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Interesting Eurovision competitors....
Lordi
It's like Finland's version of Gwar! This gets a big WTF.
Eurovision: Mixing music with politics
Annual song contest is 'like the Olympics, but in music'
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- There was good news at the Eurovision Song Contest on Thursday for a Bosnian songbird, a Turkish diva, an Irish crooner -- and a lurid heavy-metal band that declared: "It's the Arockalypse."
Ten competitors advanced to Saturday's final of the venerable international pop competition, including Turkey's Sibel Tuzun, Irish singer Brian Kennedy and Bosnian band Hari Mata Hari, led by "Nightingale of Sarajevo" Hajrudin Varesanovic.
In total, 24 contestants will vie for top honors in Saturday's final.
A surprise finalist in Thursday's contest decided by viewers' phone and text votes was outlandish Finnish rock band Lordi, whose "Hard Rock Hallelujah" brought a dash of the demonic to the good-natured contest.
The group's selection as Finland's official entry sparked debate in their homeland, with some questioning whether the mock-Satanic rockers were the best possible ambassadors for the country.
Finland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ireland, Sweden, Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Turkey, Armenia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia garnered the most votes and advanced from the semifinal. Thirteen other countries were eliminated.
The 10 join Greece, Switzerland, Moldova, Israel, Latvia, Norway, Spain, Malta, Germany, Denmark, Romania, Britain, France and Croatia in Saturday's final showdown.
Viewers tuning in to Thursday's semifinal were treated to an over-the-top extravaganza from the opening number -- a medley of past Eurovision hits performed by figures from Greek mythology.
For half a century Europeans have embraced the glitzy, kitschy Eurovision contest, a place where nations battle for pop supremacy and musical tastes collide. And there was good news also for Americans -- the event is soon to be replicated on U.S. television.
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Contest will be webcast today at 3pm.
http://www.octoshape.com/ESC-TV/esctv_selector.html
This is on TV?
I miss Friends. 
Eurovision is a big deal overseas.
http://www.eurovision.tv/english/index.htm
Israel had a winner a few years ago that was a transexual/ drag queen, Dana International, w/her song "Viva la Diva". Lordi makes that look 'normal'.
Gwar you say?
Now there is a name I haven't heard since I was 12. My cousin used to listen to them and my mom gave him royal shit when he tried to introduce me into that world too at a young age.
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| Originally posted by magikb Gwar you say? Now there is a name I haven't heard since I was 12. My cousin used to listen to them and my mom gave him royal shit when he tried to introduce me into that world too at a young age. |
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| Originally posted by tatgirl 2 x-mas's ago when we were in DC, we took Graham to a Gwar show, and deliberately didn't tell him who they were in advance. Just moments b4 they got on stage, Graham asked "Why is the club covered in plastic?" AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! |
Israel has an interesting representative this year too: a black guy.
And not Ethiopian immigrant black- an American black man. Turns out his family immigrated from Chicago to Israel when he was young. Now that's something you don't see every day...
BIO
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| Originally posted by magikb bwahaha... poor Graham But what I really want to know is What did he really think once the show was over?? hehehe |
Those stage antics are crazy. Laci Peterson and Michael Jackson were represented on stage. Just bad.... :P
Spain's entry has a ridiculous band name, but when you read the story behind it, it only makes sense.
behold...
Las Ketchup
Their song is titled "Bloody Mary".
Hailing from C�rdoba, Las Ketchup are the four daughters of El Tomate, the Flamenco guitarist.
All four of them are young, attractive and friendly. And all four of them have rhythm coursing through their veins, as you can tell by their songs and performances.
Their first CD was called �Las Hijas del Tomate� (�The Daughters of Tomate�). And just a week after its release, their first single �Aserej� went to number one in Spain.
You gotta wonder how long the tomato themes will go on for....
^^ I swear a couple years ago they had a song out even here called 'The Ketchup Song'.
(No, I'm not being a smartass.)
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| Originally posted by Irishaddict ^^ I swear a couple years ago they had a song out even here called 'The Ketchup Song'. (No, I'm not being a smartass.) |
If I'm home today, I'm so gonna watch the webcast of this.
3pm
http://www.octoshape.com/ESC-TV/esctv_selector.html
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| Originally posted by tatgirl Yup, according to their website, you are correct. Was it any good? |
Holy moly was Lithuania's song CRAP.
Lyrics:
We are the winners
We are, we are!
We are the winners
We are, we are!
We are the winners of Eurovision
We are, we are! We are, we are!
We are the winners of Eurovision
We are, we are! We are, we are!
So, you gotta vote,
Vote, vote for the winners
Vote, vote, vote for the winners
We are the winners of Eurovision
(de Vilnius city a Paris)
(LT United ici)
We are the winners of Eurovision
(chantons la meme chanson)
('cos we got it goin' on)
Everyday you hear us on the radio
(that's right)
And everyday you see us on the news
(yeah)
It doesn't matter in mono or in stereo
(it's better in stereo)
'cos we are here to represent the truth that
We are the winners of Eurovision
We are, we are! We are, we are!
We are the winners of Eurovision
We are, we are! We are, we are!
Go baby!
We are the winners of Eurovision
We are, we are! We are, we are!
We are the winners of Eurovision
We are, we are! We are, we are!
We are the winners of Eurovision
We are the winners of Eurovision
We are the winners of Eurovision
We are the winners of Eurovision
You gotta vote, vote, vote for the winners
Vote, vote, vote for the winners
'coz we are the winners of Eurovision
Vote!
Wow. A lot of thought went into those lyrics....
OMG LORDI ROCKED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I freakin hope they win. WAYYYY better than all the other crap that's on there.
go Tina
and go Annette
Their CD was going for $17 in the stores back then and it was a big hit in Europe. I got it for 38 cents in the overstock bins a year later. 4 mixes of The Ketchup Song + 7 other tracks. Very entertaining.
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| Originally posted by Irishaddict ^^ I swear a couple years ago they had a song out even here called 'The Ketchup Song'. (No, I'm not being a smartass.) |
damn...tina is hot...where is she from?
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| Originally posted by King Luis damn...tina is hot...where is she from? |
And Lordi freakin won!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Listen to song samples on this page:
http://www.eurovision.tv/english/514.htm
(this is Nat)
Monsters of pop take Eurovision title
'This is a victory for rock music,' says frontman for Finland's Lordi
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- There's a giant stadium, highly toned participants, intense rivalry and flag-waving fans from many nations.
It's not the Olympics: It's the Eurovision Song Contest, the annual kitsch extravaganza, known for its bland dance music and bubble-gum pop, that sees acts from 24 countries face off before tens of millions of television viewers.
But in a stunning upset for the contest that launched the Swedish group ABBA, a Finnish metal band with monster masks and apocalyptic lyrics won the contest late Saturday.
The band Lordi scandalized some of their compatriots when their song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" was chosen to represent the nation. At a press conference, the band's frontman said his plan for the final was to "scream louder. And turn the amps up."
"This is a victory for rock music ... and also a victory for open-mindedness," the band's lead singer, Mr. Lordi, said after the win -- Finland's first. "We are not Satanists. We are not devil-worshippers. This is entertainment."
Combining crunchy guitars, a catchy chorus and mock-demonic imagery, Lordi is reminiscent of U.S. '70s stars KISS -- an acknowledged inspiration of Mr. Lordi.
Band members never appear without their elaborate masks and makeup, and do not reveal their true names.
Lordi beat an unusually eclectic 24-nation field, which ranged from the perky pop of Danish teenager Sidsel Ben Semmane and Malta's Fabrizio Faniello to the balladry of Ireland's Brian Kennedy and the country-pop of Germany's Texas Lightning.
Regarded by many as the contest good taste forgot, Eurovision is adored by fans of camp everywhere.
"You don't imagine something so bad could be so good," said Carmela Pellegrino, an Australian who traveled to Athens from London, England, to watch rehearsal ahead of Saturday's finale.
Since 1956, it has pitted European nations against one another in pursuit of pop music glory. Previous winners include '60s chanteuse Lulu, ABBA -- victors in 1974 with "Waterloo" -- and Canada's Celine Dion, who won for Switzerland in 1988.
Saturday's showdown was broadcast live in 38 countries to a TV audience estimated at 100 million. Some 13,000 fans packed the indoor arena used during the 2004 Olympic Games, from Goth supporters of Lordi to cowboy-hatted Germans supporting Texas Lightning. Some 3,000 police officers were on duty for the event.
NBC announced plans earlier this year to replicate the formula -- a forerunner of "American Idol"-style talent contests -- in the United States, with acts from different states competing for viewers' approval.
The European Broadcasting Union, which runs Eurovision, said it was in talks with NBC over rights. If successful, the American version could go ahead as early as this fall, said the group's director of television, Bjorn Erichsen.
Athens staged the event because Greece won last year in Kiev, Ukraine.
Lordi received a trophy shaped like an ancient Greek column, and the show opened with a garish musical number inspired, organizers said, by Greece's rich history, mythology and sparkling seas. The hosts -- Greek pop singer Sakis Rouvas and "Access Hollywood" correspondent Maria Menounous -- made their entrance by "flying" onto the set, which resembled an ancient theater.
Some of the acts, like Switzerland's Six4One, stuck to the classic Eurovision formula of catchy tunes and blandly uplifting lyrics, singing, "If we all give a little, we can make this world a home for everyone."
Ireland's Brian Kennedy offered a syrupy ballad entitled "Every song is a cry for love," while Bosnia's Hari Mata Hari said it hoped to bring people together with the love song "Lejla."
Some acts were more daring: Latvia's Cosmos perform a cappella on "I Hear Your Heart." Others were optimistic: "We are the Winners," by Lithuania's LT United, consists largely of the lyrics "We are the winners of Eurovision."
Yet Eurovision victory is no guarantee of fame.
Dion and ABBA went on to glory -- as did Olivia Newton John, who lost to ABBA while competing for Britain in 1974. Other winners have sunk without a trace, victims of the "curse of Eurovision."
Many of this year's competitors are big stars in their home region but little-known elsewhere. Swedish diva Carola -- a previous winner, in 1991 -- has sold millions of records, while Lithuania's Andrius Mamontovas has performed for crowds of 60,000 in his homeland.
and for the music video:
(click on Finland)
http://www.eurovision.tv/english/vi...start_video.htm
great song !
Video clip from their appearance today:
(you gotta love when the wings come out!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xWF...ntest%20finland
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| Originally posted by FunkyGroove Ukraine |
wow. and your ukrainian too. jeez, i got to move there
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