Eurovision 2019

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Mr E

21,583 posts

258 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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poing said:
PH makes this for me and I probably wouldn't watch it without you all.

Same time next year!
Amen

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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Sheets Tabuer said:
We dont want to win, wtf is it with the Brexit posts and st because we didnt win a singing competition ffs.
All part of the piss taking tonight. biggrin

slipstream 1985

12,127 posts

178 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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yep one of my mates and I messaged back and forth all night about it . it is aa tradition between us every year.

Randy Winkman

16,021 posts

188 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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Sheets Tabuer said:
We dont want to win, wtf is it with the Brexit posts and st because we didnt win a singing competition ffs.

The while point of 15 years of PH Eurovision threads is us all taking the piss, we dont want the uk to win we want the hilarity of a bewildered Europe trying to find a harmony amongst themselves via songs.

Its fking hilarious and long may it continue and by God I hope we come last taking the piss every fking time
Who do you mean by "we"?

g3org3y

20,606 posts

190 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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Sheets Tabuer said:
We dont want to win, wtf is it with the Brexit posts and st because we didnt win a singing competition ffs.

The while point of 15 years of PH Eurovision threads is us all taking the piss, we dont want the uk to win we want the hilarity of a bewildered Europe trying to find a harmony amongst themselves via songs.

Its fking hilarious and long may it continue and by God I hope we come last taking the piss every fking time
The rest of Europe seem to take Eurovision as some kind of jokey and camp LGBT promoting extravaganza. The UK appears to take it seriously and there is genuine upset at doing badly (again).

They are the ones laughing at you. HTH.

Down and out

2,700 posts

63 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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g3org3y said:
The rest of Europe seem to take Eurovision as some kind of jokey and camp LGBT promoting extravaganza. The UK appears to take it seriously and there is genuine upset at doing badly (again).

They are the ones laughing at you. HTH.
Sending Graham Norton and Scooch really marks us out as serious.

Driver101

14,376 posts

120 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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Down and out said:
g3org3y said:
The rest of Europe seem to take Eurovision as some kind of jokey and camp LGBT promoting extravaganza. The UK appears to take it seriously and there is genuine upset at doing badly (again).

They are the ones laughing at you. HTH.
Sending Graham Norton and Scooch really marks us out as serious.
Rylan Clark was also the judge/spokesperson.

Finlandia

7,803 posts

230 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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g3org3y said:
The rest of Europe seem to take Eurovision as some kind of jokey and camp LGBT promoting extravaganza. The UK appears to take it seriously and there is genuine upset at doing badly (again).

They are the ones laughing at you. HTH.
FYI, Sweden is dead serious about Eurovision. We have now had a three month build up, that started with Melodifestivalen and semi-finals touring around the country to pick the proud winner to represent Sweden in the main event, and then this...

Sweden is in shock over the loss, the news sites are flooded by angry people demanding justice and a total overhaul of the rules.

It's utterly sad and pathetic.

BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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Finlandia said:
g3org3y said:
The rest of Europe seem to take Eurovision as some kind of jokey and camp LGBT promoting extravaganza. The UK appears to take it seriously and there is genuine upset at doing badly (again).

They are the ones laughing at you. HTH.
FYI, Sweden is dead serious about Eurovision. We have now had a three month build up, that started with Melodifestivalen and semi-finals touring around the country to pick the proud winner to represent Sweden in the main event, and then this...

Sweden is in shock over the loss, the news sites are flooded by angry people demanding justice and a total overhaul of the rules.

It's utterly sad and pathetic.
I was just about to say the same! My missus was raging last night laugh

SGirl

7,918 posts

260 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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The whole jury thing was a farce last night. North Macedonia getting all those points?

I felt really sorry for the Swedish guy. They built him up and up, and then - nah, sorry mate, not many people liked you. He looked crushed.

Worst of all was what happened to Norway. Top in the televote, but apparently there were technical problems during their jury performance (nothing that was their fault) and they weren’t allowed to perform again. That might explain their poorer showing in the jury scores.

It’s bordering on farcical now. Especially when you chuck an overpaid American has-been and a shedload of virtue signalling into the mix.

FourWheelDrift

88,381 posts

283 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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Wacky Racer said:
This competition is a joke, full of freak show and circus acts. Our song wasn't actually that bad.

And Madonna sounded like st.
I saw some of the Madonna cat strangling, when she sang live she was out of tune and terrible, the miming after was worse.

BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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I feel like Malta should have won it.

SmoothCriminal

5,047 posts

198 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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Should let this thread die until next year but have to say this first.

You could resurrect the Beatles and have them do a duet with Adele, The Rolling Stones, U2 and George Michael and we still wouldn't win.

It's got nothing to do with our acts it's the fact none of the countries will ever vote for us even the pikies and convicts gave us fk all yesterday.

Cold

15,207 posts

89 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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One final twist is that the European Broadcasting Union have confirmed that Iceland may face "consequences" for their political gesturing last night.

Without even a hint of irony the EBU said:
"In the live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final, Hatari, the Icelandic act, briefly displayed small Palestinian banners whilst sat in the Green Room.

"The Eurovision Song Contest is a non-political event and this directly contradicts the contest's rules.

"The banners were quickly removed and the consequences of this action will be discussed by the Reference Group (the contest's executive board) after the contest."

vonuber

17,868 posts

164 months

Sunday 19th May 2019
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I can't recall the Ukraine being sanctioned the other year for their song 'the Russians are a bunch of s now fk off out of the crimea'.

croyde

22,701 posts

229 months

Monday 20th May 2019
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It did look like a Europe wide plan to sink Macedonia into complete and utter bankruptcy by forcing them to stage next year's final hehe

Anyone thought of this whilst watching the Russian stuck in the shower?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbi5Zegp55o

Evercross

5,882 posts

63 months

Monday 20th May 2019
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Just learned something about the UK's 2019 effort. The song had been rejected as an entry for Sweden this year!!

eek

Check out the writing credits (in small print at the bottom of the screen 3 seconds in) - Youtube. John Lundvik (Sweden's 2019 performer) is third name along.

We came dead-last because we totally cheaped-out on our entry (and the judges and the savvy audience members would have known that).

The Surveyor

7,576 posts

236 months

Monday 20th May 2019
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Evercross said:
…..We came dead-last because we totally cheaped-out on our entry (and the judges and the savvy audience members would have known that).
I'm really not sure that is the main reason scratchchin

Evercross

5,882 posts

63 months

Monday 20th May 2019
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The Surveyor said:
I'm really not sure that is the main reason scratchchin
Maybe we cheaped out because we expected to get humped post-Brexit, but self-fulfilling prophecies and all that.

As I said - the judges would have known the origins of the entry, plus 'because Brexit' is a good bit of political spin for what was objectively a compromised entry regardless.

The song wasn't good enough for another country and its performer wasn't the least bit invested in it. Strong enough reason for it to fail.

Edited by Evercross on Monday 20th May 15:04

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

99 months

Monday 20th May 2019
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At least the public liked us more than they liked Germany, even if the judges didn't!