[Closed] EUROVISION SONG CONTEST ON THIS WEEKEND

Thanks I will make sure I avoid it.

Watching it now, awesomely terrible 🙂

cyprus on now, behind bars, steel ones

I can't wait. I was at the Finals last year in Vienna. I loved it.

Avoid that crap like every year. [i]Oh, but Terry Wogan was so funny[/i]. No he wasn't.

Yet, here you are.

Got the beers in and friends rounds on Saturday. Can't wait!

The winner will be Scandinavian or from The Baltic. We will come 3rd from last with 17 points.

We will get 2 points from Ireland, 7 from Malta and 8 from Cyprus. Everybody else (really) hates us.

Given the current Estonian chap on the telly, I doubt we'll off to Tallinn next year...

if we leave europe, we want be in eurovision anymore and it may not be broadcast, anyone else realised the cultural desert that will ensue.

To be fair, being in Eurovision doesn't actually depend on being in the continent of Europe, never mind the EU. Just ask Israel and Azerbaijan...

I'm sure I've got something more important to do, I think there's some paint I need to check to see if it's drying properly.

We will certainly gain a true perception of how much Europe want the UK to stay in the EU, anything above nil points for our entry will be certainly emphatic, despite our entry this year actually being a catchy lil number. 😀

live screening here and lots of nerdy info

http://www.eurovision.tv/page/timeline

Shall we make this the official live discussion thread on the night?

I can sticky it for a couple of hours and ban Drac if it helps...

[i]Yet, here you are.[/i]

I've never gone for the "if you can't say something nice.. " theory... 8)

Not far away now, can't wait. 🙂

Avid fanbouy of the whole event, watched it almost every year that I can remember. Although this year I will be at a real ale beer festival beforehand so I will either be in a hazy daze or dancing on the tables.

8)

Yes please Cougar! 😀

Litmus test - that was the term that avoided me last night. This year's competition will be the litmus test as to our favourability from our European brethren and as such, this needs to be the defining referendum.

Perhaps our entry could have been a cover of The Clash?

I think the contest is great, just not for the reasons that the producers would like me to.
Same for the first couple of episodes of The Simon Cowell Show.
Funny, cheesy savage amusement 🙂

Cougar - Moderator
Shall we make this the official live discussion thread on the night?

I can sticky it for a couple of hours and ban Drac if it helps...

Please, and tell him Simon his hero is on itv in X factory, he may have forgotten.

Am I correct in thinking this is being streamed live via YouTube rather than that Octavision (?) plugin that we used to have to use?

My eldest son & his boyfriend are actually on the way to Stockholm now to watch it. Apparently Cheryl Baker's on their flight, whoever she is.

My brother and his girlfriend are out there for the final. Can't see the appeal but they love it. My brother's a theatre designer/stage manager/lampie so he laps the big show up. But I think inside, I hope he doesn't actually enjoy the music 😆

Apparently Cheryl Baker's on their flight, whoever she is.

There's some proper talent on BBC Young Musician of the Year on Sunday though.

what a brilliant reason to come and watch the Day/night enduro at the QECP cycle fest!!

What's your favourite winning song?

I'm tied between

and

It seems Kim Jong-un is gearing up for an entry when North Korea join the EU

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I suspect he has been watching those old Robert Palmer videos.

I'm tied between

Still Making Your Mind Up

Got some friends coming over for this.

European beer is a requirement, I am cooking a variety of iconic European dishes to keep the crowd happy.

It really is fantastically corupt

I used to love it as a kid, proper family entertainment. I recall doing my own scoring and all that stuff.

But now I really can't begin to get excited by it.

iolo - I can't see what those songs are (work blocks YouTube), but unless one of them is Lordi then, well, you're wrong 🙂

Me and the Little Lady have been to Eurovision twice, Dusseldorf and Malmo; tickets for the semis on the Thursday night (finals tickets are MENTAL expensive), then a weekend break in a European city that just happens to be hosting a big party on the Saturday night. What's not to like?

Actually, from experience, drunk Danes, that's something not to like.

iolo - tough choice, if it's any help, I managed 16 seconds for the sparkley purple ladies and nearly 2 minutes for the Finnish lizards.

[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/6825d77d-1f5b-4c29-b7e8-f8700ec6c0e7?intc_type=singletheme&intc_location=bbcone&intc_campaign=bbcone&intc_linkname=quuiz_ukentries_contentcard4 ]Quiz[/url]

7/10. Which was rather embarrassing.

8/10. Ahem.

Who can forget Scooch?

9/10 and I don't even watch/like eurovision 🙂

9/10 🙂

I've stickied this now so that I don't have to close fifteen duplicate threads for the next three hours.

😀

I think the stickiness has worn off. Do you want some blu-tac? 🙂

Horrendous watching.

Horrendous watching

I'm only here for the naked Belarusian with the wolves.

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Edit: Goddamit....Belarus didn't make the cut? It's a conspiracy!

ireland didnt make it, uk is poor,russia to win or theyll invade the country and then rewrite the win to prove theyre dominant

26 songs 😯
could be a long evening

And we're awwwaaayyyyy.....

Mrs B has asked we watch it so as I've been watching rugby today I've relented and agreed 😉

She's even saying we should go next year ....

And so it begins - loving the channeling of Zoolander by the models! 😀

THERE'S A MAN WEARING AN ELEPHANT!!

Are you sure its a trunk ?

I can only hope.

Lgbt joke already! Cool! Time to embrace the camp!

I don't understand the voting system.......I may have to crack open the cider to help me understand! 😀

Have they stolen the baseline from another one bites the dust?

Looks like Belgium is ready to go in the oven, gas mark 5 for thirty minutes.....

The Sugarhill Gang called, they want their baseline back

Apparently this is the first year the US get to watch ?#Eurovision?. Brace yourselves, America, you're in for an... experience.

Well, hellooooooo

Looks like Belgium is ready to go in the oven, gas mark 5 for thirty minutes.....

Normally it's the Dutch associated with ovens.

Oh dear. Dirge from the Czech......doesn't look like we'll be off to Prague this time next year. What is with the noose around her neck?

I'm might be wrong, but I think this song is about standing

Well, this is an upbeat song. NOT!

She also appears to have one of those exploding neck collar things that prisoners had in 80's scifi movies

We really need a fantasy league for this

So far, I'm much more impressed by the floor than anything else

Straight from Amsterdam, Tennessee, hot diggedy

#awkward What was that about?

well, helllooooooo!

is she wearing a 'whole body vajazzle'?

Well, at least we know what happened to Gina Gee's catsuit

the singing is quite painful

Blimey!

Gold member called asking for his outfit back.

Loving the Blakes 7 outfits on the guys......

Darn, I'm a few minutes behind now.

Lockets?

A second class return to Doddingham?

So far, I think 'bland' sums up the performances

Yep. More cheese please

Where are the bonkers entries? Is it just the wolf man of Belarus?

The Italian entry could have made a bit of an effort - dungarees? Seriously?

No comprende

Catchy song and pretty girl from Azerbaijan, both strong Eurovision traits.