# Anyone watching Eurovision? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214 "2010-05-29T19:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MJinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MJinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJinks)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/61 "2010-05-29T20:33:43Z")
I like Armenia. A lot. Not sure I should have turned off mute though. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/62 "2010-05-29T20:35:15Z")
This is one of the best songs about apricots that I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/63 "2010-05-29T20:35:34Z")
To be fair, fruit-based songs have historically been underrepresented at Eurovision. Is that Jackie Chan dancing? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/64 "2010-05-29T20:35:35Z")
Armenia’s staging has been brought to you by David Lynch. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/65 "2010-05-29T20:35:44Z")
Armenia has it all- boobs, an outfit overly reliant on chiffon and faux pearls, bad lyrics, OTT patriotism, an old man playing a traditional flute, interpretive dance and awesomely literal stage props. This HAS to win. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/66 "2010-05-29T20:38:31Z")
Thank you, Germany, for these lyrics. “I even bought some underwear that’s blue”. Where did this woman learn English? It’s like Australian with a German accent. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/67 "2010-05-29T20:38:37Z")
Germany’s singer apparently learned English by listening to Bjork. That is one weird accent. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/68 "2010-05-29T20:38:47Z")
Is she shifting accents? ---
**Author:** ![Hrududu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Hrududu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hrududu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/69 "2010-05-29T20:39:58Z")
Ok my favourite thing so far was the Russian singer’s “photograph” ---
**Author:** ![MJinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MJinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJinks)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/70 "2010-05-29T20:40:58Z")
Move over Armenia - you’ve been surpassed! ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/71 "2010-05-29T20:41:16Z")
A German simultaneously channelling Bjork and Lily Allen. Just what the world needs. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/72 "2010-05-29T20:41:48Z")
Hey! Lay off Lena’s accent! It’s a good song and she sings it just fine, so back off, people! Please let this be the year Germany doesn’t end up in the bottom 5, please let this be the year Germany doesn’t end up in the bottom 5 … ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/73 "2010-05-29T20:42:25Z")
I predict a dramatic key change in Portugal’s future. Oops, there it is. Did they steal this song from a musical somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/74 "2010-05-29T20:46:30Z")
Something is being seriously lost in translation here. Otherwise a surprisingly decent power ballad from Israel. ETA: Until the singer herniated himself, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/75 "2010-05-29T20:46:32Z")
Isreal: Sounds more guttural than Dutch and that’s saying a lot ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/76 "2010-05-29T20:49:24Z")
Denmark: The Police meets Abba meets David Copperfield. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/77 "2010-05-29T20:49:41Z")
_Every breath you take Every step you take_ ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/78 "2010-05-29T20:49:59Z")
Isreal- several bum notes, and not the prettiest language for a ballad, but by far the best looking male act of the night (unless you’re counting the Greek “and friends”). ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/79 "2010-05-29T20:50:31Z")
Looks more like Nigel Lythgoe to me ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/80 "2010-05-29T20:50:54Z")
FYI: Spain is apparently going to get another chance, thanks to a stage-jumping asshole interrupting their act. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214.md?page=5)