Eurovision time again! http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/topic/32275/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Wed, 14 May 2008 20:46:02 GMT Sat, 24 May 2008 15:25:39 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/topic/32275/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2986990/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2986990 feeds@yuku.com (Onno) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2986990 Sat, 24 May 2008 15:25:39 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2986841/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2986841 SWEDEN MUST WIN. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aaronin08) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2986841 Sat, 24 May 2008 13:50:22 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2986148/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2986148
The second semi-final did contain some surprises (Bulgaria and
Macedonia not qualifying, which most people expected). Very
few people predicted more than seven out of ten correctly.

The qualifiers from the second semi-final:
Albania
Croatia
Denmark
Georgia
Iceland
Latvia
Portugal
Sweden
Turkey
Ukraine

I haven't covered a lot of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (curmudgeon) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2986148 Sat, 24 May 2008 05:02:46 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2970190/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2970190
The qualifiers:
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Finland
Greece
Israel
Norway
Poland
Romania
Russia

I (along with almost everybody else) had at least nine right (I had Slovenia in my top ten, and Finland at number twelve). Some people I know picked all ten qualifiers.

Russia drew the number twenty-four position in the final (a great... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (curmudgeon) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2970190 Tue, 20 May 2008 20:44:13 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2963884/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2963884
Remember it starts at 2100 CET (1900 UTC 1200 PDT 1500 EDT).

You can watch over the internet from the official site - http://eurovision.tv/

The chances of qualifying derived from odds on a betting site:

01 95.7 Russia
02 91.4 Armenia
03 88.5 Greece
04 79.2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
04 79.2 Romania
06 59.6 Norway
07 58.5 Azerbaijan
08 58.2 Ireland
09 53.9... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (curmudgeon) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2963884 Mon, 19 May 2008 17:17:48 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2947924/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2947924 GoodNeighborgirl wrote:
Is there some station in the States that will show it?

From my initial post:

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While several of the national broadcasters stream the
shows over the internet, high demand makes it difficult
to reliably watch them (assuming one can get a connection
in the first place).

The official site uses... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (curmudgeon) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2947924 Thu, 15 May 2008 22:46:18 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2947203/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2947203
]]> feeds@yuku.com (aaronin08) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2947203 Thu, 15 May 2008 20:23:42 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2943640/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2943640 feeds@yuku.com (GoodNeighborgirl) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2943640 Thu, 15 May 2008 07:33:02 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2943576/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2943576 The winner this year, is Sweden:


However it SHOULD have been BWO going to the finals - either would have won, but this year it's Charlotte Perrelli. Well.. she's going to win again that is. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aaronin08) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2943576 Thu, 15 May 2008 06:33:13 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2943415/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2943415 Snewser wrote:

Why are the Turks allowed to compete in Eurovision, but not join the EU? They still wear baggy trousers.

Any country from which there are full members of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) in the European Broadcasting area may enter the contest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Area

For example, Morocco entered once (in 1980 - a year that Israel didn't... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (curmudgeon) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2943415 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:33:48 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2943403/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2943403 bluesboi wrote:

Eurovision has not mattered since ABBA won

Not even Lordi's win in 2006? :)

]]> feeds@yuku.com (curmudgeon) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2943403 Thu, 15 May 2008 03:23:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2942262/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2942262 feeds@yuku.com (Snewser) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2942262 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:14:39 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2941875/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2941875 feeds@yuku.com (bluesboi) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2941875 Wed, 14 May 2008 21:11:02 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2941620/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2941620 feeds@yuku.com (Hamdingers) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2941620 Wed, 14 May 2008 20:47:48 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/reply/2941611/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html#reply-2941611 feeds@yuku.com (Dharmit) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/sreply/2941611 Wed, 14 May 2008 20:47:02 GMT <![CDATA[ Eurovision time again! ]]> http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/topic/32275/t/Eurovision-time-again-.html seems like a good time to write a Eurovision preview. :)

Eurovision used to consist of just one show a year through
2003 (with poor finishers getting relegated for a year).
Starting in 2004, the organizers added a semi-final to
allow all countries to participate every year. But with
more and more new entrants (Albania, Andorra, Belarus,
and Serbia and Montenegro in 2004, Bulgaria and Moldova
in... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (curmudgeon) http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/topic/32275 Wed, 14 May 2008 20:46:02 GMT