krow Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Crikey that was close! Congrats to Ukraine!! i am so SO sorry about that. i was totally pulling for dami. i can't believe how robbed she was. right at the end too. i won't go into how low laura was scored by the voting public (51 pts? are you serious?). but to give it to that 8-toed bitch? ugh. UGH. i really wanted dami. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatsnotmypuppy Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Well Laura got our 12 points - so not a total loss for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Well Laura got our 12 points - so not a total loss for you yes, that was basically my favorite moment in 30 years of life so far. i was screaming so loud at yoko ono with the birds nest necklace. any country that gets laura gets me. she wanted her top 10 and she got it. good for you, laur. sebastian would reward you by letting you smell a piece of bread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 I thought the new voting system wasn't going to be effective- until suddenly, with one minute to go, it really really was. Blimey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 And now here comes the awkward moment when you remember Ukraine said they wanted to host the ESC at Crimea in case they won. So we better get ready for some drama on the upcoming months. Looks like anti-russian sentment influenced the ESC yet again. Also, Europe almost lost to Australia if it wasn't for the new voting system which pretty much turned the contest onto a Quiditch tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Also, Europe almost lost to Australia if it wasn't for the new voting system which pretty much turned the contest onto a Quiditch tournament. can you explain this analogy? do you mean that australia was legitimately winning until ukraine got the little gold ball thingie, which counts for a disproportionate amount of points, or does this mean something else? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 ^^ https://twitter.com/OtroWeasley/status/731615233794580480 Pretty much this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 ^^ https://twitter.com/OtroWeasley/status/731615233794580480 Pretty much this haha The first thing that came to my mind while watching the final points announcement. F*cking biased Dumbledore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord David Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 I'm conflicted with this new voting system. On the one hand you have some tension on where the top 3 or so votes will go during the televote round which could make or break the current leader (or the leader from the jury vote), yet on the other hand it's unlikely that we'll see nail biting close finishers again where nations win over others by just 1 or 2 votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 I'm conflicted with this new voting system. On the one hand you have some tension on where the top 3 or so votes will go during the televote round which could make or break the current leader (or the leader from the jury vote), yet on the other hand it's unlikely that we'll see nail biting close finishers again where nations win over others by just 1 or 2 votes. yeah that is not going to happen again. it was kind of random. i had no idea how many points they were going to give out at the end. 167 points. 450 points. 7,130 points. you could literally score no points from the jury and then come in first from the other vote and win the whole thing. kind of anti-climatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatsnotmypuppy Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) 41 countries ( but you can't vote for yourself). 41 x 12 = 492. So in theory in each round that is the maximum you can get. Dami's 320 is an extraordinary jury result. However only scoring 191 public points is a bit baffling... I thoroughly agree with our complete support of Belgium though. Edited May 15, 2016 by thatsnotmypuppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tower Bridge Fox Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 once again the juries rob me of my winnings, I had an each way bet on Poland finishing in the top fourIt was very exciting but a strange voting system when neither thejuries favorite, the tele voters, favorite or the bookies favorite win, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 you could literally score no points from the jury and then come in first from the other vote and win the whole thing. kind of anti-climatic. You could do that, but only if the juries were judging on completely different criteria from the public. As it happened, there were at least one-and-a-half examples of that last night, Poland (almost ignored by the judges but benefiting hugely from the Warsaw Pact among phone voters) and the UK (judges harsh-but-fair, phone voters resolutely anti). Ukraine and Australia were at least in the same ballpark for both votes, so one of the right candidates won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 It is absolutely fascinating that this is still a thing. I mean besides ABBA and Celine Dion has any Eurovision performer/winner ever really amounted to much? I mean it is the longest running talent competition in the world and its success rate is worse then India's trying to install plumbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatsnotmypuppy Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Jedward. You're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) I can't get that frikin' "what's the pressure" out of my head....damn you krow. The winning song is definitely a wtf...... ...I mean talk about heavy...I thought this was supposed to be fun....she needs a few of Laura's dance moves. Edited May 17, 2016 by paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 It is absolutely fascinating that this is still a thing. I mean besides ABBA and Celine Dion has any Eurovision performer/winner ever really amounted to much? I mean it is the longest running talent competition in the world and its success rate is worse then India's trying to install plumbing. It's not a "talent competition" like Idols etc. Many winners certainly managed decent careers at home at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 I can't get that frikin' "what's the pressure" out of my head....damn you krow. I can- regular doses of Lemonade work wonders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 I had been in Stockholm for Eurovision and it was a great time again - the shows and the hosts were marvelous!I have to admit that I am not really happy about the winning country, since it is very political and it happened during the week that you were verbally attacked when you liked the Russian song more... The people started to argue when you are against Russia's homophobic politics and the Crimeanian occupation you have to vote for Ukraine (like the Ukrainian LGBT laws are much better than in Russia *cough* *cough* *cough*)...I neither like the tune nor the voice of Jamala - and I would have preferred a victory by Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Latvia, France or Russia... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 I had been in Stockholm for Eurovision and it was a great time again - the shows and the hosts were marvelous! I have to admit that I am not really happy about the winning country, since it is very political and it happened during the week that you were verbally attacked when you liked the Russian song more... The people started to argue when you are against Russia's homophobic politics and the Crimeanian occupation you have to vote for Ukraine (like the Ukrainian LGBT laws are much better than in Russia *cough* *cough* *cough*)... I neither like the tune nor the voice of Jamala - and I would have preferred a victory by Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Latvia, France or Russia... i completely .... AGREE with this assessment. i thought mans, last year's winner or whatever, was great and having terrible cohost to make fun of was a nice balance ("some of you may be wondering why petra's son is standing next to her" was pretty good.) jamala is an awful choice for winner and any of those countries you mentioned would have made fine alternatives. and, no, i'm not at all sad laura didn't win (despite having the best song and the best routine) because while appearing at eurovision as a contestant is embarrassing enough, winning eurovision is basically like shoving your career off a cliff into shark-infested waters. good luck with that, jams. at least now we know whose house the russian soldiers are coming to first when they invade the rest of ukraine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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