Congratulations Norway!

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Tom P wrote:

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I'd say congratulations all around. The show was very well done and as
Eurovision pop numbers go, a lot of great songs- and more realistic
results. But as Paddy O'Connell said in the heats earlier in the week,
Rybak is quite a bambino. Norway would have got my vote, but I'm biased.

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"The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never
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"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
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I'd say congratulations all around. The show was very well done and as
Eurovision pop numbers go, a lot of great songs- and more realistic
results.

Agreed. The production was terrific, performances and songs were far better
than usual and the voting sorted out.

And for those watching in the UK, Graham Norton was a very creditable
replacement for El Tel.

Ian

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:

Tom P wrote:

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I'd say congratulations all around. The show was very well done and as
Eurovision pop numbers go, a lot of great songs- and more realistic
results. But as Paddy O'Connell said in the heats earlier in the week,
Rybak is quite a bambino. Norway would have got my vote, but I'm biased.

Oh, and I imagine that the exact date of the result won't be lost on the
Norwegian media. Gratulerer med dagen!

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never
have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009)

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Tom P wrote:

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Is it like your American Idol?

Or just happy some Eastern Europeans or the Russians didn't win it again?

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:

Tom P wrote:

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I'd say congratulations all around. The show was very well done and as
Eurovision pop numbers go, a lot of great songs- and more realistic
results. But as Paddy O'Connell said in the heats earlier in the week,
Rybak is quite a bambino. Norway would have got my vote, but I'm biased.

Oh, and I imagine that the exact date of the result won't be lost on the
Norwegian media. Gratulerer med dagen!


The result certainly confounded the expectation that the chauvinistic
votes of the slav and migrant labour countries would dominate as usual.

That show item with the swimmers in the transparent plastic bowl thing
was a stroke of artistic genius.

Like a NG without martin's funny jokes ?

"Martin" a écrit dans le message de
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On Sun, 17 May 2009 00:07:53 +0100, "Ian F."
wrote:

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
.. .

I'd say congratulations all around. The show was very well done and as
Eurovision pop numbers go, a lot of great songs- and more realistic
results.

Agreed. The production was terrific, performances and songs were far
better
than usual and the voting sorted out.

And for those watching in the UK, Graham Norton was a very creditable
replacement for El Tel.

Maybe the performances appeared better because they didn't have El Tel
making
snotty remarks all the time?
--

Martin

Martin wrote:

On Sun, 17 May 2009 00:07:53 +0100, "Ian F."
wrote:

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
. ..

I'd say congratulations all around. The show was very well done and as
Eurovision pop numbers go, a lot of great songs- and more realistic
results.

Agreed. The production was terrific, performances and songs were far better
than usual and the voting sorted out.

And for those watching in the UK, Graham Norton was a very creditable
replacement for El Tel.

Maybe the performances appeared better because they didn't have El Tel making
snotty remarks all the time?

I don't think so- I thought they were generally better. Norton said he
felt like giving Rybak a slap on the face just before he started...

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never
have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009)

Martin wrote:

On Sun, 17 May 2009 10:41:30 +0100, (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

Martin wrote:

On Sun, 17 May 2009 00:07:53 +0100, "Ian F."
wrote:

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
. ..

I'd say congratulations all around. The show was very well done and as
Eurovision pop numbers go, a lot of great songs- and more realistic
results.

Agreed. The production was terrific, performances and songs were far
better than usual and the voting sorted out.

And for those watching in the UK, Graham Norton was a very creditable
replacement for El Tel.

Maybe the performances appeared better because they didn't have El Tel
making snotty remarks all the time?

I don't think so- I thought they were generally better. Norton said he
felt like giving Rybak a slap on the face just before he started...

He said something like "I liked him the first time but after hearing him a few
times ..."

I must say I felt exactly the same way.

GN didn't make non stop snotty remarks about every thing that appeared on the
screen like Wogan did.

Watching ESC on a foreign channel without Wogan's comments was a totally
different experience.

Probably so, but I'm somewhat immune to musical criticism- snotty or
not! The songs in the final were palpably better than in recent years
IMO- if more uniform stylistically. Azerbaijan's popularity would
indicate that audiences don't particularly care if the singers can't
sing in tune. (I think the male singer (who sang offkey in the heat as
well) is popular in a few countries.)

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never
have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009)

Martin wrote:

On Sun, 17 May 2009 11:30:57 +0100, (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

Martin wrote:
[]
Watching ESC on a foreign channel without Wogan's comments was a totally
different experience.

Probably so, but I'm somewhat immune to musical criticism- snotty or
not! The songs in the final were palpably better than in recent years
IMO- if more uniform stylistically. Azerbaijan's popularity would
indicate that audiences don't particularly care if the singers can't
sing in tune. (I think the male singer (who sang offkey in the heat as
well) is popular in a few countries.)

The best singer was from Sweden and she got 25 points. It says it all really.

Not to me. The ability to belt out a few high notes at the standard of a
first year conservatoire trained singer is not much of an asset in
popular music.

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never
have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009)