Fucking hell
Fucking hell
That was brilliant.
Shit, seems I missed the good part.
Sweden's price has been slowly drifting in.
They were joint 6th favourites about an hour on Bet365 and now they're 3rd favourites but still moving in.
'Your favourite rapper from San Marino'.
The only one, mate...
Georgia need to upgrade their green screen technology.
Russia aren't having their way with the juries.
The fuck is Ukraine playing at. Their song was shit.
All the voters in Malta are from the fucking UK.
This voting system
This is going to be won by a South Korean singing for Australia, isn't it?
Fuck off Australia. Go back to your own continent.
It's interesting this, I'd have thought that the juries would be even more politically biased than the public.
Cypriot jury giving 12 to Russia
They turn into a fucking mess when they don't have Greece's cock to suck on.
Heh.The EBU announced on 10 May 2016 that they were investigating reports of possible rule violations after Russian professional jury member Anastasia Stotskaya livestreamed footage through the live-streaming social media site Periscope, showing the Russian jury's deliberation during the jury rehearsal of the first semi-final on 9 May.[99] The video showed a jury member not paying attention to the Dutch performance, as well as a glimpse of Stotskaya's jury voting form showing notes evaluating performances. Another jury member states during the Armenian performance that she will support Armenia "because [her] husband is Armenian". The video also shows jury members on their phones during other performances. The rules of the contest stipulate that all jury members are to evaluate performances individually, without discussing the results with other jury members, a stipulation that was clearly violated by the Russian jury.[100]
The EBU released a statement stating that following talks with the RTR, the jury member who produced the video recording was to be withdrawn and a replacement judge provided before the Grand Final on 14 May. As a result the EBU declared the voting results of the judge in question invalid.
Well, that was excruciating.
Norway not giving Sweden any points
Scandi war starting tomorrow.
That gold bow tie is stunning.
What a man.
They must be seething that a country is running away with this considering they changed the voting system to prevent this.
The Ukrainians
Putin should just bomb all those former Soviet states. Bunch of cunts.
Was starting to think I might get some place money from Sweden and Armenia but they got called out as soon as I started to believe
Fair play, I like this voting system.
Australia haven't won just yet.
Fuck this is exciting shit.
Doesn't dodgy Russian money pretty much prop up their country?Originally Posted by Mahow
Cypriot jury giving 12 to Russia
They turn into a fucking mess when they don't have Greece's cock to suck on.
Lolstralia.
Who makes up these numbers?
Australia
Bullshit, biased juries voting for the shittest thing I've ever heard.
Massively, they bailed them out but still.
Lol at the UK public not giving Poland 12.
That was incredible.
Out of the top three, that was the best song, so yay.
Awww maaaate.
Trolled hard.
Although I was really hoping for Russia to get 400 odd points.
It was a shit song but I didn't like any of the top 3.
This is purely anti-Putin/pro-Ukraine bullshit.
Serhat was robbed in the first semi.
The main thing I've learned is that the market is fucking clueless. Absolute lollercaust at Russia getting backed into 1.4 during performances, only to drift to about 4/1 after a dozen jury results. A very good night, though I think it's only about now that the adrenaline is about to dissipate.
I'm sorry I've missed all of this. I am dead. I had started writing the opening post, but I'm just way too busy nowadays with me having a proper job and all. My advice for betting would have been to lay France when it was doing well (which was until the rehearsals), laying Russia because of the value at certain times and betting on an Israel top 10 finish. Not the best advice, but generally profitable. I felt the markets were doing a really bad job, but at the same time it was nearly impossible to predict how things would work out with the new rules and the reliance on Heroes-inspired staging for some acts was also a novelty. If one act does it, it will stand out. What if more acts do it?
I felt Eurovision was slightly disappointing after a couple of good years in a row. The winner is good but underwhelming when compared to other years. Russians whining even though they had no business in 2nd place and should just fuck off. The Swedish song became a hit throughout Europe even though it's utter baloney. Some huge disappointments, mainly Italy and Bulgaria. Italy expertly ruined a good song by singing parts in English and their staging concept only created more distance between the audience and the singer (who already lacks natural charisma on stageO. Bulgaria had a winning song but blew their chances by really odd staging. Only a few songs that I will remember fondly. One giant plus: for the first time since ages a country without a lot of friends made a rock song score. I'm not talking about Cyprus, which was shit and can hardly be called rock. I mean Georgia. They were awesome.
I liked Italy, Belgium, and Georgia. Belgium felt like a "Eurovision"-y song, but actually done really well. I always find myself liking the Georgian entries, which is weird.
Also Australia, natch. Political voting probably cost us the win, but to be honest, you go into Eurovision knowing that political voting is in play, so you can't complain too hard when it costs you.
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