[QUOTE="ishoturface"]nobody has probably even heard of the whatever you saidyabbicoke
Ehm...you've never heard of the Eurovision song contest? :lol:
Nope, what is it?
...a song contest?
"The Eurovision Song Contest (French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson[1]) is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition. Each country participates via one of their national EBU-member television stations, whose task it is to select a singer and a song to represent their country in the international competition." - Wiki
Terry Wogan is hilarious, anyone watching the show from Britain will know what I mean. Also that show is so blatently biased, I find it ironic how the two biggest economic powers of Britain and Germany came dead last.
all you people who dont know what this is.. are you aware that the WHOLE of europe is a giant party right now and that everyone are one fire!? :p its pretty insane, when it was on, i couldnt see ONE person on the street, and i live in the center of a city of a quarter million people!
[QUOTE="hazbazz"]Its not about the singing any more, its just countries voting for their neighbours.ferretzor
Exactly. The voting is utterly pointless, really. I thought Turkey was pretty good tho, on a sidenote. Yeah, I also liked that song. For the people who didn't watch it
Its ridiculous. United Kingdon fund 40% percent of it, yet were always in the bottom 3. If we drop out, it would be cancelled.ferron321
Select better songs! UK has some of the best music in the world yet none of that is noticable in the contest.. I have to say though, it was atleast a better song this year then last one. :?
Seriously though, what was up with the axe- and maceman in the song Finland had? :lol:
Terry Wogan is hilarious, anyone watching the show from Britain will know what I mean. Also that show is so blatently biased, I find it ironic how the two biggest economic powers of Britain and Germany came dead last.spark5050
Yeah, I only watch it for the commentry. Some of the stuff he says is epic. I remember one year he managed to nail about 75% of the votes before they were called out just based on neighbores ect. Totalt unbiased :roll:
[QUOTE="ferron321"]Its ridiculous. United Kingdon fund 40% percent of it, yet were always in the bottom 3. If we drop out, it would be cancelled.jointed
We do?...proof?
You havn't noticed how UK gets in without having to qualify every year?
[QUOTE="ferron321"]Its ridiculous. United Kingdon fund 40% percent of it, yet were always in the bottom 3. If we drop out, it would be cancelled.Erasorn
We do?...proof?
You havn't noticed how UK gets in without having to qualify every year?
That's the "Big Four", Germany, Spain, France and the UK...and I doubt we fund 40% of it. Correct me of I'm wrong though.
Terry Wogan is hilarious, anyone watching the show from Britain will know what I mean. Also that show is so blatently biased, I find it ironic how the two biggest economic powers of Britain and Germany came dead last.spark5050
i thought the song Greece sang was the only one i thought was actually good and could end up in the music charts.
Terry Wogan was Epic, you can tell hes not really bothered about the contest now.
Maybe UK could have a chance if we could enter one of our "Professional" singers/bands, also the fact that every country in Europe hates us (except for San Marino and Ireland:) )
What a waste of time. Its not even a song contest anymore, its just a political contest. France, Germany, Spain and the UK should just stop paying for it. If Eastern Europe want to vote for each other to show how chummy they are, they should to it on their own tab...
[QUOTE="hazbazz"]Its not about the singing any more, its just countries voting for their neighbours.ferretzor
Exactly. The voting is utterly pointless, really. I thought Turkey was pretty good tho, on a sidenote. Yeah, all the voting is political. I respect Italy for avoiding the contest. But I have to admit Chiki Chiki shoulda won. :) guilty pleasure, I live in Spain and so many people were mortified when it was chosen.
[QUOTE="ferron321"]Its ridiculous. United Kingdon fund 40% percent of it, yet were always in the bottom 3. If we drop out, it would be cancelled.jointed
We do?...proof?
You havn't noticed how UK gets in without having to qualify every year?
That's the "Big Four", Germany, Spain, France and the UK...and I doubt we fund 40% of it. Correct me of I'm wrong though.
Why is the show Broadcast in mostly English even when it's held in other countries.
You have to love the blatent political voting, it's a joke. Russia's song was very mediocre.
At least Terry Wogan was funny as always, and I loved the Latvian pirates.
There is talk of the western European countries (especially the UK) pulling out of the contest, until the voting is more fair. It will be interesting to see if anyone does, and what effects that would have on the contest. Bear in mind that if the UK pulled out, they'd have a hard job financing the contest.
all you people who dont know what this is.. are you aware that the WHOLE of europe is a giant party right now and that everyone are one fire!? :p its pretty insane, when it was on, i couldnt see ONE person on the street, and i live in the center of a city of a quarter million people!
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Well I live in Asia, how am I suppose to know whats happening in Europe?
[QUOTE="ferron321"]Its ridiculous. United Kingdon fund 40% percent of it, yet were always in the bottom 3. If we drop out, it would be cancelled.jointed
We do?...proof?
You havn't noticed how UK gets in without having to qualify every year?
That's the "Big Four", Germany, Spain, France and the UK...and I doubt we fund 40% of it. Correct me of I'm wrong though.
From 2000 onwards, four particular countries would always qualify for the Eurovision final, regardless of their positions on the scoreboard in previous Contests. They earned this special status by being the four biggest financial contributors to the EBU (without which the production of the Eurovision Song Contest would not be possible). These countries are Germany, France, Spain and the United Kingdom. Due to their "untouchable" status in the Contest, these countries became known as the "Big Four".Wikipedia
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