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Post by karloscar on Apr 5, 2021 5:29:43 GMT
I don't have a winner out of that lot. And that depresses me. The whole thing has lost sight of what made Love Love Peace Peace so spot on. The crazy isn't crazy enough. The great songs don't even get entered. It is all too processed. Too considered. Balkan ballad? Tick Twenty-something man trying too hard to be sexy? Tick Song trying too hard to be quirky? Tick Someone trying to make rap and/or rock work for Eurovision? Tick I was hoping for an explosion of joy and hope this year after last year's sad mish mash of ballads trying to be Arcade. But no. We have got more of the same. I am contemplating not watching for the first time in decades But you will, 'cos there's naff all else happening that night! |
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Post by theatreian on Apr 7, 2021 9:54:13 GMT
A couple more videos have been put out. Possible winners and dark horses!
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Post by ncbears on Apr 8, 2021 14:37:35 GMT
But can UK finish on the left? Will the UK get Ireland’s 12 points? Can Malta really afford to host?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 8, 2021 14:52:12 GMT
We will not do well. No matter the quality of the song, our recent and current history with many European nations will make it unlikely for us to gain many votes.
Which is deeply unfair but inevitable
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Post by ncbears on May 18, 2021 21:43:03 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on May 19, 2021 8:23:17 GMT
Did you see the Slovenian entry, BurlyBeaR? Lovely cape. 🤣 |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 19, 2021 9:47:46 GMT
Nah. I don’t watch the heats.
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Post by alece10 on May 19, 2021 12:42:35 GMT
Well my view is that last nights performances were pretty awful. I swear Eurovision is getting worse and worse each year. I am a big Eurovision fan and watched it every year since I was a child which is a very long time ago. The days when Katie Boyle was the compare. I guess I am a bit of a traditionalist and like the old style "pop" songs. Most of my favourite Eurovision songs come from the 80s.
Anyway didn't think much of any of the songs. I am reliably informed that Thursdays offerings are better.
So glad there was an audience as I had read there would be no audience.
Didn't like Sweden's song as I prefer their quirky pop style of previous years.
The rest were dreary ballads and lazy efforts from the eastern block countries.
And what was that song where a woman dressed in green seemed to just repeat the word "stereo" over and over again.
Bring back the Russian grannies and scantily clad women churning milk
Anyway I will be watching again on Thursday and Saturday and no doubt shouting at the screen when the "political" voting takes place.
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Post by TallPaul on May 19, 2021 12:59:14 GMT
Has anyone ever seen Kerry Ellis and the Irish entry in the same room? Thought not.
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Post by digipal on May 19, 2021 13:00:36 GMT
A member of the Iceland band has tested positive for corona virus so it's just been announced that they're pulling out of the live shows, the song remains in the competition and EBU will use their rehearsal recording. Poland and Malta back in isolation again as they all stay in the same hotel
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Post by theatreian on May 19, 2021 13:07:31 GMT
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Post by alece10 on May 19, 2021 16:49:18 GMT
I got 10. 2 of them I should have gone with my gut feeling and then I would have got 12 also.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on May 20, 2021 7:50:24 GMT
Got 11. Didn't know one answer, all guessed. I'm off to buy a lottery ticket
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Post by theatreian on May 20, 2021 11:26:07 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 20, 2021 16:56:42 GMT
I'm liking the German and littuanian songs / entry. I can't wait for tonight's semi!
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Post by alece10 on May 20, 2021 17:19:43 GMT
I'm liking the German and littuanian songs / entry. I can't wait for tonight's semi! Oh er matron! |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on May 20, 2021 18:13:00 GMT
I'm liking the German and littuanian songs / entry. I can't wait for tonight's semi!  |
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Post by Roxie on May 20, 2021 21:20:47 GMT
Yesssss Iceland are through! Some of you may know I’m an Icelandophile, Reykjavik is my happy place! After last year when they should have won, and the fact they can’t perform, I feel it would be ace if they won on Saturday!
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Post by theatreian on May 20, 2021 22:12:21 GMT
Disappointed that Estonia, Austria and Denmark didn't get through tonight. Out of the 20 put through I would have put 11 of them through. Those with decent voices seem to have lost out. Oh well...
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 21, 2021 1:45:37 GMT
So many mediocre to poor songs this year. I don't honestly care about any of them at this point. And I say that as a pretty dedicated Eurovision fan.
There is so little fun this year. So little joy.
Nothing that Petra and Mans can poke fun at in their next interval act.
Over serious ballads. Attempts at quirkiness that just don't land. Up tempo songs that fail to get you on your feet. There are very few songs that I actively dislike. But nothing that makes me excited. Nothing.
It is a collective failure. And as one of my usual highlights of the year, it is a huge disappointment.
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Post by TallPaul on May 21, 2021 7:29:21 GMT
More cape action last night, BurlyBeaR. This time on one of the hosts. You are, of course, the expert on such matters, but I would describe her entire ensemble as being teal in colour. She would go missing in your luxury loft apartment! 🤣 |
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Post by theatreian on May 21, 2021 14:54:25 GMT
A preview of all 26 songs from tomorrows final in the running order they will appear in.(Or a 9 minute final for those who can't put up with 3 and a half hours!!)
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Post by alece10 on May 21, 2021 16:12:33 GMT
Only 2 songs I liked were Denmark and Iceland so glad I didn't put a bet on either.
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Post by digipal on May 21, 2021 16:31:16 GMT
A preview of all 26 songs from tomorrows final in the running order they will appear in.(Or a 9 minute final for those who can't put up with 3 and a half hours!!) They've done an amazing job with the staging, the LED screens, the lighting and the pyro's: it's really all come together well and someone mentioned on the radio today that they're adding additional physical and VR effects into the grand final I keep changing my favourites however Malta's great and they're ending the show with San Marino which is a real banger of a song Personally, I'm not getting the love for France or Switzerland (which means one of those will probably win) Roll on tomorrow night, it's about time we had a few hours of escapism |
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 21, 2021 16:48:40 GMT
Italy is the one with the betting momentum. Or at least it was last night
The French entry is OK until it starts speeding up in a very frantic way for no reason. I love a good Piaf moment but the song isn't good enough throughout.
Switzerland just leaves me cold. Totally unengaging.
The German entry has a decent level of madness but the lyrics are unintelligible and the big finger is a step too far.
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