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TheAnnoyance | 01-05-2013 09:16

Well it's getting near that time of year again, a couple weeks away anyway, so here's LSI's annual Eurovision thread.

This year's Eurovision Song Contest is in Malmö, Sweden, and the main dates are:
1st Semi-Final - Tuesday 14th May 2013
2nd Semi-Final - Thursday 16th May 2013
Grand Final - Saturday 18th May 2013

Eurovision.tv - Videos of all this years 39 contestants and the songs they'll be singing.

So, let's have the discussion here .. as always with a bit of a sense of humour

It is mandatory that everyone must clear those days in their diary so they can join in the convo.

Yay

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Maycen | 18-05-2013 22:58

So yeah... GO ICELAND

Joeyy | 18-05-2013 23:40

*Looks at the clock*

Did you vote?

Joeyy | 19-05-2013 01:22

I was thinking (and this is probably explained to me very year...) if we saw the votes from the countries, and what they gave us ended up as the final scores for everyone, where did the judges' votes come into it? :s

Juliet86 | 19-05-2013 11:19

The votes that each country presents are a combination of that country's telephone votes and their jury's.

Juliet86 | 19-05-2013 11:19

(I don't remember us talking about it before and I wasn't sure myself, but I looked it up.)

TheAnnoyance | 19-05-2013 19:45

Typical Maiken showing up once it's all finished. She did that last year. =p

Captain_Keeta | 19-05-2013 20:30

Skrillex?

TheAnnoyance | 19-05-2013 20:34

Huh?

There's no Skrillex in Eurovision, lol.

Captain_Keeta | 19-05-2013 20:35

What exactly is Eurovision.

cutie_13 | 19-05-2013 20:38

Hehe.

TheAnnoyance | 19-05-2013 20:44

Jo did answer you the other day, I'll quote her answer, Jeff

Each year, countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), most of which are in Europe, come together for Eurovision. Each country submits one song performance to be judged in the final by the public and a jury.

Certain songs get knocked out in the first semi-final and the second semi-final to narrow down the selection for the final. Acts from the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Spain aren't judged in the semi-finals; they're automatically put through to the final because of their financial contributions to the EBU. Apparently Italy are also now automatically selected.

The host city is in whichever country won the previous year's Eurovision.

The public vote by phone; choosing the country whose song they liked the most. We aren't able to vote for our own country, but many people vote for their neighbouring one(s).

If anyone else wants to have a go, I can't think how best to describe the voting system with the 1 - 12 points.

But basically the winner is whichever country receives the most points from all of the other countries. (I believe all of the involved countries vote in the final, even if their song didn't qualify.)

Here on LSI we watch it together and discuss the events as they happen.

Captain_Keeta | 19-05-2013 20:48

I couldn't find where I asked that, :p

Captain_Keeta | 19-05-2013 20:49

Thanks by the way.

TheAnnoyance | 19-05-2013 20:50

To be fair, we get through a lot of pages in this thread. lol.

Captain_Keeta | 19-05-2013 20:50

I can tell. =P

Captain_Keeta | 19-05-2013 20:52

The grand finale was yesterday? Who won?

TheAnnoyance | 19-05-2013 21:05

Denmark won. They were the bookies favourites going in.

Joeyy | 19-05-2013 21:05

Thanks, Lisa.

Denmark won! Not by a landslide, but they won as predicted (by bookies and most people).

Joeyy | 19-05-2013 21:05

...*Frown*

Joeyy | 19-05-2013 21:06

Did anyone notice the Swedish act fluff his lines on the night? I don't think I did.

TheAnnoyance | 19-05-2013 21:07

Muahaha

cutie_13 | 19-05-2013 21:07

I'm totally listening to Armenia's song right now

Missing you terribly, Eurovision *sad face*

Joeyy | 19-05-2013 21:08

Oh yes, I still have to get Armenia's. I have France's, Hungary's, and...oh, that one, ha. The Swedish song.

TheAnnoyance | 19-05-2013 21:09

I've had the Romanian song stuck in my head all day, lol.

Can't say I noticed, I'm sure someone would of mentioned it in here. Where aboots?

Joeyy | 19-05-2013 21:10

Check the link; it's the one from the night. He seems to forget the words in the first couple of lines.

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