Best night of telly in the year.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhgD6qO8yGw
yeah :D
That Austrian entry would make a mean Bond theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaolVEJEjV4
What has been seen cannot be unseen
I'm confused what is this?
They are entries in a eurowide song contest, put on telly to the whole of europe once a year- it's often a bit different.
Alas, my favourite song didn't make the final.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUoIT3Jcuro
Previous winners include....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh9NRGNhUU
Ι voted for Sweden XD
I went for Iceland.
Quote from: IamNotxChristine on May 10, 2014, 03:56:14 PM
What has been seen cannot be unseen
I'm confused what is this?
An Icon. And Hopfully a role model for a better tomorow.
A transexual has won eurovision once before of course.
Best think about Eurovision is the scoring at the end with votes coming in from all the participating countries. It takes forever but it's great fun.
Anyway, so far Conchita, the lady with the beard from Austria, is winning but with the Netherlands entry not too far behind.
I'm watching this on French television and ,interestingly, the female commentator refers to Conchita as "she" whereas the male commentator uses "he"...
#PoorFrance is trending worldwide.
UK commentator is using he but then, when they spurted confetti into his commentary booth he described it as 'the gay wedding I'll never get - it's in my wine.'
Loved the Austrian point giver wearing a knitted beard.
As for France, seems to be the beards are beating the moustaches.
I loved it when the Finnish guy was rapping and Graham Norton said "that wasn't at all embarrassing". My sister and I cracked up.
And it looks like our bearded babe wins.
Conchita WINS!!!!
Great result, can imagine that Russia are a little angry ;)
Man I felt so happy :)
Quote from: CJ on May 10, 2014, 05:31:10 PM
Great result, can imagine that Russia are a little angry ;)
Absolutely. The triumph of western decadence over the moral values of eternal Russia.. ;D
Good, wasn't it?
This article includes ministers calling Conchita a pervert and petitions to government's to edit out the Conchita bits... still the winner.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/eurovision-2014-ten-reasons-why-austrian-drag-queen-conchita-wurst-must-win-1447871
I didn't watch it because I was at work - but looked up the results and am happy :)
Not happy about the abuse Conchita is receiving though, there is no need!
the swedish and danish television used she about conchita.
I watched it on danish, swedish and alittle sign languarge just for fun. :) when the france was to give point the swedish sub said "I have no idea what she is saying but shes as tall as the tower"
Graham Norton's commentary was very entertaining as always. But I just didn't get all those 'jokes' about China that the presenters were making; what on Earth was that all about?
I felt kinda sorry for the girls representing Russia, because their government's policies are not their fault; they're not even old enough to vote! I hope they understand that they were booed not for their performance (which was actually pretty good), but for their country's policies. But at the same time, I was especially delighted to see all the rainbow flags waving in the audience throughout Russia's performance.
Can't wait to see how the Austrians decide to entertain us next year. Well done, Conchita!
I'm probably the only person in Kansas who watches Eurovision (thank you internet!). I'm glad Conchita won, but to be honest ... I was rooting for Ukraine (though I didn't know it until toward the very end because the image of the flag on my screen wasn't clear enough for me to tell so I was referring to it as "Song number 1" for the order it was shown). I just liked the song. Sweden had a good entry as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdAf2EjhRiE
Some parts of Russia did not take this very well, read this article today. Pre-warning it does contain some opinions of homophobic people.
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/russias-antigay-lobby-slams-eurovision-song-contest-winner-conchita-wurst/story-e6frfn09-1226913253519 (http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/russias-antigay-lobby-slams-eurovision-song-contest-winner-conchita-wurst/story-e6frfn09-1226913253519)
I don't understand what Eurovision is, is it like an EDM music festival..?
Oh ha ha! You lucky souls on this side of the pond have never heard of Eurovison?
It was a song contest started in the days of the Cold War as a way to promote European unity and such. Over the years it's morphed into quite a display of kitch. Sorry, but it doesn't have a very good reputation even in the countries that win it... I'm rather mortified by my home country's (Poland) entry this year.
Nevertheless, once in a while something special comes along.
Quote from: CJ on May 10, 2014, 05:31:10 PM
Great result, can imagine that Russia are a little angry ;)
Turns out that a bunch of her votes came from Russia, Armenia, and Belarus (the countries that were officially putting up the fuss about her participation), so things aren't as bad as all that:
http://www.theweek.co.uk/europe/eurovision-song-contest/58480/russias-eurovision-secret-out-voters-backed-conchita
Quote from: JesseG on May 12, 2014, 11:25:17 PM
Oh ha ha! You lucky souls on this side of the pond have never heard of Eurovison?
It was a song contest started in the days of the Cold War as a way to promote European unity and such. Over the years it's morphed into quite a display of kitch. Sorry, but it doesn't have a very good reputation even in the countries that win it... I'm rather mortified by my home country's (Poland) entry this year.
Nevertheless, once in a while something special comes along.
Turns out that a bunch of her votes came from Russia, Armenia, and Belarus (the countries that were officially putting up the fuss about her participation), so things aren't as bad as all that:
http://www.theweek.co.uk/europe/eurovision-song-contest/58480/russias-eurovision-secret-out-voters-backed-conchita
well I heard about it on facebook, and it seemed bizarre from the type of music events I am used to , I am into trance and progressive music and it's usually like DJs spinning live (I do as well, loving DJing) . I was not really compelled to check it out as I was busy with other stuff.
I thought this whole thing was just so fantastic. Good on her. I like the way she sort of did the beard thing too lol, she has a sense of humor, got to love that I think:)