That's a jerk-off face if I ever saw one.

Edited by paladisious: 25/5/2015 11:03:53 PM

The German entry was actually the runner up of their national comp because the winner pulled out straight away.

I guess you could say Holland, Belgium and Buli.2 were in the contest :lol:

Also this guy was great


Edited by mcjules: 25/5/2015 10:35:16 PM

Austria and Germany both got 0 points. Germany's wasn't that bad IMO.

Montenegro was good.


Austrian King of Leon were crap. I almost vomited in my mouth when the Russian chick was crying after her performance.

Highlights: Sweden, Montenegro, Israel, Australia, Italy, Estonia

Lowlights: Cyprus, France, Hungary, Serbia

Macedonia and Montenegro took the piss out of the voting process, consequently had their votes disqualified.

^ uk doesn't take it seriously. That's it. They used to have to sing in their own language too.

It's massive in Sweden. As you can see many of the acts songs are written by swedes.
Here they have 6 Saturday shies where they played to sold out crowds in each major city. Before the final in Stockholm. It wouldn't surprise me if over 5 million watched on Saturday. It's probably more.

Ireland has a history of winning, they take it really seriously too.

British and a lot of anglo australians have an arrogant attitude toward it. A lot of it is racism and poking fun at smaller, poorer or more isolated nations. They enjoyed that aspect of it.

Europe always took it seriously but prior to the spread of the internet and globalisation, many acts just werent very good
it wasnt manufactured that way, it just was.

Now they've raised their game markedly because of various talent shows, the internet etc...and the British are still stuck in 10+ years ago and want to continue to manufacture the rubbishy aspect of it even though its not nearly entertaining when its not authentic.

If you want see amateur quirky performances, then youtube is full of it - you dont need an international song contest to satisfy that urge. Red Faces isnt on TV any more because most people are over it.

I'd rather see a range of quality acts from a country other than the USA and modern Eurovision provides that along with the politics that adds to the mystique.

Holden Hill represent :lol:

I'm by no means a Guy fan but he's a likeable character. He seems to have distanced himself a bit from the old Paradise church and you cant really deny he has talent.

Julia Zemiro - who was execrable especially during the reading out of the votes.

Europe.

Who takes Eurovision seriously? lol.

The highlight for me was Sam Pang taking the piss out of the voting process

I like this guy a fair bit more now:

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and you're wrong, Russia is the most hated entrant and they still got second because the woman could actually sing and perform even if the song was just so-so

Edited by ricecrackers: 25/5/2015 02:51:15 PM

gimmicks are part of performance. some of them added to it some didnt.

the UK got nothing right. it was annoying on all levels. the only song I wanted to fast forward through even though it was only 3 minutes. it had the highest proportion of youtube dislikes for a good reason.

Eurovision is all about who has the most memorable gimmick.

The Swedish song was pretty awful, but had that cool video light show thing.

Last year was won by a chick with a beard.

The gimmicks included in this years lineup from the top of my head were: flaming piano, chick wearing headphones, golden shoes, drums that lit up when they were played, 14 year old boy and girl, 3 couples kissing on stage 2 of which were same-sex, chick in wheelchair. There's probably more, they were just what I could think of!

If you want a singing contest taken seriously, you're in the wrong place mate. Eurovision is a competition that is happy to take the piss out of itself, and does so in great fashion.

And if it was just a singing contest - surely Cyprus should have won.

Oh and in all of that, I haven't even mentioned the voting process! Where it's more about who you've formed allegiances with, bordering nations, etc than who is actually the best.

So tl;dr - UK for me got into the spirit of Eurovision more than any other competitor, and for me should have won it if not for being the most hated entrant in the competition each year.

Edited by pv4: 25/5/2015 02:48:46 PM

its 2015 not 2006

UK was the worst and the majority of the world agree on this one

it wasnt even selected via popular vote. BBC selected it. nothing more than session singers for ad agencies and cover bands. absolute rubbish. the girl couldnt even sing.

the event doesnt exist for the piss to be taken out of it. if thats the view of the UK then thats their problem.

i'd rather watch a singing contest that is taken seriously than a race to the bottom. many did take it seriously but UK opted for the latter.

I really couldn't disagree any more.

Take me back to 06:

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UK was the worst

That's David de Gea's missus.

Will 100% agree here.

5th place, 196 points = Australia IN

I liked Australia in the comp, thought Guy Sebastian did good.

UK were pretty much the only team to get into that real overhyped, overlighted, bit-of-a-pisstake spirit that I love so much about Eurovision. If they weren't so hated by everyone else in the competition, I thought they should have won.

Some of the gimmicks were horrendous - the headphones chick, the fire piano, the 14 year olds (or however old). They were just embarrassing attempts at being memorable IMO.

The three songs I actually did really like were Australia's, Belgium's and Cyprus's.

Wheres Millsy.

btw has anyone heard Guy Sebastian sing the Australian national anthem....😂

id like to be at her premiere viewing

I had several of my swedish friends making jokes on fb that et read out the votes for Australia.

Egg on face.

Bump.

Gotta admit I was wrong. Turns out Guy Sebastian killed it =d>