[OFF TOPIC] Eurovision Song Contest 2017

[Federer91 2,904]

  On 3/22/2017 at 4:59 PM, bestmen said:

and they say that the votes were never be related to the politic

 

this contest is crap

 

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Everything last year was about politics and corrupt juries, so why would it be any different this year?

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[mrv86 3,190]

Well, I guess my taste has changed... most of the "club" songs are too generic for my taste; don't mean to be disrespectful, they're ok to dance, but not what in my opinion would call a great song. Any AI could replace the singers in most of those entries and sound better. I guess that's what happens when you replace actual instruments and voices for computers and Autotune

 

However, there were some songs I actually enjoyed, either because of the vocals, the lyrics or the interpretation; these are (in no particular order): Bulgaria, France, Poland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Azerbaijan and Belarus, and contrary to most users in the forum, I just loved the Portuguese song

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[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 3/22/2017 at 3:43 PM, dezbee2008 said:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39354775

 

Welp, the shitstorm has begun. Ukraine decides to ban Julia Samoylova from entering the country because of her 2015 visit to Crimea. Honestly, both countries are at fault. Ukraine used a dumb law against her, but at the same time, Russia set themselves up for this issue. That's how I see it. I feel bad for Julia, but if it is, it is.

 

Personally, since Russia isn't among my qualifiers this year, I could care less.

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It definitely started with Russia's fault obviously, thinking it was a wonderful idea to claim another nation's land out of the blue 

 

Ukraine's reaction now is just as bad though, events like the Olympics or a ESC are exactly the kind of events where one should 'forget' this for a moment. 

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 3/22/2017 at 6:35 PM, Federer91 said:

 

Everything last year was about politics

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Just like when Austria won and everyone had to be politically correct, costing the real winners the victory  (alright, it was a decent song like last year's winner, but 'top-5 material', not 'winning material') 

[Federer91 2,904]

  On 4/1/2017 at 8:53 AM, heywoodu said:

Just like when Austria won and everyone had to be politically correct, costing the real winners the victory  (alright, it was a decent song like last year's winner, but 'top-5 material', not 'winning material') 

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That too, Netherlands should have won. There hasn't been a right winner since Denmark in 13. 

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  On 4/1/2017 at 9:20 AM, Federer91 said:

 

That too, Netherlands should have won. There hasn't been a right winner since Denmark in 13. 

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Denmark a right winner?  

 

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[heywoodu 15,355]

About 2014: I would have actually said Norway should have won...the Dutch song was good and I liked it, but the Norwegian song (Silent Storm) was beautiful 

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