Eurovision Song Contest'06

Ruu_Old

I didnt have to put up with any commentary, I was watching the stream from eurovision.tv as Im in the US, shows you what kind of a life I have over here. Hilarious stuff.

lostexpectation

Bard wrote:

You've never been to a Korn gig have you?



I LIKE THIS DIRECTION THE EUROVISION HAS TAKEN!

DOUZE POINTS FROM ME!

it was more like gwar!

ha, i thought the naked flesh would have won this year...

we need a sexy! irish wan next year

Karl Hungus

Lordi definetly deserved to win. It was a decent song, and they're a good act. I wouldn't run out and buy one of their CDs mind you, but compared to the usual Eurovision standard, their song was a masterpiece.

As someone had already said, Finland has a lot better bands to offer though, and even Nightwish were supposed to have tried for the Eurovision at one stage. That would have been interesting, and they're certainly a far better band than Lordi.

Although speaking about lunatics in masks, Lordi are fun, but they're no THE BERZERKER!!!
Now that's lunacy in a mask done right.

BOHSBOHS

we should do what italy and austria have done and withdraw from this sham
contest ....

slovenia : 8 macedonia 10 croatia 12 bosnia
croatia: 8 macedonia 10 finland 12 bosnia
serbia : 8 macedonia 10 croatia 12 bosnia
bosnia : 8 macedonia 10 turkey 12 croatia
macedonia 8 russia 10 croatia 12 bosnia

estonia: 8 lithuania 10 russia 12 finland
latvia: 8 finland 10 lithuania 12 russia
lithuania: 8 latvia 10 finland 12 russia
finland : 8 lithuania 10 bosnia 12 russia
russia: 8 finland 10 ukraine 12 armenia
ukraine: 8 armenia 10 bosnia 12 russia
armenia: 8 greece 10 ukraine 12 russia
belarus: 8 armenia 10 ukraine 12 russia
moldova: 8 ukraine 10 russia 12 romania
romania: 8 russia 10 greece 12 moldova
greece: 8 russia 10 armenia 12 finland

i give up ... theres too many ....

kelle

Well, I think Brian Kennedy did us proud. He did as well as Ireland's ever going to do in this contest, considering the way it has gone to the dogs. Must admit I voted for Lordi (much to my husband's annoyance!) - they were outrageous with a sense of humour, and the song was not too bad.

WICKL0W

I guess Eurovision is important to us because of multi cultural society etc but I am amazed after 4 years of poor finishes that we are not questioning our participation. I reckon that RTE don't want to win it and see it as a great junket for staff, producers etc and nothing else. The show is like watching Eurotrash - where has it gone ? I could see Uk threatning to pull out along with say germany or France and then the competition will be rejigged. Even if there were juries, there would still be bias. We did so well for years because of OUR impartiality been on the periphery of Europe and all that. It would be sour grapes on our part to pull out. I also bet that the show has high ratings but i would imagine a lot of older folk will stop watching it now.

Mushy

Was delighted Finland won it. By far the best of the lot. If i had been giving the votes for Ireland, it woulda been 12 to Finland, 10 to Lithuania and 8 to Armenia(i actually thought that was somehow near good). Did anyone hear Terry Wogan giving predictions on who would vote for who? Was hilarious when France hadnt giving anything to Britain and he was sayin they always vote for them, then France gave 12 to Armenia or something. He was just speechless when Lordi won it. I think that woman for Lordi should really shut up, could have been much better if she wasnt there. Lucky Turkey was the last to give the votes, otherwise Ireland would have had to qualify next year

Baggly

people are taking the contest way too seriously. its an enjoyable evenings entertainment.

the fact that each act is 'representative' of each country is inconsequential.

RE*AC*TOR

rsta wrote:

I reckon Silvia Night from Iceland should have won, she was brilliant!


she didnt qualify though...

I agree. But lordi were a good second.

Cabaal

Was it just me but their was a hell of alot of booing going on during the whole thing, VERY bad form in fairness!
I'm curious to see will Lordi go to #1 download spot on the likes of iTunes now

Feenikusu

Yeah, Lordi won! I really hoped that they will win.
And Lithuania was funny, I thought they would get more points.
But I think our dear Olli Dittrich, who played the drums in Texas Lightning, could have done better. He once had a great band (Die Doofen). And he's one of the best german comedians, he's better than he was yesterday.
But I love the guy who gave our votes. Thomas Hermanns, he's also a great, gay comedian and I was happy that he did that.

fuzzywiggle

The Eurovision has reached all new lows

BuffyBot

Was it just me but their was a hell of alot of booing going on during the whole thing

Iceland really got booed on Thursday. The only booing I heard last night was around Lithuania's performance (and during the results, when the Greek entry scored badly - the home crowd didn't take well to that).

nesf

It was simple really. Lordi were pure unadulterated cheese. And what is the Eurovision all about kiddies?

SoupyNorman

Lithuainia should not be let into the EU after that performance. I was enjoying the cheesy performances and some HOT HOT ladies until these absolute muppet heads came out. It wasnt funny, it was downright pathetic and the bald fella who looked like he needed a straight jacket would cause serious injuries to patrons of nightclubs if he *danced* like that. Every single person who voted for them are all accessories to musicide!

democrates

I'm guessing the age profile of voters has changed since the introduction of text voting.
Still, I enjoyed Lordi more than the anything else, and I haven't been young for decades.

billy the squid

BuffyBot wrote:

Iceland really got booed on Thursday. The only booing I heard last night was around Lithuania's performance (and during the results, when the Greek entry scored badly - the home crowd didn't take well to that).

They got some boos when they went on and off during their performance as well. They deserved it though, They treated the contest with disrespect in my opinion, as did iceland.

Even without the visuals, lordi's song was great. First time since the Olson Brothers that a song deserved to win.

mayordenis

i can't believe anyone here would say the contest had reached a new low,
this is by far the highest point the eurovision could ever hope to achieve,
lordi are a good band, who right catchy rock songs and yes do dress cheesily and hilariously but more than deserved to win.

ixoy

People complaining about this year's winner being a disaster or a poor show... I can only assume you want the same bland euro-pap to win again that does most other years? Lordi surely had the whole pre-requisites for what people like about Eurovision:

* catchy song
* fantastic costumes
* great on-stage presence
* high camp (the little Finnish hat perched on top of the demon get-up was superb)

I honestly can't recall a better winner in my lifetime.

BuffyBot

They deserved it though

Well, the problem with Iceland is that Silvía Night is a Ali-G-esque character, so when viewed in that light, the song makes sense as a piss take. Icelandic humour didn't seem to travel very well, however.

Jimboo_Jones

tinkerbell wrote:

Heh, anyone see the entry for Macedonia?! Trying to compare that with innocent Bryan from Ireland, dear oh dear!! It's mad

She was HOT

hiberno

The Finland song did what it says on the tin, entertained! It was a good song, good performance and when compared with Lithuania (which was a send up) or the song that finished 2nd in actual voting in Croatia (plus the fact that the singer is a failed porn actress and former pop star) it was a worthy winner.

Take out the political votes and Finland still tops, with Ireland closer to the lead.

Good show, especially the wind up of the closetted greek presenter by the Dutch voter.

Lee Smartie

give up and admit that brian's song was boring. nice ballad performed professional, but still boring when comparing it to others in the final. finns did great thing, maybe next year there will be less abba style songs in esc. i think after finland and lithuania this contest became more open for humor and other styles of music and this change obviously is good.

Rovi

Check out this from The Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism-
http://www.arts-sport-tourism.gov.ie/publications/release.asp?ID=1409

Grab it quick before it vanishes!

:D:D

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eorpach

Press Release

20/05/2006

O'Donoghue congratulates Kennedy on record Eurovision win for Ireland
John O'Donoghue, T.D., Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism congratulated Brian Kennedy on his success in the Eurovision Song Contest with his own composition "Every Song Is A Cry For Love".

Minister O'Donoghue said: "I wish to extend my congratulations to Brian on his marvelous win for Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens tonight. He gave a wonderful performance and in the process extended Ireland's record number of Eurovision wins to eight. Everyone should be very proud of this excellent achievement."

ENDS

Source: http://www.arts-sport-tourism.gov.ie/publications/release.asp?ID=1409

Mossy Monk

what a shower of **** they truely are

parasite

hehe magically vanished now

Pigman II

I emailed the Conan O'Brien show and asked them to book Lordi. I reckon its worth a shot because he's been obsessed by Finland ever since he found out he looks like their president (a woman!).

Bard

Pigman II wrote:

I emailed the Conan O'Brien show and asked them to book Lordi. I reckon its worth a shot because he's been obsessed by Finland ever since he found out he looks like their president (a woman!).

OMG HE'S RIGHT!

Mossy Monk

i wondered what the thing with Finland was about