EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

[longdogs]

Ok, I watched it from start to finish. I have not watched it for years but because it was mentioned on here, I thought I would give it a go.

It was carnage, terrible acts, terrible songs and almost everyone sang completely out of tune. Tyler sounded like a frog with hay fever which reflected in her score. All the usual political voting.

I think the winning song was probably the best of a bad bunch. The strange Swedish humour throughout didn't help either.

At least I know not to bother for the next twenty years or so.

 

[AronSearle]

Last year, the contest cost €48m to stage in Baku, Azerbaijan. This year's, in Malmö, Sweden, the aim was to do it for much less.

Yes, that's 48 million

http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/media-culture/eurovision-song-contest-costs-uk

 

[longdogs]

Last year, the contest cost €48m to stage in Baku, Azerbaijan. This year's, in Malmö, Sweden, the aim was to do it for much less.

Yes, that's 48 million

http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/media-culture/eurovision-song-contest-costs-uk[/QUOTE]

I think if organisers are serious about it being a song contest, viewers and judges should only hear the song and not be told which country it is representing. Personally I would not know the difference between Russian, Hungarian, or Greek. Not in a song anyway. And of course. most songs are sung in English anyway. The countries should then be revealed after all the votes have been cast.

Having said that, at 48M, does anyone really want to win it anyway? Maybe that's why all the songs are so dire.-

 

[JBR]

Having said that, at 48M, does anyone really want to win it anyway? Maybe that's why all the songs are so dire.-

Ah, you've hit the nail on the head. That's why we keep losing; we can't afford to host it any more.