The new one is very good.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
Yeah, definite highlight of the evening right there.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
Good god, Spain.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link
Whoops, I missed POL in the market ranking. They were at #11, top non-qualifier.
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
So market was 9 for 10, had Finland instead of Poland.
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:10 (six years ago) link
These are intriguing odds:
Germany to give UK 0 points (Jury + Televoting Combined) 5/4France to give UK 0 points (Jury + Televoting Combined) 13/8Italy to give UK 0 points (Jury + Televoting Combined) 2/1
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link
Would this have done any better for Iceland?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpLp9nRmS7U
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
Which is how it should have been.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
Faves among qualifiers -- Belgium, Azerbaijan, Australia (with caveats)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
xps going for uk getting 4 from roi and 1 each from san marino and malta
― nxd, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:17 (six years ago) link
From the clip they played during the "waiting for votes" section, I didn't hate the UK entry. Spain, on the other hand...
― emil.y, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link
Spain not only needs to die in a fire, but drown.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
... in a fire?
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
Burning oil on water, whatever works.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
Okay, second semi in half an hour...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link
TMI
― StanM, Thursday, 11 May 2017 18:55 (six years ago) link
I have heard a rumour Ruslana is the interval act today, which would be great.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
It's all very well being sniffy about this, but in 1997 we nearly entered a song called Yodel In The Canyon Of Love https://t.co/o1abJEkHWe— Kit Lovelace (@kitlovelace) May 11, 2017
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
This is painful tho.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:30 (six years ago) link
That last one was good but I was too busy calling him 'Yahtzee Popeye' to notice what country it was. Any help?
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
Hungary
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
Cool, thanks.
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
As a side note, given the direction the country is going in, it's good to see a Roma singer performing for Hungary. Decent song too.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:43 (six years ago) link
routinely check to see if ruslana has blotted her copybook in re the darkside of maidan (as a sometime MP etc), but so far she seems to be more or less on the side of good
― mark s, Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
Denmark: reliably awful
YODEL IT
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
San Marino: reliably Valentina
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
Valentina in dgaf "what are you going to do, stop selecting me?" mode
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
And now Croatian Josh Gad.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link
This is remarkable.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
Croatian Jekyll and Hyde: "I am an opera singer"/"I will put mustard on you and eat you"
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
Simultaneously the campest performer at Eurovision 2017 and "the biggest homophobe in Croatian showbiz".
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
Perfect combo! Uh.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:58 (six years ago) link
Yeah, such a shame, I liked the Croatia song. Also quite liked the Switzerland one, tbh, though I'm not sure what makes it stand out from the other mid-tempo belters that I've been dismissing these semis.
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
Where are you all watching (US)?
― rb (soda), Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
Swedish feed
https://www.svtplay.se/video/13572909/eurovision-song-contest/eurovision-song-contest-2017-semifinal-2-11-maj-21-00?start=auto&tab=kommande
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
i am watching on the bbc bcz i am brexit
― mark s, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
switched from BBC to Youtube live stream - so much better when you're doing your own commentary
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
Sofia 2018 imo.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
with the "Heroes" stage show? hope not
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
Betfair market's ranking for reaching final at end of first reminder round:
Top ten: BUL, ROU, NED, ISR, HUN, DEN, EST, BLR, CRO, AUTThen: NOR, SRB, SUI, MKD, MLT, IRL, LTU, SMR
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
we're not worthy #Eurovision pic.twitter.com/S28ziOyQHQ— Hilary (@exit_everything) May 11, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link
Nostalgia for buying overpriced fruit at Besarabsky Market is just about making me stay with this terrible BBC skit.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
Once again, market goes 9 for 10, with the 11th-ranked going through instead of one of the top 10 (#8 on Tuesday, #7 tonight).
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
Really surprised by NED but what do I know. Drawing a complete blank on what AUT sound like.
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
Never be surprised by me.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
I should have learned by now
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link
Austria was horrendous, but I knew it'd go through.
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 May 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
i liked NED
― mark s, Thursday, 11 May 2017 22:34 (six years ago) link
I am perfectly fine with the reincarnation of Wilson Phillips putting my good name forth.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 May 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link
I initially haaated them, but by the end there was definitely something that won me round. Not to the extent of particularly loving it, but definitely dissuading me from hatred.
― emil.y, Thursday, 11 May 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
I liked the winner! It stood out from the vaguely EDM songs, and also from the wilder ones. I tend to prefer whatever Eastern Europe comes up with, but this year they were pretty toned down (my family says that there were wilder ones that didn't make the finals). But yay Portugal, which I just returned from last night as it happens.
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 14 May 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
Latest discovery from Eurovision not-2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkiJlyXaGJI
Could imagine this turning up on a Finders Keepers comp
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Monday, 15 May 2017 00:36 (six years ago) link
I vaguely know one of the Australian jurors and I am utterly baffled that she would have gone for the UK entry. She's a singer/songwriter/comedian and the bland UK entry is not what I would have expected would have tickled her fancy. Our jury's fondness for the UK's awful entries is a worry but at least we didn't give anything to Electro Velvet, but then again other country's juries' overfondness for our entry this time is a worry too - roundly rejected by the televoters, the juries propped it up to a bizarre extent for such a blah song (Dami Im was a blah song too but she sang the shit out of it to the extent that I would never bother listening to the studio version as the live version completely blows it away).
On the other hand, the Australian televoters once again did themselves proud and displayed their preference for fun songs, giving 12 and 10 to arguably the most fun songs in the final: Moldova and Romania. Last year our 12 and 10 also went to uptempo fun songs: Belgium's "What's The Pressure" and Bulgaria's "If Love Was a Crime". And in 2015, we went for uptempo Sweden and very fun Serbia in 1 and 3, and Belgium was 2nd (not uptempo but extremely high quality and too good to not be given points).
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Monday, 15 May 2017 08:21 (six years ago) link
probably no need for a 2018 thread just yetbut whigfield has made it to the final 10 for denmarks entry
― nxd, Monday, 22 January 2018 12:46 (six years ago) link
can't think of a better reason to kick off the 2018 season!
― ? (seandalai), Monday, 22 January 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link