Eurovision Song Contest

Our song was so bad this year, not even Cyprus would give us the usual 12 points.

Massive failure. XD Then again, there is no way we could host the competition given how our economy is doing.

I liked Latvia's song, it reminded me of the likes of Bat For Lashes and FKA Twigs.

I don't mind Sweden winning, other than their song being totally forgettable. I kind of wanted Russia to win, if only to see how Putin would react when the biggest gay parade in the world is brought to his front lawn.

As someone who only vaguely followed the contest, why did Germany get nul points?

I can understand Austria getting the shaft, but did Germany got a goose egg for political reasons, a poor performance, or bad luck?

Forgettable song.

Fine ass of hers, though.[evilgrin]

Our real hero in gif form.

edited 24th May '15 7:46:00 AM by Quag15

haven't been following the competition, which song is Epic Drum Guy in?

He was part of the interval act.

The interval act.

Fun fact for future contests, The Vatican can technically participate if it chooses to.

Who would they even send?

The Pope, showing his true support for the gays because Francis is awesome

I couldn't remember what Germany did as soon as they left the stage. Also, a lot of Europe is a bit hung up on that war thing that ended (for Europe) 70 years ago last week.

But Germany has won a few times and the ESC is always around that time..the sing simply didn't cut it for the others audiences *shrug* happens.

Germany actually won it quite recently, and I think they also did pretty well when they hosted (although they had the same artist, which must've helped).

This time around they were just bland. Just about any country would've had 0 points with that song. (I don't say absolutely any country because Russia, Greece, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Ukraine, Belarus, and several other countries are always guaranteed at least a couple of points from their neighbours.)

Don't remind me. I used to live near Düsseldorf and thanks to Lena winning the traffic chaos the following year was hell

She was good, though. IIRC she was my favourite the year she won. (She wasn't my favourite the year after, though; but she was better than the act that ended up winning.)

Italy won the televoting.

I liked Lena's Satellite, what did Germany do this year?

They sent a singer with a generic, directionless song and a fine ass.

the fine ass comment made me remember. that song was written by Ella Eyre, and she sang it well. nothing remarkable, though

And to finish this year's edition, our annual SATW strip is here. It's a bit short and there's no mention of Russia and Italy, however.

Just curious, what acts do people think should have gotten through to the finals this year? Excluding my own country, I think San Marino deserved a place.

Netherlands and Ireland for me. Czech Republic was not bad at all and could have done with some recognition. Otherwise, it wasn't as bad as it has been in the past.

I think Finland deserved to go through, if only to add a different genre into the Final. That's probably it for the first semi-final. I mean, sure, Denmark and the Netherlands had more memorable songs than some of the ones actually did well in the Final but it's not as if they were deserving of a top-10 spot or anything. At the Final they would've been filler but at least they wouldn't have been ballads.

The second semi-final had only a couple of acts that stood out at all and the made it through.

I'm happy for you, and imma let you finish but Lordi had the greatest Eurovision act of all time.

Jus' sayin'.

For me it's Lordi, ABBA, and Marie Myriam. Can't pick between those three.