Eurovision Song Contest

[Richard]

By request of Lana: VOTE for Russia! :)

http://www.eurovision.tv/english/index.htm


Semi final may 18, final may 20!

[hawley]

as euro chit songs go, this isnt that bad !

But lets keep it real, dont matter how many here vote , England will kick ass:music :banana :banana :banana :banana

[Max]

dont matter how many here vote , England will kick ass:music :banana :banana :banana :banana


Not a chance!

As Sir Terry Wogan says we are only country who do not take it seriously and all the 'New' countries in Europe gang up and vote for each other no matter how crap the song :)

Remind you of anyone? ;)

[Richard]

as euro chit songs go, this isnt that bad !

But lets keep it real, dont matter how many here vote , England will kick ass:music :banana :banana :banana :banana

You forgot one thing Hawley....

The Lana effect

[Geo]

By request of Lana: VOTE for Russia! :)

http://www.eurovision.tv/english/index.htm


Semi final may 18, final may 20!

And here are the votes from the MW jury :

Russia 10 votes
Ukraine 9 votes
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UK nil votes


That makes Russia the WINNER !!!!!! :flowers :flowers :flowers :flowers


:music :music :music :music


elephant :banana elephant :banana elephant :banana elephant :banana


:beer :beer :beer

[Richard]

Guys, semi final begins in 5 mins!

I'll see if i can post the VOTE RUSSIA info! :banana

[Richard]

2005 posts?


AHHHHHHH forgot to notice the magic 2000 :( shootself

Blin, new chance at post 2500

[BFofAKournikova]

2005 posts?


AHHHHHHH forgot to notice the magic 2000 :( shootself

Blin, new chance at post 2500

lol!!

remember the "old days" Rich, when we were racing to see who would get to 1000 first? hammersmas

[Richard]

Jep!

Da!

Aga!

Dafai!

And soon i noticed that i would loose the "race" :P

[Richard]

Blin..... No change for people outside Europe to vote.... No worries Jamie, i'll make an extra vote for Russia for you. Even when its a 900 number ;) :D

[Richard]

Here is Dima Bilan, Russians singer from tonight. I capped it, and put the file on Rapidshare:

http://rapidshare.de/files/20797494/dbilan.zip

And i did it for Lana, not changing orientation :D

[ora]

Richard!?! U run a little crazy? I stopped watchin this contest 20 yrs ago (or more??) cause I had to be completely drunk to follow it... was not as healthy but helped farting!
Take care & don t let urself be infected by smart ladies toooo much!!

[Max]

Here is Dima


Just who is this Dima guy? ;)

Be careful Rich, he will be after your phone number next. :D

[Richard]

:confused: scrredd scrredd scrredd scrredd Max.... Now i cant sleep of fear...

Lets hope my next post in this thread will call also :D

[Max]

Richard!?! U run a little crazy? I stopped watchin this contest 20 yrs ago (or more??) cause I had to be completely drunk to follow it... was not as healthy but helped farting!



You should watch it from the UK Ora.

Is not taken serious here largely due to years of commentary by Sir Terry Wogan who ridicules it non stop with very sarastic humour. Is only reason I watch it. :D

[Geo]

RUSSIA make it into final of Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday.




Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


:banana :banana elephant elephant :banana :banana elephant elephant :banana :banana


:music :music :music :music :music

Lana will be Happy :flowers littleange :flowers :flowers

[Richard]

Ok, with the risk that Lana will my head off ;) here's Ukraine, and to me more attractive then that Dima dude :D

http://rapidshare.de/files/20799871/tkarol.zip

[Richard]

Richard!?! U run a little crazy? I stopped watchin this contest 20 yrs ago (or more??) cause I had to be completely drunk to follow it... was not as healthy but helped farting!
Take care & don t let urself be infected by smart ladies toooo much!!

Too late big affection, ermmm infection here ;) :D

[Geo]

Ok, with the risk that Lana will my head off ;) here's Ukraine, and to me more attractive then that Dima dude :D

http://rapidshare.de/files/20799871/tkarol.zip



Richard, its been nice knowing you!!!!scrredd scrredd

What flowers do you like ? :flowers :flowers :flowers for your funeral :sarcastic :sarcastic


:beer :beer :beer

[Richard]

What flowers do you like for your funeral

This ones scrredd

[hawley]

Just who is this Dima guy? ;)





He is a pretty boy who spends 17 hours a day washing himself and getting his Mum to wash his clothes.. If he doesnt win the Euro contest, i'm sure he will win a contract to advertise "persil" or a other leading washing powder!!

Good news for the Mad Dog, betfair gave me a free £5 bet, so i told Lana i would bet it on Russia for her, i got her 20/1, now they are 12/1.

Shame England are goin to kick "lil pretty boys" butt tho:)

[Richard]

Blin, the Finland horror, creepshow won inmadwaygf inmadwaygf inmadwaygf


Russia second! claphands claphands claphands

[Max]

Blin, the Finland horror, creepshow won


:eek: :eek: :eek:

Rumour Jamie hacked into voting system and redirected votes to The Rocky Horror Show :wink

Second a good place. :)

[Geo]

Blin, the Finland horror, creepshow won inmadwaygf inmadwaygf inmadwaygf


Russia second! claphands claphands claphands

Yes, Finland with the Lordi monsters won the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Hard rock hallelujah.

:music :music :music :music

This will be one of Jamie's favorite bands now !!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Russia can a close second. (Sorry Lana, maybe next year).claphands

The final order of the songs were :

1. Finland
2. Russia
3. Bosnia & Herzegovina
4. Romania
5. Sweden
6. Lithuania
7. Ukraine
8. Armenia
9. Greece
10. Ireland
11. Turkey
12. FYR Macedonia
13. Croatia
14. Norway
15. Germany
16. Latvia
17. Switserland
18. Denmark
19. United Kingdom
20. Moldova
21. Spanje
22. France
23. Israel
24. Malta


UK came 19th, wirh 25 pts, not quite nil points :D :D :D

[BFofAKournikova]

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Rumour Jamie hacked into voting system and redirected votes to The Rocky Horror Show :wink

Second a good place. :)


lol I wouldn't do that to Lana! hammersmas


but those guys look pretty cool, even if the are a Gwar rip-off!! :p

[Geo]

Is this you jamie in disguise ? pimp pimp pimp

:eek: :eek: :eek:

:beer :beer :beer

[Richard]

Well, at least Russia was second, Netherlands didnt even made it to the finals ;)

[ora]

That was close, Rich! U did ur best-was right for No 2 & should have cost u a
huuge sum of mooneye!! Lady-Lane should be verry proud of u!But there was no chance against the martial Fins. Apocalyptica s brothers? I saw no " Hollande" in contest-list: why not voting for Germany (harrharr: bad joke!).
Funny idea to present a country-song... BTW: drummer of this band Olli Dittrich is 1 of my favourite comedians on TV: "Dittsche"- not to be translated in other languages; i is light dialect from Hamburg, so a Royal Dutch should understand half of it, minimum...
regards to the girls I know + greetz from oracle

[Richard]

Hehehehe: "Germany, no points" our favorit Dutch line ;) :D Da, bad joke also ;)

I und a bit of the dialect :D, i will give greeting to the girls, donno if i can make them tonight, i go to friends in a min.

CU Oracle!

[Max]

Well, at least Russia was second, Netherlands didnt even made it to the finals ;)


Pity their points guy did ;)

He must have smoked a stack before giving the Dutch votes! :D

[BFofAKournikova]

AP story on the Eurovision contest


Finns 'Turn the Amps Up,' Win Eurovision

ATHENS, Greece - There's a giant stadium, highly toned participants, intense rivalry and flag-waving fans from many nations.
It's not the Olympics: It's the Eurovision Song Contest, the annual kitsch extravaganza, known for its bland dance music and bubble-gum pop, that sees acts from 24 countries face off before tens of millions of television viewers.

But in a stunning upset for the contest that launched the Swedish group ABBA, a Finnish metal band with monster masks and apocalyptic lyrics won the contest late Saturday.

The band Lordi scandalized some of their compatriots when their song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" was chosen to represent the nation. At a press conference, the band's frontman said his plan for the final was to "scream louder. And turn the amps up."

"This is a victory for rock music ... and also a victory for open-mindedness," the band's lead singer, Mr. Lordi, said after the win — Finland's first. "We are not Satanists. We are not devil-worshippers. This is entertainment."

Combining crunchy guitars, a catchy chorus and mock-demonic imagery, Lordi is reminiscent of U.S. '70s stars KISS — an acknowledged inspiration of Mr. Lordi.

Band members never appear without their elaborate masks and makeup, and do not reveal their true names.

Lordi beat an unusually eclectic 24-nation field, which ranged from the perky pop of Danish teenager Sidsel Ben Semmane and Malta's Fabrizio Faniello to the balladry of Ireland's Brian Kennedy and the country-pop of Germany's Texas Lightning.

Regarded by many as the contest good taste forgot, Eurovision is adored by fans of camp everywhere.

"You don't imagine something so bad could be so good," said Carmela Pellegrino, an Australian who traveled to Athens from London to watch rehearsal ahead of Saturday's finale.

Since 1956, it has pitted European nations against one another in pursuit of pop music glory. Previous winners include '60s chanteuse Lulu, ABBA — victors in 1974 with "Waterloo" — and Canada's Celine Dion, who won for Switzerland in 1988.

Saturday's showdown was broadcast live in 38 countries to a TV audience estimated at 100 million. Some 13,000 fans packed the indoor arena used during the 2004 Olympic Games, from Goth supporters of Lordi to cowboy-hatted Germans supporting Texas Lightning. Some 3,000 police officers were on duty for the event.

NBC announced plans earlier this year to replicate the formula — a forerunner of "American Idol"-style talent contests — in the United States, with acts from different states competing for viewers' approval.

The European Broadcasting Union, which runs Eurovision, said it was in talks with NBC over rights. If successful, the American version could go ahead as early as this fall, said the group's director of television, Bjorn Erichsen.

Athens staged the event because Greece won last year in Kiev, Ukraine.

Lordi received a trophy shaped like an ancient Greek column, and the show opened with a garish musical number inspired, organizers said, by Greece's rich history, mythology and sparkling seas. The hosts — Greek pop singer Sakis Rouvas and "Access Hollywood" correspondent Maria Menounous — made their entrance by "flying" onto the set, which resembled an ancient theater.

Some of the acts, like Switzerland's Six4One, stuck to the classic Eurovision formula of catchy tunes and blandly uplifting lyrics, singing, "If we all give a little, we can make this world a home for everyone."

Ireland's Brian Kennedy offered a syrupy ballad entitled "Every song is a cry for love," while Bosnia's Hari Mata Hari said it hoped to bring people together with the love song "Lejla."

Some acts were more daring: Latvia's Cosmos perform a cappella on "I Hear Your Heart." Others were optimistic: "We are the Winners," by Lithuania's LT United, consists largely of the lyrics "We are the winners of Eurovision."

Yet Eurovision victory is no guarantee of fame.

Dion and ABBA went on to glory — as did Olivia Newton John, who lost to ABBA while competing for Britain in 1974. Other winners have sunk without trace, victims of the "curse of Eurovision."

Many of this year's competitors are big stars in their home region but little known elsewhere. Swedish diva Carola — a previous winner, in 1991 — has sold millions of records, while Lithuania's Andrius Mamontovas has performed for crowds of 60,000 in his homeland.

[BFofAKournikova]

for anyone who hasn't seen the winning performance.....or for the old farts who want to relive the horror :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPVh0rZCti0&feature=Views&page=1&t=t&f=b


this band & song rocks!!:banana peace :music peace :banana

[BFofAKournikova]

an earlier Eurovision performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NG3bzjVz_A&search=lordi


lol check out this commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOokujTqLJI&search=lordi


the music video for Hard Rock Hallelujah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY7F84bhNEg&search=lordi

[Richard]

for anyone who hasn't seen the winning performance.....or for the old farts who want to relive the horror :D



No, nightmare's are only good for one night!

:wink

[BFofAKournikova]

LOL I found an interesting article on Lordi

especially the part I highlighted


They have eight-foot retractable latex Satan wings, sing hits like "Chainsaw Buffet" and blow up slabs of smoking meat on stage. So the heavy-metal band Lordi expected a reaction when it was chosen to represent Finland at Eurovision, the European song competition that launched Abba and Celine Dion.

But the Finnish monster band did not imagine its selection would inspire a national identity crisis.

First, Finnish religious leaders warned that the Freddie Kruger look-a-likes could inspire Satanic worship. Then critics called for President Tarja Halonen to use her constitutional powers to veto the band and nominate a traditional Finnish folk singer instead. Rumors even circulated that the five members of Lordi were KGB agents sent by Vladimir Putin to destabilize Finland before a Russian coup and that explained why they refused to take off their freakish masks in public.

The backlash migrated to Greece, winner of last year's Eurovision and site of the next contest, in Athens in August. An anti-Lordi movement called Hellenes urged the Finnish government to "say 'no' to this evil group." One young Finn calling himself Suomi (Finland in Finnish) wrote to a newspaper blog saying: "If Lordi wins Eurovision, I am leaving the country."

The lead singer, Lordi, a former film student who goes by the name Tomi Putaansuu when not wielding a blood- spurting electric chainsaw, is philosophical about the uproar.

The affair, he says, has exposed the insecurity of a young country whose language is spoken by only six million people worldwide and whose sense of identity has been dented by being part of the Swedish kingdom and the Russian empire until gaining independence in 1917. Most Finns, he adds, would rather be known for Santa Claus than heavily made-up monster mutants.

"In Finland, we have no Eiffel Tower, few real famous artists, it is freezing cold and we suffer from low self-esteem," said Lordi, who has horns protruding from his face mask and sports black fingernails 15 centimeters, or 6 inches, long.

As he stuck out his tongue menacingly, his red demon eyes glaring, Lordi was surrounded by Kita, an alien- man-beast predator who plays flame- spitting drums from inside a cage; Awa, a blood-splattered ghost who howls back-up; Ox, a zombie bull who plays bass; and Amen, a mummy in a rubber loincloth who plays guitar.

Dragging on a cigarette, Lordi added, "Finns nearly choked on their cereal when they realized we were the face Finland would be showing to the world."

Often derided as a showcase of kitsch, Eurovision is one of the most watched television programs in the world. It pits pop groups from all over Europe and the Middle East against one another, with the winner decided by popular vote by more than 600 million television spectators.

It is not the first time the contest, which premiered in 1956, has spawned discontent. Last year's Ukrainian entry song was rewritten after being deemed too political because it celebrated the Orange Revolution. When Dana International, an Israeli transsexual won in 1998 with her hit song "Diva," rabbis accused her of flouting the values of the Jewish state.

But not everyone in the country views the monster squad as un-Finnish. Some Finns say Lordi is right at home, and that its use of flaming dragon-encrusted swords and exploding baby dolls express the warrior spirit of the Vikings.

Alex Nieminen, a Finnish ad executive, says the band harks back to the Hakkapeliittas, a legendary Finnish cavalry unit that fought as part of the Swedish Army in the 17th century. He argues that the slasher-film wannabes embody Finnish self-assertion after decades of isolation.

"Lordi represents a rebellion by Finns who are saying, 'Hey, we are not all the Nokia-wielding people the government would like you to think we are,'" Nieminen says.

Lordi won the right to go to Athens with its Kiss-inspired anthem "Hard Rock Hallelujah," with its English-language lyrics, "Wings on my back/I got horns on my head/my fangs are sharp/ and my eyes are red."

The Finns' fascination for Lordi may reflect their eternal hope after coming in last at Eurovision eight times. Some Finns rank that on a level with national humiliations like the nation's appeasement of the Soviet Union or losing in hockey to Sweden.

Finns attribute their Eurovision losing streak to the fact that contestants have typically sung in their mother tongue, a difficult Uralic language in which words with three umlauts are not uncommon.

"Finland, zero points" has become a source of deep embarrassment in the nation's psyche," says Ilkka Mattila, the country's leading music critic. "So Lordi's success must be understood as a vote by people who feel we have nothing to lose."

Finns are so uncomfortable with themselves, says a Finnish European Parliament member, Alexander Stubb, that when they meet you for the first time, they stare at their own feet. Then, after 10 years of friendship, they stare at your feet.

But there is little risk anyone, Finnish or otherwise, will stare at Lordi's furry platform demon boots, he adds, noting that Lordi could embarrass Finland when it takes over the European Union presidency in July.

Timo Soini, head of the party of "Ordinary Finns," a traditionalist party from rural Finland, says Lordi has attracted criticism because Finns are so thin-skinned about how others perceive them.

"Finns are suspicious when they see someone new come to play in their sandbox," he explains. "And that is particularly the case when that someone looks like a monster."

While other young boys in Lapland were playing hockey, Lordi played with his toy Barbie doll and began experimenting with makeup. In film school he became obsessed with horror films and the heavy metal bands Kiss and Twisted Sister. Like his fellow metal heads, Lordi hoped that transgression would sell big. But he says it took 10 years to get a record deal because Finnish labels were so turned off by the band's appearance.

Under their masks, the band members are quintessential Finns. Awa, the ghost, is a soft-spoken blond who wears glasses and studied classical music. Even Lordi himself, who sports a black leather jacket when not donning his reptile lapels, says his music is closer to gospel than Satan. After all, one of the band's hit songs is, "The devil is a loser."

"Even if we lose the contest, we have already won," Lordi says. "Many Finns would rather have sent someone boring and acceptable than to be represented by freaks like us."

[BFofAKournikova]

BF: What happend with your poll about OS-hockey? :cool: :D ...hehe.
WM and Olympic Games in hockey... That's a real contest/competition!
And Sweden is the first nation to win them both....same year.
No one can ever beat that.... :thumbsup


da!
congrats to the Sweden hockey team!! they kicked ass this year!!

but so did Lordi! ;)