Eurovision Updates So Far v2 [Archive]

PriceTags

16-12-2008, 10:33 PM

The last thread was closed due to pointless posting, which is a bit not nice, so I've copied it here, because a couple of people were trying to start a discussion between the pictures.

I thought I'd tell you what's going on...

Eurovision season is beginning in the UK early - on January 3rd, the first round of 'Your Country Needs You' will take place - a show hosted by Graham Norton to help Andrew Lloyd-Webber pick someone to sing for the UK. Andrew Lloyd-Webber will write the song after a singer has been chosen, and probably unveil that on another show.

Terry Wogan will no longer be commentating for the UK, after 35 years in the booths. Graham Norton will be taking his place, with Paddy O'Connell and possibly Caroline Flack maybe doing the semi-finals, as they did this year.

In the real thing, there is one huge change: the winner will no longer be decided by full televoting. The votes will be decided 50% by televoting, 50% by jury. Each jury will consist of five music professionals with no link to any of the singers. The points will be presented as usual, but taking these two factors into account rather than just televoting. The contest will take place on the 12th, 14th and 16th May.

It is expected that 44 or more countries will take part, with the return of Slovakia and the withdrawal of Georgia. Svante Stockselius said there will be a few surprises, meaning a possible return of Italy, who withdrew in 1997 after a string of poor results, Monaco, who withdrew in 2006 after a string of poor results and Austria, who withdrew in 2007 after a string of poor results. Maybe Georgia, because the war is over.

Overall, I am quite fancying the UK's chances at the contest this year, because the juries liked our song last contest.

I think the acts for Your Country Needs You will be revealed in the next couple of weeks. The chances are they're not famous, but a good singer with a memorable song makes good results with juries :).

stickwitu

17-12-2008, 04:55 PM

Eurovision: Our Country Needs...
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00682/ruth_280_682817a.jpg

RUTH LORENZO

Kardan

17-12-2008, 05:03 PM

Eurovision: Our Country Needs...
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00682/ruth_280_682817a.jpg

RUTH LORENZO

Surely she'd represent Spain?

Ostinato

17-12-2008, 05:15 PM

Eurovision: Our Country Needs...
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00682/ruth_280_682817a.jpg

RUTH LORENZO

Oh please, she was voted out for a reason.

stickwitu

17-12-2008, 05:23 PM

oh right
maybe we should get christina doing lady gaga impressions to represent instead then??? :rolleyes:

Alkaz

17-12-2008, 05:33 PM

The ting tings would probally get us most points since Lulu.

PriceTags

17-12-2008, 06:27 PM

The ting tings would probally get us most points since Lulu.

Katrina and the Waves got the UK the most points ever - 227 in 1997.

Lily de la Haye-Earle has been named as the first performer on Your Country Needs You.

Jonny Logan is rumoured to be singing for Ireland, Sakis Rouvas (2004, 3rd Place, 2006 host) will perform for Greece, and many Swedish regulars have been confirmed to be entering Melodifestivalen (if these names mean anything) Mans Zelmerlow, Shirley Clamp, BWO, Alcazar and Molly Sanden.

It is unlikely that we will see Ruth or the Ting Tings in Your Country Needs You, since Ruth was on X Factor at the time of auditions, and it would ruin the Ting Tings' career.

Also, there are no rules on what country representatives are from, and if they are, they are made by the broadcaster. Katrina is American, and the Former Yugoslavia swap acts left, right and centre.

stickwitu

17-12-2008, 06:35 PM

eurovision always sucks
its just a bit fat joke

brandon

17-12-2008, 06:36 PM

eurovision always sucks
its just a bit fat joke
Maybe we could get Rihanna or Katy Perry aswell.

Samishlol

17-12-2008, 06:38 PM

Eurovision sucks now.

stickwitu

17-12-2008, 06:41 PM

Maybe we could get Rihanna or Katy Perry aswell.

yes yes yes.
have rihanna sing a song with another eurotrash sample.
perfect. it'd be as fun as watching her spontaneously combust.

brandon

17-12-2008, 06:41 PM

yes yes yes.
have rihanna sing a song with another eurotrash sample.
perfect. it'd be as fun as watching her spontaneously combust.
Ok now all we need to do is forge British passports for them both. ;)

PriceTags

17-12-2008, 07:18 PM

yes yes yes.
have rihanna sing a song with another eurotrash sample.
perfect. it'd be as fun as watching her spontaneously combust.

A sample wouldn't be allowed - all songs have to be 100% original.

They wouldn't need British passports, and what are the chances of Katy Perry and Rihanna sending a video in to Andrew Lloyd Webber? On second thoughts, I think entrants this year need to be British.

Samsta., if life sucks and Eurovision sucks, please stay out of our discussion instead of your silly emo posts.

stickwitu

17-12-2008, 08:04 PM

I think the question should be - what are the chances he'd let such crap live singers perform there? ;)

If we want a British act - Leona & Alexandra duet? No?

PriceTags

17-12-2008, 11:58 PM

I think the question should be - what are the chances he'd let such crap live singers perform there? ;)

If we want a British act - Leona & Alexandra duet? No?

The point is, did Leona and Alexandra send a video to Andrew Lloyd-Webber? I doubt it.

Andrew knows his onions - he's used the same format to find people to perform on the West End - Eurovision is nothing in comparison. Someone good will be found, and he will write them an amazing song, and it will be fabulous, and the juries will love it!! ^.^!!

stickwitu

20-12-2008, 11:46 AM

PriceTags

20-12-2008, 12:33 PM

No they won't.
It could be the best performance in the world and we still wouldn't get any points.

Just stick Leona on a stage and we could probably win it.
She shouldn't need to contact him, he should contact her.

The juries will have an impact - the Bulgarian jury would have given us 8 points, the Israeli jury would have given us 7 or 8 points, and the San Marinese Jury gave us 6 points, and with the country being so small, our points from them were off a jury.

We need a good song to begin with, to appeal to the juries, then a good performance, to appeal to the audience at home.

The BBC are making an effort this year, so I think we shouldn't pass comment on a lack of a Leona, whose career is going too well to enter Eurovision, until after this year's contest. If we win, or get in the top ten, we'll have a kajillion famous people waiting to perform.

In other news, the format for the first two "Your Country Needs You" shows have been announced:

In the first week, the contestants have to do Eurovision style performances, and on the second week, they have to try out some famous gimmicks, like skirt-ripping, costume changing and dance routines.

It's incredibly cheesey, but it's the nature of the contest, so it's OK.

PriceTags

24-12-2008, 02:10 AM

The BBC have updated their Eurovision website! It's got some messages of support to Andrew Lloyd Webber, and some other Eurovisiony bits.

CLICKY! (http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/)

Yes, it's a double post, but I'm 4 days past the 15 minute edit limit, and I am adding more info ;)!

Cringle

24-12-2008, 02:48 AM

PriceTags

24-12-2008, 02:53 AM

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leona ftw!!

The risk of it completely ruining her career is huge.

Clowgon

30-12-2008, 10:39 AM

Our reputation is in the balance! I can't strees how much this year we have to perform!

I say bring on Cliff Richard. ;)

PriceTags

30-12-2008, 02:12 PM

Our reputation is in the balance! I can't strees how much this year we have to perform!

I say bring on Cliff Richard. ;)

A 60-odd year old man is definitely going to win the votes of the young people in Europe. I totally agree.

YCNY is going to be a right laugh - they're going to make the contestants do Eurovision style tasks and sing old Eurovision songs. The BBC are realising that they need to make an effort in order to come anywhere near to winning, and that's a good thing.

I think, in the future, they should do a big Swedish-style selection next year. In Sweden, they have the Melodifestivalen (Melody Festival) where 32 performers sing their songs, and there are 4 semifinals, a second chance round and a final.

All the big Swedish stars enter, and it doesn't harm their career, because Swedish Eurovision music is very close to what most Swedish people listen to. Nobody liked that fishy cow who sang for Sweden this year anyway.

Kardan

30-12-2008, 02:14 PM

Andrew Lloyd Webber has claimed hes not doing any silly song for Eurovision.

PriceTags

30-12-2008, 02:19 PM

Andrew Lloyd Webber has claimed hes not doing any silly song for Eurovision.

Yep! Which is a good thing. We came joint third in 2002, when Jessica Garlik off Pop Idol sang a nice, serious, slow song.
BABEH COME BACK (COME BACK)
IF YOU LUUUUURVE ME
Then along came Jemini...
and that one off Fame Academy...
and Javine!

stickwitu

30-12-2008, 08:08 PM

javine was actually good.
she's a ***** now. wouldn't get our support nvm any other country's.

PriceTags

02-01-2009, 08:02 PM

She didn't at the time - we came 22nd. That was a bad year for all of the big 4. The bottom 4 was Spain, UK, France and Germany - the 4 countries who put most of the funding into the EBU and the contest.

Javine's song was quite similar to Helena Paparizou who won, but Helena is a better singer, and if it wasn't for Javine not getting into Girls Aloud, they wouldn't be where they are now, and she wouldn't have been known as a homewrecking *****.

The first show of YCNY is tomorrow at 1910 on BBC one. It's a preview show, showing Andrew Lloyd Webber's tour of Europe, and his discussion with Vladamir Putin about Eurovision. You will also see VP tell ALW that he will be voting for the UK, meaning we might be destined for points from Russia.

I think in the last 5 years, our best song was the 2004 one, by James Fox off Fame Academy.

PriceTags

03-01-2009, 07:20 PM

Double post, yes, but Your Country Needs You is on now.

dirrty

03-01-2009, 07:26 PM

if this dnt get us good points, then UK might aswell give up on eurovision

PriceTags

03-01-2009, 07:31 PM

Andrew Lloyd Webber has a way of making tunes that stick in peoples heads, so that's a start!

Levii

03-01-2009, 07:39 PM

Im pleased were taking it seriously now!
If people stick to their word we should pull in quite a few votes! :D

PriceTags

03-01-2009, 08:08 PM

The six finalists are:
Jade
Damien
Charlotte
Mark
The Twins
Emperors of Sound

kk.

03-01-2009, 09:29 PM

just finished watching it and i think the last singer, i think jade, would do great in it.

PriceTags

04-01-2009, 05:08 PM

Jade is proving to be very popular. The twins are too, but a lot of bad press about them has cropped up, such as them telling people at a Barnsley v Sheffield football game to F off, when they started being booed.

Levii

04-01-2009, 05:14 PM

I heard that a jury is coming back into place this year? If this is true then we may be in with a huge change of winning! :D

PriceTags

10-01-2009, 12:49 AM

50% jury votes in 2009! :)!

The first Your Country Needs You live show is tonight at 6:40pm on BBC One!

PriceTags

17-01-2009, 06:13 PM

The second Your Country Needs You show is on tonight at 6:35pm on BBC One!

PriceTags

24-01-2009, 06:36 PM

The semi-final of Your Country Needs You is on NOW on BBC One!

kk.

24-01-2009, 06:46 PM

hmmm, yeh jade is most likely gonna win

Twist

24-01-2009, 06:47 PM

Oh please, she was voted out for a reason.
Yeah, because everyone loved the toy boy and hand girl.

PriceTags

24-01-2009, 08:23 PM

I hope Jade wins. She's not overly theatrical and she doesn't have the look of Same Difference about her.

leah

25-01-2009, 05:14 PM

Jack I love your obsession with the eurovision :D

kk.

25-01-2009, 05:21 PM

you can tell the guy does pantos and stuff too

PriceTags

26-01-2009, 11:36 PM

you can tell the guy does pantos and stuff too

His main competition would be Sakis from Greece, who is an experienced singer and has real Eurovision experience coming third in 2004 and hosting the 2006 contest.

The winner of YCNY will make an appearance at the final of Malta's EuroSong contest on February 7th, and Andrew has said he will be funding a huge promotional tour of Europe for the winner.

If you want to listen to the four entries which have been announced, you can do so here:
Montenegro (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=26ffn-KcVj4)
Albania (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BGU30s9f86E)
Turkey (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vho_NJlh_U)
Belarus (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iPIfE7DzFso)(Really, really, really bad)

The title of our song is My Time. Denmark, Finland and Romania will also select their songs this Saturday, with the Netherlands and Slovenia picking on Sunday.

If anyone fancies watching some of the other countries selections, I will post some links here. Azerbaijan, Sweden and Malta are some of the countries to look out for, as they are pulling out all the stops this year. Slovakia will be back with a bang, too.

PriceTags

30-01-2009, 06:56 PM

The allocation draws for the semifinals took place today.

The United Kingdom will vote on Semifinal 1, which will take place on Tuesday 12th May.
The countries in the semifinals are:
SEMIFINAL 1:
Andorra
Armenia
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Finland
Georgia
Iceland
Israel
FYR Macedonia
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
Romania
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
VOTING: United Kingdom, Germany and Spain

SEMIFINAL 2:
Albania
Azerbaijan
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Ukraine
VOTING: Russia and France

The images for the contest logo were released today as well. It can be seen in my signature.

Kightly

30-01-2009, 06:58 PM

Were not going to win, all the audience go for is entertainment not good singing plus them twins, they went out of the x factor boot camp and they suck!

PriceTags

30-01-2009, 08:30 PM

Were not going to win, all the audience go for is entertainment not good singing plus them twins, they went out of the x factor boot camp and they suck!

The audience know an out of tune singer when they see one. The juries will also know a good song when they see one. I am rooting for Jade to win!

A good jury score could mean 5 or 6 points for the UK alone! The juries had a great effect on the Junior Eurovision last year. Countries who send good songs and never even scrape the top 10 got top 5 positions and a country other than Belarus or Russia won!

Sammeth.

30-01-2009, 11:29 PM

We got good points from the backup juries that released their results last year! We have a good chance, with a team like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Warren and a singer like Jade Ewan. I'm glad we are taking it more seriously this year ;D

kk.

31-01-2009, 05:13 PM

Lol @ work today, we had posters up saying your work colleagues need you... The twins work at morrisons in a different store. But I'll stick to my guns, jade's the best chance we have this year

RyanDOT

31-01-2009, 06:01 PM

Pricetags should be on now..

Not watching it the UK one, i watch the world one.

Sammeth.

31-01-2009, 07:55 PM

Jade Ewen - My Time (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Diane Warren). What an entry! Phwoarrrr we made the right choice.

PriceTags

31-01-2009, 07:55 PM

Jade Ewen will be singing My Time in Moscow on the 16th May.

It's an AMAZING song. We are bound to do well. The juries are going to love it, and with a good stage show, the audience might vote for us too.

kk.

31-01-2009, 09:54 PM

"phwoaaarrrr" lol

Yeh, she was the right winner. A bit, cheesy, the name and lyrics, but all is good. Just gotta wait till may. Remind us price tags xD

PriceTags

31-01-2009, 11:30 PM

Sammeth.

01-02-2009, 04:41 PM

I intend on updating you until the show.

Jade Ewen - It's My Time (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oYukI9bTlvc)

It's an epic power ballad. With a draw between 23 and 25 in the final, we will do well, as long as few other ballads get through.
Lets hope we don't get drawn for 2nd!

It's a shame people don't realise how much effort we've put into it this year, and also the changes that have been made so they still think we are gonna fall flat on our face. It just won't happen! If only people were as fanatical about it as we are Jack :(

kk.

01-02-2009, 05:10 PM

if we do well this year, do u think terry wogan could come back? i dont but its a nice thought

Sammeth.

01-02-2009, 05:49 PM

if we do well this year, do u think terry wogan could come back? i dont but its a nice thought
The reason he left was cus he was getting stressed over political voting. Now they've reintroduced juries he might be lurking waiting to pounce if things turn out better. It looks doubtful cus he was proper angry. Graham Norton better be good ;D

kk.

01-02-2009, 05:51 PM

hes a great comedian still. he should be alright

PriceTags

07-02-2009, 07:19 PM

Click here (http://public.di-ve.com/streaming/live_stream_event_media_streamer.aspx?id=1289&encoding=8&slotID=85066&backUrl=streaming%2flive_stream_event_encoding.asp x%3fid%3d1289%26slotID%3d85066) to see our good friends in Malta select our entry - Jade will be on the show at some point :)!

PriceTags

08-02-2009, 12:25 AM

Aparrently Jade was amazing. There was a slightly different version of the song. People say she 'blossomed on the stage' so well done Jade! I will find a YouTube link soon.

Sarah

08-02-2009, 01:42 AM

I found this thing with jade in Malta I presume its what your looking for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp7201N3IBk

PriceTags

10-02-2009, 11:02 PM

What do you think? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeHN_ZT8hpg)

Let's dish out points (you can put the UK in as well). Please ignore Hungary - they're feeling indecisive this year, and the singer pulled out because she was feeling lazy.

12 Netherlands
10 United Kingdom
08 Andorra
07 Montenegro
06 Finland
05 France
04 Malta
03 Turkey
02 Albania
01 Slovenia
00 Romania
00 Denmark
00 Belarus
00 Cyprus

So you give your favourite 12, your second 10, your third 8 down to 1.

PriceTags

16-02-2009, 12:39 AM

See if you can spot the 'hidden' political message in this Georgian hopeful! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAb0zfu48Js)

Inseriousity.

18-02-2009, 02:13 PM

Why is eurovision on for three days this time? Wasn't it 1 before? (yeah I'm slow, I only just noticed).

kk.

18-02-2009, 02:14 PM

semis and final

TopManTim

18-02-2009, 02:18 PM

finlands entry is goooooooood

waldo's people - lose control

Twist

18-02-2009, 02:20 PM

PriceTags

21-02-2009, 01:26 AM

Not really. Everyone hates us.

The juries will be quite respectful towards Andrew Lloyd Webber and the good singer we have. If you read the post I made in the Eurovision Position thread, I showed that in theory, a country could get 12 points from a good jury score.

PriceTags

22-02-2009, 04:44 AM

Norway has emerged as a strong favourite after selecting their entry tonight.
Watch it here! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTdndLFY3W0&eurl=http://www.esctime.com/news/5388&feature=player_embedded) Norway winning would be progress, because it's not got a lot of neighbours to vote for it (Finland and Sweden and Denmark aren't going to be enough on their own).

Paddy Power have opened betting for the contest with odds only for UK (10-1 compared to last year's odds of 100-1 by the final night), Ireland (18-1) and Spain (50-1).

To the people who say jury voting will have no impact: The 6 points we received from San Marino last year were given by a jury, and other juries would have given us 8s and 7s. Our last victory was because all but 5 countries used juries, and we beat Ireland by 70-ish points. A couple of years after, people realised that they could make sure the UK didn't get a top 5 position and voted for someone else.

finlands entry is goooooooood

waldo's people - lose control

I really like that one. My top 5 not including UK:

1) Netherlands
2) Andorra
3) Georgia
4) Norway
5) Finland

Other songs I like: Ireland (modern and fun), Moldova (so bad it's good), France (very French, but a bit *too* French for Eurovision), Germany (nice rhythm, but easily forgettable)

Toilet breaks: Belarus (shocking rock song with a less than pleasing on the eye singer), Bulgaria (awful singers with an awful song), Cyprus (really bad live singer!), Denmark (a song written by Ronan Keating with a Ronan Keating clone singer).

:D!

PriceTags

23-02-2009, 11:24 AM

Switzerland have announced their entry:

Watch it here! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fW-itsXxwk)

I really like it. Are we looking at Switzerland 2010?

PriceTags

27-02-2009, 12:19 AM

http://www.eurovision.tv/img/upload/news/2009/stageESC2009.png
The stage for the contest! As far as I know, the video floor is usable for performers, but I'm not sure if the black bit in front is, but I don't see why not.

PriceTags

28-02-2009, 09:49 PM

If you have Sky and the Lifestyle mix, you can watch the Spanish 4th quarter final and final on channel 795 or the Portugese final here (http://ww1.rtp.pt/multimedia/index.php?tv=7&tipo=log)!

Twist

28-02-2009, 09:52 PM

PriceTags

28-02-2009, 10:33 PM

When does Eurovision take place this year? Is it May?

12th, 14th and 16th May. The UK will vote (but not perform) on the 12th and vote and perform on the 16th.

jameslarden

01-03-2009, 01:42 PM

PriceTags

02-03-2009, 10:10 PM

I gotta be honest - Eurovision is great, and you know it! Just Ruined My Rep! Anyway, Remember when this person won ?(See Pic Below) They Were Aweful! Were they a boy or girl?

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/05/14/eurovision460.jpg

Her name is Marija Serifovic. She won in 2007 for Serbia. I quite liked her song - much better than Scooch haha.

PriceTags

08-03-2009, 04:28 PM

There are just 5 songs left to be chosen.

Everything kicks off again on the 16th of March when the draws for running order for the Semifinals, Final and voting take place. All the songs will be reviewed and approved. A possible song to be disqualified is "We don't wanna put in" from Georgia.

Marija Serifovic's backing band are in the Serbian selection which finishes tonight.

PriceTags

13-03-2009, 11:05 PM

The EBU has requested that Georgia change their lyrics, but they have refused. The Lithuanian broadcaster has stepped in to mediate the situation.

Georgia have more or less withdrawn, and they are very very likely to be disqualified on Monday.

kk.

13-03-2009, 11:08 PM

what was wrong with the lyrics?

Twist

13-03-2009, 11:10 PM

what was wrong with the lyrics?
Some people tell you the stories
To drag you down to the knees
But let me tell you - dont worry
No worries, no worries

Another glass of my moonshine
Will kick the hell out of me
But let me focus on good stuff
Some good stuff, just good stuff

We dont wanna put in the negative move
Its killing the groove
Im trying to shoot in some disco tonight
Boogie with you

So many people are whining
Theyre freaking all day long
Their *****in will last forever
And ever, and ever

You better change your perspective
Your life wont be outta luck
A groovy sun will be rising
Be rising, its rising

We dont wanna put in the negative move
Its killing the groove
Im a trying to shoot in some disco tonight
Boogie with you

Boogie with you, boogie with you
Boogie with you, boogie with you
Boogie with you

I like all Europe countries and I love Europa
Say - give me sexy ah
Give me sexy ah
Say - give me sexy ah
Give me sexy ah

Put in
Dont wanna put in
We dont wanna put in
We dont wanna put in

We dont wanna put in the negative move
Its killing the groove
Im a trying to shoot in some disco tonight
Boogie with you

We dont wanna put in the negative move
Its killing the groove
Im a trying to shoot in some disco tonight
Boogie with you

We dont wanna put in

Word.

kk.

13-03-2009, 11:15 PM

theyre withdrawing because of one word??

Sarah

14-03-2009, 03:32 PM

Some people tell you the stories
To drag you down to the knees
But let me tell you - dont worry
No worries, no worries

Another glass of my moonshine
Will kick the hell out of me
But let me focus on good stuff
Some good stuff, just good stuff

We dont wanna put in the negative move
Its killing the groove
Im trying to shoot in some disco tonight
Boogie with you

So many people are whining
Theyre freaking all day long
Their *****in will last forever
And ever, and ever

You better change your perspective
Your life wont be outta luck
A groovy sun will be rising
Be rising, its rising

We dont wanna put in the negative move
Its killing the groove
Im a trying to shoot in some disco tonight
Boogie with you

Boogie with you, boogie with you
Boogie with you, boogie with you
Boogie with you

I like all Europe countries and I love Europa
Say - give me sexy ah
Give me sexy ah
Say - give me sexy ah
Give me sexy ah

Put in
Dont wanna put in
We dont wanna put in
We dont wanna put in

We dont wanna put in the negative move
Its killing the groove
Im a trying to shoot in some disco tonight
Boogie with you

We dont wanna put in the negative move
Its killing the groove
Im a trying to shoot in some disco tonight
Boogie with you

We dont wanna put in

Word.

The put in is referring to the Russian prime minister or president (which ever he is)

PriceTags

14-03-2009, 04:26 PM

If they weren't singing with funny little accents, it probably wouldn't be so bad, but because of the war last year, they're doing it to be on the safe side, because all hell will break loose if Stephane and 3G stand and sing that to Putin's face in May - Putin has confirmed he will be going to the contest, because he's quite the Eurovision fan.

Georgian song complete with AFP news report (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJXm6fFeUDE)

In other news, Sweden will be selecting the final (42nd or 43rd - depending on Georgia's situation) song of the contest. Big favourites are Alcazar (This is the World We Live in from 2004 is one of their international hits - their third try in the Swedish contest, first time they have got to the final!), Måns Zelmerlöw (a minor Swedish superstar after coming third in Swedish Idol in 2006. He came 3rd in the Swedish selection in 2007) and Malena (a pop-opera singer who is looking quite likely to win it).

Other singers tonight are Emilia (that 'Big Big Girl' song) and the Swedish Junior Eurovision 2006 or 2007 (two sisters did it one after the other - can't remember which one it is) representative (she's all grown up now!), a band called EMD includes the non-professional half of the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 couple and Caroline af Ugglas (Caroline the Ugly, I believe her name translates as!), who has a quite boring song.

Melodifestivalen is definitely the most anticipated National Final, with Eurovision fans coming from far and wide to see it in the Ericsson Globe ('Globen') every year. It's the conclusion of 6 weeks of searching for their new Eurovision representative, and it always holds lots of surprises, because lots of Eurovision stars from years gone by enter again and again.

Watch it here at 7pm! (http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen)

P.S. I will post the running order complete with links to all the songs on Monday evening! :)

PriceTags

14-03-2009, 08:59 PM

Melodifestivalen has finished. Malena - La voix is the winner.

The last song to be announced is that of the Czech republic, which will be announced at about Midnight.

PriceTags

15-03-2009, 09:15 PM

The draw for running orders will take place at 3pm tomorrow on www.eurovision.tv

Sarah

15-03-2009, 09:50 PM

I watched the swedish finale there was some retro rocking band they were very funny to watch.

PriceTags

16-03-2009, 04:26 PM

UK have been drawn to sing at Position 23 in the final :D

Sarah

17-03-2009, 04:58 PM

UK have been drawn to sing at Position 23 in the final :D

Is it better to sing nearer to the end?

PriceTags

17-03-2009, 11:48 PM

Is it better to sing nearer to the end?

YES YES YES YES YES!

23 is a fabulous position to sing!

Singers who sung 23rd came...:
2008 6th (good song)
2007 8th
2006 11th
2005 5th (very good song)
2004 18th (with a truly awful song)
2003 21st
2002 1st
2001 2nd
2000 6th
1999 6th

When the UK last won in 1997, Katrina and the Waves sung in 24th and got an extremely high (for the time) score of 227, gathering top scores from 10 countries!

It's a safe draw, unless Bosnia and Herzegovina or Norway are placed in 24th (draws take place at the press conferences after the semi-finals - the participants get to pick numbers out of baskets), with the nice, but not exactly memorable Spanish song in 25th.

PriceTags

21-03-2009, 03:52 PM

In the biggest prediction that takes place every year, the UK is coming 3rd out of 42! All this could change by the contest!!

kuzkasate

21-03-2009, 04:33 PM

The song was disquilified because they were purposley taking the mic out of the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Also because they mix politics with show business. I mean common! Why take the mic? This isnt about politics but about singing? Anyway Im Russian and thats what I watched on the Russian News. But yh, they were warned so you cant say were not fair. :)

GL to UK Btw they have VERY high chances. Their song is amazing.

FlyingJesus

21-03-2009, 05:29 PM

The Georgian song is crap anyway, even without the political meaning. ALSO Switzerland are clearly the best, Lovebugs are fab. GB one is ok... and La Voix isn't too bad. German one is funny but other than that not a fan of most

kk.

21-03-2009, 06:06 PM

In the biggest prediction that takes place every year, the UK is coming 3rd out of 42! All this could change by the contest!!

i dont get you, is that what a survey's revealed or something..?

PriceTags

22-03-2009, 12:46 PM

i dont get you, is that what a survey's revealed or something..?

It's a prediction poll from a Eurovision fansite Clicky! (http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=5368)

PriceTags

24-03-2009, 04:47 PM

If you want to do a simulation Eurovision vote, click here (http://www.escnation.com/index.php?section=15)!

My results:
1. Norway (228)
2. Azerbaijan (196)
3. Malta (165)
4. Romania (142)
5. Montenegro (140)
6. Armenia (133)
7. Serbia (132)
8. Greece (128)
9. United Kingdom (118)
10. Germany (109)
11. Portugal (97)
12. Turkey (95)
13. Sweden (94)
14. Denmark (92)
15. Estonia (86)
16. Moldova (82)
17. Switzerland (81)
18. Russia (76)
19. Bosnia Herzegovina (62)
20. Lithuania (56)
21. Netherlands (55)
22. Ireland (25)
23. Czech Republic (19)
24. France (14)
25. Spain (11)

If anyone would be unhappy with that result, say so now!

FlyingJesus

24-03-2009, 04:49 PM

SWITZERLAND TO WIN

PriceTags

31-03-2009, 06:32 PM

As things stand, 53% of voters in the "Our Eurovision Position" thread say the UK will come 21st-25th. Overall in the odds, the UK is coming 9th.
Odds for UK:
16-1 Ladbrokes (drifting)
18-1 PaddyPower
20-1 Bet365
20-1 Totesport
20-1 Boylesports
20-1 Stan James
20-1 Expekt
25-1 William Hill
28-1 WBX (shortening)
31-1 Betair (shortening)
33-1 Betfred
33-1 SkyBet
40-1 Sportingbet

Odds of a Top 10 finish for UK:
10-13 Betfair
13-17 WBX

Odds of a Top 4 Finish for UK:
13-5 Betfair (drifting)

Odds of a second place (if Norway wins)
12-1 Boylesports

Odds on UK to be the top Big 4 country (UK/Spain/France/Germany)
7-4 SkyBet (favourite)

The UK are coming second on the Oikotimes Europrediction, which correctly predicted the Top 4 last year. UK is second behind Norway and in front of Spain. Check it out here! (http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=5368)

kk.

31-03-2009, 06:52 PM

lol this is what i got with the simulation

1. Norway (244)
2. United Kingdom (227)
3. Bosnia Herzegovina (168)
4. Greece (165)
5. Turkey (157)
6. Serbia (127)
7. Finland (124)
8. Armenia (123)
9. Iceland (119)
10. Malta (112)
11. Azerbaijan (111)
12. Montenegro (103)
13. Russia (90)
14. Spain (85)
15. Germany (70)
16. Sweden (67)
17. France (64)
18. Slovenia (63)
19. Lithuania (45)
20. Ireland (34)
21. Romania (30)
22. Switzerland (30)
23. Moldova (29)
24. Slovakia (27)
25. Estonia (22)

PriceTags

31-03-2009, 07:50 PM

Is that with betting odds? :O I hope Switzerland does better than that. It would be a real shame for Franc to come that low too - for the second year running, they've sent one of their biggest stars to try and get a sixth victory.

You can now do your best Jade impression and sing along to the My Time karaoke version here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDjY0PDyVuI)!

kk.

31-03-2009, 07:54 PM

yup it was :P
that wouldnt be too bad haha

PriceTags

01-04-2009, 06:31 AM

The lowest position for UK on betting odds is 13th on the sim.

PriceTags

04-04-2009, 11:40 PM

3D stage animation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR3i4U1Q3Eg)
It's beautiful... There is so much the performers could do with that stage, with all the moving parts...

PriceTags

10-04-2009, 02:40 PM

The rehearsal schedule has been released! Jade will rehearse on Saturday 9th May and Sunday 10th May.

Saturday 9th May
UK - 16:40-17:20 CET (3:40-4:20 BST)

Sunday 10th May
UK - 16:50-17:20 CET (3:50-4:20 BST)

It is very probable that Eurovision's official YouTube channel will release the videos of the rehearsals, with a good view of the stage, and an interview with the performer.

You can read about the stage construction here (http://www.m-m-pr.com/index.php/eurovision-diary/)! It's very big indeed.

PriceTags

12-04-2009, 10:41 AM

In the Oikotimes Europrediction (http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=5368), the UK are dangerously close to knocking Alexander Rybak from Norway off the top spot, with just 7 points separating them.

Imosae

12-04-2009, 10:48 AM

Jade's music video '' It's My Time '' has been released;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dlc9HEI-dA

PriceTags

12-04-2009, 10:50 AM

Jade's music video '' It's My Time '' has been released;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dlc9HEI-dA

I love the music video - it's so cheesy and perfect.

I believe the screens will be mounted on the scaffolding some time this week :D

PriceTags

12-04-2009, 01:23 PM

THE UK ARE WINNING EUROPREDICTION 2009!

http://www.grabup.com/uploads/b47354f2a7f466e76a70787a665a0210.png?direct

Wootzeh

12-04-2009, 02:04 PM

no-one seems to care mate

PriceTags

12-04-2009, 02:10 PM

no-one seems to care mate

I'm not bothered, if someone wants to read it, that's fine. If nobody wants to read it, that's also fine.

kk.

12-04-2009, 05:12 PM

no-one seems to care mate

just cus no ones posting doesnt mean no ones reading it lol
go back to your crappy sports section

Sarah

16-04-2009, 03:26 AM

Im interested in what's going, cant believe we're predicted in first. wowza

Roboevil

23-04-2009, 02:02 PM

We're never going to win.

It's a bit ****, like all Eurovision songs. How did she get the part to sing it?

Sammeth.

23-04-2009, 03:34 PM

Our country selection, Your Country Needs You. 6 people got through to the final, we chose her :D

People seem so quick to say we are so bad at Eurovision and not many people realise that out of the 53 contests held so far in 42 of them we have come in a Top 10 position, 23 of them we have come in a Top 3 position and we have won 5, which is only 2nd to Ireland's 7 in most amount of wins. Plus if we combined everyones points over the years we've earned the most points out of any other country by a long shot.

This year there are a whole bunch of changes to our own selection and to Eurovision itself which gives us a much larger chance of winning, so we actually have high hopes this year. If we don't win we'll get a high position for sure. Kapow!

The absolutely lush stage is coming along nicely :D

http://www.m-m-pr.com/images/stories/Eurovisiondiary/Apr21/actual.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/StageESC2009.jpg

Twist

23-04-2009, 03:39 PM

We're never going to win.

It's a bit ****, like all Eurovision songs. How did she get the part to sing it?
Sob story :rolleyes:.

Sammeth.

23-04-2009, 04:00 PM

Sob story :rolleyes:.
*The most talented singer out the bunch.

Twist

23-04-2009, 04:01 PM

*The most talented singer out the bunch.
Good one :lol:.

Sammeth.

23-04-2009, 04:03 PM

Good one :lol:.
She is rather a good one yes :D Glad we agree.

PriceTags

23-04-2009, 04:17 PM

Good one :lol:.

Out of the other 5, only one was good, and she went out second.

We are coming tenth out of 42 in the betting odds, and out of those ten, Sweden, Malta and Estonia might not even qualify.

We need to wait for rehearsals, where the odds will be turned upside down. After the Amsterdam Preview Party, Ukraine's odds went down dramatically, with a stage show of semi-naked dancers and a singer who is attractive in her own special way.

Jury voting is always unpredictable, and they always favour the UK, ballads and classy performance, and our song is by far the best ballad. The others are rather average. The shortest odds available on the UK are 20-1 compared to the 50-1 on the UK this time last year.

Our song last year was a load of poo - but some broadcasters announced their jury votes and the UK got more points from 3 countries' juries than 41 countries' televotes (and the San Marinese jury).

PriceTags

01-05-2009, 08:43 PM

We're now in Eurovision month! In just 11 days, the first 18 countries will perform in the first semifinal!

Rehearsals begin on Sunday morning, with the first 9 countries rehearsing. Jade will rehearse on May 9th.

A quick top 10 on the betting (with longest odds):
1. Norway (7/4)
2. Greece (7/1)
3. Turkey (10/1)
4. United Kingdom (20/1)
5. Azerbaijan (25/1)
6. Ukraine (25/1)
7. Sweden (25/1)
8. Malta (25/1)
9. Bosnia & Herzegovina (28/1)
10. France (33/1)

So in this top ten are three four who never ever do well: Norway (who did come 5th last year by sending a decent song - it can be done!), United Kingdom, Malta (whose representative came 2nd in 1998 in Birmingham and 3rd in 2005 in Kyiv) and France (who is a big superstar in many countries in Europe).

PriceTags

02-05-2009, 01:14 PM

It has been confirmed by the BBC that if you press red during the three shows, you can have the lyrics on screen in the language they're being sung in and English and that Paddy O'Connell and Sarah Cawood will be commentating on the semifinals.

The postcards and green room designs have been revealed. The postcards appear to be people running around futuristic cartoons with landmarks the country in the colours of the country, with Miss World popping up at the end in her costume as a stereotypical woman from the country about to appear (that's why the UK one looks like she gets around a bit). The green room design is based on the "Periodic Table of Eurovision Elements", with the countries arranged by the year they first entered and the positions they get, meaning the UK is near the beginning with an entry year of 1957 and a lot of good positions.

Sammeth.

02-05-2009, 02:24 PM

GommeInc

02-05-2009, 05:26 PM

*The most talented singer out the bunch.
Can't they use a proper singer like in the past? We only ever won because we used a world-known singer like Cliff Richard or Lulu, and any other times were probably due to a decent singer too. Don't other countries use big singers too? As in, singers which are well-known in the country?

Sammeth.

02-05-2009, 06:44 PM

Cliff Richard didn't win for us! Jade used to be signed to a record label and is a West End actress too, so she is a professional just not well known. Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the most famous people in the world thanks to his legendary status in theatre - he might have become a bit of a joke here thanks to his endless reality TV shows, but in Europe they worship him. He'll be on stage playing with Jade on the night so yaknow, we have got someone amazing up there.

Other countries use the same basis and format for their national selection process, usually a few acts and its voted on by the public however they aren't always overly famous in their native country, most take the same approach as us. I think France this year are sending a really famous singer from their country, which is fair enough. You'll get the odd few countries who will also send in their best talent but it might not reflect what other countries in Europe like so you can never be sure sending in a famous singer will mean that you'll get more points. Sweden seem to take things the most serious out of any other country in Europe. They have Melodifestivalen which may as well be called Swedevision as its basically Eurovision but just for Sweden. Its epic.

So yeah, our famous singers have helped us win but when out of 53 contests we've come top ten in over 40 of them, its never going to always be the famous singers who guarantee a high position as the majority are probably lesser known in Europe than anyone else.

The thing is, when we used to win it wasn't because we used to send our pride and glory but it was because phone voting wasn't as widespread. In fact the last time we won was in 1997 and then only five countries had phone voting (one of them being us). Last year we came last however, as Jack has said, if we had used the points from the Back Up juries (only 3 juries points were released) we had something like 24 points which means we got way more points from 3 juries than we did from 42 countries televotes combined. This year there is a 50/50 televote/jury split so we can hope to do better than we have done in previous years where political block voting was rife.

Every year there are juries voting, however they only vote in case something goes wrong with that specific countries televotes. And then there was San Marino who didn't have televotes (cus, well... it's San Marino) so they had a jury. We get good points from country juries as they vote on the quality of the song. They are made up of professionals from the music industry in those specific countries, they aren't related to any of the contestants, and they don't vote politically as can be seen from contests when juries had to be used because televoting didn't exist.

All in all, we will do a lot better this year due to the fact it will be a little less political, and we have taken it seriously. We've done what all other countries do, and our entrant has been on a 20 country tour singing our song around and about in different countries on television, so everyone knows our song already. We've never done that before yet every other country DOES. We've taken a lot of steps to ensure we get at least a good position (the tour, sending a good song, sending a good singer, sending a good composer, sending a good lyricist) and the contest itself has taken steps to try and prevent political voting, and we have a really good song position being 23rd to perform out of 25.

I have high hopes for a top ten position, top three if we are lucky. We won't win but I'm estimating around 5-10ish.

Rock

02-05-2009, 06:51 PM

I think that a top 10 position is possible for Britian. When is the actually show anyway?

PriceTags

02-05-2009, 06:53 PM

Can't they use a proper singer like in the past? We only ever won because we used a world-known singer like Cliff Richard or Lulu, and any other times were probably due to a decent singer too. Don't other countries use big singers too? As in, singers which are well-known in the country?

In 1969 when Lulu won, it won't have made a difference whether she was well known, because there would have been 10 people in little rooms in 16 countries listening in on the contest, who probably can't speak English, so the repeated line of "Boom bang-a-bang, boom bang-a-bang, oh oh oh" was probably the deciding factor in that.

Cliff Richard's songs were nice and cheerful, but came second and third, but that wasn't due to the fact that he was Cliff Richard.

Big stars might help once it is proven that the UK can get good positions and the contest's reputation as a career ruiner has worn off. Dima Bilan is a big star in Eastern Europe as is Marija Serifovic who won in 2007.

Sweden always send big stars, because their annual Melodifestivalen contest attracts loads of them, because it's publicity, and the Swedish are more forgiving to their popstars.

It's a bit too much for Leona Lewis or someone to risk, because if their entry is a flop, their career will go down the drain!

Sammeth.

02-05-2009, 07:18 PM

I think that a top 10 position is possible for Britian. When is the actually show anyway?

12th May is the first semifinal on BBC3.
14th May is the second semifinal on BBC3, which the United Kingdom can vote in (they can't vote in the first one)
16th May is the final on BBC1 which the UK have automatically qualified for as we're too hot not to be in it (in terms of money obv)

Rock

02-05-2009, 07:20 PM

12th May is the first semifinal on BBC3.
14th May is the second semifinal on BBC3, which the United Kingdom can vote in (they can't vote in the first one)
16th May is the final on BBC1 which the UK have automatically qualified for as we're too hot not to be in it (in terms of money obv)

Thanks ;)

Sammeth.

02-05-2009, 07:38 PM

Oh wait soz, we are voting in Semi 1, not Semi 2, my mistake I put them wrong way round :(

Sarah

03-05-2009, 01:31 PM

The eurovision.tv website is posting performances from the rehearsals today (and i presume up in till the semifinals/finals) there quiet good. :)

PriceTags

03-05-2009, 06:36 PM

The eurovision.tv website is posting performances from the rehearsals today (and i presume up in till the semifinals/finals) there quiet good. :)

Switzerland did the best rehearsal today followed closely by Sweden. Would you agree?

Sarah

03-05-2009, 10:42 PM

I liked Armenia's apart from the girl who sang at the beginning the music was over her voice. But yeah, i liked Swedens! Hadise cannot sing live, she really needs to do something before the semis.

PriceTags

03-05-2009, 10:47 PM

I liked Armenia's apart from the girl who sang at the beginning the music was over her voice. But yeah, i liked Swedens! Hadise cannot sing live, she really needs to do something before the semis.

Malena is amazing. I love Inga and Anush and I hope they qualify!! Hadise is poor, and she was drowned out by the man near the end.

Sarah

03-05-2009, 11:07 PM

When we we see Jade's Eurovision, and apparently Spain has something special and something that hasn't been done before.. so it'll be interesting. I think dancing + singing is a bad combination unless its very simple dancing moves... should be interesting.

PriceTags

05-05-2009, 06:31 AM

Arlene Phillips has been showing Jade how to do a 'fabulous walk' as part of her performance.

I am very impressed at the Icelandic backing singers because they are in tune and sing very well. Maybe that's because one of last year's Icelandic representatives is in her backing group along with a Danish (although she's Icelandic) Eurovision hopeful from this year, who lost out to the Ronan Keating clone.

I've noticed Carola's wind machine has been in use a lot this year and is very effective.

P.S. - I'd watch the bloke from Bosnia's pants don't split if I was organising the contest. It's quite horrific watching him there doing the splits when his bulge is on the verge of exploding :(.

Sarah

05-05-2009, 06:57 PM

aha! Elena's performance was better live that I had expected. Maltas song is just truly amazing, and chira is a star! Norway sounded a bit rusty today, almost as if his voice is going? eek!

kuzkasate

05-05-2009, 09:29 PM

Even though Im Russian I want France to win it this year! The song is absolutely amazing! I just dont think many people understand it.

Sarah

06-05-2009, 12:24 AM

Even though Im Russian I want France to win it this year! The song is absolutely amazing! I just dont think many people understand it.

its too "frenchy" for my liking!
Armenia ftw!

PriceTags

06-05-2009, 01:33 AM

aha! Elena's performance was better live that I had expected. Maltas song is just truly amazing, and chira is a star! Norway sounded a bit rusty today, almost as if his voice is going? eek!

I thought he sounded a bit off - I thought I was the only one hearing that, the way people go on about things. I didn't expect Elena to be that good either - she was bobbins at the national final.

Even though Im Russian I want France to win it this year! The song is absolutely amazing! I just dont think many people understand it.

I think Kaas is too good for Eurovision. It's going to ruin her career!

its too "frenchy" for my liking!
Armenia ftw!

I love the Nor Par.

Timetable for 6th May:
06.30 BST - 07.10 BST: Slovenia
07.10 BST - 07.50 BST: Hungary
07.50 BST - 08.30 BST: Azerbaijan
08.30 BST - 09.10 BST: Greece

09.10 BST - 10.10 BST: Lunch

10.10 BST - 10.50 BST: Lithuania
10.50 BST - 11.30 BST: Moldova
11.30 BST - 12.10 BST: Albania

12.10 BST - 12.30 BST: Break

12.30 BST - 13.10 BST: Ukraine
13.10 BST - 13.50 BST: Estonia
13.50 BST - 14.20 BST: The Netherlands

Sarah

06-05-2009, 08:27 PM

Well Sakias (greece) was a bit of a disappointment, he's been avoiding singing live when hes been guests and on their national final and now he has disappointed me - he cant sing live im sorry to say.

Sammeth.

09-05-2009, 06:19 AM

The UK are rehearsing today at 14:40 I believe (I don't have the schedule in front of me atm) so thats 11:40 our time. Luckily Jade is fantastic live :D

Judge Judy

09-05-2009, 10:27 AM

Where on www.eurovision.tv would I find the live stream to the rehearsals... or is it one of those recorded ones that they upload later.

Sammeth.

09-05-2009, 11:14 AM

I always watch them on the Eurovision YouTube channel. They are uploaded relatively quickly - just take their rehearsal times, apply it to GMT and thats around the time they should be up on youtube (so for example if Jade was rehearsing at 12:00 CET, it would be on YouTube 12:00 GMT). CET is +3.

REHEARSALS
09:00 CET - 09:30 CET: Denmark
09:30 CET - 10:00 CET: Slovenia
10:00 CET - 10:30 CET: Hungary
10:30 CET - 11:00 CET: Lunch
11:30 CET - 12:00 CET: Azerbaijan
12:00 CET - 12:30 CET: Greece
12:30 CET - 13:10 CET: France
13:00 CET - 13:20 CET: Break
13:20 CET - 14:00 CET: Russia
14:00 CET - 14:40 CET: Germany
14:40 CET - 15:20 CET: United Kingdom
15:20 CET - 16:20 CET: Dinner
16:20 CET - 17:00 CET: Spain

Jade is currently nearing the end of her rehearsal. :8

Sarah

09-05-2009, 07:45 PM

great rehearsal from jade, and spain too.

Judge Judy

09-05-2009, 09:27 PM

Yes Jade was good but the lyrics got, for me, to the point of 'yes I get the point that this is your time'.... maybe the lyrics will grow on me but nonetheless good.

TheMagicTramp

10-05-2009, 11:19 AM

Sammeth.

10-05-2009, 03:29 PM

She will be wearing a lush dress, she confirmed the designer Amanda Wakely will be designing it for her so I doubt (HOPE) it won't be anything as cheesy as wearing the Union Flag! :P

http://www.amandawakeley.com/web/index.html

PriceTags

10-05-2009, 04:04 PM

Google Eurovision 2009 Forecast:

http://www.google.com/landing/eurovision/index.html

What do you think of it?

Also what do you all think what Jade will be wearing for this weeks Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Finale?

I think she'll wear like a dress with our country flag ( United Kingdom )

She's not Geri Halliwell! She's a classy lady. I think she'll wear a lovely flowing dress which moves nicely when she goes down the stairs.

That top 10 could happen, but Hadise will not be that high. She's an awful singer.

PriceTags

11-05-2009, 11:19 PM

The first semi-final is tonight. You're in for a treat. The little videos before the songs are insane.

BBC Three at 8pm. Commentators: Paddy O'Connell and Sarah Cawood.

Sarah

12-05-2009, 05:42 PM

I preferred Carolina Flack last year :(
Oh well looks good!

PriceTags

12-05-2009, 06:52 PM

I hope you all have your European themed snacks at the ready.

According to the bookies the following will go through:
Montenegro
Sweden
Armenia
Switzerland
Turkey
Iceland
Finland
Portugal
Malta
Bosnia & Herzegovina

Fans mainly agree with this, however success for FYR Macedonia and Belarus is forecasted by them. Failure for Montenegro and Switzerland is also predicted by fans.

What to expect from tonight:
- To be amazed by the fabulous show put on by the Russians
- To be bewildered by the fact that t.A.T.u are still around
- To be amused by tonight's hosts' bad English (the ones on Saturday WILL be better)
- To be disappointed that there's no hope in hell that your favourite (ANDORRA OF COURSE!) will get through
- To be fluent in Russian with the snippets at the end of the postcards (with words such as Welcome, Hi, Music and Round loaf of bread)

PriceTags

12-05-2009, 10:51 PM

The running order is as follows:
01
02 Israel
03 France
04 Sweden
05
06 Portugal
07 Iceland
08
09 Armenia
10 Russia
11
12 Bosnia & Herzegovina
13
14 Malta
15
16
17 Germany
18 Turkey
19
20
21
22 Romania
23 United Kingdom
24 Finland
25 Spain

Inseriousity.

13-05-2009, 07:31 AM

I liked Malta's song... although I can only remember one line... but it was good all the same! :P

Sarah

13-05-2009, 08:54 PM

PriceTags

14-05-2009, 03:31 PM

Very predictable country's went through, it seems BT are also backing the UK's entry this year with special offers of some sort of people who call or something..? Anyway another semifinal to look forward to tomorrow!

BT are offering cheap international phone calls, and they're selling them to people as a special offer to ring people to tell them to vote for the UK.

I got this tweet today:
@HairyEmu Glad you love Jade too! We're campaigning for people to ring friends and family abroad, to help Jade's votes!www.bt.com/eurovision

Desperation from someone at BT to not be one of the 15,000 to lose their job...

Sarah

14-05-2009, 04:52 PM

eeek! Anyway should be a good semi final, and the oikotimes website has the UK in first place now.

PriceTags

14-05-2009, 06:22 PM

PRIVET*
*hello
I hope you all have your European themed snacks at the ready.

According to the bookies the following will go through:
Ireland
Serbia
Norway
Denmark
Azerbaijan
Greece
Lithuania
Albania
Ukraine
Estonia

This is a trickier semi-final to predict. Other names floating around are Cyprus, Moldova and Hungary. Out of that ten, Ireland and Lithuania are being doubted. Of course, all we can do is wait and see.

What to expect from tonight:
- To be amazed by another fabulous show put on by the Russians
- To be amused by tonight's hosts' bad English (the ones on Saturday WILL be better)
- To be disappointed that this semi-final is nowhere near as good
- To be even more fluent in Russian with the snippets at the end of the postcards (with words such as Welcome, Hi, Music and Round loaf of bread)
- To be glad The Toppers from the Netherlands aren't wearing their original choice of LED covered suits

PriceTags

14-05-2009, 09:19 PM

Finalists:
Croatia
Norway
Denmark
Azerbaijan
Greece
Lithuania
Moldova
Albania
Ukraine
Estonia

The theory is that Ireland came 10th, but Croatia got the jury vote!

PriceTags

14-05-2009, 10:45 PM

Ballad
Uptempo

01 Lithuania
02 Israel
03 France
04 Sweden
05 Croatia
06 Portugal
07 Iceland
08 Greece
09 Armenia
10 Russia
11 Azerbaijan
12 Bosnia & Herzegovina
13 Moldova
14 Malta
15 Estonia
16 Denmark
17 Germany
18 Turkey
19 Albania
20 Norway
21 Ukraine
22 Romania
23 United Kingdom
24 Finland
25 Spain

If you notice that some songs stand out (Sweden, Bosnia, UK) so people might like the change and vote for them. Songs drawn later usually do better too, so Norway, Ukraine, UK and Spain will benefit from this. The odds are all over the place at the moment, so it's best to see on the day, but with the juries voting, it's anyone's guess who will win!

Sarah

15-05-2009, 12:43 PM

Finally, we will see jade in action tomorrow :)

PriceTags

15-05-2009, 04:03 PM

The dress rehearsal that the juries will judge is taking place now :)!

Sammeth.

15-05-2009, 05:23 PM

The dress rehearsal that the juries will judge is taking place now :)!
-SCREAM FOR JADE

lick

15-05-2009, 07:25 PM

Aww Ireland didnt get in and i though i was good (not being biast) lol

Sammeth.

15-05-2009, 08:00 PM

Yeah I was hoping Ireland would get in and I thought they actually had a chance. They weren't a favourite for that night but they were subject to a lot of debate. Tis a shame, cus its a million miles from what they entered last year.

jackass

15-05-2009, 09:00 PM

Look, don't want to make you guys feel bad or anything, but our song sucks.

It's boring, unmemorable and cheesy. I really dislike it and I know we are just going to end up coming last again.

Sarah

15-05-2009, 10:02 PM

Look, don't want to make you guys feel bad or anything, but our song sucks.

It's boring, unmemorable and cheesy. I really dislike it and I know we are just going to end up coming last again.

Your entitle to your opinion, its not everyones cup of tea and maybe other songs you see as better!
I just saw the German act with dita von tease and it looked like her "bits" popped out of her dress at the end - eek!
The UK seem to be one of the favorites this year, my favorites are Armenia & Ukraine :)

Geraint

15-05-2009, 10:22 PM

I love how some people seem to think that we will win it now that they have introduced the new voting system. :lol: :lol: :lol:

PriceTags

16-05-2009, 01:53 AM

Look, don't want to make you guys feel bad or anything, but our song sucks.

It's boring, unmemorable and cheesy. I really dislike it and I know we are just going to end up coming last again.

We can't vote for it though, so it's not our opinion that counts. There is stuff much worse in the final. We are definitely not going to come last. We will get points from a lot of countries. The people who have said we will come last won't hear the end of it from me.

I love how some people seem to think that we will win it now that they have introduced the new voting system. :lol: :lol: :lol:

We have a chance. In the past, juries have massively favoured the UK and ballads and the fact it will say Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Diane Eve Warren under the title is a great benefit. The fact that Andrew will get his face on screen for a few minutes is good for televoters too, as is the fact that she's sung her song on TV in over 20 countries. Off the top of my head she's done Life and Cooking in Holland, the national selections of Bosnia&Herzegovina, Russia, Ukraine and Malta to name a few, a Spanish Eurovision preview show, Polish Strictly Come Dancing and Swedish breakfast TV. Her song has had massive airplay on MTV Russia, which can be received in the countries surrounding Russia and 100,000 copies of her single were given away with OK Russia magazine. She's brilliant live, and she has 2009's must-have accessory: a violin. It's not just the voting system that has made me massively confident, it's all these other factors.

Speaking of voting...
http://bloggbilder.aftonbladet.se/images/9/img_4a0db4ff6e4b8.jpg
This is the scoreboard on which the votes will be displayed on tomorrow.

Sarah

16-05-2009, 02:43 AM

ooh, i dunno about that scoreboard looks a bit yuck.

Hazza

16-05-2009, 08:44 PM

***** THAT WAS SO FUNNY
JADE GOT HIT BY THE VIOLIN BLOKE *****!

VelvetClover

16-05-2009, 08:46 PM

***** THAT WAS SO FUNNY
JADE GOT HIT BY THE VIOLIN BLOKE *****!

LOL I know I laughed at that, feel a bit sorry for her though.
The song was okay I guess but I doubt we will win.

And also, Finland's song is quite catchy but the faily rapping...lol.

Geraint

16-05-2009, 09:00 PM

the standard of fanny on display was unbelievable.

jackass

16-05-2009, 09:11 PM

LOL @ THE VIOLIN!!

And, Iceland & Norway were quite good I thought.

Finland were a bit of a disappointment this year I thought...

Caution

16-05-2009, 09:17 PM

Finlands song was nb compared to the rest imo. I voted for Germany, I didn't see them sing though lol. The people jumping about in half an inch of water was dire.

VelvetClover

16-05-2009, 09:23 PM

the standard of fanny on display was unbelievable.

LOL lovely.

The UK is doing pretty well for points at the moment!

jackass

16-05-2009, 09:25 PM

Norway are doing far too well, I doubt we can overtake them now.

But we're doing quite well 2nd, so far!

None from Sweden. :rolleyes:

Geraint

16-05-2009, 09:27 PM

LOL lovely.

The UK is doing pretty well for points at the moment!

good if norway win so I can seem them girls again :)

VelvetClover

16-05-2009, 09:39 PM

Duncan from Blue? Why? lol

Caution

16-05-2009, 09:43 PM

Duncan from Blue? Why? lol
that's what i thought lol.

Jahova

16-05-2009, 09:49 PM

They make us look like thugs, I swear.

Judge Judy

16-05-2009, 09:53 PM

We're doing well woo :P photo opportunity as Graham Norton says!!

Do we find out what the jury decided on as this is 50% isn't it?

VelvetClover

16-05-2009, 10:02 PM

Graham Norton is doing quite a good job actually, he's being quite funny with his little comments lol

Judge Judy

16-05-2009, 10:08 PM

You can't beat Terry Wogan though. Norton has done good though.

Sammeth.

16-05-2009, 10:10 PM

4th up until the last country vote, then 5th - I would like to take this opportunity to tell you all me and Jack will now be intolerable. I think you'll find we deserve to rub it in and gloat :D

Hazza

16-05-2009, 10:10 PM

5th, I'm happy! :D

VelvetClover

16-05-2009, 10:11 PM

Ah well UK didn't win. Maybe next time :)
5th place though, not too bad!

Rixion

16-05-2009, 10:14 PM

I wanted Iceland to win, but Norway was awesome aswell!

Well done UK!

PriceTags

16-05-2009, 10:18 PM

5th place... BIG congratulations to Jade. I hope all your haters can now see that a good song, an effort and the juries can make for a good result. I'm really happy.

Eamonn

16-05-2009, 10:20 PM

I said we would come top ten earlier in this thread (or the first one w/e) and people disagreed.. but look now, we went and done one better and have gone top five! Knew it! Well done Jade :D

Andeeh

16-05-2009, 10:22 PM

well UK exceeded my expectations ;] well done

Sarah

16-05-2009, 10:44 PM

What a good eurovision this turned out to be, So happy with Jades performance and the jury system seems to be working as most of the eastern country's gave points to us! Norway get the highest points of Eurovision so far beating lordi (Finland). aah! See you next year in oslo, if the Norwegian broadcaster can afford it!

Sammeth.

16-05-2009, 11:26 PM

In a way I hope they say no to hosting it in this climate as that means BBC (like usual) will most likely step in. Im selfish like that.

Titch

17-05-2009, 12:27 AM

5th place... BIG congratulations to Jade. I hope all your haters can now see that a good song, an effort and the juries can make for a good result. I'm really happy.

Where my throne :D

-Heart

17-05-2009, 09:35 AM

Wow, what a load of crap that was.
1) That Norwegien song was terrible. Just.. terrible. Also I want to punch the guy who sings it in the face. It's a farce how many points they got.
2) Our song was ****. What the **** was that all about? The lyrics were absolutely dreadful and it was in no way the 5th best song in the competition.

The real winner for me tonight was Greece. Loved their song. I agree with the decisions to have Turkey, Azerbaijan & Iceland in the top 5 - but Norway and the UK? Terrible.

Jam

17-05-2009, 09:54 AM

I always just watch the points for the sarcastic remarks, even if Norton does it now.

And does anyone else think that the Norway singer looks like Zac Efron with a melted face?

Judge Judy

17-05-2009, 10:14 AM

PriceTags

17-05-2009, 12:35 PM

Where my throne :D

The bet was if the UK came 26th, you could have a throne, since you said the UK always came 26th. You didn't think to question the fact there were only 25 countries in the final :).

buttons

17-05-2009, 12:53 PM

WHAT! Finland were great :'(:'( lol at the begining with the last year winner when his coat got stuck hahah

-Heart

17-05-2009, 03:35 PM

buttons

17-05-2009, 03:39 PM

The Norwegien song was good, he's so cute and deserved that points. :eusa_ange
Our song was better than I expected + yeh the lyrics were a bit **** lol, I thought like everyone was singing bout love as a theme or something then she sings that I was like ok but it was fine. I wanted Finland to be at the top and they came last pahah, or Germany!! Omg how did the french come like 8th or something that was awful n Russia was **** too :@ ******* freak

-Heart

17-05-2009, 05:43 PM

luce

17-05-2009, 09:37 PM

5th wow better then expected i was to busy having fun to watch but from what i heard of the song in previews it sounded a little dump :D its my time its my something erm yeah ok?

Couturez

18-05-2009, 01:48 AM

i loved this years contest! but it was soooo expensive! it cost them £19.? million this year..... waste of money!

but i loved all the entries, except for a few that were like -shows off assets- haha! ;/
i loved estonia, UK and i thought norway really deserved it tbh :)
i thought the voting was perfect aswell...everything was just as it should be...no voting for neighbouring countries...cept for ireland..but they are like the best of friends! :D

i don't know why everyone does hate this years UK entry...it has gotten us 5th placeee!!
in like 6 yearrrs! i thought we were gonna pull out like the rest of the countries, but i think we out shun germany, cause i read in the newspaper that dita would be part of germany's act... ;/
buut yeeeer, where did they get in the table ;)

but well done all entries!
and poor terry, i think he hated the fact that everyone was voting just for thier neighbours? ;/
xxxx