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Gill H
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Yes, it's time for the annual celebration of European music (??) making - from the camp to the earnest via the truly bizarre.
First semi-final tonight on BBC3 at 8pm. We can't vote in this one, so if Jedward go through you can't blame us.
Feel free to post your thoughts, comments, exclamations if incredulity, in fact all kinds of everything.
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The Great Gumby
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Are we playing the Eurovision Drinking Game?
Key change - have a drink Costume change - have a drink Circus act (e.g. clown, jugglers, acrobats) - have a drink Bizarre gimmicky prop - have a drink
Self-consciously ethnic music - drink of Guinness
Act which is clearly trying to copy a recent winner - 2 drinks
Wildly overblown pyrotechnics or fire on stage - drink of firewater
That should be enough to get us started. Any more?
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As usual the Maltese entry is reckoned a good outsider, but that has happened so often it is like football pundits backing Everton for the FA Cup.
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Alex Cockell
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Austrian entry - get seriously hammered. Have you SEEN it this year?
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balaam
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quote: Originally posted by The Great Gumby: Are we playing the Eurovision Drinking Game?
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That should be enough to get us started.
That should be enough to get us seriously hammered before we're half way through.
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Alex Cockell
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Cafe available for realtime - or there are the following IRC channels live - #eurovision on Quakenet, undernet, swiftirc...
Twitter hashtags #bbc3 #eurovision #esc #esc2012
31 minutes...
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Alex Cockell
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IRC option - #esc on euirc
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Gill H
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As is traditional, here is the commentary from the Hugal/Gill H household (sadly minus the presence of Nanny Ogg, who no longer lives near enough to pop round and join the hilarity).
This year's organisers have obviously been watching Disney's 'Tangled' as the flower logo is suspiciously similar to the magic flower in that. However, as the shouty host reminds us, we are actually in 'the land of wind and fire'. Er, yes... He is flanked by two Jessica Rabbit wannabes, one in black and one in red. And without more ado, it's straight into...
Montenegro: ah, this is why we watch. He's splendidly bonkers. Looking for all the world like a greasy-haired, sweaty Timothy Spall, he raps (after a fashion) about Europe, Euros and why he would like some, please. He has a Trojan horse on the stage with him. At one point he admits "I got no ambition/for high position/in competition". Oh good.
Iceland: obviously going for the Twilight fans. A scarily serious young chap with something of the night about him, singing with a pretty blonde who plays the violin. Folk meets Evanescence.
Greece: saving money by recycling a previous winner. This is 'My number 1' revisited, with thumping bouzoukis and scantily clad girls. Why change the formula now?
Latvia: her first line is "I was born in distant 1980" and the song is all about what a beautiful song this is, with references to Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney. They look like the cast of Mamma Mia.
Albania: I can only describe this lady as 'Bjork meets Piaf'. Her range is certainly impressive, indeed rather painful at times. Her hair is threatening to escape the cottage loaf on her head and strangle her. We wonder if she is perhaps the 'Once Upon A Time' version of Rapunzel.
Romania: it's carnival time! White-uniformed marching band including bagpipes and accordion, accompanying a girl in a tiny red dress.
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Gill H
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Switzerland: emo rock from a singer with an annoying yelpy voice. One of the band members makes a run for it mid-song, but is captured and brought back to pay for his crime. These guys obviously got to the communal hair gel before Jedward, and nicked most of it.
Belgium: a young girl in a white dress meanders through a power ballad. Pleasant enough but rather dull. Next!
Finland: she looks like the missing Avenger, with bright orange hair and a green dress with an enormous train. The song is vaguely folky, and for some reason in Swedish rather than Finnish. Obviously after the Swedish vote then.
Israel: back to the realms of the truly bizarre. They literally turn the clock back, and it looks like the staff of your local 50s-themed diner are singing 'Dream Lover' with a psychedelic overlay. The keyboard player is flirting with everyone except the greasy lead singer, who clearly is in love with himself.
San Marino: classic cheesy Euro-pop mixed with cutting-edge social commentary (?) on the social networking scene. "If you wanna come to my house, click me with your mouse." She keeps to the First Rule of Disco by referencing the "I Will Survive" chord progression, but will she have enough friends to get through?
Cyprus: an Ibiza-friendly summer anthem called 'La La Love'. She's standing on a dry stone wall with a big hole in the middle. The whole act resembles Katy Perry doing a Venus ad.
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Gill H
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Denmark: going for the Cheryl Cole 'military chic' look. The cellist clearly didn't have time to change and has turned up in jeans, sweatshirt and baseball cap. The song is a chirpy country-tinged ditty with an annoying lack of definite articles. "I miss you like Sahara misses rain" indeed. The backing singer is straddling the arm of large leather armchair, prompting mothers across Europe to shout "sit on that chair properly, you'll ruin it!" Towards the end they sneak in another Tangled reference with a visual of floating lanterns, but I'm afraid I don't see the light.
Russia: Yaay, the grannies! Looking like a Russian doll come to life, they wail an intro which has a rather uncertain relationship to the tune and the timing, then burst into the catchy chorus of "Party for everybody, dance!" Behind them is a smoking, rotating oven, which manages to produce a tray of cakes by the end of the song. According to the commentary, they have baked cakes for all the contestants this week. Adorable, and possibly unbeatable.
Hungary: a black-clad band called Compact Disco (ouch) do a plodding 80s-inspired mid-tempo number, accompanied by Harold from Neighbours on the keyboard.
Austria: rappers with a naughty name, and lyrics which are apparently less naughty than they sound. Pole dancers with light-up costumes try to enliven this Lady Gaga-style number which seems to be about noodle soup and strutting your stuff. Well, ya gotta have a gimmick.
Moldova: 1960s girls and a young boy singing about impressing girls with his trumpet. Ahem. The song is kind of ska meets swing, with an unexpected lurch into charleston.
Ireland: this show started with a splendidly bonkers singer, and now we have two for the price of one. Their trademark hair seems to have drooped sideways - insert your own joke here. They are dressed as lycra-clad knights, prompting me to wonder if there is a potential mash-up musical of Camelot and Starlight Express in the works. They indulge in their usual uncoordinated jumping around, then the obligatory 'heads back' shot and end by standing in the fountain. The song (unlike last year) is actually pretty catchy, and I fear they have a good chance. However, the fountain puts on a more impressive show than they do. [ 23. May 2012, 06:09: Message edited by: Gill H ]
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Gill H
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And after some interviews (including one with 'The Hump' who is being cautiously neutral about everyone, but seems to have sparked the interest of the Russian grannies) we have the qualifiers:
Romania Moldova Iceland Hungary Denmark Albania Cyprus Greece Russia Ireland
And with that it's back to boring old real life until Thursday.
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Given that the likelihood of Ireland winning the Eurovision has always been in inverse proportion to the health of the Irish economy I'm backing us this year. Go Jedward
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The Great Gumby
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Gill, you forgot to mention that the Romanian bagpiper dressed completely in white was moonwalking - the icing on the cake of randomness, and surely worthy of comment.
Most of the losers were completely forgettable, but Austria and Israel were brilliantly nutty. If anyone missed them, try to watch on iPlayer or something, because words can't do justice.
I must admit, I quite liked the Greek song. They always seem to do quite well, but considering the potential cost of hosting next year, don't expect them to get many points from Germany.
Jedward might get some votes, but mainly on the basis that they seem to have decided to come back every year until they win.
As for Russia, what can you say? All very sweet, with a touching backstory and an impressively random gimmick (they could only top it by cutting themselves in half and stacking themselves up inside each other), but they couldn't hold a note to save their lives. Is this a song contest, or a charity drive?
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LeRoc
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I'm not following this, but have the Netherlands embarrassed themselves already, or is that going to be later?
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The Great Gumby
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The Netherlands are up 3rd in tomorrow night's second semi-final.
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Beethoven
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I hadn't realised there were semis on through the week - disappointed I missed last night's now! YouTube is my friend, though (I think!). I loved the Finnish song - and was interested to hear the accent as the only previous Finnish Swedish I've listened to was the Moomins! - but as for those Russian Grannies, what on EARTH was going on there?!? I'm baffled!
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Alex Cockell
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quote: Originally posted by Beethoven: I hadn't realised there were semis on through the week - disappointed I missed last night's now! YouTube is my friend, though (I think!). I loved the Finnish song - and was interested to hear the accent as the only previous Finnish Swedish I've listened to was the Moomins! - but as for those Russian Grannies, what on EARTH was going on there?!? I'm baffled!
If you're in the UK, they're likely to be on iPlayer.
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LeRoc
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quote: The Great Gumby: The Netherlands are up 3rd in tomorrow night's second semi-final.
I understand we have a hippie girl of Turkish descent wearing 'indian' headgear.
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Beethoven
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True, Alex, but that would need me to find enough hours to sit & watch them. Ah well, I know in time for tonight's, so that'll have to do. (And let's be honest, even of the ones that make it to the final, there'll be several that you'd only ever want to have to sit* through once, so Saturday night should do just fine for them!)
*Sit, in some cases, being used in the wider sense of 'ooh, time to make a cup of tea, I think'... [ 23. May 2012, 11:56: Message edited by: Beethoven ]
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Anselmina
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There's no topping Gill H's impressive and accurate summary of the talent on show last night. So just a few of my own impressions.
Montenegro: this guy reminded me of the drunk stuck-in-the-80's uncle, always a standard feature of every family get-together, who will insist on 'getting down with the kids'. He clearly had some 'important' things to say about life, but sadly, 'can I have the shower before I go on stage, please' wasn't one of them.
Latvia: the girl 'born in distant 1980' managed to alienate just about everyone over the age of 32, I imagine. All downhill from there.
Albania: the Rapunzel girl will need Strepsils and throat surgery if she keeps singing like that. Unless her vocal folds are made of cast iron or concrete. It's possible she'll find giving birth less strenuous. I'm sure I developed a hernia simply watching her.
Israel: the Lead singer squirmed a lot. Made me squirm a lot. He was like a very, very, very camp Marc Almond (and Marc Almond was camp). The keyboard player who, as Gill H said, was very flirty, did begin by giving him a kiss, or a hug I think? But she was very clearly wasting her time.
Other blurred recollections: - an extremely tall female in a blue dress - for one moment I honestly thought she was a bloke - surrounded by shorter females (Greece) tediously referencing Eurovision and her future conversations with Sir Mick Jagger. - trance beats; - disco including 'OoooOH, OoooOH!; - Russian grannies. Proof - if ever it was needed - that Russia really doesn't have to make any effort at all to gain the satellite nations' vote. If your ex-oppressor conquering, nuclear-armed, politically aggressive neighbour sends a bunch of wavery-voiced WongaDotCom-alikes to the competition, you know it makes sense. They did seem to be having fun, though, which was rather sweet; - a bra-less female drummer with active and rythmical frontage, and another female musician with a generous display of bosom that renders it difficult for me (a straight woman) to remember if it was actually a double-bass she was playing or some other instrument? - Jedward performing a rather good song, rather unimpressively. If they'd only stop feckin' jumping around like 4 year olds on blue Smarties. They don't seem to realize they are up against people who can actually really sing. But I like them, too, I admit, because they seem to enjoy themselves so much.
There are a couple of good songs and nice singers, but I think most of the weird stuff that used to make Eurovision great fun on the night, has probably been filtered out eg, like the Schittzentracken guys (Austria?).
Roll on Thursday!
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Nanny Ogg
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Sadly I can only watch on iplayer as I have not TV but I caught up with it this morning
It was the usual Eurovision mix of good, bad and and downright ridiculous. I'm not surprised Finland, Israel, Montenegro and Austria did not get through and am surprised that Albania did so (political voting?)
The singing grannies were wonderful and I'm sure I saw Nanny Ogg amongst them giving it her all! Any group that bakes cakes on stage deserves to win
Questions - will Cyprus complete their dry stone wall before the final? Will Jedwards "armour" rust after jumping in a fountain? Can Moldova's singing blacksmith wear his leather apron the right way round?
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The Great Gumby
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quote: Originally posted by Nanny Ogg: Will Jedwards "armour" rust after jumping in a fountain?
I'm pretty sure Ireland saved a few bob on the costumes by borrowing some Starlight Express memorabilia. quote: Can Moldova's singing blacksmith wear his leather apron the right way round?
Was he meant to be a blacksmith? I thought he was dressed as Young Indiana Jones.
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Alex Cockell
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Bumping thread for tonight..
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I am saving myself for the final - will watch some heats in retrospect.
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Sarasa
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I zipped through Tuesday's on iplayer. I thought the Albanian woman was chanelling Elsa Lanchester in The Bride of Frankenstein, the keyboard woman from Israel and the Austrian rapper in the hat ought to form a double act for next year, neither of them seemed to know exactly what they were supposed to be doing, and that the Russian Grannies were probably the oddest thing I'd ever seen. I'd also managed never to have seen Jedward before....
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The Great Gumby
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quote: Originally posted by LeRoc: quote: The Great Gumby: The Netherlands are up 3rd in tomorrow night's second semi-final.
I understand we have a hippie girl of Turkish descent wearing 'indian' headgear.
Er, yes. And the song might have been quite pleasant if she had been able to hold a note. Half the time, I couldn't even tell what note she was aiming for. Then again, that didn't seem to hinder the entries from Albania and Russia (for example).
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Gill H
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Here is the second semi-final commentary from the Peter H/Gill H household:
Serbia: Moody ethnic violins and oboes introduce a solemn young man who seems to be singing something about doggie poo. It picks up pace a little after a while, and settles into the usual ethnic folky vibe. I find myself wondering why they all look like Apprentice contestants, and who will be fired first.
FYR Macedonia: semi-operatic earnestness and overdone hand-gestures – a sort of ‘Don’t Cry For Me Macedonia’. But what’s this? Suddenly she’s turned into a belty-voiced rock chick. More violins, and the poor guitarist looks as if he’s in serious pain.
Netherlands: a young lady in a Native American headdress, backed by a country band of good ol’ boys. Noel Coward once observed that her homeland was ‘Very flat’ and unfortunately this also describes her singing. Painful.
Malta: crowd-pleasing dance anthem, sung by a cheekie chappie who’s brought along a fake DJ. The real selling point is a nifty little dance move which I’m sure will be sweeping the clubs next week. Well, it worked for Brotherhood of Man...
Belarus: a rocky number from some boys in chain mail, fronted by some impressively elaborate mike stands. They later demonstrate how these can be used as an ergonomically designed back support when playing the guitar in a near-horizontal position. Now that’s something I would stay up to watch on a shopping channel.
Portugal: a land forever associated with … the tango? Some mistake surely? Alas, the song never develops into a full-blown, leg-flicking battle, and instead we have to make do with a lady in gold leopard print (mmm, classy) backed by some moody middle-aged blokes, who I’m sure included Captain Kirk.
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Gill H
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Ukraine: the singer’s dress has more fringing than a car wash, and a large bunch of pink flowers has got stuck in her hair. She bellows rather scarily that “You can be my guest”, and is soon joined by some men in dresses, who are merrily swinging trumpets around. Towards the end a virtual flashmob joins them on screen, in the first of tonight’s attempts to get round the ‘only six people on stage’ rule.
Bulgaria: she’s either a Sleazyjet air hostess or a Roman slave girl, I can’t decide which. She sings a dancey little number about love in ten different languages, clearly trying to cover all the bases.
Slovenia: a raven-haired young lady who has clearly gone to a bridal wear sale with her chums. I don’t know what’s more worrying, the bit where she is stalked by a creepy blonde woman, or the fact that her opening line appears to be “I believe this will be Chesney Hawkes”.
Croatia: a woman in black sings an anguished ballad, clearly oblivious to the men in black net vests and black skirts who are wafting around behind her. What is it with men in skirts tonight? They bring out a big white cloth but don’t manage to capture her.
Sweden: first appearance of the traditionally overpowered wind machine. The poor girl looks in serious need of some anti-frizz serum and a nice warm coat – particularly as a snowstorm begins to descend. Suddenly she’s grabbed by a ninja dancer who battles with her for the rest of the number.
Georgia: a mysterious red-robed monk appears, prowling around the stage and singing operatically. Suddenly he casts his cloak aside, to reveal an enthusiastic young chap in the blingiest top I’ve seen all night. He skips around the stage accompanied by his backing singers, who are clad in glittery basques, and I suspect sporting the odd sign of five o’clock shadow. The singer has a go on the drums and piano before building to a frenzied finale. Camp-tastic indeed.
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Gill H
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Turkey: a chirpy young sailor backed by a load of dancing men with bat-wings. Some bizarre Batman/Popeye crossover musical perhaps? The bats get more and more crazy, and eventually fashion their wings into a nifty boat to allow our hero to sail to freedom.
Estonia: a smiley chap with a hint of Gary Barlow about him. The ballad is rather plodding, but we enliven it by singing “Can’t Smile Without You” at the same time, as it has exactly the same chords.
Slovakia: 1980s hair metal has arrived in Slovakia, apparently. There’s a lot of screaming and shouting, and a rather casual relationship to anything that might be called a tune. And is that Puck from Glee on the drums?
Norway: a trance-flavoured crowd pleaser by a young man in a hoodie, who reminds us scarily of Charlie Sheen in Hot Shots. For some reason this sounds rather Turkish.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: a blonde pianist in goth-inspired shoulder pads. Evidently when teenage vampires grow out of emo, they move over to easy listening.
Lithuania: a last—minute return to classic Euro-camp. The singer wears a sparkly blindfold for the first part of the song, and we can tell where this one’s going by the inevitable “I Will Survive” chord progression wheeled out yet again. We end with a burst of disco, and the appearance of tonight’s second group of virtual backing dancers. This time they’re doing the ‘staircase’ Halifax ad, for some reason.
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balaam
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Just seen semi-final one on i>Player quote: Originally posted by Nanny Ogg: The singing grannies were wonderful and I'm sure I saw Nanny Ogg amongst them giving it her all! Any group that bakes cakes on stage deserves to win
Baking cakes in a pizza oven that has its own dance routine? Definitely witchcraft going on.
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Gill H
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And that’s it, apart from some recaps, more plugs for ‘the Hump’ and an interval act which wheels on the previous five winners:
Beardy Boy, Harriet Potter, Tucker from Grange Hill, Tuneless Teutonic Woman, and last year’s unmemorable duetters.
We’re reminded yet again that ‘Fairytale’ is the only decent song to have won in the last five years, and we finish with an end-of-term, out-of-tune and scared-to-death rendition of ‘Waterloo’. Because we can.
And now there’s nothing left but the unnecessarily flirty announcer telling us the qualifiers:
Lithuania Bosnia & Herzegovina Serbia Ukraine Sweden FYR Macedonia Norway Estonia Malta Turkey
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Alex Cockell
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46 minutes to go...
Anyone joining in the cafe? Or other realtime method of commenting?
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Surfing Madness
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Just re-listening to "Fairytale" to get myself in the mood! Not seen any of the semi's so no idea what to expect this year. As ever will be pleased if Norway or the UK do well.
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Just joining - don't leave
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Miffy
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Daughter's home for the weekend and is forcing me to watch. Do, you know, I'd not even realised that Terry Wogan had left four years ago!
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Alex Cockell
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quote: Originally posted by Miffy: Daughter's home for the weekend and is forcing me to watch. Do, you know, I'd not even realised that Terry Wogan had left four years ago!
Joining us in the cafe?
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Miffy
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Too much multitasking,thanks. Just using my laptop AS a laptop, watching the TV and keeping up with daugther on her laptop is making my head go round and round! I'll stick to popping in the odd post here.
Right...those Russian Grannies get my vote!
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Just got terribly excited over the Estonian entry, (daughter is off on hols there next week), til she pointed out that he was singing in French!
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quote: Originally posted by Alex Cockell: 46 minutes to go...
Anyone joining in the cafe? Or other realtime method of commenting?
Just to say (in light of other threads) I didn't intend to leave the cafe without saying goodbye on my first visit on thursday - my laptop overheated and shut down on me, so had to settle for RL and tv not multi tasking!
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Miffy
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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!
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quote: Originally posted by Surfing Madness: I always want there to be a dress change during the song, Turkey with the boat moment was the closest that we got!
I know, it's shameful. There were hardly any key changes either. Do these people have no respect for the fine traditions of Eurovision?
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quote: Originally posted by The Great Gumby: I know, it's shameful. There were hardly any key changes either. Do these people have no respect for the fine traditions of Eurovision?
Have to say was disappointed at the lack of cheese, and also the amount of dance music that was going on.
What did other people think?
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The cheese was mostly filtered out at semi-final stage, sadly.
I thought there was a lot of trancy-dancy music, too - a bit lazy, imo. But maybe inevitable.
I was also a bit sad that one of the (very) many 'shouty' singers won. Gothic Rave vs. funeral? At least she was dressed for both, just in case .
Poor Humpledink Inkerflump should've got a few more points. The UK song was very sweet, and would probably have won in 1962, or if sung by a wispily-dressed 15 year old blond girl with a pretty lisping accent.
I would feel sorry for Jedward, too, but I have a feeling egos won't be bruised for too long!
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