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Eurovision song contest

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
edited January 2023 in General Chat
how come there's no thread for it?

did anyone watch it?

Which country had the best song? I was camping when it took place but just seen the UK entry on You Tube and the winning one from Russia - didn't think either of them were much good.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Because we never win :p

    It was ok, there were some good entries, some were just pain stupid but still got more votes than us!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I personally think its so political.

    There were far worse songs than the UK's imo
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The UK gets an automatic entry cos they give so much money to the contest - so there's no real incentive there to even pick a decent song.

    How does the UK entry get chosen anyway?

    More then anything I'd say you usually need a good tune to get over the fact most nations can't understand the words being sung, although the Russian song was almost all words.

    Was Bucks Fizz the last UK entry to actually win the contest?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdm6QXxgrYo&feature=related
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Katrina and the Waves in 1997 :o

    I hasten to add I only know this because I like their 1985 hit 'walking on Sunshine' and was suprised they were still going.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    There is a programme on BBC1 about a month before the actual contest and the UK population vote for their favourite act of about 6 who could represent the UK.

    Wasn't it Katrina and the waves who was last to win?

    Although Katrina was Canadian, the song was written by someone from the UK.

    I never knew that i knew so much about this :o
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You're a secret Eurovision nerd .. LOL

    The BBC has all the songs from 2008 on it -

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/news/38.shtml

    I quite like the German song.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It was the usual bullshit in the voting - how did the french and spanish songs get more votes then us, they where rubbish. That was one of our better entries for some years but we'd never do well with it. I liked the finnish and the aberbejanzi songs.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    How weird is it that so many of the songs are being sung in English?
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    littlemissylittlemissy Posts: 9,972 Supreme Poster
    It's all political. No western European country will ever win again.

    Saying that, I do love Terry Wogan's sarcasm and cynicism :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    me thinkies that the white angle and black devil one should have won just because of the really high voice, had me in the giggles for ages

    or the french, just cos of the typical french ladies with beards(no offence to any french people)
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    I really didn't like the Russian song. And that's not a biased opinion, I don't give a rat's ass about who wins...

    The ones I liked the most were from Albania, Norway and Latvia (pirates).
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Indrid Cold wrote: »
    Latvia (pirates).

    How could I get forget the pirates? That was a great song.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I love Azerbaijan. The first time I saw it I couldn't stop laughing, it was a brilliant performance!

    This year wasn't the most memorable one, I didn't like the Russian song the first time I heard it but it's grown on me a lot and I quite like it now. This will sound geeky but I've dug up a russian version of his 2006 Eurovision song and I really like it, haha.

    I also enjoyed the Spanish song. It's so super Spanish and got really bizarre lyrics. I don't remember how often I went 'quattro, El Robocop!' through the night after the contest. ;)

    Eurovision is fantastic. :p
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