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Pretty much every song was hilariously bad to the point where I think everyone was trying to lose so they didn't have to host it next year.

by tkahn6 14y ago

patrickk 14y ago
The whole tournament is hilariously bad. It's hard to believe anyone takes it seriously. Could you imagine the headlines if Greece won? "Germany hosts Eurovision 2013...in Greece." and so on.
- willvarfar 14y ago
  I believe Spain asked not to win.
  - 1880 14y ago
    It was a joke from the singer, taken out of context: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publico.es%2Ftelevisionygente%2F434336%2Fpastora-soler-niega-que-rtve-le-haya-pedido-que-no-gane-eurovision&act=url http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js...
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- jonke 14y ago
  Well, most west of Bryssel don't 'get' the EuroVison. I keep seeing it (using my kids as an excuse) but I usually don't like the music. So why is it so popular? Maybe it's a cold war thing? We who lived at the border to the Iron curtain have a rather different view to the eastern europe than Uk. So to compete with them in a 'no big deal' contest is relaxing (no war this year). The voting is part of the game and could maybe be done in several other ways if one truly consider the outcome to be important, which is not. To participate is the goal. (as a side note, swedes always give the 8/10/12p to the song that in some way could have some connection to Sweden, this year the Cyprus contribution was written by two swedes I think)
  - kalleboo 14y ago
    This year, 10 out of the 26 songs were written by Swedes, so it's kind of hard for us to avoid voting for them.
    - jonke 14y ago
      I was thinking more longterm, since the televoting started swedes have a trend to vote for songs/artist that have a connection to Sweden and not for just being a song from a neighbour.

Pretty much every song was hilariously bad to the point where I think everyone was trying to lose so they didn't have to host it next year.

by tkahn6 14y ago

Pretty much every song was hilariously bad to the point where I think everyone was trying to lose so they didn't have to host it next year.

patrickk 14y ago

The whole tournament is hilariously bad. It's hard to believe anyone takes it seriously. Could you imagine the headlines if Greece won? "Germany hosts Eurovision 2013...in Greece." and so on.

willvarfar 14y ago
I believe Spain asked not to win.
- 1880 14y ago
  It was a joke from the singer, taken out of context: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publico.es%2Ftelevisionygente%2F434336%2Fpastora-soler-niega-que-rtve-le-haya-pedido-que-no-gane-eurovision&act=url http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js...
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jonke 14y ago
Well, most west of Bryssel don't 'get' the EuroVison. I keep seeing it (using my kids as an excuse) but I usually don't like the music. So why is it so popular? Maybe it's a cold war thing? We who lived at the border to the Iron curtain have a rather different view to the eastern europe than Uk. So to compete with them in a 'no big deal' contest is relaxing (no war this year). The voting is part of the game and could maybe be done in several other ways if one truly consider the outcome to be important, which is not. To participate is the goal. (as a side note, swedes always give the 8/10/12p to the song that in some way could have some connection to Sweden, this year the Cyprus contribution was written by two swedes I think)
- kalleboo 14y ago
  This year, 10 out of the 26 songs were written by Swedes, so it's kind of hard for us to avoid voting for them.
  - jonke 14y ago
    I was thinking more longterm, since the televoting started swedes have a trend to vote for songs/artist that have a connection to Sweden and not for just being a song from a neighbour.