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Sharp as a beachball.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
But sure so what? That's not the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
(And they didn't give 12 points to the UK, nor is it small enough for a stag party to influence the voting, so your point is irrelevant.)
Edit - Oops! They did give 12 points to the UK. Still, that doesn't affect my point.
If you're Irish come into the ****in' parlour!!!
Base to Dervish-Mission Accomplished-Come On Home. :cool:
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sweet jesus i can't believe people actually still watch this cack
Very disappointed, if she had actually sang it properly we would have had a better chance, in the video her voice was better, but anytime on telly it is weak. She had no power or volume ffs!:rolleyes: This means we have to miss out one year I think, yeah? 2008 with no Irish entry :eek:
Really wanted Sweden, Hungary or Germany to win. Serbian song was good. Wogan's comment at the end "Just shows you looks AREN't everything " :D
Also thought Armenia and Slovenia were pretty good. Bulgaria, wtf??? I knew our points would go to Lat and Lith. Raging the UK gave none to Ireland, I phoned in loads of times.
:rolleyes: :D
Here is a blast from the past!! I remember being so nervous at the time! (Try to ignore the Greek commentary)
Cyprus still giving twelve to Greece, I see!
It means we're back where we started last year, in the semi-final.Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Tribe
Wtf is that supposed to mean? :confused: Do we turn Eurovision now into a hetero v homo contest? :rolleyes:Quote:
Possibly Greece or Turkey will get the gay vote with their similar songs.
I liked the Bulgaria and Russia songs and voted for them. They both finished in the top 5. As for ****ty Slovenia, that was merely a 3-minute ear-splitting scream.
Oh yeah, Dervish can go home now following our worst ever finish in the contest, to play in front of sell-out Sligo pubs. My Lovely Horse would have got more points.
Serbia won the semi-final comprehensively, ahead of Hungary. Portugal, Andorra and Iceland, 3 Western countries finished 11th-13th. Malta came 25th, while Czech Republic finished 28th and last.
Since the semi finals have been introduced has the winner always come through the semi's? A few months ago I looked at the odds and Serbia were favourites to qualify from the semi's (Switzerland were 2nd favourite). They're odds to win the contest were relatively high at the time.
Greece won without coming through the semi-final in 2005.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Idea! How about we actually bring in 'My Lovely Horse' as a song next year! Why the hell not, itll show we're not bothered by this lark! Bit peed off that UK didnt give us any votes. I was at a Eurovision house party when the votes came on, worse for wear, i pointed at every single person, saying 'You're a bad neighbour'. Oops. :)
I think My Lovely Horse would be an improvement on the last two years entries
Yet again the Dutch are wailing and moaning over the voting system. I wonder how many points they would give Luxembourg, if they returned.
Similiar cry-babies are the Maltese, as Eurovision is one of the few events they excel at. If Italy were around, how many points would they receive from Malta, I wonder?? :rolleyes:
As for the voting system, some people here seem offended that the Brits gave us nothing. Anyone complaining about it should remember where we got our points from. An Eastern European country. :o
I still cant believe that the muck that Serbia served up won in a year when there were some (well as far as eurovision goes) quality songs.
Was sitting in hotel room in Wexford with my kids & my sister roaring at the tv.
Oh I loved the French song btw!
How did the Russian pussycat dolls not win this ffs. There should be an investigation!.
As for Dervish , what a pile of ****e , and I thought the worst thing to come out of Sligo was the road and rail network that links the God awful place to the rest of the country.:)
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Originally Posted by First
It should be pointed out also, that Dervish did not even receive a televote. The 5 points we received from Albania were from a back-up jury. That explains why they didn't give 12 points to Greece.
Yeah def agree there, i didnt actually listen to the songs, of course, but did notice that the russian entry were the best lookingQuote:
Originally Posted by First
that irish entry was ****e, the song was rubbish to begin with anyway
anyway wouldnt worry sure its only a joke competition
but god dont the mainland europeans have any decent culture?
Same here, I was very stoned at the time though. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
Note - I had to watch it as my girlfriend was over there working at it.
KOH
The French one was awful. Especially the baldy lad running about the stage in a circle like a well.. Dervish. ;) The Russian one was very Girls Aloud. That should've won I reckon.
My vote for Eurovision Beauty Queen this year was Sabrina for Portugal. If only she had got 3 more points, we could have studied :D her again in the final. Karolina Goceva for Macedonia, took a very close second.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
As for Cathy Jordan, she is a contender too, but only for the Barbara Dex award. :D
Your girlfriend is Kathy Jordan? :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by WeAreRovers
Wtf is that supposed to mean? Do we turn Eurovision now into a hetero v homo contest?
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What I meant (and you know rightly) was that Greece and Turkey had very camp songs, and the gay audience would more than likely vote for them. Can i make it any clearer? :rolleyes:
Bulgaria were God awful :eek:
Yes, you can. How do you know what the homo audience like? The Greece and Turkey songs featured both male and female performers, so how does that make it "camp"?? :confused: I didn't like either song anyway, they were "Have a break, Have a Kit Kat" songs, and didn't watch them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Tribe
The Bulgarian song was called Voda, or Water in English, which should have been emphasised by the water background during the performance. One of my favourites, it was a Eastern European version of Safri Duo really. :) About time there was such a song in Eurovision.
Re: our entry, yet again RTE say they will review the process for the show. But we heard that 2 years ago, and 3 years ago, and in 2001 following relegation. The reality is that RTE are stuck in the stone age, when it comes to selecting artists and songs for Eurovision. Our result this year, and in recent years, has been an insult to the many hundreds of talented songwriters and groups in this country. Throw out this theory, that the song must appeal to 50 year olds, the majority of Eurovision viewers are well below that age, and those that vote are well below that age. They don't want ballads, trads, haunting melodies, and nervous performers, they want an appealing, upbeat, catchy 3 minute professional entertainment show. You have got to hit the ground running in the first 10 seconds, and not take a 1 minute warm-up to get into the chorus. First impressions are everything, and we take too long to make that impression, by then the viewer has fell asleep.
The Eastern countries have demonstrated how to approach the contest, choose, market, perform, and win it. That's the model, we must follow suit. Until then, we'll never even compete.
Well as it turned out, without your 7 points plus 12 from our good friends in Malta, we'd have had nil points.
All the Balkans voted for each other....again.
I doubt I will watch it next year.
Green Tribe
Take it from Partizan and take it from me, the way to beat the Balkans at the voting at Eurovision is as follows. The best band in Serbia are called the Orthodox Celts who come from Belgrade and play Irish music and they write their own songs. If we had them singing an original Irish song in the Eurovision all the Balkans would vote for them. We would end up with around 60 points in total which should avoid embarrassment and qualify for the final proper in 2009.
The way for Ireland to compete again is to find a foxy Russian girl and get her to sing a disco song. Simple as that.
perhaps, i remember you mentioning this before :DQuote:
Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie
or how about a foxy ukrainian even :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DaveyCakes
Phwoarrrrr!:eek:
her/his song was funny as hellQuote:
Originally Posted by DaveyCakes
That's Dustin's cry for help before tonight's selection of the Irish entry for Eurovision in Belgrade.
Officially there are 6 finalists, but in reality, only one. With the Dublin accent, the OTT rave music, and the questionable cheoreography :D all on show, the turkey basically has the vote and show all to himself. "Irlande Douze Points" is about as Irish to culture, as driving on the right.
Now, I'm off to enquire where "the Danube flows through France"? :confused: :D
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Originally Posted by mypost
holy fcuk, we actually agree for once??!!!!?!? :eek::eek:
Go on Dustin..........:D
haven't had a chance to listen to other's countries songs yet
Dustin got booed at the show!! :D
Just for that I'm going to use at least 40 of my free 02 texts to vote for him, quality song too! :D
That was a funny show, with that Marija one being called a man, her calling Dustin a Duck, her calling Marc Roberts old.
I thought Dustin could have been catchier but still voted for him
I loved Leona and Liam. Thought they both had great voices, Leona had the better song, very unique and chucking the coat will help. Liam seemed lovely,bless, sang really well and he really had his heart in it. Voted for the both of them too.
Do like Marc Roberts voice as before, but it was old fashioned song, marija was right
That first guy Donal was ****e, a clone of s club 7/steps p!sh! No thanks!
Leona, Liam or Dustin Please!!!!
First and last guy was rubbish. The Dublin who wrote a song with the guy who wrote one for Duffy was good. The others were no marks, so Dustin gets my vote! :D
Other issues, Louis Walsh liked the young boy with the floppy hair, what a surprise, Dana needs to get a life, and the winner last year was so arrogant for having won it it was funny! :D
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Originally Posted by mypost
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Originally Posted by dfx-
I know dfx I know, I can never agree with him either :D
you mean the mayo lad? the 17year old?:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus