And the winner of the evening is... Italy! :lol:

 

... because they didn't take part of it! It's always the same with these political votes! Maybe next year we'll get another country from the Balkan, if Montenegro will become independent tomorrow! :rolleyes: Germany should be devided into Germany and Bavaria to get 12 points... :P Well, place 15... a bit disappointed... :(

 

But Finland was the best! I really liked this song and they deserve it! :)

sweet creatures (?) did it :) congrats...

very nice I'd say. :nice:

 

 

I kinda liked denmark, although I don't remember much of the song now. and ireland was nice as well... the rest... ehm... anyyywaays. ^^

Besides Germany I liked Finland and Sweden! ;) That Swedish woman was so nice and had a good voice.

 

But how shitty was UK? :shocked2: You have so many great bands and artists on your island and what did you do? You sent a school-rap-song to the contest. :P

Sorry UK but what was that :stunned: the hole school thing.. there was something too much :confused: I didn't like Sweden.. the woman had some troubles with her jaws :thinking: But i actually liked Russia even though the guy had a terrible mullet :laugh3:

woohooooo! FINLAND!!! :dance:

 

 

 

 

I didn't like Sweden.. the woman had some troubles with her jaws :thinking:

 

hahahahaha!! that made my day :laugh4:

hahahahaha!! that made my day :laugh4:

 

Seriously.. it looked like her jaws was going to fall off :o and i really was worried about her :(

yes I know, it looks really werid and.. I didn't want her to win even though I'm swedish.........I doooon't like her

Congratz Finland! your act was good enough. :D

My fav was actually Bosnia&Herzegovina, got 3rd so its okay I think. ;)

I pretty laughed whit things like Andorra giving 12 to Spain or Moldova giving 12 to Romania, which were pretty bad in my opinion, they're neighbors so that explains it... lol.

Maybe next year we'll get another country from the Balkan' date=' if Montenegro will become independent tomorrow![/quote']

 

Oh yes! and I think they'll get their independence... maybe its a good thing for them.

Besides Germany I liked Finland and Sweden! ;) That Swedish woman was so nice and had a good voice.

 

But how shitty was UK? :shocked2: You have so many great bands and artists on your island and what did you do? You sent a school-rap-song to the contest. :P

 

You're forgetting:

 

The whole competition is sh*t, so it follows that all the songs will be sh*t, including the UK's.

The Finnish entry was too, but it was at least original and funny, unlike most of the other entries, which were just plain dreadful.

Germany cheated by using an Aussie, anyway, and so should have been disqualified.

I think that shows you don't have enough decent singers of your own!!:laugh3:

 

As it happens, the German entry was just about the only one that didn't make me cover my ears. :P

You're forgetting:

Germany cheated by using an Aussie, anyway, and so should have been disqualified.

 

As it happens, the German entry was just about the only one that didn't make me cover my ears. :P

 

It doesn't matter! :P In 1988 Céline Dion sang for Switzerland and won... ;) (and she's not really Swiss :D)

 

But you're right! The whole competition is sh**, not only the songs, also the voting! I really hope the 4 big nations will stop paying for it.

But the funny thing is that when Lordi were selected to represent Finland most of the Finns said how embarrissing it is and how Finland wouldn't win because of Lordi :P But when Lordi won it's totally different case!Suddenly all Finns are excited and proud of Lordi :D

Finnish monsters rock Eurovision

 

 

 

A Finnish "horror rock" group who dress in monster costumes have pulled off a surprise win at the 51st Eurovision Song Contest in Athens.

European viewers voted for Lordi's song Hard Rock Hallelujah in a show that is normally associated with catchy pop and big ballads.

Russia was second with Dima Bilan's Never Let You Go.

But UK rapper Daz Sampson could only manage to come 19th out of 24 countries with his song Teenage Life.

Lordi's masks, armour and jets of flame attracted widespread attention before the contest - but many thought they were too outlandish to win.

EUROVISION RESULTS

1. Finland - 292 points

2. Russia - 248

3. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 229

4. Romania - 172

5. Sweden - 170

6. Lithuania - 162

 

 

"We are a rock band and we just won Eurovision - that's weird," their lead singer, also called Lordi said.

"This was a victory for rock music and also a victory for open-mindedness," he said.

The result would open the doors for a wider range of musical styles at Eurovision in the future, he predicted.

"This is proof that from now on there will be more rock bands who will have the courage to join in," he said.

"This is proof that there are rock fans who watch Eurovision."

UK rapper Daz Sampson was not a hit with Eurovision viewers

 

The band had been accused by some conservative Greek organisations of promoting Satanism but said they had no connection with the occult.

"We have nothing to do with satan worshipping or anything like that - this is entertainment," Lordi said.

Lordi amassed 292 points after a public vote - 44 ahead of Russia, whose performance featured a ballerina emerging from a grand piano.

Bosnia and Herzegovina's entrant Hari Mata Hari was in third place, followed by Romania's Mihai Traistariu.

HAVE YOUR SAY

It was the best Eurovision in years

 

 

Jason Ranford, Woolwich

 

 

 

 

 

Carola, from Sweden, who was the bookmakers' favourite before the contest and won in 1991, came fifth.

Sixth place went to Lithuania's LT United, six men in suits singing: "We are the winners of Eurovision."

Swedish entrant Carola had been favourite before the contest

 

Hosts Greece came ninth with Anna Vissi, who had also been hotly tipped.

She was followed by Ireland's Brian Kennedy, who rounded off the top 10 with Every Song Is A Cry For Love.

Daz Sampson - one half of dance duo Uniting Nations - only gathered 25 points from the 35 countries that took part in the vote.

No country failed to get off the mark - Malta's Fabrizio Faniello came last with one point.

The other contenders included a German country and western singer, Israeli gospel and a Latvian a capella group.

Some 18,500 fans packed the arena in the Olympic stadium complex, with 2,000 journalists and 3,000 police officers on duty. The result means Finland will host the competition next year.

lol, such a nice picture with those flowers... :laugh3:

^That isn't a coincidence. They all list "flower arranging" as their hobby!!:rolleyes:

rolf, not really?! :lol:

First of all.....Sweden was like the german Andrea berg...damn awful....The thing with germany I don't undersand...they didn't desevre the 15th position....and that Finland won is cool...yeah....I voted for Bosnia-Herzegovina...I liked their song...

lordi makes me piss myself out of fear.

I take it you never watched star trek or some other SF like that...

we, israel, got one place before last...

 

i hate it when they pick an artist that even no one here knows- i mean, if he cant suceed here, why would he suceed there??

Well, i heard the song and it's horrible (but so are most eurovision songs...)

 

and last year we got 4th place... such a huge fall in one year

I voted for Bosnia and i still listen the song. It 's really so good for a contest like eurovision. I'm glad that Turkey voted 12 for Bosnia. Other songs were awful.

 

Eurovision is the contest of "which country has more good neighbours?"...

Haha, so true Andorra-Spain, Russia-Ukraine, Moldvoda-Romania, Russia-Bielorussia

 

But I actually think its more cause many people from those countries live in those other countries, I mean Andorra has many Spaniards, in Ukraine live many Russian...etc.

yeah that's true.. germany, netherlands , france , belgium are not the neighbours of Turkey but they always vote for us becase of the Turks live in there:)

 

So you cant expect fair voting with these relationships.. :)