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Post by Perculiar Chicken on May 20, 2006 13:26:41 GMT -5
Any fellow Europeans watching the song contest tonight?
It's always a big event here - We're having European themed cheesy outfits, singing along and our own voting panel in the bar!
Its an affront to society that we have to wait all year for an event as shamelessly cr*p as this, so when it arrives I grab onto it with both hands!
Fingers crossed for Daz the English rapper...now there's a fantastic oxymoron!! ;D
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Post by tatfan on May 20, 2006 15:17:55 GMT -5
is that kind of like american idol?
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Post by Perculiar Chicken on May 20, 2006 17:23:54 GMT -5
No, but we have that as well - the one that the American version was copied from, called Pop Idol - this is a bit different. It's an annual contest, now in its 51st year, where each European country performs a song and then people across the continent vote for their favourite. Finland just won, with an insane song called Hard Rock Hallelujah...here he is!  |
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Post by MrsZackMorris on May 20, 2006 19:09:57 GMT -5
Yup i watched  So glad Finland won  Sucks that Belgium didnt even get in the final  Oh well... |
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Post by Muffin Sangria on May 22, 2006 17:54:40 GMT -5
Chicken,
That guy looks completely nuts!
Seems like its more entertaining that American/Pop Idol.
There was a band in the US that had somewhat of a cult following a few years back named Gwar. They were pretty terrible, but dressed in costumes much like that, maybe even more ridiculous.
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Post by sbtbfan4everrr on Jun 15, 2006 7:25:03 GMT -5
I watched it to... at the end of the contest I was a bit in shock never thought that finland would win...srry it's just that i still think that a country should win for the song...not the performance!
but a very long time ago there was world Idols(or something like that) Finland won then to right? or was it Norway??
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Post by tommy on Jul 5, 2006 8:36:21 GMT -5
yeah it was pretty good this year but to bad that greece and italy did not win but the liked the song that won the band is called lordi and that song was cool.
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Post by SBTB on Jul 5, 2006 9:15:19 GMT -5
I watched it to... at the end of the contest I was a bit in shock never thought that finland would win...srry it's just that i still think that a country should win for the song...not the performance! but a very long time ago there was world Idols(or something like that) Finland won then to right? or was it Norway?? I believe that was Norway, wasn't that guy called Kurt Nilson? Not sure.. I haven't seen the Eurovision Song Contest, but I heard that Finland was very bad..  |
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Post by Zack Attack on Jul 6, 2006 3:02:14 GMT -5
Finlads song was alright, i only watch the voteing to see how many votes GB crack up usaully about 5 our songs are alright  |
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Post by sbtbfan4everrr on Aug 13, 2006 12:01:56 GMT -5
I think I'm not going to watch it this year.Holland doesn't even makes it to the final Very frustrating Maybe I will watch Eurovision songcontest for kids( the name is different but I forgot what it was....),maybe we will make a better chance there O btw SBTB you were right, his name is Kurt Nilson! The moment I read that, I was thinking o yeah...the Hobbit  |
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Post by sbtbfan4everrr on May 12, 2007 12:04:56 GMT -5
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Post by zack4kellyforever on May 12, 2007 12:41:31 GMT -5
I only ever watch this if there's nothing else worth watching at the time. The act representing the U.K. is just ... bad
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Post by nikki33 on May 12, 2007 13:33:47 GMT -5
I haven't heard this years UK entry yet, but I here its pretty awful as usual. I'm not going to watch it myself, I got to much work to do. It's usually good for a laugh if nothing else though. Wonder who will win this year?
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Post by Perculiar Chicken on May 12, 2007 17:17:11 GMT -5
Hehe - the Eurovision thread revived a year after its inception!!
I love Eurovision but its ruined by the political voting. Nobody else in Europe will ever vote for the UK on account of us kissing America's ass and going into Iraq!
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Post by nikki33 on May 13, 2007 12:47:02 GMT -5
Yeah, I always thought the eurovision was more judged on politics than the songs, after all look at what happened the year Greece and Cyprus made up and things like Spain and Portugal giving each other top marks because they are neighbours.
Did anyone manage to watch it on the tv last night?
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