Ireland-Eurovision winners 2005?

**onenilgameover** · 20/05/2005, 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by kerr's tribe

1. bring back johnny logan to sort things out
2. shoot everyone involved on you're a star except linda martin, she had some cop-on
3. Reform Yugoslavia
4. Let me pick the song

5. Resort to bribery
6. Disconnect phonelines/mobiles in Athlone

You could have stopped at your first Suggestion on your list...He is all we need...Johnny Logan is a Legend a God or a Diety if you will. Look at him here...If only a was dat way....

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...DB:en%26sa%3DN

**Green Tribe** · 20/05/2005, 12:21 AM

A Legend indeed, and he is popular in Germany, so that helps in the voting

Hold me now, don't stop, blah blah blah blah, class song, one of his many greats

Would like to know what RTE will do next year!!!!!!!!

**Poor Student** · 20/05/2005, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by kerr's tribe

A Legend indeed, and he is popular in Germany, so that helps in the voting

Hold me now, don't stop, blah blah blah blah, class song, one of his many greats

Would like to know what RTE will do next year!!!!!!!!

Same thing of course. They have cracked the formula. Formula on how not to ever bear the burden of expense to hold the thing again.

**Troy.McClure** · 20/05/2005, 12:48 AM

I think that its fair to say that Ireland and the Irish people have a great nack of wrecking polls - The Wolfe Tones comes to mind. I'd love it if we screwed up the Eurovision too. Can you immagine what would happen if we put in U2 or Damien Rice? I could just immagine the poxy enterants from Estonia or where ever walking on after them blairing out Elevation or Sunday Bloody Sunday

**Lionel Ritchie** · 20/05/2005, 11:00 AM

It's a great day for Irish music!

I happened to call to a mates house just as tweedle dee and tweedle dum were starting so I finally got to see the gruesome twosome in action. Oh mercy....

A one legged man in an a r s e kicking competition would've been in the running for longer.

A great great great day. Well done to all concerned ...thoroughly entertained

**pete** · 20/05/2005, 11:44 AM

RTEs ratings for the big night on saturday will now surely suffer a lot?

They probbaly not too concerned as have already made a fortune from text votes for "U a Star?".

**Neish** · 20/05/2005, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

niesh there was a big no beside that a minute ago, yet now it shows differently even though it doesnt say last edited....

Aye but that big no there and thought it was far too big, and edieted withing a minute. AFAIK if you edit a post within 5-10 minutes of orignally posting. It will not show up as edited

**ollie** · 20/05/2005, 12:05 PM

did any of ye think that the male presenter sounded a bit like Borak from ali g.i was in stitches laughing at him.he surely knew how he sounded.

**superfrank** · 20/05/2005, 3:36 PM

Maybe it was a good thing we didn't get thru. Do we really want two stereotypes representing us?

**Green Tribe** · 20/05/2005, 3:53 PM

Originally Posted by ollie

did any of ye think that the male presenter sounded a bit like Borak from ali g.i was in stitches laughing at him.he surely knew how he sounded.

the one from kazhakstan that speaks Polish? was it boran?

yeah he is funny, especially when he went to USA. The presenters are a bit thick at times but not as bad as the Turkish ones last year

**Green Tribe** · 20/05/2005, 4:03 PM

Originally Posted by superfrank

Maybe it was a good thing we didn't get thru. Do we really want two stereotypes representing us?

What I find is a big insult is that, Ireland, a country well known for it's wide variety of talented musicians, dancers and singers, songwriters, writers etc cannot come up with a decent act, and resort to their money grabbing YAS/Pop Idol style dung....

Seems that the McCauls and all back home are blaming the eastern countries for voting each other, which is partly true, but at least we would be able to say that for certain IF we had sent a decent song etc

**Gerrit** · 21/05/2005, 12:28 AM

Ireland and Belgium both out before the actual contest comes up

I support a song and not a country usually, but still, I haven't heard the songs yet and with that in mind it's a bit extra exciting to wait and hear and judge those particular two entries.

The only upside is that it makes it less pity that I will see it on tape afterwards instead of live. At the moment of the ESC, I'll be in Tolka Park...

**Pauro 76** · 21/05/2005, 9:13 AM

Shame about that...

where did we finish? And did Greece make it through, putting a few quid on them after the sneaky advert apperance of their song...

**Green Tribe** · 21/05/2005, 11:00 AM

Greece already in final as they were placed high enough lasy year -3rd

**paul_oshea** · 21/05/2005, 11:27 AM

did any of ye see the email going round on why we didnt win the eurovision??its quite funny, ill post the pics if no one has seen it.

**pete** · 21/05/2005, 1:12 PM

Those 2 irish kids were glorified kareoke signers. At least we spared the rest of europe seeing them.

**sligoman** · 21/05/2005, 3:20 PM

To be honest, I dont think Ireland will ever win it again and I dont think they actually want to win it again because it cost's them too much to stage the event.

**sligoman** · 21/05/2005, 3:21 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

did any of ye see the email going round on why we didnt win the eurovision??its quite funny, ill post the pics if no one has seen it.

No haven't seen it yet!

**CollegeTillIDie** · 21/05/2005, 4:17 PM

Two facts should be borne in mind regarding the Eurovision Song Contest.

1/ It has little or no connection with modern state of the art popular m�sic as it is known West of the former Iron Curtain.

It actuall� seldom if ever did but it lost all connection sometime in the early 1990ś when winners started mysteriously disappearing up their own rear ends not having managed to crack the Top 40 in any significant European Record buying market.

2/ Youŕe A Star is the completely wrong vehicle for selecting an entrant.
I think that is what has emerged in the past 2 years. This year� song woeful and all as it was was way better than the pile of pooh Chris Doran was asked to deliver last year, the writer himself virtually disowned the dam thing, which landed us in the semi-final in the first place. Bri(y)an McFadden and Phil Coulter are responsible for this predicament. They between them were responsible for the pitiful entry in 2004.

We don�t even submit passable crap songs anymore, and sending out kids to do adults work was very unfair on Donna and Joe.

They should resume having an open competition for selecting the songs at least. The past few years it has been an invitees submission of songs and the fact is Coulter has lost touch with the Contest and itś idiosyncratic requirement�s. He is yesterdayś man where that issue is concerned as is Johnny Logan. RTE must be delighted it will be at least 2 years now before we even make a final !