Two gays in one picture. :/

Hanna Pakarinen is pretty bad. Georgia is the best, no contest there.

Georgia’s Sopho is kinda going for Björkish style, not as successful as Björk of course, but the song is pretty nice anyways. Clearly the best out of this Eurovision crap. Plus Sopho is super beautiful too.

I always though this was a contest to pick the best song not the shittiest.

Anyways Hanna, the Hungarian act and the Serbian act are the best. Georgia’s act is pretty class, it’s missing something though. Could start off by getting rid of those backing dancers.

I became a little more gay after watching Sweden and France’s “Gay Off 2007″. Britain summed it up nicely with their “Fly The Fag” song. I think I’ve seen Russia’s act in one of the Russian Institute pornos.

Why does it say 2005?

Hehe, I dunno, I just ripped off that photo from Google

Why, oh, why, did they have to put Krisse!

Of the ones that didn’t qualify I really liked Belgium & Andorra, but Serbia is taking the night, even though my favourite was Georgia.

Wow, all this booing from the Helsinki audience is embarrassing!!

The political voting is far more embarrassing.

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Why, oh, why, did they have to put Krisse!

Krisse is funny as hell. She and Markku should have hosted!

She and Markku should have hosted!

QFT

So what officially happened to Heikki Paasonen?

Jaana looked alot like Elaine Bennis (AKA Julia Louis-Dreyfus tonight). I need to start watching Tilt TV more often.

Jaana hasn’t been hosting Tilt TV for nearly two years? Or was it a joke? It’s that some Anna-Maria (?) Jalkanen chick, who does every mannerism of Jaana identically when hosting, wonder why she was chosen But hey, great show they put up. Burned a whole lot of money for that show, so it was better to be good

Who the fuck allowed these fucking Serbian Nazis to enter this competition?!? They committed the worst ethnic cleansing since WWII and now they WON?!?! This is the end of Eurovision and it is a GOOD THING!

Whew! I was somewhat worried they put some flowerhat aunties and old YLE sports geezers in charge and the whole thing will look like a hybrid of a elementary school spring party and summer season ending of Öllölä sports society, but it seems they managed to add even the dreaded Santa and reindeer in the mixture with class.

Dammit! I think those Andorra punksters were the most authentic act in the whole show and they didn’t make it to the finals. Sure, Hanna was great, but I have a thing for the ladies east of Kouvola anyway.

http://kuvat2.iltasanomat.fi/iltasanomat/iDoc/1367381-400_halonen.jpg

Last years victory of “satanic” Lordi made religious people team up to vote for Serbia’s prayer song.

samwyse: I never thought of it that way but that’s the only good explination of Serbia’s winning. It should’ve been Sweden.

The Russia booing was really lame. Besides, who can argue with Russian slags?

My favorite part was the bimbo parade at the end when all the countries put up their bubbliest females to dole out the points.

Is it just me, or did “Minsk calling” seem a bit ominous?

Anyway, I think that your male host did well, but your female host spent a little too much time at the tanning salon.

Three cheers for Hell-Stinky!

Why does it say 2005?

It says 2005 in the picutre because it is from Finland’s national selection competition. I don’t think that is even Mikko Leppilampi (who I can tell you, Sveriges Television’s commentator thought to have a most marvellous surname). It is in fact Heikki Paasonen, a quick look at the internet tells me. (they presented Finland’s selection in 2005).

The voting was very unfair and biased. The Balkans all voted for each other. The booing was always to reflect when voting was political rather than musical, so I think it was understandable.

Serbia was a good song, but there were others that were better. Here, like Phil, we also thought Georgia’s was best! I am surprised it did not do better.

There is a danger that some countries in western Europe will pull out of the ESC if this Eastern European voting bias is not sorted out.

But anyway, Belgrade next year! That should be interesting. Can Serbian TV afford to host it!?

I think it might be good for Serbia to organize the song contest next year. So much foreign people coming in, hopefully the ultranationalists would calm a bit..

The winners sucked big time…eurovision in a political vote system…
the winners clearly sucked serbian ass…

The Georgian entrance really started to get under my skin, my favorite absolutely. But I went with Ukraine’s super-metrosexual dance extravanganza when it became apparent that Georgia couln’t win it. TANZEN!!! But I don’t think ‘prayer’ had anything to do with Serbian success, with all the lesbian over/under/allovertones. All in all, a pretty impressive performance especially by the announcers, they did real good. It was a blast! There must’ve been a huge party over there in Stadi, I wish I could’ve been there!

Phil: Iceland gives us 12 points!!! And I give 12 points to that Icelandic announcer!

I went with the Belgian announcer, you can’t beat a bueauty speaking French!

What planet were you on (maybe planet American since you liked it) The presenters were quite false and overbearing with their “wow, lets party” and shouting Finland shit. Definately NOT a good advert for Finland with them. The interludes were fine but the producers had their Helsinki map where it shows a line to Lapland and “there be wolves and devils” all inbetween, hence the scarcity of acknowledgement for the rest.

Why your silly comment regarding Sweden though? Seems strange coming from an American.

Apart from Santa and Krisse (who is just about as much fun as a root canal), not too shabby. The person responsible for the camera work was probably at least as drunk as I was, mind you.

Was I the only one that noticed that the Serbia song was about lesbianism.

I was perplexed by the booing also!?

I’ve been in Europe for 4.5 years and this is my first full Eurovision I guess Finland did a good job but I have nothing to base it off of.

Hanna song was a good song like the Turkey one its something that will play in the club win or lose but I get the feeling that this is a freak show competition Ukraine coming that close Lordi wining last year and has UK just given up altogether (what did they send? They had to be a joke.).

My wife tells me that most countries vote for their neighbors so Sweden giving us so many votes is not suprising she said (I don’t know it suprised me!)

“Britain summed it up nicely with their “Fly The Fag” song”

That song would’ve been more aptly named “Flying while Fag”.

I said us and I meant to say Finland it still feels weird to me to include associate when its convient and to disassociate when its not like when USA vs. Finland hockey games. Although many of the Finnish players play for my home team in the NHL, so I don’t know how I should feel.

About lesbianism or not, I think the Serbian song had one of the best melodies in the finals, and the singer had a very good voice. It was predicted to be placed near the top and indeed that was the case. The Turkish song was competently made dance music I could imagine being played in a club. There was something catchy about it. I found the Georian piece (if it was that “My historyyyy….”) song with the drumming quite boring and irritating. The Russian song sleazily milked the sex angle like the Polish one (that didn’t make it to the final). The Swedish song was totally uninteresting. The German song was ok, although perhaps winning material. The Hungarian blues act was good. The singer was good.

The British performance had to be a joke. It was so retro, but not self-consciusly enough to be good. The Ukrainian Soviet-UFO-men-in-drag clown act was hilarious. Although I voted for Serbia, I changed my mind in the point counting because it would’ve been fun to see the Ukes win. The Irish song justifiedly finished last. The singer had a highly irritating voice and the lyrics should really have been sung in Irish.

The bits inbetween the songs were all covered Nokia ads. One appearing would have been normal, but almost all of them was about how cool Nokia is… that was too much and I did not like it.

And yeah, Serbia sucks!

Kourtney – “…but I get the feeling that this is a freak show competition Ukraine coming that close Lordi wining last year and has UK just given up altogether (what did they send? They had to be a joke.).”

Eurovision has been a giant suckfest as long as I can remember with nothing truly memorable ever coming from it save maybe ABBA. Last year was the first time I actually watched much of it since the 80s and nearly wet my pants laughing when Lordi took the stage and the latex wings extended since I think I may have been one of the few left in Finland who had never seen their act before. It seems like, too, that all the women look like cross-dressing queens anymore…maybe it’s just a fad. But….welcome to Eurovision. Thinking that it’s a freak show is a sign of sanity. Perhaps it’s a good thing that absolutely zero of the media outlets in the US carry the show.

Eurovision is not a music festival. Music is just a small part of the whole package.

Finland’s song was for sure one of the best as it is a song that can be (it is) played in radio/disco and is bought and listened by the public. Only four,five other countries presented some song that can be categorized as Music.

Most of the bands would find their ideal place in a circus,rather than in a music festival. F..k, Ukraine was almost going to win with that ridicolous clown show!

I agree with you Phil, Finland did a great job… much better than the Greeks last year. The hosts were great and the little snipets about Finlad were really cool. Regarding the songs, Finland’s song was at least top 5. The voting was complete bullshit. It is like a little eastern european countries circle jerk.

In a way I am glad that Lovex did not represent Finland, ’cause had they not won, I would have rioted.

“Belarus, Moldovia, and Bulgaria were good too.”
You must mean Moldova.

The Irish act sucked ass, but I still would have given it the 12 points what Malta rimmed UK with… Then they’d been where they deserved. Dunno, the Serbians should be now glad they got rid of Montenegro, and the “my sheep got lost in the mountains” yoiks with reed flute and zither. Atleast the L-word was singing, and not a porn act or clown act, though Ukraine was so outrageous I’d gladly seen it win. Sieben sieben allulluuu

The Andorran punks were a good example that the competition is these days open to all genres. Shame they didn’t make it to the finals, though they were a bit frozen on stage.

Krisse was according to her character; but that Santa Claus should jhave been yoiking somewhere with a reed flute in his ass. That Apocalyptica show with the performers was something offworld, so I’d say YLE pulled it off pretty good.

An illustration of the voting (Finland is the reindeer) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/bobsbattybasement/Sketchpad/eurovotes2.jpg

“Serbian Nazis to enter this competition”

How un PC. Man you had the USA kick their little buts, and now you complain?

Talk about hypocrisy. You can not even go to war, but you sure can be a critic.

Now calm down, sip your coffee, the world is doing just fine with out you.

My wife tells me that most countries vote for their neighbors so Sweden giving us so many votes is not suprising she said (I don’t know it suprised me!)

I actually booed when they did it. I thought it was hypocritical for the audience to boo for everything else except when i was favorable for Finland.

my sheep got lost in the mountains” yoiks with reed flute and zither

Rofl

That Apocalyptica show with the performers was something offworld, so I’d say YLE pulled it off pretty good.

Yeah they did do a decent job. I kinda sorta take back my slagging off on them about the TV tax.

No I don’t.

Jaana is fucking hot but the looks she gave were annoying me. Ellen’s stylist from Idols could use a few pointers from Jaana’s Eurovision stylist.

when i was favorable for Finland

+t “it”

Hanna was a fat cow…dang that bitch need to loose some damn weight,,,nice face.But that heifer needs to stop grazing in the forest, Man that bitch got fat.
Sad to see a pretty face with such a pulla body. when she was swinging her arms i though she would fly away with those fat wings.hahahahah
i give here credit. Kudos for fatty

41: go back to the shed and huff some more gas.

42. when i fart and i plant my ass over you face, you can also huff my gas.

rave the slave, or better yet, have that cow hanna sit on you face and huff her gas. and while your doing that, watch out for the corn about to slip out of her. smile, and pick them out of your teeth.

44: Not a bad idea.

QUESTION:

Why all the gay men go for Eurovision with nude women but all the straight men get turned on when sweaty, muscular men are fighting on the ice ?

Shouldn’t it be the other way round ?

“Why all the gay men go for the Eurovision with nude women…”

Exellent question. As an icehockey antifan, I sometimes torment workmates at the coffee table about their strange interest on sweaty, muscular etc. men over pretty figure skaters with their nickers showing.

Not that I would be interested in either, but the latter have a chance getting me hypnotized, while in quest to find out what else is on TV.

10 Downing Street (press release), UK – Morning press briefing from 14 May 2007

Eurovision Song Contest

Asked if the Prime Minister was disappointed with the UK’s performance in the Eurovision Song Contest, the PMOS replied that he had taken a bet before Lobby that somebody would raise the subject, but did not think it would be Gallery News. All he could say was that he, like many other people had to sit through Eurovision because of the kids, and that was suffering enough without adding to it on a Monday morning.

Put to him that the Prime Minister said 10 years ago that nation was “Walking on Sunshine” after Katrina & the Waves’ victory, and asked where were we now, the PMOS replied that we were all a lot older and wiser.

Asked how the Prime Minister felt about Anglo-Irish relations, given the fact that Ireland gave the UK a maximum 12 points and we did not reciprocate, the PMOS replied that as he had said previously, there was enough sorrow already without him having to add to it.

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11700.asp

The best ESC production ever, Congrats YLE(and I have only watched two ESC; Athens and Helsinki but yet still I can say that with great confidence)