Eurovision

Specialun

First round of qualifying on tonight

Wtf was macedonia

Why do i watch this ****e

Fighting Tao

Save me please!

Noveight

It's not Eurovision! It's My-o-vision!

Thespoofer

I've only 3 words for Poland...Wardrobe malfunction please

me_irl

Don't infest AH with this shíte... there's already a thread on the Television forum.

Thespoofer

me_irl wrote: »

Don't infest AH with this shíte... there's already a thread on the Television forum.

Shhh... Moldova now..

Winterlong

So, eh, did Ireland get thru?

VinLieger

Winterlong wrote: »

So, eh, did Ireland get thru?

Were on thursday.

I don't get peoples hate for it, its hilarious to watch and anyone bitter about the voting blocks and politics of it all needs to sit down have a couple of beers and just laugh about how ridiculous it all is. Also heavily betting on it helps keep interest too, won enough for a nice night out with the missus last year by complete fluke

Winterlong

VinLieger wrote: »

Were on thursday.

I don't get peoples hate for it, its hilarious to watch and anyone bitter about the voting blocks and politics of it all needs to sit down have a couple of beers and just laugh about how ridiculous it all is. Also heavily betting on it helps keep interest too, won enough for a nice night out with the missus last year by complete fluke

I agree. Now, I would not be watching the qualifiers but the final can be great craic.
We try to predict the winners by grading each act by song, costume, campness and extra points for fire works or sparklers.
But inevitably get it completely wrong.

The Parish Priest.

Go Go Mickey Joe

Deco99

Where's the betting thread on this?

Fighting Tao

Wow, that guy from Tuam has a voice a woman would be proud of.

Los Lobos

Eurovision me hole

Atoms for Peace

Compared to the competition the Irish song was limp.

MilesMorales1

The Irish entry was ****ing awful.

indioblack

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

The Irish entry was ****ing awful.

So they've a good chance, then?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Pity there's no mega thread on TV forum about this rubbish.

Harry Palmr

My Lovely Horse should be entered every year until Ireland qualifies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDW0ZnZxjn4

BorneTobyWilde

You're a vision is crap. We need a dancing goat singing Heal The World to win .

Atoms for Peace

Naomi Calm Valley wrote: »

Pity there's no mega thread on TV forum about this rubbish.

There's always been an AH's Eurovision thread.

Mint Sauce

Take it we didn't go through then.

Roger Hassenforder

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Take it we didn't go through then.

the 10 qualifying countries for the Grand Final are:

Bulgaria

Belarus

Croatia

Hungary

Denmark

Israel

Romania

Norway

The Netherlands

Austria

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

There's always been an AH's Eurovision thread.

I don't make it any better however.

The_Valeyard

We should all pool some resources or fund raising together and pay for North Korea to join the EBU and then have them in the Eurovision.

CeilingFly

Thank God Romania got through - at least there's some decent totty to look at.

Got bad stare from wife for the comment - so she's gone for Bulgaria (17 year old boy)

Summer wind

I thought Norway's song was ok. Ours was complete crap.

TheRiverman

Time to resurrect Dickie Rock:)

please helpThank YOU

Woman s Voice is that the name of the Irish Song in the Euro vision.?bring out the big guns next time Daniel o Donnell.

Mutant z

Is there any real point to the Eurovision, it seems a complete waste of time.

JupiterKid

The Israeli lead singer was super hot!:D Thats why they qualified I reckon.

Our entry was very bland. The young lad gave it all he had but it wasn't enough. We need to start selecting much better songs going forward.

skankkuvhima

JupiterKid wrote: »

The Israeli lead singer was super hot!:D Thats why they qualified I reckon.

Our entry was very bland. The young lad gave it all he had but it wasn't enough. We need to start selecting much better songs going forward.

We say this every year but nothing changes. Has anyone done better than Jedward since 2011? Sad state of affairs if not

gramar

I only saw a a few seconds of each of the 10 songs that got through last night.
They were all absolutely dire. I haven't heard the Irish one but could it have been any worse? It's boils down to countries getting through by having the least shíttiest song. God can only imagine the other songs that didn't even make the competition.

VinLieger

Mutant z wrote: »

Is there any real point to the Eurovision, it seems a complete waste of time.

Could be said about anything on tv tbh.

I enjoy it due to its ridiculousness

Samaris

Eurovision is entertaining to watch, especially with a really snarky commentator. Wonder what my chances of ambushing my partner into watching the final with me is (low).

But why does Ireland keep sending in the same songs year on year? We need another "The Voice", a song that was actually good and sung by a powerful voice rather than popcrap. If only to have a song that wasn't either relying on being radio-lite rubbish or just bat**** insane, which is the other category of Eurovision songs.

Anyone got any memorable ones? The Voice, Ruslana's Wild Dances, Lordi (who were a brilliantly crazy choice). I liked that Only Teardrops one from last year/year before too. The singer did a good job of it. I also liked the contra-tenor vampire with the dancing gold people. The song was terrible, but he could do some impressive things with his voice.

Ash.J.Williams

indioblack wrote: »

So they've a good chance, then?

the wrong kind of awful sadly!

Yamanoto

VinLieger wrote: »

Could be said about anything on tv tbh.

I enjoy it due to its ridiculousness

When you look at the sheer scale of the production, the logistics involved in its staging & the fact EBU members across the continent essentially devote three nights to the broadcast of the show, I'm struggling to think of another event where the end product plumbs such depths of utterly meaningless banality.

I'd rather sit through an Ard Fheis tbh.

Samaris

All things considered, I'd be disappointed if it was cancelled. When you think about it, it's kinda awesome - all these countries, half of them hating each other in the outside world, singing at each other for a couple of nights when much of Europe tunes in to slag each other off and Americans bitch about the internet being focussed on non-American stuff for a couple of days a year. It's extremely harmless international fun, especially when you take into account that most of Europe's "international fun" historically includes invading each other (actually, is pretty much historically composed of invading each other).

It's a good tradition. By turns daft, awful, stuck a couple of decades ago and occasionally with vampires, demons and Xena showing up. Long live it, say I!

(And the Americans can just cope with not being the centre of the internet for a couple of days)

Glenster

Its pointless and boring as sh*t.

But I wouldn't ban it.

If you don't like it don't watch it.

Strong Life in Dublin

Samaris wrote: »

All things considered, I'd be disappointed if it was cancelled. When you think about it, it's kinda awesome - all these countries, half of them hating each other in the outside world, singing at each other for a couple of nights when much of Europe tunes in to slag each other off and Americans bitch about the internet being focussed on non-American stuff for a couple of days a year. It's extremely harmless international fun, especially when you take into account that most of Europe's "international fun" historically includes invading each other (actually, is pretty much historically composed of invading each other).

It's a good tradition. By turns daft, awful, stuck a couple of decades ago and occasionally with vampires, demons and Xena showing up. Long live it, say I!

(And the Americans can just cope with not being the centre of the internet for a couple of days)

I think the eurovision is a waste of money to enter, rte seem to be strapped for cash these days..

Cee-Jay-Cee

We'll never have a hope when all we sent was a spotty teenager with really bad hair and whose voice has yet to break and gave him a shíte song to sing (one which hopefully we'll never hear again as it's so dull and awful)

I do however understand whoever is in charge) doesn't actually want to win as it costs so much to host it hence the reason we sent the sporty teen to represent us.

Shurimgreat

Louis Walsh + Bland Song + Average Singer + little or no effort gone into stage show = early exit.

I wouldn't ban Eurovision but I would ban Louis Walsh from having any input.

If we want to do well, it will take a national effort bringing together the best and brightest. Leaving it to Louis to come up with something just won't cut it.

Ash.J.Williams

To compete in the Eurovision again ( we haven't "competed" in years) we need to forget the past and rebuild the entire process. Unfortunately that means removing a lot of people that only have their own interests at heart. Kill the rot and start afresh. All we do lately is send someone to sing a song.

Shurimgreat

There's some brilliant tech wizzes and animators working in Dublin at the moment, some working on Hollywood movies. They should be involved. An impressive stage show would be a good start.

Ash.J.Williams

Shurimgreat wrote: »

There's some brilliant tech wizzes and animators working in Dublin at the moment, some working on Hollywood movies. They should be involved. An impressive stage show would be a good start.

I have a feeling it's down to a few dinosaurs and RTE, On the late late show they were giving the impression that johnny logan is going to save the day next year. That just shows they are not "getting it".

retro:electro

Ireland need to take off these rose tinted specs and wake the fcuk up. We are a laughing stock. I guarantee you if we were ever to host we'd do some Riverdance crap again. We need to move on. Who on earth thought this song was a good idea? It's literally one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life. We need to move with the times and stop with the retrospective romantic perspective because it is not working. The contest isn't the problem, we are.

Linda, Jonny, Louis et al have given themselves authority on the Eurovision here. Without that, Johnny and Linda would have no relevance and wouldn't be able to pop up year on year and reminisce on the good old days. They need to pass the buck now and give up the ghost.

Richard Hillman

I'm not down with a Guardian/Huffington Posts lingo but was this individual supposed to stand out because he was gender neutral? or whatever way the individual describes oneself?

I just get the impression that they wanted to try and appeal to Guardian/Huffington Post types.

Ash.J.Williams

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I'm not down with a Guardian/Huffington Posts lingo but was this individual supposed to stand out because he was gender neutral? or whatever way the individual describes oneself?

I just get the impression that they wanted to try and appeal to Guardian/Huffington Post types.

that's just modern nonsense

Ash.J.Williams

anna080 wrote: »

Ireland need to take off these rose tinted specs and wake the fcuk up. We are a laughing stock. I guarantee you if we were ever to host we'd do some Riverdance crap again. We need to move on. Who on earth thought this song was a good idea? It's literally one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life. We need to move with the times and stop with the retrospective romantic perspective because it is not working. The contest isn't the problem, we are.

Linda, Jonny, Louis et al have given themselves authority on the Eurovision here. Without that, Johnny and Linda would have no relevance and wouldn't be able to pop up year on year and reminisce on the good old days. They need to pass the buck now and give up the ghost.

I agree apart from river dance! we need something with the impact of riverdance...just not a copy or pale imitation of it.

retro:electro

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I agree apart from river dance! we need something with the impact of riverdance...just not a copy or pale imitation of it.

I think RD was great 20 years ago but we need to get over it now. Like we did a jig one time over twenty years ago and we can't get over it since. That's our problem, IMO, we succeed in something a few times and we cling on to it for dear life and don't move with the times.

Ash.J.Williams

Do we need something big such as macnas style performance? It need to be theatrical and spectacular. Also rather than one of Louis boys, we need a genuine band that has put the work in.