Eurovision song contest

[Steve1956]

Unfortunately I will be missing the Eurovision song contest tonight......



That will be the 68th year in a row I've missed it.

[Lip]

I only watch the results bit to see if we get Nil points. Lol

[aclaretinstevenage]

Unfortunately I will be missing the Eurovision song contest tonight......



That will be the 68th year in a row I've missed it.

Don't know why but this did make me chuckle more than it should have !

[Bosscat]

I only watch the results bit to see if we get Nil points. Lol

So do we

[TheOriginalLongsider]

I used to just watch the results as well. The show itself is very well done now though so a good bit of entertainment. Ireland was a bit different !!! Wouldn’t be surprised if they win it.

[zippybid]

I used to just watch the results as well. The show itself is very well done now though so a good bit of entertainment. Ireland was a bit different !!! Wouldn’t be surprised if they win it.

Currently 5th favourites and the bookies are generally bang on, or their fave finishes 2nd.

Israel has actually been my favourite. A very good voice and nice song.

[Buxtonclaret]

Unfortunately I will be missing the Eurovision song contest tonight......



That will be the 68th year in a row I've missed it.

[Jamesy]

Currently 5th favourites and the bookies are generally bang on, or their fave finishes 2nd.

Israel has actually been my favourite. A very good voice and nice song.

It would be nice if Israel won it. Good song.
It would upset those entitled brats camped out at Oxford and Cambridge Universities though.

[Poulton-le-Claret]

Give the trophy to Armenia now

[gawthorpe_view]

Sweden has a Palestinian performing so he's nailed on to win.
Israel wil get nul points.
Anyone supplying Israel will have a very low scoring night.

[Volvoclaret]

I left after 46 minutes, sorry PPP

[Bosscat]

Netherlands disqualified

[Bosscat]

I left after 46 minutes, sorry PPP

[LincsWoldsClaret]

The funniest programme of the year didn’t disappoint.
The Swiss won.
UK entry was awful, badly sung and the staging was poor. Got some points off the Juries but didn’t get a single vote in the worldwide phone in.

[fidelcastro]

The British public gave their top vote to a song by the country engaged in a genocide.

Classy.

[Vino blanco]

I got home quite late after having a few beers with a few boys from the General Williams who are over here on a short visit. Having said that, when I got hone Mrs. Vino was watching it, so I watched it for a short while and then watched the results coming in. I have to say I thought it was all a very gay affair.

[Swizzlestick]

Good entertainment as always. Deserved winner. We concentrated too much on fancy staging and had a shite vocal,

[timshorts]

The most catchy and entertaining song finished second for the third consecutive year. I'd given only 5 songs a grade of 6/10 or more and 4 of those didn't make it to the final at all. The Denmark girl not making it was robbery.

It's not a great surprise that the Israel song did OK. It was like a poorer version of Denmark but with much better staging. If one sixth of the people are inclined to vote pro-israel then they will get a huge vote, bearing in mind that the other 5-sixths will be scattered about 10 different songs. Take a look at the accidentally released voting figures for Italy in the semis.

UK finished slightly above where it should. Poor, childish song, intonation problems as well as the issues above, but there were worse.

[beddie]

We should have entered these two. They’d have won it for us. God bless them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSLL5Ye43JE

[Shaggy]

The best performance of the night was Finland. Catchy tune and hilarious performance.

Apart from that Ireland/Germany and Croatia were the next best.

[Bigbopper]

The British public gave their top vote to a song by the country engaged in a genocide.

Classy.

Classy indeed . Well done the British voting public.

[dougcollins]

The best performance of the night was Finland. Catchy tune and hilarious performance.

Apart from that Ireland/Germany and Croatia were the next best.

Agree with Croatia.

The winning song was shown up for what it was when he wasn't cavorting on his satellite dish - very ordinary.

[Caballo]

Thought the Ireland entry was pathetic,
Sam Smith-esque 'look at me', as was our fella, both trying way too hard to push what they perceived as the limits. The LGB crowd love the overt display that is Eurovision, but even they have boundaries around what's considered tasteful and decent.

[dougcollins]

Thought the Ireland entry was pathetic,
Sam Smith-esque 'look at me', as was our fella, both trying way too hard to push what they perceived as the limits. The LGB crowd love the overt display that is Eurovision, but even they have boundaries around what's considered tasteful and decent.

Yep, it was just too sleazy.

[Clovius Boofus]

Ireland's entry wasn't too bad, but they should have gone for full-on goth and ditched the twee poppy chorus for something that fitted the song.

[Claretmisterg]

Most of the entries were outrageously camp/gay or goth, albeit very entertaining. My three favourites were Germany, France and Estonia. The scores don’t really matter in the end, do they.

[Clovius Boofus]

The scores don’t really matter in the end, do they.

Exactly. It's not the Olympics. It's trashy TV entertainment that some love, and some hate, yet they still watch. Job done.

[claretburns]

The funniest programme of the year didn’t disappoint.
The Swiss won.
UK entry was awful, badly sung and the staging was poor. Got some points off the Juries but didn’t get a single vote in the worldwide phone in.

It was the "best" staging the UK has ever done apparently according to music "experts" whoever they are.

[dougcollins]

It was the "best" staging the UK has ever done apparently according to music "experts" whoever they are.

I doubt very much they were 'music' experts.

[Jamesy]

Good entertainment as always. Deserved winner. We concentrated too much on fancy staging and had a shite vocal,

And it was overtly sexual.

[karatekid]

When you get zero votes from the public you know you have got it completely wrong.

[Steve1956]

Seems like quite a few posters watched this ....did I miss anything?

[Boss Hogg]

Seems like quite a few posters watched this ....did I miss anything?

The best songs didn’t do that well. The winner was dreadful. The UK entry was an embarrassment and Ireland’s was useless. That’s it in a nutshell.

[Middle-agedClaret]

The British public gave their top vote to a song by the country engaged in a genocide.

Classy.

The people spoke.
That’s democracy, Fidel.
Perhaps, given your poster name, that’s an alien concept to you

[Clovius Boofus]

Seems like quite a few posters watched this ....did I miss anything?

You missed the UK entry prancing about in what looked like a rundown motorway service station toilet block.

[LincsWoldsClaret]

You missed the UK entry prancing about in what looked like a rundown motorway service station toilet block.

It was meant to be a boxing ring / locker room but your assessment is far more accurate. The whole thing was grubby

[Steve1956]

Smut & Grubby eh?
I missed nothing then.

[SalouClaret]

The British public gave their top vote to a song by the country engaged in a genocide.

Classy.

You realise the votes were for an act in a camp music competition and not a direct vote to nuke Palestine, don't you? ISIS would get votes with a catchy chorus.

[bobinho]

The British public gave their top vote to a song by the country engaged in a genocide.

Classy.

If people aren’t allowed to vote because the recipient of said votes had done something unsavourable in their past, it would be “nil points” for everyone.

They voted for a song. It just happened to be sung by a young lady representing her home nation that is currently engaged in offensive operations against a terrorist state/organisation in retaliation for a disgraceful and cowardly attack on its people on October. Wtf has she got to do with genocide, apart from sharing a nationality?

She went to sing. It’s a song contest. Or at least it should be. But it’s not allowed to be is it? Because of some people who feel the need to grab hold of something and shout about it from the rooftops louder than anyone else. And they are ALWAYS on the same side of the fence. This yearly Eurovision abomination should have been a place for people to escape to and get lost in. But no. Gobshites turn up and can’t help making it all about them, trying to prove they care more about something than everyone else.

All this pro-palestinian crap sticks in my craw, and I’m sick of seeing it and listening to it.

[fidelcastro]

If people aren’t allowed to vote because the recipient of said votes had done something unsavourable in their past, it would be “nil points” for everyone.

They voted for a song. It just happened to be sung by a young lady representing her home nation that is currently engaged in offensive operations against a terrorist state/organisation in retaliation for a disgraceful and cowardly attack on its people on October. Wtf has she got to do with genocide, apart from sharing a nationality?

She went to sing. It’s a song contest. Or at least it should be. But it’s not allowed to be is it? Because of some people who feel the need to grab hold of something and shout about it from the rooftops louder than anyone else. And they are ALWAYS on the same side of the fence. This yearly Eurovision abomination should have been a place for people to escape to and get lost in. But no. Gobshites turn up and can’t help making it all about them, trying to prove they care more about something than everyone else.

All this pro-palestinian crap sticks in my craw, and I’m sick of seeing it and listening to it.

Israel isn't even in Europe.

[Poulton-le-Claret]

Israel isn't even in Europe.

I think that rule went out of the window with Morocco & Australia

[fidelcastro]

I think that rule went out of the window with Morocco & Australia

I must have missed their songs

Apparently not political, but Russia aren't allowed to participate.

[LeadBelly]

The British public gave their top vote to a song by the country engaged in a genocide.

Classy.

The population of Gaza strip when Israeli civilians left/ were forced to leave in 2005 was 1.3 million, today it is over 2 million. Not much evidence of actual genocide there (albeit evidence/truth barely comes into it when activists are looking for slogans to energise the easily led).

[Poulton-le-Claret]

I must have missed their songs

Apparently not political, but Russia aren't allowed to participate.

I don't think Morocco have been in for a long while, but yes easy to miss Australia this year, they failed to qualify from the semi finals unfortunately. They'll be back stronger next year

Who knows about the Russian's though, if we listen to their news they said they withdrew their application to take part rather than being banned.

[fidelcastro]

The population of Gaza strip when Israeli civilians left/ were forced to leave in 2005 was 1.3 million, today it is over 2 million. Not much evidence of actual genocide there (albeit evidence/truth barely comes into it when activists are looking for slogans to energise the easily led).

I'm talking about what they're doing now. Collectively punishing a people for the actions of Hamas.

Anyway, I'm not getting into a political debate as it's not permitted on here.

[Jamesy]

I'm talking about what they're doing now. Collectively punishing a people for the actions of Hamas.

Anyway, I'm not getting into a political debate as it's not permitted on here.

You tried to start a political debate with your “classy” post further up the thread.