Post by: loulou on May 07, 2007, 03:34:27 pm
The demonstrations are part of a campaign to pressure the former Soviet republic to withdraw from the contest.
Verka Serdyuchka, who pokes fun at middle-aged women, is loved by many people and is a cult icon in Ukraine.
Maybe some countries realise they just won't win so think they will have more of a a fun entrant.
Post by: wjp666 on May 07, 2007, 08:16:59 pm
no points for us again.
Post by: loulou on May 07, 2007, 08:18:05 pm
Post by: oldspice on May 07, 2007, 08:18:34 pm
Post by: loulou on May 07, 2007, 08:19:24 pm
Post by: Scarlet Passion on May 10, 2007, 06:38:19 pm
Bucks Fizz, and that nice guy from Ireland that won twice!
Who is so famous, that I don't know his name!!!!
Post by: smurfboy on May 10, 2007, 07:52:00 pm
Johnny Logan. He won in 1981 and 1987, and wrote the winner in 1992.
Post by: Scarlet Passion on May 10, 2007, 09:09:54 pm
Thankyou smurfboy.
Didn't know about him writing the winner in '92. Just read in a forum about this years entrant and some of the past winners, but couldn't remember his name.
Post by: loulou on May 11, 2007, 05:51:21 pm
Post by: loulou on May 12, 2007, 10:41:10 pm
Post by: wjp666 on May 13, 2007, 05:05:47 am
i was very disapponted we didn't get 'no points' - we truly deserved it this year.
and the winner? absolute rubbish!
(but terry wogan? what a star!)
Post by: oldspice on May 13, 2007, 09:19:44 am
The song I liked the best was Hungary's entry, followed by Lithunania. Our efforts were laughable but it's frightening that we got the same number of votes as the lunatic french entry which was a truly tragic performance.
I quite liked the Irish entry musically but the singing was awful.
The voting was, of course, as political as ever, indicated by Malta giving us an undeserved 12 points and Norway and Sweden giving each other full points, not to mention all the Baltic states voting for each other regardless of the quality of the songs.
All-in-all, a glorious olio of Europoean chic eccentricity and lunacy.
Post by: loulou on May 13, 2007, 12:44:10 pm
I wanted Greece to win and like wjp was hoping UK would go home with no points.
Post by: Forth Bridges on May 13, 2007, 01:29:24 pm
But Malta is Full of Brits!
Post by: oldspice on May 13, 2007, 01:46:02 pm
All-in-all, although the winner was no glamour puss, the song was Ok. Certainly better than many other offerings.
Post by: smurfboy on May 13, 2007, 02:39:27 pm
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Yes, it's official. Ronnie Corbet won the Eurovision song contest!
I knew she reminded me of someone!
I thought we should have won. Our entry was great fun, and compared to some of the dross on show it was top quality!
The voting system needs a radical overhaul. Semi-finalists who don't qualify for the final should not be allowed to vote in it, and 'one member one vote' also needs to be scrapped. Why should the vote of Monaco, home to the Grimaldis and about six other people, count for the same as the vote of Germany, France and the UK with populations of 60 million plus?
Post by: goldencup on May 13, 2007, 03:09:06 pm
Post by: Forth Bridges on May 13, 2007, 03:54:33 pm
espieacl that dam barbie woman!
Post by: smurfboy on May 13, 2007, 04:01:33 pm
The best bit was one of the 'life in Finland' intros - which featured Santa playing chess with a Moomin. Seriously.
Post by: loulou on May 13, 2007, 04:04:21 pm
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you NEVER mist Much !
espieacl that dam barbie woman!
Do you mean that squeaky loony in the pink dress?
Post by: smurfboy on May 13, 2007, 04:07:07 pm
Post by: loulou on May 13, 2007, 04:09:33 pm
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Terry wogan is right. Definitely a resemblance here. Post by: goldencup on May 13, 2007, 04:34:27 pm
Post by: oldspice on May 13, 2007, 05:25:30 pm
If we are honest, do you think we have been a bit greedy for the last 54 years, thinking that Europoean culture can be represented and measured by what is tasteful to western Europe?
I mean, now that the eastern European states have gained indepedence, are asserting themselves and having a bit of clout - we don't like it? Or is it that we think Eurovision should be as it has always been - chatchy, cosy, cheesy songs like Puppet On a String and, dare I say, last night's UK offering. Or am I being too intense again?
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on May 14, 2007, 09:11:07 am
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Yes, it's official. Ronnie Corbet won the Eurovision song contest!
Ah, I thought it was Jimmy Krankie.
I quite liked the French and Swedish entries ... pretty much all the songs I liked ended up in the bottom half of the table
Post by: goldencup on May 14, 2007, 09:37:20 am
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Quote from: oldspiceYes, it's official. Ronnie Corbet won the Eurovision song contest!pretty much all the songs I liked ended up in the bottom half of the table
I would take that as a compliment!
Post by: loulou on May 15, 2007, 10:08:56 pm
Countries voted for their neighbours rather than the best songs, Liberal Democrat MP Richard Younger-Ross said.
And the BBC should insist on voting changes or withdraw from the contest altogether, he added.
Serbia won Saturday's contest, while the UK was second from bottom, only receiving votes from Ireland and Malta.
Mr Younger-Ross said the present structure was a "joke", adding that votes were based "largely on narrow nationalistic grounds".
Post by: Scarlet Passion on May 16, 2007, 01:09:05 am
Apparently the christian church didn't like it, and various Catholic groups protested strongly to it.
I think it's pretty good, and a sight better than some of the songs that made it, but politics and religion won again!
And here was I thinking it was the Eurovision SONG contest.
And the song that had religious persons in a flap?
It was the Swiss entry called "Vampire's are Alive" by DJ Bobo.
But you can understand it really can't you? I mean, I am going to be convinced that Vampire's really are alive by a cheesy Eurovision pop song. So it must be banned before me and others like me are completely brainwashed!
Come on people.....Get a grip!
Post by: oldspice on May 16, 2007, 07:55:23 am
Just a thought.
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on May 16, 2007, 08:49:12 am
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Maybe those countries voted for each other because, being similar in lots of ways, they actually LIKED each other's songs. Could it be cultural preferences being expressed?Just a thought.
I have always thought that too, Oldspice.
Post by: smurfboy on May 16, 2007, 02:55:06 pm
Post by: loulou on May 16, 2007, 10:37:09 pm
Post by: oldspice on May 17, 2007, 07:56:01 am
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on May 17, 2007, 09:49:43 am
If the other countries paid more and we paid less into the competition we wouldn't be guaranteed a place in the contest, so we would never get through to the final and everyone would lose interest ... then we wouldn't get the pleasure of listening to Terry Wogan every year!
Post by: oldspice on May 17, 2007, 08:49:28 pm