# Eurovision 2009 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673 "2009-05-16T19:22:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **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 16, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/81 "2009-05-16T21:19:51Z")
Wrong! Go UK! And look at Germany with 2 points!! 2 more than in 2008, baby! Go Germany! ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/82 "2009-05-16T21:22:57Z")
_Norway??_ I mean, look, **flodnak** , no offense or anything, but … _Norway?_ ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/83 "2009-05-16T21:23:29Z")
I am officially freaked out now. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/84 "2009-05-16T21:23:43Z")
Norway seem to be running away with it. I really am baffled. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/85 "2009-05-16T21:26:00Z")
Sweden in voting for Norway shocker. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/86 "2009-05-16T21:28:06Z")
HA! 3 more points for Germany! More than doubling our previous count! 5 points more than last year! ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/87 "2009-05-16T21:31:14Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > _Norway??_ I mean, look, **flodnak** , no offense or anything, but … _Norway?_ I feel that this bears repeating. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/88 "2009-05-16T21:31:30Z")
I’ve now passed freaked out and have gone right through to gobsmacked. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/89 "2009-05-16T21:34:25Z")
Ooooooh, crap. There goes Germany back into last place. Curse you, rest of Europe! ::shakes fist impotently:: ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/90 "2009-05-16T21:34:25Z")
“Oh now, _there’s_ a shirt.” ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/91 "2009-05-16T21:39:35Z")
Well at least the UK can see that Germany was ace. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/92 "2009-05-16T21:39:54Z")
Thank you, UK!! Suck it, Croatia, Romania, and Moldova! ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/93 "2009-05-16T21:43:49Z")
I have no idea what any of this is… but just reading the commentary from you guys… is fascinating. Is this the competition that Lordi won a few years back? ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/94 "2009-05-16T21:44:02Z")
Even for Eurovision Norway doing so well is freaky. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/95 "2009-05-16T21:44:38Z")
We’re at the halfway point of the voting, and Norway has just broken 200 points. Never underestimate the power of a baby face. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/96 "2009-05-16T21:46:23Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > I have no idea what any of this is… but just reading the commentary from you guys… is fascinating. > > Is this the competition that Lordi won a few years back? Yup! I have a friend from Finnland and called him the next day to congratulate. I asked where he was at the time, and he said there. ‘Really?,’ I said. ‘You were in the audience?’ ‘No, on stage. I was the one in the skeleton mask.’ Smartass. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/97 "2009-05-16T21:48:30Z")
One more point to Germany! Suck it, Lithuania! ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/98 "2009-05-16T21:50:26Z")
3 more points to Germany! Out of the bottom 5! This is the best Eurovision _ever!_ ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/99 "2009-05-16T21:59:31Z")
Thank you, Ireland! Tied for second-to-last place. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673/100 "2009-05-16T22:00:34Z")
Thank you, Denmark! Back out of the bottom 5! Woot! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2009/496673.md?page=6)