invisible_r Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Ok, I realise that most people are not interested, and normally, I'm not interested either, but I had nothing better to do tonight so I went to friend's house to watch the eurovision song contest. apart from the usual bubble gum pop and ballads, there was a metal band representing finland, dressed in freaky clothes ( abit like freddy krueger I guess) and they won! it's the most hilarious thing ever! eurovision homepage here's the story from the nme Monster rock band win Eurovision Finland celebrate with the contest's strangest ever winners A Finnish metal band who dress as monsters have won the Eurovision Song Contest tonight (May 20). Lordi triumphed in this year's contest with song 'Hard Rock Halleljah', breaking with Eurovision's usual diet of conventional pop. The "horror rock" group collected 292 points in the telephone vote, to take the 2006 prize. Russia came second at the ceremony held in Athens, Greece, earning 248 points for Dima Bilan's 'Never Let You Go'. "We are a rock band and we just won Eurovision - that's weird," the Finnish band's frontman, also named Lordi, told BBC News. "This was a victory for rock music and also a victory for open-mindedness." The UK, represented by Daz Sampson, came 19th out of 24 countries with 'Teenage Life'. Lordi's success means Finland will now host the 2007 contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 The song is cool, I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted May 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 yeah, i liked it too. some of us liked it last night, but some were really put off by the masks, it was so funny how they were reacting to it! and they were quite upset that the greek diva did not do well, which I found very funny too, as she is such a diva, the biggest star in greece but she only managed 9 in eurovision! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 I've just been watching a replay of the contest. I really liked the band that one too - kinda like a twisted, decaying, Finnish version of Kiss. Some of the entries though...I laughed til I cried during Latvia's performance and was it Lithuania who sang 'We Are The Winners'?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted May 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 lithuania was hilarious, I was rooting for them too! it was something along the lines of "we are the winners of eurovision, vote for us" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 I haven't watched it, but I saw it in the news and I think that blows some fresh wind into the competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 We used to watch Eurovision with the friends in the seventies/eighties. It was so funny, we would get together some ten people or more, get things to eat, drink, smoke, etc. and make our bets and everything. All of us were musicians, painters, designers and people from the music scene and actually, we watched it as something that made us laugh... and also made sharp comments about it. I really loved the "Waterloo" Eurovision back in 1974... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulGirl Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 i love eurovision - it's so gloriously tacky! lordy kicked a$$!! lithuania were hilarious too! so delighted they both did well! spain had the worst song with their 'un bloody mary, por favor', malta performed the worst being painfully out of tune for the whole thing and the russian entry was terrible!!! really creepy! can't believe it did so well! was fairly proud of brian kennedy for ireland - he did very well and we don't have to qualify next year! for my eurovision experience, we went to see ardal o' hanlon doing standup, the guy who played fr dougal maguire in fr ted, and after much pleading he actually sang 'my lovely horse' for us, for that night that was in it! will only mean anything to fr ted fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 I love Father Ted, Gis!! It is absolutely hilarious!!! Ardal O'Hanlon was brilliant in it. And I loved Father Jack "Drink! Girls!" Also agree about the Spanish entry...that really was god-awful, with the red office swivel chairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted May 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 i didn't watch the first part, but las ketchup are aweful anyway oh, and gis, the russian guy apparently has been voted man of the year in russia, but he had such a terrible terrible haircut! eeee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 I haven't watched it, but I saw it in the news and I think that blows some fresh wind into the competition somehow the flowers just kind of spoil it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 somehow the flowers just kind of spoil it That's what I thought, too Here's their complete performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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