May 17 2009

…and Norway wins…

Tag: EurovisionInsaneLampshade @ 3:37am

Predicting Eurovision is fairly easy these days…

“Norway is going to win by a landslide, with Turkey and Azerbaijan fighting for 2nd”

Actual results…

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…Norway wins by the biggest margin in Eurovision history, and Azerbaijan/Turkey fighting out for 2nd (almost, lol). Shame about Norway winning, because their song was kinda generic/boring, but i’m so glad Azerbaijan beat Turkey… their song was far better, and the girl was the hottest on the night.

Other things noted; my favourite song… Finland managed to come last, lol, it’s safe to say anything I like will never win Eurovision. And Romania managed to completely ruin their song for the final… the version on youtube had costume changes and everything, but the one they sung on the night just got rid of all of that, it kinda wrecked the song.

As for Graham Norton, he was mildly entertaining in places except for a couple of huge flaws… STOP SPEAKING OVER THE TOP OF THE HOSTS!!!! And not to mention the pointless interview with lord poncy ponce andrew lloyd webber (lack of capitalization deliberate)… I wanted to hear what the hosts had to say, not some interview with some irrelevant self-obsessed poncy c**tface for 5 minutes. Well done BBC for showing utterly no respect for the Russian hosts, I certainly hope it won’t be the same next year because that was a disgrace.


May 09 2009

Eurovision 2009 Predictions

Tag: EurovisionInsaneLampshade @ 15:15pm

This year shall be interesting without Terry Wogan, i think Graham Norton will be a good enough replacement, no it won’t be the same, but it’ll be more entertaining than having some random nobody commentating.

Anyway, having finally got around to quickly listening to the entries (nice to see they’ve finally allowed official videos on youtube this year), these are my extremely brief thoughts…

Montenegro – Not bad, quite like it.

Czech Republic – No.

Belgium – Hmm, no, dodgy Elvis.

Belarus – Still no.

Sweden – Average, could advertise for British Airways i suppose.

Armenia – Lifeless.

Andorra – Boring.

Switzerland – Average, but 2nd best so far i suppose.

Turkey – Another year, another standard Turkey song.

Israel – Average.

Bulgaria – Ok, who gave the drunk bard at the local LARP session a microphone? Song’s pretty naff, but i must admit the girl on stilts is kinda erotic, lol.

Iceland – Slightly above average, but not amazing.

FYR Macedonia – Macedonian Meatloaf? Song’s not too bad, but not great. Fire on stage is always good.

Romania – Like it. Probably joint favourite with Montenegro so far. Costume changes during song = win!

Finland – Ok, someone listened to me about fire, lol. Yes, pretty good!

Portugal – No.

Malta – No.

Bosnia & Herzegovina – No. Looks like some sort of trippy communist promotional video.

Croatia – Boring.

Ireland – Not bad, but something about the lead singer’s voice doesn’t quite fit with the song imo. =/ (and those tights are hideous)

Latvia – Well if it were the end of the world and everyone was on drugs i’m sure it’d be a fine song.

Serbia – Songs not very good, but +1 point for the hair, lol.

Poland – Average.

Norway – Average. Can’t believe this is the favourite. =/ No doubt Graham Norton is going to have a field day with it, lol.

Cyprus – Pretty bad.

Slovakia – Sounded like some people died in the audience during the song. I don’t blame them.

Denmark – Above average.

Slovenia – Sounded like some Final Fantasy boss music, not bad.

Hungary – Video is a bit dodgy, average song.

Azerbaijan – Pretty good song, better than Turkey’s anyway.

Greece – Average.

Lithuania – Average.

Moldova – Heh, fun little song i suppose.

Albania – Not bad.

Ukraine – No.

Estonia – Boring.

Netherlands – lol, not bad, they do look like they’ve just dressed up some people from a British pub though.

Germany – Ok if you’re into that kind of thing i guess.

United Kingdom – Boring.

France – Impressively boring. Well done France, you’ve just caused mass suicides across Europe.

Russia – Emo much? We’ve got enough of those idiots in the UK, go away.

Spain – Not bad.

Right well, my favourites are: Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, and my top favourite being Finland.

There’s no comedy songs this year. :(

Early indications seem to suggest Norway is going to win by a landslide, with Turkey and Azerbaijan fighting for 2nd…

a) I bloody well hope Norway don’t win.

b) Azerbaijan’s song is far far better than Turkey’s, Turkey cannot finish above Azerbaijan!


Dec 05 2008

Well it had to happen one day…

Tag: EurovisionInsaneLampshade @ 14:00pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7766310.stm

No Terry Wogan next year, that shall be a shame.


May 24 2008

Yet again i fail at predicting a Eurovision winner…

Tag: EurovisionInsaneLampshade @ 23:13pm

Russia won, definitely shouldn’t have.

Sweden should have won. Latvia were good, Armenia were good, Greece female was *ultra* cute, Russia sucked.

However the “party” i said would happen did… i count 8 people here in the house, lol.

Anyway… back to drinking beer since i’m now down £10 and the night is still young. Damn Russia.


Mar 18 2008

Eurovision 2008 cont…

Tag: EurovisionInsaneLampshade @ 1:04am

Thought it deserved it’s own post, lol… but after hearing the Swedish entry i seem to have changed my mind, lol, and i really think this song has a pretty good chance of winning.

Am i tempted to put my money where my mouth is this year (especially considering i’ve never successfully backed a song that’s won before, lol)… i think i am, i think Sweden will win.

Latvia’s entry is still entertaining though (much like Ukraine’s last year), it however won’t win.


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