Eurovision Uberthread

**Magicme** · 11/02/2011, 11:18 PM

Cringe cringe cringe.

**strangeirish** · 11/02/2011, 11:50 PM

**paudie** · 12/02/2011, 1:00 AM

Better than Dustin is the only good thing you could say about that.

**SwanVsDalton** · 12/02/2011, 1:53 AM

Maybe I've been drinking a little too much, but I thought that was pretty funny. Well the first 30 seconds anyway, couldn't hack the rest...

**bennocelt** · 12/02/2011, 7:55 AM

Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton

Maybe I've been drinking a little too much, but I thought that was pretty funny. Well the first 30 seconds anyway, couldn't hack the rest...

Likewise, but thats the kind of crap that might do well in the Eurovision - obvious nod to Euro Disco in it

**mypost** · 12/02/2011, 8:24 PM

Oh it's crap alright, sending that rubbish to Eurovision. About the song instead, it would sound alright with competent artists, such as the female type singer it was originally written for.

Act should have been disqualified for the song leaking out well before everyone else had their chance to be heard. Instead RTE changed the voting to 33% public, 67% jury. You wouldn't expect juries to score that act well, but this is RTE, and generally whatever they want in Eurovision, goes for our entry.

If they get second last in the semi final, it'll be an achievement. No hope.

**Magicme** · 12/02/2011, 8:55 PM

I thought they are the perfect people to send. It's just the song was one of the worst I have ever heard.

**Neish** · 13/02/2011, 10:16 AM

Why do people get so worked up about this? The Eurovision(in the most part) and especially in the last 10 -15 years is nothing but a string of similar sounding manufactured pop acts, all is service to do is fill the pockets of some record company executive (i.e. Louie Walsh) whose use it to launch or re-launch lagging carers Up till 15 - 20 years ago it had a bit of credit as alot of the song in someway were a reflection of the countries traditional/folk musical styling but all it is 95% pop sh*t.

Also thinks it really funny the way everyone behind Ireland’s entry say that sending dustin the turkey made a mockery of the contest yet Jededward is perfectly acceptable.

Is the cost of holding this still covered by the tax payers because who really wants extra tax in the current economic climate

**horton** · 13/02/2011, 2:45 PM

I've not really been paying attention to this thread, so apologies if this has already been discussed(I'm not reading 37 pages to check!) but why are some people getting worked up about the damn thing? The contest has always been a farce, and self righteous numpties(yes I'm looking at you Terry Wogan!) complaining about political voting need to look at it's history. The reason why Ireland/UK/France have won it so much is because we've given each other top marks every year! With an expansion in participating countries, our little pact lost dominance, thus by putting forward rubbish acts, we can claim that it's to make a mockery of the competition, a competition which arguably was never really about the singing, just who had the most mates in Europe! Well anyway, that's my 2 cents on it.

**dochara** · 21/02/2011, 7:06 PM

I heard Jedward's effort on radio today for the first time and I would swear that it's someone else singing.

The voices don't sound remotely like the squeaks on The Late Late Show. I wonder . . . . ?

**mypost** · 21/02/2011, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by Neish

Why do people get so worked up about this? The Eurovision(in the most part) and especially in the last 10 -15 years is nothing but a string of similar sounding manufactured pop acts, all is service to do is fill the pockets of some record company executive (i.e. Louie Walsh) whose use it to launch or re-launch lagging carers Up till 15 - 20 years ago it had a bit of credit as alot of the song in someway were a reflection of the countries traditional/folk musical styling but all it is 95% pop sh*t.

And what's wrong with pop? People want upbeat, lively fun music in the contest, not the funerally flat ballad crap we've sent most of our contestants. Eurovision is I say again, a 100% live, no cover song contest. If you can hack it, you can hack it, if you can't, you're hung out to dry in front of several hundred million people. It's a cruel judge.

The good news this year: We've sent a pop song. The bad news: The performers can't sing, can't dance, and can't perform. So we're kind of screwed anyway.

**mypost** · 04/05/2011, 2:42 AM

With most delegations already in Dusseldorf, conducting rehearsals, holding press conferences, and doing promo work, our rehearsals are Wednesday, Sunday, and Wednesday/Thursday.

First rehearsal for us today, cost-conscious RTE arrived only yesterday, and will be delighted to be among the last delegations to arrive, as the song is the last song of the second semi-final.

Among the other competitors this year, Dana International is back again, Slovakia has it's own (and much better-looking) twins competing, the winner from last year Lena Landrut is back to sing again, Italy return to the contest with a direct pass to the final, and the Brits can't vote for us in the semi-final. Still, with no pan-European promotion, RTE hope that the viewing public from Poland to Portugal, and Iceland to Azerbaijan remember our song long enough on the night to wrestle a vote out of them.

But at least last year's winner, Lena, likes them.

**Lionel Ritchie** · 04/05/2011, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by mypost

.... the winner from last year Lena Landrut is back to sing again ....
But at least last year's winner, Lena, likes them.

I'm just glad she turned up safe and well. I thought that Cold Case crowd were still investigating her disappearance.

**culloty82** · 10/05/2011, 7:24 PM

Probably says a lot for the songs this year that Armenia is comfortably the best so far, most of the hotly-tipped songs are competing Thursday.

**mypost** · 11/05/2011, 3:53 AM

Another signal that the jury vote works, is seeing Iceland and Switzerland qualify, and Armenia and Turkey sent home. The last two were perennial qualifiers without the juries.

The weirdos are on last on Thursday night, and with the UK unable to vote for them, I reckon we've got Dustin II episode on the cards.

**culloty82** · 11/05/2011, 3:10 PM

I'm not so sure - this site regularly picks the winner, and they have us second-favourite at 17/2.

**mypost** · 11/05/2011, 4:47 PM

We're among the favourites with the Bookies every year, no matter how bad the song is.

It will be an achievement if the UK reality show/record company rejects qualify. They make Dustin look a serious music artist.

**ifk101** · 12/05/2011, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by mypost

We're among the favourites with the Bookies every year, no matter how bad the song is.

You're not a bookie anyways ......

**Wolfie** · 12/05/2011, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by mypost

It will be an achievement if the UK reality show/record company rejects qualify. They make Dustin look a serious music artist.

To paraphrase the old Kit Kat advert - "They can't sing, they can't play, they look weird - they'll go a long way".

This is Eurovision lads, the normal parameters of taste and sanity do not apply.

Jettison the political voting element to this "competition" and Jedward would stand a fighting chance of winning it outright.

**saint dog** · 12/05/2011, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by mypost

We're among the favourites with the Bookies every year, no matter how bad the song is.

It will be an achievement if the UK reality show/record company rejects qualify. They make Dustin look a serious music artist.

only because people are betting on them here , they were 20/1 last week and now 6/1 which will change tonight if (big if) they get through .