The Eurovision contest is evil

[Buck Birdseed]

GP: In the sixties in the US there was a brief television fad for making knowing camp programming in a really over-the-top way, with shows like "Batman". This is as close to that as you're going to get in europe- garish, overblown and slightly tounge-in-cheek programming where awful bands from the entire continent are cheered on by a fanbase consisting entirely of wannabe homosexuals. Except they take it seriously. Er.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
a fanbase consisting entirely of wannabe homosexuals.

[Gangerolf]

the norwegian commentator just said sweden have less charisma than the bookshelf "Ivar" from IKEA

apparently some people in sweden didn't like that comment too much and are trying to prevent him from commentating next year

[Combat Ingrid]

Truth hurts, you know

[Gangerolf]

it sure does

anyway, from what I gather, some swedish commentator said the norwegian contestant sounded like an "untuned bicycle pump". not too far from the truth that either I guess

[Combat Ingrid]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
"untuned bicycle pump".

[Heresson]

I won't comment Polish participance... I don't like the ones who were hcosen for this. When it coems to the rest, I think that Belgium should have won. Austria was nice and funny as well. Turkey danced nicely. And as I thought, the Norwegian guy got some points. The worse thing was Russian participance. It's not about the melody, and these girls may be nice, but they just can't sing.

[st_swithin]

I worship a god with an elephant's head, what rhymes with 'fish poo'.