Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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Syncratic · #31 Post by **Syncratic** » Sun 09 Mar 2008, 5:25 pm

Riikka wrote:
Syncratic wrote:And they were the one's that didn't make it. Trust the UK to put forward a collection of depressingly middle of the road songs. When was the last decent British entry...?
1997?

God no! That was awful.

Janet Street-Porter · Sun 09 Mar 2008, 5:47 pm

Was there ever a decent British entry? Bucks Fizz were *memorable* but pretty crap really. I'd have Gary Glitter singing Young Girl backed by a choir of two hundred schoolgirls as our entry.

Kris · #33 Post by **Kris** » Sun 09 Mar 2008, 6:44 pm

I quite liked that Love City Groove entry from about 1995.

Undertaker · #34 Post by **Undertaker** » Sun 09 Mar 2008, 7:19 pm

Janet Street-Porter wrote:Was there ever a decent British entry? Bucks Fizz were *memorable* but pretty crap really. I'd have Gary Glitter singing Young Girl backed by a choir of two hundred schoolgirls as our entry.

Only if he didn't turn up looking like the cnut that he is.

Pete Sutcliffe for me, singing If i had a hammer.

Fugitive1979 · #35 Post by **Fugitive1979** » Sun 09 Mar 2008, 9:06 pm

Syncratic wrote:
Riikka wrote:
Syncratic wrote:And they were the one's that didn't make it. Trust the UK to put forward a collection of depressingly middle of the road songs. When was the last decent British entry...?
1997?

God no! That was awful.

But it won.

Kris wrote:I quite liked that Love City Groove entry from about 1995.

Me too.

Undertaker wrote:Pete Sutcliffe for me, singing If i had a hammer.

Nice one, Dave.

psb-freak · #36 Post by **psb-freak** » Mon 17 Mar 2008, 7:39 am

I think Sweden chose the wrong one to represent them. BWO should have won. They´re legendary and many more people know them than that woman who won.

Hillbilly · #37 Post by **Hillbilly** » Mon 17 Mar 2008, 1:00 pm

psb-freak wrote:I think Sweden chose the wrong one to represent them. BWO should have won. They´re legendary and many more people know them than that woman who won.

"Legendary"? Well... They are good, but they still have some years to go to match PSB!
Here is "Lay your love on me": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk-Pr3slSUc

Also, Charlotte Perrelli has already won ESC for Sweden! In 1999 Charlotte Nilsson, as her name was back then, took the victory with "Take me to your heaven". That was the last time we won, so maybe she can do it again! I think "Hero" is a very good song.

I had hoped for one of the excellent ballads to win, especially since Sweden's last ballad entry was ten years ago.

In fact it was the jury votes that settled the final result. Sanna Nielsen's "Empty room" ended up at second place, but it received the most telephone votes.

Sanna Nielsen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggpFs6Eq05k

My favourite was this one, by Sibel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AeTJdH-7Xs

Absolutely wonderful! My eyes get wet every time I hear it.

And if you haven't heard it yet, here is Sweden's ESC entry: "Hero" with Charlotte Perrelli: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFyipDHsmt0

Riikka · #38 Post by **Riikka** » Mon 17 Mar 2008, 5:19 pm

Charlotte's "Hero" sounds like an excellent song for the disco!!
Oh, how I miss dancing in a disco with some really good music.

It's such a long time when I've been in a party like that. That would be a very good birthday present. Sigh...

shamelessbehave · #39 Post by **shamelessbehave** » Sun 23 Mar 2008, 8:23 pm

Well, do you remember la Macarena? We have this for Eurovision:

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=d2sun973nfY

sneakythesnake · #40 Post by **sneakythesnake** » Tue 25 Mar 2008, 8:34 pm

That is as mad as the Irish song!

GalataPSB · #41 Post by **GalataPSB** » Sat 29 Mar 2008, 8:18 am

Cool Video

Mor ve Otesi - Deli (Official)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpR2qRKV5KM

GalataPSB · #42 Post by **GalataPSB** » Fri 23 May 2008, 7:42 am

First Semi-Final: The qualifiers

Greece
Romania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Finland
Russia
Israel
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Poland
Norway

Second Semi-Final: The Qualifiers

Ukraine
Croatia
Albania
Iceland
Georgia
Denmark
Sweden
Latvia
Turkey
Portugal

Danny C · #43 Post by **Danny C** » Fri 23 May 2008, 8:50 am

Kris wrote:I quite liked that Love City Groove entry from about 1995.

I remember that year. The LCG song was light years ahead of the other entries in just about every benchmark - lyrics, melody, artistic merit.

Needless to say, it finished about 15th, lost in the usual miasma of unlistenable Euroguff.

This competition will never have any credibility, for one simple reason: with a handful of notable exceptions, pop music from continental Europe is abysmal.

No Muscle Mary · #44 Post by **No Muscle Mary** » Fri 23 May 2008, 10:12 am

Pity our song got kicked out. Blast those semi-finals - it's no fun without the voting board!

Radiophonic · #45 Post by **Radiophonic** » Fri 23 May 2008, 11:32 am

Take Me To Your Heaven by Charlotte was the last ESC winner I went out and bought. Still like it today - one of the all time better ones.

I like her new one too - which was voted no.1 by Radio Times readers so I'm not alone.