I am surprised there is no thread yet. Tonight's the night. I guess Greece will be the winner. Unfortunately, no chance for Germany. [Crumpet, I bet you are watching, too.] ;-)
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
by GermanXJW 20 Replies latest social entertainment
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Sad emo
Had a listen to a few of the songs, there's some pretty good ones and I think it could be close - just depends on how much political voting gets in the way lol!
Eurovision certainly seems to have improved on its traditional image!
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Peppermint
"Eurovision certainly seems to have improved on its traditional image!"
Oh yes so I see:
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hamilcarr
I've read that Russia and Sweden are the big favorites. I particularly like France's entry which caused quite some contention because it's sung in English
Unfortunately, Belgium didn't get into the finals for the fifth consecutive team
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GermanXJW
The Belgium entry sounded a little annoying to me.
But Ireland did not make it either:
http://www.eurovision.tv/event/artistdetail?song=24489&event=1468
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hamilcarr
Yes, Western Europe isn't as tight a team as the Slavic and Scandinavian countries. Besides Ireland and Belgium, also Andorra and the Netherlands couldn't pass the preselections. I doubt Germany or even the UK would have passed if they had to go through the semi-finals.
Btw, what do you think about Spain's entry? I think it's terribly annoying. It's remarkable Spain is one of the only countries left that didn't submit an English song.
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Peppermint
The Spanish song is bad I posted a link to it above for any who dare watch it. I think the UK song is good infact too good for the likes of Eurovision so I fully expect it to fail.
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hamilcarr
The UK entry couldn't charm me though. Imo, this song is way too ordinary for Eurovision.
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Sad emo
"Eurovision certainly seems to have improved on its traditional image!"
Oh yes so I see:I disagree on your choice peppermint - that isn't actually too bad - not a winner though!
However, check out Latvia - now that's what I call Eurovisionesque!
I see Georgia has the 'world peace protest' entry this year.
I think the UK entry is good but like hamilcarr says, too tame. If the first few bars don't grab the audience, it's not a winner.
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White Dove
Do you remember when ABBA won the contest with "Waterloo?"
Who else has won since then?