# Eurovision: am I on my own? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303 "2004-05-15T19:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 12
**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 15, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/221 "2004-05-15T22:00:15Z")
The Swedish guy is Mr. Excitement himself. Did he just come from a funeral? ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/222 "2004-05-15T22:01:17Z")
Well, at least Sweden saved us from another year of “nil points” jokes. Thanks, guys. ---
**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 15, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/223 "2004-05-15T22:02:03Z")
…and Slovenia got a frat boy. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/224 "2004-05-15T22:03:26Z")
Bit embarrassing having to be bailed out by your neighbour isn’t it? We can sympathise **flodnak**. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/225 "2004-05-15T22:04:55Z")
… and the Ukraine got a game show host. ---
**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 15, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/226 "2004-05-15T22:04:57Z")
Ukranian announcer: “Hi! I’m seriously pissed!” ---
**Author:** ![Galanthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Galanthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galanthus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/227 "2004-05-15T22:05:47Z")
YAY Xena … tee hee 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/228 "2004-05-15T22:06:23Z")
Yay! Xena won! Hurrah! ---
**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 15, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/229 "2004-05-15T22:07:09Z")
What happened to Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, etc.? Who gets to vote in this thing anyway? ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/230 "2004-05-15T22:08:10Z")
Irish commentator now reluctantly acknowledging that you can’t win Eurovision singing like Johnny Logan anymore. Thank fuck. ---
**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 15, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/231 "2004-05-15T22:10:32Z")
I guess it took a while to retrieve the dancers from the bar. ---
**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 15, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/232 "2004-05-15T22:14:24Z")
And Bob the Angry Flower is in the audience! Bedtime for me, methinks. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/233 "2004-05-15T22:15:38Z")
We got to see the Xena song again! My life is now complete. ---
**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/234 "2004-05-15T22:23:17Z")
And now a question to our **non** -European dopers: What’s your impression? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/235 "2004-05-15T22:57:07Z")
you know what? if Johnny Logan actually sang tonight, we would have won. mcFadden can’t write a song for shite. and the sooner Chris Doran does the Irish Water Safety advert before disappearing into oblivion the better. And he vcan take rosanna Davidson with him. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/236 "2004-05-15T23:27:35Z")
> [@kellner](#): > > And now a question to our **non** -European dopers: > What’s your impression? I didn’t watch it (I don’t even have cable, let alone whatever fancy schmancy satellite thing one would need to see it from the US), but I always enjoy reading this thread. I just went and looked up the pictures and whoa, that one chick really does look like Xena. Wish I could have seen the Riverdance on Acid bit, sounds quite good. Or not. ---
**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, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/237 "2004-05-16T01:53:52Z")
> [@kellner](#): > > And now a question to our **non** -European dopers: > What’s your impression? Fortunate git that I am, I had **two** feeds on SJ Cable – PRican Public TV (partial) and TVE International (full). It’s sad when the part you like the most about a music contest are the between-song tourism-promotional videos. In other news, when the Neuer Kinder Am Stra ---
**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, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/238 "2004-05-16T02:21:20Z")
> [@kellner](#): > > And now a question to our **non** -European dopers: > What’s your impression? Fortunate droog that I am, I had **two** feeds on SJ Cable – PRican Public TV (partial) and TVE International (full). So seeing as Í was stuck home catching up on some work while not going anywhere due to inclement weather, I turned it on as something different from the usual. (Alas, unlike last year, I did not get the Spanish advertising bundled in.) It’s sad when the part you like the most about a music contest are the between-song tourism-promotional videos. But anyway, after a so-so Spanish appearance (“Ramón”??? Look if your first name is as ordinary as Ramón, then use your full damn name), when the BackStraße Boys showed up I knew I was in for another exciting afternoon of WTF (talk about a conceptual swing from one year to the next, Austria). The French then made it official. I actually liked the Polish girl, the Turkish Ska(hey, at least it’s mildly different) group and even tolerated quite well Miss Sweden, if only because I was groovin on the idea she might have an unnatural involvement with that mic. I am a bit stunned that _Conan, the Musical_ was such a big winnah. The Russian Lavigne with the painted men was… well, Russian; even the bad body paint just screams that shoddy quality that has befallen the Rus. The Icelandic dude was sad. The Irish guy… well guys, do something about this, OK? Norway was undeservedly kept in null points for too long, apparently as punishment for not being _vile_ enough (I call it the Richard-Hung-ization of audience-vote shows). The Romanian pseudo-Samantha Fox obviously realizes everyone’s too busy checking out her goods to notice if she can lip-synch to save her life, and I have convinced myself the Bosnian entry was the result of the real performer getting hit by a truck this morning. Interesting observation: we had _two_ acts, in succession, use the “pulling red streamers out of someone’s outfit” gimmick. OK, so it seems we got the cheating choreographer from _Bring it On_ working Eurovision. As for the intermission show… in the name of Kemal, what retard decided to showcase pseudo-Riverdance more than the belly dancers? As for the proposal about TCFKAFYROM, I was thinking the same thing – they should just rename themselves “Fyrom” and the people would be the “Fyromaniacs”; but only if at the same time they decree that the official Fyromish word for “whining gits who need to get over themselves” will henceforth be “hellas” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303/239 "2004-05-16T05:58:00Z")
> [@TwistofFate](#): > > this isn’t real life, It’s Eurovision. Ayup. And in the Eurovision world, the sky has to open up and the angels start singing before Sweden gives Norway 12 points… I’d like to propose a one-year moratorium on rip-off costumes, since that was done to death and beyond last night. Unless you can prove you are a direct descendant of the Bucks Fizz gang, for 2005, you have to walk out on stage as nekkid as you intend to leave it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-am-i-on-my-own/245303.md?page=11)