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• We do.. (Score:1)

  by domm (4030)

  My other half asked a very interesting question though. Do the other countries treat Eurovision as big a joke as we do?

  Well at least a part of Austria does. Util some years ago to very funny and anarchic radio comedians (Stermann & Grisseman) would comment on the song contest live in their radio show. So people turned off the volume on their TV and listen to the hilarious comments from Stermann & Grisseman.
• Yep (Score:1)

  by cog (4665)

  Do the other countries treat Eurovision as big a joke as we do?

  We do.

  Even the winner will disappear after next year.

  Didn't Eros Ramazzotti [ramazzotti.com] enter the contest and won, perhaps ten years ago?
  • Re:Yep (Score:2)

    by barbie (2653)

    Didn't Eros Ramazzotti enter the contest and won, perhaps ten years ago?

    who?

    I am perhaps being a little unfair, as I'm sure there are many performers who have gone on to be well known in more than their own country. But with those singing their own language, it's a lot harder to break into other territories, especially the UK and the US.

    The contest even marked a death knell for Katrina And The Waves [katw.com], as even though they won, a year later they had all but disappeared from view. They were a great l
    • Re:Yep (Score:1)

      by cog (4665)

      Ramazzotti is an Italian singer.

      AFAIK, he is well-known in Italy, and he is also well-known in Portugal.

      I thought people in other countries had also heard of him :-)
• Father Ted and Dougal sure believed in it ... (Score:1)

  by derby (3342)

  My lovely horse, running
  through the field,
  Where are you going with
  your fetlocks blowing in the
  wind?
  I want to shower you with
  sugarlumps,
  And ride you over fences,
  Polish your hooves every
  single day,
  And bring you to the horse
  dentist.
  
  My lovely horse,
  You're a pony no more,
  Running around with a man
  on your back,
  Like a train in the night (yeah)
  Like a train in the night.
  

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  -derby
  • Re:Father Ted and Dougal sure believed in it ... (Score:2)

    by barbie (2653)

    Ah, the Song for Ireland episode. Apparently RTE ran into financial difficulties because Ireland won 4 times in 5 years! Perhaps one of the reasons they didn't try so hard to win the semi-finals perhaps ;)
• VANILLA NINJA! t3H H0rr0rz! (Score:1)

  by chaoticset (2105)

  Vanilla Ninja has a song on DDR Ultramix 2, and it sucks. I honestly thought they sounded familiar, and thought they were some 80's band I'd only heard of in passing mention.

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