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Australia to compete in Eurovision 2015

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HolyCheck

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And we just got the Asian Cup too.

We're going after all the continents!

Watch your back, the Americas.

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We did that in the 80s!
 
We will have the most Eurovision song and it will be glorious.

There will be glitter, there will be a wind fan, there will be large men dressed up as monsters while a small girl ice skates around a glass box.

It will be glorious.
 

PrawnyNZ

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If it's PAL territories NZ should be able to send someone over too. In fact we'll send Kim Dotcom - he thinks he makes music, and supposedly can speak a bit of German.



Don't send him back though, win or lose.
 

Mohonky

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Eh this seems to be a thing for us.

We're an island in the middle of nowhere, there's really nothing or no one around to compete with in anything, so we just keep asking everyone else is we can join there competitions, otherwise it's just us, New Zealand and a bunch of very small islands that get pummeled by us year after year in every competition.

That's why we became a part of Asia in the football. Otherwise our road to the World Cup was littered with matches like this until our last qualifying leg where we'd have to face off against some heavy weight South American team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXx-HSk7LJQ
 
Unfortunately UK is the only country that's going to vote for them, Australia gets mad and is never heard from again.

That's just how Eurovision works. Gotta have those nabor votes.
 

GCX

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People who are confused by this haven't really watched Eurovision, have they?

I mean last year for instance the showrunners gave Australia their own half-time show. Australian Eurovision fandom is kind of a running inside joke.
 

18-Volt

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So it's really just white people vision right?

Is Turkey in it?

Turkey actually quit couple years ago and never coming back. It seems Azerbaijan has rigged the voting system in Turkey so Turkey was giving Azerbaijan 12 points 3 years straight. They quit protesting Azerbaijan.

Turkey is having their own Vision show now: TurkVision. Four countries: Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and a country doesn't exist.

Edit: Oh wait, they have cancelled that contest.
 

Fritz

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I demand that New Zealand is also allowed to compete. We could send Lorde or Ladyhawke or Bic Runga. Or to shake it up we send the All Blacks doing their haka.

Whom will Oz send? Kylie?

This is not how it works. Or why has the UK been losing and losing.
 
YES. I was so happy to see this coming true :)

Jessica Mauboy did a great work in the semis, that and Australia being a great fan of the contest, no wonder they'd want to participate.

And to the "Uguu Australia is not Europe" last time I checked, Israel wasn't part of it. They mostly add countries from the European Broadcasting Union, and Australia isn't part of it, but a friendly associate. Who knows, maybe we're going to get Worldvision Song Contest some time soon!
please make it happen
 

Vagabundo

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Damn, we only need the US to join and Ireland might have it's own little voting block. We've been stymied by those Easterners for too long now.
 

scamander

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If it's PAL territories NZ should be able to send someone over too. In fact we'll send Kim Dotcom - he thinks he makes music, and supposedly can speak a bit of German.

He is German, so I hope he can speak more than a bit of his own mother tongue.
You can keep him, though. :)
 

oti

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What if the US enters the contest?
What if the US sends Kanye West?
What if Kanye West loses to a Moldovian grandma singing about her cats?

That would be amazing.
 

Blobbers

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Hii guys, I haven't watched the Eurovision since Hard Rock Hallelujah won. In one sentence can you summarize for me everything that I've missed? xoxo
 

moai

Member
This situation looks a lot like when japan got invited to play copa america.
Makes no sense but it will be fun.
 

Xando

Member
What if the US enters the contest?
What if the US sends Kanye West?
What if Kanye West loses to a Moldavian grandma singing about her cats?

That would be amazing.

Imagine Kanye running up to the stage, "Imma let you finish Moldavian Grandma but i had one of the best songs of all time".
 

Joni

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Hii guys, I haven't watched the Eurovision since Hard Rock Hallelujah won. In one sentence can you summarize for me everything that I've missed? xoxo
MaNga, Lena, Loreen, Emmelie De Forest, Elaiza, Conchita,The Common Linnets, Tolmachevy Sisters, Jessy Matador.
 

Pachael

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It's yet another feather in SBS' cap after all their long-running work on this, the football, and to a smaller extent the Tour de France. Bless 'em.
 

XavandSo

Neo Member
Oh sweet! I'll be in Munich, Germany by the time of Eurovision. Hell yeah. I'm going to be as patriotic as I can be and drink really expensive, imported, VB.

I want Abbott to do a Hawke and tell everyone to take a sickie the day of Eurovision. It'll improve his polling.
 

Herne

Member
I'm surprised by how many people here seem to care about the Eurovision. Australia being allowed to enter is interesting, though.
 

oti

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I'm surprised by how many people here seem to care about the Eurovision. Australia being allowed to enter is interesting, though.

No one "cares" about Eurovision. It's stupid and has nothing to do with great music but it's tons and tons of fun. Just get some friends, drink if you need to and shout at the TV. I remember one year when we watched Eurovision at friend's house while her parents were on Mallorca or something. In the end the toilet was broken (someone was vomiting the whole evening) and some guys fell into the pool. That's Eurovision.
 
I love Eurovision but we're Australia.... we're not European :-/

It's like when we recently won the Asian cup in football/soccer - it's a competition we are in, but we're Australia we're more Oceania than "Asia".
 

Mohonky

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You guys ought to send Kylie. Instawin.

TISM leading Kylie by 37 times as many votes to send to Eurovision!!!

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment...ustralian-representative-20150212-13cgu7.html

They would never do it though :( They havent been together since 2004 and one of the members allegedly passed away (can never really confirm or deny that as their identities have never really been revealed outside conclusively except for one or two members). Though rumour has it they were all school teachers.

This would have been my choice for song though (extremely NSFW)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DN7Aqq0500
 
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