Eurovision

[lesbiassparrow]

I just found a live webcast of your delicious, delicious crackness in time to see Ireland's entry. Oh, Ireland. Now I know what my sister meant.

I am so glad to see Eurovision has not changed at all. Time cannot change all things!

Anyone who wants can see it live here: http://www.eurovision.tv/addons/mediaplayer/live/esctv.html

You need to download a viewer but it takes seconds and it is so worth it. If you've never seen Eurovision, you will see Europe as you've never seen it before. You will never be the same again.

ETA: Macedonia upped the ante with dancers doing meaningful things in the background, but Slovenia answered with a vampire lady singing about something gothic. I think. Bad Hungary, your song is relatively boring and normal. I think you've missed the point.

ETA 2: Without downloading anything you can see the videos here: http://www.eurovision.tv/addons/mediaplayer/

Also Yasu Maria? Another great entry in Eurovision tradition! With dancers too. You get extra points for dancers.

ETA 3: Georgia get 9 million points for having dancers with swords!

ETA 4: France! OMG! The guy in pink dancing around like Pee Wee Herman! How? Why? What?

ETA 5: I think Germany and Serbia might be trying to rely on actual talent. This is probably a mistake. They should have gone the Russian schoolgirl route. Sorry I posted about Serbia before I realized they were going for the ever powerful lesbian/cross dressing vote.

ETA 6: Ukraine: crossdressing android things in silver! You have surpassed France and I didn't think that was possible.

ETA 7: The Bulgarian singer had some voice. And I thought it was actually quite good in a mad gothic sort of way. But Turkey goes back to the ever popular glitter theme. Pah, you are all amateurs compared to Ukraine.

Comments

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

Excellent! You and another American on my flist are the only two who are watching it as far as I can tell!

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I love the icon! One of the things I have missed since coming to the US is the annual ritual of the Eurovision mockery. Sooooo gooood.

I wonder what the Slovenia lady was singing? Something about drinking all our blood? Or running with wolves?

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

Wasn't her bodice just to die for?

The icon was made by melyanna after I posted about Eurovision. It's great!

Hungary was quite good. Nice fondling of a bus stop.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I liked it, but I feel it was too good for Eurovision. She had a nice voice though - but no leather! What is Eurovision coming to?

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

I know. That's about four good-ish ones in a row. Never mind, UK will be on soon and will get it right back on track.

[pontisbright.livejournal.com]

Sadly this means you missed the Belarus entry, which was an orange magician man writhing about in black threatening to 'cast his loving potion' over us. I hope he wins.

Good god but that irish thing was monstrous. Something about spring and honey and how the bees will make all nations snog, or something. With bodhrans. *headdesk*

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I know! I didn't think about webcasting until the third song. But I can go back and look at all the videos in the end.

The Irish entry was horrifying... I have no idea what the voters were thinking other than the band would do the maximum damage to our national image and that would be good somehow.

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

*sings*

"My beautiful horse, your tail is flying in the wind..."

She had a nice dress though.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

She did have a nice dress. I think you're right and Father Ted was on to something.

I was most impressed by the sword dancers in the Georgian one. And the singer was gorgeous.

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

It was a crackin' song too!

[ysrith.livejournal.com]

RTE are terrified that we coudl ever win it again. It was a deliberate choice, I am sure...

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Given some of the rubbish RTE throws money at, Eurovision is a step up for them. Why yes, I am bitter about Pat Kenney's salary. It's not as if anyone else is going to hire him, after all.

[queenthesixth.livejournal.com]

I'd really like to defend the Irish entry because when I heard it the first time on the Late Late Show, I didn't think it was all that bad. But I didn't think the lead singer performed it well tonight at all, she sounded off-key. Obviously we need the power couple that is Johnny Logan and Dana to get us back on track again! That is, if Johnny Logan can take time out from the McDonald's adverts he's doing at the moment.

Ukraine, WTF?

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Ukraine is either madness or genius.

I think the problem with Ireland's for me was the sincerity with which she sang those dreadful lyrics.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Ok, well at least England's was worse. What the hell? An add for BA?

[queenthesixth.livejournal.com]

More likely to be one of those cheap airlines.

The Irish entry was written by John Waters, who has a daughter with Sinead O'Connor. He's a journalist but he needs to stay away from song lyrics.

[k-julia.livejournal.com]

Oh noes! I forgot that is today. How could I miss it??

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Woes! And it is excellent too. I haven't seen it for years and it has only gotten better.

[k-julia.livejournal.com]

I tuned in just in time for the last five seconds of the UK entry... oookay! Yeah, this is fun. :-)

[queenthesixth.livejournal.com]

Scooch is growing on me.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Well, they certainly embraced the wonderful world of air travel! :)

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

They get points for mentioning sucking. And not in a bad way.

[astropoet.livejournal.com]

Gothic is this year's theme.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Gothic is always in fashion. As is glitter and silver lame.