Eurovision Song Contest

[aquarius moon]

My money's on Russia & Norway (not a lot, but nice to win something on the best songs)

Very worried about Sweden (great on-stage visuals, sexy man, average song)

Little bit worried about Italy (nice song, classical 'Il Divo' type sexy men)

Not at all worried about UK ( always quite bad, this year appalling)

Opinions?

[Loz]

I actually quite like the UK song. Best we've had in years (though that's not difficult).

[aquarius moon]

You & me disagree on most things Loz, so am I surprised?

It will still be cool to compare notes later on. Will you be watching?

[keekybreeks]

since finland failed to progress, eurovision is dead to me

[aquarius moon]

I didn't realise you were from Finland KB!

Norway isn't far from there. Can you please put a spell on them to win instead (or Russia!) ;-)

[DulwichFox]

Here we go.. Haven't heard this yet..

[Loz]

Pretty much dross so far. Lithuania and UK best at the moment, though the girl in the UK entry looked like she'd never performed on stage before.

[Loz]

Serbia was described on Twitter as "like Adele and Lady Gaga all rolled into one", which sums it up quite well.

Norway was truly boring.

Sweden - good song (could even chart with a remix), clever staging. Could be a winner.

[keekybreeks]

serbia

sweden

[Loz]

I think Bruno Mars might be consulting his lawyer about the Aussie entry. Could be a contender, though.

[aquarius moon]

Loz Wrote:

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> Sweden - good song (could even chart with a

> remix), clever staging. Could be a winner.

That's what I'm afraid of. Staging may earn the votes.

Norway boring? No, it was fab! Too early to stand a chance unfortunately, but fingers crossed.

Russia then. No 25 so in good position. Best song. Just depends if they get the votes.

[Loz]

Up until Spain it was a bit of a run of entries with no hope of winning going on with not much standing out.

[aquarius moon]

I agree about Spain. It was good.

But you haven't heard Russia yet!

[BunnyBurrow]

EEEieEEEo!

[Loz]

Georgia wasn't too bad.

Azerbaijan seems to have the bastard child of Robbie Williams and Shane Warne as a dancer.

[maxxi]

All very dreary and a little too earnest so far (apart from mad botox man); where's the bonkers?*

*Sentence to be read in eurovis fashion- start in minor key, breathy and mucho vibrato then build to the one note you can belt out and gi' it laldy - hold for 8 seconds - cue audience drones on feet cheering and sobbing. Job done.

ETA: Russia must win prize for most vomit-inducing pap so far.

[aquarius moon]

So, Russia to win?!

[Loz]

Russia could definitely be in with a shot. Unless the issue of half of Europe not liking Russia much at the moment lowers their vote significantly.

Still Sweden and Serbia for me, with Australia and Russia doing well and the UK scoring a decent mid-table mediocrity.

[maxxi]

Montenegro - the only true eurovis song (apart from that mad waitress third second from the end*) in a glut of X-Factor does Eurovision glitzy rip-off lameness.

Should have watched the semis.

*Albania, that was her - spirited beats tuneful any day.

[Loz]

The Latvian howling banshee entry was pretty much classic bat-crap weird Eurovision stylee.

[aquarius moon]

1) Russia 2) Norway 3) Italy 4) Sweden 5) Spain

Have you a top 5 maxxi?

[Loz]

1) Sweden

2) Russia

3) Serbia

4) Australia

5) Germany

12ish) GB

[Loz]

... a little bit out on Germany and GB!

Good to see the old voting blocs starting to break down.

[camberwell70]

Estonia had a Lee & Nancy thing going on.

[aquarius moon]

I said in my first post that I was worried about Sweden & Italy and they both finished in the top 3 with Russia!

Well done for picking the winner Loz.

And it was nice to have your company throughout the programme ;-)