Eurovision
May. 17th, 2004 11:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hnpccSo as is traditional we went to a Eurovision party last night and watched the (delayed) broadcast.
Despite nearly accidentally learning who won from the ABC news (a quick changing of the channel was required) we managed to avoid all spoilers and settled in with homemade pizza and self-saucing chocolate pudding to watch.
It was great. :-)
Thoughts:
Iceland sucked. The song was actually quite good, the singer just wasn't up to it. They should have had the bloke from Malta singing it.
Russia really sucked. Talk about "here's our vote - please don't invade again". And why not to let your dad get you into a major competition when your singing really isn't up to it.
I liked Deen, pretty much no one else in the room did. Go Deen. Dean hated Deen.
The Ukrainian song was great, except once you get the lyrics stuck in your head as "titty bum titty bum" it loses something.
Sweden - give that woman a pole to dance around!
The male host looked like Herman Munster. But without the personality. And his French sounded like a random series of incomprehensible phrases. In other words I found him very hard to understand. Actually I found him hard in English too, and it took me a while to realise he was speaking English. Hm.
Loved some of the phone in hosts though, particularly the guy who'd obviously learnt English in the US. Great hybrid accent.
Helloooo Russia! ;-) Who's been pashing in the corner with a vodka in one hand then? ;-)
The hostess' tattoo was nice. And she looked like she'd knocked back a few towards the end of the night...
I love Eurovision voting patterns. Although I did get the feeling that Norway were on the phone to Sweden just before Sweden's results were announced, going "C'mon, we weren't that bad... please? We voted for you!" The Nordic bloc seemed a little fragmented this year - Norwegian diplomats will undoubtedly be phoning around. *giggle* Good to see the Flemish/Dutch bloc holding firm, although France refuses to give Belgium votes the years that Flanders is entering. ;-) The Russian/formerly parts of/Baltic, Former Yugoslav and Turkey-Greece-Cyprus blocs were all there though.
Did the UK vote for Ireland come entirely from teenage girls who loved Westlife or what? ;-)
Much disappointment that neither the Hi-Five act or the Austrian Wiggle from last year were back for the final. They were funny. Even if I did have to agree with Des' comment that Hi-Five should sue. Firstly for plagarism and secondly for defamation. ;-) I liked Des' commentary, but I still think it'd be funny to have him and Wogan in the same box.
I miss making countries sing in one of their official languages though. :-) Some of the English lyrics are... not entirely wrong, but not entirely right either. And where else are you going to hear songs with choruses like "Diggyloo, diggylay, alles tippert por mej?" (No, I can't spell in Swedish. Why do you ask?)
And Sal and my new plan is to get accreditation from the Warrandyte News and Warragul Gazette and go and take part. Probably not next year, but maybe the year after. ;-)
And hey, go Ukraine! Bring on the whips and chains! (Hope Des managed to pick up at the afterparty. Sure sounded like he was intending to try...)
Despite nearly accidentally learning who won from the ABC news (a quick changing of the channel was required) we managed to avoid all spoilers and settled in with homemade pizza and self-saucing chocolate pudding to watch.
It was great. :-)
Thoughts:
Iceland sucked. The song was actually quite good, the singer just wasn't up to it. They should have had the bloke from Malta singing it.
Russia really sucked. Talk about "here's our vote - please don't invade again". And why not to let your dad get you into a major competition when your singing really isn't up to it.
I liked Deen, pretty much no one else in the room did. Go Deen. Dean hated Deen.
The Ukrainian song was great, except once you get the lyrics stuck in your head as "titty bum titty bum" it loses something.
Sweden - give that woman a pole to dance around!
The male host looked like Herman Munster. But without the personality. And his French sounded like a random series of incomprehensible phrases. In other words I found him very hard to understand. Actually I found him hard in English too, and it took me a while to realise he was speaking English. Hm.
Loved some of the phone in hosts though, particularly the guy who'd obviously learnt English in the US. Great hybrid accent.
Helloooo Russia! ;-) Who's been pashing in the corner with a vodka in one hand then? ;-)
The hostess' tattoo was nice. And she looked like she'd knocked back a few towards the end of the night...
I love Eurovision voting patterns. Although I did get the feeling that Norway were on the phone to Sweden just before Sweden's results were announced, going "C'mon, we weren't that bad... please? We voted for you!" The Nordic bloc seemed a little fragmented this year - Norwegian diplomats will undoubtedly be phoning around. *giggle* Good to see the Flemish/Dutch bloc holding firm, although France refuses to give Belgium votes the years that Flanders is entering. ;-) The Russian/formerly parts of/Baltic, Former Yugoslav and Turkey-Greece-Cyprus blocs were all there though.
Did the UK vote for Ireland come entirely from teenage girls who loved Westlife or what? ;-)
Much disappointment that neither the Hi-Five act or the Austrian Wiggle from last year were back for the final. They were funny. Even if I did have to agree with Des' comment that Hi-Five should sue. Firstly for plagarism and secondly for defamation. ;-) I liked Des' commentary, but I still think it'd be funny to have him and Wogan in the same box.
I miss making countries sing in one of their official languages though. :-) Some of the English lyrics are... not entirely wrong, but not entirely right either. And where else are you going to hear songs with choruses like "Diggyloo, diggylay, alles tippert por mej?" (No, I can't spell in Swedish. Why do you ask?)
And Sal and my new plan is to get accreditation from the Warrandyte News and Warragul Gazette and go and take part. Probably not next year, but maybe the year after. ;-)
And hey, go Ukraine! Bring on the whips and chains! (Hope Des managed to pick up at the afterparty. Sure sounded like he was intending to try...)
