Eurovision Song Contest 2016

BlondeMoment

I remember last year Ireland were performing the first night. I was full sure they were going to get through because all of the other songs were shyte. Much like tonight.
They must do it on purpose, and have the majority of forgettable songs on the first night.

Im guessing Thurday will be far more entertaining.

TheRiverman

I bet there's people in Ireland trying to vote.

HeidiHeidi

mansize wrote: »

Go Czechia and Malta

Malta has form

for not winning, apparently.....

Itssoeasy

Didn't see the greek song live. Looked like an olympic flame lighting ceremony at olympia.

mansize

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

for not winning, apparently.....

She came 2nd

TheRiverman

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Malta I think was the best song; the majority of the songs were muck. Shame Ireland wasn't in this semi-final as Thursday's one will have much better entries.

No it will not,the majority of them will be rubbish just like tonight.

Welsh Megaman

Hope Austria go through

HeidiHeidi

mansize wrote: »

She came 2nd

Fair 'nuff, I'm not arguing.

Just channelling Marty's "the most successful country never to have won".

sonic85

Sh!te I was hoping to vote for Austria

dublinman1990

Didn't hear all the songs tonight as I was having dinner.

I thought Malta was the best song; Shame I couldn't vote for it tonight though.

Valentina

I'd like to see Leonard go through.

Can't remember what country it was

JuanJose

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Whatever happened to sitting on a stool and singing a ditty? Dana and Johnny Logan did alright by it.....

It's a televisual contest now. The optics have a big impact on votes IMO.

Although the Australian entrant does a fair amount of sitting from the clips I've seen.

Busi_Girl08

Surprising night. The ones that I thought would storm it were disappointing (Russia. Malta, Azerbaijan) and then there were ones that seemed so so at first and then knocked it out of the park. (Iceland, Armena, hungary)

My prediction:
Armenia
Russia
Hungary
Croatia
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Malta
Austria
Iceland
Azerbaijan

Wildcard: Cyprus

Jamie OD

Eurovision humour alert.

KatW4

I didn't really think that comment about living in Sweden back in the 70's was very appropriate.

Itssoeasy

The swedish this is your life eurovision version.

What the hell is this ?

mansize

This skit is more BBC3 than BBC4

ProudDUB

Ok, this was funny for.....oh, about the first minute.....:rolleyes:

Catari Jaguar

This is so bizarre. Oh European humour...

sonic85

Am I supposed to laugh at this? I'm kinda confused

Busi_Girl08

We got 11 point that year. That's good innings!

Welsh Megaman

The U.K. Song is actually growing on me.


*coat*

pajor

sonic85 wrote: »

Am I supposed to laugh at this? I'm kinda confused

Those sort of clips and the interval act in the final were as terrible last time in Sweden.

That Petra one annoys me so f*cking much. :mad:

Capt'n Midnight

Valentina wrote: »

I'd like to see Leonard go through.

Can't remember what country it was

San Mario.

If you think we couldn't afford to host it, their population wouldn't even half fill Croke Park.

Toto Wolfcastle

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

The U.K. Song is actually growing on me.


*coat*

They sounded really good when they were singing on the street.

Jamie OD

Good brick joke.

Lunger

Boo, let Europe play.

Say Your Number

That Europe gag is brilliant

Busi_Girl08

Aw keep Europe!

grey_so_what

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

The U.K. Song is actually growing on me.


*coat*

Would you stop...............................:p

dublinman1990

OK. A dance about migrants. I wonder how this will turn out.

Capt'n Midnight

pajor wrote: »

Those sort of clips and the interval act in the final were as terrible last time in Sweden.

Spoiler :

Justin Timberlake

Lunger

...Dance Crossfit Stations?

Busi_Girl08

Oh jesus.

Welsh Megaman

Did I mention that 'Eurotrash' is coming back this summer for one night only? A Brexit special

Lunger

You could have spent the money this cost on actually helping refugees in some fashion.

Welsh Megaman

Nicky Byrne on BBC Four now

pajor

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Spoiler :

Justin Timberlake

Oh yeah.. read that earlier.

Busi_Girl08

The lf on the beanie must be roasted.

Dardania

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Ah feck, I'm going to miss Thursday AND Saturday :mad:

Is that male presenter Irish? He does a fierce good impression if not.....

A definite twist to his accent alright

Skid X

Aren't the dancers a bit ... white?

Busi_Girl08

There's Jon Snow!

sonic85

Jaysus this is shocking

Mr.Nice Guy

On Thursday there's an interpretive dance about how to stop ISIS.

Lunger

Why are people clapping, what madness is this?

KatW4

What on earth was that? Why did they walk into the audience? That was weird.

yerwanthere123

Ok, so here's my predictions to qualify, revised from a couple of weeks ago:

In:
Russia
Armenia
Iceland
Malta
Azerbaijan
Netherlands
Cyprus
Hungary
Czech republic
Croatia

I'm pretty confident of the first seven. Azerbaijan were borderline before tonight but I think the backing singers really pulled Samra over the line. Hungary is a bit risky but they really impressed me tonight. The last two I'm not so confident of, but the Czech Republic should do very well with the juries, whilst I think Croatia will sneak over the line as well due to the juries, despite the fact I think it was a bit of a mess tonight.

Out:
Finland
Moldova
Montenegro
Austria
Estonia
San Marino
Greece
Bosnia-Herzegovina

I'm reasonably confident the first six won't get in. I also think Greece won't get in for the first time ever. I mean, surely not right? It's absolute horsesh*te. Bosnia is borderline, but whilst I think they'll get more of the Balkan vote than Croatia, Croatia will get more support from the juries to pull them over the line and help sink Bosnia. I really can't see any sensible juries voting for the Bosnian song... right?!

Oops69

enjoyed that dance segment , best bit so far .

RobertKK

Lunger wrote: »

Why are people clapping, what madness is this?

I think it is about the migrant crisis, and the grey people represent the people who come from bombed cities, grey from the dust.

Busi_Girl08

It's the kid from Casper!!