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Apothos · 23 May 2003, 07:32

Hooray, its the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 on Saturday.

Always good for a giggle - i wonder what Terry Wogan thinks about Tatu.

sigrid · 23 May 2003, 10:51

go i love it...its a cult in our family, we rent a big screen and give points for songs, dresses and performance. Always good for an evening of fun. This years prediction: HOLLAND WINS!!!!

eurovision songcontest forever fs!

SilverSmoke · 23 May 2003, 10:57

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Originally posted by sigrid
HOLLAND WINS!!!!

heh

They should send in Krezip or the Gathering or something like that instead of the crap they archieved to send out each bloody year.

ChubbyChecker · 23 May 2003, 10:59

Apparently Britain has the best track record in the competition. Also Britain is one of the 4 countries that can never be disqualified.

Shame that it has to be Eurovision that we're good at.

Leshy · 23 May 2003, 11:01

I'll probaby watch it for Terry Wogan and Tatu.

G.K Zhukov · 23 May 2003, 16:23

isnt that a ghey thing?

Anyway, its crap.

Leshy · 23 May 2003, 16:26

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Originally posted by G.K Zhukov
Anyway, its crap.

The comments by Terry Wogan are utterly ace though.

Proteus · 23 May 2003, 16:27

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Originally posted by G.K Zhukov
Anyway, its crap.

Terry Wogan agrees. That's why it's so funny.

G.K Zhukov · 23 May 2003, 16:29

Terry who?

Apothos · 23 May 2003, 16:53

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Originally posted by G.K Zhukov
Terry who?

Old Irish bloke, works on British TV and Radio, has even taken over the Stair Lift ads. from Thora Hurd...

sigrid · 23 May 2003, 17:20

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Originally posted by ChubbyChecker
Apparently Britain has the best track record in the competition. Also Britain is one of the 4 countries that can never be disqualified.

Shame that it has to be Eurovision that we're good at.

the reason you have such a good record is because untill not too long ago everybody was obligated to sing in their own language....so the english had a big advantage.
Ever since one can sing in any language they want, the english have not managed to win anymore:P

sigrid · 23 May 2003, 17:20

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Originally posted by G.K Zhukov
isnt that a ghey thing?

Anyway, its crap.

its so crap its fun...dont you see the beauty of it?

ChubbyChecker · 23 May 2003, 17:25

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Originally posted by sigrid
the reason you have such a good record is because untill not too long ago everybody was obligated to sing in their own language....so the english had a big advantage.
Ever since one can sing in any language they want, the english have not managed to win anymore:P

I think it's the other way around, people used to be allowed to sing in any language but now have to sing in the language of the country they are representing.

sigrid · 23 May 2003, 17:27

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Originally posted by ChubbyChecker
I think it's the other way around, people used to be allowed to sing in any language but now have to sing in the language of the country they are representing.

if you dunno **** about it, dont express yourself:P

I suggest you watch it tomorrow:P

I AM RIGHT

MrL_JaKiri · 23 May 2003, 17:28

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Originally posted by ChubbyChecker
I think it's the other way around, people used to be allowed to sing in any language but now have to sing in the language of the country they are representing.

That ABBA song was in English wasn't it?

Proteus · 23 May 2003, 17:30

England loses because small countries have a huge advantage. Big countries like Britain, France, Germany, Spain etc actually vote for the countries with good songs, but they are outweighed by all the piddly little countries like Boznia and Herzegovina and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia voting for their neighbours. If you have a map with you when you watch it, you can easily predict the exact voting order of the small Eastern European countries. We have had the best song by miles for the last 10 years or so.

sigrid · 23 May 2003, 17:33

ok, its been like this....

From the start everybody sings in their OWN language....
then in the 70-ies, i think one time it was allowed to use another language IN the song , but not totally. That was only for 1 year also.

It explains why often weird things were used in the lyrics or title, like dingedong :P

then somewhere in the late 90-ies it changed and now you can sing whatever language you want.

The things is, most winning songs had their english version ready, so if they won the would sing it a second time in english immediately, and the songs that became internationally a hit always were in english yer (or occasionally french or german)

roadrunner_0 · 23 May 2003, 17:33

so how come ireland wins every other year then? i mean, come on, they have won so many times that they wrote a father ted skit about it

sigrid · 23 May 2003, 17:35

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Originally posted by Proteus
England loses because small countries have a huge advantage. Big countries like Britain, France, Germany, Spain etc actually vote for the countries with good songs, but they are outweighed by all the piddly little countries like Boznia and Herzegovina and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia voting for their neighbours. If you have a map with you when you watch it, you can easily predict the exact voting order of the small Eastern European countries. We have had the best song by miles for the last 10 years or so.

bull****, yous have not send in anything decent for ages.
and besides, ever since televoting stepped in the political-points are no longer deciding the result.
Its teenagers now who decide:P
That explains why germany always gives so many points to Turkey, tho turkey really NEVER sends in anything one cal listen to for more then 10 seconds....its because all the turkish ppl in germany sms like hell for turkey:P

sigrid · 23 May 2003, 17:35

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Originally posted by roadrunner_0
so how come ireland wins every other year then? i mean, come on, they have won so many times that they wrote a father ted skit about it

Ireland had some very very good songs, thats why
But we were talking england here, were not we?

LHC · 23 May 2003, 17:36

The worst song we've had for years was the last one we won with

p.s. Eurovision is gay

MrL_JaKiri · 23 May 2003, 17:37

My lovely horse running through the field,
Where are you going with your fetlocks blowing in the wind?
I want to shower you with sugarlumps,
And ride you over fences,
Polish your hooves every single day,
And bring you to the horse dentist,
My lovely horse,
You're a pony no more,
Running around with a man on your back,
Like a train in the night,
Like a train in the night.

Proteus · 23 May 2003, 17:40

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Originally posted by sigrid
bull****, yous have not send in anything decent for ages.

I am fully aware of this. However, everyone else's songs are worse by miles. Europop is rubbish.

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Originally posted by sigrid
and besides, ever since televoting stepped in the political-points are no longer deciding the result.
Its teenagers now who decide:P

I didn't say it was political points. They merely vote for the countries near them. Perhaps they misunderstood "song contest" for "geography contest". Year after year they vote for the neighbouring countries even when their songs are awful. It's sickening.

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Originally posted by sigrid
That explains why germany always gives so many points to Turkey, tho turkey really NEVER sends in anything one cal listen to for more then 10 seconds....its because all the turkish ppl in germany sms like hell for turkey:P

Err, sure...

ChubbyChecker · 23 May 2003, 17:41

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Originally posted by sigrid
if you dunno **** about it, dont express yourself:P

I suggest you watch it tomorrow:P

I AM RIGHT

Fine, fine, I bow to your superior Eurovision knowledge

Plus, like MrL said, Abba won with an English song. You saying that was the one year in the '70s that they were allowed to sing in English??

And watching it is definitely something that I won't be doing.

MrL_JaKiri · 23 May 2003, 17:42

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Originally posted by Proteus
Err, sure...

There's a very large turkish population in germany.

Proteus · 23 May 2003, 17:49

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Originally posted by MrL_JaKiri
There's a very large turkish population in germany.

Surely not big enough to make up all their votes? Perhaps the Germans are favourable towards the Turks because of the large population there.

If that's the case, they aren't quite as bad as the neighbour-voters, but bad nonetheless.

Dookie Velvet · 23 May 2003, 18:02

Eurovision is a farce, the level of entertainment arising from watching it on a par with sticking your penis in the microwave.

It used to be good. Now it's pish.

I'd rather come on GD than sit through three hours of that shiet.

sigrid · 23 May 2003, 18:07

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Originally posted by ChubbyChecker
Fine, fine, I bow to your superior Eurovision knowledge

Plus, like MrL said, Abba won with an English song. You saying that was the one year in the '70s that they were allowed to sing in English??

And watching it is definitely something that I won't be doing.

It could have been that year yes, but as i tried to explain it could very well have been song in swedish origionally, and when they got to sing it again when they won, they sang the english version...

SYMM · 23 May 2003, 18:16

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Originally posted by Proteus
Surely not big enough to make up all their votes? Perhaps the Germans are favourable towards the Turks because of the large population there.

If that's the case, they aren't quite as bad as the neighbour-voters, but bad nonetheless.

SOmeone once told me Berlin was the 2nd biggest Turkish City in the world...

But it is bollocks, Scandinavians vote for each other, Benelux likewise, LIthuania votes for latvia votes for estonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina votes for macedonia votes for montenegro votes for slovenia etc. etc.

But it is funny

sigrid · 23 May 2003, 18:31

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Originally posted by SYMM
SOmeone once told me Berlin was the 2nd biggest Turkish City in the world...

But it is bollocks, Scandinavians vote for each other, Benelux likewise, LIthuania votes for latvia votes for estonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina votes for macedonia votes for montenegro votes for slovenia etc. etc.

But it is funny

when it was still in the language of the country thats explainable also, as danes and swedes and norwegians understand a great deal of each others languages.....so the song to them wouldnot sound as weird as it would for say..spanish ppl.

JonnyBGood · 23 May 2003, 18:40

I'm still pissed off nobody has submitted ghostbusters as their entry.

WHO YA GONNA CALL?

Ditcher · 24 May 2003, 19:23

So I heard TATU will perform as nude?! Can anyone confirm?

Nusselt · 24 May 2003, 20:06

k its only been 5 mins and the only goodthing is terry wogan

Gayle29uk · 24 May 2003, 20:15

I have family in Austria. They must be so ashamed after hearing their song

Nusselt · 24 May 2003, 20:17

holy god in heaven did anyone else have teletext on for the austrian entry??

small rabits have small noses, we're all from the african domeratory (sp?)