# 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:** 5
**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, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/81 "2010-05-29T20:52:33Z")
Oh god- it’s Mika and the clowns again. ---
**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, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/82 "2010-05-29T20:52:42Z")
Yay! Toy people again! You have to admit, the Spanish singer is taking a big personal risk fronting a song called “Something Tiny”. ---
**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/83 "2010-05-29T20:53:19Z")
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**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/84 "2010-05-29T20:53:29Z")
Well it hasn’t improved…maybe the whole audience should storm the stage ---
**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/85 "2010-05-29T20:53:59Z")
It’s like a Cirque du Soleil cover band. ---
**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/86 "2010-05-29T20:56:50Z")
My eyes! My eyes! That shirt! ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/87 "2010-05-29T20:57:26Z")
Awesome-a Norwegian in green velvet with shiny applique telling me to light candles and eat pizza. ---
**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, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/88 "2010-05-29T21:02:08Z")
So I voted for Greece. My teenage son wanted to vote, too, but his prepaid cell phone card had run out (as usual) so he asked if he could borrow my phone. He voted for Turkey. So my phone submitted a vote for Greece _and_ Turkey on the same night. I’m a bit worried that it’s going to self-destruct. ---
**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, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/89 "2010-05-29T21:03:38Z")
If Greece wins, how are they going to afford it? ---
**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, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/90 "2010-05-29T21:03:45Z")
Well I’d most like to see Portugal again but I’m not interested enough to actually spend a whole 15p to make it happen. ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/91 "2010-05-29T21:04:52Z")
I’m not voting but after seeing some of those contestants again I’m thinking about moving to the balkans ---
**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, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/92 "2010-05-29T21:05:49Z")
It’s definitely Belgium or Romania for me. Oh and of course Ireland, but I can’t see that happening this year. ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/93 "2010-05-29T21:06:38Z")
Ok…anyone think the new voting system will actually change anything? Or that, perhaps the Norwegians shouldn’t put nuts in the apple cake? ---
**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, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/94 "2010-05-29T21:07:47Z")
I predict that the UK will get no points at all. But if this leads to the deportation of Pete Waterman, overall it will have been a good night for us. ---
**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, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/95 "2010-05-29T21:09:07Z")
Against all reason, I’ve voted for Spain. Listening to Graham on the phone I half expected “You voted for Spain” to be followed by him asking “Did you mean to?” ---
**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, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/96 "2010-05-29T21:09:34Z")
Quick thoughts: - Some extra points should be awarded to those that sung in their own language - For some added difficulty next year: no windmachines, no violins and no pyrotechnics ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/97 "2010-05-29T21:14:17Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > I predict that the UK will get no points at all. But if this leads to the deportation of Pete Waterman, overall it will have been a good night for us. Oh please yes. I have maintained for years that if the UK really wanted to win Eurovision they would submit [this song](http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Pork/). Loving the heavy=handed security guys on now. ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/98 "2010-05-29T21:19:00Z")
Just FYI- the lady who made my wedding dress also made the outfits for Ireland’s entry in Eurovision 1999- that year Ireland did not do well. The Ukrainian webcam family are all in National costume- sweet! ---
**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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/99 "2010-05-29T21:34:13Z")
AAARGH. Please, please, _please,_ call-in vote-announcing people, _don’t_ try to speak Norwegian! It’s a sneaky language that has been known to break the tongues of the unprepared. Besides, you’re doing it wrong. ---
**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, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214/100 "2010-05-29T21:37:34Z")
Estonian guy - no. Just no. Very no. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/541214.md?page=6)