Eurovision Song Contest - Page 6

Janny · 05-25-2005, 08:22 AM

Yeah, I think there was a general tone of ripping off chains in the dance routine.

But if you missed the TV, then you really missed seeing Norway...

Can I ask other Euro mooters? This music in the competition doesn't reflect the general music scene in your counrties, does it?

***Jonathan*** · 05-27-2005, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Janny

But if you missed the TV, then you really missed seeing Norway...
Can I ask other Euro mooters? This music in the competition doesn't reflect the general music scene in your counrties, does it?

In Norway it does...

Last Child of Ungoliant · 05-27-2005, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

In Norway it does...

good thing too, the norwegian band were excellent, if only twenty-to-thirty years too late

***Earniel*** · 05-28-2005, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Last Child of Ungoliant

the real thing is our main political allies in europe are greece and germany (harking back to the times of royalty, ie House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and Prince Phillip of Greece) [...]

Out of interest, do you know where the House of Saxen-Coburg-Gotha still is the royal house?

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Originally Posted by Janny

Can I ask other Euro mooters? This music in the competition doesn't reflect the general music scene in your counrties, does it?

Depends on which radio channel you listen too, I suppose. Thinking of our last entry, I wouldn't know, since I never even heard it.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 05-28-2005, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by earniel

Out of interest, do you know where the House of Saxen-Coburg-Gotha still is the royal house?

apart from engalnd you mean, seeing as how they only changed their name to 'windsor' because of the war

and we always stick up for you anyway, without bringing family ties into things

j/k

***Fat middle*** · 05-30-2005, 07:50 AM

I think that, more than on political basis, the votes are given on demographical basis, ie inmigration.

That would explain why countries vote for the other countries of their area: there are possibly a number of inmigrants from those countries...

***Earniel*** · 05-30-2005, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Last Child of Ungoliant

apart from engalnd you mean, seeing as how they only changed their name to 'windsor' because of the war

and we always stick up for you anyway, without bringing family ties into things

j/k

Well, seen they changed their name to Windsor, they can hardly still be called Saxen-Coburg-Gotha, now can they?

So yes, I meant apart from England.

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Originally Posted by Fat middle

I think that, more than on political basis, the votes are given on demographical basis, ie inmigration.

That would explain why countries vote for the other countries of their area: there are possibly a number of inmigrants from those countries...

I agree. The Belgian commentators also seemed of like mind. How often I heard during the voting: "Oh, there's a large Turkish community in Germany" "There live many people of country A in country B." and so on, and so on. It was so bad, it was almost funny.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 05-30-2005, 05:42 PM

hmm, i remember terry wogan going during sweden's voting (or whatever), "and surprise surprise, 12 votes to norway (or wherever)"

***Earniel*** · 05-20-2006, 11:12 AM

Bumpidy bump.

I'm surprised no one thought of bumping this thread. Or is everyone still completely thunderstruck by the band of orcs that Finland sent in in the semi-finals?

sun-star · 05-20-2006, 12:20 PM

I wasn't going to bump it until the competition actually started

But those Finland guys look great - and the British entry's awful from what I've heard of it (no changes there then

)

***Earniel*** · 05-20-2006, 12:44 PM

Yes, well, some of us weren't so lucky to be allowed straight into the finale and had survive the semi-finals.

Not that we managed that either, though. No surprise there.

I wonder how well the Finnish orcs will do tonight. Their make-up and outfit is rather brilliant. The song isn't too bad either. Imagine what if they'd win.

Janny · 05-20-2006, 04:09 PM

This man does not represent us. We have Shakespeare. Really. We do have culture.

*find corner and cries in it*

Janny · 05-20-2006, 04:12 PM

Phew. It's just finished, but I genuinly feel physically sick.

sun-star · 05-20-2006, 04:33 PM

Sub-Boyzone entry from Ireland, I see...

Liked Croatia though

Janny · 05-20-2006, 04:40 PM

No, vote Lithuania! If you manage to convince an entire continent to let you sing and dance in such a fashion in front of their collective televivions for three minutes, you really are the winners of Eurovision...

sun-star · 05-20-2006, 05:06 PM

This is more like it! Aristophanes to win!

sun-star · 05-20-2006, 05:20 PM

What did Belgium like so much about Armenia?

8 points for the UK so far... We should have entered some orcs, evidently this is popular

Janny · 05-20-2006, 05:22 PM

It's a good thing, btw, that no one seems to care

sun-star · 05-20-2006, 05:26 PM

Ireland agrees with you about Lithuania, it seems

Janny · 05-20-2006, 05:33 PM

Woot! What a load of nonsense this all is. Wouldn't political union with these people be on the whole a bad thing?

05-25-2005, 08:22 AM	#101
Janny The Blobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...) Posts: 1,596	Yeah, I think there was a general tone of ripping off chains in the dance routine. But if you missed the TV, then you really missed seeing Norway... Can I ask other Euro mooters? This music in the competition doesn't reflect the general music scene in your counrties, does it? __________________ Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton.

05-30-2005, 07:50 AM	#106
*Fat middle* Mootis per forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Spain Posts: 61,439	I think that, more than on political basis, the votes are given on demographical basis, ie inmigration. That would explain why countries vote for the other countries of their area: there are possibly a number of inmigrants from those countries... __________________ Do not be hasty. That is my motto. Now we'll have a drink and go to the Entmoot.

05-20-2006, 11:12 AM	#109
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Bumpidy bump. I'm surprised no one thought of bumping this thread. Or is everyone still completely thunderstruck by the band of orcs that Finland sent in in the semi-finals? __________________ We are not things.

05-20-2006, 12:20 PM	#110
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I wasn't going to bump it until the competition actually started But those Finland guys look great - and the British entry's awful from what I've heard of it (no changes there then ) __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

05-20-2006, 12:44 PM	#111
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Yes, well, some of us weren't so lucky to be allowed straight into the finale and had survive the semi-finals. Not that we managed that either, though. No surprise there. I wonder how well the Finnish orcs will do tonight. Their make-up and outfit is rather brilliant. The song isn't too bad either. Imagine what if they'd win. __________________ We are not things.

05-30-2005, 05:42 PM	#108
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	hmm, i remember terry wogan going during sweden's voting (or whatever), "and surprise surprise, 12 votes to norway (or wherever)"

05-20-2006, 04:09 PM	#112
Janny The Blobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...) Posts: 1,596	This man does not represent us. We have Shakespeare. Really. We do have culture. find corner and cries in it __________________ Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton.

05-20-2006, 04:12 PM	#113
Janny The Blobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...) Posts: 1,596	Phew. It's just finished, but I genuinly feel physically sick. __________________ Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton.

05-20-2006, 04:33 PM	#114
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Sub-Boyzone entry from Ireland, I see... Liked Croatia though __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

05-20-2006, 04:40 PM	#115
Janny The Blobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...) Posts: 1,596	No, vote Lithuania! If you manage to convince an entire continent to let you sing and dance in such a fashion in front of their collective televivions for three minutes, you really are the winners of Eurovision... __________________ Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton.

05-20-2006, 05:06 PM	#116
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	This is more like it! Aristophanes to win! __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

05-20-2006, 05:20 PM	#117
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	What did Belgium like so much about Armenia? 8 points for the UK so far... We should have entered some orcs, evidently this is popular __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

05-20-2006, 05:22 PM	#118
Janny The Blobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...) Posts: 1,596	It's a good thing, btw, that no one seems to care __________________ Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton.

05-20-2006, 05:26 PM	#119
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Ireland agrees with you about Lithuania, it seems __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

05-20-2006, 05:33 PM	#120
Janny The Blobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...) Posts: 1,596	Woot! What a load of nonsense this all is. Wouldn't political union with these people be on the whole a bad thing? __________________ Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton.

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