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Eurovision 2021

Postby Heid the Ba » Wed May 19, 2021 10:28 am

This weekend and sadly I will be in a field in North Umbria so unable to watch/liveblog. I'm sure you'll be in safe hands with Arneb and Lianachan.

In last night's semi-finalIreland continued their run of failing to qualify with their latest version of My Lovely Horse. Oz also fell at the first hurdle, as it were.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Мастер » Wed May 19, 2021 11:26 am

Heid the Ba wrote:Ireland continued their run of failing to qualify with their latest version of My Lovely Horse.


But the original My Lovely Horse won!
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Heid the Ba » Wed May 19, 2021 12:06 pm

It won a Song for Ireland but got no points in the actual competition.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Мастер » Wed May 19, 2021 12:25 pm

Heid the Ba wrote:It won a Song for Ireland but got no points in the actual competition.


Ah, that's right. I forgot the plot.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Мастер » Thu May 20, 2021 2:28 am

Following the chain of web links while investigating Eurovision, I eventually came upon the classic, Shaddap your Face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFacWGBJ_cs
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Heid the Ba » Thu May 20, 2021 9:06 pm

Iceland and Finland are proper nonsense.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Lianachan » Thu May 20, 2021 9:40 pm

Not seen any of the pre-final stuff - never have, never will. This weekend I will mostly be writing a critique of the various theories of the mechanisms of the Mesolithic/Neolithic transition in Scotland and Ireland. But I also hope to have time to drink extensively and watch the final, as is traditional.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Arneb » Thu May 20, 2021 9:47 pm

Since I've alwsys studiously avoided watching the stuff (except when discussing it with members of this board), would you care to blog about the Final? I think having had a few before and and adding another few during and after cannot hurt the succinctness of your writing.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Lianachan » Thu May 20, 2021 10:02 pm

I’m planning on not nearly being sober enough, sorry. It’s the only way to watch the damn thing.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Richard A » Sat May 22, 2021 10:27 am

Between us, we'll do what we can! I didn't see any of the pre-final stuff yesterday, but looking forward to the finals tonight. Eurovision is strange - it manages a selection ranging from the seriously awful to, at least sometimes, something really special. The approach to politics is really weird. Overtly political songs are banned - but it is a given that certain countries will support certain others regardless. (All Cyprus has to do to get 12 points from Greece is show up - and vice versa.) And in recent years, some issues have appeared in songs that are pretty political, albeit not in a nationalist sense. For example, I really liked Israel's entry last year on a number of levels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjzyZZ-oidc if you didn't see it.

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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Arneb » Sat May 22, 2021 12:01 pm

We'll count on your faithful reporting! I just skimmed a selection of songs that made it to the final. I won't bring myself to watch it.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Arneb » Sat May 22, 2021 12:24 pm

ETA: Ah awright, maybe Ukraine. Or Italy.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Richard A » Sat May 22, 2021 12:34 pm

I haven't heard them yet, but Ukraine have produced some great entries in the past, including a winner. The singer of that one, Ruslana, went on to be a central figure in the Euromaidan protests.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Lianachan » Sat May 22, 2021 7:47 pm

9 songs in, all shite so far. Maybe I’m just too sober. I am working on that, though!
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Richard A » Sat May 22, 2021 8:30 pm

Russia not bad. I liked Bulgaria but it won’t win. Serbia also good. Though I like Greece. Ah, Ukraine next - Arneb liked them.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Richard A » Sat May 22, 2021 8:36 pm

I see Arneb’s point about Ukraine. But France’s entry is up there as well.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Lianachan » Sat May 22, 2021 8:58 pm

Iceland for me so far. Also quite liked Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine and Italy.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Arneb » Sat May 22, 2021 9:26 pm

Loved Italy. Hard, punky rhythms, rough guitars, Italian swear words. Perfect.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Lianachan » Sat May 22, 2021 10:28 pm

Delighted to see Brexitistan still on fuck all points after all the jury scores are in.

ETA And after the public vote!
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Arneb » Sat May 22, 2021 11:02 pm

Italy!
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Lianachan » Sat May 22, 2021 11:24 pm

Good to see a band, of people who can presumably play instruments, win rather than some manufactured pish. I'd rather Iceland had won, as we'd have gone to the next final if it was there.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Richard A » Sun May 23, 2021 9:54 am

That Brexistan got nul points is not surprising - even less surprising now that EU nationals are feeling the full force of the Home Office's "hostile environment". But there are things that doesn't explain. Such as why the juries (happily the people less so) were so impressed by the Swiss entry. And why the Netherlands did so badly.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Arneb » Sun May 23, 2021 11:36 am

After listening to the German entry, I am utterly unsurprised that nobody is surprised at how badly we did.
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Re: Eurovision 2021

Postby Lianachan » Sun May 23, 2021 12:00 pm

Richard A wrote: But there are things that doesn't explain. Such as why the juries (happily the people less so) were so impressed by the Swiss entry. And why the Netherlands did so badly.


Indeed, we were wondering that. The Swiss entry was extremely dull. France too, although she got bonus points round here for forgetting to put her top on I doubt that influenced the juries much.

Arneb wrote:After listening to the German entry, I am utterly unsurprised that nobody is surprised at how badly we did.


I like the ones that don’t take themselves too seriously, and the German entry certainly didn’t do that.
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