Eurovision Song Contest 2006

[alchemi2]

Anyone else watch the annual spectacle that is Eurovision.

Well done Greece for the brilliant opening show.

Terry Wogan still rocks on the comments and gags.

And what were Germany thinking country and western entry  ;D

[erjin999]

I missed thisone (luckily !).

Why is it that there is never the best songs on that competition ? Why is it that there is never the best singers from a country on there ? I have never understood, or bothered to find out :), but it has always bugged me a bit.  :-

But yeah, Terry Wogan is good on that, as he can be on most things he does.

[The_Sadukar]

I am overjoyed  ;D For once some non-pop has won! Jarrharrharr! Nordland! ;D

[Dunenewt]

Dam if we entered Muse we would have won...

...yeah Eurovision just wouldn't be the same without Terry Wogan.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Three cheers for Finland's GWAR-esq unconventional rock submission! Way to show those cruddy "pop" singers who's bloodiest!

Course... if they had sacrificed screaming effigies of some of the more sickening pop presenters in the show, it would have made it even better!

[Khan]

I liked Lithuania and germany as well but finland stole the show ;)

[Andrew]

I think I know what you guys are talkig about. About 4 days ago CBC news had a peice on about some metal(?) band that were wearing freaky costumes and how they were in a European contest each country had to submit a band. Some people from the country were upset they sent that band, but they won!

[thomas]

glad to see a metal band win (are they really metal? I've never heard any of their music). I do wish Sweden had entered a metal band like In Flames or Arch Enemy (though, angela gossow is german).

[alchemi2]

Way to go Finland.

The usual political voting and neighbours helping each other out prevailled but a good track managed to push through and win despite all that.

And our non European brethren who don't know the contest here a link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/eurovision/2006/

[Phoenix]

What a Farce.. that whole Eurovision Song Contest..

Its has became a political game, no matter what song is performed..

If there was UB40, BonJovi, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Marco Borsato or Bruce Springsteen for the netherlands, we wouldn't have won..

[Khan]

But only because the songs are all rubbish and no one likes them, entering a good song gets results which finland proved.

[exatreide]

V

[Anathema]

That's clearly not finnish :P

[The_Sadukar]

It is the Finnish national anthem nontheless. They use both a Swedish and Finnish version