Moldova had great staging but only middling song at best.
― Guilty_Boksen, Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
I like Iceland much more in the recap.
― I must be old, I recognise nobody in ITV2 idents (aldo), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
No interval act? It's just all the postcards edited together. What a swiz.
― Radical Jedward (snoball), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
Just in during the break. Ought to be Sweden, Cyprus, Ireland or France. Or Norway.
I sincerily hope the Albanian lady screaming horribly onstage early in the show got some medical help afterwards. She sounded like she was in serious pain.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
interval act is after the voting right?
― Ludo, Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
I never flagged Geir for a Jedward fan.
― I must be old, I recognise nobody in ITV2 idents (aldo), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
They're very melodic. They sing in several keys at the same time.
― Radical Jedward (snoball), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
Albania was insane-alien enough for me to actually give it a vote. Five others as well: GBR, FRA, ITA, SWE, FYROM.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
That's what I thought of the Greek act.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
12 points to Greece!
― Radical Jedward (snoball), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
Norway, UK, Ireland and Ukraine all on 0.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
Romania too.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
Norway and Denmark still haven't scored anything!
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
teh curse of goth retaliation works pretty well it seems! 12p for Albania from both SAN MARINO and SWITZERLAND
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
Not far off being uncatchable, I think.
― I must be old, I recognise nobody in ITV2 idents (aldo), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone understanding the Albania vote? Seriously?
― Guilty_Boksen, Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
At least it was distinctive. The Azeri song was completely anonymous.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
I love this "Swedish" woman.
― I must be old, I recognise nobody in ITV2 idents (aldo), Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
"Hi there in Azebrgj, Azrarbajj, BAKU!" Good sjow, brit-swe lady! :-D
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
Actually, Swedish people sound British when they're drunk.
― Radical Jedward (snoball), Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, but not like Adele, surely?
― I must be old, I recognise nobody in ITV2 idents (aldo), Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
i'm told it was a "bit"
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
God I love Finland :-D
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
Germany are a bit cruel putting somebody on her period counting their votes.
― I must be old, I recognise nobody in ITV2 idents (aldo), Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
Anke's the only person to allude to democracy so far.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
Israeli announcer sounds like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.
― Radical Jedward (snoball), Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
Poor Tooji.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
ESC trivia: has ANY songwriter ever been both the winner and last-placed in the same year? I don't have the answer, but wd to Peter Boström!
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
Still cannot figure how Tooji even made it to the final when doing this badly in the final. Something about the starting position maybe? It was considerably more favourable in the semi final.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
Tooji was in a very poor semifinal; thus, he proceeded. For NOR as for GBR, I suspect it was top-15/20 but not top-10 for many countries. Fair enough. Best song won.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
No doubt about the best song winning. And obviously also one with huge hit potential, which is important for Eurovision. The Eastern European winners of the past years haven't even registered on the hitlists in Western Europe.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
Tooji might have been poor in the dress rehearsal when the jury makes its vote, i suppose.
It'll be interesting to see the public / jury split on some of these.
Sweden was a deserved winner - most of the last decade's competitions have had deserved winners. It's 2-26 that's usually mystifying.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
Geir, you seriously need to stop saying "hitlists".
"Hitlists", in English, means, unless I am much mistaken, "people you want to kill". It does not, unless I am much mistaken, mean "songs that are hits". Just thought you might like to know. The word is "charts".
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
(det heter "hitlister" på norsk nemlig, så det er en fair feil å gjøre, men etter så mange år? brrrr...)
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty certain the jury is to blame for the horrible Albanian entry performing so well....
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
Oh come on, Albania was somewhat DISTINCT at least! :-D
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 26 May 2012 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
i liked ukraine, romania, moldova..... is the whole thing a stitch-up or what?? i.e. sweden can afford to host it yadayada - forgive me if this has already been answered
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 26 May 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
This year's UKR was teeth-on-edge HORRIBLE to me, but that is of course just a matter of taste. ROU and MLD I cannot honestly say I remember, so they were probably OKish.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 26 May 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
Gaitana will struggle to top the song she did about Shakhtar Donetsk winning the Ukrainian league. She's really quite fascinating - she came to prominence, as i understand it, not as a contestant on a TV singing show but on a terrifying-sounding Russian version of the Krypton Factor. She's apparently a phenomenal athlete with a spectacular IQ.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 May 2012 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
* 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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Austria came last in their semi. Fuck you Europe.
― neil young & crazy town (edwardo), Sunday, 27 May 2012 06:29 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link