On this thread. You have stated in two posts, including using a 'roll-eyes' smilie, that the Slovene artist was booed. When it was presented, you chose not to acknowledge evidence on the reception that the singer received.It has to be prised out of you with two other posts that there was applause for the singer.Originally Posted by Poor Student
There's applause and booing. There are plenty of people there from around the continent, remember.
How am I biased?
Your reply in post:616 was a reply regarding the city of Belgrade, it infers that reaction of those in the venue is the same as the reaction one would find in the city.
Your omissions and lack of recognition of the positive response from the audience show a clear bias against the city of Belgrade.
For me, I still don't hear any booing,
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" I'll go right up to here,
it can't possibly hurt.
All they will find is my
beer and my shirt."
Watched it on the night, only the Ireland entry received booing, and then that was only a minority. Nothing on the scale of Iceland's entry in Athens.
Rebeka performed her song at the Belgrade selection final, and sung it in English. There was again no reaction from the audience.
Why was Iceland entry booed in Athens?
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
Because it's not audible on the crappy low-res YouTube video you posted. I watched Rebeka's performance live on television and I remember being shocked at the amount of booing and whistling she received before she even started singing. Given that her entry wasn't a mockery of the Eurovision, the only plausible explanation for the booing is anti-Slovenian bias of the Belgrade crowd. (The same place where the Slovenian embassy got burned and defaced right after the recognition of Kosovo. Or are you going to deny that happened too, Harpo?)
Christ, some people booed a song...its hardly the end of civilization as we know it.
I think we are getting closer why there are some comments made on the thread.
I'm not intentionally denying anything, I havn't seen evidence that shows there was booing. Poor Student took a swipe at the citizens of Belgrade because of the action of the Eurovision audience, it was a big leap. And then with limited evidence to show his comment is factual, he should be brought up on it and asked to explain it.
I believe you and Poor Student when you say you heard booing, just make a better effort to support it or leave the good people of Belgrade alone.
" I'll go right up to here,
it can't possibly hurt.
All they will find is my
beer and my shirt."
From Limerick to Cork, via Moscow.
Never knew Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews had the Eurovision in mind, when they introduced him to television.The end of an era. The United Kingdom will have a new voice commentating at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest after Terry Wogan finally put an end to the speculation and confirmed he is stepping down from the role. But despite his harsh criticism of block voting, the outgoing British voice of Eurovision has confirmed that he is still in love with the competition.
Asked in an interview with BBC Entertainment news today why he had decided to leave now, he stated: "I shall be sitting back at home with a dish of tea, cheering them on with word and gesture. There are exits and entrances and timing is very important. Leave while you're in love. "
Commenting on the voting controversies and the development of the Eurovision Song Contest, he explained:
"I've been slightly disappointed at the United Kingdom showing over the last few years. The fact that of course you'd have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to realise that since the eastern European countries have come in the voting has changed not necessarily for the best.
Western European countries, I feel, have got very little chance of winning it. However, this year may tell a different story with the might of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Graham Norton behind it. I think it's an opportune time for me to leave because it might be the UK's turn next year."
Many believed Sir Terry would quit after his scornful outburst at the end of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest broadcast, declaring that it had always been clear that Russia would win and that Western European countries would have to consider whether or not they should continue to compete at the competition.
While some dismissed it as a lack of understanding of the new Europe and partisanship, it was clear that Sir Terry was speaking as much as a disappointed fan of the competition and dejected fan of British entries. He had a direct role in selecting Andy Abraham's entry for the United Kingdom and clearly felt upset that the entry finished in last place and received far fewer votes than deserved.
In an in-depth and heartfelt interview, Sir Terry listed Abba's Waterloo and Riverdance as two of his favourite moments in his marathon career as BBC commentator and puts to bed any suggestion that he might consider performing as a singer at the competition. He also gives words of encouragement to Graham Norton as he passes the batton on, saying he is a "terrific choice, he's witty, he's sharp, he's quick. He'll be perfect for it".
I'll be watching RTE's coverage from now on.
Im gutted Terry has left the Eurovision. It's the only time Id listen to him and his remarks were always spot on.
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
Article on: www.esctoday.com
Tomorrow night, we choose our Eurovision 2009 representative, for the second semi-final on May 14th.
We're back to jury votes this year, shared 50/50 with the televoting procedure, which should cut down on the abuse of the system in recent years.
The 6 songs to make the Irish final are here
Who are these people, never heard of any of them.... Apparantly Ronan Keating wrote the Danish entry this year. Judas!
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
Alright mypost,
You never struck me as the Eurovision type. Good to see the old system coming back in. Those public voted talent shows were no good.
There are two foreigners singing tonight, one from Latvia, and one from Coleraine.Her song "Out of Control" reminds you very much of Sistem for Romania a few years ago, while "Flying" is very Corrs-esque. Song 6, is from Sinead Mulvey of Clondalkin, written by composers of different nationalities, with an Avril Lavigne flavour.
It's a good selection, and while Out of Control and Et Cetera are the favourites with the televoters, the grannies and the jury vote will focus very much on the 3 ballads, so I fear it will be back to the boring ballads this year.
Jeez My post ur really into this stuff, aren't you!
Georgian entry takes the piddle out of Putin..
Balls of steel those Georgians!!
Ironic stance from mypost given how anti-Europe he is in other threads..
actually didnt Lynch in the Indo say something about the voting patterns of the Europeans in this thing and then asked are these really the people we want deciding Irelands fate in the EU - which is a good point me thinks, I mean if they have such bad taste in music and are humourless then really are we not better off out of the EU
Incidently, I didn't tune in to hear our contenders tonight because I'd a drain to clear and besides ...Eurovision is ****e. But I was delighted to see one of them was covering the Anti-Nowhere League classic - So What?
I ****ed a sheep
and I ****ed a goat
I rammed my **** right down it's throat
SO WHAT?
SO WHAT?
...actually I'm raging I missed that on the Late Late.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Nothing ironic in it at all.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
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