The Offspring and I just finished watching the scoring for Eurovision 2016, and we’re both knackered! So exciting but also incredibly nerve wracking.
Ukraine won at the very end, but out very own Dami Im led for most of the judging, and we couldn’t be more proud. Congratulations Ukraine and THANK YOU, Dami. 🙂
cheers
Meeks
p.s. This is the people’s favourite – You’re the Only One [Russia]:
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Apologies Meeks, I’m currently being rather slow-witted with a bad dose of laryngitis. I take it you were being ironic when you said it was “so exciting but also incredibly nerve wracking”?
-giggles- No! I wasn’t. It was fun watching the whole thing – music as spectacle – and the teasing out of who won, and by what margin, blah blah was exciting.
I suspect you’ll never respect me again but….we loved it. 😀
Oh and p.s.! The voting was in two parts – by judges in each country, and by the general public. Russia did /not/ win because so many countries used the judging to make a point about Putin and Russian aggression in general. That was the ‘slight bias’ I was talking about.
The view of Eurovision from far, far away is a bit blurry. My Dutch friends tell me all about it and the devotion it inspires. And yet, most of my fellow Americans wonder… what’s that? Um… I think we’re missing out on something interesting.
To be honest, we [as in The Offspring and I] have only become interested in Eurovision since Australian performers began appearing there. But the Australian connection goes all the way back to ABBA. We /loved/ ABBA.
I guess Eurovision is this kitch, over-the-top, /fun/ competition that doesn’t take itself too seriously. 🙂
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May 16th, 2016 at 9:59 am
Another public snub to Putin’s expansionism?
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May 16th, 2016 at 10:54 am
-grin- you noticed the -cough- slight bias there too, huh?
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May 16th, 2016 at 11:19 am
Apologies Meeks, I’m currently being rather slow-witted with a bad dose of laryngitis. I take it you were being ironic when you said it was “so exciting but also incredibly nerve wracking”?
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May 16th, 2016 at 5:03 pm
-giggles- No! I wasn’t. It was fun watching the whole thing – music as spectacle – and the teasing out of who won, and by what margin, blah blah was exciting.
I suspect you’ll never respect me again but….we loved it. 😀
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May 16th, 2016 at 5:05 pm
Oh and p.s.! The voting was in two parts – by judges in each country, and by the general public. Russia did /not/ win because so many countries used the judging to make a point about Putin and Russian aggression in general. That was the ‘slight bias’ I was talking about.
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May 16th, 2016 at 8:21 am
…and my house was full of Ukrainians (by accident) during the occasion 🙂
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May 16th, 2016 at 9:47 am
LMAO – you must have raised the roof!
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May 16th, 2016 at 1:43 am
The view of Eurovision from far, far away is a bit blurry. My Dutch friends tell me all about it and the devotion it inspires. And yet, most of my fellow Americans wonder… what’s that? Um… I think we’re missing out on something interesting.
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May 16th, 2016 at 9:51 am
To be honest, we [as in The Offspring and I] have only become interested in Eurovision since Australian performers began appearing there. But the Australian connection goes all the way back to ABBA. We /loved/ ABBA.
I guess Eurovision is this kitch, over-the-top, /fun/ competition that doesn’t take itself too seriously. 🙂
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