Reply to: Eurovision

[thelace]

like anyone other than you is bothered?

[minestrone]

UK now 10/1.

Massive movements in the odds.

[minestrone]

UK have moved from 16/1 to 12/1. If you want to make some money go for betfair who offer 8/5 on Norway. Guaranteed money.

EDIT: Betfair are now offering 19/1 on UK, E/W it is a winner.

[minestrone]

Nah

You watch the Eurovision Song Contest.

That instantly makes any comments you make about music null and void!

yes, Webber knows nothing about music. Pulled in 800 million knowing nothing about music.

[thelace]

You play Rugby and Deep Purple albums, I play the piano, guitar and drums.

I'm going to think I know what I am talking about on this.

Nah

You watch the Eurovision Song Contest.

That instantly makes any comments you make about music null and void!

[minestrone]

I don't know much but I know that 99.99999999999999999% of continental music is tulipe; I live here and hear it every bloody day.

I'm off to see John-Michel Jarre next week. Front row seats, can't wait.

[Mich the Tester]

I play the piano, guitar and drums.

Plan B for you

[Mich the Tester]

You play Rugby and Deep Purple albums, I play the piano, guitar and drums.

I'm going to think I know what I am talking about on this.

I don't know much but I know that 99.99999999999999999% of continental music is tulipe; I live here and hear it every bloody day.

[minestrone]

IIRC they have chnaged the voting from a public vote back to a jury vote, possibly with some public voting. This should mean an end to expat voting for home nations and possibly a little les of the tradition Eastern/Western European block voting.

I think it's 50/50 between phone and jury for each nation. Still, I expect 12 points from malta.

[DaveB]

IIRC they have chnaged the voting from a public vote back to a jury vote. This should mean an end to expat voting for home nations and possibly a little les of the tradition Eastern/Western European block voting.

Edit : I appear to know more about the Eurovision song contest than any sane person would want....

[Pinto]

16 to 1 for the UK to win, going to put down a bit on each way

Doesn't Terry Wogan keep banging on about how political the vote is?
Last year people thought the UK had a good chance of winning and, I just checked, came 25th i.e. below countries with very, very poor songs.

Obviously the bookies think the same.

[Alf W]

In Europe I get the impression that this is taken seriously (someone's already mentioned David Hasselfoff). In the UK it's treated as a big laugh by the gay community and ignored by the rest.

[The Lone Gunman]

Eurovision is pointless since they expanded membership.
Block voting means that only one of the old eastern block will win unless there is a novelty that all the others can vote for.

I also like ot see if I can spot an expat community in the voting. As it is a telephone vote and you can not vote for the country you are in the expats (who can be arsed) make a major showing.

[minestrone]

Well the music was, the lyrics are by some other guy.

Girl I believe.

[minestrone]

taught the yanks how to play their own music. Clapton and co rescued blues from oblivion when the yanks thought black folks couldn't play, British punk bands improved on the New York Dolls and actually woke the yanks up to the fact that there was something beyond disco, indie bands taught them how to play pop again and Metallica learnt heavy metal by listening to the British bands while all the other yanks were emptying tankers full of hairspray onto their empty heads and singing crap like 'you can't stop rock and roll'.

You play Rugby and Deep Purple albums, I play the piano, guitar and drums.

I'm going to think I know what I am talking about on this.