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Eurovision Song Contest 2023

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    #2852
    yerwanthere123
    Registered Users, Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594584#Comment_120594584

    They're not really. Martin Osterdahl was asked a couple of days ago whether the contest could go 100% televote next year, he gave a generic/non committal response of "we review the rules every year, we'll see" etc. which led some to think it could happen. I think it's highly unlikely and would be a knee jerk response.



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    #2853
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 16,546 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Meh to the winner. And that guy to the right of Loreen. He looks like a cross between Bill Bailey and Dara O'Briain.

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    #2854
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,739 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    https://twitter.com/_Go_A_/status/1657480589702840325?s=20

    Both should have won.



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    #2855
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,366 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594584#Comment_120594584

    Maybe the Juries wanted to get back at the public for giving all those point to the Ukraine last year.



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    #2856
    Furze99
    Registered Users Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭Furze99


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594586#Comment_120594586

    Group think in the juries and media generally lifted the Swedes. Good PR and promotion with a touch of Eurovision royalty factor. The disparity between the jury and public though is too large for the organisers to ignore. Last year it was explicable, this year something rotten. As for Putin’s murderous regime, they’ve just put another bullet into their own miserable corpse.



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    #2857
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 8,811 ✭✭✭squonk


    We’ll probably never win again. Not a soccer fan or expert but I’d say that winning teams have winning ways and know what it takes. If you lose the pulse it’s immensely hard to get back on top. A winning team might have a few bad seasons but they know what it takes to get back in the mix. Our task is gargantuan because we’ve been outside the big league for so long we need to learn what it takes to be in with the big boys then we have to match them.

    I do know it’s a lottery but there is so much more going on now than matching a strong song with a strong singer. We’re like those league of Ireland clubs who compete in the champions league. The difference is we used to me a Man U or Real Madrid but now we’re Pats or Dundalk. This is the stark fact under RTEs stewardship. Bastards should be ashamed of themselves. They’ll still want your licence fee though. .



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    #2858
    appledrop
    Registered Users Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭appledrop


    OK so we need to go back to drawing board for our entry.

    Make it as fecking diddle Irish stereotypical as possible.

    Have a few ones dressed like auld Peig sitting by a turf fire.

    Then they are so memorised by the fiddles and tin whistle and traditional Irish music that they jump up and start their Irish dancing in a replica of the floozy in the jacuzzi in middle of the stage, with water splashing everywhere. We could ask Graham Norton to come back in his role as Father Noel, sure that caravan scene is a classic.

    Everyone loves Riverdance, what's the worst that could happen we come last sure we are doing that anyway🤷‍♀️



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    #2859
    Akabusi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭Akabusi


    Here is another that was genuinely robbed as it was runner up and happens to be my second favourite song.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bWe8PRsW4T0&pp=ygUfdGhlIG5ldGhlcmxhbmRzIGV1cm92aXNpb24gMjAxNA%3D%3D




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    #2860
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users Posts: 72,286 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    And above all else, Paul McCartney never showed up!


    That’s it, I’m closing this thread!


    *pulls up imaginary shutters*



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    #2861
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,366 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594618#Comment_120594618

    I remember listening to the Eurovision songs blindly with somebody they said that Austria was a big ballad and nothing special. However once they saw Conchita they were a winner. Netherlands were robbed.



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    #2862
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,113 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Norway were robbed in 2019, that fecking boring ballad I can't remember a single second of.



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    #2863
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,113 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Only one man for the UK entry next year

    https://youtu.be/g3drpAC36z8




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    #2864
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,304 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594566#Comment_120594566

    It would look pretty stupid if they did.

    They came second last year for a start.

    Plus their entry was extremely poor on the night.



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    #2865
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 28,566 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594618#Comment_120594618

    I still remember that song fondly but I think it was flagged as having too many similarities to other C+W songs even by EV standards which I suspect cost it jury votes.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #2866
    Akabusi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭Akabusi


    To finish, my final robbed song was one of our own. Still can't get over this not qualifying for the final. The best song we sent in over 20 years, the performance was and setting was good too. Molly did the country proud. This was probably a victim of not being marketed across Europe.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3B5sdNJF0lk&pp=ygUZbW9sbHkgc3RlcmxpbmcgZXVyb3Zpc2lvbg%3D%3D




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    #2867
    Thrashssacre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭Thrashssacre


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594617#Comment_120594617

    Cruachan tried it this year and we're in the qualifying process they've recently released the song and after giving it a listen I honestly can't see how they didn't give it a try, seemed perfect for Eurovision not bland and boring because of the bands look while also leaning into Irish mythology and traditional music.



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    #2868
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,304 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594645#Comment_120594645

    Totally agree on this one.

    I think it was ahead of it's time for Eurovision tbh.



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    #2869
    Dazler97
    Registered Users Posts: 2,392 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    I'm gutted Sweden won 🏆 wasn't a good song at all ,Finland was robbed 😢 that means Ireland and Sweden are at 7 wins and 2 artists each winning as well



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    #2870
    ConcertKing
    Registered Users Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭ConcertKing


    Semi-Final 1 results

    1 Finland 177

    2 Sweden 135

    3 Israel 127

    4 Czechia 110

    4 Moldova 109

    6 Norway 102

    7 Switzerland 97

    8 Croatia 76

    9 Portugal 74

    10 Serbia 37


    11 Latvia 34

    12 Ireland 10

    13 Netherlands 7

    14 Azerbaijan 4

    15 Malta 3

    Wild Youth seriously tanked!!!

    Only public votes counted in semi final hence Finland beating Sweden!



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    #2871
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,304 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Seemingly Australia won second semi!



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    #2872
    pnott
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭pnott


    Semi final full results are out. Ireland came 12th with a score of 10 points. https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2023/semi-final-1



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    #2873
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,304 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594664#Comment_120594664

    F#cking hell that is poor.

    We also in no way deserved to finish ahead of the Netherlands...



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    #2874
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 8,811 ✭✭✭squonk


    Christ I was sure we would get last. Malta were better than bottom of the table. Netherlands were far better than us.



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    #2875
    Star Bingo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,366 ✭✭✭Star Bingo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594617#Comment_120594617

    Ireland would do well to mature and recognise the importance of not being earnest. There’s a trifecta in entertainment a total package that is humour; performance and not so much musicality now but two out of three ain’t bad at all.

    I would say get cruachan to do their routine but with some subtle “unintentional” shots revealing say thomas the tank engine boxer shorts on under their kilts might do the trick. Polka dots or some totally unexpected, you know?



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    #2876
    yerwanthere123
    Registered Users, Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    10 points is about right, but shocked that got us 12th! Poor Malta deserved better than 3 points, and Latvia came quite close!



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    #2877
    ConcertKing
    Registered Users Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭ConcertKing


    https://youtu.be/WTcJRevMGbw


    Without a doubt the greatest runner up in Eurovision Song Contest history and an absolute crime it didn't win!

    As good as any of the 7 songs that won for us and I'm still absolutely gutted it didn't win!

    Such a beautiful song that brings a tear to my eye.



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    #2878
    Star Bingo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,366 ✭✭✭Star Bingo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594650#Comment_120594650

    Yea was sayin. Just a few tweaks here n there and sure fire winners is my take,



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    #2879
    pnott
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭pnott


    I am more surprised that Sweden only received two sets of 12 points in the semi final. Israel who came third in the semi received double the number of 12 points than Sweden did. The public really went all in behind Finland. I don't know what the juries saw that the public didn't.



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    #2880
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 8,811 ✭✭✭squonk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594685#Comment_120594685

    Definitely. It was as good as anything else we sent in that period.



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    #2881
    Busi_Girl08
    Registered Users Posts: 17,845 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120594532#Comment_120594532

    They actually said they want more money for it. Not that they want rid of it 🙄



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