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Post by Robbing the Dezan on May 18, 2006 16:29:37 GMT -5
Daz fucking Sampson. I love the song and everthing, but he keeps trying to make out he is a Eurovision expert. He said "no one has ever been booed at Eurovision before". Erm, t.A.T.u.!
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Post by Steve on May 18, 2006 16:31:16 GMT -5
I think it's pretty much "in the bag" for Carola now. If Annette couldn't get through, I think it doesn't look too good for Anna Vissi.
I don't think a lot of Europe would get Silvia, but then part of me thinks if they could vote for the cocky Lithuanian entry, surely they could have picked a cocky song with an actual melody!
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Post by NumanumAnzej on May 18, 2006 16:32:16 GMT -5
Seriously though, what was up with Turkey? I was really looking foward to it, but it seemed totally different, and I was having trouble getting into it to be honest.
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Post by Steve on May 18, 2006 16:33:00 GMT -5
She seemed to sing it in a higher pitch than on record. I wasn't impressed at all!
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Post by dannywales on May 18, 2006 16:35:06 GMT -5
Turkey was shit. The whole contest is shit. Yes I'm bitter that Belgium, Slovenia and Iceland aren't through.
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Post by vasilios on May 18, 2006 16:36:30 GMT -5
Turkey has the Hottest Dancer E V E R. Turd song though - but the hottie withe the 5 days stable will be onstage Saturday - yay!
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Post by Steve on May 18, 2006 16:38:59 GMT -5
I feel sorry for the Dutch girls - it must be so gutting to whore yourself around practically every country pre-contest and still not get through.
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Post by SamB on May 18, 2006 16:39:41 GMT -5
Kate Ryan didn't get through.
Anzej didn't get through.
Silvia Night didn't get through.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Post by KittyLips on May 18, 2006 16:41:55 GMT -5
Turkey was shit. The whole contest is shit. Yes I'm bitter that Belgium, Slovenia and Iceland aren't through. HA HA! This is EXACTLY how I felt last year after paying 600 pounds to fly back to England and watch Selma win the whole shebang and Laura and the Lovers come 2nd. And clearly it all went wrong. The contest is great, it's just that FUCKING EUROPE IS FUCKING STUPID! Anett Artani should have flown through to the finals easily as well. Her perfomance was flawless.
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Post by NumanumAnzej on May 18, 2006 16:43:09 GMT -5
And I bet you like Armenia. (I meant Sam, not you, KL).
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Post by goggle on May 18, 2006 16:45:17 GMT -5
I think it's pretty much "in the bag" for Carola now. If Annette couldn't get through, I think it doesn't look too good for Anna Vissi. Well, that's some good news (the Anna Vissi not winning, not the Carola winning). Now I'll just have to encourage everyone to vote for Mihai and Severina. Afrika paprika! I want to know who came last. When does the vote count for the semi get released?
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Post by KittyLips on May 18, 2006 16:45:30 GMT -5
Ta for the clarification! ;-)
I was on the phone to my Ma asking if he'd had his eyebrow's waxed as you couldn't see clearly enough on the webcast.
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Post by KittyLips on May 18, 2006 16:46:50 GMT -5
The semi votes get released after the final unless eurovision.tv fucks up like it did last year (or was it the year before?) and publishes them by accident...
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Post by NumanumAnzej on May 18, 2006 16:49:16 GMT -5
It was the year before, the first year of the semi, and in fact, the results were flashed up on screen for a few seconds. I think that it was originally intended that the semi-final votes would be secret, but after it happened "accidentally", they had to doing it I guess.
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Post by dannywales on May 18, 2006 16:53:18 GMT -5
It was last year that they leaked on eurovision.tv because I remember it was Romania who won the semi and they were worried it would affect their final result that it had leaked.
I seriously can't believe that Kate isn't through. I think we should complain that it cut to someone's foot during the pyrotechnics!
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Post by Steve on May 18, 2006 16:56:35 GMT -5
I stand by the silly mare reading "Ireland" instead of "Iceland."
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Post by KittyLips on May 18, 2006 16:57:17 GMT -5
Yeah, I noticed that too. It was a very random shot. I thought it was just the webcast misfiring.
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Post by popknark on May 18, 2006 17:04:34 GMT -5
I was slightly dissapointed in Iceland's and Belgium's performances (Silvia overdid it, and Kate was too dull), but they were still easily my favourites along with Slovenia which I still think should've won the whole thing. I don't understand how anyone could vote for Lithuania, Armania or Turkey above them. Glad to see Sweden (I'm not saying this because I'm patriotic but she did the best performance by far) and Bosnia (which I didn't like at all on the pre-programs but grew on me enormously when being performed) are through though.
And Iceland getting booed at is the most brilliant tv moment ever since 2003. Loved it.
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Post by goggle on May 18, 2006 17:08:28 GMT -5
These are the reasons I can come up with for Slovenia not qualifying:
+ Bad draw + Anzej may be too over the top for some + Neighborly voting - Slovenia has only one neighbor participating, and they probably voted for Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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Post by KittyLips on May 18, 2006 17:11:52 GMT -5
Isn't Slovenia the black sheep in the Balkan family? I remember readong somewhere that no-one there liked them.
And was anyone else disturbed by the piano body in Russia's performance? That is the creepiest thing I've EVER seen in Eurovision. Moreso even than Phillip Kirkirov.
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Post by Antti3000 on May 18, 2006 17:22:27 GMT -5
I was so sure that Kate was going to be the last song to get through and eventually win saturday. I was so wrong. What a disappointment! Anzej was my favorite, although I wanted it to do well I was a bit more sceptical with him. Still, he was fantastic!! And the lovely outrageous Silvia... What was with the booing!? Where's the sense of humour, man... Would have loved to see her again on saturday.
Well, now trying to be positive here... Ukraine was a pleasant surprise. Tina looked fabulous! I liked Turkey as well. Also they had probably the best dance routines.
The most horrible ones were Poland, The Netherlands and Estonia.
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Post by Robbing the Dezan on May 18, 2006 17:24:43 GMT -5
These are the reasons I can come up with for Slovenia not qualifying: + Bad draw + Anzej may be too over the top for some + Neighborly voting - Slovenia has only one neighbor participating, and they probably voted for Bosnia & Herzegovina. To clarify - Countries don't vote for just one. They award 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Slovenia is sort of the odd one out of the Yugoslav group. It always was slightly more Western European (it border Italy). If you compare it to Armenia: On first - worst draw. Only one Neighbour. Monobrow. Shit vocals.
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Post by SamB on May 18, 2006 17:29:40 GMT -5
These are the reasons I can come up with for Slovenia not qualifying: + Bad draw + Anzej may be too over the top for some + Neighborly voting - Slovenia has only one neighbor participating, and they probably voted for Bosnia & Herzegovina. Let me add three more. + Poor song + Not very well sung + He looked stupid. And Numanananananana, no, I don't like Armenia much either.
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Post by davaninja on May 18, 2006 17:30:47 GMT -5
Lithuania WHAT! and Turkey! WHAT! Oh my goodness fucking God.
Kate fucked it up live I have to say, cant believe Anjez didnt get through either and he was rather good. Im upset theres no Silvia Night in the final to.
BUT CAROLA OH CAROLA! Nailed the vocals, loving the vail and the wind machine.
Also impressed by Ukraine and FYROM. Live performance gave them a bit of extra energy they lack on the record IMO.
Must admit that fucking Irish song has grown on me though I cant see them staying up next year.
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Post by schronker on May 18, 2006 17:49:32 GMT -5
I've just retired after watching the SF... the votes of the Welsh jury were:
Welsh Gay: voted for Finland, Sweden and Ireland Caribbean honorary Welsh girl: Belgium Welsh Straight Guy: Andorra (must have been the underwear).
Mortified that Iceland, Belgium and Slovenia didn't make it, though. Turkey and Lithuania... WHY?
Improver of the night: Ukraine.
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Post by narcissus on May 18, 2006 17:57:06 GMT -5
Right that's it. We have to change the voting rules.
Only gay men and people under the age of 30 can vote. That way we won't get any crap like Ireland slipping through again.
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Post by dannywales on May 18, 2006 18:00:03 GMT -5
This Welsh gay voted for Belgium.. fat lot of good that did!
By the way I thought Anzej was charming in his bit with Paddy.
Speaking of Paddy, I think he should take over from Terry at some point, I loved his "The cruising...the gay... err.. look at that" during the postcard! Almost as funny as the "rimi rimi ley" joke from last year!
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Post by Robbing the Dezan on May 18, 2006 18:01:10 GMT -5
These are the reasons I can come up with for Slovenia not qualifying: + Bad draw + Anzej may be too over the top for some + Neighborly voting - Slovenia has only one neighbor participating, and they probably voted for Bosnia & Herzegovina. Let me add three more. + Poor song + Not very well sung + He looked stupid. And Numanananananana, no, I don't like Armenia much either. I disagree on the first two. Just you wait until Denmark bombs - then you won't be so smug. Was anyone else annoyed by Paddy's constant comments on "a simple song", and unfavourable attitude towards big performances. Does he want it to be like it was in the 1950s?
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Post by KittyLips on May 18, 2006 18:04:42 GMT -5
Oh Denmark.
He didn't know how to twist, oh no, I mean breakdance, hang on, what's going on?
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Post by dannywales on May 18, 2006 18:10:20 GMT -5
It's so stupid that they have breakdancing in their performance.. couldn't they have got someone to the tango or something? lol
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