Outrageous that Denmark didn't qualify but life goes on, at least the bookmaker favourite has a Danish word as their name.
Running order in the final with recaps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LI0mFK6JDU
My top 10:
Ukraine
France
Switzerland
Iceland
Lithuania
Russia
Greece
Portugal
Sweden
Serbia
Ukraine with their bizarre folk song/rave crossover is my song for this year. Denmark wuz robbed with their 80's homage, Norway bores and annoys me, Sweden this year, as they always do, sent this sturdy and dependable Volvo song (7.1 out of 10). Finland is running their inexplicably endearing version of Limp Bizkit. :mellow:
France might place unexpectedly well this year.
Our homegrown talent is benched on the big night because one of the background weebles caught covid either en route or in the hotel they're staying at, despite being vaccinated 10 days previously. :hmm: We're reenacting Will Ferrell's Eurovision underdog story. :huh: :lol:
Ukraine is awesome. :D France is very French, in a good way.
Rest is meh. Azerbaijan should get booed.
Overall competition is pointless to watch with neither Poland nor Hungary.
Saw all of one and half of the second semi-final.
I don't think I can recall a single song; I think "meh" is an excellent way to describe this year's entries.
You guys are insane. France song is bad.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 21, 2021, 04:41:25 PM
You guys are insane. France song is bad.
Right.
Who's going to tell him?
Some one should.
I don't know how you guys can listen to this stuff.
Quote from: Tamas on May 21, 2021, 03:53:06 PM
Azerbaijan should get booed.
Why them in particular?
Hoping for Ukraine and Finland to do well.
I think the winner will be the Serbs though.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 21, 2021, 04:41:25 PM
You guys are insane. France song is bad.
France is great :o
Altough I am entirely committed to Ukraine - and in late entry, purely for their level of commitment, San Marino.
Icelands song isn't as good as last years but they deserve the win anyway.
Is Albania's entry the most Balkan song this year?
May the, er, best song win. :thumbsup:
Belgium: everyone on the stage are about 20 years too old to be there.
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 02:25:43 PM
Belgium: everyone on the stage are about 20 years too old to be there.
it is the land of 46 year old corporals.
Portugal singing in English? :huh:
Serbia. :lol:
Quote from: Legbiter on May 22, 2021, 02:40:19 PM
Serbia. :lol:
Considering it was mostly hair on the stage it sounded pretty good. :P
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 02:42:17 PMConsidering it was mostly hair on the stage it sounded pretty good. :P
Yeah not knocking them, a good palate cleanser after BMI 50+ Beyoné.
Quote from: Legbiter on May 22, 2021, 02:45:13 PM
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 02:42:17 PMConsidering it was mostly hair on the stage it sounded pretty good. :P
Yeah not knocking them, a good palate cleanser after BMI 50+ Beyoné.
Update your references. That was a Lizzo knockoff.
Quote from: garbon on May 22, 2021, 02:45:55 PM
Quote from: Legbiter on May 22, 2021, 02:45:13 PM
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 02:42:17 PMConsidering it was mostly hair on the stage it sounded pretty good. :P
Yeah not knocking them, a good palate cleanser after BMI 50+ Beyoné.
Update your references. That was a Lizzo knockoff.
Yes, Albania was this year's Beyonce.
I don't think Britain will end up last this year. :unsure:
UK was not terrible but will still finish last :bowler:
So Graham Norton introduced the British entry as a hugely successful songwriter.
He should have stuck to what he knew.
If any of the other songs so far had stuck in my head at all I'd say we were looking at "nul points". Poor singing with obvious breath control problems at times.
[Norton's biggest bit of praise for him - "fantastic staging"- I didn't look up from my computer so I didn't see any of it, just listened to the music.]
Edit: Whereas the next song, Greece, has actually made me look over at the TV for a minute. Much better sound.
Emo Swiss is up.
Quote from: Agelastus on May 22, 2021, 02:52:40 PM
So Graham Norton introduced the British entry as a hugely successful songwriter.
He should have stuck to what he knew.
If any of the other songs so far had stuck in my head at all I'd say we were looking at "nul points". Poor singing with obvious breath control problems at times.
[Norton's biggest bit of praise for him - "fantastic staging"- I didn't look up from my computer so I didn't see any of it, just listened to the music.]
Edit: Whereas the next song, Greece, has actually made me look over at the TV for a minute. Much better sound.
:huh:
Discount Dua Lipa?
Quote from: FunkMonk on May 22, 2021, 02:52:11 PM
UK was not terrible but will still finish last :bowler:
I think the bookmakers have UK as favorites but Spain, Germany and Belgium are closing in. Have faith!
Switzerland might do well. :hmm: .
Quote from: Legbiter on May 22, 2021, 02:57:26 PM
Switzerland might do well. :hmm: .
It's battling Ukraine for my 12 points.
Quote from: garbon on May 22, 2021, 02:55:39 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on May 22, 2021, 02:52:40 PM
So Graham Norton introduced the British entry as a hugely successful songwriter.
He should have stuck to what he knew.
If any of the other songs so far had stuck in my head at all I'd say we were looking at "nul points". Poor singing with obvious breath control problems at times.
[Norton's biggest bit of praise for him - "fantastic staging"- I didn't look up from my computer so I didn't see any of it, just listened to the music.]
Edit: Whereas the next song, Greece, has actually made me look over at the TV for a minute. Much better sound.
:huh:
Discount Dua Lipa?
If I actually listened to any music outside of the Eurovision contest for most of the last 20 years I might understand what you were talking about.
"Much better sound" is hardly grand praise though, and I only looked over once.
The Swiss guy was a good singer from what I heard - needed a better song, but may do well.
Iceland works the wind machine at least as well as Serbia.
Quote from: FunkMonk on May 22, 2021, 02:52:11 PM
UK was not terrible but will still finish last :bowler:
Spain...
Quote from: Legbiter on May 22, 2021, 03:04:38 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on May 22, 2021, 02:52:11 PM
UK was not terrible but will still finish last :bowler:
Spain...
I see they're looking for the "tortured young soul" demographic - again, I think? :hmm:
That's what it sounds like to me, anyway - but as noted above I have not been into very much music over the last couple of decades.
Quote from: Agelastus on May 22, 2021, 03:00:25 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 22, 2021, 02:55:39 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on May 22, 2021, 02:52:40 PM
So Graham Norton introduced the British entry as a hugely successful songwriter.
He should have stuck to what he knew.
If any of the other songs so far had stuck in my head at all I'd say we were looking at "nul points". Poor singing with obvious breath control problems at times.
[Norton's biggest bit of praise for him - "fantastic staging"- I didn't look up from my computer so I didn't see any of it, just listened to the music.]
Edit: Whereas the next song, Greece, has actually made me look over at the TV for a minute. Much better sound.
:huh:
Discount Dua Lipa?
If I actually listened to any music outside of the Eurovision contest for most of the last 20 years I might understand what you were talking about.
"Much better sound" is hardly grand praise though, and I only looked over once.
The Swiss guy was a good singer from what I heard - needed a better song, but may do well.
I don't know what to say to that and you know what part I mean. ;)
Quote from: Agelastus on May 22, 2021, 03:05:54 PMI see they're looking for the "tortured young soul" demographic - again, I think? :hmm:
That's what it sounds like to me, anyway - but as noted above I have not been into very much music over the last couple of decades.
He was singing a song dedicated to his nan who died of covid. The staging was great but it kinda felt out of place.
Quote from: Legbiter on May 22, 2021, 03:09:45 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on May 22, 2021, 03:05:54 PMI see they're looking for the "tortured young soul" demographic - again, I think? :hmm:
That's what it sounds like to me, anyway - but as noted above I have not been into very much music over the last couple of decades.
He was singing a song dedicated to his nan who died of covid. The staging was great but it kinda felt out of place.
Just a little.
Although I feel a little guilty about my original post now.
Germany. :lol: :bleeding:
It's not working on my 7 year old.
Finnish Limp Bizkit....
Oh Good, I'm not the only one thinking Germany seem to be aiming a little low at the demographic.
I'm also getting a bit of a Seventies throwback vibe as well.
Edit: I may be a couple of minutes behind everyone else here - my TV aerial packed up sometime on Friday so I'm having to stream it on the iPlayer on my TV.
I'm all in on Finland :lol:
Lithuanian...disco. :lol:
Quote from: Legbiter on May 22, 2021, 03:28:07 PM
Lithuanian...disco. :lol:
It's great. A needed upbeat song after that Bulgarian snooze fest.
Україна!
UKRAAAAIINNEE
My first thought on hearing it would probably get me lynched in Ukraine at the moment.
My mind thought that it sounded "very Russian".
It's different enough to the rest of the sound we've heard tonight to win though.
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 03:29:30 PM
Quote from: Legbiter on May 22, 2021, 03:28:07 PM
Lithuanian...disco. :lol:
It's great. A needed upbeat song after that Bulgarian snooze fest.
Yeah. :thumbsup:
Right now it's Ukraine for me. :hmm:
Quote from: Tamas on May 21, 2021, 07:17:21 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on May 21, 2021, 07:06:26 PM
Quote from: Tamas on May 21, 2021, 03:53:06 PM
Azerbaijan should get booed.
Why them in particular?
Bloody oil rich ethnic cleansers that's why.
I think they are more likely to be top 5 than to be symbolically "booed" by the continent's voters, though.
Quote from: Legbiter on May 22, 2021, 02:38:41 PM
Portugal singing in English? :huh:
Indeed. :thumbsdown:
Quote from: Agelastus on May 22, 2021, 03:43:01 PM
Quote from: Tamas on May 21, 2021, 07:17:21 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on May 21, 2021, 07:06:26 PM
Quote from: Tamas on May 21, 2021, 03:53:06 PM
Azerbaijan should get booed.
Why them in particular?
Bloody oil rich ethnic cleansers that's why.
I think they are more likely to be top 5 than to be symbolically "booed" by the continent's voters, though.
Yeah, cracking good Eurovision song. Top 10 for sure.
So the Danish/Italian glamgrunge was pretty good.
So, Germany for last place?
I feel a little weird saying this, but hasn't this been a good Eurovision?
Quote from: Agelastus on May 22, 2021, 04:02:58 PM
So, Germany for last place?
I think UK, Belgium and Spain will beat Germany.
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 04:05:23 PM
I feel a little weird saying this, but hasn't this been a good Eurovision?
Well, I've actually been motivated enough by the show to vote this year, so maybe? :hmm:
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 04:05:23 PM
I feel a little weird saying this, but hasn't this been a good Eurovision?
Pretty good yeah.
Yeah, I feel many of the songs that will eventually finish 2-5 could have won in previous years. :hmm:
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 04:05:23 PM
I feel a little weird saying this, but hasn't this been a good Eurovision?
I feel like the entries intended for last year were generally better which is a shame :(
Polish eurovision voters suck.
UK, Spain and Norway without points.
How the fuck is Switzerland doing so well? :blink: :huh:
Oh yeah, I forgot about this scoring system. It's apparently only jury votes now, the viewer votes gets in one big batch at the end.
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 05:04:11 PM
UK, Spain and Norway without points.
Just the UK now :lol: :ph34r:
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 22, 2021, 05:06:55 PM
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 05:04:11 PM
UK, Spain and Norway without points.
Just the UK now :lol: :ph34r:
Yep, another last place coming up. Hopefully not another Jemini moment though.
Flo Rida looks bored.
Iceland. :lol:
:lol:
PLAY JA JA DING DONG
:lol:
I knew that was coming.
Finally - LITHUANIA! :w00t:
No points to UK from any of the 39 juries. :D
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 05:29:35 PM
No points to UK from any of the 39 juries. :D
Wow. 0 points total.
I feel sorry for the guy, at least it looks like he gets to be drunk.
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 05:29:35 PM
No points to UK from any of the 39 juries. :D
Or from the public :lol:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2BoSQXXIAMYUnN?format=jpg&name=small)
Public votes are very weird - I feel like in part it's because lots of people are watching it at home/online settings.
The 13 points for Flo Rida is shocking :o
Well, it seems I was right to suggest that our entrant should have stuck to what he was best at - writing songs.
Apparently, I wasn't damning it enough as I thought it would avoid the dreaded "nul points".
Really surprised at how badly Azerbaijan has done, as well.
UKRAINE! :w00t:
The juries are so wrong <_<
I only put money on France, Switzerland, Lithuania and Ukraine. Then goddamn Italy wins.
But a nice and close voting. France should've won though.
Quote from: Liep on May 22, 2021, 05:48:24 PM
I only put money on France, Switzerland, Lithuania and Ukraine. Then goddamn Italy wins.
But a nice and close voting. France should've won though.
The shy heterosexual vote :o
French speakers split the vote between Switzerland and France and let the Italians win :lol:
:lol:
https://twitter.com/jonoread/status/1396224799593086983?s=20
Ok, so what's this about Flo Rida? :huh:
I'd have preferred the UK to win rather than Italian zombie 90's grunge. Even the Maltese zeppelin or the Belgian boomers would have been preferable. :hmm:
But it was great nevertheless, the Dutch were absolutely fantastic hosts and a harbinger of the much better things to come. :cool: :thumbsup:
Esti, vous este saoul vous autres. Les 2 chansons francophone sont la pire marde écrite de toute la francophonie pis on a 45 ans de Papa Johnny Hallyday à battre.
Tabarnac!
Just finished the livestream. The 3 public zeros were hilarious. Italy's a good winner, keeping bad Franco writing at bay. Good showing by the great songs of this contest, Iceland and Ukraine.
Looking forward to 2022. Hopefully, someone hires a Canadian for a sure shot at victory.
Pretty meh about Italy winning. I'm all for profoundly decadent rock tunes winning Eurovision, but this one was quite vanilla.
Also, France should've won. It's the kind of song I'd expect to be unironically used in an Almódovar movie which is peak Eurovision-worthiness to me.
Quote from: celedhring on May 23, 2021, 02:53:33 AM
Pretty meh about Italy winning. I'm all for profoundly decadent rock tunes winning Eurovision, but this one was quite vanilla.
Yeah it's a perfectly serviceable rock song but every one-album half-amateur bands have one like it.
I checked Italy song.
Its weird. Doesn't match how they look.
But seems alright.
Its notable when a country does something proper and non eurovisionny they win. Yet they keep sending europop crap.
Iceland should have won though. Apparently they couldn't take part so had to send a recording?
Quote from: Tyr on May 23, 2021, 05:38:35 AMApparently they couldn't take part so had to send a recording?
Yeah they just got out of quarantine after one contestant got covid. ESC used a recording from their second rehearsal.
Bit of online goss:
QuoteAn audit has been opened into how Malta spent its €650,000 Eurovision publicity budget. There's mounting suspicion that a significant chunk of it was used to place big bets on their own entry in order to improve its odds.
:hmm: :lol:
Malta is becoming one of the most corrupt countries in the world :(
There's nothing they do anymore that doesn't smell of something odd.
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 28, 2021, 01:09:35 AM
Bit of online goss:
QuoteAn audit has been opened into how Malta spent its €650,000 Eurovision publicity budget. There's mounting suspicion that a significant chunk of it was used to place big bets on their own entry in order to improve its odds.
:hmm: :lol:
It's an awful employment of public moneys, but it's probably an effective move when you think about it coldly :lol: They successfully generated a narrative that Malta was one of the frontrunners.