Eurovision Song Contest.

[Georgiesmum]

So what did everyone think of the Eurovision Song Contest last night? Did you watch it?

[mallyh]

biased as usual ,didn't think much to the winning song though the effects were good the song was awful i thought and it should have been judged on that not the effects .

[weecalf]

Naw what happened ,had a choice either watching it or being trampled by a herd of maurading goats .Has anyone got any TCP ?

[Dee Sa]

no !

[Booldawg]

I like the German offering. Came 2nd to last though!

[Old_Geezer]

Do many in the UK still watch ?
All spectacle and voting for one's "friends", little about the song these days, ain't it ?

[Zacs-Master]

Yeah! We didn't come last!

[mikey4444]

I am not really interested one way or the other, as the Eurovision song contest is about as cheesy and irrelevant as it is possible to get !

But I will say this....thanks goodness that a transvestite, with a ruddy great beard didn't win this year !

[ichkeria]

Largest UK TV audience, normally. So yes people watch it in their millions, but maybe not the typical AB demographic perhaps?
Everyone bangs on about the voting being biased, but it isn't in the sense people mean. Macedonia and Montenegro are already being investigated for using 100% televoting, interestingly, which is against the rules. Aside from that I don't think it's any different from the way it ever was, voting wise.
What HAS changed is that nowadays the songs are widely available on YouTube for weeks in advance, and many countries release tracks which go on to become Europe-wide hits in advance. Sweden's winner Euphoria from a few years back was being played all across the continent in bars and public places, and I thing "Heroes" (this year's winner) was the same.
So in a sense that is not really fair. Also, the countries that do well tend to feature well-known performers (Il Volo for Italy this year), Cinchita Wirst last, year, and so on.
Also, at 4 hours, I think it's getting a little long. The vote-casters (why on earth did we have Nigella Lawson doing it!!) really should be told to get on with it and stop trying to promote their sad selves.
Great evening as always though :-)

[grannie39]

To Quote. Rubbish

[retrocop]

I was happily watching Elizabeth 1 on another channel.Last time I watched that song contest Puppet on a string won it. :-)
Who won by the way and from were did they come from?
TIA

[scorpiojo]

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[scorpiojo]

Try again..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-msutN_OkU4

[1ozzy]

Nope, didn't watch it.
Not the least bit interested at all.
Possibly the last time I watched Abba won.

[retrocop]

Thanks scorpiojo.

[mikey4444]

Has anybody noticed that, just like ABBA, this winning song is sung in English, rather than Swedish !

[misty80]

Oz did well!!

[retrocop]

Mikey
Possibly because Sweden isn't noted for producing any Super troopers or Heroes in their time so it had to be in English. :-)

[RATTER15]

Absolute TOSH, I was forced to watch clips though, I thought it was a little better than previous years, but still Absolute TOSH!! I went to bed half way through as I could no longer watch the drivel!

[Prudie]

I also haven't watched since ABBA won, it's not been a song contest for decades.

[retrocop]

Perhaps if England ,next time round,has Svejk singing "The Good Soldier" we might win it again. :-)