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General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: Scunner on May 09, 2014, 17:44:29 PM

Title: Eurovision Fever
Post by: Scunner on May 09, 2014, 17:44:29 PM

All the politics, all the voting, here's my favourite song ever :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: GordonA on May 09, 2014, 18:01:53 PM

I get Eurovision Fever, I feel absolutely sick every time I think of an 3 or more evenings viewing being dedicated to whole load of SH1TE !!

By the way, I think the " Sax Solo " fitted in quite well with the off tune singing !!

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: stoop on May 10, 2014, 07:43:56 AM

At least our entry is quite fit this year.  :)

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: KKOB on May 10, 2014, 09:54:52 AM

Quote from: stoop on May 10, 2014, 07:43:56 AM

At least our entry is quite fit this year.   :)

As Rolf, DLT, Stuart Hall and friends would say.

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: Scunner on May 10, 2014, 10:02:12 AM

Might say in two thirds of cases. Allegedly  ;)

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: tiggsy on May 10, 2014, 10:18:02 AM

Never miss one, but always fail to stay awake.

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: stoop on May 10, 2014, 13:07:59 PM

Quote from: tiggsy on May 10, 2014, 10:18:02 AM

Never miss one, but always fail to stay awake.

As Rolf, DLT, Stuart Hall and friends would say.

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: kevin3 on May 10, 2014, 18:18:09 PM

There's a fantastic Irish singer doing the opening number, Patty  O'doors.      ;)

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: Lotty on May 10, 2014, 23:27:06 PM

iiit's going to be Austria! (Beard and all)?  ;D  sigh, same old - same old, but fun commentary. Bedtime now.

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: CleopatrasAsp on May 10, 2014, 23:30:55 PM

What a complete farce.  Looks like Kim Kardashian on a bad 'Nair' day!!

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: KKOB on May 11, 2014, 08:57:21 AM

So, the "fever" was the start of another terminal illness.

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: koukla on May 11, 2014, 09:08:23 AM

I don't understand politics and I really don't want to to be honest.  I can't help but notice though,  if only by reading this forum that there appear to be quite major changes afoot in Turkey, i.e banning social media.

Is any of that anything to do with the fact that Turkey weren't represented in the Eurovision last night as I know they have been entering for many years in the past? :-\

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: Scunner on May 11, 2014, 10:45:19 AM

There's so many countries these days that there are qualifying rounds before the final - I just assumed Turkey didn't make it through?

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: Colwyn on May 11, 2014, 11:05:55 AM

Turkey did not participate in the contest in 2013 and 2014 as a protest against the rules of the competition. In particular, the reasons cited were (i) the automatic qualification of The Big Five (who stump up most of the money) to the finals; and (ii) the jury plus telephone voting system. Instead TRT broadcast Turkvision; a similar contest but only for "Turkic" nations (i.e. those with a large Turkic population - including Crimea). I presume Turkey automatically qualified for the finals. How successful this was I don't know but Turkey is going to enter Eurovision again in 2015.

Title: Re: Eurovision Fever
Post by: koukla on May 11, 2014, 15:32:22 PM

Ahhh.....thank you both for that.  :D