Eurovision 2021
- Thread starter MrCurry
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WouldBe
Dislicksick
Perhaps we could enter Ozzy Osbourne for the next one.
What went wrong with Norway? 9th from bottom must be a step up for them.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
I'm lobbying for Depeche Mode next year.
Very popular in Eastern Europe!! Martin L. Gore likes wearing outrageous winged outfits. Bare chest and tattoo action from Dave.
They've got Eurovision written all over them!!
Very popular in Eastern Europe!! Martin L. Gore likes wearing outrageous winged outfits. Bare chest and tattoo action from Dave.
They've got Eurovision written all over them!!
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
What went wrong with Norway seemed to be that the fact I liked it meant normal people hated it. I’m used to that with my dodgy musical tastes. I’m sure they will learn their lesson and send Keiino next year anyway.Perhaps we could enter Ozzy Osbourne for the next one.
What went wrong with Norway? 9th from bottom must be a step up for them.
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
gosub
~#
Eurovision written all over them ? Thats some really crap tattoo action
Steel Icarus
we move
I struggled to avoid making a lewd joke about both the bassist and the singer, possibly the drummer too tbhUnfortunate typo there
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
Really enjoyed this year's show. Lot's of great stuff. Best for me were Switzerland, Ukraine and Lithuania but pleased that Italy won.
The voting was super tense and exciting!
Thought our entry was generally rubbish. I mean the song itself was not too bad but the staging was just so dull compared to everything else. Absolutely no surprise at the nil point there.
Amanda Holden was excruciating with her "ooh look I can say some words in funny foreign".
The voting was super tense and exciting!
Thought our entry was generally rubbish. I mean the song itself was not too bad but the staging was just so dull compared to everything else. Absolutely no surprise at the nil point there.
Amanda Holden was excruciating with her "ooh look I can say some words in funny foreign".
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
She was a disgrace.
The UK truly are the Millwall of Europe, more hated than Israel.
smmudge
i know the smudge is true
Initially my heart was with Iceland. Shame their song this year wasn't as good as last year's, they must have felt like everything was against them for their Eurovision journey!
Liked: Lithuania, Sweden, Malta, Russia. Italy were good. Didn't mind Germany that much! Or Netherlands.
Skipped through: France, Switzerland, Ukraine of the high scoring ones.
Ultimately happy with the result though I feel bad for Iceland.
UK was crap and deserved last place with no points.
Liked: Lithuania, Sweden, Malta, Russia. Italy were good. Didn't mind Germany that much! Or Netherlands.
Skipped through: France, Switzerland, Ukraine of the high scoring ones.
Ultimately happy with the result though I feel bad for Iceland.
UK was crap and deserved last place with no points.
ska invita
back on the other side
We wanna be free, we wanna be free to do what we wanna do. And we wanna get tasted. And we wanna have a good timeUnfortunate typo there
ska invita
back on the other side
1998 is up on IPlayer..anyone watched it?
www.bbc.co.uk
i want to but not in the mood just yet
BBC One - Eurovision Song Contest, 1998, Grand Final: 1998
The 43rd annual Eurovision Song Contest broadcast from Birmingham.
- Available for 11 months
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Bill Bailey offers to represent UK at Eurovision 2022
Strictly Come Dancing winner said he is ‘happy to throw my hat in the ring’
www.independent.co.uk
I could get behind this!!
ska invita
back on the other side
you mean in chosing a UK entry?
its been a popular vote for the last few years too, doesn't seem to change the shittness of UK entries
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
They had that in the early 00s. You can imagine what happened with neighbouring countries and diaspora voting. Juries were reintroduced to balance the inherent problems with "full" democracy.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
No in the main event. Just leave it to the public to decide which country wins.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
But the juries just seem to do the same.
ska invita
back on the other side
i guess in this case the result wouldve been the same
donkyboy
Crazy Cat/Fox man
it was still shit. apparently he wrote songs for some big artists and this is what he came up with.
Really? I thought the way those fellas danced about whilst maintaining their perfect trombone playing was very impressive.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
How would you account for Germany’s recent scores using the EU analogy ?
gosub
~#
Not a scooby, I think I've watched the eurovision 3 times in my life. (avoided again yesterday)
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
I've had the sense for some time that Germany do not take Eurovision seriously and their results reflect that.
The UK, on the other hand, do still seem to be desperately trying to succeed. But in classic Principal Skinner "no, they are wrong, not me" fashion, we think we lose because of 'political' voting rather than the quality of our entry.
I do get the impression (based on very little, tbh) that European perceptions of the UK, both in terms of global politics and our attitude to Eurovision, mean that people are less inclined to vote for us with all other things being equal. But I also feel like we'd get more votes if we sent a song of better quality, stopped acting quite so entitled, and did less of the "oh, aren't us Brits so bad at foreign, lol" type stuff.
As I said last night, I feel like Holden was going for self-aware, self-deprecating and maybe even conciliatory, but wiiiiiiidely missed the mark due to not actually being genuinely self-aware (of why Eurovision viewers might have problems with the UK) or conciliatory.
<edit: I've just realised that I seem to think our problem is we take it too seriously but also not seriously enough. That's a thing though, right? >
