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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 16:46:19 GMT
... We don't care !
Daily Star or Mail on Sunday if the UK get Zéro point tomorrow evening?
What are the odds it'll be another reason for leaving the EU?
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Post by tyrednexited on May 12, 2017 16:56:58 GMT
What are the odds it'll be another reason for leaving the EU? ...unfortunately leaving is unlikely to get us out of the Eurovision Song Contest; if it did, it might be the first valid example of "a price worth paying".  |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 16:58:22 GMT
Australia can maybe take the UKs place in the EU.
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Post by Hofmeister on May 13, 2017 19:59:53 GMT
If UKIP had leaving Eurovision as their manifesto, I would have voted for them.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 6:23:18 GMT
Never watch it or listen to it. Last time was about 18 years ago in a restaurant in Paris and the locals were watching with some level of disdain until the song of their country of origin came up in which case there was much interest and partisan support. Made for an interesting evening as there were many different nationalities present.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 8:00:22 GMT
If UKIP had leaving Eurovision as their manifesto, I would have voted for them. UKIP are working on their immigration policy I've read. They're planning on employing nightclub bouncers at all entry/exit points with a one out, one in policy. No shell suits or trainers, The LibDems want to eradicate avocado hand by making the correct pronunciation of Quinoa part of the national curriculum. Labour are still working out the difference between policemen and sleeping policemen. The conservative are looking for a strong and stable countryside pastime between pubs. Fancy dress, horses and dogs optional but Theresa may change her mind on how optional. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 8:04:04 GMT
If UKIP had leaving Eurovision as their manifesto, I would have voted for them. UKIP are working on their immigration policy I've read. They're planning on employing nightclub bouncers at all entry/exit points with a one out, one in policy. No shell suits or trainers, The LibDems want to eradicate avocado hand by making the correct pronunciation of Quinoa part of the national curriculum. Labour are still working out the difference between policemen and sleeping policemen. The conservative are looking for a strong and stable countryside pastime between pubs. Fancy dress, horses and dogs optional but Theresa may change her mind on how optional. Back on topic, who won, was it any good the old sing song? Luckily, we know someone who has a birthday in the days before the competition so we're always out for dinner. |
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Post by bromptonaut on May 14, 2017 10:47:13 GMT
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Post by WDB on May 15, 2017 7:19:08 GMT
Wasn't there once a rule that the song had to be in the entrant's language? Hence, I thought, all the 'La la la' and 'Bippety-boppety' lyrics, intended to make the song as internationally marketable as possible within the rules.
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Post by Alanović on May 15, 2017 9:28:18 GMT
Yes, WDB, you're correct. It would be nice to have everyone sing in native languages, but the unintended consequence of that rule, as you pointed out, was too big a price to pay.
I really liked the Portugal song and was delighted it won. Other excellent entries IMHO were Belgium, Croatia and Ukraine. UK's was pretty good but a bit formulaic and finished about halfway in the voting, giving the lie to any anti-Brit theories completely. We were well voted for from across the continent.
I watch it and enjoy it every year, and this year it seems to have 'grown up' a bit, for want of a better word. There was good variety in the entrants, some high quality stuff, and very little daft novelty stuff, apart from the silly Italian gorilla gimmick. The children were of course delighted with the pitch invader who mooned 200 million people and got bundled off the stage by security in pretty short order.
The European Championship of Beer which my friend and I held as we watched was won by La Gondole IPA from Belgium. A 7.2% beer but didn't taste that strong at all. Which is dangerous. Alarmingly easy to drink and moreish. This surprised me as I'm not a great fan of IPA generally. Last place to Iceland, with a sharp, over-hopped wheat beer whose name escapes me. Some ordinary stuff in the middle from Greece, Germany and Spain.
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Post by bromptonaut on May 15, 2017 9:35:11 GMT
Wasn't there once a rule that the song had to be in the entrant's language? Hence, I thought, all the 'La la la' and 'Bippety-boppety' lyrics, intended to make the song as internationally marketable as possible within the rules. The winner for once being in the entrant's language I looked this up yesterday. There was such rule fairly consistently until 1973 when it was relaxed, allowing Abba to win with Waterloo. It's been tried again since but they've given up and most entries are now in English. It was not uncommon for a winner to release an English version. Vicky Leandros, a Greek singing in French for Luxembourg, won in 1972 with Apres Toi subsequently transformed into English as Come What May, losing it's charm in the process. My personal favourite is the French entry in 1996, Diwanit Bugale, performed in Breton by a Dan Ar Braz (french) with Karen Matheson (scots) and Elaine Morgan (welsh) |
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Post by Alanović on May 15, 2017 9:41:08 GMT
I'll look that Breton one up, Brompters. Must have missed it that year. France often present something interesting, even if they seldom win.
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Post by bromptonaut on May 15, 2017 10:00:37 GMT
Et voila!!
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Post by Alanović on May 15, 2017 12:31:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 15:53:38 GMT
If you like IPA you might enjoy another Belgian take on it - Houblon Chouffe. On the otherhand you could have already tried it and decided 9% is a bit heavy for a session beer.
There's also the North Sea Beer Festival 2017 August bank holiday weekend in Ostend if you and your mates can get time off for good behaviour.
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