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Oooh, in about 10 minutes the second qualifier for this year's Eurovision Song Contest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest) will begin! I missed the previous one since Sweden wasn't in it and also most of the songs (apart from Armenia's (http://youtube.com/watch?v=k1UnyY6XiXY)) really sucked more than usual, so there was no point.

Not so, tonight. Tonight more of the stronger songs are competing, and my favourites are in order:

1. Iceland. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=fQm7dFO4E1Y&feature=related) I'm a sucker for super happy, gay Eurodisco sung by two gorgeous people with great voices. Not to mention Iceland deserves to win for the first time.

2. Sweden (http://youtube.com/watch?v=fHPitcikvv0). I hated our song last year. This year, I love it.

3. Ukraine. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=DHaLr6qTqPw) I'm a sucker for blingy, gorgeous pop with no substance. Plus, her breasts are captivating.

4. Switzerland. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=4N3LO3czzgM) Sure, it's 100% plagiarised from Amy Diamond's "It can only get better (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ogu0sd1fHNw)", but I still love the first ballady part. Bonus points for being in Italian, which is the perfect language to sing in.

The rest, I don't care much for.

So, what are your favourites? Feel free to comment as the show goes on!

If you can't see it on TV, you can watch it online from 21.00 CET at http://www.eurovision.tv

http://therda.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/dustintheturkey.jpg

/not impressed.

not impressed.

Haha! Damn, so happy I was to hear it was eliminated. In your face, Ireland! You thought it was funny, but it really wasn't. It was just bad sportsmanship from poor losers who are living in the past.

I kinda liked Bosnia-Herzegovina's entry on Tuesday. Particular low points were the Greek, Azeri and Russian entries qualifying for Saturday. Particular high point was Ireland getting boo'ed. Richly deserved, I say, however funny it was.

I seem to recall the Latvian entry being...odd...so I'll be looking out for that tonight. Haven't really listened to any of the others, I don't think. But us Brits can vote tonight! (if we want...i.e. no). I'm predicting a finish between 21-25 for us on Saturday, probably in the lower...oh, let's say one...of that range.

I kinda liked Bosnia-Herzegovina's entry on Tuesday.

You know, so did I. The lyrics were a hoot if you understood them, and I liked that they managed to get Helena Bonham Carter to go crazy on stage for them.

Oh, and Latvia... very special. The snooze-fest of tonight is however Portugal. Ugh.

Oooh, in about 10 minutes the second qualifier for this year's Eurovision Song Contest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest) will begin! I missed the previous one since Sweden wasn't in it and also most of the songs (apart from Armenia's (http://youtube.com/watch?v=k1UnyY6XiXY)) really sucked more than usual, so there was no point.

Not so, tonight. Tonight more of the stronger songs are competing, and my favourites are in order:

1. Iceland. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=fQm7dFO4E1Y&feature=related) I'm a sucker for super happy, gay Eurodisco sung by two gorgeous people with great voices. Not to mention Iceland deserves to win for the first time.

2. Sweden (http://youtube.com/watch?v=fHPitcikvv0). I hated our song last year. This year, I love it.

3. Ukraine. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=DHaLr6qTqPw) I'm a sucker for blingy, gorgeous pop with no substance. Plus, her breasts are captivating.

4. Switzerland. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=4N3LO3czzgM) Sure, it's 100% plagiarised from Amy Diamond's "It can only get better (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ogu0sd1fHNw)", but I still love the first ballady part. Bonus points for being in Italian, which is the perfect language to sing in.

The rest, I don't care much for.

So, what are your favourites? Feel free to comment as the show goes on!

If you can't see it on TV, you can watch it online from 21.00 CET at http://www.eurovision.tv

Charlotte Perelli and Ani Lorak have amazing voices.

Haha! Damn, so happy I was to hear it was eliminated. In your face, Ireland! You thought it was funny, but it really wasn't. It was just bad sportsmanship from poor losers who are living in the past.

Dustin didn't get through eh? Dang.

Shit! Could they have gotten people who knew less English to host? Their accents are so thick, I can barely understand them.

Charlotte Perelli and Ani Lorak have amazing voices.

Charlotte Perelli looks like a plastic bimbo.

Though not as badly as the Poland's candidate.

And who cares about voice? It's a freak show/circus so visuals are the key! Too bad Verka didn't win last year.

The video for the Swiss entry just struck me as all wrong. While the song was excellent, it didn't seem to mesh with the video, especially the random break-dancing. Admittedly, I don't know much Italian, but the tone struck me as too subdued for the fast-pace of break dancing.

Rippin' it to shreds, Iceland! Damn, his voice is amazing and he himself is just sex!

Shit! Could they have gotten people who new less English to host? Their accents are so thick, I can barely understand them.

;)

;)

See, it's contagious!

Ooh, go Charlotte, go!

Haha! Damn, so happy I was to hear it was eliminated. In your face, Ireland! You thought it was funny, but it really wasn't. It was just bad sportsmanship from poor losers who are living in the past.

Erm, k.

Didn't think it was funny myself - thought it was a piss take for a reason but the humour would have been lost on the rest of Europe. I guess Finland were exhibiting bad sportsmanship when they entered Lordi as a piss take as well eh?

The whole competition lost it's "shine" in the last few years because of the ridiculous voting blocs. Having said that, I'm slightly impressed by French entry.

Actually, since it has become even more political, I actually find the show slightly interesting.

You know, so did I. The lyrics were a hoot if you understood them, and I liked that they managed to get Helena Bonham Carter to go crazy on stage for them.
I understood them, mainly because the BBC3 subtitling people obviously had someone fluent in Bosnian translating it on-the-fly for them.

Or they already had a translation of it. Whichever.

The snooze-fest of tonight is however Portugal. Ugh.
I look forward to it.

Oh, and I'm looking forward to Bulgaria as well. Honest.

I guess Finland were exhibiting bad sportsmanship when they entered Lordi as a piss take as well eh?

Lordy had a great song and it wasn't meant as a piss take at all - they were very serious when they entered with it, and they were favourites to win. Dustin's "song" sucked and the "humour" of it fell flat.

Come on, vote for Lithuania. :D

Charlotte Perelli and Ani Lorak have amazing voices.

That's what so fun, that there's at least a little talent this year.

Lordy had a great song and it wasn't meant as a piss take at all - they were very serious when they entered with it, and they were favourites to win.

Really? They seem like a bit of a novelty act to me, that's why I liked them a tiny bit, if they really were serious about their music, then I must admit my opinion of them has dropped considerably.

Lordy had a great song and it wasn't meant as a piss take at all - they were very serious when they entered with it, and they were favourites to win.
It was still a piss take by the standards of the serious Eurovision competitors. They were in uproar over it. I loved it.

Dustin's "song" sucked and the "humour" of it fell flat.

It wasn't a song - it was an audio bowl movement.

I understood them, mainly because the BBC3 subtitling people obviously had someone fluent in Bosnian translating it on-the-fly for them.

Or they already had a translation of it. Whichever.

"Pokusat cu da te poljubim a ti se pravi luda!" ("I'll try to kiss you, but act as if you're crazy!" :D

I look forward to it.

Oh, and I'm looking forward to Bulgaria as well. Honest.

Actually, "DJ Take Me Away" isn't too bad. Not too good, but still not too bad.

Ooh, Ani Lorak seems to be having a bit of voice problems! Might cost her a bit. *hopes for Charlotte's sake*

It was still a piss take by the standards of the serious Eurovision competitors. They were in uproar over it.

No, they weren't.

It wasn't a song - it was an audio bowl movement.

Sort of like most of Ireland's entries lately.

Ugh, Lithuania! There's an audio bowel movement - it's painful to watch!

Albania's is a nice little ballad. Doesn't stand a chance, I should expect, though, but I like it. She's cute for a kid.

No, they weren't.
Really? Finland begs to differ.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4926020.stm

Sort of like most of Ireland's entries lately.
Still not disagreeing with you. Most songs entered in the Eurovision, regardless of where they're from, are shit.

Really? Finland begs to differ.

Pishposh, the overwhelming majority of them liked Lordy. The whole "upset" contingent was minuscule.

Still not disagreeing with you. Most songs entered in the Eurovision, regardless of where they're from, are shit.

It's a pity because Ireland used to send such good songs, no wonder they won so many times. But somewhere there at the end of the 90s they stagnated and then just got worse and worse. Sort of like Britain, but their suck streak started in the 80s.

I don't understand why more countries don't enter metal bands in Eurovision - obviously they'd need to actually apply first, but metal has a wide audience across pretty much all of Europe. Plus, it'd mean Scandinavian winners would be fairly frequent (as they produce the best metal), so we'd get blond beauties presenting the show every year. ;)

It's a pity because Ireland used to send such good songs, no wonder they won so many times. But somewhere there at the end of the 90s they stagnated and then just got worse and worse. Sort of like Britain, but their suck streak started in the 80s.

'Sucked'? Most people in Britain would love it if we could send a song these days that only 'sucked'. They're embarrassingly awful, and then people have the cheek to hide behind 'block voting' when they get no votes.

I think the song we're sending this year is alright, but not a winner.

As for the streak starting in the 80s, don't forget that we did win it in 97.

It's a pity because Ireland used to send such good songs, no wonder they won so many times. But somewhere there at the end of the 90s they stagnated and then just got worse and worse. Sort of like Britain, but their suck streak started in the 80s.

Identity crisis - Ireland didn't know should they stop with the kitsch Oirish line or try and modernise. They tried both and failed. Then we keep having to apologise for Riverdance all over the place....

Britain just.... bleugh. Camp didn't work for them too well.

I imagine Russia, a Baltic or a Balkan state will win overall.

4. Switzerland. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=4N3LO3czzgM) Sure, it's 100% plagiarised from Amy Diamond's "It can only get better (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ogu0sd1fHNw)", but I still love the first ballady part. Bonus points for being in Italian, which is the perfect language to sing in.
Seriously? It's bad. Loses points for the guy looking smug and me just wanting to punch his face in.

'Sucked'? Most people in Britain would love it if we could send a song these days that only 'sucked'. They're embarrassingly awful, and then people have the cheek to hide behind 'block voting' when they get no votes.

That's annoyed me a bit in the past, because it really is what you got to hear from Britain: "They don't won't for us, because they hate us for Iraq!" No, we don't vote for you because not even you would vote for you if you got to vote for yourselves.

I think the song we're sending this year is alright, but not a winner.

It's very anonymous. I've heard a couple of times, and yet I still can't remember it or who sings it.

As for the streak starting in the 80s, don't forget that we did win it in 97.

Yes, but with Katrina and the Waves. :p

Seriously? It's bad. Loses points for the guy looking smug and me just wanting to punch his face in.

Nuhuh, the Italian just makes me melt, and will do so to a lot of people out there in Europe. It might not win, but it'll go to the final easily.

I don't understand Croatia, even though I understand the lyrics. It's just so... crap.

Is that William Shatner playing guitar for Bulgaria? :p

Latvia has pirates.
Pirates win.

Latvia has pirates.
Pirates win.

That song was rejected in the Swedish preliminaries, so Latvia took what we discarded. It shows...

Latvia has pirates.
Pirates win.
We'll see what the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonian ninjas have to say about that.*

*Ninjas may in fact be invisible on tv.

Is that William Shatner playing guitar for Bulgaria? :p

Were those even guitars? That made no sense.

That song was rejected in the Swedish preliminaries, so Latvia took what we discarded. It shows...

.. that the Swedes have no taste ;) ?

Honestly, sofar I have not seen a single performance that could not be accurately described as "tripe". At least the pirates had some very crude humour, even though the lady could not sing.

If Dustin only had not been so pathetic he would have been right.

Georgia: "Peace will come"... and hopefully with it a spork that I can gag myself with. Shite!

Honestly, sofar I have not seen a single performance that could not be accurately described as "tripe".

Then you haven't been watching, since you seem to have missed Iceland, Ukraine and Sweden. :D

Then you haven't been watching, since you seem to have missed Iceland, Ukraine and Sweden. :D

I am very sad to say that I did not. I would like those moments of my life back.

I am very sad to say that I did not. I would like those moments of my life back.

You'd squander them anyway, and you know that.

Oh, Malta... bring back Chiara! Even if I could go with some vodka.

Were those even guitars? That made no sense.
If you mean those two things at the start, no they weren't. But there was a guy later who was holding a guitar...perhaps it's debateable as to whether he was playing it or not.

If you mean those two things at the start, no they weren't. But there was a guy later who was holding a guitar...perhaps it's debateable as to whether he was playing it or not.

It's not called the world's biggest karaoke show for nothing. I miss the orchestra - this pre-recorded music stinginess has gone on for far too long.

Silly question:

What is this? I'm American... so forgive the ignorance, but I am rather curious on what this is. It looks... interesting.

Silly question:

What is this? I'm American... so forgive the ignorance, but I am rather curious on what this is. It looks... interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest

I don't understand why more countries don't enter metal bands in Eurovision - obviously they'd need to actually apply first, but metal has a wide audience across pretty much all of Europe. Plus, it'd mean Scandinavian winners would be fairly frequent (as they produce the best metal), so we'd get blond beauties presenting the show every year. ;)

That's why I'm voting Finland, even though these guys' music doesn't particularly appeal to me. After another victory to metal, I bet some people will think something along the lines of "Hey, if it works for them, it may as well work for us!", and, after a couple of years... \m/ :)