Eurovizh Poptimist Postmortem

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Who ruled? Who wuz robbed? Who did the robbing? Will Terry stay or go? Is the Russian win down to Timbaland, rollerblades, or the bloc-vote version of Buggins' Turn? When did modern dance take over Eurovision and why won't the UK play the game? Is Sebastien Tellier in fact The Dude? Any other questions??

(I thought overall the quality was pretty high this year, though only 1 or 2 real standouts. Only 1 or 2 real stinkers too, sadly one of them won the thing.)

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

As for Russia, I totally knew they would win but STILL FAILED to put a tenner on them, noez. World champion ice skater + Timbabeats + teenage hearthrob who didn't win the other year + emo epic = dead cert.

As for the bloc voting palaver - I've said elsewhere that there's only three things we can do, really: 1) suck it up and accept we'll come last forever more 2) drop out completely 3) field a song that is totally un-Eurovisiony (like France did this year) and try not to care too much about the result (like France does every year). I think 3) should be a BASSLINE BANGER.

[http://users.livejournal.com/xyzzzz__/]

Thing is you still need a decent-ish song, and some effort in presentation (as w/the ice skating). I guess if you have that it could give an edge in a close race, but still you do get diff winners every year

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

4) Fake a break-up of the Union (last year it became clear that the so-called Yugoslav civil war was a total sham - you don't give 12 points to someone who was only ethnically cleansing you a decade ago). Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, Isle of Wight, Isle of Man - we'd storm it!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

We decided last night our only hope of a decent showing were craven appeals to tax exiles and ex-pats. So a satirical song called "Political Correctness Gone Mad" performed by Jeremy Clarkson is our best bet.

[yuxonomei.livejournal.com]

I LOLed.

If only it would happen.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

it has to be a rap tho

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

No no no, pop-rap is sooo 90s and will be scoffed at by all the updateder-than-thou Easterners.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

yr right, it should totally be a righteous 70s dub'n'toast: I Claxon's "PC gone bloodclaat"

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

ONTO SOMETHING!

Next year's UK entry: I&I Klaxon!