What's the best song this year? I like the song of Andorra very much, Netherlands is just like an Arabic song (boring) and we all know that all East-European countries are giving the points to each other
Groeten, Mark God schiep uit de gouden korenaren de Twentenaren, uit het kaf en de resten, de mensen uit het westen
Semi-Final 1 Andorra: Casanova, Gisela Armenia: Qele Qele, Sirusho Azerbaijan: Day After Day, Elnur Hüseynov & Samir Cavadzadə Belgium: O Julissi Na Jalini, Ishtar (personal favourite) Bosnia-Herzegovina: Pokušaj, Laka Estonia: Leto Svet, Kreisiraadio Finland: Missä Miehet Ratsastaa, Teräsbetoni Greece: Secret Combination, Kalomoira Ireland: Irelande Douze Pointe, Dustin the Turkey feat. Kitty B Israel: Ke'ilo Kan, Boaz Mauda Moldova: A Century Of Love, Geta Burlacu Montenegro: Zauvijek Volim Te, Stefan Filipović Netherlands: Your Heart Belongs To Me, Hind Norway: Hold On Be Strong, Maria Haukaas Storeng Poland: For Life, Isis Gee Romania: Pe-o Margine De Lume, Nico & Vlad Miriţă Russia: Believe Me, Dima Bilan Slovenia: Vrag Naj Vzame, Rebeka Dremelj
Semi-Final 2 Albania: Zemrën E Lamë Peng, Olta Boka Belarus: Hasta La Vista, Ruslan Alehno Bulgaria: DJ, Take Me Away, Deep Zone & Balthazar Croatia: Romanca, Krajlevi Ulice & 75 Cents Cyprus: Femme Fatale, Evdokia Kadi Czech Republic: Have Some Fun, Tereza Kerndlová Denmark: All Night Long, Simon Matthew Georgia: Peace Will Come, Diana Gurtskaya Hungary: Szívverés, Csézy Iceland: This Is My Life, Euroband Latvia: Wolves Of The Sea, Pirates Of The Sea Lithuania: Nomads In The Night, Jeronimas Milius (FYRO) Macedonia: Vo Ime Na Ljubovta, Tamara, Vrčak & Adrian Gaxha Malta: Vodka, Morena Portugal: Senhora Do Mar, Vânia Fernandes Switzerland: Era Stupendo, Paolo Meneguzzi Turkey: Deli, Mor Ve Ötesi Ukraine: Shady Lady, Ani Lorak
Final France: Divine, Sébastian Tellier Germany: Disappear, No Angels Serbia: Oro, Jelena Tomašević Spain: Baila El Chiki Chiki, Rodolfo Chikilicuatre United Kingdom: Even If, Andy Abraham
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I think the songs of most countries aren't a real representation of what people really like here..that makes it stupid. Almost no-one listens to Hind here.
I'd really like to see Die Ärzte as German representant, Anouk, Marco Borsato, Jan Smit or The Partysquad (and no, this is not my favourite music, though it ís the mainstream dutch music here) as Dutch representant, El Canto Del Loco as the Spanish representant, Mixalis Xatzigiannis as the Greek representant and so on...
I really think Teräsbetoni is the only real group/singer that is representative for it's country.
And besides Teräsbetoni is not my kind of music either, but I like it way more than all those other crap that the song festival is.
I think the songs of most countries aren't a real representation of what people really like here..that makes it stupid. Almost no-one listens to Hind here.
I'd really like to see Die Ärzte as German representant, Anouk, Marco Borsato, Jan Smit or The Partysquad (and no, this is not my favourite music, though it ís the mainstream dutch music here) as Dutch representant, El Canto Del Loco as the Spanish representant, Mixalis Xatzigiannis as the Greek representant and so on...
I really think Teräsbetoni is the only real group/singer that is representative for it's country.
And besides Teräsbetoni is not my kind of music either, but I like it way more than all those other crap that the song festival is.
You do know that Teräsbetoni is a parody of the genre, don't you?
what I find stupid is that so many countries make new versions of their songs for the contest that sound (completely) different, or that they will sing in a different language than how they won the national contest.
Hungary has a Hungarian version but they will sing in English (now actually with 15 seconds Hungarian)
Macedonia has a Macedonian version (I like it) but they will sing in boring English
Albania had a really nice song but in the contest they will perform a really strange new version with a stupid rhythm
Some countries first published only a long version of their song that is over 3 minutes, and for the contest they now need a shortened version
and like in the years before, you can listen to the songs here http://www.allkindsofeverything.ie/Belgrade08.htm
(with the new versions of Netherlands, Israel, Spain and San Marino and the old versions of Albania, Czechia and Hungary)
here you can read news about new versions of the songs, and you can download them if you have much time to wait (and pass the hard intelligence test) or you want to pay the download site to make it faster http://eurovisionbelgrade2008.blogspot.com/
Joshu, a Chinese Zen master, asked a cow:
"Do you have Buddha-nature or not?"
The cow answered: "Moo."
And the Finns have sent the parody band Teräsbetoni ("Reinforced Concrete"). "Wherever the men are riding, the sheep won't be able to eat grass" \o/
I bet the parody won't be understood. But then again, you usually win if you manage to make lyrics stupid enough. So, people will think the band's really what it's playing and it will win.
Dakkus wrote:And the Finns have sent the parody band Teräsbetoni ("Reinforced Concrete"). "Wherever the men are riding, the sheep won't be able to eat grass" \o/
I bet the parody won't be understood. But then again, you usually win if you manage to make lyrics stupid enough. So, people will think the band's really what it's playing and it will win.
I have understud it so that Teräsbetoni is not a parody/humour band. They are playing their music with all their heart and soul. I think 3 full length albums are some kind of sign of that. That doesn't mean that it isn't funny though
you can send me by PM your ranking of all 43 ESC entries from best to worst, and I will make a result of the forum's preferred songs. What do you think?
so here's the result of the EBTvision Song Contest!!!
1 Serbia Jelena Tomasevic - Oro
2 Portugal Vânia Fernandes - Senhora Do Mar
3 Spain Rodolfo Chikilicuatre - Baila el Chiki Chiki
4 Finland Teräsbetoni - Missä Miehet Ratsastaa
5 Bosnia Laka - Pokušaj
6 Armenia Sirusho - Qele Qele
7 Turkey Mor Ve Ötesi - Deli
8 Belgium Ishtar - O Julissi Na Jalini
9 Cyprus Evdokia Kadi - Femme Fatale
10 Albania Olta Boka - Zemrën E Lamë Peng
11 Bulgaria Deep Zone & Balthazar - DJ, Take Me Away
12 Greece Kalomoira - Secret Combination
13 Estonia Kreisiraadio - Leto Svet
14 France Sébastien Tellier - Divine
15 Montenegro Stefan Filipovic - Zauvijek Volim Te
16 Macedonia Tamara, Vrcak & Adrian - Let Me Love You
17 Sweden Charlotte Perrelli - Hero
18 Germany No Angels - Disappear
19 Czechia Tereza Kerndlová - have some fun (czech republic)
20 Israel Boaz Mauda - Ke'ilo Kan
21 Georgia Diana Gurtskaya - Peace Will Come
22 Latvia Pirates Of The Sea - Wolves Of The Sea
23 SanMarino Mi Odio - Complice
24 Lithuania Jeronimas Milius - Nomads In The Night
25 Romania Nico & Vlad Mirita - Pe-o Margine De Lume
26 Norway Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong
27 Netherlands Hind - Your Heart Belongs To Me
28 Ukraine Ani Lorak - Shady Lady
29 Russia Dima Bilan - Believe
30 Ireland Dustin The Turkey - Irelande Douze Points
31 Croatia Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents - Romanca
32 Switzerland Paolo Meneguzzi - Era Stupendo
33 Slovenia Rebeka Dremelj - Vrag Naj Vzame
34 Malta Morena - Vodka
35 UK Andy Abraham - Even If
36 Belarus Ruslan Alehno - Hasta La Vista
37 Hungary Csézy - Candlelight
38 Moldova Geta Burlacu - A Century Of Love
39 Denmark Simon Mathew - All Night Long
40 Azerbaijan Elnur Hüseynov featuring Samir Javadzadeh - Day After Day
41 Poland Isis Gee - For Life
42 Andorra Gisela - Casanova
43 Iceland Eurobandið - This Is My Life
in total, a number of 1 EBTers have voted for this contest, so thank me for voting!
Joshu, a Chinese Zen master, asked a cow:
"Do you have Buddha-nature or not?"
The cow answered: "Moo."
Dakkus wrote:And the Finns have sent the parody band Teräsbetoni ("Reinforced Concrete"). "Wherever the men are riding, the sheep won't be able to eat grass" \o/
I bet the parody won't be understood. But then again, you usually win if you manage to make lyrics stupid enough. So, people will think the band's really what it's playing and it will win.
I have understud it so that Teräsbetoni is not a parody/humour band. They are playing their music with all their heart and soul. I think 3 full length albums are some kind of sign of that. That doesn't mean that it isn't funny though
Just read their blog some day
Or listen to their lyrics. This Eurovision song is quite mild, but especially their first ones are just hilarious.
They are indeed playing the music because they like it. They know how ridiculous the pantyhose metal is, but they still like playing it. And to avoid looking like idiots, they have decided to go through the way of excess. They are purposely fulfilling all the stereotypes of that music style.
Once again, read their blog. It's actually quite well written and funny
Disclaimer: I read the blog some year ago. Things might have changed and the blog might not exist anymore.
Andorra: Casanova, Gisela 
Armenia: Qele Qele, Sirusho 
Azerbaijan: Day After Day, Elnur Hüseynov & Samir Cavadzadə
Belgium: O Julissi Na Jalini, Ishtar (personal favourite)
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Pokušaj, Laka
Estonia: Leto Svet, Kreisiraadio
Finland: Missä Miehet Ratsastaa, Teräsbetoni
Greece: Secret Combination, Kalomoira
Ireland: Irelande Douze Pointe, Dustin the Turkey feat. Kitty B
Israel: Ke'ilo Kan, Boaz Mauda
Moldova: A Century Of Love, Geta Burlacu
Montenegro: Zauvijek Volim Te, Stefan Filipović
Netherlands: Your Heart Belongs To Me, Hind
Norway: Hold On Be Strong, Maria Haukaas Storeng
Poland: For Life, Isis Gee
Romania: Pe-o Margine De Lume, Nico & Vlad Miriţă
Russia: Believe Me, Dima Bilan
Slovenia: Vrag Naj Vzame, Rebeka Dremelj
Albania: Zemrën E Lamë Peng, Olta Boka
Belarus: Hasta La Vista, Ruslan Alehno
Bulgaria: DJ, Take Me Away, Deep Zone & Balthazar
Croatia: Romanca, Krajlevi Ulice & 75 Cents
Cyprus: Femme Fatale, Evdokia Kadi
Czech Republic: Have Some Fun, Tereza Kerndlová
Denmark: All Night Long, Simon Matthew
Georgia: Peace Will Come, Diana Gurtskaya
Hungary: Szívverés, Csézy
Iceland: This Is My Life, Euroband
Latvia: Wolves Of The Sea, Pirates Of The Sea
Lithuania: Nomads In The Night, Jeronimas Milius
(FYRO) Macedonia: Vo Ime Na Ljubovta, Tamara, Vrčak & Adrian Gaxha
Malta: Vodka, Morena
Portugal: Senhora Do Mar, Vânia Fernandes
Switzerland: Era Stupendo, Paolo Meneguzzi
Turkey: Deli, Mor Ve Ötesi
Ukraine: Shady Lady, Ani Lorak
France: Divine, Sébastian Tellier
Germany: Disappear, No Angels
Serbia: Oro, Jelena Tomašević
Spain: Baila El Chiki Chiki, Rodolfo Chikilicuatre
United Kingdom: Even If, Andy Abraham
for last past years .... 
