Eurovision Song Contest - The Grand Final (Saturday 16th May 2009)

[Corki]

The Top 3 after 7 countries:

 

1. Norway - 69 (why?)

2. UK - 37 (yay!)

3. Turkey - 36

[Corki]

I think Norway will win this, even after 10 countries. I disagree big time, as it wasn't a great song.

[Liitha]

its one you can get hooked on, its happy music, and actualy norway won with such a song before

 

and frankly it speaks towards what eurovision used to be, it turned into too much a pop cometition lately...before i lost interest it was mainly songs who had distinct influence of their nationals culture... some of this was lost and i lost interest, because if i wanted to hear regular music i could turn on the hitlists..

 

so while it anoys me at times, then yeah the song i recognise it as great, its a catchy tune, easy on the ear and it sticks on your brain very easily...so to that extent i agree...and hey will be double cause for celebration tomorow for us then ;)

[Corki]

And the top 3 after 13 countries:

 

1. Norway - 135

2. Iceland - 59

3. Azerbaijan - 56

[Corki]

Surprise, surprise, the UK gave Turkey 12 points - again!

[Liitha]

lol *gives corki a brownie to cheer him up* you know so tempted to quote the song but will be nice ;)

[Corki]

Due to no commercial break in the UK, we've just witnessed a folk version of t.A.T.u.'s Not Gonna Get Us. Very interesting...

[Corki]

After 21 countries, the scores are:

 

1. Norway - 203

2. Iceland - 111

3. Turkey - 105

[Corki]

Kudos Greece! Yay! 12 points for the UK! Come on!

[Corki]

After 25 countries, the scores are:

 

1. Norway - 238

2. Iceland - 117

3. Turkey - 115

[Corki]

And Estonia's vote for Norway breaks Lordi's record number of points of 292 points.

[Corki]

Oh, and Norway are now uncatchable with 9 countries left to go. We are off to Oslo for 2010 and Eurovision.

[Corki]

2 sets of 12 points for Moldova...interesting vote at the end of the contest!

[Corki]

After 36 countries, the scores are:

 

1. Norway - 339

2. Iceland - 186

3. Azerbaijan - 1175

[Barmacral]

So, the winning country hosts the competition in the following year? Thats kinda cool actually.

[Corki]

Oh dear, oh dear, Mr Slovenia vote man! We didn't need half a minute silence for Slovenia's failure.

 

So, the winning country hosts the competition in the following year? Thats kinda cool actually.

 

And yes, the winning country does host the contest the next year. It hasn't been the case all the time since the beginning of the contest though.

[Liitha]

Ja vi elsker dette landet som det stiger frem....*hums on*

 

and its not sure it would be in oslo by what they are saying, though considering we wasted loads of money on a new opera it would be odd if they didnt argue we should use it, though we have other big cities with history etc

[Corki]

I just picked the capital!  ;)

 

And here is Norway with the last set of votes...

[Corki]

So the winner is Norway! So congratulations to them and their record points score that will probably never be broken!

[Corki]

I'll get the final scores up shortly when I find them on the Eurovision Website.

[Liitha]

Ja vi elsker dette landet, som det stiger frem, furet værbit.... ;)

[Nightstrike]

Congratulations Norway. Well deserved.

[Majsju]

I had Sweden, Norway or Azerbaijan as potential winners, so I am at least pleased with the winner. And thank goodness none of the big ballads won!

Absolutely shocking though that Sweden got so few votes. Shame on you, Europe.

[Corki]

I have the final scores:

 

1. Norway - 387

2. Iceland - 218

3. Azerbaijan - 207

4. Turkey - 177

5. United Kingdom - 173

6. Estonia - 129

7. Greece - 120

8. France - 107

9. Bosnia & Herzegovina - 106

10. Armenia - 92

11. Russia - 91

12. Ukraine - 76

13. Denmark - 74

14. Moldova - 68

15. Portugal - 57

16. Israel - 53

17. Albania - 48

18. Croatia - 45

19. Romania - 40

20. Germany - 35

21. Sweden - 33

22. Malta - 31

23. Lithunia - 23

24. Spain - 23

25. Finland - 22

 

 

I am in the process of setting up a thread for everyone at DM to vote in so we can decide who we think should win Eurovision.

[Majsju]

I would have voted like this:

1 point - Russia

2 points - Ukraine

3 points - Turkey

4 points - Albania

5 points - France

6 points - Portugal

7 points - Azerbaijan

8 points - Estonia

10 points - Moldova

12 points - Norway

 

(Not allowed to vote for Sweden)