Re: Eurovision!
 

Y'know, as soon as the votes closed the Finnish announcers on YLE said that Norway had ALREADY booked a hall for hosting the contest, before they even knew the final's results.

Presumably Norway had overwhelmingly won the semi-finals just like Lordi did.

EDIT: Apparently the UK bookmakers had Norway on odds of just 4/5 to win. They must have known some kind of inside information about the voting in the semis, which is breaking the rules.

Re: Eurovision!
 

Good Grief, The UK is actually getting a respectable score for the first time in years - WooHoo!

Re: Eurovision!
 

They should have done it with last year's song, which was quite good. This year's was terrible!

Re: Eurovision!
 

don't remember last years. still trying to blank out the dodgy airline song/group, and the really dodgy teacher/schoolgirl act from a couple of years ago.

Quite a number of decent songs this year, quite impressed - Norway did very very well though. Kudos to them.

Re: Eurovision!
 

Goddamn, I hate Eurovision. Senseless, unfair money washer. Screw that screaming drunk belarus immigrant... Norway has a bunch of great voices, Taria from Nightwish for example, why the hell they showed that crap?!
P.S.: Estonia, we love ya :)

Re: Eurovision!
 

Great winner. I like the song. Bosnia&Herzegovina, Sweden, Malta or France were great as well.... Actually, I cannot remember a ESC with so many great performances.

Re: Guide to Eurovision
 

LOL :D
That really is an accurate representation of voting in ESC.

That's what motivated Spain "protest singer" in 2008 :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRQhZtbm97I
LOL :D
I still remember when he was chosen by popular vote, he couldn't believe it and some of the other participants started crying. He was a comedian in a popular night TV show and went to the RTVE contest just for the fun.
There is a wikipedia page too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Chikilicuatre

Re: Eurovision!
 

Yes, surprisingly good stuff compared to previous years, don't know if it was because of the jury vote or are people coming to their senses :) Even the previously regularly, kahm, downvoted countries managed to get good performers and, more surprisingly a solid number of votes.

PS. To a poster above: Tarja Tulonen is from Finland. :)

PPS. Who is the SEVENTH in the Yugoslav backpattery !?! I just miss that one, the poodle and 2 from the russian block, all the rest are solved/assigned !

Re: Guide to Eurovision
 

I had missed that. How embarrassing, I couldn't make it beyond 2:20.

Watching the video of the winner now. I had to check it was really Norway and no Ireland. Also the name didn't sound too Norwegian but then I learned he is born in Minsk. Definitely something is changing in Europe! Yes, for good, although something is to be missed if no local languages and flavours of EU-cheesiness show up anymore.

About the guy. He has good voice, plays the viano and violin since the age of 5, has a sense of choreography and is cute. Well done, boy. Now, escape from ESC asap!

Re: Guide to Eurovision
 

He was the most voted spanish participant in the last six years (counting this year too).