hamster Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Engelbertis singing a song written by the bloke who wrote you're beautiful the James Blunt song. The bloke is from Deal my home town. Get behind the Hump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbattigger Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 No matter whether he's the best in the comp or not, he won't win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 26 May, 2012 Author Share Posted 26 May, 2012 I reckon he will. Europe loves him. And it also happens to be a good song....by Eurovision standards at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Come on the Hump! Eurovision... Televisual highlight of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 the results are the only bit worth watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 the results are the only bit worth watching. there is no point in this competition the same nations vote for each other and we pay one of the biggest chunks to make this farce happen every year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Just switched it on at h/t to see some magoty old russian peasants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 26 May, 2012 Author Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Well at least you can't blame the eastern Europeans all comin over ere nicking all the jobs and claiming all the benefits. Is the Queen there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmonton Saint Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Here is me hoping for a Jepic Jedward win.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 There is always one night a year I am glad I left blighty. But somehow the whole Hump thing would have made it as unmissable as a slow-mo train wreck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 So which of you sad ****s are gonna vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 OK Eurobased tsw'ers get voting for the man who couldn't quite hit the notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 I am voting greece would be hilarious to see them having to cough up money to stage the event next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 WTF were Jedward wearing? The chick from Bosnia or the backlighting on the Spanish chick win But I can't vote, but surely the Russkie Grannies or the Turkish boys HAVE to be the winners in the comedy section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Half decent crop this year, good show. Incidentally, I hope everyone voted Greece. Let's bring down the Euro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Hmmm Could do some damage to some of those Russian dancers..... Next time I'm down the York Hotel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 The missus saw a lot of info about the Euro song thingy on the web. She watched clips of Clodah Rogers, Cliff Richard, all that stuff.................I had a hell of a time trying to explain that mess to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Surely the Hump can't get null pwoint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Hmmm Could do some damage to some of those Russian dancers..... Next time I'm down the York Hotel Think you mean the Russian singers Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 (edited) the whole contest is just odd...they can tell you who will get what points 90% of the time Edited 26 May, 2012 by Thedelldays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Think you mean the Russian singers Phil. Jeez amazing to see how many countries don't like you lot these days. zzzzzz time methinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Cmon Serbia, get that 3rd place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 26 May, 2012 Author Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Bastards have put bloody sings tar on. :-(. This was supposed to be a Eurovision party ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Cynical me wonders how all these chicks get the job of reading out the results. Nice frocks tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigersaint Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Don't understand the point of a competition that isn't a competition, the whole thing is utterly pointless and a total waste of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Don't understand the point of a competition that isn't a competition, the whole thing is utterly pointless and a total waste of money. agree...look at this. [h=3]ig Four/Big Five[/h]Since 2000, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Spain have automatically qualified for the Eurovision final, regardless of their positions on the scoreboard in previous contests.[35] They earned this special status by being the four biggest financial contributors to the EBU (without which the production of the Eurovision Song Contest would not be possible). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 We are the Millwall of Eurovision................... No one likes us but we don't care!! Although we can't pull up the drawbridge and give the Archers 2 fingers to the lot of them................ Is does smart a little that our licence money goes towards propping up this eastern bloc love in! Hump's song was not too bad v recent entries, just a shame we got the number 1 draw................. Looks like the formulaic Ibiza backing track is just catching on in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 The best song/performance won, took me back by about 10 years mind. A really good bit of trance. The hump deserved better then second last though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigersaint Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 agree...look at this. Christ, makes it even worse. About time we pulled out of this nonsense competition and help it fold then, it's not as if any of the songs are judged whether we are in the competition or not, find another country to fleece for this ********. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 High time we stopped entering as the UK and entered as England,Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to counteract all these ex Yugoslav and Soviet Republics. At least that way we'd avoid being left behind on points. Either that or not bother to enter next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonswan Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 High time we stopped entering as the UK and entered as England,Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to counteract all these ex Yugoslav and Soviet Republics. I like your thinking. Mystery to me how the Eurovision Association of Wales (EAW) ever allowed us to be part of a British 'team' anyway. Ironic how the battle for Eurovision last place was Norway v GB on the night Norway v England football was the entertainment competition this evening. What were the chances of that? Strange forces at work here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 26 May, 2012 Author Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Who won pls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 26 May, 2012 Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Who won pls? [video=youtube;GqYtlpZ-9N4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 26 May, 2012 Author Share Posted 26 May, 2012 Good entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 27 May, 2012 Share Posted 27 May, 2012 I reckon he will. Europe loves him. And it also happens to be a good song....by Eurovision standards at least. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 27 May, 2012 Share Posted 27 May, 2012 I found Estonia's entry by far the best, not only the beautiful ong but the really heartfelt and emotional performance of the singer. Just found the English version of the song. Shame he didn't sing part of the song in English. HEAR ME by OTT LEPLAND Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 27 May, 2012 Share Posted 27 May, 2012 The whole shebang is total and utter dross, from start to finish; and always is - every year. Can't beleive that there are people on here who actually like the music. Feel really sorry for the audience who have to sit through it live - at least I can switch channels and only go back for the voting - which, let's face it is comedy genius. Gotta feel for old Eng, a 75 year old guy and we hung him out to dry on eurofukinvision - I only hope that the gig payed well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 27 May, 2012 Share Posted 27 May, 2012 The whole shebang is total and utter dross, from start to finish; and always is - every year. Can't beleive that there are people on here who actually like the music. Feel really sorry for the audience who have to sit through it live - at least I can switch channels and only go back for the voting - which, let's face it is comedy genius. Gotta feel for old Eng, a 75 year old guy and we hung him out to dry on eurofukinvision - I only hope that the gig payed well. Didn't matter so much about the gig for him or the result. Example - he was down here couple of months ago struggling to fill a 1500 seat venue. One week before the gig he gets the EV job and whoosh they could have sold it out 5 times over. It was sad what happened nobody deserves that sort of result. But he is back in the public eye with marketing that money could never have bought. Hell, he might just get a final season in Vegas on the strength of "his comeback". Good luck to him, he played it very well from, whatever side you look at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 27 May, 2012 Share Posted 27 May, 2012 Didn't matter so much about the gig for him or the result. Example - he was down here couple of months ago struggling to fill a 1500 seat venue. One week before the gig he gets the EV job and whoosh they could have sold it out 5 times over. It was sad what happened nobody deserves that sort of result. But he is back in the public eye with marketing that money could never have bought. Hell, he might just get a final season in Vegas on the strength of "his comeback". Good luck to him, he played it very well from, whatever side you look at it Thoroughly agree with you. There are many positives from Eurovision but as always the majority only look at the negatives. I just wish it was more fairly voted upon. I'd love to see a breakdown on exactly the number of votes from each country had to allow them to award 1 - 12 points. Maybe voting should be done on the actual number of votes. *** Nice to see the Mirror running a poll backed by Phillip Schofield on us not appearing next year. http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/tv-film-news/eurovision-2012-poll-should-the-uk-849812 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 27 May, 2012 Share Posted 27 May, 2012 Didn't matter so much about the gig for him or the result. Example - he was down here couple of months ago struggling to fill a 1500 seat venue. One week before the gig he gets the EV job and whoosh they could have sold it out 5 times over. It was sad what happened nobody deserves that sort of result. But he is back in the public eye with marketing that money could never have bought. Hell, he might just get a final season in Vegas on the strength of "his comeback". Good luck to him, he played it very well from, whatever side you look at it Personally I couldn't give a toss that he crashed and burned - the point being that any UK act is very likely too. Thats why we normally try to throw in some young z lister. Sending a 75 year old man to the lions was bloody disgraceful - but as I said, he probably got well payed for doing it and as a 'name' (albeit a very faded one), he'll probably fill a few more seats for a couple of gigs at least. As a lover of music, I really wish eurovision was shot, dead, through the head. X Factor, BGT and the Voice are horrendously bad, but the dross last night was enough to make most real musicians puke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 28 May, 2012 Author Share Posted 28 May, 2012 Is it just the Brits who have such an anti and negative view. The rest of Europe loves it I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 There are those who 'get' Eurovision and those who take life too seriously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 Is it just the Brits who have such an anti and negative view. The rest of Europe loves it I thought. I have quite a few mates who are European (living over there) most of them watched it via streams from the BBC, mainly in order to listen to Graham Norton. Seems they are starting to "Get it" as well. It's car crash Television, nothing else like it in the world. The annual homage to great entertainment moments such as Plan 9 from Outer Space. It's so risibly bad you just have to watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 What amuses me most is people who say that Eurovision is an affront to 'real music'....FFS....that's like Olympic athletes being offended by It's a Knockout... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$$$ Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 What amuses me most is people who say that Eurovision is an affront to 'real music'....FFS....that's like Olympic athletes being offended by It's a Knockout... I'm glad that I amused you. I do 'get' eurovision. There used to be a program called Eurotrash - never really watched it - but remember the title. If this show was billed as the eurotrash competition - I would have no problem with it at all. As somebody who visits the continent every single month for work, I am well aware of their musical tastes and how shockingly bad some of their music is. First time I saw The Voice - Germany, probably two or three years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 Cheryl Baker from Buck's Fizz was talking on the radio before eurovision about how the music was secondary and you had to have a gimmick to win it. Ripping the skirts off was theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 Cheryl Baker from Buck's Fizz was talking on the radio before eurovision about how the music was secondary and you had to have a gimmick to win it. Ripping the skirts off was theirs.the Swedish entry didn't have a gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 the Swedish entry didn't have a gimmick. I dunno. I didnt see the show - just heard her interview and saw the two gifs above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 28 May, 2012 Share Posted 28 May, 2012 the Swedish entry didn't have a gimmick. For me her gimmick was the big Black, Muscly guy and performing very much like Kate Bush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now