Eurovision 2015 - Vienna

[toblerone3]

The Austrian one deserved what it got but I thought the German one was good enough for a top 10 finish, certainly loads better than many that finished higher. Eurovision, bloody hell!

I liked the way that the piano burst into flames halfway through the Austrian performance. It impressed me. The German lass spent half the song sticking her bum in the camera.

 

[Dr. Furface]

I liked the way that the piano burst into flames halfway through the Austrian performance. It impressed me. The German lass spent half the song sticking her bum in the camera.

Worked for me!

 

[not-bono-ever]

absence of novelty aside, it was the most gripping eurovison for a while - and good to see politcal voting working the other way for once.MY 13 yo boy is obsessed with this ( as was I at his age ) - he said that the winning country should get the presidency of the EU for the next year- I have to get my head around this, but he may have a sorta point in terms of vox pops.

Im happy with Sweden winning , but it does fuck up my plans for a EV party at home next time, as I am now being hassled to take them to the final next year....

first world problems

 

[quimcunx]

Having had another watch I think the Swedish win was well-deserved and Belgium although I applaud it for being a bit more original wasn't quite winning material. I also think the UK entry deserved to do better.

 

[weltweit]

I preferred Australia to Sweden

Didn't really like Russia's song that much.

Bit of a slap in the face for Germany though none of the popular vote at all.

Graham Norton was alright.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Said it before and I'll day it again Depeche Mode for next year's UK entry.

Hugely popular in Eastern Europe and Germany and who wouldn't want to see tattooed rock god Dave Gahan gyrating sweatily around the stage with his shirt off!!

 

[Vintage Paw]

While brand recognition clearly works, I think people more and more are voting for that one song they genuinely really like. How hard can it be to find someone in the UK to write a really good fucking belter, and get someone - even if they're unknown - with a cracking set of pipes to sing it?

 

[5t3IIa]

We are the heroes of our time tum te tum te tum and we're dancing with the something in our minds woah oh woah oh woah

 

[Libertad]

It was all a bit shit really. My evening was saved by genuine lulz from you wrong'uns on here.

 

[5t3IIa]

While brand recognition clearly works, I think people more and more are voting for that one song they genuinely really like. How hard can it be to find someone in the UK to write a really good fucking belter, and get someone - even if they're unknown - with a cracking set of pipes to sing it?

I highly suspect that the UK Eurovision 'committee' is as murky as FIFA and have got it all sown up in some nefarious we-get-profit-if-we-never-win way. It's the only explanation for us being so genuinely shite every single time, and Walking On Sunshine lady doesn't count

 

[Saffy]

I passed out and missed the end in true Eurovision style.
This is the third year in a row I've done this!

 

[Maurice Picarda]

My daughters, who lap up cooking contests and singing contests and performing dog contests - and that's pretty much all that light entertainment has to offer, these days - have no interest in Eurovision at all. None. I don't think that any of their friends do, either. You people, you creatures of the 80s, you are the last Eurovision generation, and in twenty years time there will be nothing worth advertising to you but stairlifts, and the whole sorry thing can grind to a halt.

 

[5t3IIa]

My daughters, who lap up cooking contests and singing contests and performing dog contests - and that's pretty much all that light entertainment has to offer, these days - have no interest in Eurovision at all. None. I don't think that any of their friends do, either. You people, you creatures of the 80s, you are the last Eurovision generation, and in twenty years time there will be nothing worth advertising to you but stairlifts, and the whole sorry thing can grind to a halt.

It's not for kiddies, is it? Its full of French women crying about their villages and glitter sprayed whales in ball gowns. Not POP MUSIC like 11 year olds like. Play them the winner - Regan might get strange funny feelings in her tummy, like I got off Han Solo.

 

[Dr. Furface]

My daughters, who lap up cooking contests and singing contests and performing dog contests - and that's pretty much all that light entertainment has to offer, these days - have no interest in Eurovision at all. None. I don't think that any of their friends do, either. You people, you creatures of the 80s, you are the last Eurovision generation, and in twenty years time there will be nothing worth advertising to you but stairlifts, and the whole sorry thing can grind to a halt.

I hated it when I was a kid too, that's normal - you wouldn't have caught me staying in on a Saturday night for a stupid song contest lasting 4 hours!

 

[Lord Camomile]

I hated it when I was a kid too, that's normal - you wouldn't have caught me staying in on a Saturday night for a stupid song contest lasting 4 hours!

You would have caught me doing that

Always preferred staying in anyway

 

[SovietArmy]

My favourite was Montenegro song nah sadly did got good points and I did liked Romanian as well.

 

[Vintage Paw]

I had a really interesting conversation with my Swedish friend earlier (and a voice actor from one of my favourite video games, but I'll leave the fangirling for elsewhere), and she said that they figure we just don't take it seriously, but are continually confused as to why we insist on sending such shit each year. She said "think of the artists you COULD send!"

She's right. We've got a lot of talent in the music industry. We could wipe the floor with the competition. But it's a chicken and egg situation: they don't want to do it because it seems naff; so we accept we send shit and stop taking it seriously, and think of it merely as being naff; so artists don't want to do it because it seems naff...

They used to not take it seriously, apparently, but she said now they take it DEADLY serious, and all the really good and serious acts are FIGHTING over each other to get to represent them. They're in it to win it. Super serious style.

I told her we're effectively in self-preservation mode now: we go for the lols and we always come home happy. But honestly, while I love how we see it as ridiculous, I really, really wish we could be more a proper part of it and actually embrace what every other country thinks about it. Fucking British, always trying to be aloof and different. Fuck the British.

 

[weltweit]

Dunno what all the fuss is about, Sweden wasn't actually that good!

 

[stavros]

A sad lack of bonkersness this year, as I think has already been mentioned. The UK were probably the most outlandish and reasonably enjoyable, even if it was probably the least original song in there.

I still reckon we should really fuck with the system, a bit like Finland and Lordi, and enter someone like Autechre or Fuck Buttons.

 

[5t3IIa]

I bought it! 99p!! Fuck alone knows how the charts work now but presume he was either #1 today or on Wednesday :/

 

[quimcunx]

I had a really interesting conversation with my Swedish friend earlier (and a voice actor from one of my favourite video games, but I'll leave the fangirling for elsewhere), and she said that they figure we just don't take it seriously, but are continually confused as to why we insist on sending such shit each year. She said "think of the artists you COULD send!"

She's right. We've got a lot of talent in the music industry. We could wipe the floor with the competition. But it's a chicken and egg situation: they don't want to do it because it seems naff; so we accept we send shit and stop taking it seriously, and think of it merely as being naff; so artists don't want to do it because it seems naff...

They used to not take it seriously, apparently, but she said now they take it DEADLY serious, and all the really good and serious acts are FIGHTING over each other to get to represent them. They're in it to win it. Super serious style.

I told her we're effectively in self-preservation mode now: we go for the lols and we always come home happy. But honestly, while I love how we see it as ridiculous, I really, really wish we could be more a proper part of it and actually embrace what every other country thinks about it. Fucking British, always trying to be aloof and different. Fuck the British.

Maybe the thing is that if you are famous in Sweden a win at eurovision can mean an increase in fame and record sales across Europe. Mans has released 4 albums, two of them were 'also released in Poland'. UK bands don't need Eurovision to do this. They have more to lose from failure than gain from winning. He competed in Sweden's version of pop idol singing almost all English language songs. As your friend says, think of the acts we could send. She already knows lots of UK artists.

Does it matter that we don't win at Eurovision? Since it started 52 countries have competed and 25 countries have won it so half haven't. In any one year you only have a 1/40 or so chance of winning. The UK have won 5 times. They didn't get many points in the final but these days there are semi-finals which they could have failed to get through. Can we not let those countries who don't already dominate the music industry have this one thing?

 

[Epona]

It's not for kiddies, is it? Its full of French women crying about their villages and glitter sprayed whales in ball gowns. Not POP MUSIC like 11 year olds like. Play them the winner - Regan might get strange funny feelings in her tummy, like I got off Han Solo.

I hope to fuck you are referring to some graphic that I missed, and not what I think you are saying. I probably wouldn't have picked that out if it weren't for another comment that you made last night that I felt was inappropriate.

 

[Plumdaff]

I don't understand why we don't at least send someone who can belt out a tune properly. There's The Voice finalists with nothing to do, might get them a single in Europe. Instead we get past its or acts I presume the committee found working at a Haven holiday park.

 

[Tony_LeaS]

I don't understand why we don't at least send someone who can belt out a tune properly. There's The Voice finalists with nothing to do, might get them a single in Europe. Instead we get past its or acts I presume the committee found working at a Haven holiday park.

Well if we wanna piss Europe off more we could send the Butlins Redcoats.

 

[ska invita]

just watched...

See, Australia have never fucking done this before, first time they've been allowed to the party, but that was damned textbook: polite opening exchange, then no fuss, straight to the points. Boom.

Europe, take note

be careful what you wish for! the voting is probably the best bit now of modern eurovision - it was always great tbf (since they had video voting anyhow) - if europe ever gets rid of its cheesy presenters to give the scores then eurovision is sunk once and for all. we even had cut-outs this year - oldskool!

We are the heroes of our time tum te tum te tum and we're dancing with the something in our minds woah oh woah oh woah

i think it might be 'demons in our minds' - pretty dark eh! i guess sweden is the home of existentialism....