Anybody watching live?

And well?

United Kingdom

So sweet of them to let him sing first so he can go to bed early

02 Hungary

Whatever happened to cheek?

03 Albania

I'll be back after pizza to check if someone's joined

07 Iceland

That's not Jonsi That's Jake Shears

Don't tell me there's another thread

08 Cyprus

Who cares the song sucks?

11 Estonia

Next!

The Romanian hottie is singing in Spanish

Hey, where is everybody?

19 Spain

I see no one disagrees THIS must be the winner

Thank you and good night

Sweden leads

Congratulations Sweden

Same old post-90s shit

eurasian/balkanic countries voting each other, several novelty acts getting a lot of points only God knows why (Russia, Turkey, Albania) and a cheesy, catchy Euro-Dance "hit" winning the festival (Sweden). Still better than Serbia, though

I don't dislike "Euphoria", but I think it's just forgettable, a song that Madonna, Kylie, Rihanna or GaGa could deliver with their eyes closed; typical 00's Euro-Pop with a touch of modern american shit-dance: I'm getting tired of the "eh-eh-eh-eh-eh" shit The song sounds like Britney's 'Till the World Ends meets Cher's Believe...

Underrated songs of the night: Spain, and Germany

Biggest piece of shit of the night: Lithunia "Love is Blind", and I wish I was deaf

by the way, am I the only one that finds a bit disturbing that Croatia has given 12 points to Serbia??? talk about forgiveness after the war, or balkanic loyalty...

I watched the show and I'm from Sweden. Congratulations to Loreen! People are euphoric in the comment fields of the Swedish newspapers. Euphoria is a good song but nothing special and even if I had been able to vote for my own country, I wouldn't have. I voted for Macedonia. I think it's safter to say these things here than on the Swedish websites .

Overall I've seen better Eurovision shows but it was still fun to watch.

PANDURITO said:

That's pretty much Eurovision in a nutshell

Do they even broadcast this in the states?

scriptgirl said:

Do they even broadcast this in the states?

No. It's strictly a European phenomenon and quite a big deal over here.

In the last couple of years even I caught Eurovison fever, and me and my dude like to sit and objectively critique the singers & songs. We missed this year's show though since we got back late from a BBQ yesterday.

In the big scheme of things it's all rather cheesy, but the competition can launch careers here (if the participants aren't already in fact big stars in their home countries), and can lead to lucrative endorsement deals for the winners for worldwide organizations or events (like having your song be the theme song for campaigns & international sports events, part of their subsequent merchandising), etc.

my favorite- Azerbaijan

The turkish contestant sounded like a goat

[Edited 5/27/12 8:06am]

I was at church today and my girlfriend from England was piiiiiissed that Engelbert Humperdink was not given the respect he deserved by way of points from the other countries

Dewrede said:

The turkish contestant sounded like a goat

Ended up in 7th place

Ottensen said:

I was at church today and my girlfriend from England was piiiiiissed that Engelbert Humperdink was not given the respect he deserved by way of points from the other countries

Poor grandpa

Hope this doesn't kill him

PANDURITO said:

What movie is that from?

I believe it's from NBC's Community

Yes it is

Season 1, Episode 17 - "Physical Education"

PANDURITO said:

I believe it's from NBC's Community

Thank you