Englebert's back!

[Eman]

Mariana, yes it was Celeste. They were those hideous girls that sang U.G.L.Y. you aint got no alibi and hurled insults all over the place and sounded like The Chipmunks on hellium!!

[mariana44]

i think i am glad I have not heard them, after your description !

[karl]

Well the farce commonly known as Eurovision is over for another year how I wish it would be over permanently!.

You don't even see any musicians anymore. Remember the days when you knew at least some of the conductors?

[Eman]

Who won?

[Lena & Harry Smith]

Sweden won Eman, with a singer named Loreen.
We watched the football, but just switched over to see Engelbert, and the voting.
Engelbert done his best I suppose, but if only he had worn something with some colour. The whole act was so drab, like he was doing a Johnny Cash impression The Man In Black, but at least he wasn't bottom and for a long time that's how it was looking.

[ROBERT M.]

I turned over just to watch Engelbert's performance L&H during the football, as I knew he was first on stage ..............the song is just so terrible ...............I wasn't expecting anything other than the bottome three

[Eman]

Thanks Lena and Harry. I checked out Loreen's winning song "Euphoria" on you tube. I actually liked it..Strange dance moves, so I sent an S.O.S. to my Grandfather and Uncle to find the cd for me..

[karl]

I am glad to hear someone other than me thinks Engelbert's song is awful, however I have to say he sang it better than the record but yes, he did look rather drab!

[john]

I think the result was an insult. Yes, I agree the song was poor to say the least but I didn't think the result would be as bad as all that. It wasn't Engelbert, he sang well, I thought ,it was just the song.

[karl]

John the voting is a joke, all the neighbouring countries vote for each other and to think Russia scored so highly - how did it become part of Europe anyway? For awhile I thought Russia was going to win - as I said earlier its been a farce for years and should be scrapped.

Engelbert obviously did not gain votes on his reputation and also being on first did not help.

[mariana44]

The voting has been a complete joke for many years.

I still like Englebert's song--I just did not think it was right for Eurovision.

Why didn't we put Kate Bush forward--as it was a complete lookalike who won ?? And quite honestly, I did not like the song--and once again, it has already been a big hit in Europe for the last few weeks or so--how can they judge on a song that is already a big hit--why couldn't we enter---well, anything that has been a big hit recently.

I wonder what Michael thinks of it all--and I wonder if he was there last night !! Maybe I will check on Facebook.

[john]

Yes, the voting has been a joke for many years, and like you say Karl, all the neighbouring countries vote for each other, so we haven't a chance. It is time to scrap it, or we should just pull out of it altogether.

[mariana44]

I guess there is only one good thing about not winning-at least this country has not got to fork out millions on hosting next years event-after all the expennce of the Jubilee celebrations and Olympics.

My sister lives and works in London, so she is dreading driving to work when the Olympics are on---plus shortly afterwards the Paralympics.
I did not know that all the roads in London will have one lane allocated to Olympic traffic and Black cabs only--and if you go into an Olympic lane you will be fined £1000.00. Even now, there is road resurfacing going on everywhere--I expect Harry knows all about these problems--are you taking a few weeks off work, Harry ??--Jill is hoping to take at least one of the weeks off.

And I was surprised when I watched the Marathon--I did not recognise London --where I was born, lived for 30 years, and worked for nearly 40 years. Goodness knows how mamy millions of pounds have been spent already--I do not think I want to know.

[karl]

Marian it's the same with Edinburgh's tram works. I was born here, I know how to get into town by bus but they are constatnly changing both the routes and stops for me to get home - I never know where to go and feel like a stranger in my own city - sometimes they change it twice in a week!

It's a wonder the bus drivers are not on valium sandwiches!!!!

[Marian]

I think that we should just pull out of Eurovision. Not because we're losing, but because the voting is a joke and it's a long and tedious show and many of the songs are rubbish.