Eurovision and talent shows

[SophieDem]

This thread mainly goes to my european and australian TMNT fans. :)
What are your thoughts on this year's Eurovision?

Do you guys watch talent shows like America's got talent, X-factor etc.

[Amaranthus]

No.
Honest answer, innit?

[Leo656]

I'd be fine with those stupid shows if we had a SECOND show where someone rounded up all the losers and had them executed.

And another show where we do the same thing to the winners.

And if the ratings were really good, we could have a Bonus Round where we do the same thing to the audience.

[AT-Man]

Finland got screwed hard.

[Mayhem]

What are your thoughts on this year's Eurovision?
Winning song was "meh".
Graham Norton's comments (for the UK audience) were as acerbic as usual.
Slovenia's song was decent but the female singer's accent killed it.
Our song, as usual, got less votes than it deserved.
In fact, all the countries that make more of the decisions in Europe got stiffed.
First time the host country got nil points.
Russia's song was essentially "please, don't hate us, please!" and it almost won, despite the constant booing.
Australia's song was actually not bad, and they did pretty well.
Loved the Georgian singer's thigh high boots :tgrin:

[ProactiveMan]

Eurovision was a pretty good this year; the songs were mostly fine, and the stage was really impressive. It dragged on a bit though - they should have dropped the dumb motion-graphics between the country votes.

I think the winning song was OK; the guy who performed it did a great job and their AV show was probably the best by far. The UK entry totally got the shaft - I don't think it was top five but it deserved more than five points or whatever they got. Maybe the UK needs to suck up to France, Germany and Belgium, and get in on some of that sweet block voting action.

I was pleasantly surprised by the Australian entry. I have nothing against Guy Sebastian; his stuff is not really in my sphere of interest, but he was really good.

The so bad it's good award goes to Israel. "I'm the king of fun"? He he, if you say so man.

[DarkFell]

I'd be fine with those stupid shows if we had a SECOND show where someone rounded up all the losers and had them executed.

And another show where we do the same thing to the winners.

And if the ratings were really good, we could have a Bonus Round where we do the same thing to the audience.

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[Wesley]

I thought this year's Eurovision was okay. I actually preferred the songs that didn't make it to the final. Ireland's song entry was underrated, in my opinion. Molly Sterling has a great voice and her song had meaningful lyrics. She quickly became one of my favourite singers.

I don't like most talent shows, but I started watching the Irish version of the Voice recently and I thought it was entertaining to watch at times. It got a bit boring towards the end, though, but I liked this year's coaches. The blind auditions were the best part of the show, in my opinion.

[Candy Kappa]

Most of them was playing it safe this year, which made it extra boring.

[Mayhem]

Oh, and forgot to comment earlier, that somehow Greece and Cyprus failed to give each other 12 points this year. I expect hostilities to commence shortly...