Eurovision

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Does anyone know whether Eurovision is on anywhere in St Andrews? On a public screen, I mean, of course...

[Orcas]

The Union, though I'm guessing wildly.

[Bread Roll]

I've seen a couple of posters up around town about it being on at Greyfriars. I'd have thought that the Union would have it on too, but who knows.

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No good deed goes unpunished...

[Malcolm]

I got a Facebook invite to a gathering in the New Hall coffee shop tonight to watch it.

[carameldelight]

...the words on everyone lips is Serbia...huh?

[JM]

i know eurovision is normally filled with strange acts...but ukraine? and who was the guy in pink with a stuffed cat??

very strange :S

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"Life can be full of many problems"; this can be translated into "tormenting you is how the big man gets his jollies"

[Humphrey]

I love Eurovision. Yet again the accusations of block voting and eastern european bias. All this ignores the fact that we have released consistantly poor entries since 'Love Shine a Light' won top spot. Seen in the light of that, our numerous defeats have less to do with defects in the voting system and more to do with the fact we are shit (Scooch!). If Justin Hawkins had got through and his song been panned then maybe I would have changed my mind. It does seem a tad patronising that no-one is considering the possibility that the eastern blocs songs were actually better, which they were.

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[Guest]

Quoting humphrey from 08:25, 14th May 2007
I love Eurovision. Yet again the accusations of block voting and eastern european bias. All this ignores the fact that we have released consistantly poor entries

I was most surprised at the fact that non-Eastern bloc countries gave some of their top points to the Serbian ballad entry. Turkey and Greece's popularity I could understand, as they were high-energy entries similar to Ukraine's recent win with Ruslana (i.e. the Xena one).

I have nothing against a good ballad, and was pleasantly surprised that slower songs can win these days in the ESC. But I would have rather seen Hungary or even Germany's cute but luke warm swing number score high than Serbia.
Maybe I just need to go back and watch it again.

Oh... and ... we met Scooch at the semi-finals in Helsinki. Yeah we did. We have photos and everything.

[A66]

Eastern Block voting disproved, these are the votes from the Western European Countries alone:

(Taken from some German website)

[Steveo]

What's with that ugly Serbian dyke doing so well?

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Get off my internet.