# Eurovision 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490 "2008-05-24T19:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/1 "2008-05-24T19:02:28Z")
I know I’m not the only one. Come on. Admit it. Who else it watching? ---
**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 24, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/2 "2008-05-24T19:07:57Z")
I’ll be catching bits and pieces of it in the background (getting some work caught up with) via Spanish TV on San Juan Cable. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/3 "2008-05-24T19:08:17Z")
maybe…if only too check if this is the year Wogan will drink himself to death in his booth…or end it with a profanity laden rant ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/4 "2008-05-24T19:13:08Z")
**Saitou** , well Wogan opened the show with something like “If I have to suffer through this, the least you can do it watch” So it may happen. I’m quite tempted to drink along with him… ---
**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 24, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/5 "2008-05-24T19:13:34Z")
OK, so Romania begins it with a perfectly normal, boring duet. Obviously no hope. Dreaded UK entry coming up. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/6 "2008-05-24T19:13:50Z")
I see that, to their credit, they have taken some steps to mitigate the effects of bloc voting, by having two semi-finals this year. It can’t be long before they introduce World Cup style group stages. Romania there, with two singers apparently singing different songs. Next up, tonight’s bottom finishing song… ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/7 "2008-05-24T19:17:18Z")
Well at least this year the UK wasn’t completely out of tune ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/8 "2008-05-24T19:18:31Z")
Well that wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. Go UK! ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/9 "2008-05-24T19:22:42Z")
Albiania: Meh Germany: Two Drag Queens and Ronald McDonald ---
**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 24, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/10 "2008-05-24T19:24:04Z")
OK, this is a disturbingly long stretch of relative normality (what was that song from? The Disney Germany Channel?)… ---
**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/11 "2008-05-24T19:27:18Z")
[QUOTE=AngelicGemma] Come on. Admit it. Who else it watching? [/QUOTE] I am. Of course. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/12 "2008-05-24T19:28:06Z")
Armenia: I swear that this exact song has featured in the last ten Eurovisions. ---
**Author:** ![Wildfire\_MM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/13 "2008-05-24T19:28:22Z")
I think the germans performed their song false ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/14 "2008-05-24T19:28:55Z")
Ah finally the cheese has arrived. Go Bosnia ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/15 "2008-05-24T19:29:14Z")
And the strangeness begins! ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/16 "2008-05-24T19:30:54Z")
It’s Jarvis Cockerovic ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/17 "2008-05-24T19:38:08Z")
The postcards between the songs are the worst in years. Finland: Lordi have a lot to answer for ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/18 "2008-05-24T19:39:20Z")
I’m quite liking Finland! ---
**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 24, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/19 "2008-05-24T19:40:09Z")
[QUOTE=Saitou] Finland: Lordi have a lot to answer for [/QUOTE] The wrong lesson was learned? But hey, at least poseur metal is a change from the usual… ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490/20 "2008-05-24T19:43:46Z")
Croatia: I think the old man is lost. He’s just yelling at everybody to get off his lawn. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2008/450490.md?page=2)