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Eurovision: we're Billy No-mates
by deana24 @ 2008-05-25 - 11:39:47

I love Eurovision. Always have.

All those silly songs. All that cheering and colour and prancing about. Sir Terry making witty comments from his position on the moral high ground. The terrible intro people. The green room ramblings. The fake tan.

Last night's was a triumph.

The intro people wouldn't stop shouting and making fabulously over-the-top observations 'This is the most important night in the history of Europe'... 'the whole world is watching and waiting'... 'every wholesome, good-looking teenager rammed into this square, smiling like their lives depended on it, could be yours for £25 if you came here on you holidays...' *all right, I'm reading the subtext*

Best song of the night was, undoubtably Sebastien Tellier from France with an uber-cool song called Divine. It's a bit loungey, a bit Airy, ridiculously catchy.

Greece did well, with Kalomira and my Secret Combination which was some strange hybrid of Britney moves spliced with Genie in a Bottle. The lyrics suggest her secret combination is how to get into her knickers. Nice. Seemed to tickle the fancy of Europe though - it was in the lead before I fell asleep during the voting.

Nope, Russia won. With Believe. It was ok. It had the novelty value of an hysterical violinist and an ice skater with the biggest konk I've seen for a very long time.

But this is not a contest about what you sing. It's about who you know. And the Russians know the Bulkans and they're the new kids on the block and clearly they vote for each other. Why not? Everyone else does.

Our song? By some bloke called Andy Abraham. Good performance; solid, dull, unmemorable. Didn't deserve to come last - but we did.

If anything Eurovision today is a popularity contest. And in case we were wondering, with the people of the new Europe - which bears no resemblance to the one you'll recall from your geography days, unless you're 12 - we are about as popular as a burning orphanage. We are that pork chop at the Jewish wedding. Turkey did well. Israel did ok. Need I say any more?

Post-Iraq air space furore we clearly can't even rely on the French to vote for us. We are the Billy-no-mates of Europe. *Sigh...*

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prydwenprydwen [Member]
2008-05-25 @ 12:16

Did you know that this was the first time ever that the French entry was sung in English....

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-05-25 @ 12:24

Oh, so they can sing in our language but they can't be arsed voting for us?!

I really like the song though...

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UsksiderUsksider pro
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2008-05-25 @ 12:17

You must have realised by now... everyone hates the English.... ;)

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-05-25 @ 12:33

I know, but why? I mean I know we're dodgy, war-mongering, conceited sods but clearly our popularity is plummeting - we used to do ok. Kisses For Me... Puppet on a String...

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UsksiderUsksider pro
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2008-05-25 @ 21:35

Yeah well that was a long time ago.... everyone hates us now. :roll:

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-05-25 @ 12:40

This - this did better than us. I mean, really!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=d8wjcMus_m4&feature=related

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UsksiderUsksider pro
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2008-05-25 @ 21:36

Sad isn't it? Unbelievably sad.......

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-05-25 @ 22:27

Gutting. Frankly.

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mycorneroftheworldmycorneroftheworld [Member]
2008-05-26 @ 14:58

I think you must have misunderstood the contest! We are meant to vote for the songs and not for the citizens! :)) So I am sure we don't hate you English! :)

Another thing to remember is that only because someone does not get many votes, it does not mean that the song is bad, only that it was not among the countries ten favourites!

Anyway, it's just a game... no big deal! :))

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mycorneroftheworldmycorneroftheworld [Member]
2008-05-25 @ 13:12

I usually watch the ESC and it always makes me smile afterwards! :)) It is such a joke really... Who wins? The country with best neighbours or the contestant with the sexiest outfit? It's not so much about the songs any more, is it? But still entertaining! :)

Englands song was OK, so was Greece. But I liked Denmark's song most, I think. Not that I remember any of them now though! :)

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-05-25 @ 20:58

You can find them all on YouTube.

I agree; it should be viewed as fun only but it's depressing consistently coming in last when you're not the worst - by anyone's standards.

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mycorneroftheworldmycorneroftheworld [Member]
2008-05-26 @ 15:02

I know what you mean. But read my answer to Usky. There were 25 (?) contestants and only 10 votes to give out so even but no one thought it was among the top ten, it can still be a good song.

Sweden did very bad too but I am sure we will hear the song on the radio until our ears are falling off! :zz:

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NotBobNotBob [Member]
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2008-05-25 @ 15:43

I actually quite like the Bosnia/Herzogovena entry myself.
Mind you I have strange musical tastes.

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-05-25 @ 21:04

That one was excellent - reminded me of Plastique Bertrand *C'est plein pour moi*. Any idea 'why' with the washing line and brides?

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thehomelyyearthehomelyyear pro
2008-05-25 @ 16:49

When I think about how we used to look forward to it as kids ...Ireland in the 1960s/70s (not a lot on the telly!)

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-05-25 @ 21:06

Ooh, All Kinds of Everything with Dana and the lovely Jimmy Logan and What's Another Year - you were the gods of Eurovision - your songs were actually quite good. Ours were all smoke and mirrors and flashing of short skirts. Yours had substance.

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blaykablayka [Member]
2008-05-26 @ 09:53

Don't be too sad. At least people know who you are, and then they dislike you. (which I don't think is true, incidentally)

They dislike us without even knowing who we are :)

And our song was rubbish this year.

And another thing (I just won't shut up today): after televoting was introduced, COUNTRIES WITH THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING ABROAD win the contest. So, unless you export a few million Brits to other countries of the new Europe, you don't stand the chance!

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-05-26 @ 10:19

Really?
Can I export all the Arsenal fans?! (Only kidding Blacksheep!)

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blaykablayka [Member]
2008-05-26 @ 10:23

Yes, but are they trustworthy? Can you expect them to vote for the right country and not get all confused in the excitement of the moment?

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-05-26 @ 10:32

I may not hold gooners in especially high regard but i think I can rely on their patriotism over-shadowing anything else.

How has J coped with Chelsea's defeat last week? And Terry crying... does he want to defect to the true righteous path yet?

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blaykablayka [Member]
2008-05-26 @ 12:06

We have all cried with slippery Terry. It was a sad moment.

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-05-26 @ 12:33

I'm not entirely sure our tears in Manchester were shed in sorrow. He's not a very nice boy is he? In trouble for snotting in someone's face, apparently, at the moment.

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blaykablayka [Member]
2008-05-26 @ 14:25

Really? Bad, bad boy! (I shall not tell this to J)

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grrl [Visitor]
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2008-05-26 @ 12:10

(as I already said somewhere else), why not look at the Eurovision contest results differently? Like, there was a fierce competition between the English and the German participants for the last place - and the English have won...
Always look at the bright side! :)

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deana24deana24 [Member]
2008-05-26 @ 12:31

It's an interesting perspective, I guess... can't say I'm wholly convinced.

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EllieGantEllieGant pro
2008-05-28 @ 19:22

It's because we're an island and the rest are jealous. Except Malta, who sometimes like us. Personally, I think that terry's sarcasm more than makes up for coming last. And imagine winning and having that bunch of singers and their entourage invading our island for the following year's contest. The only slight annoyance for me is that I gather we pay more than the new countries to run the competition and the privilege of coming last.

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