|
Post by Muinimula on Mar 1, 2008 20:28:15 GMT
I've just noticed on the BBC site that Rob's song was written by Mark Read from a1. Aww, he's lovely.
|
|
|
Post by jetsetwilly on Mar 1, 2008 20:51:13 GMT
I'm guessing that when you tell someone 'don't be a stranger' (if only for toniiiiiiiiiiiiight, etc.) you're probably encouraging them not to bugger off for 10 years. Wasn't that Dina Carroll? (ahem I bought the album - sorry). I am taking the fact that I am going round the flat singing "You make me WOOO! YEAH!" at The Wife as a sign that Hattie's song is the best. She needs to tone down the Beyonce/Tina dancing, and her arms are a bit chunky for that frock but she'll do. The Revelations were hamstrung by the blonde one not being able to hit a note from 50 paces and the ginger one shaking with fear, Simona was channelling Claire Grogan but about 300% less charm, and Andy's song seems to be trying to be every genre of the past 30 years at once. I'm a bit scared that the less, ahem, "integrated" European nations might take against her before she's opened her mouth, but Hattie wouldn't shame the UK on the stage in Belgrade at least (or wherever it ends up being held). BUT BUT BUT! Wherefore art thou, Giedroyc?
|
|
|
Post by Maureen on Mar 1, 2008 21:41:20 GMT
Andy's song is boring but the chorus of Michelle's is like a car alarm and her voice is TERRIBLE. It's 'Hey Ya' as performed for Co-op Radio.
|
|
|
Post by Gordon on Mar 1, 2008 21:44:06 GMT
If The Revelations get through, will their local Monsoon have enough notice to get them more matching dresses? I might be wrong, but aren't they from Warehouse? Michelle's was the only song I liked an awful lot - a studio version to listen to whilst cycling would be a treat. I'm surprised how sturdy it is, I was expecting something like her last comeback attempt, not the flowery disco-pop she's done before. Her first album is really not bad: Get off My Back has a Mel B-esque "my hommies know MEEE" comedy rap.
|
|
|
Post by Maureen on Mar 1, 2008 21:49:10 GMT
I am agog at the Gina G-ing up of Love Shine A Light. Christ.
|
|
|
Post by Gordon on Mar 1, 2008 21:52:28 GMT
The remix is over 10 years old, it's the Xeonomania remix - I always think the backing sounds like the Motiv8 remix of Common Poeple. She barely moved, does she think she's Dannii Minogue?
|
|
|
Post by Bridgey on Mar 1, 2008 22:03:31 GMT
The remix is over 10 years old, it's the Xeonomania remix - I always think the backing sounds like the Motiv8 remix of Common Poeple. She barely moved, does she think she's Dannii Minogue? The turn of the millennium called Katrina, they want their smart-casual popstar clobber back. Michelle Gayle and her song will haunt my nightmares for the next few nights. I don't know if this is a good thing in terms of the Eurovision success of Andy Abraham. Bridgey xxx
|
|
|
Post by Joel on Mar 1, 2008 22:20:28 GMT
I can't stop listening to Michelle's song on youtube. The furious comments underneath it are hilarious.
|
|
|
Post by Muinimula on Mar 1, 2008 23:33:43 GMT
Well, they didn't tape it at home, and it seems to be missing from iplayer. I'm off to trawl youtube.
EDIT: So...the judges pick the three songs to face the vote, and Andy Abrahams is beaten by Michelle Gayle. Then Terry Wogan gives Andy a 'wildcard' and the public vote for him. I guess we can dub this "Eurovision: Terry Wogan's Fault".
|
|
|
Post by Robbing the Dead on Mar 2, 2008 2:06:54 GMT
I hope she does release it.
This is all Terry's fault... and the shit British public. I think hetrosexuals should be barred from voting in Eurovision. There should be an autmoated multiple choice Eurovision test on the phone line when voting that only lets real fans through.
I hate it when you get all these people on who don't give a fuck about Eurovision and then suddenly because they are in the natioanl final they pretend they love it and watch it each year. You can always tell by their choice of favourite Eurovision entry. People pretending to be Eurovision fans will choose Abba, Katrina and the Waves or Bucks Fizz because they are the only entries they actually know. Also I thought only Irish people called it "The Eurovision".
I definately want rid of Terry. His commentaries aren't funny, and he basically doesn't understand or get Eurovision, despite hosting it for so many years. And if I hear him mention the "Eastern Bloc" one more time I will parcel bomb his drunk flabby face.
|
|
|
Post by Fifi Hernandez-Shuttleworth on Mar 2, 2008 10:22:39 GMT
Another year. Another shit song. Another humiliation. Oh well at least we have Malta's Vodka to look forward to.
A point to note: There was a 16 year gap between Bucks Fizz winning it and Katrina doing the honours. It's been 11 years now since Katrina won so I wouldn't worry too much until 2012........
|
|
|
Post by Nicholas on Mar 2, 2008 10:53:29 GMT
Oh bugger.
|
|
drooboy
Jane Asher
Too good for Nancy
Posts: 110
|
Post by drooboy on Mar 2, 2008 10:56:30 GMT
I think hetrosexuals should be barred from voting in Eurovision. To be fair, I think us gayers may have had a significant hand in Scooch's victory last year and look where that got us ...
|
|
|
Post by Robbing the Dead on Mar 2, 2008 13:14:38 GMT
Scooch was good! I'm not saying if we'd have picked Michelle we'd have won; I'd still like us to send either a song that is good, or really Eurovision. Scooch was the latter. Andy Abraham is neither.
Maybe Terry put Andy through because he thought he didn't have a chance of winning against Michelle Gayle and the others and it sort of backfired. The people who select the shortlist probably just put him in as a filler, you've got to have the odd rubbish song. Hopefully next year they will learn from their mistakes.
|
|
|
Post by pauliepoos on Mar 2, 2008 15:18:38 GMT
To paraphrase Gillian McKeith, you can only sniff the shit that's put before you.
|
|
Rooneyboy
Jane Asher
I won't have this bother in my nick!
Posts: 247
|
Post by Rooneyboy on Mar 2, 2008 19:14:19 GMT
Andy Bleeping Abrahams. God no.
I wanted Clea Loveshy to win.
|
|
|
Post by mcqueen on Mar 2, 2008 19:32:08 GMT
i only saw the second part and have to say I didnt like Hattie at all- there wasnt much of a tune and the dancing/styling was embarressing.
Andy just was Andy- dull but competant. His song was shit though
|
|
|
Post by Adrian on Mar 2, 2008 21:02:51 GMT
Scooch was good! I'm not saying if we'd have picked Michelle we'd have won; I'd still like us to send either a song that is good, or really Eurovision. Scooch was the latter. So Eurovision it came joint second-last?
|
|
|
Post by Robbing the Dead on Mar 2, 2008 21:11:25 GMT
Eurovision failure is still Eurovision. Also I don't think it's fair to judge a UK entry based on it's result. Flying the Flag was a catchy pop song with a dance routine and costumes. Andy Abraham's song probably will do better than Scooch, but it's still less Eurovision.
|
|
|
Post by QuincyMD on Mar 3, 2008 10:22:10 GMT
Well I think the best song won, Michelle Gayles was an abomination.
|
|
|
Post by Rad on Mar 3, 2008 10:50:31 GMT
But which one can you sing along to right now? I bet it's Michelle Gayle's. I can't remember how any of the others even went.
|
|
|
Post by coxy1979 on Mar 3, 2008 11:19:13 GMT
I'd love to be able to get angry, but I really can't. It was all a bit of a shambles wasn't it.
And yay for the mention of Ms Garlick. Would I be right in suggesting that that was the last decent song we actually sent (Javine was OK, but it was a desperate imitator of whatever had won the year before - if I remember).
|
|
|
Post by Adrian on Mar 3, 2008 11:58:57 GMT
Whether Ms Garlick sung the last decent song for the UK is a matter of taste, but certainly she's had the best result of recent years - she came 3rd.
|
|
|
Post by Nicholas on Mar 3, 2008 13:03:47 GMT
Well, having given it some thought, I do think Eurovision You Decide was a vast improvement on the MYMU fiascoes of recent years: the format was better, the songs were better and the artists were better.*
That said, it was all a bit average, and we have an average winner.
I'm going to focus on the positive: Saturday night suggests to me that there is now someone at the BBC who at least has some interest in Eurovision.
* I should admit that I only watched the first show as I had something better to do was unavoidably detained elsewhere.
Oh yes- and Hurrah - both semi finals being screened!
And I know this has been said countless times before, not least by me, but Wogan really needs to go.
|
|
|
Post by jetsetwilly on Mar 3, 2008 13:27:32 GMT
Is it someone interested in the contest, or is the BBC thinking that to justify Licence Payer's Money we have to actually have a chance of winning?
The new format seemed deliberately contrived to stop The Gays from voting in Scooch Two in a mass bloc vote; however they didn't take the Mad Housewife X-Factor Fans Who Like Men Who Have Overcome The Overwhelming Horror Of Being A Bin Man bloc vote into account. I will concede that Andy can at least sing - my objection is that the song is just a big mess. Also, his shiny shirt and tight trousers were abhorrent.
|
|