# Anyone watching Eurovision? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918 "2011-05-14T19:16:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/1 "2011-05-14T19:16:02Z")
Really, 43 Lenas? ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/2 "2011-05-14T19:19:19Z")
Did bosnia just forget to playback playing his guitar? ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/3 "2011-05-14T19:28:03Z")
Come on boys, come on girls in this crazy, crazy world you’re the diamonds, you’re the pearls Let’s make a new tomorrow Come on girls come on boys it’s your future, it’s your choice and your weapon is your voice Let’s make a new tomorrow Nice one Denmark! Poppy and catching with a rousing, socially conscious chorus. Pure Eurovision. Lithuania is a bit dreary so far. No, wait, we’ve got sign language. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/4 "2011-05-14T19:30:37Z")
Lithuania: Horrible dress, dull as ditchwater Can’t be just the two of us watching, can it ---
**Author:** ![The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_butterfly_s_ghost/32/3462_2.png) [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Butterfly_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/5 "2011-05-14T19:32:40Z")
No - there are at least three of us. 🙂 So far I just couldn’t think of anything snappy to say - the songs are too mainstream at the moment… . ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/6 "2011-05-14T19:33:23Z")
Guess no-one wants to admit it… or they haven’t drunk enough wine yet. I mean, you can’t watch it sober, can you? Loving the Hungarian happy handbag. She does look like she’s be happier in a twinset and pearls though. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/7 "2011-05-14T19:33:44Z")
Well ireland is coming up that should be a…treat ---
**Author:** ![The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_butterfly_s_ghost/32/3462_2.png) [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Butterfly_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/8 "2011-05-14T19:34:54Z")
A german newspaper described the irish twins as “Pet Shop Boys on speed”. Pretty accurate.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/9 "2011-05-14T19:36:16Z")
I’m grateful for the backing track being so loud that it drowns them out. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_butterfly_s_ghost/32/3462_2.png) [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Butterfly_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/10 "2011-05-14T19:36:34Z")
Fun song though - I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Galwegian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galwegian/32/3426_2.png) [@Galwegian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galwegian)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/11 "2011-05-14T19:36:58Z")
My God, I think Jedward are in tune! ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/12 "2011-05-14T19:39:52Z")
Too bad sweden isn’t in tune, he’s as flat as a pancake I really need to start drinking earlier next year ---
**Author:** ![The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_butterfly_s_ghost/32/3462_2.png) [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Butterfly_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/13 "2011-05-14T19:39:53Z")
YAY - Cologne carnival! My hometown. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/14 "2011-05-14T19:41:28Z")
Jedward had a sort of “Nuremburg rally on E-numbers” vibe. Not…horrible. The ambitious staging helped. Sweden…body-popping like his life depends on it. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/15 "2011-05-14T19:44:23Z")
Blue would be pretty well known throughout the region wouldn’t they? That’s gotta help. Haven’t heard the song yet though. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/16 "2011-05-14T19:45:04Z")
I have to say i quite like the backgrounds 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 14, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/17 "2011-05-14T19:50:10Z")
Estonia “Alice in Legoland” on Twitter- pretty much. Greece- Breakdancing and Bouzouki, that’s novel. Not good, but novel. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/18 "2011-05-14T19:53:23Z")
Russia: " And you look so good in the floor Put my mind in a dirty zone, If they watch, let them watch" :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/19 "2011-05-14T19:56:36Z")
France. WTF! ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/20 "2011-05-14T19:56:54Z")
James May doing Les Mis? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918.md?page=2)