Eurovision Song Contest 2016

sheep?

Have to be honest, in recent times, the only winning song I can recall is Lordi. Chooooon.

mansize

mansize wrote: »

If Ukraine win Putin will spit blood

He'll probably invade (again)

force eleven

MarkY91 wrote: »

Ah cop on now. Explain how politics won it...

Anti Russia from the get go. Even the title should tell you that. Cop on yourself.

mansize

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

'Ukraine's song was a deserved winner'

Are you for real?

It was pure sh1te and there other songs that were way better.

Name 3

Skid X

I am quite pleased that the After Hours Eurovision thread died on it's arse this year.

Television threads belong in the Television Forum!

Television Forum 4Eva!

superfurry1

mansize wrote: »

Name 3

Australia Russia Austria Bulgaria

Kalimah

Don't understand how that televoting thing worked at all! OK they added all the countries votes together- but how were they allocated. 300k people vote for Ukraine and they get 300 votes? Can't find it on the Eurovision website.

mansize

superfurry1 wrote: »

Australia Russia Austria Bulgaria

1 I'll give you. Ukraine scored highly on both, she could sing, had an proper song, and sang in her native tongue.

Boom!!!!

mansize

Kalimah wrote: »

Don't understand how that televoting thing worked at all! OK they added all the countries votes together- but how were they allocated. 300k people vote for Ukraine and they get 300 votes? Can't find it on the Eurovision website.

ts like the juries, each country awards 12,10,8,7...1 and those votes from all 42 are added together.
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sheep?

superfurry1 wrote: »

Australia Russia Austria Bulgaria

They said 3 damn you! :pac:

mansize

Skid X wrote: »

I am quite pleased that the After Hours Eurovision thread died on it's arse this year.

Television threads belong in the Television Forum!

Television Forum 4Eva!

Television forum is the best forum! But we don't want to let the riff raff in! :P


Imagine them on pointless thread...

Caoimhgh1n

sheep? wrote: »

They said 3 damn you! :pac:

Ireland, Latvia and Germany. :D

wnolan1992

Well folks, it's been fun! I've eaten my bodyweight in junk food, so I'm off for a nice long sleep.



I think I'll listen to the winner to speed up my falling asleep. :pac:



Winner aside, this has been a really good year IMO. Lots of decent songs, excellent staging and hosting throughout, great interval acts (Justin excepted). Really enjoyable.

And of course, this thread has been great craic, so thank y'all. None of my housemates ended up staying around tonight, so ye were great company.

BoJack Horseman

Kalimah wrote: »

Don't understand how that televoting thing worked at all! OK they added all the countries votes together- but how were they allocated. 300k people vote for Ukraine and they get 300 votes? Can't find it on the Eurovision website.

No, it was a tally of all 42 voting nations..... Just allocated in one go.

sid waddell

That the Ukraine song was a Crimea gainst music.

Biggest Australian robbery since Ned Kelly, worst Australian disaster involving the Ukraine since flight MH17 was shot down a couple of years ago.

mansize

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

Ireland, Latvia and Germany. :D

Ireland???? Bitch, please!

Are you an RTE employee???- he was dreadful

gourcuff28

The presenters were easily the funniest two people I've seen on TV, their song at the start of the semi final was incredible. Such good banter.

6am7f9zxrsjvnb

Tonight taught us 3 things..

Everyone hates Russia
Everyone feels sorry for Ukraine
The Polish diaspora is patriotic

mansize

I may have been drinking Jameson since song 9...

Caoimhgh1n

mansize wrote: »

Ireland???? Bitch, please!

Are you an RTE employee???- he was dreadful

I am not from RTÉ, and I was being sarcastic.

gourcuff28

Tonight is defo the way Eurovision should evolve, more emphasis on laughing at itself, Eurovision 1994 and Riverdance and all is nice, and it should contain aspects of the different Euro cultures but it shouldn't take itself too seriously either.

Maireadio

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

well spotted lol

Also spotted by my fella: two guys pashing in the background at one stage. They were really going for it. I love Eurovision!

RobertKK

https://twitter.com/MartijnPOP/status/731623280109604864

The new system in one tweet...

Skid X

mansize wrote: »

Television forum is the best forum! But we don't want to let the riff raff in! :P


Imagine them on pointless thread...

Everyone is welcome ... as long as they make a bit of an effort. It's a classy forum, in fairness.

Broken Hearted Road

mansize wrote: »

Name 3

Australia, Netherlands, Lithuania, Belgium, France. I liked Russia and Israel too.

Skid X

Johnny Logan 1986 concert starting on TG4 now


Played 3
Won 3

Mountainsandh

Our household were going for Bulgaria or Belgium, both catchy, entertaining and well performed (although Belgium much better as semis), but I think the Ukraine vote is fair actually.

She had the best voice of them all, simple as. As a singer, she was the best, look at how she performed even with the emotion of winning. The song was pleasant, it had meaning and she sang like she meant it, the visuals were good.

She deserves the win.

Australia was alright but possibly too polished for Eurovision, didn't like it very much.

mansize

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Australia, Netherlands, Lithuania, Belgium, France. I liked Russia and Israel too.

We would not be swapping music collections... :P

ben36

superfurry1 wrote: »

No it didn't they were second fav was this a month ago maybe?

They were matched at 1000 after the jury vote tonight.It wasn't me though:(

Woodville56

mansize wrote: »

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

Ireland, Latvia and Germany. :D

Ireland???? Bitch, please!

Are you an RTE employee???- he was dreadful

Maybe send Nikki Byrne to Ukraine next year singing " A nation once again" as Gaeilge ? Well if the recipe worked for Ukraine this time ?

riffmongous

I found it pretty annoying how they fast forwarded through the jury/presenters chat section so there would be lot's of time for silent pauses during the final section

6am7f9zxrsjvnb

mansize wrote: »

Name 3

Australia
Bulgaria
France


Not exactly Radiohead, but proper,catchy,disposable Eurovision songs.

mansize

Skid X wrote: »

Johnny Logan 1986 concert starting on TG4 now


Played 3 4 (Terminal 3 2nd '84 (Robbed))
Won 3

FYP

Richard Hillman

superfurry1 wrote: »

No it didn't they were second fav was this a month ago maybe?

It was in-running

Maireadio

Cienciano wrote: »

12 points go to......Central African Republic

No, 12 points goes to... Nauru! Eritrea a close second. :pac:

mansize

Woodville56 wrote: »

Maybe send Nikki Byrne to Ukraine next year singing " A nation once again" as Gaeilge ? Well if the recipe worked for Ukraine this time ?

are you saying he could sing as well as the Ukrainian lady????

Skid X

mansize wrote: »

FYP

Well said, fecking hell that man knew how to win Eurovision

Terminal 3 should have won.

mansize

RobertKK wrote: »

https://twitter.com/MartijnPOP/status/731623280109604864

The new system in one tweet...

that was the exception rather than the rule tbf...

fecking polish builders....:D:D:D

mansize

Maireadio wrote: »

No, 12 points goes to... Nauru! Eritrea a close second. :pac:

St Vincent and the Grenadines win the Phone Vote!!!! :D:D:D:D

RobertKK

Ukraine: 2nd with juries. Australia 1st
Ukraine: 2nd with televoters. Russia 1st.
Ukraine 1st.

I don't see the problem.

Woodville56

mansize wrote: »

Woodville56 wrote: »

Maybe send Nikki Byrne to Ukraine next year singing " A nation once again" as Gaeilge ? Well if the recipe worked for Ukraine this time ?

are you saying he could sing as well as the Ukrainian lady????

Well not as mournfully perhaps , but sure it's meant to be light entertainment after all - give me Conchita or Lordi any day !

So we came 15th in our semi-final: http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=2133#Scoreboard

As well as the ten countries that qualified, we also scored lower than Macedonia, Belarus, Norway and Slovenia.
In other words, we didn't even come anywhere close.

But we can at least point and laugh at Albania, Denmark and Switzerland!

Mountainsandh

mansize wrote: »

that was the exception rather than the rule tbf...

fecking polish builders....:D:D:D

That was a bit scary the Polish bit alright, let's hope it's not a taste of things to come.

I liked the new system, how everything could change despite the jury's vote, and the tension with it. But yeah, who lives where has the potential to make it a disaster sometime.

JuanJose

So there we have it. If only I'll be ever able to figure 'it' out!

New voting system really ratchets up the tension. Just hope it's legit & transparent. Like many, I thought the Aussies had it wrapped up at the halfway point. I guess the twist proves that, in Eurovision, we may expect the unexpected!

Good work on this thread, folks. Adds greatly to the craic.

'Til next time!

Woodville56

mansize wrote: »

Maireadio wrote: »

No, 12 points goes to... Nauru! Eritrea a close second. :pac:

St Vincent and the Grenadines win the Phone Vote!!!! :D:D:D:D

Didn't the Cape Verde Islands do well though !

Capt'n Midnight

Crimsonforce wrote: »

Ukraine use the euro too?

Not yet, why do you think we let them win ?

gourcuff28

Ireland needs to stop sending such ****, bland, safe songs.

gourcuff28

Ireland needs to stop sending such ****, bland, safe songs. Australia needs to GTFO out.

Europe for the Europeans

Maireadio

Deleted User wrote: »

So we came 15th in our semi-final: http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=2133#Scoreboard

Thanks, was looking for the scoreboard yesterday and couldn't find it!

Expunge

The only song that's still rattling around my head after that long night is Polands 'What Colour is your Life' (whatever a question like that is supposed to mean).

Maybe it's because it's very, very like part of Gloria Gaynor's 'I Will Survive'

Maybe that helped them to get such a big televote and not just the diaspora thing?