Comments on: Nevermind the Economics, Here’s Eurovision http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/nevermind-the-economics-heres-eurovision/ European Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FB http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/nevermind-the-economics-heres-eurovision/comment-page-1/#comment-25220 FB Sun, 17 May 2009 19:41:12 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=5522#comment-25220 Come on - of course it stayed East! The guy was Belarussian-born and the style of it very much of a super cheesy blend of pseudo-traditional-slavic with usual Eurovision cream! Anyway if you look at voting patterns, he did get all the votes from Belarus's neighbours...and from Belarus itself! But funnily everyone else also voted for him! More fun: some people in Armenia did vote for Azerbaijan. Know hope! Come on – of course it stayed East! The guy was Belarussian-born and the style of it very much of a super cheesy blend of pseudo-traditional-slavic with usual Eurovision cream! Anyway if you look at voting patterns, he did get all the votes from Belarus’s neighbours…and from Belarus itself! But funnily everyone else also voted for him! More fun: some people in Armenia did vote for Azerbaijan. Know hope!

]]> By: Måns Andersson http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/nevermind-the-economics-heres-eurovision/comment-page-1/#comment-25208 Måns Andersson Sun, 17 May 2009 00:24:55 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=5522#comment-25208 Well, that was exciting... Norway won. The end result may or may not have been due to the introduction of jury groups (though the whole "Eastern neighbourhood voting will ensure the contest will never again move west!"-thing was over-hyped to begin with, anyhow), but the real shocker was that that that U.K.'s Lloyd-Webber-sponsored sleeping pill received the amount of props that it did. Well, that was exciting… Norway won. The end result may or may not have been due to the introduction of jury groups (though the whole “Eastern neighbourhood voting will ensure the contest will never again move west!”-thing was over-hyped to begin with, anyhow), but the real shocker was that that that U.K.’s Lloyd-Webber-sponsored sleeping pill received the amount of props that it did.

]]> By: Jussi Jalonen http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/nevermind-the-economics-heres-eurovision/comment-page-1/#comment-25205 Jussi Jalonen Sat, 16 May 2009 12:03:54 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=5522#comment-25205 This year, the atmosphere might get nasty. The homosexual community in Moscow has announced their intention to organize this fabulous parade to celebrate the Eurovision song contest (which is, as you know, very much a quintessential LGBT thing). As expected, mayor Luzhkov nixed the thing on the grounds that homosexuality "threatens the moral fiber of society" (whereas Eurovision song contests _don't_? OK), and because the citizens as well as the tourists might catch Teh Gay, and yada yada yada, insert the obligatory quote from Pushkin's "To the Slanderers of Russia" here. The LGBT community is going to organize the march anyway, as they've always done. Usually, the tradition has been that the Orthodox Youth Organizations and the Young Guard will show up to beat up the gays, after which the OMON will show up to "restore order", which basically means that they will also beat up the gays all over again. This year, all of this will take place in tune of Eurovision music. Of course, there's also the random possibility that the Baltic finalists will suddenly gather together on the stage and shout "WE WERE F*CKING OCCUPIED, AND YOU F*CKING KNOW IT", after which the Militia will pick them up for violating Lex Victory Day and the City Court will slap them a prison sentence of three years, in the same TB-infested cell that's already holding Khodorkovski. (Yes, as you can see, I'm thrilled. Go Russia! Slava!) Cheers, J. J. This year, the atmosphere might get nasty.

The homosexual community in Moscow has announced their intention to organize this fabulous parade to celebrate the Eurovision song contest (which is, as you know, very much a quintessential LGBT thing). As expected, mayor Luzhkov nixed the thing on the grounds that homosexuality “threatens the moral fiber of society” (whereas Eurovision song contests _don’t_? OK), and because the citizens as well as the tourists might catch Teh Gay, and yada yada yada, insert the obligatory quote from Pushkin’s “To the Slanderers of Russia” here.

The LGBT community is going to organize the march anyway, as they’ve always done. Usually, the tradition has been that the Orthodox Youth Organizations and the Young Guard will show up to beat up the gays, after which the OMON will show up to “restore order”, which basically means that they will also beat up the gays all over again. This year, all of this will take place in tune of Eurovision music.

Of course, there’s also the random possibility that the Baltic finalists will suddenly gather together on the stage and shout “WE WERE F*CKING OCCUPIED, AND YOU F*CKING KNOW IT”, after which the Militia will pick them up for violating Lex Victory Day and the City Court will slap them a prison sentence of three years, in the same TB-infested cell that’s already holding Khodorkovski.

(Yes, as you can see, I’m thrilled. Go Russia! Slava!)

Cheers,

J. J.

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