When I was a kid, there were only two nights a year we could stay up late: new years eve and the eurovision song contest.
Now it has lost a bit of its glory, but still...
Yesterday it was a good day for Belgium. Belgian singer Hadise became 4th (unfortunately for another country, but still we are proud of her)
Here's an impression of some of the live performances....
Hadise (for Turkey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I_NtGiR2kU
The winner Norway (I really don't like the song, but I guess texting teenage girls have a lot of power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg-75lIrP7I
And France, what a performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xVO6XDAyH8
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05-17-2009, 12:37 AM #1
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Ahhh... nostalgia. Eurovision song contest :)
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05-17-2009, 12:57 AM #2
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cringe
I've only watched the ESC a few times & have cringed each time
I wouldn't mind seeing the Norwegian entry!
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05-17-2009, 01:00 AM #3
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It was the first time in many many years that it was quiete good. But we still watch...
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05-17-2009, 02:00 AM #4
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As you can imagine, Norway went collectively insane last night. Plus today we celebrate our National Day so we're all a bit dizzy here...
The ESC is BIG here, you see. We watched it at a neighbours house, she knows the Norwegian contestant in a roundabout way and plays the violin herself, so she crammed all the neighbours into her very small livingroom to watch "Alex win". But good lord, some of the stage shows... Germany had an overstyled, overgelled dude with his shirt open ogling Dita Von Teese bending over a car... Ukraine had a very peppy girl with flowing curls and a short red dress - and 3 absurdly bronzed, hunky dancers dressed like gladiators with a show that wouldn't have out of place in a strip joint. There were a lot of kids watching this and I was sort of cringing on their behalf 
eta: but half the fun of watching the ESC is cringing, and commenting all the weird things they wear and get up to.Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
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05-17-2009, 02:07 AM #5
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I remember when Belgium won, we all went crazy. Good times.
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05-23-2009, 01:43 AM #6
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Greece! Man o man! what a sight! How much fake tan and what about the choreography! That was funny!
I liked Armenia, barefoot ladies in arabian nights dresses!!Conquering illness, one step at time.
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