Everyone's favourite time of the year again.
Bookies have Armenia as favourites - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChkJpnOgIwQ - a song that takes a while to warm up. Unusual winner if the bookies are on form. They're on first in the semi tomorrow.
Behind them in the betting is Sweden, always good to look at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdXXnX5BvGY - a more traditional winner here.
A lot of money going on the UK this week - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFqYbibLh8k - can't see it.
You can get Ireland at around 80/1 but keep yer money for a bag of chips - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc14AzCXUgQ . They're on 9th in the second semi on Thursday. They'll probably qualify.
In the meantime here's Red Hurley in 1976 = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjIRsfnlQr4
Liverpool fans have time for this now.
Can we do worse than yon lad from T'rone last year with his miserable 5 points?
Word on the street is that we won't even qualify for the finals.
Like these gimps.
(http://cdn1.independent.ie/migration_catalog/article25322650.ece/b876b/ALTERNATES/h342/JMcC)
Quote from: ONeill on May 05, 2014, 06:15:42 PM
Everyone's favourite time of the year again.
Bookies have Armenia as favourites - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChkJpnOgIwQ - a song that takes a while to warm up. Unusual winner if the bookies are on form. They're on first in the semi tomorrow.
Behind them in the betting is Sweden, always good to look at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdXXnX5BvGY - a more traditional winner here.
A lot of money going on the UK this week - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFqYbibLh8k - can't see it.
You can get Ireland at around 80/1 but keep yer money for a bag of chips - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc14AzCXUgQ . They're on 9th in the second semi on Thursday. They'll probably qualify.
In the meantime here's Red Hurley in 1976 = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjIRsfnlQr4
Joking aside, Red Hurley's song is in a different class to anything we've entered for years. We'd be better off going with a tin whistle, flute and bodhran approach. I don't think that dance tune we've gone with this year will even qualify. The UK and Armenian songs didn't do it for me either. Sweden was the best of the bad lot I've heard so far. I think standards are slipping. I hate to be so negative about an event I love, but it's only because I care. :(
Appears that the Irish song ain't going down well due to the mad dancers. Singer and song fine but press corp calling it a dance with singing as a backdrop. Only song not to be applauded during rehearsals. A few forums claim it has been a PR disaster with Irish officials "rolling eyes" when questioned about the overuse of the prancing prancers.
Meanwhile, here's a bearded lady: http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2014/05/07/bearded-lady-from-austria-ignites-eurovision-protest-storm/
Quote from: ONeill on May 08, 2014, 10:06:58 AM
Meanwhile, here's a bearded lady: http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2014/05/07/bearded-lady-from-austria-ignites-eurovision-protest-storm/
WTF?
I heard Russia getting booed on Tuesday and thought it was because of the disturbance in Ukraine.
No, it was because of Russia's stance on homosexuality. The Eurovision is full to the brim with gay people.
Quote from: Orior on May 08, 2014, 01:16:10 PM
I heard Russia getting booed on Tuesday and thought it was because of the disturbance in Ukraine.
No, it was because of Russia's stance on homosexuality. The Eurovision is full to the brim with gay people.
A good friend of mine back in Galway was gay and frequented "The Stage Door", Galway's gay bar. He said Eurovision night was one of the biggest of the year, like the Champion's League Final in a regular bar.
Quote from: Asal Mor on May 08, 2014, 04:26:15 PM
Quote from: Orior on May 08, 2014, 01:16:10 PM
I heard Russia getting booed on Tuesday and thought it was because of the disturbance in Ukraine.
No, it was because of Russia's stance on homosexuality. The Eurovision is full to the brim with gay people.
A good friend of mine back in Galway was gay and frequented "The Stage Door", Galway's gay bar. He said Eurovision night was one of the biggest of the year, like the Champion's League Final in a regular bar.
So it suited our twins a few years ago?
GO Poland! Some serious totty and boobage washing clothes on the side of the stage!
Quote from: laoislad on May 08, 2014, 08:29:31 PM
GO Poland! Some serious totty and boobage washing clothes on the side of the stage!
Buxom lass always helps a song.
The Osterreich entry is a bit of a sausage.
No wonder the Gay pubs watch this.
Is that a bearded lady or a man dressed as a woman? S/He looks vaguely familiar. - volume down so I can't actually hear it!
Irish song should get a few extra votes for the eye candy.
Camera stayed on her and not the dancers. Should go through. Weak semi this one.
Quote from: ONeill on May 08, 2014, 08:49:18 PM
Camera stayed on her and not the dancers. Should go through. Weak semi this one.
I dunno I was hard enough watching her.
I was hard enough :o
or It was hard enough Laoislad!
Personally I thought it was an abysmal song and the clodding gimps made it worse.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on May 08, 2014, 08:52:52 PM
I was hard enough :o
or It was hard enough Laoislad!
Well she'd give you more than a weak semi.
None of these songs would have made it out of Tuesday's semi. This is the Tommy Murphy competition.
Cleavage City tonight.
After seeing them all:
Sweden, Netherlands and UK.
Then
Armenia and Ukraine.
A man in Culloville can vote for Ireland, but his brother in Cullaville cannot? Outrageous! Time to invade Europe.
Quote from: Orior on May 08, 2014, 09:17:56 PM
A man in Culloville can vote for Ireland, but his brother in Cullaville cannot? Outrageous! Time to invade Europe.
Or the other way around, perhaps?
Yes! Weak semi Poland through.
Irish out!
Bring back Dustin.
Perhaps I'm biased, but I couldn't see how the Irish song was any worse than some of that.
Ireland out....thank fcuk. Would've been nil points Saturday.
What a feiced up competition. The Irish song was as good as any of the other cleavage songs!
Billy McGuinness of Aslan was right on the Late late show about the voting.
Quote from: ONeill on May 08, 2014, 10:02:53 PM
Ireland out....thank fcuk. Would've been nil points Saturday.
Yeah, it was a very poor song. And can we get rid of this Riverdance affliction. They got it 20 years ago, but trying to rehash it and mask a weak song does not cut it. Jez we try that trick year in year out! They are not going for it!
I think the song wasn't too bad but the backing singers and dancers were shit. And the woman herself fecked up. Still better than many on the night but Ireland not liked these days.
Up the UK.
...and Israel...probably one of the better ones on the night...what have Israel done to annoy people like?
Just to run it in, the freak show make it into the final. It is a fecked up world :(