Eurovision 2018

Rjd2 · 08-05-2018 11:33pm

mailburner wrote: »

no one could be shocked surely, it was 1/1000 to qualify

it's hard to know if if it will go close or completely bomb
I'm thinking it might finish outside the top three but I could be miles out there
still dont get the cyprus odds, this for me is the worst favourite in many a year

at 6/1 there's worse bets than israel when it was less than 2s up till a few days ago

I have money on Bulgaria and France which I somewhat given up on, but yeah Israel now a bet for me. The song will go down an absolute storm on the night when you consider how leftie the audience is for this sort of thing.

Cyprus is just a poor mans shakira, stunning but aren't they all?;)

yerwanthere123 · 08-05-2018 11:35pm

Fabulous, Ireland got second half in the final

M.Cribben · 08-05-2018 11:36pm

Czech Republic 22/1 with PP, seems like a E/W good bet. 1/5 odds 5 places.

dogcat · 09-05-2018 1:08am

Vexed that Switzerland failed.

yerwanthere123 · 09-05-2018 1:14am

Surprised there was so much love for Switzerland on here tonight, I thought it was extremely ordinary.

Try_harder · 09-05-2018 4:31am

Isreal the most popular in the arena
Cyprus second
Ireland were very popular- the gay dancers helped.

Cant believe Azerbaijan didnt qualify- it was so popular in the night club after too!

Well done Ryan! Bed now- Ive tomorrow to recouperate then SF2 Thursday

Hooked · 09-05-2018 7:07am

Hooked wrote: »

Ireland's odds slashed from 200-1
Into 66-1

Had a snakey each way bet before kick off...

35-1 this morning.

Hoping for a top 5 finish now!

Mollyb60 · 09-05-2018 8:08am

I went looking for the actual breakdown of voting this morning but read somewhere that they're not released till after the final on Saturday. Boo.

gmisk · 09-05-2018 8:46am

Mollyb60 wrote: »

I went looking for the actual breakdown of voting this morning but read somewhere that they're not released till after the final on Saturday. Boo.

It's always that way.

Welsh Megaman · 09-05-2018 8:54am

Marty on RTÉ Radio 1 right now.

Galwayguy35 · 09-05-2018 9:22am

I follow the Eurovision on Instagram, there's a lot of hate out there about Ireland getting through.

superfurry1 · 09-05-2018 9:27am

Pretty sure the stats are leaked to bookmakers though

mailburner · 09-05-2018 10:00am

superfurry1 wrote: »

Pretty sure the stats are leaked to bookmakers though

you'd have to think that especially when the likes of estonia almost quadruples in price

superfurry1 · 09-05-2018 10:20am

Years of the bookies being right on money movers too definitely someone making money leaking stats , it's really open this year I've gone for the Danes each way could be dark horses

gmisk · 09-05-2018 10:22am

superfurry1 wrote: »

Years of the bookies being right on money movers too definitely someone making money leaking stats , it's really open this year I've gone for the Danes each way could be dark horses

Denmark are not a bad shout at all each way

Mollyb60 · 09-05-2018 10:25am

Love the Danish song. Don't think it's a winner though. Actually I'd be surprised if it gets out of the semi final.

kilns · 09-05-2018 10:27am

The Ireland song was so bland and boring, it got throught because of backing dancers that says alot about it

gmisk · 09-05-2018 10:28am

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Love the Danish song. Don't think it's a winner though. Actually I'd be surprised if it gets out of the semi final.

I would expect it to get through semi 2, its very poor in comparison to semi 1.
A decent shout for top 10/5 I would have thought.

yerwanthere123 · 09-05-2018 11:15am

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I follow the Eurovision on Instagram, there's a lot of hate out there about Ireland getting through.

Good :cool:

I'm still so ecstatic we got through, I thought from day one that it's a sweet little song with good potential if they get the staging right. After years of enduring the likes of Nicky Byrne and Brendan Murray, this is a welcome surprise.

RobertKK · 09-05-2018 11:29am

lol

https://twitter.com/seivarias/status/993951972616212489?s=21

https://twitter.com/he4r74774ck/status/993966019294257154?s=21

hotmail.com · 09-05-2018 1:14pm

Marty Whelan is just painful at this stage. Can't RTE find someone else?

yerwanthere123 · 09-05-2018 1:17pm

hotmail.com wrote: »

Marty Whelan is just painful at this stage. Can't RTE find someone else?

Embarrassing patriotism aside, I've always quite liked him and think he does a decent job.

Mollyb60 · 09-05-2018 1:52pm

I think Marty is better than Norton anyway. Marty has a schtick and he just runs with it. I find him entertaining and would watch on RTE if I could.

CFlat · 09-05-2018 2:14pm

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I follow the Eurovision on Instagram, there's a lot of hate out there about Ireland getting through.

I'm genuinely curious as to why that would be? Its a good little song. Do people think other countries should have gotten in ahead of us or what?

yerwanthere123 · 09-05-2018 2:17pm

CFlat wrote: »

I'm genuinely curious as to why that would be? Its a good little song. Do people think other countries should have gotten in ahead of us or what?

I'd hazard a guess from Russia/Balkan nations who didn't like seeing the two guys dancing together.

gmisk · 09-05-2018 3:52pm

I think having UK voting in our Semi might have helped.
https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2018/semi-final-1
Plus a lot of gay people watch eurovision and may have voted for us.
The running order also helped us possibly.

Also on a more basic level I thought he sang it really well and the stage show worked, unlike a lot of other countries (I am looking at you MACEDONIA!!!!)

I genuinely think Azerbaijan would have qualified if drawn later on.

Galwayguy35 · 09-05-2018 4:12pm

CFlat wrote: »

I'm genuinely curious as to why that would be? Its a good little song. Do people think other countries should have gotten in ahead of us or what?

I don't know.

A few of them were Poles which I found a bit strange considering they are still in with a chance of getting through.

Galwayguy35 · 09-05-2018 4:13pm

I was surprised Greece didn't make it, I thought it was a good song.

gmisk · 09-05-2018 4:30pm

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I was surprised Greece didn't make it, I thought it was a good song.

They were predicted to by the bookies, I was shocked too.

Im still looking at another top 10 bet....Ukraine are looking tempting at 5/1
Its an odd song but it is last on tomorrow and it has flames and a piano!

yerwanthere123 · 09-05-2018 4:48pm

Looking ahead to tomorrow night, this is surely the night Russia loses their qualification record right? Bad song sung terribly, only four voting allies and having seen Azerbaijan lose their record last night... surely it's time?

KatW4 · 09-05-2018 5:13pm

Just had a look at the Instagram page there and there are some awful comments. Everyone seems to be angry that Greece didn't get through. I thought her song was really boring!

A lot of people seem to think Ireland will come last in the finals too. I'm not sure if it's bitterness or not though.

dublinman1990 · 09-05-2018 5:19pm

An interesting fact check article came up from thejournal.ie today. There had been some controversy in the lead up to the semi-final performance of Ryan O'Shaughnessy's entry for Ireland not being shown on Russian TV because of gay themes being present in the song. It actually turns out that the performance last night was shown unedited on Russian TV station Channel One. Channel One, which is the equivalent of RTÉ in Ireland, has a much more easier & positive stance towards the LGBT community in Russia. Other media organisations are more hostile towards gays though in the country.

http://www.thejournal.ie/russian-tv-irish-eurovision-4001768-May2018/

Also this fella on facebook had an exciting time looking at Ireland getting through to the final last night.

http://www.dailyedge.ie/irish-response-to-eurovision-final-4001301-May2018/

Parasites · 09-05-2018 5:24pm

I think the Israel have good chance to win this year

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 09-05-2018 5:32pm

I'm surprised with the amount of negativity surrounding the song on here. I am by no means a Eurovision fan - I didn't actually even know the semi-final was on until I saw it while flicking around and it was my first time to hear it.

I found it quite catchy, it has been in my head all day and Ryan O'Shaughnessy can sing to be fair to him. It won't win, but there are worse songs in the competition.

An tUasal C · 09-05-2018 5:35pm

dublinman1990 wrote: »

An interesting fact check article came up from thejournal.ie today. There had been some controversy in the lead up to the semi-final performance of Ryan O'Shaughnessy's entry for Ireland not being shown on Russian TV because of gay themes being present in the song. It actually turns out that the performance last night was shown unedited on Russian TV station Channel One. Channel One, which is the equivalent of RTÉ in Ireland, has a much more easier & positive stance towards the LGBT community in Russia. Other media organisations are more hostile towards gays though in the country.

http://www.thejournal.ie/russian-tv-irish-eurovision-4001768-May2018/

Also this fella on facebook had an exciting time looking at Ireland getting through to the final last night.

http://www.dailyedge.ie/irish-response-to-eurovision-final-4001301-May2018/

I’ve been told that the Russian commentator commented on the dance displaying ‘male friendship’. :rolleyes:

yerwanthere123 · 09-05-2018 5:53pm

Russia may have shown Ireland's performance, but China didn't :pac:

Mokuba · 09-05-2018 6:16pm

I think the gay aspect will catapult us into a Top-10. Maybe even higher.

Surreptitious · 09-05-2018 8:15pm

I was watching the you tube vid of the singers coming out after qualifying and Ireland and Austria were the only two countries able to string a decent sentence together. The rest of them were acting the eegit.

Mr_Man2121 · 09-05-2018 8:17pm

Mokuba wrote: »

I think the gay aspect will catapult us into a Top-10. Maybe even higher.

Hopefully

Pang · 09-05-2018 8:42pm

Surprised so many out there appeared to have wanted Greece to go through. I thought it was so dull. Couldn't stand Switzerland so glad it didn't go through.

Can anyone help me out? The Cyprus song is really reminding me of a dance song but I can't work out what it is!

Grandeeod · 09-05-2018 9:39pm

I'm watching the 1981 Eurovision. Haven't had a lot of interest in the whole thing since 2012. Great songs back then and a great show. Gonna watch on Saturday night. If Israel win, I'll burn the house down.

NegativeCreep · 09-05-2018 9:40pm

I'd say if Russia didn't show the performance there'd be outrage and we'd get even more votes! Hopefully they don't show it on Saturday :pac:

Try_harder · 09-05-2018 9:47pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

I'm watching the 1981 Eurovision. Haven't had a lot of interest in the whole thing since 2012. Great songs back then and a great show. Gonna watch on Saturday night. If Israel win, I'll burn the house down.

Got matches?

Grandeeod · 09-05-2018 9:49pm

Try_harder wrote: »

Got matches?

Petrol!

mailburner · 09-05-2018 10:42pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

I'm watching the 1981 Eurovision. Haven't had a lot of interest in the whole thing since 2012. Great songs back then and a great show. Gonna watch on Saturday night. If Israel win, I'll burn the house down.

you could be homeless sadly :pac:

mailburner · 09-05-2018 10:42pm

gmisk wrote: »

They were predicted to by the bookies, I was shocked too.

Im still looking at another top 10 bet....Ukraine are looking tempting at 5/1
Its an odd song but it is last on tomorrow and it has flames and a piano!

lmao

gmisk · 09-05-2018 10:44pm

mailburner wrote: »

lmao

It's cooler than it sounds he is on a platform with a piano and the platform goes on fire... Also he is kinda dressed like a vampire.... Lol

mailburner · 09-05-2018 11:07pm

gmisk wrote: »

It's cooler than it sounds he is on a platform with a piano and the platform goes on fire... Also he is kinda dressed like a vampire.... Lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9YTasUpAjw (8th 2007)

vampire thing could work :pac:

on a simliar note It didn't do lordi any harm

Try_harder · 10-05-2018 1:41am

I thought we d be together til we die... wait, what kind of weird murder/suicide pact is that???

flangemeistro · 10-05-2018 10:15am

Try_harder wrote: »

I thought we d be together til we die... wait, what kind of weird murder/suicide pact is that???

The same one every married couple make.

Eurovision 2018

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