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Post by Cece on May 16, 2008 21:04:14 GMT
Soon time for the annual Eurovision Song Contest, this year from Belgrade, Serbia who won last year. Anyone remember the song?! The dates to remember; May 20th: Semifinal 1 May 22nd: Semifinal 2 May 24th: Final Once again time to say; How on earth is Europe voting? How the heck can anyone give that song any vote? This just sucks! East Europe should just have their own contest away from the rest part. Cancel this whole thing, it´s a joke! There were only 3 good songs for gods sake! People have no taste at all. ;D ;D ;D www.eurovision.tv/ |
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Post by kittysphoenix on May 16, 2008 21:13:10 GMT
Soon time for the annual Eurovision Song Contest, this year from Belgrade, Serbia who won last year. Anyone remember the song?! The dates to remember; May 20th: Semifinal 1 May 22nd: Semifinal 2 May 24th: Final Once again time to say; How on earth is Europe voting? How the heck can anyone give that song any vote? This just sucks! East Europe should just have their own contest away from the rest part. Cancel this whole thing, it´s a joke! There were only 3 good songs for gods sake! People have no taste at all. ;D ;D ;D www.eurovision.tv/YAY...the big joke of a question...the Contest...I think it is still held (and Germany still participates), because the national tv networks pump atrocious amounts of money (especially the Germans....which means...there go my idiotic fees...no I realize why the program is so bad) into this contest. If they stopped, they'd have to explain where all the money went... It has very little to do with the songs, I guess....on one hand its highly political...I think, there are always the most points from Germany going to Israel and to Turkey (the latter being due to the now audience vote) On the other hand...remember when those Finnish rockers won? Nobody could believe it, but in the end it was a lesson in grassroots politics...which made it amusing. It's antiquated and rarely funny anymore...there have been incredibly good songs over the years and even incredibly talented singers - ABBA, Johnny Logan, Celine Dion, just to name a few - but those times are long gone. |
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Post by Cece on May 16, 2008 21:23:05 GMT
The finnish rockers (Lordi) was worthy the win. I liked them, and finally hardrock got a rightful place in the contest.
Mostly I am just amused by many of the songs and artists. Some are sooo bad I just feel embarrassed. But then there are a handful of songs I kind of like. It´s that reason why I watch, also to see how Sweden does.
Most of the time I think Sweden has the best songs. I don´t know why but I think it´s because I understand this kind of music better. For the life of me I can´t understand how Sweden ended up so poorly last year with The Ark. I really like that song and the band. But maybe others just didn´t understand? That could be a reason why countries vote so much for their neighbour countries. Because the types of music differs a lot from country to country. East Europe has their style, south Europe has their style, central Europe their...
But I like the idea of Europe coming together to share music, styles and just to have a big party together.
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Post by Cathy on May 16, 2008 21:44:20 GMT
I think that Sweden is one of the few western european countries that still care about this contest ;D We would f e never send a turkey to compete for us  Johnny Logan and Linda Martin must be crying into their lagers ;D But we Swedes still care about the songs we're sending to compete and all the best artist compete in the HUGE qualifying competition.... That's why we're always soooo disappointed when the eastern european countries only vote for each other and not for US ;D ;D ;D ;D btw Cecilia ;D You forgot the question "What the HELL is he/she wearing" ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Cece on May 16, 2008 22:19:55 GMT
You forgot the question "What the HELL is he/she wearing" ;D ;D ;D ;D Right!! And also: Is that supposed to be singing?! |
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Post by Cathy on May 24, 2008 13:06:55 GMT
So today's the day!!  I hope it'll be more fun than last year....but my hopes are not that high...I'll probably look like this  like this  like this  like this  and like this  before the night is over ;D ;D ;D ;D Nice to see that all Scandinavian countries have qualifed So far the only song I've heard is the Swedish one.... GOOOOOO Charlotte!!! |
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Post by Cece on May 24, 2008 13:14:35 GMT
I´m with you Cathy! We should do like last year and talk on MSN during the show. That was fun.
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Post by Cathy on May 24, 2008 15:50:16 GMT
I'll be online for sure!! |
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Post by Cece on May 24, 2008 22:21:08 GMT
CANCEL THE CONTEST!  All my favorites ended up poorly. Europe once again shows they have no taste. |
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Post by Cathy on May 24, 2008 22:21:09 GMT
Talk about Swedish DISASTER..............
But congrats to Russia!
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Post by Cece on May 24, 2008 22:43:09 GMT
I wonder if people voted for Russia because of the pics of him... ;D ;D ;D  |
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Post by Hanni on May 25, 2008 9:34:51 GMT
CANCEL THE CONTEST! All my favorites ended up poorly. Europe once again shows they have no taste. Agree 100%! I don't even like Finland's contest song or Teräsbetoni  I |
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Post by josettean on May 25, 2008 20:23:47 GMT
the eurovision sucks i was very bored with the songs beacase the east places all vote for their neighbours
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Post by Cathy on May 27, 2008 13:10:12 GMT
the eurovision sucks i was very bored with the songs beacase the east places all vote for their neighbours But at least MALTA gave Sweden 12 points!!!!  So we'll LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by HunterFan4Ever on Jun 17, 2008 11:14:41 GMT
I've always loved to watch the contest but it hasn't been the same for years.  It isn't even about the songs anymore...it's about politics. Congrats to Russia, even though I didn't like the song. Heck, I didn't like Finland's entry either. |
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Johnny Logan and Linda Martin must be crying into their lagers ;D But we Swedes still care about the songs we're sending to compete and all the best artist compete in the HUGE qualifying competition.... That's why we're always soooo disappointed when the eastern european countries only vote for each other and not for US ;D ;D ;D ;D
