Confess!!! Who is watching Eurovision

[dulcemariamar]

I am. It is Saturday night and I am watching it. :drink:

So who do you like?

I really like Spain. And I promise you I am not saying it because I live here.

Azerbaijan and Germany was good too.

[blushing]

Damn it! How long ago did it start?

[irish]

Started hours ago but now we've tuned into the best bit - the voting!!!

But, since when do the countries only specify the highest 3 votes??? That's my favourite part.... :-((

And we did tune in for Jedward... Loyalty...

[dulcemariamar]

It is annoying how people only vote for their neighbors. What is the point??

[irish]

I'm watching on bbc with Graham Norton doing commentary. For those that don't know him he is Irish, gay and very sarcastic!!
He predicted that Turkey would get the 12 points from Azerbaijan - they always do it! And now it's the Turkey votes.... 12 PTA to Azerbaijan? Yes, indeed it was!!

[irish]

And it's going to be embarrassing soon cos the UK always give Ireland 10/12 points but that isn't always reciprocated by Ireland! And I think this year is one of those years.... Yikes...

[centralperk]

Sweeeeddeeennn!!!!!!!!!

[crimsonandclover]

It might be on some obscure channel here, but I haven not started looking for it. We enjoyed watching it 2 years ago when the German chick won. I liked her song, too, and thought she deserved it.

[GilliC]

I got to watch it from Denmark on! There's a port strike in Oslo, so we had to dock in Gothenburg and take buses up this morning. The Swedish staff on the ship were going crazy, and I felt bad when I heard their boss reprimanding them later. It wouldn't be as much fun without the enthusiasm!

Especially since it was a lot of Norwegians, and we sure didn't get a lot of chances to cheer! You've got to love it when people go crazy over 1 point! But when we finally broke 0 the crowd in the theater was very excited!

[centralperk]

Gilli- FWIW I voted for Norway. I thought the song was really good and not at all deserving of the 7 points or whatever!

[popcorn]

I watched online.

Did not like Sweden AT ALL. Am I the only one?

I did enjoy Spain, Russia (it was actually quite fun), Germany, Ireland (I am embarrassed to say I loved every second of their out of sync freakshow!), and some others.

The Swedish performer looked like she was on downers to me...

[dulcemariamar]

Popcorn: I didnt understand the love for Sweden either. It was okay but I was surprised that she got so many votes.

I liked Germany. He was pretty cute and enjoyed the song. Russia was funny and I think they would make a good addition to any party.

[dorothyinAus]

Sorry, I was avoiding this thread until it was shown here in Australia. I really do not understand how Sweden won. It was a rather generic, forgettable song.

I was pulling for Denmark and Turkey, and had a soft spot for the Russian Grannies. DH liked the Ukraine.

[centralperk]

What?! Sweden's song was great. I'm offended. :-P

[wise_rita]

I liked Turkey a lot, too! I also really liked Ukraine.

Serbia was a snooze fest and I have no idea how they were so popular!

Norway did not deserve to be last!

[clickerish]

Holland! Except I only see it days later when people post things on FB since it's not on in the US on regular television...

[GilliC]

I think the Swedish song was pretty good (it's actually been a little overplayed around here) but I really didn't like the performance. It just seemed gloomy and kind of "off." Like the move at the end where it looks like they're setting up for the guy to lift her way up in the air, and then nothing really happens.

[GilliC]

I didn't understand the love for Serbia either. Unless they were voting for it because they had a dead ringer for Kenny G walking around in the background. Was I the only one who noticed that guy?!

[GilliC]

Okay, I decided to catch up and watch the semi-finals online. I'm doing it in order, so I started with Montenegro. W.T.F.?!

It's the Trojan Horse Thesaurus Song about European finance! I have no words. None. I just sat there watching it like



I can already tell that this year is full of WTF win!

[bugabean]

I liked Sweden's entry but not 100+-point-lead kinda like. I thought her 'dancing' was distracting, but, eh. I liked Serbia, Azerbaijan, and Spain. Although I don't normally go for the ballads, I thought they were well done for what they were. I liked Denmark a lot more than the rest of Europe did, apparently, but sorry, I didn't like Norway at all.

I love Jedward's spazztastic out-of-sync freakshow, too, though I liked "Lipstick" a lot more than this year's entry. Them and the "you've never seen before how looks that trumpet" song are pretty much the kind of thing I want to see when I watch Eurovision. And I liked Malta's little foot thing going on.

also…
Dear Sweden,
CYPRUS?

[elenetxu]

May 27, 2012 11:05:41 GMT -5 GilliC said:

Okay, I decided to catch up and watch the semi-finals online. I'm doing it in order, so I started with Montenegro. W.T.F.?!

It's the Trojan Horse Thesaurus Song about European finance! I have no words. None. I just sat there watching it like



I can already tell that this year is full of WTF win!

"I've got no ambition for high position in the competition."

Word.

Didn't catch that one last night. Definitely interesting, to say the least.

[centralperk]

Yeah, sorry about Cyprus. I have no idea how that happened. But someone said they had played that song on the radio here (?) so maybe that's why.

Bugabean - I LOVE LOVE LOVE your siggy gif. We were talking about that dance move all night. It was amazing, lol.

[bugabean]

Yeah, it was totally the highlight of the second semis and I was so pleased it made it through so I could watch it again. LOL

I did consider using this one instead but I like mine better.

[wise_rita]

I liked that Malta song/dance! That guy was adorable.

Cyprus did not impress, and Denmark definitely did not get the recognition she deserved.