# 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:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/81 "2011-05-15T16:33:29Z")
Sorry to pop in late, but I wasn’t able to post as I watched last night because … … I was there! My sweet husband got tickets for us as an early birthday present for me and we were in the audience! It was a ridiculous amount of fun to see it all up close and large as life, although I was put off that there were so few typicial Eurovision songs – okay, the unicycle was a step in the right direction, but where were the grandmothers in folk costumes banging drums? Sad. I thought Lena deserved to be in the top 5, so I’m miffed at how the voting turned out, but meh. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I was absolutely thrilled to have the chance. Thanks, sweetie! ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/82 "2011-05-15T21:25:09Z")
Moldova was robbed. ☹ I’ve had the Jedward song stuck in my head all day. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918/83 "2011-05-16T00:24:37Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > I was put off that there were so few typicial Eurovision songs – okay, the unicycle was a step in the right direction, but where were the grandmothers in folk costumes banging drums? Sad. Y’know, I fear like **amanset** that the introduction of the judging panel may damage that part of the contest’s charm – that juries may start to say, in essence, _“take this[us] seriously, or else!”_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-eurovision/581918.md?page=4)