did you learn at school today ?
That's what the teachers used to say
But they don't know
Don't understand, do they ?
Why do they always give advice ?
Saying "Just be nice, always think twice"
When it's been a long since they had a teenage life
Post by: oldspice on May 19, 2006, 09:07:30 pm
Post by: loulou on May 19, 2006, 09:18:29 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 19, 2006, 09:46:29 pm
They belong to the European Broadcasting Community.
I knew it was something like that.
Post by: oldspice on May 20, 2006, 09:26:05 am
Post by: smurfboy on May 20, 2006, 01:07:07 pm
Post by: oldspice on May 20, 2006, 02:36:36 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 20, 2006, 02:44:33 pm
Yes - and before you ask, she got her looks from her mother!
Post by: loulou on May 20, 2006, 03:10:50 pm
Post by: on May 20, 2006, 05:11:09 pm
Russian entry is good. English entry, whilst could be considered terrible, is exactly the kind of thing that wins Eurovision.I like it. Belgium were very unlucky i thought to not qualify.
BH - English entry has schoolgirls in uniform...
Best English entry was from 1989 "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong" came second... should have won...
It'll get my vote. Schoolgirls rule!
Post by: smurfboy on May 20, 2006, 08:13:28 pm
Post by: loulou on May 20, 2006, 08:14:15 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 20, 2006, 11:58:45 pm
Well that shows how good my prediction skills are! 
FINLAND??!?!?
Post by: loulou on May 21, 2006, 12:03:06 am
Post by: minty on May 21, 2006, 12:04:30 am
Post by: oldspice on May 21, 2006, 09:17:42 am
I turned the show off half way through the voting because I was just so disgusted with it.
Now the contest is totally dominated with East European entries who all vote for each other - it's a total sham.
Post by: on May 21, 2006, 09:57:04 am
Post by: chocadmin on May 21, 2006, 10:11:41 am
I agree with Bounty, it was a good song (I wouldn't like to call any of them the 'best' though, that's far too generous), and they put the effort in (that makeup must've been hard work under the lights). I was disappointed that all their pyrotechnics didn't burn the stage down though. As for all the political voting, it's been like that since before they went to phone voting, the winner is the one who can get a mix of votes despite all the political stuff going on (and yes that does mean we're not likely to do particularly well as we're not liked in Europe at the mo').
Wogan a laugh as ever, won't be surprised if he gets into trouble again "After 4000years of Greek music we end up with the bouzouki?!" 
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Post by: oldspice on May 21, 2006, 10:38:48 am
Post by: loulou on May 21, 2006, 10:39:56 am
Post by: on May 21, 2006, 10:41:30 am
Without him the show would be nothing. He's a genius.
Post by: loulou on May 21, 2006, 10:42:10 am
Post by: oldspice on May 21, 2006, 10:46:09 am
Post by: smurfboy on May 21, 2006, 02:12:57 pm
I wish now I'd played a drinking game - a shot every time one of the presenters said the show was 'amazing'.
They need to scrap countries who don't get past the semi-final being allowed to vote. You're supposedly not allowed to vote for your own country, but what's to stop someone living in Northern Spain popping to Andorra, or from Southern France to Monaco?
Post by: oldspice on May 21, 2006, 02:54:44 pm
They were a bit tongue-tied weren't they? I said to my husband "they need to join my synonym lesson, they'd go away with at least ten words that mean the same as amazing.
However, if they were presenting in their second language, they did pretty well. if I was presenting in French or Spanish, I would not get very far!
Post by: on May 21, 2006, 06:05:17 pm
I wish now I'd played a drinking game - a shot every time one of the presenters said the show was 'amazing'.
They need to scrap countries who don't get past the semi-final being allowed to vote. You're supposedly not allowed to vote for your own country, but what's to stop someone living in Northern Spain popping to Andorra, or from Southern France to Monaco?
I don't get you. Who isn't allowed to vote for their own country? How does moving countries make any difference?
Post by: smurfboy on May 21, 2006, 06:45:50 pm
Post by: on May 21, 2006, 07:43:03 pm
How do they know where people live? Surely it's not hard to receive German television from say Strasbourg, which is in France. I know when I've been in Sweden I've watched Norwegian TV programmes.
I'm not sure you've thought this through.
Post by: loulou on May 21, 2006, 07:47:01 pm
Post by: smurfboy on May 21, 2006, 08:08:06 pm
How do they know where people live? Surely it's not hard to receive German television from say Strasbourg, which is in France. I know when I've been in Sweden I've watched Norwegian TV programmes.
I'm not sure you've thought this through.
A) You make it sound like I thought the system up
and B) What you say proves my point exactly!
Post by: on May 21, 2006, 08:15:23 pm
I'm losing the plot here. Anyway, me and my bitch both thought Finland would win.
Post by: minty on May 21, 2006, 08:24:55 pm
Post by: loulou on May 21, 2006, 08:27:11 pm
Post by: on May 21, 2006, 08:29:06 pm
Post by: loulou on May 22, 2006, 12:53:50 am
Post by: oldspice on May 22, 2006, 07:55:25 am
Post by: on May 22, 2006, 09:51:57 am
Respect