2012 Eurovision UK Entry

I like our entry btw, and I don't reckon it sound all that much like Saade. Surely, same composer and the stage performance is similar, but Tooji adds a Middle Eastern touch that Saade didn't have at all and may appeal more to Turkish, Greek and "Yugoslav" voters.

The Norwegian Broadcasting Company NRK cannot afford to win though. Thdy would have to either get extra money from the government's petroleum funds or say no to transferring the London olympics. :)

The Russian grannies finally made it! I think I prefer their 2010 attempt but I am nonetheless very happy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0vQ9_BhU1M

Did not see that coming!

haha, i did enjoy that russian one

listened to all the entrants so far
turkey is my fave
but cyprus, ukraine and norway all good

it's song for sweden this weekend which will no doubt contain some amazing tracks but none that could compete with their entry last year

God, I couldn't do this.. There's about 100 songs, or so it seems.

Back in the old days, what was there, twenty?

http://www.eurovisioncovers.co.uk/gb78.jpg

slovakia's just released their entry too, token emo song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvb-6SBEeE4

there's only been just over 30 songs released so far
montenegro haven't confirmed their song yet, but they deserve to win as the best named performer, RAMBO AMADEUS
and he'll be fronting the rambo amadeus world kilo tour

Well at least the Montenegro fans in the audience will have a ready-made chant:

Amadeus Amadeus... Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus... Amadeus
Amadeus Amadeus... Amadeus
Amadeus...
COME ON ROCK ME RAMBO AMADEUS

can i play the piano anymore?
of course you can!
well i couldn't before!

The russian grans, is that not Bilko and co?

LOL at the Russian grannies. Funny number, but I doubt it'll perform quite as well as Russia usually tend to do. :)
Still reckon "Lady Alpine Blue" by Mumiy Troll is the best thing the Russians have ever entered there.

lady alpine blue is good, i prefer never let you go by dima bilan in 2006
the year before was way better with cool vibes by vanilla ninja and in my dreams by wig wam (although the latter was a bit too bon jovi-esque)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDkqtAx31H4

I reckon "Never Let You go" as a bit too much of a standard pop song, but it as better than the one he won with a couple years later.

t.A.T.u and Serebro are probably the only Russian entries i've really loved. Peter Natlich was pretty good, though.

Ukraine have been consistently better over the last ten tears.

Rambo Amadeus has been making music for over 20 years, his first album is super classic, making fun of Balkanic folk tropes in an endearingly goofy way - one thing ex-Yugoslavian peeps really excel at is making comedy music that's properly funny while also being, y'know, genuinely good music, and Rambo's debut is one of my favorite examples. (amongst other things it includes a ditty about a hard-working space-faring dad who returns to Earth wanting to make his wife pregnant with another child - only to find her in bed with their son, thus killing them both on sight!)

ever since then he's been gradually turning into some sort of Balkan-Zappa, becoming more wilfully difficult with every album, so nowadays he sounds like a rambling drunk backed by a random jazz bar-band rehearsing - god knows what he's got in store for ESC.

btw Romanian finals are being held tomorrow, very much rooting for this to win:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifXJEFXXTjc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SCb0nrjVno

This is the Swedish entry then. Doing the David Guetta thing makes it sound very much up-to-date for the hitlists, but being up-to-date for the hitlists has often meant few votes from Eastern and Southern Europe. May well be another disappointment for Sweden after last year's good result.

This Romanian song is pretty cool. Bagpipes!

Did you say that like Jarvis, while waving yr hands?

Mandinga have won (hooray!) but i'm not 100% sure if i want them to win the whole thing, Costi Ionita's ego is rampant enough as it is ;) anyways he's one of my favourite producers right now - while i don't really rate most of his Romanian stuff, his pop-folk/chalga output for the Bulgarian market is just sooooooo so good

His stuff with Andrea is great.

Euro Neuro is here! It's good and a nice contrast, but not so good that I'll be crushed when it comes last in its semi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSx0WCiDzDE

I am having sights of this guy with a bazooka and a swearing tie.
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What the hell!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQBEzzFRBs

Oooooo, Ooo Ooooo
I like it
Are you ready for a late night chat?
And a song about the Internet
It’s the story of a social doer
You’ve never seen before

If you want to be seen by everyone
Wanna be in the dream and have some fun
If you want to be on the hook
Simply take a look

Facebook Uh, oh, oh
Everybody loves you so
Facebook Uh, oh, oh
Everybody that you know

This is the best song ever.

If this was two years ago and instead of Facebook the lyrics mentioned ChatRoulette, then I could get behind it.

do you wanna play cyber sex again?
do you wanna come to my house
and click me with your mouse?

0_0

The rest of the lyrics are about cybersex and "click on my mouse" btw.

xp

Glad to see Ralph Siegel strike again with his special brand of catchy inanity.

uh, so a certain section of Eurovision entries now resembles those fake chat windows that pop up on dubious websites and say things like "Hi! This is amazing, I'm near you in 127.0.0.1!"

It's basically "Sex over the phone" for the uh what do we call this decade? but without the Village People.

I've been thinking about "Facebook, Uh Oh Oh" a bit on account of having it stuck in my head all day...My guess is that it's directly inspired by "Friday"'s success in the sense that San Marino decided the way to get 100m views with zero marketing budget is via an easily parodiable video and a risibly stupid song. They have to know that they'll be forced to change the lyrics for the contest so it looks like they're just trying to invade everyone's mind beforehand.

You might be right.

It looks like they've already been told that they'll need to change the lyrics.

So it's the 2012 Eurovision UK Entry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFNv9pjqZkk

Well, it's one of the better snoozeballads I guess.

"Facebook will set you freeeeee..."

chord change shenanigans covering up a lack of actual song imo

Don't have nightmares, do sleep well.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/59165000/jpg/_59165863_59165862.jpg

chord change shenanigans covering up a lack of actual song imo

otm

It's a shame because it suggests, in flashes, they could have come up with something pretty great had they had a better writer. I really like his voice.

me too!! something i never imagined saying or thinking.

Voice way better than the song. Clearly the UK does't want the expense of hosting the contest the year after the Olympics (although surely the infrastructure left over from the Games would make this easier?), but OTOH we have to at least look like we're making an effort. And for the second year we're fielding an act that people have heard of, and who isn't singing a joke of a song.

I still don't understand Eurovision at all but it still makes me very, very happy

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/59165000/jpg/_59165863_59165862.jpg

Jonathan Ross at the age of 87 / a melted Terry Wogan?

The UK flag makes him look like a Presidential candidate.

That doesn't make much sense, but coming after 'a melted Terry Wogan' I thought I could get away with it.

And how nice of Engelbert to wear a black tie in anticipation of our song getting buried by the competition.

Surprisingly good for an Engelbert song. Still don't think it would be a potential winner, but may appeal well to many older watchers.

The UK flag makes him look like a Presidential candidate

You mean, the UK has a president? :)

The UK has been drawn first. Oh well!

As a song, it's OK and no more; the key changes are over-obvious and were clearly put in to prove that EH still has a voice. It's stuck with me since I heard it, though. Nice rusty Kenny Rogers edges to his voice; another candidate for the Rick Rubin treatment? In the video he looks like Bryan Ferry's unfunny uncle but the closing blackout is haunting - he's not saying goodbye, of course, but it comes across that way.

Alas, since it's first on it'll probably be forgotten when it comes to voting. Not sure if it'll be that big a chart hit either but that's perhaps the fault of the charts rather than Mr Humperdinck.

So San Marino's entry has been amended to "The Social Network Song". Still classic.

BBC's trailers for the final are already going for the lulz. "Get behind the Hump", says Graham Norton.