Eurovision 2008

[sashikas]

The Eurovision song contest will take place in Belgrade on May 20-24th.

Yesterday Lithuania have picked their singer for this event. Our national contest was won by previously unknown (at least to me) singer Jeronimas Milius with a song "Nomads in the night". Here's his performance:

[Afraid]

At least we sent the singer i woted for anyway, i think Lithuania has to less neighbours to win :/

[edytta]

Its awful :/ Sasha son was best

[elaj]

We have this final crap selection today... we have really, really horrible candidats.

As for Lithuanian song... no offense, it sucks really hard, almost as Slovenian ones.

[ArkadiosV2]

Why does every fucking Eurovision song has to be about love, loneliness, kisses, lips, broken hearts, men and women, sunrise, romance, sky, birds, babes, shaking asses et cetera et cetera?

[Vilius]

The presentation of our national contest winner:

[Afraid]

Originally Posted by ArkadiosV2

Why does every fucking Eurovision song has to be about love, loneliness, kisses, lips, broken hearts, men and women, sunrise, romance, sky, birds, babes, shaking asses et cetera et cetera?

LTunited was not about love, but it was critisised as well, you can not fit to anyone, but trust me, this was the best out of what we had. And as for myself i can anjey any song in eurovision without words like "shake" or sth like that.

[Gytaz]

Originally Posted by Vilius

The presentation of our national contest winner:

This is funny.

Actually, I know the guy and I'm really surprised about his improvement. Few years ago, he wasn't even among the best singers in Lithuanian metal scene and now his voice was probably the best of all 14 candidates. His teachers Meškėla and Gabalis really did their job. I think he deserved this victory.

[Afraid]

Originally Posted by Gytaz

This is funny.

Actually, I know the guy and I'm really surprised about his improvement. Few years ago, he wasn't even among the best singers in Lithuanian metal scene and now his voice was probably the best of all 14 candidates. His teachers Meškėla and Gabalis really did their job. I think he deserved this victory.

he is from Soulbrothers, isnt he?

[kestas]

Originally Posted by Afraid

but trust me, this was the best out of what we had.

let's not generalize personal opinions, ok?

and to answer Arkadios I'd say that not all Eurovision songs are romantic or alike (increasingly so, se Estonian entry, which can be found here http://www.etv.ee/?0545699 - at leat I think this is their winner ..). On the other hand, it's Eurovision. it's ment to be a parade of crap-average songs, that's the whole idea, imho. I kinda like that we tend to send spontaneously, not actually thinking about our result. last year we acted like that and finished 21/24 (although realistically thinkinking that result was clear from the moment the our FInals winner was announced). This year it looks simmilar, imho.. we'll probably take pride from some positive feedback in the foreign press before the contest, but our pride will likely end with the announcement of the contest results. we'll again say that our representative performed respectfully and it's not his/our fault he failed, imho. and that would be good, coz in the past we tended to put all blame on our local contest organizers and/or our performers.
anyways, this year the sellection was weak anyways, so who cares.. and I personally think we could do worse (e.g. sellect some "format" song that usually brings success to larger countries but fails to impress when sang by small ones)..

[Demarr]

Originally Posted by kestas

let's not generalize personal opinions, ok?

and to answer Arkadios I'd say that not all Eurovision songs are romantic or alike (increasingly so, se Estonian entry, which can be found here http://www.etv.ee/?0545699 - at leat I think this is their winner ..). On the other hand, it's Eurovision. it's ment to be a parade of crap-average songs, that's the whole idea, imho. I kinda like that we tend to send spontaneously, not actually thinking about our result. last year we acted like that and finished 21/24 (although realistically thinkinking that result was clear from the moment the our FInals winner was announced). This year it looks simmilar, imho.. we'll probably take pride from some positive feedback in the foreign press before the contest, but our pride will likely end with the announcement of the contest results. we'll again say that our representative performed respectfully and it's not his/our fault he failed, imho. and that would be good, coz in the past we tended to put all blame on our local contest organizers and/or our performers.
anyways, this year the sellection was weak anyways, so who cares.. and I personally think we could do worse (e.g. sellect some "format" song that usually brings success to larger countries but fails to impress when sang by small ones)..

Yeah, that song won in Estonia. ''Leto svet'' is performed by Kreisiraadio (three men, all over 40, they aren't professional singers). The song is made out of three languages (Serbian, German and Finnish) and the lyrics are meaningless (had enough of beans etc). They used tourists handbooks when they made the lyrics. It will be interesting to see how they will cope with it, even tho I preferred someone else to win it.

[kestas]

Originally Posted by Demarr

Yeah, that song won in Estonia. ''Leto svet'' is performed by Kreisiraadio (three men, all over 40, they aren't professional singers). The song is made out of three languages (Serbian, German and Finnish) and the lyrics are meaningless (had enough of beans etc). They used tourists handbooks when they made the lyrics. It will be interesting to see how they will cope with it, even tho I preferred someone else to win it.

yeah, well, LT United "We are the Winners" looks like a perfectly suitable, fully in-format Eurovision pop performance compared to this not that I mind, though - I would fill Eurovision with parodies if I could (the only way it could become entertaining, imho). but parodies is a risky business. sometimes they simply do not work.. I remember Stefan Raab from Germany, who was (probably still is) a perfectly normal "non-pop" comedian, but his piece for Eurovision was too soft and not funny enough (despite that it's the only thing I vaguelly remember from that year's contest, honestly). I thought Island were rather funny a few years back, but they didn't make the final (not that it matters though..).
Estonians look different (and probably funny too, if you understand what the heck they're singing), but I wouldn't predict where they'll finish.

[elaj]

This shajt won in Slovenia...

[Juan Carlos Nadal]

Originally Posted by elaj

This shajt won in Slovenia...

Dude... Your only hope is that in the live event she decides to show us the rest of her tattoo...

[elaj]

Originally Posted by Juan Carlos Nadal

Dude... Your only hope is that in the live event she decides to show us the rest of her tattoo...

Maybe she'll do a "Janet Jackson trick".

[mvblair]

Originally Posted by sashikas

Yesterday Lithuania have picked their singer for this event. Our national contest was won by previously unknown (at least to me) singer Jeronimas Milius with a song "Nomads in the night".

Why is he dressed like a pirate?

[LuDux]

Pirate 1,5 years ago

[Jan van Grabski]

Originally Posted by LuDux

Pirate 1,5 years ago

is he singing in lithuanian ? lol

[goga78]

Originally Posted by ArkadiosV2

Why does every fucking Eurovision song has to be about love, loneliness, kisses, lips, broken hearts, men and women, sunrise, romance, sky, birds, babes, shaking asses et cetera et cetera?

What else do have chansons have to be about?
Besides, there are enough examples for the opposite. Plus, if one is interested in hard rock or techno, he can always skip this contest and watch something that suits his interest more, right?

[porompompero]

This might be interesting to you. I don't know what to say, I'm talking about the spanish candidate for eurovision. I don't know if we're going to receive 1 point or 0 points, anyway it's going to be funny because we're not the only ones to throw a shit to the contest. Just take a look at the most voted candidate to go there for Spain:

http://www.myspace.com/rodolfochikichiki


The third:

http://www.myspace.com/antonioelgato

The list:
http://www.myspace.com/eurovision2008