Eurovision Song Contest

[TilenB]

This is what I do too... I prefer the original format, don't like the whole semi final build up thing. I avoid listening to anything until the night.

But then you end up missing out on 11 acts. Latvia's song last year was probably my second favorite behind Finland and they didn't even make the cut to the final.

But yeah, also all in on the Lasagna bandwagon. Marko comes from a small Croatian town just across the Slovenian border and he's probably the ultimate Eurovision underdog story. He wasn't even selected for the Croatian pre-selection at first and only got in after one of the other contestants dropped out. He ended up winning that in a landslide and now he's the odds on favorite to win the whole thing too. The atmosphere that they manage to create in the hall is something else as well, just amazing.

Other favorites for me include Italy, Armenia (these two girls are absolutely stunning, so take your last paragraph back, @Will ), Norway, Estonia and Lithuania.

I don't really care for our entry this year. She's got her tits out and managed to qualify, which is good for her and it's always fun to keep an eye for your country on the scoreboard, but the entire performance just leaves me kind of cold. Eh...

 

[Will]

Yeah, Slovenia's song left me cold - if it's any consolation, the UK tried to send softcore porn as well and it's pretty awful

Glad to hear some love for Norway - it doesn't feel like it belongs there, but musically, it's great. One of the best tonight, along with the Netherlands, Switzerland and Israel. Not sure why Greece or Estonia qualified, nor why the Czech Republic didn't.

I've got a nasty feeling Switzerland will sneak it, but hopefully the 'professional jury' won't try the same trick twice. Christ. I'm starting to sound like one of those Hamilton fans talking about Abu Dhabi. Sorry

 

[Will]

Croatia were robbed, the whole Netherlands thing feels a bit suss... but it's unfair to take away from Switzerland really - amazing staging and in a different year, that would have been one of the catchier songs.

I did predict Norway would do badly, but I've checked out some of their other stuff
I thought Finland would do better with the public as well - but I think people who'd normally have voted for that probably swayed towards Croatia.

The dickhead in me is quite glad that Eden rocked the public vote like a hurricane as well.