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I am a tiny bit gutted
I missed the Eurovision semis etc on BBC3 the other day. Sounded class.
the french band
is really awful...
if the semis are anything to go by
this should be fantastic
but all the worst bands from the semi-finals qualified
like the serbian one, which was just bizarre. a lady being groped by lots of other ladies.
i want ukraine to win. maybe. or else, er. turkey! yeah.
Georgia was good
Also, you gotta love that former-Soviet voting bloc thing they've got going on
yes!
not a single country from western europe qualified from the semi-finals. well maybe their songs were just the worst but political voting is far more likely.
belgium and andorra should totally have gone through. they were ace.
:'(
poor Belgium
as for tonight.. Sweden FTW?
They may get a decent share of the lady vote and the gayboy vote but yeah - it's mainly about the politics
Sweden might do well.
But I think Spain have a propa chance. They are pretty boys.
(also, I just found out the greatest thing ever. Paul Harrington, who won in 1994 with this rubbish song http://youtube.com/watch?v=_fNhDhtpOH8 is my dad's colleague. lol.)
ALSO
that was the third year in a row Ireland won, so this rubbish, rubbish song had probably been specially selected to lose. and yet it still won. crazy stuff.
I have a semi
and it IS fantastic.
please tell me israel got through
that was one of the funniest things i've ever heard!
wrong board.
sourpuss
put on your white suit and get those synchronised dance moves in motion
It'll be my second eurovision without wogan
but I can't remember what the french commentary is like. The BBC said the belgians hate it (as do some of the french)
does that mean it's good then?
this is great
I'm watching the Lordi fire and Ice intro while listening to Phantom by Justice
perfect
wogan interrupting every 6 seconds
priceless.
Stuff
is going to go BOOM during every song, isn't it?
Not with the Irish
Oh man. what a cheese-fest.
ireland only won when
we were poor.it was what we had to live for.
Ireland
will do ANYTHING not to win again, won't they?
i didn't know evanescence were from finland!
lead singer
WOULD
i didnt know cat deeley was from macedonia!
I didn't know Julliete Lewis was from Slovenia!
that was grade A shite
i didnt know sue from mel and sue was from hungary!
I thought it was one of the cheeky girls
WTF are they doing singing the blues?
good voice though
well done sue.
its sue night!
here's sue diamond, didnt know she was from lithuania!
Quite liking this
Greek song
greeki martin
Greece rules!
Love the sleazy Space Captain outfit.
One day everyone will dress like this.
this georgia one
is like that Shirley Bassey dance remix from a few years back. Not bad!
wow!
since when did the french allow english words in their songs? I thought they despised that idea
still a bad song though
massive LOL
at France. What the fuck!? Nil points
I think it's brilliant.
One of the worst eurovision songs
ever and thats saying something!
what could you expect from a band called
Fatals Picards...
YES
The butlers got though. This song is great. Latvia for the win!
Oooh nuns!
yay russia!
LOL
why is there a guitarist on stage for russia?
i'm voting for russia
hott
put a cherry on my cake
and taste my cherry pie.
Filthy.
^ This
Hotness
russian girls are hot
russian songwriting :(
When's Daz Sampson on?
Mute them
also i saw a guitar but didnt hear one? lol
I'm watching with subtitles
The Russians used the word 'bitches' in the chorus.
Check the Serbian Jarvis Cocker
Oh dear...
fuck russia
its all about harriet potter from serbia!
Serbia: cheer up for fuck's sake
See also: that Amy Lee lookalike from earlier.
I'm going to be so embarrassed when we are on
it is actually the worst song of the lot (so far)
Lesbians much?
Serbia women are truley scary
MOOMINS!
WTF
UKRAINE FTW!!!!!!!!
Oh shit
Looks what follows Ukraine...
gentlemen
we have a wiener
Anysong that goes wooo woo anywhere
deserves to win!
I actually fell off my chair
when it randomly went WOOP WOOP
how can England follow that?
in the camp hyper-pop stakes we're not even close
YES!
Stop the contest now and give it to Ukraine.
LOL
Here's another Sue. Well Su. Su Pollard.
Hi-Di-Hi from the 25th century!
Oh god yes!
This is fantastic. I'm not even drunk, and I think it's fantastic. BRILLIANT
I'm getting there
...and that one HAS to win.
Sieben Sieben
EINE ZWEI!
Scooch
I am so embarrassed to be British.
they're doing us proud.
flying the flag
:D
"flying high in Amsterdam" , eh?
I reckon they're actually
drug-addicted nymphomaniacs...
actuaLOL...
:)
Makes you proud to be British
Pull FIRMLY on the red chors
this is just pure smut.
chord*
^
I'm sorry Royaume Uni
you've got no chance
At least
it pissed off justin hawkins
this is embarrassing
even by Eurovision standards.
Nil points coming up!
I'm literally in hysterics...
hahaha
where the hell
did the two women dressed as bucks fizz come from? i dont remember them from a radio one roadshow circa 1998
U say that
but europeans love that sort of sound, however they dont like us so we would get close to nill even if we enterd Radiohead.
On another note whats the point of the accoustic guitar in the romanian entry?
"Would you like something to suck on for landing?"
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
nil points
HAHAHAA
The french rapper in the romanian group! genius.
Seriously, these look like the kind of guys who'd get kicked out of G.A.Y for being "too queer".
"Even Italy"?
this one could actually be worse
looks like a prison christmas production.
Romania
Pandering for votes. Disgraceful!
oh my...
:D
Kevin Keegan is drumming for Bulgaria
????
Ah
Let Romania have it if Ukraine don't.
Lol @ Wogan.
is this a cover of there there by radiohead?
by alanis morrisette
and ron wood.
They've saved all the crazy stuff for the end
This is much better.
Is that a mullet?
This song's bassline only has one note.
amazing.
RAVE ON!
It's "Smack My Bitch Up"!
LOL
It is as well! I was wondering why I was beginning to love it
lol french commentators
sheck eet sheck eet
That wass actually pretty
amazing haha, it grew on me n the tounges he spoke at the end made me laugh my head off.
Stealthy was on the train
fantastic
now bamos is singing
Yes Turkey, we know you want EU membership
Doesn't mean you have to sing in English.
or do a justin timberlake impression...
Terrible
Makes me want to never ever go in a kebab shop ever again! o wait :S
shake it up shake it in
tell me what you're thinking.
is eurovision sponsored by nokia this year?
or is it just because its from finland?