Eurovision Song Contest

LizardKing

Anyone going to watch it ... (Personally I'm not)

Heres some pics of the rehearsels
McCauls
..yes
(hmm)
nice
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Makes ya proud to be Irish .... :rolleyes:

Might check this performance
or this

Downtime

He's a stud and she is sooooo sexy :rolleyes:

Might watch it for the dancers. Heh heh

BaZmO*

What's the odds young Joseph has woken up every morning in the last week with sticky sheets?

B.

Enii

What country were the last two pictures from?

LizardKing

2nd last is Macedonia
last is Israel ( hope theres no shocking surprises with her ?? )

also expect a norwegian glam act

Enii

Null points.......

tvnutz

Enii wrote:

Null points.......

Yes...they'll have a nice Father Ted moment

Tristram

Atari jaguar!

Mossy Monk

for the semi final i shall be working so i wont be seeing that

this saturday i dont plan on being anywhere near a tv so i wont be seeing the final either

oh well

comet

Is there a schedule around, anyone know what time Ireland are on stage??Remember guys its not the Eurovision Arse Contest

toxic_angel

http://www.eurovision.tv/english/start_video.htm

above link has all the songs and videos

ireland are 21/22 on the list tonight...then we wait to see if they get through

comet

Thanks for that, apparently its a big advantage going near the end although the bookies are saying we have no chance.

mollser

Just watched the israel girl - she is feckin gorgeous

really hope there's no surprises...

The tax man

Nice looking chick from Romania. Rack looks nice and real too...

mollser

Macedonia are now my favourites.

Fair play to the camera man, wasn't shy about taking plenty of peeks up their skirts. Although, wasn't hard mind, they were sure putting it on view

mike65

ROFL! RTE spared the expense of winning it.

Mike.

scoey

That Irish guy looked like a tosser. Not only that he couldn't sing for ****. Basically WTF was he doing there?

scoey

Also, just to clarify, she was **** too and looks nearly as bad as him.

Mossy Monk

so Ireland won then

woohoo

maybe not. the world still turns on its axis

eirebhoy

You could have given that pair any song in the world to sing and they wouldn't have qualified.

case n basket

Go team Romania!

BuffyBot

In fairness, it was no more shi*e than some of the others!

BaZmO*

Ironic thing was your woman complaining on RTE news last night that the reason they didn't win was purely down to the fact of block voting. A bit rich considering that's the only reason they won Euro Star.

B.

Fudger

God it was awful. First time i ever heard the irish song. Now it wasn't the worst but come on irish dancing talk about flogging a dead horse ?! I think the whole of europe are sick of the irish dancing paddy's...... RANT OVER

segadreamcast

I disliked both of these people - the guy comes off as an arrogant, unfunny so-and-so.

I bet RTE are happy though - huge revenue from the phone voting on You're A Star and no added costs because the contestants that win are ultimately crap.

jor el

Awww, poor Rosie and Jim were sent home It was a brutal song though and they don't seem to have much stage presence either (from what I've seen of them in them anyway).

I wish the whole Eurovision thing should just die and go away. I don't watch it or anything but listening to everyone going on about how great it is or how unfair the voting is on the radio/TV/bus/wherever as if it were something that actually mattered is just annoying.

tvnutz

jor el wrote:

Awww, poor Rosie and Jim were sent home It was a brutal song though and they don't seem to have much stage presence either (from what I've seen of them in them anyway).

I wish the whole Eurovision thing should just die and go away. I don't watch it or anything but listening to everyone going on about how great it is or how unfair the voting is on the radio/TV/bus/wherever as if it were something that actually mattered is just annoying.

very true...its just terrible!

Tristram

comet wrote:

Is there a schedule around, anyone know what time Ireland are on stage??Remember guys its not the Eurovision Arse Contest

i think thats where u went wrong.

comet

Yes I'm sorry, I was wrong, it is the Eurovision Arse Contest.

LizardKing

Anyone get the email doing the rounds ...

jist of it here

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Enii

It probably didn't help us that the Qualifiers weren't broadcast on BBC, we probably would have got a good few votes from Britain.....

BaZmO*

Enii wrote:

It probably didn't help us that the Qualifiers weren't broadcast on BBC, we probably would have got a good few votes from Britain.....

I think some people are forgetting that it was actually a sh1te song.

B.

LizardKing

Enii wrote:

It probably didn't help us that the Qualifiers weren't broadcast on BBC, we probably would have got a good few votes from Britain.....

Thought it was just countries in the qualifier who could vote .. (did not watch so dunno )

cmaclo

Its a disgrace they got through in the first place... theyre were so bad... :eek:

They werent representing Ireland cos they were good.. they got so many votes cos every mucker from Athlone and surrounding counties were voting for them...

I know its good to support your county etc , but come on.. not if theyre s***e! You want to see the bus loads of WestMeath jerseys around DCU when 'Your a star' was going on.. you'd swear it was an All-Ireland final...

eirebhoy

Enii wrote:

It probably didn't help us that the Qualifiers weren't broadcast on BBC, we probably would have got a good few votes from Britain.....

It was on BBC3.

The song was crap but that pair on the stage were worse. They should no by now that image has a lot to do with success and a bloody 15 year old geek with his big sister are not going to go far.

BaZmO*

cmaclo wrote:

I know its good to support your county etc , but come on.. not if theyre s***e! You want to see the bus loads of WestMeath jerseys around DCU when 'Your a star' was going on.. you'd swear it was an All-Ireland final...

You're A Star is "GAA The Musical"


B.

Dr. Loon

LizardKing wrote:

Anyone get the email doing the rounds ...

jist of it here

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Subject: A Minutes Silence at 3 pm - A Worthy Cause, I think you will agree....




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Jesus. They really look like pikeys. Just imagine "Hay mistar any shmokes for the baba?" "Wanna buy a dag?"

MG

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1488671,00.html

"Meanwhile, Dr Harry Witchel, a physiologist and music expert at the University of Bristol, said that Abba's Waterloo was the best Eurovision song of all time.

He said Waterloo contains the ideal combination of seven crucial ingredients: pace and rhythm; an easily memorable song; the perfect chorus; key change; a clearly defined finish; dance routine and costume.

The expert put this year's competitors through his criteria and found that Bosnia and Herzegovina had the best chance of winning, with the song Call Me.

British entry Javine was seventh in the list of singers most likely to take the Eurovision crown this weekend.

Celine Dion's Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi, which won the contest in 1988, came second in the list of perfect songs. Her song was followed by the UK's 1967 entry, Puppet on a String by Sandie Shaw.

Dr Witchel said: "For any music fan it should come as no surprise that Waterloo is the perfect Eurovision song. The main thrust of the song, the word Waterloo, is just three syllables long and then there's a lot of space for it to become both memorable and emotionally evocative ... I don't think there will be too many tracks of its quality in the next 50 years of Eurovision."

Dr Witchel's best Eurovision songs


1 Abba, Waterloo (1974), Sweden
2 Celine Dion, Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi (1988), Switzerland
3 Sandie Shaw, Puppet On A String (1967), UK
4 Teach-In, Ding-A-Dong (1975), Netherlands
5 Bobbysocks, La Det Swinge (1985), Norway
6 Bucks Fizz, Making Your Mind Up (1981), UK
7 Salome, Vivo Cantando (1969), Spain
8 Johnny Logan, Hold Me Now (1987), Ireland
9 Dana, International Diva (1998), Israel
10 Charlotte Nilsson, Take Me To Your Heaven (1999), Sweden"



Personally my fave eurovision song is What's another year but it doesn't make the list.

Lump

Enii wrote:

It probably didn't help us that the Qualifiers weren't broadcast on BBC, we probably would have got a good few votes from Britain.....

It was on BBC 3 I watched some of it, it sucked, I didn't vote.

John

Telefís

As cringe-inducing as the peformance was in terms of tackiness, in fairness they were no worse than any of the others, in fact better than most. Their performace was excellent by their standards, and that of the contest in general.

I blame two factors in our not getting through - no1 by a long shot was the fact that they were dressed in black on a black stage. Who the hell decided on that?! One of the most ridiculous moves in RTÉ presentation I've yet seen. As a result, in the eyes of the voters they merely blended into the morass of acts and failed to stand out from the crowd. Visually their performance looked awful consequently: you couldn't see tham half the time against the background.

Secondly the lighting design wasn't great - even the Late Late's lighting during their performace on it last week made use of the 'don don don don' bit to great effect - this (if it says anything about the song) is what the whole performace relied on and it fell flat with the timid attempt made by NTU television.
Also the vision mixing and camera work didn't do justice to its pace.
In this respect I think Ireland was dealt a bad deal.

Jazzy

lol, good god... the two pikies didnt qualify. oh well.
in fairness that is probably the 2nd worst euro song ive ever heard (gemini from england being the worst).
lock this thread and leave the mcCalls to eternall damnation

jesus_thats_gre

haha to the two pikeys!!

Our man in Havana

They deffo looked like a bunch of midland knackers. The whole "your a spa" show needs re thinking.

Chong

Good ol joe considers a sex change.

http://members.boards.ie/willemdekorte/2476aecd11343e638f5d7ff5a105b98e_150x200.jpg

sinjin_smythe

The worse thing now is that they'll be all over the tv for the next month doing interviews and then they'll probably be given some kids show to host because RTE know what we want in programmes (??????). Trust me it will get worse

DMC

In the semi-final, Ireland came 14th, with 53 points, which was 32 points off 10th place, which was the last spot in which to get into the final tonight.

MisterAnarchy

I fancy Switzerland to win this year.12-1.
Great song ,best by a mile and 4 sex kittens singing it.
Why are Greece 5-4 favs ??

Our man in Havana

They are gauranteed 12 points from Cyprus.

mike65

Oh well, its 20.00 hrs - once more into the breech my friends, once more into the breech.

Mike.

Giblet

Fúcking Norway

anna20

how come some countries automatically qualify for the finals?