Eurovision farce

whassupp

How could Ireland as a democratic nation give 12 points to Finland. I know their perfomance was quite entertaining and amusing but the song itself was ****e. The purpose of the song contest is to pick the best song (not performance). By the way, I think ireland did alright even though i hate that song.

aidan_walsh

We didn't. We gave them to Lithuania.

Not sure what show you were watching...

shoutman

I just want to find out who if anyone cares about the Eurovision. Maybe I am wrong but werent people complaining that winning the Eurovision and having to host it costs more money then what would be brought in as a result of hosting it?

whassupp

aidan_walsh wrote:

We didn't. We gave them to Lithuania.

Not sure what show you were watching...

Maybe your right but 10 points is still a disgrace.
And yes it does cost more to run it than you earn

Karl Hungus

It was actually a good song. FACT!

aidan_walsh

Not really, no. OPINION!

ixoy

The hell? Finland's song was a work of - in terms of Eurovision - genius. I was delighted it won and cursed every country that gave it less than 8. Whereas all the other songs sounded pretty much interchangable with each other and, really, all the other songs of the past decade, this one was a bit unique and hopefully will encourage more next year.

Karl Hungus

aidan_walsh wrote:

OPINION!

Yours is wrong.

Noopti

Since when was the Eurovision about good songs???? Its about having a laugh about pathetic europop.....

aidan_walsh

ixoy wrote:

The hell? Finland's song was a work of - in terms of Eurovision - genius. I was delighted it won and cursed every country that gave it less than 8. Whereas all the other songs sounded pretty much interchangable with each other and, really, all the other songs of the past decade, this one was a bit unique and hopefully will encourage more next year.

Oh, I can't say I disagree with the most of that. That type of music just isn't my thing though, so I didn't enjoy the song much. The performance was pretty spectacular though.

whassupp

aidan_walsh wrote:

The performance was pretty spectacular though.

I agree, but its still a bad song

Karl Hungus

whassupp wrote:

I agree, but its still a bad song

You're wrong, it's a proven fact that it's a good song.

whassupp

Karl Hungus wrote:

You're wrong, it's a proven fact that it's a good song.

You cant even hear the words. so how is it a good song???

Captain Trips

Karl Hungus wrote:

You're wrong, it's a proven fact that it's a good song.

Indeed, those are words of wisdom:

Google Fight: http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Hard+Rock+Hallelujah&word2=Generic+Europop

Ramses

finland deserved to win. their song was much more refreshing than the majority of the other acts.

abakan

I voted for Finland - just for a laugh, for in my what I though was a terrible song to win - What must the organisers of the eurovision think now, having such a song win!!!

AS for Ireland giving 12 points to Harry Hill and the gang - goes to show just how serious Ireland take this contest

Karl Hungus

whassupp wrote:

You cant even hear the words. so how is it a good song???

You're telling me that I can't even hear the words? How are you in any position to make such a statement for me?

Oh, and incase it goes over your head, me stating it's good song as fact is a parody of you practically stating as fact that it's a bad song, and calling the eurovision a farce because this "Bad song" won it. :rolleyes:

whassupp

abakan wrote:

I voted for Finland - just for a laugh, for in my what I though was a terrible song to win - What must the organisers of the eurovision think now, having such a song win!!!

AS for Ireland giving 12 points to Harry Hill and the gang - goes to show just how serious Ireland take this contest

Thats exactly why finland won. because people like you all over europe voted for a laugh. I nearly did myself but was shocked to see them win.

Giblet

The Eurovision is serious business!

Yook

For once, I was actually entertained by the Eurovision. Their song actually made me get up and vote. I probably wouldn't have even watched it, if Lordi weren't in it. They diserved to win, no question about it.

professore

aidan_walsh wrote:

We didn't. We gave them to Lithuania.

Not sure what show you were watching...

Are you sure? I was quite certain Ireland gave 12 points to Finland - especially sinvce Terry Wogan said the Irish like a good heavy rock song ... or words to that effect.

Bixmoo

rubbish song wins rubbish contest. same as every other year. why do so many people watch the damn thing and then moan about the quality afterwards. it's like paying to see scary movie 4 and complaining about the quality of acting and jokes afterwards. same thing with big brother, everybody claims to hate it and every arsewipe journalist writes a big article about how stupid it is but at the end of the day, you're watching the damn thing so either turn over or shut the fu** up

mike65

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Hard+Rock+Hallelujah&word2=Generic+Europop

Thats the final result!:)

Lordi won for 3 or 4 reasons

1) They were classic ESC - gaudy, loud, brash.
2) They were anti ESC - a proper working rock group
3) The internet! There have been loads of threads and blogs imploring us to vote Lordi and its worked
4) At some point Finland were going to win it, it happened to be this year!

Mike.

whassupp

I think we should send Podge and Rodge next year and we'd be guaranteed to win

Kersh

Maybe Finland winning will open the eyes of fcking idiots like Linda Martin and that, who THINK they know what makes a winning song. The reality is, a formulaic song with naked chicks etc just gels into the background, esp when something like Lordi come along.
Can you imagine if Lordi showed up at Eurosong last year... they wouldnt have got to the second call back, cos Linda et al Know about music, and what makes a good eurovision song..:rolleyes: :rolleyes: .. hahahah. idiots.

oh, edit, the Ukrainian chick was gorgeous, as was FYR macedonia..

aidan_walsh

katrien_ie wrote:

Are you sure? I was quite certain Ireland gave 12 points to Finland - especially sinvce Terry Wogan said the Irish like a good heavy rock song ... or words to that effect.

I'm quite sure. Both myself an dmy brother remarked how the Irish sense of humour would give the 12 points to "the winners of the Eurovision".

Yook

katrien_ie wrote:

Are you sure? I was quite certain Ireland gave 12 points to Finland - especially sinvce Terry Wogan said the Irish like a good heavy rock song ... or words to that effect.

It was definitley Finland 10, i was pissed off cause most people I know voted for Lordi.

whiskeyman

whassupp wrote:

I think we should send Podge and Rodge next year and we'd be guaranteed to win

nah... let them do the commentary instead of Marty Whelan.
T'would be comic gold!

Hobbes

I hate all that trash/slipknot stuff but I have to say Lordi was fun. Glad they won.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Z30O3ycbg

I also liked the the video that went with it. Girl is cute in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t3C_Ru4JX8

Creamy Goodness

omgz liekz some band that can actually play and write a song won a song contest,


jesus stop the ****ing press. :rolleyes:

would you of prefered it if that ****e england song won? (i'm not just picking england because as a irish person we seem to hate england) but they had the worst song of the night.

the_dart

I just want to say that the benefits of hosting eurovision more than outweigh the costs of staging the competition. Hosting Eurovision allows a country over 3 hours to advertise its nation to an audience all around Europe.

Eurovision used to be good, prior to lets say 1999, but now its al political/cultural/geographical voting- whatever you want to call it.

It's no surprise that Ireland and the UK both gave 12 points to Lithuania (which had a terrible song "We are the Winners", had it been the song for Malta or Iceland, it would have came nowhere). We gave Latvia 12 points last year and it's more than likely we'll give 12 points to an Eastern European country next year due to immigrants voting for their home countries. Also, it was no surprise that Russia finished second place after getting a wave of 12points votes from Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia and other Eastern European countries, nor was it a surprise to see Balkan countries voting for eachother. No shcok to see Andorra give 12 points to Spain. No shock to see Germany give 12 points to Turkey (Germany's Turkish immigrants always make sure they send 12 points home every year). No shock to see the Baltic states voting for eachother. Of course, it was no shock to see Cyprus give Greece 12 points, seen as the Cypriots are Greek.

It was terribly funny to see the vote presenters doing their annual lines "And 12 points to our good neighbours", " And 12 points to our good friends", "12 points to my favourite song - you deserve it".

So, prior to 1999, the Eurovision was interesting because contestants more or less had a fair chance of wining. Now, it's a farce. Ireland will never benefit from hosting Eurovision EVER again, because we're an island nation and we only have one "good neighbour". In fact, you can almost conclude that Ireland, Malta and the UK will never win it again.

So, the big questions is: What do we do about this?

The answer is simple - from now on, give the Eastern Europeans a taste of their own medicine. Forget about voting for the best song anymore, the best song will never win and if Ireland have a good song in the competition, nobody is going to vote for it anyway. Therefore, from now on, vote for our "good neighbours" the United Kingdom, just to keep up the spirit of the Eurovision Vote For Your Neighbours Contest.

Sarky

aidan_walsh wrote:

I'm quite sure. Both myself an dmy brother remarked how the Irish sense of humour would give the 12 points to "the winners of the Eurovision".

I'm more inclined to think the masses were just easily influenced by the lyrics.

My mother voted for Lordi.

whassupp

the_dart wrote:

I just want to say that the benefits of hosting eurovision more than outweigh the costs of staging the competition. Hosting Eurovision allows a country over 3 hours to advertise its nation to an audience all around Europe.

Eurovision used to be good, prior to lets say 1999, but now its al political/cultural/geographical voting- whatever you want to call it.

It's no surprise that Ireland and the UK both gave 12 points to Lithuania (which had a terrible song "We are the Winners", had it been the song for Malta or Iceland, it would have came nowhere). We gave Latvia 12 points last year and it's more than likely we'll give 12 points to an Eastern European country next year due to immigrants voting for their home countries. Also, it was no surprise that Russia finished second place after getting a wave of 12points votes from Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia and other Eastern European countries, nor was it a surprise to see Balkan countries voting for eachother. No shcok to see Andorra give 12 points to Spain. No shock to see Germany give 12 points to Turkey (Germany's Turkish immigrants always make sure they send 12 points home every year). No shock to see the Baltic states voting for eachother. Of course, it was no shock to see Cyprus give Greece 12 points, seen as the Cypriots are Greek.

It was terribly funny to see the vote presenters doing their annual lines "And 12 points to our good neighbours", " And 12 points to our good friends", "12 points to my favourite song - you deserve it".

So, prior to 1999, the Eurovision was interesting because contestants more or less had a fair chance of wining. Now, it's a farce. Ireland will never benefit from hosting Eurovision EVER again, because we're an island nation and we only have one "good neighbour". In fact, you can almost conclude that Ireland, Malta and the UK will never win it again.

So, the big questions is: What do we do about this?

The answer is simple - from now on, give the Eastern Europeans a taste of their own medicine. Forget about voting for the best song anymore, the best song will never win and if Ireland have a good song in the competition, nobody is going to vote for it anyway. Therefore, from now on, vote for our "good neighbours" the United Kingdom, just to keep up the spirit of the Eurovision Vote For Your Neighbours Contest.

I agree with everythin you said but i think if they changed it back to jury voting then the best song would win. although they wouldnt make as much money

Karl Hungus

Sarky wrote:

My mother voted for Lordi.

So did mine, she absolutely loved Lordi.

Ruu_Old

My lovely horse will do the biz for Ireland next year, then everyones happy


*goes off humming Lithuanian entry*

Hobbes

Ruu wrote:

My lovely horse will do the biz for Ireland next year, then everyones happy

I'd love if someone actually entered that in the Eurovision. Would get my vote!

I want to shower you with sugar lumps, and take you to the horse dentist... my lovely lovely my lovely horse...

el rabitos

you can only listen to bull**** songs about how to mend a broken heart so many times before any normal person gets fed up. brian kennedy is a creepy looking greasy bastard, at least lordi's faces were supposed to look "scary".

lordi rule

The Bollox

whassupp wrote:

I think we should send Podge and Rodge next year and we'd be guaranteed to win

naaah we'll send Richie Kavanagh and get his song to be Podge & Rodge, uncensored.

I, for the first time in 6 years, watch the Eurovision this year because I thought it was hi-larious that a band like Lordi were a nations choice. If I wasn't working I would have voted for them because it is a change from all the sh1te that you normally get, and I could hear every word the singer sang, you are just adopting the steriotypical 'mosh band' idea of them simply screaming non-words into the mike

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV

nobody in ireland even voted for any country i'd say haha. they probably threw names into a hat ..

Sarky

Did anyone else think that during the first part of the half time show, when the dancers formed a cross and went around in circles, that it came deliciously close to forming a swastika?

Karl Hungus

Sarky wrote:

Did anyone else think that during the first part of the half time show, when the dancers formed a cross and went around in circles, that it came deliciously close to forming a swastika?

I think you're reading far, far too much into it.

Sarky

Meh, any excuse to sing "Springtime For Hitler".

Thomas_S_Hunterson

ha ha eurovision lol

Captain Trips

Best bit apart from Lordi's performance was the crazy Dutch judge/presenter who was obviously off his head a little.

dimerocks

whassupp wrote:

You cant even hear the words. so how is it a good song???

yeah he is really growling down that mic. For **** sake its quite clear what he is saying.

blu_sonic

very much enjoyed it, 2 fingers right up at the Eurovision from Lordi.

Wertz

abakan wrote:

AS for Ireland giving 12 points to Harry Hill and the gang - goes to show just how serious Ireland take this contest

No it just shows how many idiots with a mobile, swallow what TodayFM spoonfeeds them.

As for Lordi winning? I didn't watch the show at all but I went and looked at the videos for it on youtube and I have to say it's not bad, and those costumes are f*cking class.

blu_sonic

the worst thing is how the political voting goes, should have 2 Eurovisions. East and West then top 5 v top 5

Huggles

Did anyone hear Terry Wogan slagging off Emer Quinns Irish Accent when she was giving our result? he is Irish isn't he? Tw@t!

blu_sonic

From Limerick, gave a recognition to Munsters Rugby win too, I like him

elvis2002

Who honestly cares at this stage what Terry Wogan thinks. He proved himself to be a traitor years ago, He might as well start singing english anthem.

I thought Lordi were fun but to be honest who cares? I'd rather look at the hot babes again than that. Ireland giving 'we are the winners' 12 points shows how many Lithuanian's are living in Ireland.