BabyJane

For a dose of European culture, tune in, if you can, to the Eurovision Song Contest this Saturday night......

kavey

Oh yes indeedy, can't wait...<BR><BR>We're off to the annual ESC party, leaving tonight...<BR><BR>Everyone puts in a quid, picks a country out of the hat and gets the sweepstakes if they win.<BR><BR>Last year I got the country with the singer in black and yellow leather corset, no idea which country it was now!<BR><BR>Looking forward to it!<BR><BR>Is Terry Wogan doing the voiceover for BBC?<BR>

Sue

Any idea what network?

BabyJane

I wonder who will win??? Saw some of the preview programmes on BBC Choice... the Greek entry looked interesting especially if you like your men in full black leather.

Stella

This is great! I have never seen the word "culture" in the same sentence as "Eurovision Song Contest"! It is trite shite and always has been. DON'T watch it...please! It could be enough to just tip you over the edge.

BabyJane

Come on Stella... its been bringing Europe together.. perhaps in a rather uneasy and underehearsed way for over 40 years now....Stella baby... I'm going to have to award you nil point!!

s.fowler

It may be on some satellite services, but I've usually watched bits and pieces of the webcast. http://www.eurovision.tv/en/event/ho...cast/index.php

mpprh

hi<BR><BR>i've seen it before - and this is the weekend of my village fete.<BR><BR>bulls running through the streets, live music to 04.00, all the fun of the fair.<BR><BR>peter<BR><BR><BR>

JPK

Eurovision Song Contest is pure Eurotrash. Extremely tacky. A few years ago, C&eacute;line Dion won and she's not even from Europe!

Sjoerd

Here in NL, it is very camp to watch the ESC. Many ESC parties are being organised. And "we" don't even participate this year.

xxx

And who would want to miss the transvestite Sisters from Slovenia?

Carmen

"Europe's living a celebration" performed by Rosa from Spain: 12 points.<BR>She's really high on the polls!

pam

<BR>From thier website: (for those interested)<BR>"On the evening of May, 25, from 22.00 - 01.00, it is possible, for the first time in the history of the Eurovision, to see the final concert in its entire length on the Internet, all over the world, by way of 13,000 distributed servers in the Akamai network, at the address www.eurovision.tv, by the mediation of four different video pictures. One of the four video pictures is the television picture that reaches millions of TV sets across Europe. Three video pictures are totally unique and are produced solely for the Eurovision web. www.eurovision.tv supports the large-scale television show with interactive possibilities on the Internet. "<BR>

Shannon

The U.S. still doesn't get this, or do we now?

ackis

Gimme your lovin' <BR>the chypriot entry this year!<BR>

Tony Hughes

For the Record, put your money on Sweden, I sneaked a look at the result.

John

Lord, what great days these are. Eurovision from Estonia one week, the Lind, Washington Combine Harvester Demolition Derby and Rodeo the next.

BabyJane

Shannon... I don't think the US takes the Eurovision Song Contest. I often wonder what Americans would make of it. It is shown in some South American countries though.

Shannon

When I first moved to England, I was warned not to watch for fear of having a sugar attack. I don't think I ever laughed so hard. I've been back in the U.S. for over 10 years, and still miss watching it. It was almost as funny as the English commercial for the Penguin candy bar: "Keep your pecker up with a Penguin!" In the U.S., that does NOT mean "Keep your chin up!"

sylvia

You'd be better listening to the Eurovision birdsong artist of the year. It's too late to vote but the results and recordings of the "artistes" are at http://www.birdeurovision.org/