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21st May 2005
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Apr 2003 Location: L.A.
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Thread Starter | Greece wins Eurovision Contest!!!!
First time ever....in what...40 yrs? 04 was great with the Football cup but 05 looks even better  |
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22nd May 2005
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Jul 2003 Location: Portsmouth, UK
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United Kingdom, nil points. Well, not quite! But jeebus... I really liked the Latvian song, albeit a bit sentimental but not bad. |
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23rd May 2005
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Switzerland
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Boys I really hate our song but: Switzerland on the 8th place  but most importantly we're ahead of the germans  Jo |
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23rd May 2005
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| Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest, Romania
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Well, Romania ended up on the 3rd place. This is the first time when some succes actually happened.. .And the guyz with the barells are friends - there's some beer to flow as soon as they come back.
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23rd May 2005
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Norway
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Get ready to be Wig Wam'ed! ruudman |
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23rd May 2005
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| Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest, Romania
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I saw those guyz from Norway here in Bucharest - pretty wicked, ha? I bet "The darkness" will not be so impressed..  |
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23rd May 2005
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Congrats, but I am a Javine fan....  she reminds me of one of the Ikettes (dancers for Tina Turner, I saw them with Ike & Tina when I was about 14 - it made a LASTING impression!)
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24th May 2005
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Apr 2005 Location: East Coast, Sweden
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Norway ruled. I thought we'd win though but we didn't even finish in the top 20 I think. No offense ppl, but I think there's too big a difference between the west and east (particularly the north-west) of Europe for this ever to become interesting again. The eastern countries all have weird, foreign-sounding songs and we've all got the stuff WE like. And since there's a shitload of ppl living in the east, this competition will never again be what it once was...an annual competition in good (and a tad bit too commercial) classic pop craftsmanship. Since a lotta these recent countries came into the picture, the fun's gone out of it. I just don't get these weird eastern tunes...I just don't. It's lot a put-down, I just don't get it. BY THE WAY...who was that gangster-wannabee hip-hop-thingie guy?  |
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24th May 2005
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| Gear maniac  Joined: Nov 2003
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Congrats to Greece! Well, the Eurosong voting is local-patriot act anyway ...All Nordic and Baltic countries will vote they neighbors, all Balkan states will do the same, etc... Which kind of explain why UK, France, Germany, etc are going to have a hard time in the future if the rules don't change. And Andorra’s 12 points has the same weight as, let's say UK, France, Russia or Germany. BTW, Javine had the very eastern flavored song (listen to the oriental string arrangement!). Cheers! |
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25th May 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2005 Location: East Coast, Sweden
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That's because that's all the rage nowadays, it seems. I think the small countries with virtually no music export are the ones most proud of finishing in the top segment. Gives them self confidence, I guess. But this contest is and has always been an evening of crap, no matter where it comes from :0) By the way, the chick who sang for Greece is SWEDISH! |
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25th May 2005
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| Gear maniac Joined: Nov 2003
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25th May 2005
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| Gear addict  Joined: Oct 2004 Location: Amsterdam, NL
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I'm sort of shocked the Eurovision song-contest is discussed here  Cheers Julian |
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25th May 2005
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Easyest way to pick the winner is to select the WORST song! Jules (I am not bitter) |
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25th May 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2003 Location: Portsmouth, UK
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It is sad when you think that the Eurovision Song Contest used to be an opportunity for the song writers of Europe to show their best work and the standard was such that it was a real 'competition'. Nowadays the music seems to have dropped to 'lowest common denominator' tripe. Imagine if Abba entered the contest nowdays as a new group, would they still win with all the political voting that now takes place?? Cheers, Rich |
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25th May 2005
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| Gear maniac Joined: Nov 2003
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What amaze me is that 150 MILLION people watched EUsong final that night  !!150,000,000  |
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25th May 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2003 Location: L.A.
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...It is kind of a joke...but its still exciting to watch... | ||
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25th May 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2005 Location: East Coast, Sweden
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KIND OF a joke? |
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