Eurovision Song Contest 2021

goose2005 · 23-05-2021 12:05AM

Skid X wrote: »

It's a melting pot now

Good songs have a chance, great variety of genres at or near the top

Neighbourly voting has been diluted by the number of participants

It is a stronger contest now than it ever was

it's all the east europeans voting for each other, which is why eastern european countries have won 1 of the last 12 contests

breezy1985 · 23-05-2021 12:06AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What am I gonna spend my €15 on?

Red leather pants

BorneTobyWilde · 23-05-2021 12:06AM

https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1396237173674975239

gmisk · 23-05-2021 12:06AM

LordBasil wrote: »

Ireland came last in our Semi final

Well deserved

rodge123 · 23-05-2021 12:06AM

gmisk wrote: »

Clueless...

It's zero to do with their population....it's to do with them pumping the most money into the competition.

Should these same countries get free entry to the European and World Cup soccer tournaments also seen as their broadcasters probably generate the most amount of broadcasting rights tv revenue for uefa/fifa also?

breezy1985 · 23-05-2021 12:06AM

jeoun wrote: »

Semi Final results are in - Ireland finished last (16th place) with 20 points!

20 more than the UK

Necro · 23-05-2021 12:06AM

UK get no points from anywhere yet get automatic entry next year

Germans get 3 points from 'professional' juries and get automatic entry next year

Spain get 6 points and yet get automatic entry next year

There's a simple solution but the countries will hate it

End auto qualification for everyone but the previous winners, make every single country have to earn their place in the final

23-05-2021 12:07AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What am I gonna spend my €15 on?

Domino's

gmisk · 23-05-2021 12:07AM

rodge123 wrote: »

Should these same countries get free entry to the European and World Cup soccer tournaments also seen as their broadcasters probably generate the most amount of broadcasting rights tv revenue for uefa/fifa also?

Eurovision isn't exactly related.....what a bizarre question.

Deeper Blue · 23-05-2021 12:08AM

Thought that was a thoroughly entertaining Eurovision myself.

One of my biggest takeaways is that I need to get the BBC for next year. Marty is the drizzling ****s and seems to do his best to spoil the night with his drivel.

Say Your Number · 23-05-2021 12:08AM

That was a load of enjoyable bollox

See ye again next year

breezy1985 · 23-05-2021 12:08AM

rodge123 wrote: »

Should these same countries get free entry to the European and World Cup soccer tournaments also seen as their broadcasters probably generate the most amount of broadcasting rights tv revenue for uefa/fifa also?

They don't actually pay for the World Cup the way they do this.

And all their UEFA/FIFA money got them a ton of perks like seeded qualifiers

Furze99 · 23-05-2021 12:09AM

It’s obvious that the UK etc got public votes but statistically when factored back into the scoring they were less than 1. Notable difference between jury and public on many votes, Lithuania got little from juries and jumped way up the board with the public vote.

Deeper Blue · 23-05-2021 12:09AM

jeoun wrote: »

Semi Final results are in - Ireland finished last (16th place) with 20 points!

Thoroughly deserved, it was an atrocious performance on the night.

goose2005 · 23-05-2021 12:09AM

deisedude wrote: »

None of the top 3 songs were in English. I wonder has that happened before

probably not since they got rid of the rule that countries had to use their official languages. In 1991 the top 3 were not in English

RoryMac · 23-05-2021 12:10AM

LordBasil wrote: »

Ireland came last in our Semi final

Probably too high to be fair

Busi_Girl08 · 23-05-2021 12:10AM

Won a €1.50 profit from Switzerland coming 3rd so small victory for me

Sickened for UK but fair play to him for being such a good sport about it.

Absolutely love the voting set up. Nail biting to the end.

Was gutted for Switzerland but was really happy for Italy.

My fiance hated Ukraine and was shook when the public vote bumped them up.

Nearly as surprised as Flo Rida was about San Marino

Overall an epic night full of surprises.

Until next year in Rome!

jeoun · 23-05-2021 12:10AM

Deeper Blue wrote: »

Thought that was a thoroughly entertaining Eurovision myself.

One of my biggest takeaways is that I need to get the BBC for next year. Marty is the drizzling ****s and seems to do his best to spoil the night with his drivel.

I watched the whole show on Youtube with no commentary - so much better than having to listen to Marty or even Graham.

23-05-2021 12:10AM

Deleted User wrote: »

What am I gonna spend my €15 on?

A flight to eastern Europe.

Capt'n Midnight · 23-05-2021 12:10AM

Daroxtar wrote: »

Ripping off an anti piracy advert... Irony?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU

That music was itself pirated by the Dutch version of the IMRO

they were taken to the cleaners in court and still had the nerve to ask the copyright owner for 30% of the fine for collecting money from themselves.

Scumbags.

Furze99 · 23-05-2021 12:10AM

Deeper Blue wrote: »

Thought that was a thoroughly entertaining Eurovision myself.

One of my biggest takeaways is that I need to get the BBC for next year. Marty is the drizzling ****s and seems to do his best to spoil the night with his drivel.

We watched Norton on BBC! An awkward night for himðŸ˜€

Skid X · 23-05-2021 12:10AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

https://twitter.com/arnoboko/status/1396230944613404677

alchemist33 · 23-05-2021 12:11AM

One highlight was seeing the shock on the San Marino singers face when they got so little in the public vote. Seems like bringing in the American rapper was not the vote-getter they expected. Tis our competition, Yank!

23-05-2021 12:12AM

Necro wrote: »

UK get no points from anywhere yet get automatic entry next year

Germans get 3 points from 'professional' juries and get automatic entry next year

Spain get 6 points and yet get automatic entry next year

There's a simple solution but the countries will hate it

End auto qualification for everyone but the previous winners, make every single country have to earn their place in the final

The reason those countries get automatic qualification is because they fork out the most money towards organising the show (which, as the biggest economies competing, they can afford to do). If they didn't contribute that money, it's unlikely the show would get organised in the first place.

So while I agree that there *should* be no automatic qualifiers ideally (apart from the host nation), it would involve convincing several other countries to contribute a lot more money to get rid of that.

I am a little surprised Germany got nothing from the public though, I thought it might have been marmite enough to get some love from at least a few countries.

rodge123 · 23-05-2021 12:12AM

gmisk wrote: »

Eurovision isn't exactly related.....what a bizarre question.

Nothing bizarre about it.
Exact same fundamental principle.
It’s a competition that all participants would like to compete in and win, some are given preferential treatment due to demographic/economic reasons therefore not an equal level playing field for all participants.

Not saying Ireland would have done much better than UK, Germany or Spain btw...our entry wasn’t much to write home about either!

23-05-2021 12:12AM

My overall #1.

A scandal it didn't qualify.

iffandonlyif · 23-05-2021 12:13AM

That voting system was torturous to watch. I don’t enjoy seeing people’s hopes built up only to be dashed.

Deeper Blue · 23-05-2021 12:13AM

jeoun wrote: »

I watched the whole show on Youtube with no commentary - so much better than having to listen to Marty or even Graham.

Didn't realise it was on YouTube, I'll go with that next year methinks!

alchemist33 · 23-05-2021 12:13AM

As always a cracking night and great entertainment on boards all week. Round of applause to everyone!

On to the Monaco Grand Prix tomorrow for more quintessential Europe

Skid X · 23-05-2021 12:13AM

Deco Scully sounds good singing Letter From America,

give him a decent song and send him to Eurovision next year

Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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