So who's going to watch? :D
I'm throwing a mini-party for assorted fags and fag hags. Theme this year is Russian "champagne" and byeluga caviar, since the location is Azerbajian.
no
We'll have our usual bbq/get together. Unfortunately, the contest has gone from hillariously bad to just bland in recent years. On the plus side, Austrian ORF re-instates the alternative commentary by satirists Stermann and Grissemann which should be entertaining at least.
What the hell is eurovision?
Quote from: 11B4V on May 17, 2012, 05:44:16 AM
What the hell is eurovision?
A great spectacle of crab and turds best flushed from one's memory!
Quote from: 11B4V on May 17, 2012, 05:44:16 AM
What the hell is eurovision?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHHnKJ4w4ts
I'll probably watch, drunkenly flailing.
It always reminds me of that joke from Edinburgh a while ago, you can't polish a turd. But you can roll it in glitter!
when is it?
:o
Totally failed to realise. Damn.
Quote from: 11B4V on May 17, 2012, 05:44:16 AM
What the hell is eurovision?
Something that will remind you why you're so grateful growing up basking under the glorious sunshine of America.
Tragically, that's the Moldovan national anthem :(
This is the Austrian entry, btw:
Trackshittaz - Woki mit deim Popo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdxrOxR__W8&feature=related)
:bleeding:
Quote from: Martinus on May 17, 2012, 06:42:44 AM
This Saturday is the finals.
No it isn't, it's next Saturday. Better rearrange that party!
No news from the usual suspects for our regular Eurovision shenanigans. I may offer up my gaffe, but these days the child-owners tend to win.
And the complete horror of this year's songs is here:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78E2A578122E10B1&feature=plcp
May turn it on for the voting so I can bore my son about European relations. Otherwise not interested at all.
The Dutch entry is some hippie in a Pocahontas costume :bleeding:
She actually had an explanation for it, but I switched channels just in time.
This literally had me in stitches:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNRGc71hjc&list=PL78E2A578122E10B1&index=36&feature=plpp_video
:lmfao:
Of course I can't see how those lovely grannies can NOT win, so it's a cunning Russian plan.
Quote from: Maladict on May 17, 2012, 09:05:51 AM
The Dutch entry is some hippie in a Pocahontas costume :bleeding:
She actually had an explanation for it, but I switched channels just in time.
She would have done fine in 1972.
Quote from: Brazen on May 17, 2012, 07:55:15 AM
Quote from: Martinus on May 17, 2012, 06:42:44 AM
This Saturday is the finals.
No it isn't, it's next Saturday. Better rearrange that party!
No news from the usual suspects for our regular Eurovision shenanigans. I may offer up my gaffe, but these days the child-owners tend to win.
It is hard to get the date right when he is trying to act all superior to us Languish peons. Caviar. :rolleyes:
And the OONTZ OONTZ OONTZ music playing 24/7 in his flat doesn't help.
It's fun how Russia has, in five years, gone from:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.russlandjournal.de%2Fuploads%2Ftx_templavoila%2Fserebro_eur_vis_02.jpg&hash=02ff51d23ed8d750b32b07f37264b94363bf5aa7)
to:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurovision.tv%2Fsave-files%2Fresizes%2Fed%2F8a%2Fd4%2Fe0%2F4d%2F1a%2F68%2F8d%2Feb%2F0a%2F9f%2F7e%2F8b%2Fbb%2F7d%2Ff2%2FBuranovskiye_Babushki_source_.jpg&hash=9b0b1e7b1994e73827d678802a0047be495b9e9d)
And I find it amusing that Turkey is sending a Sephardic Jew who I strongly suspect to be gay.
Fucking Marti, full of fail as always.
Quote from: Maladict on May 17, 2012, 09:05:51 AM
The Dutch entry is some hippie in a Pocahontas costume :bleeding:
She actually had an explanation for it, but I switched channels just in time.
The Dutch really have to stop gloating over buying Manhattan for two bags of marbles. I know you love a great realestate deal but come on.
Fail. Party postponed. :lol:
Faggots coming over tomorrow instead for the weekly wine and cheese.
Still, I think the best Eurovision period was in the 70s. From the 12 contests 1970 through 1981 I recognize 8 winners ("All Kinds of Everything", "Un banc, un arbre, une rue", "Waterloo", "Ding-A-Dong", "Save Your Kisses for Me", "Hallelujah", "What's Another Year?", "Making Your Mind Up"). Plus, there's memorable runners up ("Beg, Steal, Or Borrow", "Jack In The Box", "Power To All Our Friends", "Un, Deux, Trois", ...).
Of the past 12 contests from 2000 through 2011 only two winners stood out to me ("Wild Dances", "Hard Rock Hallelujah").
Quote from: Syt on May 17, 2012, 09:10:23 AM
It's fun how Russia has, in five years, gone from:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.russlandjournal.de%2Fuploads%2Ftx_templavoila%2Fserebro_eur_vis_02.jpg&hash=02ff51d23ed8d750b32b07f37264b94363bf5aa7)
to:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurovision.tv%2Fsave-files%2Fresizes%2Fed%2F8a%2Fd4%2Fe0%2F4d%2F1a%2F68%2F8d%2Feb%2F0a%2F9f%2F7e%2F8b%2Fbb%2F7d%2Ff2%2FBuranovskiye_Babushki_source_.jpg&hash=9b0b1e7b1994e73827d678802a0047be495b9e9d)
And I find it amusing that Turkey is sending a Sephardic Jew who I strongly suspect to be gay.
The bad thing about Russian women is that the women in the second pic are only 15 years older than the ones in the first :(
The Turks are getting pretty mellow nowadays; aside from the call to prayer I couldn't see much of a social difference between Istanbul and Athens.
Needless to say, never say that to a Greek or a Turk :lol:
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on May 17, 2012, 12:12:13 PM
Needless to say, never say that to a Greek or a Turk :lol:
Yeah, them's fightin' words.
Quote from: Syt on May 17, 2012, 10:38:28 AM
Still, I think the best Eurovision period was in the 70s. From the 12 contests 1970 through 1981 I recognize 8 winners ("All Kinds of Everything", "Un banc, un arbre, une rue", "Waterloo", "Ding-A-Dong", "Save Your Kisses for Me", "Hallelujah", "What's Another Year?", "Making Your Mind Up"). Plus, there's memorable runners up ("Beg, Steal, Or Borrow", "Jack In The Box", "Power To All Our Friends", "Un, Deux, Trois", ...).
Of the past 12 contests from 2000 through 2011 only two winners stood out to me ("Wild Dances", "Hard Rock Hallelujah").
Half the time I take the girlfriend into Victoria's Secret, they're playing that fucking "Satellite" song. Good to know she's found an American audience.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on May 17, 2012, 12:12:13 PM
The Turks are getting pretty mellow nowadays; aside from the call to prayer I couldn't see much of a social difference between Istanbul and Athens.
Needless to say, never say that to a Greek or a Turk :lol:
Most people I know who went to visit both cities prefer Istanbul over Athens. They say it's cleaner, the food's better and it's overall just nicer. Some commented that Istanbul feels more like a western city than Athens does.
Istanbul has a better location, the Bosphorus is a breezy place and so the air is definitely fresher. Taking that into account I can't say there is much between them. Though my first visit to Athens was such a disappointment that the place has always pleased me on the upside on subsequent visits :D
Quote from: Syt on May 17, 2012, 09:10:23 AM
It's fun how Russia has, in five years, gone from:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.russlandjournal.de%2Fuploads%2Ftx_templavoila%2Fserebro_eur_vis_02.jpg&hash=02ff51d23ed8d750b32b07f37264b94363bf5aa7)
to:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurovision.tv%2Fsave-files%2Fresizes%2Fed%2F8a%2Fd4%2Fe0%2F4d%2F1a%2F68%2F8d%2Feb%2F0a%2F9f%2F7e%2F8b%2Fbb%2F7d%2Ff2%2FBuranovskiye_Babushki_source_.jpg&hash=9b0b1e7b1994e73827d678802a0047be495b9e9d)
Sad part is ...
those three at the back are the same women, five years later.
:P
A good friend of mine will be performing with the Spanish troupe. :ph34r: :ph34r:
I actually like the Icelandic song, though that of course means they have no chance of winning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8RS0eulXDo&list=PL78E2A578122E10B1&index=16&feature=plpp_video
And I award Slovakia the Jon-Bon-Jovi-Memorial-Award:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2_7YdLk1Tc&list=PL78E2A578122E10B1&index=29&feature=plpp_video
The WTF-Award goes to Montenegro for Rombo Amadeus' "Euro Neuro":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6S-FNLv2jQ&list=PL78E2A578122E10B1&index=13&feature=plpp_video