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 IRC: #eurovision on irc.synirc.net Grand Final YouTube Stream   It's time to drink heavily, swear at the national juries and watch Cyprus giving 12 points to Greece! Also San Marino has finally found someone other than Valentina Monetta. This year we're off to Vienna after Conchita Wurst won with Rise Like a Phoenix, much to the dismay of Russia and Belarus. This will be the second time that Austria hosts the contest after holding its 1967 edition also in Vienna. 40 countries will participate this year for the chance at victory and opportunity to host next year's event. This year's contest takes place the week of 18 May. Semi-Final 1 is on 19 May, Semi-Final 2 is on 21 May and the Grand Final is on 23 May.  The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the longest running television shows in the world. It was on the 24th of May, in 1956, that Europe saw the first ever Eurovision Song Contest. After 56 runnings, the contest is one of the most typical European traditions. Participating countries submit an entry to represent their nation. Each Show is a state-of-the-art, world-class television production and consists chiefly of successive live televised performances of songs by artists entered by the Participating Broadcasters to represent their countries. Each song which competes in the ESC shall be selected through a national selection to be organized by each Participating Broadcaster. Viewers in the countries of the Participating Broadcasters are invited to vote for their favourite songs (without the possibility of voting for the song representing their own country) by means of televoting, which shall be implemented in all the countries of the Participating Broadcasters. In both Semi-Finals and in the Final, the final scores of the songs in each country shall be calculated on the basis of both the results of televoting and the National Jury's vote. Once all the songs have been performed, the results shall be announced. In each Semi-Final, the ten songs which have received the highest number of points from the combination of the televoting and jury points shall be selected for the Final. Since 2008, the Eurovision Song Contest consists of three live shows, aired prime-time to millions of homes across Europe. During two Semi-Finals, viewers and juries across Europe determine which countries will be represented in the Final.  Some famous artists have gotten their start in the ESC, such as Celine Dion and ABBA. Why we actually care is this contest gives life to performances that can only be described as Eurovision such as the ones mentioned below (though there are many others as well.)   On 6 August 2014, Austrian public broadcaster ORF announced that it had chosen Vienna as the host city for the 2015 contest. The contest will be held at the Wiener Stadthalle, which has an overall capacity of approximately 16,000 people. I don't know much else about Austria to be honest.  It'll be my first time visiting. 19 May. Voting open to participating countries plus Australia, Austria, France, and Spain.  Moldova - Eduard Romanyuta - I Want Your Love Armenia - Genealogy - Face The Shadow Belgium - Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside The Netherlands - Trijntje Oosterhuis - Walk Along Finland - Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät - Aina Mun Pitää (I Always Have To) Greece - Maria-Elena Kyriakou - One Last Breath Estonia - Elina Born & Stig Rästa - Goodbye to Yesterday Macedonia - Daniel Kajmakoski - Autumn Leaves Serbia - Bojana Stamenov - Beauty Never Lies Hungary - Boggie - Wars for Nothing Belarus - Uzari & Maimuna - Time Russia - Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices Denmark - Anti Social Media - The Way You Are Albania - Elhaida Dani - I'm Alive Romania - Voltaj - De la capăt (All Over Again) Georgia - Nina Sublatti - Warrior 21 May. Voting open to participating countries plus Australia, Germany, Italy, and the UK.  Lithuania - Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila - This Time Ireland - Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers San Marino - Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain of Lights Montenegro - Knez - Adio (Goodbye) Malta - Amber - Warrior Norway - Mørland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me Portugal - Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa (There's a sea that separates us) Czech Republic - Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies Israel - Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy Latvia - Aminata - Love Injected Azerbaijan - Elnur Huseynov - Hour of the Wolf Iceland - Maria Olafs - Unbroken Sweden - Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes Switzerland - Mélanie René - Time to Shine Cyprus - John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done  Slovenia - Maraaya - Here For You Poland - Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love The top 10 countries from the semi-finals will join Austria, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK in the Grand Final. The big 5 get in the final automatically because they bankroll a large portion of the costs of the event, so good on them! As for Australia why the hell not. Could you imagine if the UK had to qualify with Electro Velvet like everyone else? It happens 23 May. Slovenia - Maraaya - Here For You France - Lisa Angell - N'oubliez pas (Don't Forget) Israel - Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy Estonia - Elina Born & Stig Rästa - Goodbye to Yesterday United Kingdom - Electro Velvet - Still In Love With You Armenia - Genealogy - Face The Shadow Lithuania - Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila - This Time Serbia - Bojana Stamenov - Beauty Never Lies Norway - Mørland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me Sweden - Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes Cyprus - John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done  Australia - Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again Belgium - Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside Austria - The Makemakes - I Am Yours Greece - Maria-Elena Kyriakou - One Last Breath Montenegro - Knez - Adio (Goodbye) Germany - Ann Sophie - Black Smoke Poland - Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love Latvia - Aminata - Love Injected Romania - Voltaj - De la capăt (All Over Again) Spain - Edurne - Amanecer (Dawn) Hungary - Boggie - Wars for Nothing Georgia - Nina Sublatti - Warrior Azerbaijan - Elnur Huseynov - Hour of the Wolf Russia - Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices Albania - Elhaida Dani - I'm Alive Italy - Il Volo - Grande Amore (Great Love) This year we say goodbye to Ukraine. The country withdrew from the contest due to well, you know. However on the bright side this year we see the return of Cyprus, Serbia, and the Czech Republic. Welcome back!  Israel is a member of the EBU.  Australia?  On 10 Feb the EBU announced that it had invited Australia to participate in the finals of the contest, representedby SBS — a long-time broadcaster of the ESC in the country. If Australia wins, it will be able to return for the 2016 edition, which would be organised by SBS but held in a European host city of its choice.  Some are classics, some are new and take us by surprise. Some don't make it because of the ~National Jury~! We look back at some of the best Eurovision has to offer. (2014 had nothing notable.) maybe we can capture the YOHIO crowd 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fUfFluZLGc&hd=1 Romania 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgHWFiavqjA&hd=1 Ukraine 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE&hd=1 Finland 2006 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh9NRGNhUU&hd=1 Moldova 2010: Sunstroke Project f/Olia Tira - Run Away Moldova 2011: Zdob si Zdub - So Lucky  Here's a comprehensive ESC drinking game to ensure you end up in the hospital by Saturday night: http://www.aleth.talktalk.net/eurosong.html Join us in irc.synirc.net channel #eurovision as we get ready for this year, and drink straight through it!  Thanks to EL BROMANCE, Goons were able to perform a televote! No longer would we have to wonder where our douze points would go to if only we were a voting bloc. The site is live at : http://crucialweb.net/eurovision Previous years sites are at the following if you want to see how the goon vote went in years past: http://crucialweb.net/eurovision2014 http://crucialweb.net/eurovision2013 http://crucialweb.net/eurovision2012    2014 (Some of it at least. THANKS RADIUM.) 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008a 2008b 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 less than three fucked around with this message at 13:08 on May 23, 2015 |
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 Grand Final YouTube Stream BBC One iPlayer stream (Requires UK or VPN) less than three fucked around with this message at 18:38 on May 23, 2015 |
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Apr 21, 2015 08:02
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I give you our first two GIFs of the year. 
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Apr 21, 2015 08:33
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Also I lost my bookmark to the 2014 thread, so if anyone has it let me know.
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Jombo posted:Israel's participation always confused me - if being an EBU member is the only barrier to entry then why not let Japan in? Light blue are Associate Members: Any group or organisation member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which provide a radio and/or television service outside of the European Broadcasting Area. quote:It was also noted by the EBU that any country that is granted Associate Member status does not include any access into the Eurovision system. The rule was bent for Australia because
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memento mori posted:Hey could someone post that crazy song those guys did where their hair is all screwy and the one dude just kinda screams in this high pitched voice the whole time. I remember the drummer was dangling upside down. e: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dllo85ZSUk
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Apr 23, 2015 06:31
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Guuse posted:If Japan were let in then maybe Yohio could finally make it to Eurovision.  NATIONAL JURY.
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Apr 23, 2015 07:19
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I think so far 2013 has been the best this decade for interesting acts.
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Shanakin posted:Eurovision has two official languages, English and French. Everyone picks English, well because it's English. Guess which France would choose. I believe the rule is that the contest must be presented in both English and French regardless of hosting country. The hosting country at their choice may also include their native language. If the country has decent english skills usually just the two languages. If not, there'll be a third.
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Kaishai posted:Is this the thread you're looking for? Yeah, that's the Eurovision 2014 thread. Looks like it was a victim of being around in May 2014. 
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May 8, 2015 06:30
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Vienna introduces ‘gay’ traffic lights for Eurovision 
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Guuse posted:I know it's already in the OP, but 2007 was also the year the Ukraine reached peak Eurovision. 2007 was the year everybody reached peak Eurovision. Lordi winning 2006 led to arguably the best next year lineup. "If those Finns can be quirky so can we!"
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fuseshock posted:less than 3 why did you guys send a homophobic man that can pass as a homosexual to this contest all the ones I liked weren't even close.I wonder how many people in the standing zone are going to leave with permanent eye damage from that stage.
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Krokerik posted:I enjoyed Midnight Boy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwtpdXH_etI I'm so used to Eurovision now by 0:44 with the shots of the mannequins in that video I was like "yep. those are going to start moving some time during the song."
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May 12, 2015 17:11
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Do we know what the goon restream address will be, if any? I tried to eat a schnitzel that was at least 12" wide last night. Tried.
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May 19, 2015 10:28
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Since nobody has op on the old IRC channel, it will now be #eurovision2015 on irc.synirc.net
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May 19, 2015 10:33
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What's something touristy I can do tomorrow.
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May 19, 2015 16:24
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Gimperial posted:Is there a link to the BBC One stream? http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcone I'll add it to the OP.
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May 23, 2015 18:36
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Möt mig i Gamla Stan, motherfuckers! 
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May 23, 2015 23:44
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ookiimarukochan posted:the most shocking thing to me was the way that they charged 55 Australian cents per entry which was about 3x the UK rate. UK voting is cheap because you refuse to come into the 21st Century and support things like SMS or App voting.
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May 26, 2015 19:26
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goatface posted:UK had app voting, but no SMS. For reasons. App is new this year then, they didn't last year.
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Möt Mig I Gamla Stan! 
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