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elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2010-05-29 09:16 pm
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Eurovision.

Blimey. Turkey was good. And Albania. And Iceland...

Now let's see what Ukraine has got for us this year! :)

Um... wow. What's with all these people who can actually sing?

I actually got the laptop out to say that someone ought to make a Nick Clegg/David Cameron vid to the UK song. (I'm NOT happy with a Conservative government btw, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the bromance at the heart of the coalition... *g*)

...Apricot stone?

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OMG Best interval 'entertainment' EVER!

Me no speak English! Let's speak dance! Flashmobs ftw!
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[identity profile] frenchani.livejournal.com 2010-05-29 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Turkey is my favourite so far...but I must say that Greece made me laugh.
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-05-29 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Greece was fun, yes, and the song wasn't bad. And the drums were great! :)
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[personal profile] ruuger 2010-05-29 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I kept thinking that 'apricot stone' must be some kind of euphenism for sex... which made the song much more interesting :D
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-05-29 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm. I like the way you think!

[identity profile] bogwitch.livejournal.com 2010-05-29 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I have voted this year for... Germany.

I liked Ukraine though.
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-05-29 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I voted for Ukraine, but liked Germany. :)

[identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com 2010-05-29 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
This is what Deinin and I thought as it went along - it has become a sort of tradition that we discuss it live...
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-05-29 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooh I remember this from last year! Thank you!
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[personal profile] debris4spike 2010-05-29 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't see much - yet ended up watching the vote at the end!
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-05-29 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
It's strangely addictive, isn't it? And Graham Norton is rather good at snarking... ;)

[identity profile] keestone.livejournal.com 2010-05-30 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
He's fun with the fashion snark, but that man knows nothing about music. This is usually just fine for Eurovision, but I could not believe he put Bjork and Katy Perry in the same sentence when describing the German entry.

(I did find it amusing though how much he sounded like he had the hots for the UK singer. And I know he's rooting for the home team and all, but how could he not take issue with the worst staging of the entire night? The kid may be talented, but that act was a hot mess and nothing fit together.)
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-05-30 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
He's fun with the fashion snark, but that man knows nothing about music. This is usually just fine for Eurovision, but I could not believe he put Bjork and Katy Perry in the same sentence when describing the German entry.
Makes it fun though, doesn't it? (And makes us feel clever. Not a bad thing!)

I did find it amusing though how much he sounded like he had the hots for the UK singer.
Yeah, he was very patriotic, bless him. (And good lord was it an awful song/routine/everything. *shudders* But then Graham Norton has spent most of his showbiz life subsumed into crack, so maybe he doesn't notice anymore?)

[identity profile] keestone.livejournal.com 2010-05-30 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
That really was kind of surreal. The voting wasn't entirely political either! And I never expected Turkey or Greece to put forward an act I liked.

I'm glad Germany won, because I actually liked the song quite a bit. But, I'd totally give votes to a lady dressed up like a robot/power ranger wielding an angle grinder. :D
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-05-30 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
That really was kind of surreal. The voting wasn't entirely political either!
Denmark giving 12 points to Germany? Guess the war really *is* long gone.

And I never expected Turkey or Greece to put forward an act I liked.
Oh nothing surprises me. I still remember the year Germany had a country song. It was... interesting. ;)

I'm glad Germany won, because I actually liked the song quite a bit.
And the singer was so adorably overwhelmed. *pets her* (Not sure about using a song that was already a big hit, but I don't write the rules, so...)

But, I'd totally give votes to a lady dressed up like a robot/power ranger wielding an angle grinder. :D
Oh yeah!

[identity profile] keestone.livejournal.com 2010-05-30 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
I remember that German entry. Eep! The one thing that's pretty much been a constant for as long as I've been voting has been how much I hated Greece and Turkey's entries.
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[personal profile] elisi 2010-05-30 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember that German entry. Eep!
Yeah, that one is hard to exorcise...

The one thing that's pretty much been a constant for as long as I've been voting has been how much I hated Greece and Turkey's entries.
Can't say I've ever been able to remember from year to year, although I can't remember ever liking either before. ;)
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