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| 2 MAY 2005 at 7:18pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Aha, I think this will be the one...
The Netherlands' Glennis Grace with "My Impossible Dream". Good song, great voice, traditional.
http://www.glennisgrace.com/
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 7:20pm |
| Deleted User | Eurovision is a great event. A party for all of Europe to participate in. There are always peculiar acts from some country that are fun to watch.
Here in Sweden they have expanded the national competitions the last few years. Instead of one night with 10 acts, they run it for several weeks. Some acts get a second chance if they don't progress to the finals immediately and the people get the biggest vote. It's hugely popular. Personally I prefer to watch only the finale, if even that. Not my kind of music really. Eurovision is much more interesting. It seems to grow every year, with bigger and better shows. And it's exciting when your country has a chance to win. Sweden is always among the favorites it seems, but has only won four times. Still, that's pretty much. It's also been the breakthrough for many famous artists, so you might remember seeing them there first.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 7:28pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | My "Nul points" award goes to Ireland's creepy brother-and-sister duo Donna and Joseph McCaul' Love.
http://www.rte.ie/tv/star/this_week.html
(4th one down the list)
The tune and the bad harmony instantly made me think of our embarrassing 2003 entry, Jemini. [smiley=eww.gif]
And they riverdance.
Even the bad songs from tiny, obscure Eastern European countries are better than this. Ireland have fallen a long way. They need to pass a semi-final before they can take part in the main contest, and they won't manage it.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 7:33pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Petter can you find a clip Martin Stenmarck's song Las Vegas on this site?
http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=27505
It seems I can manage Russian but not Swedish!
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 7:33pm |
| Deleted User | Actually, the obscure Eastern European countries seem to be the ones with the best acts these days.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 7:35pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Petter_Holmberg (2 MAY 2005 7:33pm)
Actually, the obscure Eastern European countries seem to be the ones with the best acts these days.
That's true, Ruslana was sensational last year and I expect most people couldn't find Ukraine on a map.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 7:46pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Lithuania's Laura and the Lovers with Little by Little
This is good and very Eurovision-style but a bit repetitive.
http://www.lauraandthelovers.com/index.php?handler=en.naujienos
It's amazing that if you go back even five years, these countries were entering folk songs in their own language.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 7:49pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By chris156 (2 MAY 2005 7:35pm)
That's true, Ruslana was sensational last year and I expect most people couldn't find Ukraine on a map.
Really? It's pretty big on the map! Bigger than France, not to mention the UK...
I forgot my sig.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 7:56pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By MichalN (2 MAY 2005 7:49pm)
Really? It's pretty big on the map! Bigger than France, not to mention the UK...
Yes, but it's not internationally famous for anything (except the recent political problems) and only 15 years ago it didn't exist... just another part of the USSR.
Besides, size isn't everything. Even fewer people would know where Kazakhstan is, and that's about the same size as Europe!
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 8:00pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Estonia's Suntribe with "Let's Get Loud".
http://www.etv.ee/index.php?0519634
(click on "kuula laulu" to listen)
I like this one, they remind me of the British group Girls Aloud. The accents made me laugh though...
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 8:02pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Wasn`t there a group called Abba?
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 8:16pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | That's right Anne, and there have even been some other music groups since 1974
Anyway, next we have Angelica Agurbash from Belarus, with "Love me Tonight".
http://www.tvr.by/eng/eurovision2005.asp
This had good potential, but her accent is very thick and affects the song badly. It's only Belarus's second attempt ever, though.
I love the name "The National State Teleradio Company of the Republic of Belarus" by the way; it could have come straight out of Stalin's mouth.
Oh, and old Angelica looks like a drag queen.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 8:20pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | You are talking to someone who remembers Skiffle. >
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 8:42pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Shiri Maimon from Israel sings a horrible Mariah Carey-like song called Hasheket Shenishar.
http://eurovil.iba.org.il/
(click on "Shiri Maimon Israeli Entry", then on the little camera)
My word, Hebrew is an ugly language! The song starts about 3 1/2 minutes into the video. Make sure not to miss last year's winner Ruslana speaking English, she sounds like Bela Lugosi's Dracula!
I don't think this will get past the semi-finals. Is Israel even in Europe, anyway?
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 8:46pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | My god.Wait for Ana/Marney.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 8:57pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Now you, don't make it sound like I was being racist! It's just that some languages were simply not made for singing in.
The next song is Bosnia and Herzegovina's Feminnem with Call Me.
http://www.feminnem.com/
Now these are some ladies who can really sing! If this was thirty years ago they would have won without a doubt. Unfortunately, Eurovision has moved beyond the cheesy songs that it was once famous for. This will end up at around third place though.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 9:14pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | In the past ten years, Switzerland have received nul points four times and have been relegated four times. So they've enlisted the help of Estonian group Vanilla Ninja and their entry is called Cool Vibes.
Watch the full version on the Icelandic entry's site.
http://www.ruv.is/eurovision
Like Russia, I love this one.
Like Russia, it doesn't have a chance of winning.
EDIT: Now I've seen the whole thing, I like this one best of all.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 9:34pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | This year is Andorra's second attempt, Dutch singer Marian van der Waal sings "La Mirada Interior".
http://www.rtvasa.ad/Eurovisio/Mirada.html
This is like every other Hispanic Eurovision song ever... I'm sure they all just use the same songs each year. It's a real shame because Marian's got a good voice.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 9:44pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Finland's Geir Ronning sings Why
http://www.geirronning.com/music.php
I'm sure I hear this song every year, too. It'll get through to the final but I don't like it.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 9:50pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Macedonia's Martin Vucic sings "Make my Day"
http://www.eurosong2005.com.mk/
He sounds like a karaoke singer. The song, especially the lyrics, is terrible. This one's not getting anywhere.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 9:56pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Hungary's Nox sings Spin, World!
http://eurovision.mtv.hu/
I like this one, it's very unusual. If only it were in English. It's a shame, but a song in an obscure language like Hungarian isn't going to get very far.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 10:05pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Iceland's Selma Bjornsdottir sings If I had Your Love
http://www.ruv.is/eurovision
(Clicking on the TV will let you see all of the entries. Thankyou Iceland!)
This is another very very good one. It's modern but not rocky so it may stand a good chance.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 10:21pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | All of the following can be found on the Icelandic site. http://www.ruv.is/eurovision
Representing Spain: Son de Sol with Brujeria.
Were these the women that sang that horrible Ketchup song? In any case, it sounds just like that. Nul points.
Representing Ukraine: Greenjolly with Razom nas bahato
This was the anthem to Ukraine's "Orange Revolution", which might win it some extra points (except from Russia), but it's not very good at all. Sort of Slavic hip-hop.
Representing Turkey: Guelseren sings Rimi rimi lei
I hear this same song nearly every year from Turkey. They're not going to get anywhere with ethnic music.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 10:33pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Representing Sweden: Martin Stenmarck with Las Vegas
I love the verses - old fashioned but very good, but the chorus is typical Eurovision. But Sweden always do well and Martin is a very charismatic performer.
Serbia: No Name sing Zauvijek Moja
The instrumentals on this are absolutely beautiful and send a shiver down the spine, but the song itself is standard boy band rubbish. It was a mistake to sing in Serbo-Croatian.
Malta: Chiara sings Angel
It's good to see a bigger pop singer once in a while! A very nice voice, but it's quite a sad song--I'm don't think that will go down very well.
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