The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Topic! [[SEMI FINAL 2 TONIGHT!!!]]

[Sam!]

Is the first semi tonight yeh?

[MR.K!]

^ yip

[Loukas]

Tonight, the hypoe begins, everything is in place, now all we have to see is who will join the power 4 in the final!! :wink:

[Lewis.]

What channel?

[JOSHUAH!]

BBC Three, 8pm until 10pm

[Sam!]

Ukraine aint in semi final one :(

By the way, the countries that are in the first semi are:

Montenegro
Czech Republic
Belgium
Belarus
Sweden
Armenia
Andorra
Switzerland
Turkey
Israel
Bulgaria
Iceland
F.Y.R Macedonia
Romania
Finland
Portugal
Malta
Bosnia & Herzegovina

Us and Germany can also vote in this semi :thumbs: Which sucks cause Ukraine aint in it.

[MR.K!]

I hope Ukraine & Norway both fail so the Uk can do better. lol

[Fom]

I am only going to watch the final, cba with the semi's.

[andyman]

On BBC 3 right now!!!

[Loukas]

The woman host is officially the worst host EVER!

[andyman]

Yeah but she is worth it... Don't worry i will keep it clean.

[Loukas]

LOL! Andyman!

She is pretty, He was RUBBISH! wtf is he doing!!! Is he a Gypsy Superhero or something!?! :whistle:

[JOSHUAH!]

LOVE the graphics this year :love:
Stage looks amazing on air.

[Loukas]

There's only one Elvis mate, Copycat, sorry mate. Don't like it at all!

[Loukas]

Ermmm... :puzzled:

LMAO!

Loved the intro but when the guy opened his mouth, i was like why ruin it? :shrug:

[Arneldo]

Ireland is ****ed. Not only is our act rubbish, but we don't have the UK vote (not that I'd blame you if you didn't vote for us anyway).

[Shaun]

I only remotely liked Belarus' so far. All the others have been ****.

[Fom]

Changed my mind, I am gonna stick it on :P

[Fom]

I like Armenia's song!

[Loukas]

Andorra have never qualified.. Will tonight be there night? What does evetyone think?

[Fom]

I like them, sounds a bit like an abba song... anyone else getting that?

[Firewire]

Andorra are good.

[Loukas]

I love turkey! :laugh:

[Loukas]

Great to Meh.. :tongue:

[Loukas]

Must be another way? Oh, behind you theres a door, it's marked FIRE EXIT.

[Fom]

I thought the presenter was Jonathan Ross hahaha.

[Firewire]

Look! It's Jonathan Ross & Peaches Geldof!

[Fom]

Bulgaria is awful! LMFAO!

[Loukas]

You have had about 2 minutes of my time, thats all your having. Please just.. shhhhh :conf2:

[Loukas]

OMFG. I THOUGHT THAT WAS SIA!!! I WAS LIKE OMFG!!!!!!!!!

[Loukas]

Romaina :love:

[Shaun]

I really like this one. None of the others have caught my eye but Belarus and Iceland.

[Fom]

Iceland was my fave!

[Firewire]

There are a lot of good 'ens.

[MarkWaldorf]

They're all **** tbh

[Shaun]

Belarus, Iceland and Finland to go through :]

[Loukas]

13 countries and they ALL LOVED HER!!!!!!! :bigsmile:

[Loukas]

So faves are Greece & Norway! I think Norway might just take it..

[Fom]

Where is Iceland? :S

[Fom]

There we go... the teasers!

[Shaun]

yay Iceland and Finland :]

[andyman]

Originally posted by Fom
Where is Iceland? :S Hope you mean the results.

[Loukas]

So faves are Greece & Norway! I think Norway might just take it..

[andyman]

Jade should make it into the top 10, but Eurovision is very political.. Plus europe hates the UK/England.

[JOSHUAH!]

GLAD WITH EVERYONE WHO WENT THROUGH!
Except Bosnia & Herzegovina and Portugal.

Armenia's through yay!
Romania is a new favourite of mine!

The hosts were terrible but I felt sorry for Natalia, the graphics are lush, the stage is amazing!

All in all a good show :)

[Loukas]

For everyone Who Didn't Watch The Countries Through Are..

Turkey
Sweden
Israel
Portugal
Malta
Finland
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Romania
Armenia
Iceland

:hugesmile:


On Thursday we will see Semi Final 2. The Participants are

01 Croatia

02 Ireland

03 Latvia

04 Serbia

05 Poland

06 Norway

07 Cyprus

08 Slovakia

09 Denmark

10 Slovenia

11 Hungary

12 Azerbaijan

13 Greece

14 Lithuania

15 Moldova

16 Albania

17 Ukraine

18 Estonia

19 The Netherlands

[Conor]

dunno how, but i missed it. i actually missed it :bawling:

****shitbastardcunt****!!! yes. im angry, but at least Sweden and Finland are through :D

[Spike]

The right countries went through imo
but i'm not a fan of that many songs this year.
Germany and Ukraine are probably the best songs this year from what I have heard.

[Loukas]

Here is the updates, which i found interesting, from the second semi final rehersal!

Hot favourites Norway next. Alexander Rybak is dressed in black with a white shirt. Three backing dancers perform traditional routines. Two female backing vocalists are dressed in pink and maroon dresses. The set is highly impressive, Norwegian wooden houses lit at night, with a night sky displaying the moon and stars and fireworks. Pyrotechnic effects also meant that there were fireworks on stage too. The reception was good, although there were a small number of people actually booing the performance.

Loud cheering greeted Sakis Rouvas arrival on stage for Greece. Sakis has a lit platform on the stage, he is dressed in a white polo shirt and white trousers. Sakis glides across the platform throughout the song. Four backing dancers join him. Sakis leaps from the stage at the start of every chorus. The platform raises at the end of the song. The LED backdrop has a city feel and skyscrapers. Greece enjoyed the loudest reception of any song today so far.

Svetlana Loboda and her hell machines from Ukraine are up next. This is a busy performance. Svetlana has three male dancers wearing very little. She herself is dressed in a red skimpy dress and glittering long black boots. Expanding springs are on the LED screens. Svetlana moves to a set of drums near the end of the song, which has two Ukrainian flags at the side of it, and she procceds to play them. Again, fire and pyrotechnics feature, and the choreography is very slick and well rehearsed.

[Z]

Nothing will ever top Sertab from 2003 for me, that was awesome!

[M X]

Portugal and Israel were awful last night! Lol.. Loved Ukraine [seen on clip] and Iceland. &also can't wait for next semi-final on Thursday!

[Loukas]

Tonight 19 countries battle it out for the 10 places in the final of Eurovision 2009!

[Firewire]

I hope Ukraine, Norway & Greece go through tonight.

[MR.K!]

I want Ireland to go through. Norway is ok but Greece is rubbish.

[JOSHUAH!]

I think Greece is too gimmicky.
I'd love for Norway to NOT get through, I don't even like the song that much.

[MR.K!]

Originally posted by JOSHUAH!
I think Greece is too gimmicky.
I'd love for Norway to NOT get through, I don't even like the song that much. Yeah i agree. It would also give the UK a better chance at winning. But its obvious they will get through :(

[30stone]

Aww i missed it last nights...

[MR.K!]

Originally posted by Robin-Van-Perfect
Aww i missed it last nights... The first semi was on Tuesday the second semi is tonight.

[MR.K!]

MY OFFICIAL NEW FAVOURITE :

Malta:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoEQP1fVlok

[JOSHUAH!]

Yeah I love that song too, its so good considering she is singing alone with not one other person on stage!

I wonder if Ukraine will get through tonight, some people are saying it wont..:hugesmile:

One of my new favourites is Romania :)

[Sam!]

Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
For everyone Who Didn't Watch The Countries Through Are..

Turkey
Sweden
Israel
Portugal
Malta
Finland
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Romania
Armenia
Iceland

:hugesmile:


On Thursday we will see Semi Final 2. The Participants are

01 Croatia

02 Ireland

03 Latvia

04 Serbia

05 Poland

06 Norway

07 Cyprus

08 Slovakia

09 Denmark

10 Slovenia

11 Hungary

12 Azerbaijan

13 Greece

14 Lithuania

15 Moldova

16 Albania

17 Ukraine

18 Estonia

19 The Netherlands

I liked Turkey, Armenia and Finland the best on Tuesday. Ukraine tonight yey!!

[MR.K!]

Originally posted by JOSHUAH!
I wonder if Ukraine will get through tonight, some people are saying it wont..:hugesmile:

I liked them for a while near the start but now i realise that there are far better acts so im not bothered if they are eliminated.

[Sam!]

Originally posted by MR.K!
Originally posted by JOSHUAH!
I wonder if Ukraine will get through tonight, some people are saying it wont..:hugesmile:

I liked them for a while near the start but now i realise that there are far better acts so im not bothered if they are eliminated.

She better get through, I love Ukraines. They were one of the acts featured in Heat. Along with UK, Norway, France & Spain.

[JohnnyBB]

jade ewen and Alexander Rybak have been haveing dinner togther!...tut tut

[MR.K!]

Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by MR.K!
Originally posted by JOSHUAH!
I wonder if Ukraine will get through tonight, some people are saying it wont..:hugesmile:

I liked them for a while near the start but now i realise that there are far better acts so im not bothered if they are eliminated.

She better get through, I love Ukraines. They were one of the acts featured in Heat. Along with UK, Norway, France & Spain. Its most likely she will. I'd be shocked if she didnt but stranger things have happened.


^ JohnnyBB i know. Ew she ate reindeer when she was in Norway :yuk:

[Firewire]

I want Ireland, Ukraine, Greece & Norway to go through tonight.

[MR.K!]

^ Ireland is set to be looking good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8kcdpteqy4

[Ross]

I hated Croatia's. I love Irelands.

[Firewire]

Ireland were really good.

Much better than Dutin the Turkey.

[Firewire]

This is rubbish.

[Firewire]

Serbia are bad this year.

Cannot top Molitva.

[Ross]

Serbia were rubbish.

Poland.... lets see.

[Fom]

I quite liked Serbia's song lol.

[Firewire]

Poland were good.

Norway - the hot fav. next!

[Fom]

how is this the fave? =/

[Firewire]

Originally posted by Fom
how is this the fave? =/

I like it.

[Firewire]

That was good.

Cyprus next.

[Fom]

Originally posted by Firewire
Originally posted by Fom
how is this the fave? =/

I like it.

Its pathetic, typical of eurovision to go crazy over it.

Iceland were a gazillion times better, I am routing for them!

[Ross]

I'm liking Cyprus already haha.

[Sam!]

Norway sounds better on Youtube, I like it but it will never beat Ukraine or the UK :tongue: That woman at the start of each postcard is hottt!

[Ross]

Cyprus was really good! hahaha.

[Firewire]

This is good.

Slovakia next.

[Firewire]

Not bad.

Denmark next.

[Firewire]

Ooh.

Ronan Keating co-wrote this.

[Firewire]

Are you sure he is singing that?

That is the exact same voice as Ronan's.

[Ross]

Sounds like Ronan is singing it. A typical Ronan song, always sound the same.

[Firewire]

Originally posted by Ross
Sounds like Ronan is singing it. A typical Ronan song, always sound the same.

Yeah.

Although I like it.

[Ross]

If this gets through it's gonna get Irelands 12. :thumbs2:

[andyman]

Ronan is a total wench gimp!..

[Firewire]

I loved that.

Slovenia next.

[Ross]

I like this haha. Slovenia :dance:

[Firewire]

This intro goes on forever.

Although it sounds alright.

[Ross]

Pmsl you can come out now.

Oh wow she is hot!

[Firewire]

That's better.

[Fom]

Nice song for Slovenia...

[Firewire]

That was good.

Hungary next.

[Ross]

LOL Hungary :cheer::cheer:

[Firewire]

This isn't the best.

[Fom]

This is so cringey haha!

[Firewire]

Originally posted by Fom
This is so cringey haha!

ikr

[Firewire]

That was, meh.

Azerbaijan next.

[Ross]

This is ok lol.

[Fom]

I like this unpronounceable county :D

[Firewire]

It's alright.

[Firewire]

Not bad.

Greece next!

[Firewire]

Originally posted by Fom
I like this unpronounceable county :D

Azzz-er-bye-jan.

[Firewire]

This is good.

Not as good as Kalomira.

[Firewire]

That was good, ish.

Lithuania next.

[Firewire]

It is a plus that he can play the piano.

[Fom]

Originally posted by Firewire
It is a plus that he can play the piano.

No it isn't, doesnt make the song any better, plus it looks like he wasn't even playing!

[Ross]

:sleep:

[Firewire]

This is very meh.

[Firewire]

Moldova next.

[Firewire]

Like the dress.

[Fom]

I like this! She has an amazing voice.

[Ross]

:dance2::dance2:

[Ross]

whats with the dancers

[Firewire]

Love Svetlana.

Estonia Now.

[Firewire]

This is okay I suppose.

[Ross]

I liked The Netherlands one of my favourites.

[Arneldo]

Tenner bet Ireland wont get through.

[Loukas]

I have been watching!! Loved Greece as always! Norway seamed.. overly confident?

[Loukas]

One of tibbs fave's Ukraine is through!!

[Loukas]

Where is Greece?! Where is Norway?!

[Arneldo]

Ireland not through. suprise suprise.

[Ross]

It has to be Greece now....

unlucky Ireland.

[Z]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TypdkNG0Yvo

Awesome!

[30stone]

Whens the final?


And are we in it?

[Loukas]

Best Until Last!!!! :blush2:

I would accually cry if Greece didn't go through!

[Loukas]

I am not even joking, how many times have they mentioned Greece tonight? lol

[Sam!]

Who is through?

[Fom]

Originally posted by Robin-Van-Perfect
Whens the final?


And are we in it?

We are always in the final.

[30stone]

Ahhh right so when is it?

[Firewire]

OMFG

Ireland didn't get through.

I am happy for Svetlana.

[Sam!]

Ukraine got through :O YESSSSS woopwoopwoopwoopwoop Svetlana! YEH

['Conor]

omg im so pissed off !!! how did ireland not get through its not fair all them eastern countries just keep voting 4 each other

[Iceman]

Maybe we should get a puppet of a turkey and let him have a go..................................oh wait that was last year my bad!:cloud:

[Conor]

All my favs got through in both rounds, so Im happy :hello::hello:

[JOSHUAH!]

Really pleased with the results.
From tonight, I really liked Moldova and Estonia, then the obvious ones like Ukraine, Greece and Azerbaijan. Albania is pretty good, I never expected that to get through!

Best of luck to Jade for Saturday!

[Conor]

Finland, Greece, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Germany < love em all.

[Tom4784]

Originally posted by Zee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TypdkNG0Yvo

Awesome!

Doesn't the song have to be an original one? Are they representing Russia again?

[Conor]

^They were just opening the show. The Russian entry is 'Mamo'

[Pipergun]

Despite not understanding about 95% of the song, I thought the Moldovan song was fun!

[JOSHUAH!]

YES
I loved Moldova it was soo rhythmic :) I really like Estonia too!

Thank goodness we've got rid of those WOEFUL presenters, hopefully Saturday's pair are better :wink:

[MR.K!]

Cant believe Ireland didnt get through :(

The Dress Rehersal for the final was today - when the judging panels from each country watched and judged the performances for saturdays final.

This is how they described Jade's Performance :

''The UK's entry this year is also seen as one of the hottest favourite for the trophy this year. Jade Ewen's song It's My Time has been composed by musical legend Andrew Lloyd-Webber together with famous lyricist Diane Warren. Mr. Lloyd-Webber will accompany Jade on stage tomorrow in the Grand Final, playing the piano. Vocally, Jade Ewen gave an extremely impressive performance today.''

[Fom]

Nice one, think we have a good chance, I wont be able to watch the final live because I will be at work but since I work in a gay bar it will probably be on the TV screens so at least I can see the results.

[Spike]

Sweeden, Norway, Germany and Ukraine are my favourites this year
Really want Germany or Ukraine to win most for the second year in a row

[Loukas]

TONIGHT! :lovedup:

[JOSHUAH!]

Reading some of the YouTube comments I don't know how we will fair now, a lot saying its boring - I can't argue with that.

We still have A LOT of fans though, so maybe them and the judges will get us to at least the top 10.

Still really excited for tomorrow whatever the outcome though! :dance:

[M X]

Well Done Jade, fifth place is spectacular. Congrats Norway!

I voted for Azerbagein. I loved Estonia, Ukraine and Iceland. Oh and Malta.

Expected Greece to do better (but I didn't really like that song anyway)

[*mazedsalv**]

Wooo were back!!! I cant believe how much i suffered without the forum!!

Okayy, i dont normally support the UK for anything but i was just hoping that the UK would do well tonight and im really suprised and overwhelmed!!! 5th place is great, its the highest placing since 2002 and the highest points since they won in 1997.

But HOW did Norway win??

[Spike]

Well done to Norway and for once the final score board really did reflect on quality
Love my four favourites of Sweeden, Norway, Germany and Ukraine on the night
and I am really impressed and shocked at how well the UK did but I don't know how we will go from here in choosing for next year. We now know we can win so do we go for the typical camp eurovision song or something similar to this years entry.

[SiaSiaSia]

WELL DONE ENGLAND :D

since when have azerbaijan or israel been in europe?!

[JOSHUAH!]

5th is amazing, Jade should be so proud!
Norway just couldn't be beaten, I still don't like the song though!

Oslo 2010 it is!

[M X]

Originally posted by SiaSiaSia
WELL DONE ENGLAND :D

since when have azerbaijan or israel been in europe?! OMG you sound just like my brother, he's like 'their not in europe' and i'm like 'they are!'

[MrGaryy]

I genuinely don't see whats so great about Norway's song. Gutted Ukraine did so poorly.

[Tom4784]

We did well tonight, I thought it should have been us, Norway and the more fuller figure lady (Croatia I think? I can't remember, she was brilliant). The high school musical-esqueness of Norway paid off for them. Catchy song but I hated watching him, he's got a forced stage presence.

I wonder if ALW will write the song again next year?

[Spike]

I expected Ukraine to be the shock winner. I think it just underperformed.
I was so dissapointed when the UK was getting like 3 points from one country, last year we would be so pleased with that
This year was the year of change for Eurovision and it was successful

[xDramatick]

SO happy for the UK.
loved Jade ++ ALW<3
hope her career is successful!!

also liked Ukraine, Albania, Estonia, and quite fond of Norway.

[30stone]

Romania
Finland (last)
Azerbaijan
Uk
Iceland

Were the best 5 for me.

Poor finaland such a great song, didn't deserve last.

Norways song was annoying from the start i didnt get why it was loved.

Ohh and

Albania.
Estonia
Moldova
Ukraine

were good and about 4 others.

[KKBL]

LOL Azerbijan IS in Europe.Every country is except for Israel.

It should of been..
1.Turkey
2.Azerbijan
3.Malta
IMO.

Jade was amazing,but that songs awful.

[Firewire]

Norway was so overrated.

And that is an understatement.

[*mazedsalv**]

I was like "Who would like the Norway song in the UK?" and the UK voted it to get 8 points, i was like "Whyyy???", who did we choose for 12 pnts, was it Greece?? Because i liked that entry, I love the counrty as well, and they were the only country that gave us a 12.

I think theres a nice friendship between us and Greece, thats what i like about Eurovision, you can tell who likes who, i thought we would vote for our closest neighbours, but i like the fact that the country boundaries were broken this year and everyone was voting for different people.

[Pipergun]

Congratulations to Jade, 5th is brilliant!!

Don't know about anybody else... I couldn't see what was so good about Turkey's song.... sounded like a load of rubbish to me!

[KKBL]

^No.The UK gave Turkey 12 points.I dont think they gave Greece any points!haha

[Tom4784]

Did anyone else notice last year's winner's lipsyncing? It was very badly done. Also Sweden's song was vocally amazing but vissually terrifying. Those facial expressions......like a transgendered Hannibal Lecter.

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally posted by KKBL
^No.The UK gave Turkey 12 points.I dont think they gave Greece any points!haha

Oh okayy... woops, i got them 2 mixed up, i liked them both.

[Z]

Norway wasn't that good, I thought it was really shouty, I'm surprised it did so well, but his encore performance was really good. I dunno if it was just me, but I thought Germany was ace hahaha, Miss Kiss Kiss Bang! I really liked Turkey, the Ukraine and Azerbaijan in particular, they were all very catchy! So proud of the UK!

[Z]

HOW did Finland come last!? It was the only song that I would probably listen to again!

[Conor]

Happy for ther UK getting high. Most amazin ESC songs in one comp yet (Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Ukraine, Greece, Azerbijain, Iceland, Turkey, Germany). Record breaking Norway. Amazing stage and graphics. Unbias voting. No Wogan. Sleek production. Amazing show overall...

ESC09 is the best eurovision to date :D

My TV highlight of the year is over, :bored: but it deffo was a good one!! :banana:

[SiaSiaSia]

Originally posted by Zee
Norway wasn't that good, I thought it was really shouty, I'm surprised it did so well, but his encore performance was really good. I dunno if it was just me, but I thought Germany was ace hahaha, Miss Kiss Kiss Bang! I really liked Turkey, the Ukraine and Azerbaijan in particular, they were all very catchy! So proud of the UK!


I liked norway but I didn't think it was that good
I LOVED GERMANY
was surprised they were so low

[SiaSiaSia]

Originally posted by Conor
Happy for ther UK getting high. Most amazin ESC songs in one comp yet (Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Ukraine, Greece, Azerbijain, Iceland, Turkey, Germany). Record breaking Norway. Amazing stage and graphics. Unbias voting. No Wogan. Sleek production. Amazing show overall...

ESC09 is the best eurovision to date :D

My TV highlight of the year is over, :bored: but it deffo was a good one!! :banana:

missed wogan :'(
norway hardly broke a record though:
1) it was a new voting system
2) they've only done it by 42 countries for the past 10 or so years so it wasn't much to compete with; abba got like 25 points or something, so to say they got the most points so far was half true but half like... not

[SiaSiaSia]

Originally posted by KKBL
LOL Azerbijan IS in Europe.Every country is except for Israel.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Europe_Location_Azerbaijan.svg/600px-Europe_Location_Azerbaijan.svg.png

you're right, Azerbijan is VERY european :/

[Jen]

I wish America could be involved...
I hate Europe.

[Z]

Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Israel, Russia, Turkey et al come under "Eurasia" I'd say, haha.

[Firewire]

Azerbaijan borders Russia, Armenia & Georgia.

[Spike]

I also loves Germanys song but it seems a lot of people didn't
Graham was much better than I thought he would be at commentating, I enjoyed him more than Wogan

['Conor]

i loved turkey nd albania !! such a shame ireland didnt get to the final such a great song

[xDramatick]

Originally posted by Spike
I also loves Germanys song but it seems a lot of people didn't
Graham was much better than I thought he would be at commentating, I enjoyed him more than Wogan

Yeah. I really liked Graham.

&I liked Germany!
I love Dita Von Teese, she's totally one of the most beautiful women atm<3

[Sam!]

Germany was terrible!!

My favs were:
1. Ukraine
2. UK
3. Finland
4. Armenia
5. Turkey
6. Greece
7. Norway
8. Azerbaijan
9. Spain
10. Moldova

lool Shame Norway won but I spose they deserved it.

[MR.K!]

Well done Jade for comming fifth ! :spin2:
Most points in 12 years for the UK !!!

[Sam!]

I dunno why Finland were last and Ukraine were well low! What is this!

[Sam!]

Originally posted by MR.K!
Well done Jade for comming fifth ! :spin2:
Most points in 12 years for the UK !!!

Not really cause we came 2nd in 2002.

[SiaSiaSia]

Originally posted by Spike
I also loves Germanys song but it seems a lot of people didn't
Graham was much better than I thought he would be at commentating, I enjoyed him more than Wogan

[Spike]

I really want to see a breakdown of the voting to see how much the judges contributed to the UK's success.

[Tom4784]

Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by MR.K!
Well done Jade for comming fifth ! :spin2:
Most points in 12 years for the UK !!!

Not really cause we came 2nd in 2002.

We scored more points this year though.

I thought Graham Norton was very good, He was quite funny. I wasn't keen on Germany's, there was too much of that annoying man and a distinct lack of Dita. I really liked Estonia's song as well.

[SiaSiaSia]

Originally posted by Zee
Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Israel, Russia, Turkey et al come under "Eurasia" I'd say, haha.

I'd just say Asia :P
i think russia can get away with being european as all their major towns are in europe and stuff, but azerbaijan? no

[Sam!]

Originally posted by Dezzy
Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by MR.K!
Well done Jade for comming fifth ! :spin2:
Most points in 12 years for the UK !!!

Not really cause we came 2nd in 2002.

We scored more points this year though.

I thought Graham Norton was very good, He was quite funny. I wasn't keen on Germany's, there was too much of that annoying man and a distinct lack of Dita. I really liked Estonia's song as well.

Cause there was more countries lol.

[Sam!]

Originally posted by Spike
I really want to see a breakdown of the voting to see how much the judges contributed to the UK's success.

How did the jury come into it anyway?

Btww if you wanna know the placing of the semifinals

go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_2009

Norway won the second semi & Iceland won the first.

Ireland nearly got to the final but the jury picked Croatia even though they came 13th and Ireland came 11th.

Czech Republic got no points lool.

[SiaSiaSia]

Originally posted by Spike
I really want to see a breakdown of the voting to see how much the judges contributed to the UK's success.

[Sam!]

Originally posted by SiaSiaSia
Originally posted by Spike
I really want to see a breakdown of the voting to see how much the judges contributed to the UK's success.

How did the jury come into giving the points anyway?

[SiaSiaSia]

Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by SiaSiaSia
Originally posted by Spike
I really want to see a breakdown of the voting to see how much the judges contributed to the UK's success.

How did the jury come into giving the points anyway?

Because of neighbourly voting in previous years.
it was 50% televote, 50% their choice

[Sam!]

Originally posted by SiaSiaSia
Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by SiaSiaSia
Originally posted by Spike
I really want to see a breakdown of the voting to see how much the judges contributed to the UK's success.

How did the jury come into giving the points anyway?

Because of neighbourly voting in previous years.
it was 50% televote, 50% their choice

I know why but how like did their votes get added to the publics, was it all like percentaged.

[MR.K!]

Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by SiaSiaSia
Originally posted by Spike
I really want to see a breakdown of the voting to see how much the judges contributed to the UK's success.

How did the jury come into giving the points anyway?
The judges must have made thier 1-12 points and added it to the publics 1-12 points then divided by two to make one set of 1-12 points i guess.

[Spike]

Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by SiaSiaSia
Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by SiaSiaSia
Originally posted by Spike
I really want to see a breakdown of the voting to see how much the judges contributed to the UK's success.

How did the jury come into giving the points anyway?

Because of neighbourly voting in previous years.
it was 50% televote, 50% their choice

I know why but how like did their votes get added to the publics, was it all like percentaged.

I think it was the same way in how they do the voting on Strictly Come Dancing or Dancing On Ice
The jury from each country gave points 1-12 and the public did too. They were added together to get the final results from each country and if there was a tie the public vote decided it.

[M X]

Finland deserved to come last. They were awful.

[Sam!]

Originally posted by MichaelSpears
Finland deserved to come last. They were awful.

They were not!! I love them.

[Tom4784]

Which one was Finland again?

[M X]

Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by MichaelSpears
Finland deserved to come last. They were awful.

They were not!! I love them. I put the TV on mute when they were on lol [and in the semi final]1.

[M X]

Originally posted by Dezzy
Which one was Finland again? It was a song called 'Lose Control' by this band.

[Sam!]

Originally posted by Dezzy
Which one was Finland again?

Waldo's People [the three girls and the rapping bloke]

[Tom4784]

Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by Dezzy
Which one was Finland again?

Waldo's People [the three girls and the rapping bloke]

Oh god, they were awful! like an even badder version of Scooter! (Is that even possible?)

[M X]

They were out of tune.

[SiaSiaSia]

finland was abysmal.

[M X]

Originally posted by Dezzy
Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by Dezzy
Which one was Finland again?

Waldo's People [the three girls and the rapping bloke]

Oh god, they were awful! like an even badder version of Scooter! (Is that even possible?) lol i agree.

[M X]

Originally posted by SiaSiaSia
finland was abysmal.

[Sam!]

Originally posted by Dezzy
Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by Dezzy
Which one was Finland again?

Waldo's People [the three girls and the rapping bloke]

Oh god, they were awful! like an even badder version of Scooter! (Is that even possible?)

They're nuthin like Scooter :|

[SiaSiaSia]

Originally posted by Firewire
Azerbaijan borders Russia, Armenia & Georgia.

Your point being...?

[Tom4784]

when and which channel does the semi finals air on? I never see them get advertised or talked about apart from here.

[M X]

Originally posted by Dezzy
when and which channel does the semi finals air on? I never see them get advertised or talked about apart from here. BBC Three.

[Tom4784]

Originally posted by MichaelSpears
Originally posted by Dezzy
when and which channel does the semi finals air on? I never see them get advertised or talked about apart from here. BBC Three.

Ahh.

[SiaSiaSia]

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7564/europeh.jpg

tbh the coloured bits are what I count as "europe"
(pretend turkey is coloured vaguely ahahaha)

tbh i think turkey and russia can get away with being in the eurovision as they're transcontinental countries.

[Sam!]

Originally posted by SiaSiaSia
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7564/europeh.jpg

tbh the coloured bits are what I count as "europe"
(pretend turkey is coloured vaguely ahahaha)

tbh i think turkey and russia can get away with being in the eurovision as they're transcontinental countries.

I know this is crazy but wikipedia says this:

Eligibility to participate is not determined by geographic inclusion within the continent of Europe, despite the "Euro" in "Eurovision" — nor does it have a direct connection with the European Union. Several countries geographically outside the boundaries of Europe have competed: Israel, Cyprus and Armenia, in Western Asia, since 1973, 1981 and 2004 respectively; and Morocco, in North Africa, in the 1980 competition alone. In addition, several transcontinental countries with only part of their territory in Europe have competed: Turkey, since 1975; Russia, since 1994; Georgia, since 2007; and Azerbaijan, which made its first appearance in the 2008 edition. Two of the countries that have previously sought to enter the competition, Lebanon and Tunisia, in Western Asia and North Africa respectively, are also outside of Europe. The Gulf state of Qatar, in Western Asia, announced in 2009 its interest in joining the Contest in time for the 2011 edition.[20]

Fifty-one countries have participated at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut:


So really, the countries don't need to be european.

[Conor]

Another year to go :sad:

[JOSHUAH!]

QATAR?!

Thats the Middle East!

[M X]

Qatar can't enter. It says on web.

[M X]

Originally posted by Conor
Another year to go :sad:

[MR.K!]

Technically Egypt can enter if they want !

[MR.K!]

The best bit of the whole show was at 3:05

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRIGcQut_sM

[Noel]

Originally posted by MR.K!
The best bit of the whole show was at 3:05

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRIGcQut_sM

That man was SCARYYYY. (The one from Bosnia&Herzegovina) Those faces he kept pulling.. o.O
My favourite of the whole night was Portugal's. That song was so beautiful, IMO.
I loved Ukraine's and Norways too. :D

[Firewire]

My favourites

1. UK
2. Ukraine
3. Norway
4. Russia
5. Iceland

[Shaun]

For me...excluding Jade...

1) Portugal
2) Norway
3) Iceland
4) Finland
5) Albania

[Sam!]

I pissed myself when Dima Bilan got his jacket stuck when he was on that treadmill thing hahaha, it was hilarious.

[Tom4784]

I'd say mine was (Outta what I can remember and excluding Jade)

1. Estonia
2. Iceland
3. Azerbaijan
4. Norway
5. Malta

[MR.K!]

1 Iceland
2 UK
3 Malta
4 Finland

[Sam!]

Excluding Jade:
1. Ukraine
2. Finland
3. Armenia
4. Turkey

[30stone]

Finland was quality, did you like romania sam?

[Sam!]

Originally posted by Robin-Van-Perfect
Finland was quality, did you like romania sam?

They were alrightt.

[Spike]

The winning song is currently third on UK iTunes and selling well across the world

[BigSister]

I liked Norways icelands ours spains and i quite liked azaajan as well9The country that came 3rd)

[bluehill]

personally i didnt like norway, it sounded like puppet music :thumbs2:

[Shaun]

I'M IN LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE
WITH A FAIRYTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE
EVEN THOOOOOOOOOOOUGH
IT HUUUUUUUUUURTS

COS I DON'T CAAAAAAAAAARE
IF I LOSE MY MIIIIIIIIIIND
I'M ALREEEEEEEEEEADY
CURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSED.

[Firewire]

Jade is at #50 on the singles chart and at #17 on iTunes.
Alexander Rybak is at #3 on iTunes.
Yohanna at #31 on iTunes.
Alex Swings Oscar Sings! at #70 on iTunes.
Malena Ernman at #85 on iTunes.
Hadise at #87 on iTunes.
Urban Symphony at #90 on iTunes.
AySel & Arash at #91 on iTunes.
Waldo's People at #95 on iTunes.

[Spike]

JURY ONLY RANKINGS

Norway (312 points)
Iceland (260 points)
United Kingdom (223 points)
France (164 points)
Estonia (124 points)
Denmark (120 points)
Turkey (114 points)
Azerbaijan (112 points)
Israel (107 points)
Greece (93 points)
Moldova (93 points)
Bosnia & Herzegovina (90 points)
Malta (87 points)
Germany (73 points)
Armenia (71 points)
Ukraine (68 points)
Russia (67 points)
Portugal (64 points)
Croatia (58 points)
Lithuania (31 points)
Romania (31 points)
Sweden (27 points)
Albania (26 points)
Finland (12 points)
Spain (9 points)


So The UK really benefited from the jury