The German thought he was Frank Sinatra. More like Frank Spencer.
I *did * vote for Bulgaria - They were actually original (Instead of just weird)
What was with the Ukraine? And why did the silver clad boy scouts have the number 18 on their shirts? Hmmm…the first and eighth letters of the alphabet are A and H. That’s it! The Hitler Youth, (camp division). 
And the votes are in:
Highest placed western country: Sweden, or Finland if that counts, in 18th/17th place out of 24 respectively.
It’s interesting to note that the western part of Europe voted for the eastern part.
It really was cheesy beyond belief, especially with Ukraine, mocking the whole thing, scoring such high points.
I couldn’t get the Beeb feed this year, so no Wogan for me, but it must have been hilarious, since all the contestants were so awfaul.
The Swedish commentators used whistles and horns, which seeemed quite appropriate.
BTW, the Swedish group didn’t put on a show, they really od’d on Bolan, Sweet, Mud, Slade, Bowie and Les Humphries singers and it’s their thing.
Actually, Wogan was a bit downbeat this year. Not sure how long he will stick it out if it stays like this. As flodnak said, it’s not really funny any more.
Thanks for the link, Saitou!
As an expat Brit, I haven’t watched a Eurovision Song Contest in a few years, but clicked on the link, downloaded the plug-in, and arrived in the stream at the start of the Ukrainian entry.
:eek:
Still, I stuck it out, and tuned back in at various times. (It’s on a continuous-loop feed, with a period of – what, 2.5 hours?).
The UK entry was just horrible. By far the worst, IMHO. If they wanted that theme, they should have just played the opening song from Alan Cumming’s 1994 sitcom The High Life (YouTube video here). They would have saved everyone some time and money. [And as for the scoring, Malta gave the UK douze points… are they trying to get a British Airways hub in Valetta or something?] Ugh.
I did like the Bulgarian entry, although I’ll admit to a personal bias there.
[We love you, Europe!]
[Edited to add to the above post, but too late for the 5-minute Edit window:]
I’d almost forgotten that The High Life did a Eurovision parody called “Piff Paff Poff”, YouTube video here ].
So did I, and I have no personal bias. It should have won. It was ethnically unhomogenised, novel, passionate, and vibrant. I would pay real money to see that performed. The drumming was superb. And the obligatory moody goth chick was kinda hot.
[Regarding the Bulgarian entry.]
I agree 100%.
I suspect that your wife was looking over your shoulder as you wrote that, jjimm. That Bulgarian woman was smokin’ [and I say that as one who regularly witnesses hot females singing in Bulgarian – hence the aforementioned bias].
The Ukrainian entry certainly provided a remarkable insight into national character. :dubious: But I hope if the Serbs and the Ukrainians are having a party on the same night, I get invited by the Ukrainians. The Serbian entry was dour beyond belief, and I couldn’t shake the idea that all those women had moustaches.
I have no idea what the UK thought it was doing, but given the Ukrainian and Danish entries, it might have worked better done with all drag queens.
I liked the Finnish entry, the Bulgarian drumming and developed a bit of a soft spot for the Latvians, the Russian girls and the Romanians.
My bottom four were the UK, Greece, Turkey and France. I can only blame environmental pollutants.
Is there some kind of talent quest thing for deciding who gets to complete? Because really, that would be a reality show to give you nightmares.
OK, she’s left the room. I concur. Smokin’.
Yay we came last. I didn’t get the appeal of the Serbian entry. I thought Ukraine should have won. That Romanian song was fun too.
OK, so I am bumping this thread WAY too late, but just got the DVD’s sent to me from a friend in Germany and we watched them last night.
I saw the HalbFinale (with that wonderful Danish drag queen who should have been in that top ten) and then we went to DVD 2, the actual Eurovision.
Eurovision was always my most favorite show to watch when I lived in Berlin - we would get lots and lots of beer, watch and hoot and holler and roll on the floor with laughter as one horrible song after another blared from the television.
This year was pretty dismal.
I really liked the singer from Hungary (of all places) who sang a great blues song.
Otherwise, it was pretty lame…the UK sucked big time, as did Ireland…did you guys just give up or what? Germany wasn’t horrible, but after last year’s country and western escapade, I am wondering if next year Germany intends to do Broadway hits or hip hop?
But the most dismal aspect was the voting…granted, it was never particularly fair, but this year you might as well have put the Berlin Wall back up.
Just an American’s viewpoint, but if they don’t figure out a way to change the voting system, I have the sneaking suspicion that Eurovision might just be footnote in history in about two more years, tops.