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Women in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest FinalThe 54th annual Eurovision Song Contest Final is taking place in Moscow this weekend. In this Olympics-meets-American Idol competition, people from 42 countries will vote via text messages on their favorite musician/band, (which has been winnowed down to 25 finalists), and the public vote, along with the jury vote (they account for 50% each), will determine the ultimate winner. I've pulled together photos of some of the women who are competing in the finals this year rehearsing for the big night — European readers, tell us who your favorites are, and who you think will win this year! Malena Ernman (Sweden) Inga & Anush (Armenia) Nelly Ciobanu (Moldova) Jade Ewan (UK) Kejsi Tola (Albania) Chiara (Malta) Patricia Kaas (France) Hadise (Turkey) Noa & Mira Awad (Israel) Flor-de-lis (Portugal) Elena (Romania) Sandra Nurmsalu of Urban Symphony (Estonia) Soraya (Spain) Yohanna (Iceland) Anastasia Prikhodko (Russia) Sventlana Loboda (Ukraine) Alex Swings Oscars Sings! with Dita von Teese (Germany) Learn more about the finalists at European lesbian site EurOut.org — and check out their liveblog of the event on Saturday! Submitted by on May 15, 2009 - 6:06pm. |
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Patricia Kaas or one of the Eastern European countries.
The Eastern European countries have a tendency to vote for each other.
But I'm told Patricia Kaas is one of those few people on the contest that can actually sing, so who knows...
ummm...
Agreed.
I am in total agreement with you selenyx.
And besides, France never wins!
Well that's what I was told...
Heyyyyy!
Ok, I haven't heard anything recent from Patricia Kaas, but the stuff I have heard, I love! Way sexy. Different strokes for different folks maybe.
And I guess I don't really understand how Eurovision works because I thought it was for new artists...? Seems like a fun thing to watch though.
The Eastern European
The Eastern European countries have a tendency to vote for each other.
Oh, what crap! So do the Scandinavian countries and so do the Baltic countries. What's your point? Unless we're talking about a universal masterpiece song, people generally tend to like music that they're used to, rythms and sounds they grew up with. It's not like Eurovision is full of masterpieces; all songs are usually crap, so people vote for the crap they know rather than foreign crap.
Is it just me or does the
Is it just me or does the woman in the Germany picture look like Dita Von Teese (sp?) ?
As for who I'm rooting for, well I should say Jade from the UK, as I'm, well, from the UK :| But thats pointless. The chance of the UK ever winning is about as likely as Paris Hilton getting an Econmics degree from Cambridge. I've not heard any songs yet, but I'm liking Ukraine, Spain and Estonia already :P
Bring on Saturday night :)!
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It IS
Nippleage
It IS Dita von Teese.
I've been told she'll be doing some burlesque dancing in the background.
Me personally, I think some eastern european country will win. I don't think that having a jury (again after how many years?) will change much. But maybe I'll be proven wrong, who knows.
Whoa
Yes, I have to agree with
its eurovision
Or...
we all lose. It just depends on how you look at it.
Patricia Kaas
I don't know, if she has the best song, cause I haven't heard all the songs yet. But I do know, that she has a nice voice, and a lot of stage experience.
Plus I've had a crush on her as a kid and still think she's HOT.
"I'm in Love with a Fairytale!"
Frammie - I think that's why they are bringing in the new system: half voting, half jury. It will be interesting to see how that shakes out...
Sarah - Thanks for this fantastic blog entry!
My wife is Irish, and when we were living over there I was introduced to the wonder that is Eurovision!
Unfortunately here in Canada, we can't find it being broadcast on tv... No fair! Graham Norton has taken over doing the British commentary! We are planning to hook the computer up to the big telly to try to recreate the excitement of the finale viewing parties (sometimes in gay venues in Dublin).
I haven't had a chance to listen to all the entries, but my wife has. Her hands-down favorite is actually Norway's entry - Alexander Rybak, who wrote and composed their song "Fairytale". He is a little cutie and the song is super catchy. We have been playing it a lot here at home and sending links around on email. We have all our fingers and toes crossed for him this weekend (since Ireland didn't qualify this time around). Have a listen to him HERE.
For anyone else looking for a serious primer to this year's entries, herself recommends THIS series of vids.
The OFFICIAL WEBSITE for the Eurovision will be streaming the finale live for anyone else interested. :)
"even though it hurts"
Hah, one of my best friends made me listen to that song 20+ time when I was visiting her in Paris. So I now know all the words to the norwegian entry, Alexander Rybak's song. She is a eurovision obsessed thing and she has her money on Norway.
Norway is the favourite to win though...which usually means they won't win. haha
Second choice for her was Ireland...
And because she is one of my best friends, and because I am a good friend, I will be supporting Norway too...or she'll kill me haha.
I'm going to a eurovision watching party tonight and cos I live in France, and it'll be in an english pub with a bunch of international students many of which come from europe, so there will be some definate eurovision rivalries i'm sure...it'll be SO MUCH fun!
"'Cause I don't care if I lose my mind"
I'm going to be rooting for Norway too, this evening. I absolutely fell in love with his song when I heard it Thursday evening and I hope it makes top five. (The songs I like usually don't win, so now I've probably cursed him.)
I wouldn't mind either if Hadise (Turkey) wins, because she has a cool song, and secretly also because she's Belgian.
Portugal's song is cute too and Estonia and Ukraine round up my top five. Haven't heard the five songs that got into the finals directly, so maybe my top five will change tonight, but I don't have big expectations for my neighbouring countries. For the last few years, Western Europe's songs kind of suck. Some people blame it on Eastern Europe countries all voting on each other, but maybe if we have a decent song every now and then, we could actually make it to the finals.
Oh well, I'll still probably enjoy tonight, given a few cringes when the two presenters try to be funny again...
Most Western European Songs...
... definitely suck! I stopped watching years ago.
It is true that the Eastern European Countries kind of trade the points among themselves but I think it's fair since my country is represented automatically everytime and German singers almost always suck majorly!
I listened to the Estonian (<-??) song an dliked it.
I hope you break your jinx and your favorite wins... will read tomorrow who won, because watching it bores me to death or makes me angry. :-)
Eurovision
I thought Ireland had a good chance this year, was surprised when they didnt make it in! Ah well, What can you do :P
So I think Sweden have my vote...Although I missed a few performances so I havent my mind made up fully :P We'll see!
Houston
If anyone's in Houston, they'll be streaming it live at video bar Meteor in the gayborhood beginning about 1pm.
It's one way to mark time this weekend until we snatch "certain" victory out of the mouths of those dastardly L. A. Lakers Sunday afternoon...
Oh Yoshimi, they don't believe me...
My personal intrigues
My personal intrigues/interests areFrance , Estonia (the lead singer is special), Sweden (don’t particularly like the tune, but it’s an unusual arrangement!), Portugal Norway
I think theI like Achinoam Nini (Noa)
Noa
Finland!!
Yay!!
My favorite female
My favorite female contestants this year are Armenia (innovative and catchy ethnopop arrangement that seems to embrace the future), Portugal (cute little song), Albania (great voice that little girl has), Spain (FINALLY - no offence- a serious contender from Spain, it's been awhile) and Ukraine (too many props on stage and horrible lyrics, but man she can really sing and its a really contagious melody)
My favorite songs are however, of course, Denmark (go Brinck!!), Greece (because I love me a camp greek guy in a t-shir about 3 sizes too small LOL), Armenia, Germany....
who do I think is gonna win? Norway, Ukraine could be battling it out getting most points.
Old time classic
Eurovision is something of a tradition to my group of friends. We all get together, take notes, comment and some times laugh at the songs (kitch was always a part of eurovision and one of the reason i love it so much). So this year that i'm working away from home i have 3 of my friends visiting for the weekend so as we can watch the contest together!
My favourites are Norway and U.K. I watched both semifinals and i think that the song are quite good this year.
I'm excited for tonight!!! Let the best win!!
Got to go pick my friends up from the airport now...
Eurovision is not
Eurovision is not that big of a deal in Europe. It's not very likely that artist who wins will gain any recognition outside their country.
For me it's mostly unwatchable and unlistenable show. Each year they try to promote it heavily but for people for whom music means more than a soundtrack to cooking or driving it's completely uninteresting.
I'm not saying that all performers are bad or untalented but even if they have abilities or certain position (for example Patricia Kaas), the format of this show requires creating something which will appeal to the widest audience watching. Pleasing everyone never works. Especially if you're trying to please Ukrainians, Poles, Brits and whole bunch of other nations at once.
In Poland not many people really care about this. When I've checked who was representing us, I wasn't surprised I have no idea who she was. I don't really know how it's in the other countries, but nowadays in Poland almost every time chosen artist has very little in common with actual Polish music scene (however, in the 90s we tried with more sophisticated artists). Maybe sometimes mainstream, which is mostly s***. I like Polish music, I have my favorite artists which in my opinion are great and whose music means much to me, but I don't think they would get recognition they deserve in this kind of competition.
If someone thinks the purpose of Eurovision is finding good artists it's a total misunderstanding. It doesn't show individuality of artists or countries they represent, because to win you have to match 'standard' acceptable for the largest group of people. And in the end it's mostly neighbors voting for each other.
Who won Eurovision last year, anyway? Or two years ago?
Yeah, I can only recall ABBA, like in the 70s. And Celine Dion in the 80s...
Oh, Abba! Great, after that...nonsense.
I think you are totally right. I have never heard of Alex Swings Oscars Sings! (the German artist) before until I saw a terrible add in a paper a few days before. I have watched the European Song Contest some years ago, but I really think it's just a farce. No offense, but I think all these Eastern European states are voting for each other and some good songs maybe from France or Great Britain have absolutely no chance to get up to the top 10. You just have to check on the winners from the last few years and you will recognize a red thread going through the winning states. And then, realize that Germany made it - no joking - the last spot last year :)
Oh, don't be such a wet blanket
Nobody thinks the Eurovision is the place to go for any breakthrough music, all it is is just a little silly harmless fun and that's all it needs to be.
Lighten up.
Malena Ernman from Sweden
Malena Ernman from Sweden has my vote (or would have, can't vote for her since I'm from Sweden myself :P ). I've been a fan of hers for several years. She's a bona-fide opera diva. Amazing. Her song is okay, it's her voice that makes it good. She's one of few people in ESC that has real talent IMO.
Malena Ernman singing Carmen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoK_eGlKrdA
Don't forget to mention her
Go Go!
Go Turkey!
but Love Ukraine too!
Malena!!
I absolutely love Malena, both her voice and the song. I also like that fact that she has female dancers now. In the Swedish contest she had the backing vocals on the backing track, and male dancers, but Eurovision doesn't allow vocals on the backing track, and only allows a total of 6 people on stage, so she exchanged her mute male dancers for female opera singers, but instead of femming them up, they're in suits and doing a very similar choreography to what the male dancers did. Yay!!
I missed the second semi, but in the first I really liked Iceland, Israel, Turkey, and Montenegro that sadly didn't make it. Romania's song is really catchy, but I found the song's message in combination with the innocent/naïve personalities they presented a little problematic.
Norway's song is cute and catchy, but my favourite part was his dancers. They were amazing.
And to Metaxu, who said Eurovision isn't a big deal in Europe. I think that differs a lot from country to country. It's huge among the people I spend time with, which is a lot of amateur- and semi-professional musicians. (Although the Swedish Song Contest leading up to it is really bigger than Eurovision itself - more familiar people everywhere.) We like it because it's fun. Ourageous costumes, lame jokes, songs that sound *just like* that other song that won last decade, etc etc.
I am actually loving
Moldova
Yeah, it was folky but funky
Turkey!!!
I hope Turkey (Hadise) wins!! Hadise lives in Belgium so as Belgian is support her, she has a great song that makes you happy.
Homophobia, violence and racism at Eurovision
It is important to mention that gay activists have been brutally treated by Russia before Eurovision started. Also, that the Netherlands, a true LGBT supportive country, threatened to pull out because gay rallies were going to be stopped by brutal force. As a result they didn't get votes by homophobic Russia and other Eastern European countries and were kicked out of the competition.
I thought Europe was a progressive place but it seems you can't even stand up for gay rights in your backyard let alone the rest of the world that you would have Eurovision in such a homophobic, oppressive place. Go the Dutch for having some integrity and shame on the other European countries.
The Russian contestant is racist as well. She said she "does not like chinese or black people." I think that should be mentioned. Guess the Russians live on a diet of racism, anti-semitism and homophobia. I guess that doesn't bother people in PC Europe. She must be threatened that Asians will overtake Europeans in everything pretty soon, that all the jobs are shifting to Asia or that Asia has not been as affected by the economic crisis as the West.
http://www.365gay.com/news/moscow-braces-for-european-musical-song-contest/
Moscow braces for European musical song contest
05.15.2009 3:35pm EDT
(Moscow) Amid a frenzied light show, pyrotechnics and questionable wardrobe decisions, performers from across Europe will seek melodic supremacy Saturday night at the annual Eurovision song contest.
As last year’s winner, Russia is hosting the annual competition for the first time. The contest hasn’t only fired up pop music fans and spawned a host of parties, it has raised issues such as racial tolerance and gay rights only occasionally debated in Russian society.
“You can’t deny that the politics has been very upfront this year,” said BBC broadcaster Paddy O’Connell, who is doing commentary on the competition this year.
Some contestants have tried to use the competition as a venue for settling international scores. Two months ago, the pop group Stephane and 3G from Georgia vowed to perform “We Don’t Wanna Put In,” a thinly veiled jab at Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
They pulled out when organizers warned that politically charged songs would not be permitted. Russia and Georgia fought a war last year.
But Eurovision has also appealed to the gentler impulses of many competing nations, resulting in some odd alliances between traditional foes.
Israel has made an appeal for peace and harmony with “There Must Be Another Way,” sung in Arabic, Hebrew and English by Arab-Jewish duo Noa and Mira.
Russia’s “Mamo,” composed by a Georgian songwriter and partially performed in Ukrainian, is a multicultural cocktail apparently designed to reunite Russia with its former Soviet brethren.
The message of cultural diversity was tarnished when the singer, Anastasia Prikhodko, said on a popular Russian reality TV show that she did “not like black and Chinese people.”
Some fans also complain that solidarity can get out of hand. Former Soviet Eastern bloc nations tend to support one another, helping the region win five of the last eight contests.
The competition is decided by a panel of judges and telephone voting by participating countries. Fans cannot vote for their own nation’s entry, leading to suspicions of regional cabals.
The United Kingdom, an erstwhile Eurovision titan with five victories under its belt, has foundered in recent years and in 2008 placed last.
But the British may have better chances this year, despite the U.K.’s chilly relations with Moscow. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who penned Britain’s entry, has won the support of an unlikely ally: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
“Putin himself has been pacing the hall here and he told us who he was going to vote for,” O’Connell said. “As a result, a lot of the leading Russians here, including some of the hosts, have said they are going to vote for Britain.”
Not all the drama is expected inside the performance hall. Hours before the finale, gay rights activists plan to hold a parade in defiance of authorities. Nationalist and religious foes of gay rights have planned rallies of their own.
Sorry but..
that's a HUGE generalization, don't say "Russians" like they all collectivly believe the same thing just because some half-assed singer said so. Don't go say "Europe" like we're the "same type of people", I can think of a few public Americans who make pretty racist and homophobic comments and yet most have the common sense to realise that they don't represent all Americans. Putin is in a way the Russian equavilant to Bush, except he's a lot smarter, you can't assume that every Russian believes the same thing as he does. Racism and homophobia exists everywhere more or less, to accuse "Europe" of being so because of this nonsense is like me accusing the "Middle-East" for being supportive of terrorism just because Al Qaida is mentioned frequently on the news. Putin and a couple of public Russians making inappropriate comments does not make "Europe" into a collective of racists and homophobes. Barging in to Russia loudly protesting, considering they still hold a certain superpower status, would not do any good. If it was that easy that would have happened already, we can't make a singing contest into a huge political battle. Stop generalizing, I don't agree with Putin or the idiot singer either and i wish we could tell him off, but politics don't work that way.
"Blackmail always works better then bribery."
Russians may not
Russians may not collectively believe the same thing but if they allow injustices to happen and innocent gay people to be arrested and don't speak out against racist comments they are equally guilty, are they not? Europe is not entirely guilty but I am not going to let them off for having Eurovision in a homophobic country and placing zero conditions on the mayor, who called gays satanists, and the police force for cracking down on gays. is that what happens in democracies? Of course you can't change their thinking but if you show your disapproval in actions not just words you can have an impact. South Africa had apartheid and had the world community supported it,who knows it might have taken longer for people to break free and for people to be treated equally.
The middle east may not be entirely supportive of terrorism but there are certain pockets they are and its probably European and American oil currency which is fuelling terrorism against your own countries. Don't support dictatorships and fundamentalist fascist/theocratic regimes. Let them fall flat on their face.
Europe can't do anything can it? Then why have the Dutch singers, with the support of the government, decided to withdraw from the competition if there is a crackdown on gay activists? Because they actually care. Just dismissing it and saying nothing will ever change won't help gay rights of Russian gays.
Putin may be smarter than Bush but he's more of a fascist than Bush would ever be. When Americans make racist comments they are usually made to apologize, are taken off air, put into rehab and have sponsors withdraw from supoprting them. However, there were no repercussions for Ms Racist Russia.
The Beijing Olympics were made into a political battle and so can this. Or are there different rules for Europe compared to Asia? China has superpower status and there were plenty of protests worldwide and threats of boycott enough to make the Chinese think. Nobody cares about gays otherwise there would have been more actions.
I'm not even American so all these American comments about me don't really make sense. I am from NZ and if my government acted in a stupid way and the people did not act out against it I would hold them responsible.
The Beijing Olympics were
The Beijing Olympics were made into a political battle and so can this. Or are there different rules for Europe compared to Asia?
I was against the Olympics being turned into a political battle, and I'm against Eurovision being turned into a political battle. It's absolutely not right what certain people in these countries are doing against minorities, but the battle should have been fought, or at least been more obviously started, when those countries were chosen as host countries, not when everything is decided and built and finished. To let it get this far, and then blame the participants for not taking a stand isn't fair to them, nor to the people who may or may not share their government's political views, but who have worked hard to make something happen. It makes it feel more like a publicity stunt than a honest stand-point against discrimination and oppression.
Umm i dont think eurovision
Umm i dont think eurovision the place to bring up poilitical issues. Infact the entire concept of eurovision is that it is beyond politics, of course it doesnt work like that so ideally especially with the politcal voting.
Where have you read about the gay activists being arrested or have i just misread the article you posted coz all it said was that they were going to use it to get media coverage of their cause.
I understand the idea that people should boycott the eurovision but if that was the case all the political issues of europe would leak into the contest and then we wouldnt have it.
In the UK things dont get more gayer than eurovision to be honest it is so camp it is unbelievable and we now have an openly gay commentater commenting on the contest. And the past 2 years the UK has had black people representing them, and they were voted in by the public.
Where did you hear about the Dutch pulling out as well coz i cant find any evidence of it.
Didn't a lesbian from serbia win it in 2007?
Mwahxxx
I don't know maybe its just
I don't know maybe its just me but I feel uncomfortable supporting a contest where homophobia is happening a little distance away.
Many gay activists were arrested and out into detention. Eurovision may not be about politics but neither were the olympics and i remember China getting a lot of flack from other countries, like they should, and i think Russia deserves the same.
By DAVID NOWAK – 6 hours ago
MOSCOW (AP) — Riot police broke up several gay rights demonstrations in Moscow on Saturday, hauling away scores of protesters hours before the capital hosted a major international pop music competition.
No injuries were reported, but the detentions could damage Russia's desire to be seen as a modern nation as it holds the finals of the Eurovision song contest, a cultural event televised around the world.
City officials had warned that they would not tolerate marches or rallies supporting the rights of gays and lesbians, but activists had targeted Moscow and the Eurovision contest to press their claims that Russia officially sanctions homophobia.
Moscow police spokesman Anatoly Listovetsky said 40 people were detained, but media reports said up to 80 had been seized. None of the protests in central Moscow took place near the capital's Olimpiysky Sports Complex, where the Eurovision concert being held live Saturday night.
Police seized gay rights advocates as well as some religious and nationalist protesters who staged counter-demonstrations. They also took away gay rights activists for talking to reporters, and ripped the bra and shirt off one female protester.
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has drawn international criticism by describing homosexuality as "satanic" and seeking to justify official discrimination against gay people in Russia by claiming they help spread the AIDS virus. Luzhkov has banned gay pride rallies in recent years, and attempted marches by gay activists have typically ended in detentions and attacks by nationalist groups.
Among those detained Saturday were British activist Peter Tatchell and American activist Andy Thayer of Chicago, co-founder of the Gay Liberation Network.
Tatchell and most of the others were detained during a hastily organized protest near Moscow State University in southwest Moscow, where about 30 protesters shouted "Homophobia is a disgrace of this country!" and "We are demanding equal rights!"
"This shows the Russian people are not free!" Tatchell yelled as he was being dragged to a police car. He was released a short time later.
"The arrests were done in a very violent, aggressive manner," Tatchell told The Associated Press after his release. "We believe the reaction of the Moscow police was totally unjustified."
Tatchell said Russian gay rights leaders had appealed to Eurovision contestants to denounce the police crackdown from the stage at tonight's competition. The live contest, which pits finalists from 24 different nations against each other, has drawn up to 100 million television viewers previously and is Europe's most prestigious pop song competition.
"Today's arrests go against the principles of Eurovision, which are about peace, harmony, cooperation and unity between all the peoples in Europe," Tatchell said.
Thayer was hustled off by police as he spoke with reporters.
"If ... the right to assemble is taken away from lesbian and gay people here in Russia, then other Russians have to fear for their own freedom," Thayer said, just before police burst through a ring of journalists to take him away.
Police ripped the shirt and bra off one female protester, who identified herself as Ksenia Prilebskaya, and roughly pushed her into a police bus. Her glasses fell and she shrieked in apparent pain.
City authorities had barred Saturday's rally, saying it was morally wrong.
"(Gay pride events) not only destroy moral foundations of our society, but also purposefully provoke disturbances that will threaten the lives and safety of Moscow residents and guests," City Hall spokesman Sergei Tsoi was quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency as saying Saturday.
At one rally a short walk from the Kremlin, about 50 demonstrators from nationalist and Orthodox Christian organizations denounced homosexuality. One man was detained when he alleged officials in the Kremlin were gay.
A half-dozen anti-gay rights demonstrators were also seized by police during a demonstration in Moscow's central Pushkin Square.
Decades of official persecution of Russian gays ended in 1993 with the decriminalization of homosexuality, but opposition to gay rights remains widespread.
There are no official estimates of how many gays and lesbians live in Russia, and only a few big cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg have gay nightclubs and gyms.
Gay activists say several gay male couples have attempted to wed since the mid-1990s, but officials rejected those efforts. Last week two homosexual women were denied their application for a marriage license.
Associated Press writer Peter Leonard contributed to this report.
A Russian Gay Rights protester is taken away by riot police officers in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009. Moscow police have violently dispersed a gay pride parade banned by the authorities. Riot police broke up a protest by around 30 gay pride activists, dragging them into detention buses. Activists called Russia's alleged homophobia "a disgrace."
On the next page I have an article where it says teh Dutch group supported by the government pulled out dut to homophobia.
The Serbian winner may have been a lesbian but I don't know is she was an out one at the time.
That's all?
That's all you can write about Eurovision? What a shame... I was hoping for some analysis and all I see is picture after picture. I know what they look like and it's not important to me, the important thing is, how can they sing?
I really like the Izraeli song, but I think that Finland should win.
Don't tell anyone, but...
...I'm actually not European, and I'm not familiar with these performers and how well they sing. :) That's why I provided a link to EurOut's more extensive overviews of each finalist, solicited the opinions of our more-informed European readers in the comments, and focused my efforts on finding, formatting, and fact-checking the new rehearsal photos (which took about 3 hours).
Sorry you're disapponted in the result, but we have a very small staff and we can't know everything about everything, so we just do the best we can.
Sarah.. the fact
Sarah.. the fact that you've even covered the Eurovision on here is an appreciated effort.. (esp as you're American and this being an American based site). To be honest the most descriptive word that most people (even Europeans) use for the Eurovision is NAFF.. (or some kind of other word along those lines). So the fact that you haven't given much written detail about it might fairly sum the whole thing up for some people, lol.
No worries
Sorry, I used unsuitable words in my previous post. Of course I do appreciate the fact that you mentioned the Eurovision at all, since it's European and all, but what I meant was the fact that maybe you could have been able to find out some more information about the performers. I mean, two years ago the Eurovision was won by an out lesbian from Serbia and the song also was about loving a woman. And I was hoping that maybe there is something like that this year. That's what I mean. I'm not dissapointed with your article. Eurovision is about music (well, ok, theoretically), so only photos won't do it. And I appreciate the link you gave to EurOut, cause the article there was nice =].
So, all in all, I apologise for my tone earlier. I hope you didn't take it too seriously.
No Terry? :(
Is anyone else gutted that Terry Wogan won't be commentating this year? i think his quips and sarcasm are so funny.. I wonder how Graham will do..
I should say i want the UK to win, well because i am a Brit but the cynic in me in a little skeptical. to be honest i really dont mind that much who wins as long as we dont come last...again, lol.