..go Lena, let's pretend it's your birthday.
Well so far the Ukrainian entry is my favorite closely followed up by Turkey. 
Anyone else watching the Eurovision Song Contest?
Are you watching it to know what song to put as your ringtone next? -.-
I don't give a shit about ringtones...
In other news, Lena just won.
I'm drinking a Siegesbier. 
Who's Lena?
I know some, but I'm quite certain they're not singers..
Hehehehe, Tapier, we won the Songcontest. Next year Berlin, juhu...
Who was the other one that won the song contest? Ralpf hu hä hu.....
It soesn't matter. We've won! Who could have expected that (except me of course). Lena is king of metal...no..king of eurovision.
Ah,f***, it's all Stefan Raabs fault...
What are "toe naits" and why does she paint them?
"Toe nails" and who cares? Apparently everybody loves her.
And yeah, screw Ralph Siegel and Nicole, Raab rules and Lena rocks.
Greetings, Matthew.
Yeah me and my buddy dennis just watched the eurovision and normally we loose in place 20 or worse and then we drink beer to feel better. But perhaps we win and now we don't now what to do. OK, we knew the song was good(Dennis expected it in the top 10 , me in the top 5). And now we have do drive to Berlin for the next contest...you come along??
OK, we knew the song was good(Dennis expected it in the top 10 , me in the top 5)
Correction: We knew the song would cater to the mainstream taste. I must admit though, the more I listen to it, the more it's growing on me. Been listening to it in repeat mode for about an hour now.
And now we have do drive to Berlin for the next contest..
Oh yes. The deal was that if Germany wins, we'd go to see the show for next year. The horror. (imagine two die hard metal fanboys going to a pop-show)
That's mainstream? Damn I thought it was metal.....Okay, we go to Berlin, hear that creepy song contest and then cut our hair to hear german folk music and jump into the spree with shoes made of 'beton'. Or better: Get drunk to 'ertragen' the horrofying music. Btw: I'm sure we can drink with my uncle.....(at least I hope)or my aunt or someone else of the guys I shall have a connection with. Did you know I'm the brother of Lena? No? I thought so......
Looks like she had stiff competition:
Is this a serious competition, or is it just a bunch of cheese balls? Because I sincerely hope this is not the best Europe has to offer in terms of live entertainment... 
At least they're hotter than Susan Boyle.
Is this a serious competition, or is it just a bunch of cheese balls? Because I sincerely hope this is not the best Europe has to offer in terms of live entertainment...
It's a pretty big thing over here and has been around since 1956. Lot's of money in and hype around it. The entertaining part is watching them trying so hard and to see them fail.
There are reasons for why the songs and performances in the contest are like they are. The wikipedia article sums it up pretty well:
Because the musical songs are playing to such a diverse international audience with contrasting musical tastes, and that countries want to be able to appeal to as many people as possible to gain votes, the majority of the songs have historically been middle-of-the-road pop. Deviations from this formula have rarely achieved success, leading to the Contest gaining a reputation for its music being "bubblegum pop". This well-established pattern, however, was notably broken in 2006 with Finnish hard rock band Lordi's landslide victory. As Eurovision is a visual show, many performances attempt to attract the attention of the voters through means other than the music, sometimes leading to bizarre on stage.
Yes, Wikipedia nailed it. And I think it pretty well explains the justification of the whole event. I didn't watch the final show this year, but I saw some of the performances in the semifinals. And they were bad. Among the bad ones were Sweden and Finland. And I did see some of the final performances. and they were much better. So I think the 2 stage system works.
To me there is well done music and there is poorly done music. I usually enjoy listening to well done music. I usually don't enjoy listening to poorly done music. For me the criteria for well done music are usually related to music theory, both in small details like proper using of chords or singing in tune, or in larger things like structure. Same applies to lyrics.
But then we have music that doesn't meet the criteria. It might be deliberately bad, like in punk rock. When it still turns out to appeal to me, I have a feeling that it would need its own theory. The music might also be unintendedly bad and it still might appeal to me, but this doesn't happen very often. It might be something completely ridiculous and terrible, like Florence Foster Jenkins. Or it might be a 3 year old kid doing the best he can and enjoying it. Or it might be a singer-songwriter doing his own songs with a voice not suitable for anything else.
Listening to Finland's and Sweden's artists and their songs, I found several faults that simply were faults that should have been done better. Weak singers, bad structure in the songs, faults that didn't turn out to be interesting and peculiar details that would have lifted the songs above the greyness.
Apparently everybody loves her.
I took one look at her in that video and the way she looks at the camera in an attempt to manipulate the viewer's feelings and thought, "How disgusting." I had to stop watching.
I guess it works on most people 
(Am I turning into Derezo? 
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I took one look at her in that video and the way she looks at the camera in an attempt to manipulate the viewer's feelings and thought, "How disgusting." I had to stop watching.
I didn't really notice. The song was so terrible that everything else seemed good in comparison.
There was no song in this competition to grab your attention. Lena's song was average, but the commentator said it's a big hit in the clubs. So I presume younger people decided this one being the best song.
It's a pretty big thing over here and has been around since 1956.
Most British people consider it to be an abomination. I don't buy Wikipedia's explanation. It's not "middle-of-the-road pop" it's foulest middle-of-wheel cheese.
"How disgusting." I had to stop watching.
I thought the contrast of cocksure bitch with hilariously chavvy sounding German accent to be almost endearing. 
Am I turning into Derezo?
Well yes, in the sense that you appear to think you can read minds .
She seems cute. 
The singing wasn't bad.
For once I agree with bamcage.
You're not the first one to do that.
Wow. Try searching for "I agree with kibiz0r" or any other non-bamccaig member...
It's more political votes than anything else, even if the German song isn't that bad.
hi gullradriel how are you
Is this a serious competition, or is it just a bunch of cheese balls?
It's the most dreadful thing ever, and to make matters worse millions is pumped into it every year by the 'big' european countries (Britain, Germany, France) and the end result is usually that each country votes for it's friend (the past few years have been eastern european given all the tiny little Russian off-shoots are in. So as a competition it's largely rigged.
As for seriousness, there's a couple of big ironies in that it's meant to showcase european diversity, culture and individuality. Yet they all sing in English and Britain usually comes last given the rest of Europe hate us (though this year we deserved to be last as it was really bad - but what do you expect when it was made by the creator of Rick Astley.)
the creator of Rick Astley
You mean his mum?
You mean his mum?
Well, I suspect she's got more musical abilities than stock aitken and waterman put together.
Ah well, the boring everyday life continues. The hype, the magic and the surprise of the weekend is gone. Seriously who would have thought Germany could win this after being so crappy for the past 500 years?
Now we'll just have to win the Soccer World Cup as well.
after being so crappy for the past 500 years?
I wouldn't say that! You've got Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms...
Now we'll just have to win the Soccer World Cup as well.
Well, you don't have your cheating goalkeeper anymore.
Remember those penalties in the World Cup 2006?
HI le_y_mistar ;-) I'm fine ^^
Song: terrible
"dance"-skills: terrible
Cuteness: I'd do her
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Not saying the song was worse than any of the others. I'm quite sure they were all equally terrible.
Now we'll just have to win the Soccer World Cup as well.
It's called football, not soccer. Soccer is the name given by idiots who don't know the game.
It's called football, not soccer. Soccer is the name given by idiots who don't know the game.
And football is the name used for at least four different sports that I can think of.
A tabloid newspaper in my country has photos of a porno video of Lena.
A tabloid newspaper in my country has photos of a porno video of Lena.
Pics or it didn't happen!
Pics or it didn't happen!
*Vid* or it didn't happen.
Edit: Markup fail?
And football is the name used for at least four different sports that I can think of.
They are all superfluous, there is only one football.
They are all superfluous, there is only one football.
Gotta agree with the English mate here. Who invented the name 'soccer' for it anyway?
Gotta agree with the English mate here. Who invented the name 'soccer' for it anyway?
The term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as a slang abbreviation of the word "association", often credited to former England captain Charles Wreford-Brown.
Betrayers! 
I'm really sad I can't find that nice (de)motivator with words along the line: "Football - because you're not supposed to use hands"
Anyway, I didn't really notice there was Eurosvision Song contest going on and I'm glad for it. Oh and by the way Eurosvision reminds me of this guy:
I'm really sad I can't find that nice (de)motivator with words along the line: "Football - because you're not supposed to use hands"
What? This?
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Arthur: this one is actually pretty good, but it wasn't the one I saw, but it doesn't matter. This one is cool
Shouldn't it be called "No-hands-unless-you-are-a-goalie-ball"? 
I see footballers hit the ball with all sorts of things that aren't feet. It's so confusing.
Edit: That poster is bad because of the grammar-fail. It must have been made by a European. 
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Your grammar mistakes can either be taken as intentional or unintentional; which rather have different results, though I guess they're both funny.
They are all superfluous, there is only one football.
They're all boring as hell anyway, so who really cares?
The only sport worth watching is Women's Beach Volleyball.
With obvious "doggy-style" exceptions, the pictures of the women's asses in shorts are actually a lot hotter than all the those in bikinis and thongs... IMHO.
With obvious "doggy-style" exceptions, the pictures of women's asses in shorts are actually a lot hotter than all the those in bikinis and thongs... IMHO
It's not an issue of whether you'd prefer to look at women in shorts or women in bikinis, it's would you rather look at women in bikinis leaping and diving around, or 20+ men chasing a ball around a field?
I honestly cannot fathom why anyone could find the latter in any way interesting.
Shouldn't it be called "No-hands-unless-you-are-a-goalie-ball"?
No. "No-hands-unless-you-are-a-goalie-and-one-of-your-own-team-mates-didn't-pass-the-ball-to-you-unless-he-used-his-head-ball".
No-hands-unless-you-are-a-goalie-and-one-of-your-own-team-mates-didn't-pass-the-ball-to-you-unless-he-used-his-head-and-you're-in-your-own-penalty-area-or-you-perform-a-throw-in-or-you're-diego-maradonna-ball
I'll contact the international soccer football no-hands-unless-you-are-a-goalie-and-one-of-your-own-team-mates-didn't-pass-the-ball-to-you-unless-he-used-his-head-and-you're-in-your-own-penalty-area-or-you-perform-a-throw-in-or-you're-diego-maradonna-ball
committee for an official name change.
I honestly cannot fathom why anyone could find the latter in any way interesting.
I don't either, it's just a cultural thing. Football here is the most popular sport, and you know, lots of ca$h if you take advantage of that.
In the end, the 20 guys chasing a ball in a field are winning ridiculous amounts of money. And their lifetime span shortens a bit.
Football is a stylized "war".
And what's up with basketball? Nobody is running around the court swinging baskets at balls.
Baseball is equally confusing. It seems like they should be hitting the ball with bases, but instead they use bats. 
Ok, we renamed soccer. Let's rename the American football, too.
Guys-in-tight-white-pants-squeezing-each-other's-buttocks-ball.
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Guys-in-tight-white-pants-squeezing-each-other's-buttocks-ball.
That's not the only thing that gets squeezed on the bottom of piles.
Here's another picture for consideration:
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Okay smart guys, explain "foosball" to me.
I vote we change it to the red-neck term, according to wikipedia:
Some rural southern communities refer to it as kickey
And don't forget group-hug-ball:
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Forget Lena, or football. Its my birthday.
Ah, to be 28 again... Happy Birthday.
Happy BDay Thomas. 
And don't forget group-hug-ball:
Rugby's got so many different techniques that it'd be confusing as hell to name it.
Rugby's got so many different techniques that it'd be confusing as hell to name it.
I generally just call it Idiotball.
Happy Birthday Tomasu!
Just when I wanted to say, he should create his own thread and not steal yours Dennis: http://www.allegro.cc/forums/thread/604232
Ass without waist is not attractive 