Ooh, I remember that ..... not my cup of tea (pun), but I didn't think it was that bad ..... now, Kate Bush shrieking Wuthering Heights (original version), that would do it ...



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ERm, Sarah B isn't the only young'un here, I'm afraid to say...

(Sudden paranoia - am I still young?)

Talking of crap music, did anyone else enjoy listening to Wogan during Eurovision? I particularly liked the comment about the Austrian entry - "Every continent has its eejit"



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I'm sorry but ten minutes is all I am prepared to be amused by crap for. I left Claire to it and went off to read about India's struggle for independence. I understand the UK entry's score was richly deserved.

Thought; next year can't the BBC enter a Bollywood musical number ... if we must have cheesy music, let's do it with a bit of panache, eh?



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No, they can't - we've been relegated, as far as I can make out...

The music was crap, but armed with a supply of ale (Waggledance), a family and Wogan, it made splendid entertainment - chat while the Europeans wiggle their arses, and then listen to Wogan in between songs... His comment on the Dutch entry (look out for the fine figure of a lump in the nacking singers) caused me to almost die choking when I saw what he meant. Not politically correct, but by GSD was it funny...



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i love bagpipes, and yodeling too for that matter. two things which lots of people seem to hate but love to make fun of. sigh.

Eurovision yay. We downloaded score sheets (marks out of ten for song, outfit, performance and dance routine), got the alcohol in (and the munchies) and settled down to three hours of fabulousness. The Austrian guy was fantastic...does anyone else watch with subtitles? They translate the songs for you, y'see, and his was great, "small kittens, with soft paws" or something.

I liked Slovenia, and they only got 7 points. Boo. And the Belgians sang in a made-up language, and nearly one! And Jemini got no points!! But aren't relegated, because according to Terry we put too much money into the EU or something. But anyway, from next year they're having *two* contests, a qualifying one and a real one. And they'll obviously rig it so that we qualify.



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We came last in Eurovision because the song was mediocre delivered badly. I mean, let's face it, Jemini have a one song repetoire and will have sung that song day in and day out for the past couple of months at least. Any professional singer in the same position worth their salt would be able to come in on the right note with or without backing at the drop of a hat. Saying that she couldn't hear the backing is just a lazy excuse. They were crap and they knew it.

The Dodo and I were watching and as soon as the Turkey entry had finished, I said that we'd just seen the winning entry. How tATu came third I will never know - it was awful!

And yes, Dante is correct - UK is one of the Big Four and therefore cannot be relegated, even in the case of Nul Points. Denmark were relegated last year and will re-appear again next year.

I liked the Norwegian and Iceland entries myself - can't face ringing my friends in Norway after Saturday, having given them so grief much over the past years due to their shabby entries - where's the humble pie?

we watched it (with the aid of a bottle of wine). Belgium were robbed. The only ones that even remotely stood out, and they had bagpipes. Splendid.

The norwegian fella was flat as one of PSD's hedgehogs. The british pair were, well, not to put too fine a point on it, crap. Nul point is more than they deserve...

I did like the mad bloke with the pink hair (PSD, where were you on satuday, hmm?)...

I hate to say it, but you're not the first to observe it... My family had great joy, is all I'm saying. Who was it described as 'Rhinestone Cowboy meets the Ice Queen'? And that was just the bloke...



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I'm being talked about behind my keyboard!

Yes, so I show my age. 17 months. And who's counting?

As for Eurovision...
Gott love Mr Wogan. 'Post-Iraqi-backlash' lol. You could tell he was dying to yell 'Jemini - you're crap! Get off the stage, stop being British...'

Actually I thought at the time that what the duo were hearing was a backing track in a different key to what we were hearing. There can be no other explanation for it - no-one claiming to be a singer could have sung out of key the whole way through like that. You'd slip back in eventually...

Sabotage, perhaps? Or am I giving Jemini (GSD, they can't even spell!) the benefit of the doubt a little too much?



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