Yay for Dustin!!
Who are the muppets that are booing him?
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Yay for Dustin!!
Who are the muppets that are booing him?
It is in Limerick Jebus :D
fair play dustin, can't believe Marc Roberts is wearing guyliner :eek:
Watch out for another report on sky news, they had a report on dustin this morning!
Guarantee he will win the whole competition now
Am I to take it Dustin is through then? It's a pity the final isn't in Istanbul. The turkey going to Turkey has a nice ring to it as a two fingers to the competition ...though the Turkish might be a bit offended but how bad?
For once I might just root for "us" this year.
proper! :cool:
Raging, the Eurovision final is on the same time and date as the Ireland v Serbia game, in Serbia!
:mad:
We're on the Tuesday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Tribe
Tonight wasn't the night we took the pis out of Eurovision, but the night we recognised what we need to compete at the contest. Unfortunately, we and our neighbours can't compete with the Balkans with conventional songs, so we have to send acts like this, or else we'll finish bottom every time, like last year and 4 years ago. It's regrettable, but it's not a song contest anymore, it's an entertainment show, and the weirdest, wackiest, most obscure entries win.
There are people who call for the song to be disqualified, but if monsters can compete in Eurovision, so can Dublinese-screaming puppets. The blame for all this can be put at Svante Stockselius' door, his semi-final and televoting procedures have turned the contest into what it is today.
i was always a fan of the eurovision:o. Its a joke these days, nothing to do with a song contest. Obviously the Irish public agree. Two fingers to th eurovision.:)
see the result
http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0223/eurosong.html
I'm offended that RTE have this in their "Arts" section.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ringo
I agree with Dana :eek: We shouldn't enter the competition if the Irish public feels that way about it. What's the point in entering a competition to take the p**s out of it? It's like Wenger playing his Under 18 team in the FA or Carling cups. DOn't like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ringo
I quite liked the song by the one with the short red skirt.
I too agree with Dana. We shouldn't enter the competition. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Like last year?Quote:
Originally Posted by mypost
And I agree with Dana:eek:
I know we sing first in the semi-final on the Tuesday, but I actually want to see the final also whether we are in it or not and the final is on the Saturday:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by mypost
Great ****take if you ask me. Dustin can't sing though. As a matter of fact, he's pluckin' awful.
the Sligo / Stoke comment was quite funny
yup :D
Great to see us finally treating the Eurovision with the seriousness it deserves.
The Eurovision should have been scrapped years ago. It's way beyond its sell by date. Most of the "songs" have been traditionally woeful but the stage performance and explosions of late tend to hold as much sway as the "song" these days.
Dustin is a logical response to what Eurovision has become.
Just seen it on Youtube. I'm in tears. :D
Me too. A great p!sstake.
'Eastern Europe we love you. Do you like our Irish stew?'
'Please give us another chance. We're very sorry for Riverdance'
Some great digs at Bono and Terry Wogan too!
I really want him to win as it will be the wake up the committee needs. The public Vote has destroyed Eurovision as a song contest with the Eastern European back slapping and sticking two fingers up to the west, so heres two feathered Claws right back at them. go on Ya Good Thing
[QUOTE=OwlsFan;884056]I agree with Dana :eek: We shouldn't enter the competition if the Irish public feels that way about it. What's the point in entering a competition to take the p**s out of it? It's like Wenger playing his Under 18 team in the FA or Carling cups. DOn't like it.
I quite liked the song by the one with the short red skirt.[/QUOTE
Why did she sit on the panel , she knew in advance Dustin was one of the contestants and could possibly win..and then she starts to moan and suggest that we now don't enter...pity we couldn't apply the same standards when she got elected as a Euro MEP.... some attitude for someone who was very happy to accept the democratic wishes of the people when it suited her to do so.
the only worry i have about it is, that the countries don't realise that dustin is an actual comedian/regular puppet on Irish TV and think that we are entering in a turkey to make out the show and its contestants are turkeys. Id say most wont realise this you see and be offended by it.
Fair play though, the thing is a joke, the last 5 or 6 years were just a farce.
I think that the headline could be the rather chilling Turkey Tramples All Before Him In Serbia, which might rouse a few memories in Serbian minds and hearts, to say nothing of light artillery units...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Turkey Gobbles up Serbian OppositionQuote:
Originally Posted by Bluebeard
I feel bad for the serious songwriters and performers who see the Eurovision as an oppurtunity for them to get established.
Also on Eurovision Finals voting, is this done by public vote now or still by local committees?
Yeah, when you think back to bygone years when serious artists like Dana and Abba competited for the coveted title it really makes you wonder how Eurovision became this camp, twee singalong that it is nowadaysQuote:
Originally Posted by Metrostars
It doesn't make me wonder at all it happened because they did away with the serious knowledgeable judging Panel and left it up to Joe Slovak to vote for his neighbour's and vice versa. the only way to break the eastern/central european stranglehold is to either come up with a song/performance that is so amazing that it can not be ignored(very unlikely imo) or to come up with a Gimmik that will stand out from all the rest (Ala Turkey a few years ago or Lithuania last year) Dustin has a great chance this year IMO and hopefully it may lead to a return to the glory day's of the Jury votingQuote:
Originally Posted by jebus
You should watch Clueless to bone up on your sarcasm detecting skillsQuote:
Originally Posted by Block G Raptor
You should see how Eurovision works in Sweden.
There're four qualifying rounds before you can get to the Swedish final. Each of these qualifying rounds are shown live on TV on Saturday nights with a television audience of approx. 3 million (a third of the Swedish population). Most of the acts would be established "stars" in Sweden and Scandinavia and the tabloids are full of gossip and what not leading up to each Saturday night. It's big business.
Compare this to how we approach Eurovision and it's easy to see that we really don't have a hope of winning anything. But luckily Dustin will save the day!
Can Never concentrate on any Alicia Silverstone movie for some reason my mind wanders and I slip into erotic daydreams ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
...yes indeed. In fact I'm off to see Charlie McGettigan in Marley Park this summer. I hear Niamh Kavanagh is on last on the opening night of T in the Park and Eimear Quinn is guest-vocaling with Slipknot at Download. ...and they're just the more recent ones who actually WON the fcuking thing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Metrostars
Johnny's still going strong. His latest work.
http://www.ginza.se/Archive/Images/i...arge/19034.jpg
We tried that here except we did not use established acts. I don't think any established acts here would enter. Despite Westlife and Boyzone we don't have a huge amount of pop acts in this country that would enter this so the only people who did were the two gingers from Athlone.Quote:
Originally Posted by ifk101
Eurovision is a joke and no serious song writer would enter it any more. Could you imagine if Edge and Bono wrote a song for it and it did not win which if they entered the Ronnie Drew one, it probably would as its so crap.
It doesnt matter how much effort/talented someone is anymore ifk, thats the whole point, sweden can keep pumping money into it, it doesn't mean they are going to win, to actually take it serious and try to win it using talent, is the biggest joke of it all! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
Paul it's arguable that it's NEVER mattered how much talent and effort was invested. It's also arguable that the unquestionably talented ABBA were a worldwide success despite Eurovision -not because of it. But even if Eurovision was the making of ABBA ...that's one quality pop-band in what, 50-odd attempts?Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
The BBC have confirmed that although they will show both semi-finals, the public will only vote in the second one (cutbacks?? :confused: :rolleyes: ) so if Dustin gets "Irlande douze points" in the first one, he'll have to find them from elsewhere. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Tribe
some would argue that Abba arent really quality either!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Dustin's first press conference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkREM...ews/read/11355
em, excuse me, Bucks Fizz? Quali-T with a capital T.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
well ive just messed my head up with that stupid post. Have been humming "Making Your Mind Up" to myself for the last couple of days... :o
self-ruinification. :(