xxphttp://www.eurovision.tv/esctvit's on now
― banal like a null (snoball), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
ENBB it's on now! I posted links upthread!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
Albania! I guess.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
Tender ballad! Maybe.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
The wailing bit it the word "cry" in Albania, according to the subtitles.
― banal like a null (snoball), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
little bit of Bjork Yoga
kinda off key though... not so kinda
― Ludo, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
I kinda like this, actually. Impressive whale noises.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
Only thing tender is the audience's eardrums after her vocal heroics.
― gyac, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
lol, subs just read 'cos this is what I do best now' during the high pitched wailing
― banal like a null (snoball), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
Why can't I get subtitles? Grargh smash
― emil.y, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
Subs are kind of laggy and rub tbh. And I'm watching via the TV card on my PC, so I can't really help anyone else.
― banal like a null (snoball), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:27 (11 months ago) Permalink
JEDWARD SPOTTED
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:27 (11 months ago) Permalink
KEEL THEM!!!
― banal like a null (snoball), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
Not the best Costi song of the year, by a long shot, but i like it.
― Just like you, except hot (ShariVari), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
Moonwalking bagpipes! Yay Romania.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
Romania the best so far IMO.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
i think her earphones were off (not that it really mattered)
― Ludo, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
Okay finally some pyro.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
BRITPOP
― Ludo, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
xp Azerbijian's natural gas reserves being put to good use.
― banal like a null (snoball), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
Switzerland is the usual Eurorock with a touch of Muse.
Swiss = "We love the Killers"
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
FOWOWING YUH WOWDEST DREAM YUH WOWDEST DREAM
I'M BREAKING BALLS
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
crying
― gyac, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
very serious looking chick on bass
― Ludo, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
Okay no
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
Belgium you are boring, silence.
i kinda liked it, but i am 10 km away from Belgium so i dunno
― Ludo, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
Finnish entry in Swedish, why not
― Ludo, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:40 (11 months ago) Permalink
Lordi this is not.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
Pleasant though.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
Another competent but boring song. Maybe Jedward will win this, just by being one of the few exciting entries.
― banal like a null (snoball), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
Israel ring has earring in wrong ear to win
― Ludo, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:45 (11 months ago) Permalink
Israel you are...strange.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:45 (11 months ago) Permalink
brings older sister to give him a good luck kiss
This man is terrifying.
― Just like you, except hot (ShariVari), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:45 (11 months ago) Permalink
"You're the man in my playground"
this is amazing.
― gyac, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:45 (11 months ago) Permalink
how creepy is it that michael jordan is still wearing that LONE, GOLD HOOP EARRING?
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
He looks like Dexter Fletcher's creepy uncle.
― Just like you, except hot (ShariVari), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
I like the Israel song! It's like a cheesy '60s proto-indiepop thing.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
Mel C
― Ludo, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
Israel has a certain...something, can we all agree? Hypnotic awfulness perhaps?
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
"JAM SESSION"
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
Warnings already sounding about San Marino here.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
"Are you ready for a little text?"
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
tumblr gif fave, i can see it now
― gyac, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
probably San Marino's best entry ever (not that it's saying much)
― Ludo, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
Electronic acts are often accused of looking like they're checking their e-mail when they play live, but this could be the first time that could be said of a Eurovision act...
― banal like a null (snoball), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
As a child, Gaitana displayed smartness, good imagination and business qualities making her pocket money by selling hamsters. I used to always have the best and the most expensive hamsters, recollects Gaitana proudly, because I painted them and combed them. They looked fat and beautiful.
<3
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 May 2012 23:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
Albania has always had reasonable diaspora turnout, this year they obviously managed to get the juries on board as well.
― nagl lack (seandalai), Sunday, 27 May 2012 00:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
Crowd favourites round our way: Malta, Sweden, Russia, Moldova, Turkey.
How did Azerbaijan do so well though? Bribery?
― nagl lack (seandalai), Sunday, 27 May 2012 01:00 (11 months ago) Permalink
* I love the Albanian goth entry* The Swedish song was unutterable shite* We were really hoping the UK would come last just to shit up the whole incumbent-contentment thing for the Tories.* Azerbaijan are totally corrupt nutbags* I still wish Rambo Amadeus had made it
― emil.y, Sunday, 27 May 2012 03:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
Oh, I forgot the most important thing... I totally shouted "too much time on ilx" when the word 'nakhchivan' came on screen. I am an idiot.
― emil.y, Sunday, 27 May 2012 03:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
I did raise my eyebrows when they mentioned that Malta had given 12 points to Azerbaijan three years in a row. I certainly don't think they'd be above wanting to bribe juries or rig votes but i'm not sure it would be all that easy to accomplish and it would be pretty risky.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Sunday, 27 May 2012 06:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
Austria came last in their semi. Fuck you Europe.
― neil young & crazy town (edwardo), Sunday, 27 May 2012 06:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
Wow, Norway really did just scrape through the semi-final - tied for tenth place with Bulgaria.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Sunday, 27 May 2012 06:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
No idea Austria came last in the semi... it was a shit song though...
They should have picked bearded tranny Conchita Wurst instead of those shittrackkers - at least people would have remembered the entry..
― Talcum Mucker, Sunday, 27 May 2012 07:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
Conchita Wurst would have been delightfully wtf. But her song did not feature the line "Your bum has an opinion".
― neil young & crazy town (edwardo), Sunday, 27 May 2012 09:40 (11 months ago) Permalink
"University of Surrey in London" ffs Norton, it's in Guildford.
― Radical Jedward (snoball), Saturday, May 26, 2012 9:18 PM (Yesterday)
lol
http://news.uk.msn.com//blog/trending-blogpost.aspx?post=94aed414-e4f5-4970-be97-ecf7f46b65b9&_nwpt=1https://twitter.com/#!/search/%22University%20of%20Surrey%22
― Radical Jedward (snoball), Sunday, 27 May 2012 10:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
That "up up up" bit in the Swedish song is annoying as hell. I love Eurovison but there's too much anonymous Europop written by Swedish hacks clogging up the competition these days.
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 18:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
Having said that the worst songs were Germany and Denmark, which were sort of snootily anti-Europop singer songwriter bollocks that sounded like they were written on the back of a fag packet
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 May 2012 18:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
the german song was written by jamie cullem
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 27 May 2012 21:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
per comments upthread, I had to remind myself that I was watching Eurovision with friends, rather than on ILX, when this appeared:
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Monday, 28 May 2012 06:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
The guy reading out the votes for Finland during this contest is officially my new hero!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 00:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
It was one of previous Eurovision winners Lordi, wasn't it? Ah, how I yearn for those glory days...
― emil.y, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 00:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
Yes that was Mr. Lordi, of Lordi.
― nagl lack (seandalai), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 09:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
from the meme resuscitation department:
― nagl lack (seandalai), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 10:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
after a while it starts to sound like the new Daft Punk single
― Ludo, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 10:52 (11 months ago) Permalink
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS, RIGHT?
Lordi made a horror film called Dark Floors a Finnish friend described as "terrible, absolutely terrible". It's streaming on Lovefilm in the UK so i'll probably end up watching it, though.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 21:42 (11 months ago) Permalink