Boards Eurovision SURLAW [Reveal: 21st May, 8pm]

Mollyb60

11 entries in already with 10 days left to go and we now have only 5 countries on nil points. Very exciting at the top of the table.

beakerjoe

I shall get an entry in today at some point

Irish Aris

In too.
There were 2 songs that made a great impression from the beginning and they never moved from the top-2.

Thank you for organising Molly, really looking forward to the reveal.

JP Liz V1

I am hoping to listen to remaining ones today

speckle

chosen my top ones just have to order the ppints especially the douze ..hopefully today or tomorrow.

ari101

Suddenly worried I'll want to change my votes when I see the live staging :pac:

ShaneU

Listening to these now. Flo Rida randomly appearing in one of the songs was a highlight

KathleenGrant

ShaneU wrote: »

Listening to these now. Flo Rida randomly appearing in one of the songs was a highlight

I'm a Flo Rida fan so was delighted. Not a winner I think though.

Sawduck

KathleenGrant wrote: »

I'm a Flo Rida fan so was delighted. Not a winner I think though.

It probably won't win but could end up being San Marinos best result, they usually do quite bad at eurovision

KathleenGrant

Sawduck wrote: »

It probably won't win but could end up being San Marinos best result, they usually do quite bad at eurovision

I know, deservedly so. Kinda liked Serhat's offering in 2019 though.:pac::pac:

Mollyb60

Semi Final 1 on tonight folks. A chance for any stragglers to have a look at the first batch of songs and make a decision.
I'll also take any revised scores that anyone wants to submit too.

Entries still accepted until Thursday night. I'll leave it open till after the second semi final.

speckle

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Semi Final 1 on tonight folks. A chance for any stragglers to have a look at the first batch of songs and make a decision.
I'll also take any revised scores that anyone wants to submit too.

Entries still accepted until Thursday night. I'll leave it open till after the second semi final.

Apologies Molly have it in later tonight. Not going to watch semi...sticking with my chosen I just have to order

Sawduck

My opinions on the songs have changed so much, my top two haven't changed though

Toto Wolfcastle

I've been listening to all these songs for a couple of weeks non-stop and after the first semi I'm swapping out one of my songs.

Sawduck

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

I've been listening to all these songs for a couple of weeks non-stop and after the first semi I'm swapping out one of my songs.

I want to swap out 2 but think I'll wait until semi final 2 because my opinions will probably change again

Mollyb60

And of course it goes without saying that it doesn't matter if your favourite song didn't make it through the semi finals, this is a judgement for all songs in the competition, regardless of what the actual contest comes out with.

Coz that Ukrainian song is like dragging forks down my brain every time I hear it. I don't know how it made it through!

Necro

Mollyb60 wrote:

Coz that Ukrainian song is like dragging forks down my brain every time I hear it. I don't know how it made it through!

I feel like if people didn't vote for it the singer might actually kill you in your sleep last night though :pac:

ShaneU

Ukraine song is class

Sweden was terrible, surprised it got through

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Anyone who doesn't enjoy the Ukranian song must be dead inside... Its brilliant.

cee_jay

ShaneU wrote: »

Ukraine song is class

Sweden was terrible, surprised it got through

I agree. Can't believe Croatia didn't get through!

Necro

I preferred Cyprus. I honestly can't remember why... :P

ari101

Necro wrote: »

I preferred Cyprus. I honestly can't remember why... :P

Well the sparkly number (or lack there of ) aside, I thought she really sang well live, whereas some of them did not hold up to their studio vocals.

And separately, Ukraine OMG I don't understand how anyone can actually listen to that without being driven to murder, possibly my least favorite song in the whole competition! :pac:

Also Starring LeVar Burton

ari101 wrote: »

Ukraine OMG I don't understand how anyone can actually listen to that without being driven to murder, possibly my least favorite song in the whole competition! :pac:

I think that says more about you if you'd be driven to murder so easily, than it does anyone who recognises greatness when they hear it...

On an semi-related note, you should host a Walrus ari, I think you'd enjoy it and make a good host.

cee_jay

ari101 wrote: »

Well the sparkly number (or lack there of ) aside, I thought she really sang well live, whereas some of them did not hold up to their studio vocals.

And separately, Ukraine OMG I don't understand how anyone can actually listen to that without being driven to murder, possibly my least favorite song in the whole competition! :pac:

The staging and performance of Ukraine was great. Song less so!

Mollyb60

The ONLY thing I will give to the Ukrainian song is that it seems to have been sung in a traditional style taught to her by her grandmother (according to Scott Mills anyway). So she'll get a point from me for that. But that still leaves them at -9,999 points.

ari101

Yeah, I'm with Mollyb60... Props to them for sentiment, tradition, staging etc. but none of it will get me past the sound unfortunately

I'll happily accept that says a lot about my crappy musical taste, especially if it means I never have to hear it again... Bathroom break on Saturday nights definitely sorted

Irish Aris

Not a fan of the Ukrainian song either, although I understand people liking it.

Based on the first semifinal, I would have reorganised my top-10 - at least one song would go up, and one down.

JP Liz V1

I didn't watch, how did Ireland do?

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: The Story Of Fire Saga is on RTE1 tonight

Irish Aris

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I didn't watch, how did Ireland do?

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: The Story Of Fire Saga is on RTE1 tonight

Didn't qualify. I really liked the song but I thought the presentation/set-up was very confusing.

Necro

Irish Aris wrote:

Didn't qualify. I really liked the song but I thought the presentation/set-up was very confusing.

Yes it was all a bit unnecessary. Vocals were a bit... off.. as well.

I actually watched that Eurovision movie last night. It was grand. One spot in it though almost gave me a complete brain seizure I was laughing so hard.

The portapotty... That is all :pac:

Mollyb60

We're up to 16 entries now so thanks everyone for playing along. We have an interesting top 10!

JP Liz V1

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Semi Final 1 on tonight folks. A chance for any stragglers to have a look at the first batch of songs and make a decision.
I'll also take any revised scores that anyone wants to submit too.

Entries still accepted until Thursday night. I'll leave it open till after the second semi final.

I won't change, I will stick with what I sent in

cee_jay

I'm changing. Just looked back over my entry, and have a song on there that I hated last night. Hope to get it submitted tomorrow Molly.

I rewatched Eurovision Fire and Saga on Netflix tonight. I love the Pitch Perfect riff off type scene with all the Eurovision royalty. And the cameo by Salvador Sobrol, that is such a beautiful song.

cee_jay

My revised list has been sent. I think Tuesday's semi final was stronger than tonight's.

Mollyb60

Ooh we're all changing after tonight's semi final!!! I'll have to recalculate the scores in the morning and see how it falls!
We'll kick off around 8pm tomorrow guys. Very excited!

I'm fairly happy with my original selections. If I was to re-do it it wouldn't be too different. A couple in, couple out and a couple of positional changes.

Necro

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Ooh we're all changing after tonight's semi final!!! I'll have to recalculate the scores in the morning and see how it falls!
We'll kick off around 8pm tomorrow guys. Very excited!

I had to change, I was thinking about doing it after the first semi but said I would wait till I heard most live

Sawduck

Yeah I have to change one or two after watching them live

Mollyb60

Get your changes in before midnight folks!

ari101

Clearly I have some strange taste in music...

Slightly revised votes sent in

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Didn't watch either of the Semis (never do, I only ever tune in for the final) so won't be changing any of my choices, even if they were butchered when performed live because I'm none the wiser if they did.

ShaneU

Why are people revising lists? they're the same songs

ShaneU

The French song is very Edith Piaf one of my favourites for sure.

ari101

ShaneU wrote: »

Why are people revising lists? they're the same songs

Some grow on you in a good way, and some grow in the nasty way a fungus does

Necro

ShaneU wrote:

Why are people revising lists? they're the same songs

Well there was one I really thought I liked from the studio version but the live performance was an absolute mess for example. Then others improved a bit from their studio versions.

Actually really enjoyed the semi finals, I hadn't watched any of the Eurovision live in a few years tbh.

Mollyb60

ShaneU wrote: »

Why are people revising lists? they're the same songs

I'm actually of the same opinion, I was judging the songs and not the performances. But I was happy to allow revisions. Everyone can decide themselves how best to judge the songs. There's an awful lot there that I would've given extra points to (and did for our household Eurovision contest) because their staging made the song better.

But all the votes have been cast, the time is up. So [presenter voice]BOARDS! PLEASE STOP VOTING! [presenter voice]

Join us for the big reveal later on tonight at 8pm. :D:D

T-minus 8 hours.

T-minus 59 minutes.

Necro

Really looking forward to this actually

I'm just in rehearsals warming up the vocal chords now

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Necro wrote: »

Really looking forward to this actually

I'm just in rehearsals warming up the vocal chords now

We were robbed that year... Dustin shoulda won it!