but it is in the title...Edguy said:
The world would not be safe from the impossibruness of the sanity levels each song would give out. LET"S DO IT!NinjaDeathSlap said:
Eurovision (spoilers)
- Thread starter Evil Smurf
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Few things that need to be pointed out.
One: The Romania guys looked like General Zod
Two: The Norwegian looked like the khaleesi
Three: Hungary had the best song. It also helps that my drinking word was 'baby' which and the say kedvesem so many fucking times.
One: The Romania guys looked like General Zod
Two: The Norwegian looked like the khaleesi
Three: Hungary had the best song. It also helps that my drinking word was 'baby' which and the say kedvesem so many fucking times.
Nobody watches Eurovision to see good music though, we just want to see the cringiest, shittest acts! Who were they?
That Greek song is great though, it is like a less heavy, Less Mike Patton-y Mr Bungle.
That Greek song is great though, it is like a less heavy, Less Mike Patton-y Mr Bungle.
You know The Netherlands won it 4 times right (of which one was shared)? #9 is not our best EVER by far, although it's the best this century (Marlayne placed #8 in 1999).Longstreet said:
But I agree that at least in recent history, we absolutely suck at sending appropriate acts to Eurovision.
Nope, did not know that.Jordi said:
Guess you learn something new every day.
It does kinda proof people right when they say music used to be better.
Or maybe all music got better except Dutch music. But yeah, I've also read the research on how music used to be more diverse back in the day.Longstreet said:
I think one problem is that you used to be able to win with just a good song. Nowadays you need a ton of spectacle and broad mass appeal, because it's not just juries voting anymore and the Netherlands refuses to acknowledge this. We always send something that is "technically a beautiful song" so that later we can ***** about how it's supposed to be a song contest and the world (Europe) is being unfair. Except of course for that one year where we went "You want to see stupid!? We'll give you stupid like you've never seen!", but even that Toppers song didn't have any spectacle except for those ridiculous suits.
I still think we should have sent the flying banana-man in a nappy, myself. At least it would've been rememberable.Angelowl said:
I do find it rather touching that the cute annual ESC ritual is apparently serious business enough for the general public to even consider being tactical in it, though.
I've always meant to play some of them, but I always forget when Eurovision rolls around. I hear some of them can get pretty dangerous!Evil Smurf said:
My country was pure disappointment. Robin is...yeah. I hate Robin.Mausthemighty said:
Pls try harder Sweden pls.
Personally I wanted Malta to win, because it was the only song aside from maybe dubstep Dracula that I'd put on my iPod.
As for our pitiful effort in the UK, I don't know why no one has bothered to look at our history and see that almost all our victories are with catchy pop songs, not pompous ballads. The winner is almost always something marketable, either in clubs, charts or TV, and the UK have done nothing that ticks any of those boxes for years.
I think they should start making whoever wins X Factor every year automatically enter Eurovision the next; god knows their careers don't go anywhere most of the time, anyway.
Failing that, we should just send Rylan every year, he is practically custom-made for Eurovision.
As for our pitiful effort in the UK, I don't know why no one has bothered to look at our history and see that almost all our victories are with catchy pop songs, not pompous ballads. The winner is almost always something marketable, either in clubs, charts or TV, and the UK have done nothing that ticks any of those boxes for years.
I think they should start making whoever wins X Factor every year automatically enter Eurovision the next; god knows their careers don't go anywhere most of the time, anyway.
Failing that, we should just send Rylan every year, he is practically custom-made for Eurovision.
I was JUST about to write "no love for Malta?"rob_simple said:
I personally liked Denmark and Romania just due to the vocal range on that guy.
Getting back to Malta a sec (you can tell a guy is Maltese when he never shuts up about it), what did the rest of the Escapists think? So far I've only heard rob_simple even MENTION it. Also Gianluca is the ONLY one of the contestants to have actually made any skin contact with the audience. He actually walks up and bobs down to high five the crowd and then doubles back and does the same. Guy's a doctor here and is known locally (before the eurovision) for being excellent with people and patients and imo that shined through at that moment. The rest of them were too good to touch the peasants.
I felt Malta was robbed...still, I'm glad they did fairly well. It was the only song that actually stuck in my mind; though that is by no means an indication of quality, seeing as I'm still singing "Here am I (woooa)/Lost and forgotten..." from about three years ago.
That's a good point, actually. He was just about the only performer to actually look like he was genuinely enjoying himself, and not just putting on a shit-eating grin for the cameras. Too many of the other performers were over produced and more concerned with their choreography or posturing to show off their tits and teeth, instead of interacting with the crowd and just having a good time, which I think is more in the spirit of Eurovision.Deshin said:
Well the song was okay, but not really that memorable. To be honest I can recall his looks (to me he looked a bit like a monkey, no offence), but I really don't recall what he sang.Deshin said:
Romania and Greece were funny acts and I enjoyed watching them, but the Danish song was the only one that stuck in my head and wouldn't come out of it. I needed a severe case of listening to Rammstein to forget the song. Du Hast really helps me when something like that happens. \m/ \m/
I should add, did anyone find it a bit of a shame there were no wonderfully mangled English lyrics this year? I missed that this year, though perhaps Moldova's entry last year set an unbeatable bar for bad English...
Estonia came close.GonvilleBromhead said:
She speaks broken English anyways.
Also Estonia still can't into Nordic.
Eurovision was so bad this year. The songs are always shit, but normally they're entertaining. Only Monetenegro was funny this year, and Ireland finished dead last.