[S4B]

the man is class! I can't believe the freaky Harry Potter song won! think I feel ill! Eurovision is NEVER dull I guess!

[S4B]

very true! "it'll take them a long time to get away from the enthusiasts, and believe me they are enthusiasts here" Classic

[S4B]

"is that a traditional serbian cucumber you have there Madame?"

[S4B]

Great minds! Santa?? Again??? Ok "get away you old....." just as well he stopped there

[S4B]

Can't listen to it again!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh my ears!

[S4B]

With you there but I think this conversation has proved that the poll was correct it is a joke!

[MK Chris]

This has gone from two to nine pages in a night. I mean I know Eurovision was tonight but seriously people.

[fish heads]

To be fair, half of is a 2 way msn-esq conversation between slut4books and charlalottie

[Mafro]

This ain't UM.

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

Why do they pay up on bets at UM?

[catherine]

I voted for Ukraine, i thought they were great. The opera one had lyrics like 'My beautiful flower down south' made me smile.

[Yudster]

Wow. Serbian Lesbian Spank-Fest wins, followed by Timmy Mallet with Chicken Legs in Tinfoil. My favourite was Hungary, love that song, want to sing it.

Just a thought - bearing in mind that we bankroll this "competition", what actually could be done to make it a song competition rather than a popularity contest for political affiliates? Or do we accept that nothing is going to change that, and withdraw financial support? When I was a kid, the technology for phone voting didn't exist - the participating nations each had a jury of twelve members who debated and voted on the winners. It was still parochially biased, but less so than these days - maybe because there were not so many satellite nations then as now. If it went back to that type of system, it could be regulated to ensure that the parochial voting is minimised - but if that happened, and there was no participation, would it still get the audience in tis day and age?
Interestingly enough, I think that even if it was more objecitvely voted for, Serbian Lesbian Spank-Fest would probably still have won, it was a decent song and she is a very good singer. And Scooch would still have finished in the bottom quarter, though not second last - and Timmy Mallet with Chicken Legs and Tinfoil would definitely NOT have come second. He would have finished behind Scooch.
So - whats to do? Carry on pouring money into this pointless (though admittedly quite enjoyable) excuse for a competition, or insist that unless it is re-created as a SONG contest rather than a popularity contest we will withdraw funding - and be prepared to walk away if out bluff is called on it? Whaddya think?

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

Pick cities and their twins in other countries and combine the two votes to get the actual score.

[Yudster]

Explain please, I have not the pleasure of understanding you.

[S4B]

Sorry if Lottie and I bored you all with our chat but we have no lives like the rest of you!

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

Explain please, I have not the pleasure of understanding you.

Combine somewhere like Minsks votes with somewhere like Paris and then make that the result from those two places.

[DemonHorse]

Why do they pay up on bets at UM?

bets are paid but Jono takes all the money with the excuse that he's paying for hosting with it. Then goes on a 3 day Bender.

[Yudster]

I'm sure there's a joke about Jono and Benders in there somewhere, I just can't extract it.

[claradooblue]

I think Romania should have come higher also.
Re: the voting problem. Perhaps there could be regional heats, eg southern Europe, Balkans, northern Europe etc. a winner is then voted for and competes in the grand final, but the whole region can't vote for their representitive, thus eliminating Serbia, Croatia etc voting for each other.

[Yudster]

Now that idea has merit. I can work with that one.

[claradooblue]

Right. We could write off to that Eurovision boss who they briefly featured on saturday night. Can't remeber his name, but he reminded me a little of Sam Allardyce.

[DemonHorse]

I'm sure there's a joke about Jono and Benders in there somewhere, I just can't extract it.

I had to concentrate hard to resist making a connection.

[Ballbag]

I can't possibly see any connection between the word "Jono" and the word "Bender".

[Yudster]

But "Jono" and "Bender" are not merely words. They represent on the one hand a person, with all their idiosyncrasies and personality traits, and on the other hand, possibly many things depending on the context you wish to apply. So you are mistaken Baggie, because there was no connection implied between the mere words as such, but between the entities which the words represent. And like I said, I'm still trying to winkle it out.

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

Does Jono play crown green bowls?