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  • Addickted4life
    Addickted4life Posts: 7,467
    Just enter Adele.
  • I_was_Floyd
    I_was_Floyd Posts: 468
    Just enter Adele.
    Is that a 'Wouldya?'

  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    Just to say, although you're right that the UK will never a have a chance due to politics, the last three winner have been Sweden, Germany and Azerbaijan, none of which have more than 2/3 borders. I think a genuinely good song with a big performance, would see the UK finish in the top 5, remember they did finish 5th a few years ago!
    recheck that Atlas Fred !
    Haha, obviously Germany has more borders, but then they're not as involved in the 'voting to and from your neighbours' stuff. Norway won it a few years ago as well, I'm pretty sure their only border is with Sweden!

    Norway also borders Finland and Russia.

    :-)
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,734
    ITV are members of the European Broadcasting Union and I imagine they might pick it up if the BBC were to drop it.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    Thought Humperdinck was dire. Thought the standard was better this year. Norton does a half deent job but I miss Wogan. I love Eurovision, no matter how crap or how annoying the voting patterns are.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    Better than what Large? The bits that I saw it was more or less the same dreadful X Factor style song from half the contestants, just at varying speeds, and the usual bingy bangy bongy from the rest...

    I don't want anything else from Eurovision.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,784
    Forgot all about this for the last 20 years. Did I miss anything?
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,784
    "And the winner is...........................GREAT BRITAIN".
  • adamtheaddick
    adamtheaddick Posts: 8,664
    what makes me cringe is when you have serbia croatia and bosnia ect giving each other 12 points when not 20 years ago they were happily commiting mass genocide on each other..oh how music makes the world forget...
  • Tommy Dowling
    Tommy Dowling Posts: 385
    what makes me cringe is when you have serbia croatia and bosnia ect giving each other 12 points when not 20 years ago they were happily commiting mass genocide on each other..oh how music makes the world forget...
    This.

    I used to watch the Eurovision for the same reasons most people did, ie for Terry Wogan's commentary and to laugh at the deplorable singers/bands that were on show. Now Terry's gone, replaced with a not too bad Graham Norton, but it's not the same.

    No-one in Europe likes us so it's no surprise that the UK came second to last. Saying that, the Swedish effort had been Number 1 in several countries prior to Saturday so its not surprising that they won.

    I gave the whole shebang a miss this year to see Saxon + Judas Priest at Hammersmith Odeon which was, I'm sure, a billion times better than what was being served up in Azerbaijan.



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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,857
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    Just found out the Swedish tune has already been a hit in many countries, number one in five. On that basis I suggest we do actually enter a Lennon and McCartney track, and see what the reaction is...
    It has to be an original song not previously released before selection as that nations entrant.
    It can be released once chosen and before the contest.
  • daveaddick
    daveaddick Posts: 1,926
    Addickted4life said:
    Just enter Adele.

    Is that a 'Wouldya?'

    LOL nice one. Nothing to do with music, never watch it and couldn't care less
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
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    Just found out the Swedish tune has already been a hit in many countries, number one in five. On that basis I suggest we do actually enter a Lennon and McCartney track, and see what the reaction is...
    It has to be an original song not previously released before selection as that nations entrant.
    It can be released once chosen and before the contest.
    Ah, should have guessed they would have a way around it...
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Did "We" win ?
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Did "We" win ?
    If you're Swedish yes, otherwise no.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    edited May 2013
    Just seen Bonnie Tyler on The Graham Norton show performing this years entry - oh My God. What a downbeat depressing song. Who picks these songs? Oh and it she looks like she's looking after a dead heat in a Zeplin race .
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Yes I saw that. I think we've surpassed (sp)? ourselves this year.
    Truly, truly shocking. I can't stand to look at her or listen.
    We'll be lucky to get zero :-)
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,208
    I've not heard or seen the squalls but as long as it guarantees that we don't win and therefore have to host then that's good enough.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    I think it's a good song but it won't register at Eurovision.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Covered End said:

    Yes I saw that. I think we've surpassed (sp)? ourselves this year.
    Truly, truly shocking. I can't stand to look at her or listen.
    We'll be lucky to get zero :-)

    Riviera said:

    I think it's a good song but it won't register at Eurovision.

    I see your taste hasn't improved.
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  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Well you're the only person on here I've ever borrowed a record off!

    Yes you youngsters a vinyl Long Player.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Bugger.1-0 to you.
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867
    I have a friend that goes to the finals every year. True fact.
  • maybe_baby
    maybe_baby Posts: 2,609
    buckshee said:

    I have a friend that goes to the finals every year. True fact.

    Excuse me sir but I'm supposed to be the weird one on here :-)

  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,620
    glad no one on here takes it too seriously
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,336
    It would be a better programme if they scrapped the songs and just went straight to the voting. It would also be a lot shorter.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,722
    edited May 2013
    i will be watching this. has never been the same without terry wogan though.

    me and a few mates make a drinking game out of it. you go for a certain country that you like then for every vote they get you have a drink. of course if you go for britain it will become quite a dry night.

  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    buckshee said:

    I have a friend that goes to the finals every year. True fact.

    Inspector Sands ?
  • sadiejane1981
    sadiejane1981 Posts: 9,012
    I quite like the song, I think some of you may be surprised at how well it will do. Won't win because of the stupid political voting, but katrina and the waves made it.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,722
    it's here! and this will be the winner...


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdU02F9lT2g

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