Hesemonni
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No videos there, but interesting stuff nonetheless.http://www.eurovision.tv/page/results
Looks like we were ditched by juries and even televoting did not do any good
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Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen |OT| The Queen of Europe rises
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SecretMoblin
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Worth noting the winners of the Marcel Bezonçon awards, voted on by the press and commentators: Austria won "Best Song" and The Netherlands won both the "Artistic Award" and the "Composer Award".
also performer reactions immediately after the results were announced
also performer reactions immediately after the results were announced
So what's GAF's verdict on this year's Eurovision?
I thought there were more crazy entries last year, but more decent songs this year. My siblings were reading descriptions of last year's Eurovision and they seem to make it crazier than it sounds, although only in paper. I did like last year's though... more than 2012's.
This year, we actually had good entries. I was personally a fan of The Netherlands. I was fine with Armenia although I really did not want it to win. Malta, Finland, and Denmark I thought had great entries. Despite that, we also had our set of crazies (Iceland topping the cake, Belarus topping the cheesecake, Poland... the butter?). Online reactions to Armenia was also funny. It literally went from "Shit, I don't want another ballad!" to "Holy fuck, that escalated quickly, WUB WUB WUB a perfect dubstep song for stalkers."
The results were much more unpredictable too. I was so sure Armenia had it in the bag, that Netherlands won't even make it to Top 10. During the show, it was clear Conchita was going to win, but the Netherlands catching up at points made it unpredictable.
The boos to Russia I thought were entertaining but a little to extreme though. It was still interesting to realize what the general sentiments were against Russia's recent actions (although to be fair, this show does cater to audiences that Russia is trying to persecute).
So yeah, I thought this year's Eurovision was enjoyable. I would have done with more crazy entries though.
I thought there were more crazy entries last year, but more decent songs this year. My siblings were reading descriptions of last year's Eurovision and they seem to make it crazier than it sounds, although only in paper. I did like last year's though... more than 2012's.
This year, we actually had good entries. I was personally a fan of The Netherlands. I was fine with Armenia although I really did not want it to win. Malta, Finland, and Denmark I thought had great entries. Despite that, we also had our set of crazies (Iceland topping the cake, Belarus topping the cheesecake, Poland... the butter?). Online reactions to Armenia was also funny. It literally went from "Shit, I don't want another ballad!" to "Holy fuck, that escalated quickly, WUB WUB WUB a perfect dubstep song for stalkers."
The results were much more unpredictable too. I was so sure Armenia had it in the bag, that Netherlands won't even make it to Top 10. During the show, it was clear Conchita was going to win, but the Netherlands catching up at points made it unpredictable.
The boos to Russia I thought were entertaining but a little to extreme though. It was still interesting to realize what the general sentiments were against Russia's recent actions (although to be fair, this show does cater to audiences that Russia is trying to persecute).
So yeah, I thought this year's Eurovision was enjoyable. I would have done with more crazy entries though.
Agreed. This is why we can't have nice things. In Eurovision at least. Those girls really seemed they can sing without any stupid behavior, they also won Junior Eurovision. They were among few talents who brought last night some professionalism and not fucking Russian politics.
It's probably unfair to them, but it's how these things go. If you're representing a whole country on an international level and the country screws up, you're in for repercussions even if you didn't do anything on a personal level.
The booing was probably more appropriate during Russia's points segment, though, but less effective.
zeopower6
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Conchita - 'little c**t'
Wurst - penis
So I assume that was the inspiration behind the name, lol.
EDIT: http://live.wsj.com/video/eurovisio...rst/75B7D163-8F5D-4BD9-825B-26B4D570DC70.html
Looks like it was a totally unintentional coincidence?!
Wurst comes from slang for 'I don't care/it's not important' in Austria/Germany and she had a friend in Cuba that she asked 'What is the name of a woman that everyone wants to go out with?' and her friend replied 'Concha'. But she didn't like that so her friend mentioned that 'Conchita' would be better sounding and her name was born.
Bomber Bob
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I welcome our new queen!
Lovely Salsa
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Conchita - the persona he created - is Colombian.
I just read that Conchita got the most votes from the German audience but was rated rather low by the German jury, so thats why she only got like 5 points from Germany. I know there is no block voting amongst the germanspeaking countries but I was kinda wondering about the low points she got from here.
I liked the song, but I did think the performance yesterday was pretty weak. Even with that though, I feel like it deserved to do a lot better than it actually did.
Really enjoyed this years. Songs I liked. Russia, Austria, Sweden, Poland. I even liked the UK entry for a change. Poor France deserved more points though. Twin Twin had a good catchy tune and they're a great band (Their album is on Spotify). I did feel sorry for the Russian girls. They didn't deserve the booing they got.
Pleased for the winner too. Felt a bit like the year Lordi won (God bless Lordi. Best Eurovision ever)
Pleased for the winner too. Felt a bit like the year Lordi won (God bless Lordi. Best Eurovision ever)
You just cannot imagine the media/general public outburst over this. Every other day of the year everyone rips on the Eurovision and acts like they don't care, but this week suddenly it became the hottest topic because we've sent tits and somehow this was supposed to show the direction the Europe is taking and become a battle between beautiful Slavic women and woman with a beard. Or something. It's hilarious.
The dumb in the comments on major news sites battles YouTube and I'm not even joking. I love long wall of text tirades with a clause "it's not like I care about the contest". Incredible, simply incredible.
The dumb in the comments on major news sites battles YouTube and I'm not even joking. I love long wall of text tirades with a clause "it's not like I care about the contest". Incredible, simply incredible.
Woke up with the chorus to Finland's song playing in my head, it wouldn't make a half bad Killers song. Will listen to fo sho. Armenia, Poland maybe France will get some play as well.
To anybody in the know: Isn't there something like an unofficial national selection runner up songs competition "held" every year? Anybody got this years results? I kinda want to see what we missed out on.
To anybody in the know: Isn't there something like an unofficial national selection runner up songs competition "held" every year? Anybody got this years results? I kinda want to see what we missed out on.
SporeCrawler
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n00bsauce87
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Gonna try and go for the whole 10 hours, wish me luck. It's actually not as bad as most 10 hour youtube vids
Who am I kidding. Maybe 1 hour. Maybe
It's been a steady expansion during the years both in number of posts and individual posters.
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year 2007* 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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* A thread from 2006 was used for the 2007 event, numbers cover both years.Netherlands was this year's "My taste in music is far too sophisticated for me to enjoy that crap called Eurovision, but this song is ok". I liked the song.
Overall the show had better songs than last year, best song Austria, best party song Greece, best "YEAH!" song Poland. The right song won but the rules regarding the national juries need some adjustments. Germany wanted to give Austria 12 points, the jury pushed her to only 7 points. Poland got robbed, Greece got robbed, every song that wasn't a ballad got robbed. Make the jury votes count 25% of the overall votes or something.
And Denmark was a pretty bad host. After Germany and Sweden the three hosts were boring and that ladder thing.
Overall the show had better songs than last year, best song Austria, best party song Greece, best "YEAH!" song Poland. The right song won but the rules regarding the national juries need some adjustments. Germany wanted to give Austria 12 points, the jury pushed her to only 7 points. Poland got robbed, Greece got robbed, every song that wasn't a ballad got robbed. Make the jury votes count 25% of the overall votes or something.
And Denmark was a pretty bad host. After Germany and Sweden the three hosts were boring and that ladder thing.
On the other hand, the show looked bloody amazing. That floor, damn.
Eh, I thought Denmark did fine job. The female host especially was really great and I liked for example the Australia show in the 2nd semi. Also the "postcards" between songs were done beautifully and the stage was nice too.
I thought this was a pretty weak year. I was more of a fan of the outrageous gay vampire last year than the bearded lady in this and 2012 had such a good field that Loreen wasn't even my favorite. The Netherlands' entry may have been a bit unassuming, but it was expertly produced. A song that could easily chart outside of the Eurovision, making the other songs seem amateurish in comparison. That worked in its favor. The ESC is slowly but steadily becoming about actually good songs instead of campy schlock (the winners maybe notwithstanding), and the audience vote seems to reflect this.
Yeah, you're right. Stage was cool (Germany's stage in 2011 was waaaay too much), it's just that the jokes were... bad. Lordi and the kids were amazing though!
We'll never get anything as gigantic and crazy as Russia's stage in 2009. That thing had 40% of the whole world's existing LED displays.Yeah, you're right. Stage was cool (Germany's stage in 2011 was waaaay too much), it's just that the jokes were... bad. Lordi and the kids were amazing though!
SecretMoblin
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man, mariya yaremchuk is just stunning
"sorry, I'm just so... I'm so hot, sorry"
I also really like vilija matačiūnaitė from lithuania because she does a million different things and is really fun and I kinda liked the trainwreck that was her song
good year, mediocre hosts, solid results
"sorry, I'm just so... I'm so hot, sorry"
I also really like vilija matačiūnaitė from lithuania because she does a million different things and is really fun and I kinda liked the trainwreck that was her song
good year, mediocre hosts, solid results
Something like welcoming China according to YT comments.
SquiddyCracker
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Molly was just way too bland.
The UK need to stop trying to hype up every year's entry, because it doesn't matter how much they try to hype their entries as we can't vote for them anyway.
Instead, it just sets unrealistic expectations and inevitable disappointment.
There's some really shady shit with the jury voting btw, like Albania having 100% jury votes because of "insufficient televotes". Poland & France were def. robbed of points because of the juries.
The UK need to stop trying to hype up every year's entry, because it doesn't matter how much they try to hype their entries as we can't vote for them anyway.
Instead, it just sets unrealistic expectations and inevitable disappointment.
There's some really shady shit with the jury voting btw, like Albania having 100% jury votes because of "insufficient televotes". Poland & France were def. robbed of points because of the juries.
SpoonyBard
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The Finnish entry had the best chorus out of the whole bunch, too bad the verses were less interesting. I didn't watch se semi-finals, so se maybe I missed the more... memorable entries, but most of the stuff in the finals was pretty bland. Well, the Polish entry was not as easily forgettable as the rest, but the song was shit.
UtterlyPerplexed
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Poland not doing any better than they did is no loss. No amount of masking with tits can disguise what is a piece of irredeemable shite. But if Poland's tourism industry goes up even marginally after this month, hooray for them.
Feel a little bad for Molly, because apparently she didn't want to do this in the first place, until the producers allowed her to write her own song. It's not a bad song, but it doesn't stand out in any way, and by the time she went up to perform, most people would have long settled on their choices by then. Rather than the song lineup going out with a bang, it went out with a fizzle.
Oh, and that Mariya GIF <3 <3 <3
Ukraine needs to send in a guy next year (providing it's not annexed by then!), because I can't handle the Ukrainian hotness. I'm still trying to recover after Zlata, but they send in Mariya, and Zlata pops up during the voting process.
Feel a little bad for Molly, because apparently she didn't want to do this in the first place, until the producers allowed her to write her own song. It's not a bad song, but it doesn't stand out in any way, and by the time she went up to perform, most people would have long settled on their choices by then. Rather than the song lineup going out with a bang, it went out with a fizzle.
Oh, and that Mariya GIF <3 <3 <3
Ukraine needs to send in a guy next year (providing it's not annexed by then!), because I can't handle the Ukrainian hotness. I'm still trying to recover after Zlata, but they send in Mariya, and Zlata pops up during the voting process.
Fantastic atmosphere last night. Almost impossible to hear what the hosts said but maybe that was for the better?
This. I'm still finding confetti in odd cracks.
Hot Coldman
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Half the entries this year were super bland. It was like an X Factor final.
UtterlyPerplexed
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So what sort of wrath are we expecting from Russia for this?
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Hoping for the silent treatment.
snoopeasystreet
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Thought the songs were pretty this year overall. I liked Hungary and Switzerland's most out of all them but there were no real bangers. At least Iceland and France had fun with it.
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yup, despite all the cheese of the song - that fire wings stuff still gives me goosebumps every time I see it.
That glamour, Conchita so totally owned it, fabulously
Souldriver
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Q: why was Denmark a bad host?
Because purely based on the stage design, this year was an amazing edition. Goddamn, the imagery used with the diamonds/cubes was spectacular. Just the way every song introduction happened: the country flag transformed into a diamond, which perfectly aligns with the strips of light of the stage and then the bright lights falling down to make the stage dark when the song starts.
It was all very well scripted and designed.
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