Eurovision Song Contest

[rbrooks2008]

It's easy to write a winning song!



Use this music as an underlying theme, chop it around a bit and put a beat to it.



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny4YpBgq_Pk]YouTube - soviet anthem[/ame]

[jch]

Can't blame Sir Terry for wanting to step down. The contest seems just a farce now.

[Chevyman]

name='jch']Can't blame Sir Terry for wanting to step down. The contest seems just a farce now.

Indeed. I gather that was his main reason after this years debacle

[Dandelion]

Graham Norton?



Oh dear..........

[rbrooks2008]

At least the Daz Sampson track helped Alicia Keys out a bit!



Daz Sampson - Teenage Life

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Alicia Keys - No One. The chord progression sounds the same. Just sing the girls parts over the top or do some Daz Sampson rapping over it.



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[LukeAFB]

If we withdraw Britain and our money from this debacle, we'll probably be dragged in front of the EU Courts for being unfair to the likes of Lichtenstien, Ruritania and the Duchy of Grand Fenwick!!

[davidb]

ive not heard any mention of this so far this year ,is it finished ? has terry called it a day ? no more boom bang a bang type rubbish ?

[Joenoir]

name='davidb']ive not heard any mention of this so far this year ,is it finished ? has terry called it a day ? no more boom bang a bang type rubbish ?

Terry has called it a day - Graham Norton is taking over!



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eADt1lFpmCA]YouTube - Jade - It's My Time - UK Entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2009 - BBC One[/ame]

[samkydd]

name='Joenoir']Terry has called it a day - Graham Norton is taking over!

The ridiculous political voting, the embarassing inter-presenter cringeworthy fake rapport, their 1970s moustaches, the presenters' style of using tired cliches and shouting out several times a minute "Brink it on ", "Letz haff a par-tee!", the absolute crapness of most of the songs, the Butlins style acts and corny dance routines, the overwhelming feeling that Eastern Europe was better off when it was part of the Soviet Union, so even if you turn a blind eye to all that you just have to boycott it if Graham Norton is presenting it!

[Freddy]

name='samkydd']The ridiculous political voting, the embarassing inter-presenter cringeworthy fake rapport, their 1970s moustaches, the presenters' style of using tired cliches and shouting out several times a minute "Brink it on ", "Letz haff a par-tee!", the absolute crapness of most of the songs, the Butlins style acts and corny dance routines, the overwhelming feeling that Eastern Europe was better off when it was part of the Soviet Union, so even if you turn a blind eye to all that you just have to boycott it if Graham Norton is presenting it!

That's half of its appeal.



This years song was composed by Lloyd Webber and written by Californian Diane Warren. Not very get up out of your seats and dance.



Freddy

[samkydd]

name='Freddy']That's half of its appeal.



This years song was composed by Lloyd Webber and written by Californian Diane Warren. Not very get up out of your seats and dance.



Freddy

Without Tel's priceless commentary it won't be as fun. GN will just be coked up to the eyeballs as usual, hyper to the extreme, and trying to be funny all the time when with all that's going on in the contest it shouldn't be necessary.

[Lord Brett]

We've given up on it at our house after last year. The voting used to be the fun part, but now it's so dispiritingly similar year after year. Wogan was obviously hacked off with it as well, which brought the fun levels down rather.



It's hardly a big conspiracy though, just that Europe is too big for the contest to be like it was before and the public voting (which I'm sure rakes in a lot of cash) killed off any hope that people might actually vote for the best song.

[cully]

I think we ought to send along a recording of Samantha Janus in 1991 using the film from one of the rehearsals NOT the one she did live when she cocked things up dramatically, singing flat!



The combination of a young SJ, a decent song and attractive backing would have all those Eastern Europeans voting for her in millions!

[MB]

name='Lord Brett']We've given up on it at our house after last year. The voting used to be the fun part, but now it's so dispiritingly similar year after year. Wogan was obviously hacked off with it as well, which brought the fun levels down rather.



It's hardly a big conspiracy though, just that Europe is too big for the contest to be like it was before and the public voting (which I'm sure rakes in a lot of cash) killed off any hope that people might actually vote for the best song.

I've always enjoyed it up until the last few years - the voting system became complicated and obviously, sometimes scarily, political and you're right Wogan became, obviously, irritated. He was usually right, though.



I think they should keep him - I quite like Terry Wogan's brand of humour.

[Lord Brett]

name='MB']

I think they should keep him - I quite like Terry Wogan's brand of humour.

I've not really been following this story, but I get the impression that it was Terry's choice.



BTW, why are you only an Established Member with that number of posts, MB? You have more that enough to be promoted to Senior Member.

[MB]

I don't know.

[MB]

The Eurovision song contest was my earliest 'awareness' of 'Europe' and some kids still like watching it and learning about the countries etc..it is a great idea in essence.