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Early favourite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPFdVuoIiu8

Feels like a rip-off of something.

Somebody That I Used To Know maybe?

definitely a hint of the killers, kaiser chiefs etc

estonian?

Denmark have selected their entry.

Have you ever thought 'I wonder what One Direction would have looked like if, instead of being put together on X-Factor, they were rounded up from inmates at borstal?'

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShzpeIfi1mM

I know what Estonia reminds me of.

Robert Lewandowski.

Don't know if I can take much more reality punishment, not after national treasure won CBB and getting Tindall turned over by Joey fking Essex.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8AGIHFPWRw

All the entries that are in so far.

Italy now a strong favourite at around 7/4. Seem to remember France being a string favourite with an opera song not long ago, and that bombed badly, finishing way down the pack. Italy have the benefit of going through the semi, though.

Finland well backed into around 7/2 second fav. The youtube comments are worth a read, all the Rolfs and Svens are fumming. Love it. Only 1m30 long though.

Finland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AZnp8sHD-E

The Finnish one is pretty decent and obviously a huge feel good vote winner.
The Italian one is a clever one (Three Tenors) , I'm surprised no one thought of doing it before.
I thought the Slovenian one was the best of that lot though. Also going to have to have a cheeky couple of quid on Azerbaijan blind. No expense spared from the Azeris :)

What are you thinking Chompy?

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Yup, I'm as excited as you are Teeks :)
I'm actually watching a documentary on the Finnish lads;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iHEAKm13mA
They're great!

Couldn't be touching Il Divo at that price.

Like the Finland angle if you can use 'the machine', where 7-1 is fine. Never known a 1m20s song in the ESC though, they're almost always bang on 3mins, so guess they'll have to extend.

Just find Slovenia annoying tbh.

Finland all the way!!!!!

So if we vote UKIP in May does it mean we will never have to watch this crap again ?

Sorry to gatecrash mate, Is Robbo gonna get the Peterborough gig? ☺

Ahem, this is a celebration of European culture and music!

But...word is the burly jock wants the gig and he'd be the best cover bet for those on a 2-5 shot at 14-1.

 :cheers:

Also, think lay Australia in everything, top four, top ten etc. Euro-nutters won't have this playing a part imo.

The UK entry has been unveiled to a waiting world.

Unfortunately it's the worst thing you've ever heard.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6r1tUhl1cQ

Ahahahaha, wtf is that?

Every channer we finish last this year. Who the hell is picking these?

Finland have taken a good walk since the early support. Heading towards an interesting price now.

Azerbaijan at 40+ seems dangerous. They're always last in with their entry and look low risk at that sort of price.

Another good result for your boys today, Chompy!

Who is the other fella you were talking about as cover for Robertson?

See Daragh is taking him out for dinner on Monday, so hopefully he'll give him the job for dessert ;D

Just WTF is that?

It defies belief that a song like that can be chucked up as the best we can offer...

Fat sweaty Steve Evans. Lives near Posh, is a Posh fan and great mets with Darragh.

The meeting with Robbo, either tomo or Tuesday, will either see Robbo given the job permo or till the end of the season. I'd sooner the latter tbh.

This bunch of players have spent the best part of a year not trying a yard for Fergie, who'd completely lost them, and even Stuart Pearce could have come in and got a short-term reaction.

We were a bit hoofy v Orient yesterday, which isn't our way. Darragh has always been all about the 'young and hungry players playing good, attractive football' idea and I wouldn't imagine he'd have been blown away by watching us play like Bradford yest.

It's embarrassing the UK are still entering this kind of garbage. Get Guy Chambers or Charlie Simpson to write a song and we'd crush harder than Keith Hawkins in the upcoming poker awards.

Get Camel singing, with his transferable fanbase he'd be a winner with a Guy Chambers masterpiece!




It's not with Boyles, so end of season will get everyone weighed in :D

As you say, give him it for a couple months, while Daragh tries to find someone to get them playing the beautiful game.

The guy won the German competition and then live on the show immediately said he didn't want to go in the comp and the second place lady had to do it. Brilliant TV, the TV producers must have been tearing their hair out at that one.

Seems to be quite controversial in Germany, but many people take this thing seriously over here!
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31763053

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS_pNwOIzVw

Another new favourite, Sweden. Good song too.

Australia have done it all wrong and entered a proper song. Will either walk it or bomb imo, depends what the voters think of them being in the compo.

The first semi-final

Tuesday, 8pm, BBC3

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/may/19/eurovision-2015-who-to-look-out-for-in-the-semi-finals-and-the-final

Watching the first semi.

The singers are so-so, but the commentary is woeful. Mel out of Mel & Sue. Useless at this.

Wish Scott Mills and Dr Eurovision would do some betting research.

the guardian's psehpologists did a data driven prediction for tonight

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2015/may/22/eurovision-2015-guardian-data-driven-prediction

That's awesome.

Entertaining & educational, all in one.

Take note Chompy, learn a little.



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If Armenia wins, or even finishes in the top half dozen, ima giving up the game. They've got less chance than Russia even.

I don't like the Guardian, I hope he is well wrong!!

 
I see Cyprus is out to 500s.

All chance gone or go in again?!!

Just had a listen to a few.

Before we start, I ain't professing to still have my Radio 1 loyalty card, so not sure what is in and what's not.

Can't see why Sweden are so short. Its ok, but defo nothing special.

Liked Spain, but not in English, and not sure if that counts against it.

Also thought Slovenia and Swiss entries were ok.

Russian entry good, but you read all the comments after and you wonder if they can get enough votes, but much prefer it to Sweden song.

Can't have the Serbian song, not sure if whoever liked it was in the shower when listening, but each to his own!

Oz song for me, sounds like Bruno Marrs, which may resonate, but they may get a load of novelty votes, and voters should have no axe to grind, got to be a banker ew bet for me.

As for UK, I guess we have just given up on the whole thing. WTF!!

No Eurovision sweep?

i don't think we'd get many entries at this notice, and to be frank i don't fancy the admin

could we?

http://www.oddschecker.com/tv/eurovision/uk-to-receive-null-points?bet-link=true&bid=14714443862&bk=EE?dcmp=twt19

14-1 tempts

our song is dreadful. utter garbage.

or this?

Will any country receive nul points in Eurovision2015? Yes - 5/2 No - 3/10 http://btfr.co/Eurovision 

like yes myself (France? us?)

The Irish will always give us points, they have cost me dear the last 2 years backing UK to be in the bottom 5.

Don't think any country has received 0pts since the semi-finals started.

Any entry that progresses through the semi has to finish in the top ten of 16-17, so will have picked up points from somewhere.

The only candidates are the big five plus the reigning champ.

I'd be surprised to see a nil tbh.

Not strictly a sweepstake, but you could enter the Eurovision pools at www.stakesandladders.com. We do all the admin for you, you can sweat your entry in real-time, and we have guaranteed the prize pools so there will likely be an overlay...

Jeeez.

Really UK. The best we had to offer????

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

Can't we get that weird antique expert, trans gender bod and enter him in it?

Can see why this is Fav. 

Israel weren't too bad.  Can't win though.  If they did next year would be a blast.  :dontask:

If I didnt know the Swede was fav, it just drifted over me. Not a stand out even at this stage.

Serbian one was better than when I listened earlier, and the message came across better.

Hmmm

Still think the Oz one the best tune I heard so far. Even the Mrs agreed. She never agrees.

I liked the Lithuania one. Serbia bet for top 10 looking good, it's gone odds on now.

This sounds a bit like 'La Roux', who had a few hits a while back.

Hopefully this is the dance of the seven veils...

The market on betfair has really taken a clear shape.

Do you think its people making a judgement on the songs or some form of insiders getting loaded up?

More likely people having read Aaron's prediction. Had to have a bet on that Russki one I thought it was excellent.

All the gay people in the audience showing their disapproval by standing up and clapping.

Ironic that of all the bets in the past I have had on rugby players the heaviest person I have ever bet on is a Serbian woman in Eurovision.

Forza Italia!

Has to be Estonia for me.

Also favoured Germany, Serbia, Greece, Georgia.

Serb me up a winner, please.

v.bad start for serbia...

Aaron's rainbow flag flying at half mast at the moment.

Really is bollox tho.

Were those three the best three best such a clear margin.

Should do it like The Voice and not know who it is!.....

lol :D :D

I think everyone should sing in their own language. I know doing it in English is nothing new, but Eurovision, a cinema-sized bag of minstrels and a kettle-worth of tea, with ceefax page 888 on was one of my most enjoyable moments of the year.

Brilliant updates: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/live/2015/may/23/eurovision-song-contest-2015-live-blog

:D

£6m traded on bf on this.  Incredible scenes.

gay community has a bit more money after that cake debacle

23:15
ARMENIA! Presented by a woman who appears to be farting water. She comes on, tells the hosts how pretty they are and just stands around in silence waiting for the compliment to be reciprocated. Her Eurovision game is strong.

:D

Tighty-esque.

In Nigella we dont trust.

Game over

11.29pm 23:29
SOME OTHER COUNTRY NOW. God, I don’t care any more. Why isn’t this finished? How did I end up doing this tonight? Why didn’t Graham Norton say my name on the telly? Why is everything going so wrong in my life?


:D


Hang on. Is this actually Tighty?

The Guardian blog is brilliant.

Still no points for Austria. The moral of the evening is that, if you invite people to perform in your country, don’t make them twat about with fire.

We've hit a new low, people:


Tessa Jowell ✔@TessaJowell

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Why do UK even bother?

Sorry, You've hit a new low. Having Tessa Jowell on ur feed! ;) rotflmfao

Surprised to see Prince is there

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I'm not on Twitter; just following both the Telegraph and Guardian live updates. ;)

#politicalbalance

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Also looks like after all the piss taking aaron got the last laugh.

Cant see any reason for some of the voting otherwise.

I enjoyed watching Aaronvision tonight.

What the feck was Nigella up to? Eyes all over the place, looking in every direction off camera while giving the UK votes.

prob been on the gear.

It's not entering Eurovision that is the problem, The people that inhabit this wonderful island are the problem. On the whole Europe hates us because we are ignorant c***s, look at the result of our GE. They are right.

LMAO!  If we'd voted in Miliband we'd have won Eurovision.

Maybe think a little harder on this one. I don't think you've grasped it.

Please see above. Probably a rant for another time.

Of course.  Let us remember you are a poster who was "proud" of the UK rejecting right wing politics when Tony Blair was in power for three terms.   As long as it has a red rosette eh?

Kush, I think it's time you sat yourself down and watched Frozen.

i didn't even realise this was on earlier, switching channels and saw it.  Why on earth were Australia in it?

60th anniversary of Eurovision, so they thought they'd do something wacky, basically.

http://www.eurovision.tv/page/results?event=2083&voter=GB (http://www.eurovision.tv/page/results?event=2083&voter=GB)

I did see the smiley, but this is kind of mildly interesting. 

Our phone vote voted for the gay kiss and the Poles*, but our phone vote meant Russia jumped a place on our jury vote.  Aaron right about the gay bias of the San Marino jury? 

And how are we splitting the anti war votes from the gay votes in Europe.  Not sure what we can learn from it for next year though.

* presumably Nigel Farage has a theory about this?

Its a rare breed on Blonde for anyone to ever admit they could possibly be wrong.....

I think Russia will likely never win again if they couldn't win this time. They had a top entry and with regional bias they should have hosed up last night. The competition will be won by the vanilla countries for the foreseeable future. I mean UK could reform the Beatles and merge them with Abba, One Direction, Queen and Elton John and still lose. Probably wouldn't top 5 either.

I can see Putin wiping San Marino off the map after that outrage

Wasn't second a fair result for a song that was 16-1 fifth-favourite earlier in the week?

Wasn't it as simple as the best three songs finished first, second and third, same as usual?

If they won, then the whole of Europe goes there! Would have been funny!

no, they would have chosen a european country to host

Germany would have hosted if Australia had won.

Who was wrong though?

Chompy put up Russia e/w, and put up Sweden with BaldFred.  Said that you needed to follow the market. Gay vote came out, but didn't change the UK vote.  5 people in a room in San Marino, who knows why they voted?

Only one person put an antagonistic post on TfT after it finished.

Would be a great trivia question in a few years.  Who got nul points and hosted Euroviosion. 

lol

Eurovision 2015 Results: 1. Sweden 2. Russia 3. Italy 4. Arsenal

Its not about the bet, and being all defensive of your chums. Most of us had a pick up, I'm sure. Aaron said Russia wouldn't win because of the anti Russian feeling, they had a great song, and in normal circs would have won with the block voting they can call upon. Even that same block vote dissented, and that was clearly because of non song related issues, as Aaron suggested.

We are very keen on here to take the rise out of certain people on here when they stick their head above the parapet, the least you can do is acknowledge when they are right.

Clicking the lay side of a song that was 16-1 at the start of the week, 5-1 at the time of the point being made, that traded about 4-6 IR and finished second...is a success?

Amazing how many people become Eurovision experts one weekend a year.

In fairness my mother called 1) Sweden 2) Russia 3) Italy.

She has a pad & paper from the start & considers watching the semis "cheating". She liked the Swedish song & picked Russia in second because of her pretty dress & liked Italy as he seemed a "nice young man"

So on this one chompy you're wrong. Plenty of genuine experts out there.

 :)

If you just watched the final, you'll have missed Finland's entry, which unfortunately finished last in its semi.

Perhaps they were doing a Fr Ted?

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Y0HOPL5GU