The Naitch Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Good to see you've established his/her sex. I was talking about Conchita, not the guy called Tom playing her. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I was talking about Conchita, not the guy called Tom playing her. So the fictional character is what you're getting upset about? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 So the fictional character is what you're getting upset about? Yup. Glad we've cleared that up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadSaint Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 The bookies saw it right, and I've no argument with the result. But there's no way Austria would have won on audio. That's Eurovision! Well they did after the 2nd Semi Final on Thursday night but before that they had the dreadful Armenia at odds on. Netherlands were still available at 200/1 + and Austria at 40-80. I was tempted to add to my initial stake from the end of March on Austria when the odds went higher than the 40 I took. Enjoyed that but was crapping myself a few times that the Eastern block countries were actively trying to boost Netherlands over the controversial Conchita. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Well they did after the 2nd Semi Final on Thursday night but before that they had the dreadful Armenia at odds on. Netherlands were still available at 200/1 + and Austria at 40-80. I was tempted to add to my initial stake from the end of March on Austria when the odds went higher than the 40 I took. euro 100.jpg Enjoyed that but was crapping myself a few times that the Eastern block countries were actively trying to boost Netherlands over the controversial Conchita. Fuckme you got 40/1! Well done Sir! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadSaint Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Fuckme you got 40/1! Well done Sir! Ta ...I always tend to have a look through the videos as the national winners and nominations are all about in and then keep tags on blogs to check how early live rehearsals are received to see if I need to change tact and cover my initial pick. Was well out last year and 2010 when I was completely thrown that Germany might win, but other than that it's my big betting event of the year since being on at 20's on Serbia in 2007....bookies can't keep a Eurovision expert so stuff up a lot. To be fair Russia, Norway and Sweden were all fairly obvious at quite restrictive odds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Ta ...I always tend to have a look through the videos as the national winners and nominations are all about in and then keep tags on blogs to check how early live rehearsals are received to see if I need to change tact and cover my initial pick. Was well out last year and 2010 when I was completely thrown that Germany might win, but other than that it's my big betting event of the year since being on at 20's on Serbia in 2007....bookies can't keep a Eurovision expert so stuff up a lot. To be fair Russia, Norway and Sweden were all fairly obvious at quite restrictive odds. My big bet is the Papal thing, but I usually fuckit by assuming everyone is a bit like me and want a liberal Pope. Didn't punt on the new boy, but he sounds ok. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Well done Austria - first beard to win since Abba 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Leave her alone. At the end of the day, that's someone's son. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Breakdown of how UK voted. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/results?event=1893&voter=GB Good to see the phone voters voted for the tits, a song which the jury thought was the worst by some considerable distance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerTon Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Next year's location (song title) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerTon Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 The last time the UK had a song in the top 3 was in 2002: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Russell Brand scrubs up well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 Breakdown of how UK voted. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/results?event=1893&voter=GB Good to see the phone voters voted for the tits, a song which the jury thought was the worst by some considerable distance. I like how the Azerbaijan jury voted Russia and Belarus are their top two, and ranked all of the Western favourites(and obviously Armenia) right at the bottom! And here was me thinking that the jury was introduced to stop such political voting. Ironically Austria actually came 3rd in their televoting, showing that the jury can actually further contribute to political voting in some cases. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 Jury only results - 1. Austria 224 2. Sweden 206 3. Netherlands 197 4. Hungary 139 5. Finland 114 6. Armenia 113 7. Malta 107 8. Norway 102 9. Azerbaijan 101 10. Denmark 83 10. Spain 83 16. United Kingdom 49 Televote only results 1. Austria 306 2. Netherlands 220 3. Armenia 187 4. Sweden 173 5. Poland 162 6. Russia 132 7. Switzerland 115 8. Ukraine 113 9. Romania 103 10. Hungary 84 20. United Kingdom 24 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee thousand Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Leave her alone. At the end of the day, that's someone's son. aye, plus I can think of a worse Austrian with dodgy facial hair 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dufresne Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 There are two points I'd like to make about that. One is simple, Austria is never guaranteed votes from any country, neither the Netherlands. That blows the whole, "it's just political", out of the water. The weight of more Eastern European countries in the competition was also supposed to sound the death knell for any Western European country to win yet just look at the top 3 this year; Austria, Netherlands, Sweden. Secondly, I think that while it would be daft of me to suggest there isn't a political agenda behind some of the voting, I think other than the booing of Russia it was one of the least politically charged competitions I've seen. However aside from the politics is it any surprise that closely linked countries vote for each other? After all they tend to share a cultural bond as well as a political and thus they will appreciate their respective music tastes. It might not have been the old form of political but it could certainly be seen as 'politically correct' result! Unless you believe that song would have won had it not been sung by a man in a dress with a painted on beard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanQP Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 The winning song was a decent song, let's not pretend that it was utter shit when it wasn't 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 The winning song was a decent song, let's not pretend that it was utter shit when it wasn't Obviously it's subjective, every song was pretty shit to me! The only songs that made any impression on me were Finlands(Killers-lite) and Icelands(daft catchy fun). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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