DitzyNizzy

Except when a country "has problems with their televoting" and uses it's jury, who've done a protest against policital voting and gives their 12 to the United Kingdom, mentioning no names. Malta 2007.

The BBC don't lie? Didn't Blue Peter call a cat "Socks" rather than "Cookie" in 2006 or 2007?

So why did I get it into my head that they did?

You mean the three minute coma that - rather bizarrely - only made two places higher than a song that DIDN'T represent Sweden. And as for "they are supposed to be voting for a song, not a next-door neighbour" - who did 8 of our 14 points this year come from? Ireland, which - last time I saw - was our only land neighbour. That's one theory of his shot down in flames right there.

But I wouldn't call it better than Can't Get You Out Of My Head, though. (And my name's Jess, btw.)

Considering that Coldplay's Violet Hill was chart eligible despite being a free-to-download track to begin with, I'd be surprised if it doesn't apply here. (Plus we all know that Radiohead's last album was pay what you want, and some people paid £0.00 for it.)

Whilst there might be *some* protests if we're still in Iraq, I doubt it'll be anywhere near like what we had in London, Paris and San Francisco this year. And that's why I'm watching as well - I couldn't give a flying fig where they're being held: as long as Britain is in it, I'll be watching and supporting them.

It did for me - f***ed up the clock on my microwave and everything. Maybe that explains why the answer machine had no messages this morning: I know there was one on Friday (I had left it on there so I could deal with it today, since I got it at 5.28pm).

Well, the rules *do* allow for a professional dancer. Only one, mind. (Unless, of course, your either Greece or Azerbaijan, in which case it's OK to have two professional dancers. :rolleyes:)

I'm surely not the only one to notice, but I love how they have how many people voted for the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom for 2004 but not 2003. I'd love to know how many people threw their money away voting for that woman who couldn't hit a note with a banjo - other than the Irish (they had to use a jury since there was a problem with the televoting. If their televoting was used, we'd have been spared that nil point embarrassment: they'd have given us 7).

Nope - I hated their song in 2003, but loved their 2004 entry. So much so that I voted for it.

Tbf, I think I've only seen one with Shakespear's Sister and possibly Garbage. I'll have to dig out the other two 90s compilations that I've got (Never Forget and 100 Hits 90s) and have a look. Just remembered - I Love The 90s (the one that came out in 2001 to coincide with the not-really-greatly-timed BBC2 TV series) had the Rembrandts.

2001-20 Five - Let's Dance - 2 2001-21 Blue - Too Close - 0 <- This is still in while CGYOOMH is gone? :rolleyes: 2001-27 Blue - If You Come Back - 1 2001-28 S Club 7 - Have You Ever - 1 2001-29 Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This - 1 2002-01 Aaliyah - More Than a Woman - 1 2002-06 Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody - 5 2002-08 Sugababes - Freak Like Me - 3 2002-09 Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss - 0 2002-11 Liberty X - Just A Little - 0 2002-17 Sugababes - Round Round - 3 Bye bye Gareth.

They "claim"? We all know they do - when Maddie McCann went missing, they had one person for the 1pm news, another one for the 6pm news, and yet another one for the 10pm news. AND, I believe, they had someone else for their news channel. In contrast, the Ipswich Prostitute Murders had - at most - two people.

Sadly, it does.

Yes, you are. And London's so f***ed in 2012 - it's gonna be incredibly difficult to better that.

Iirc, you could vote by text as well. Also, iirc, they used to have a different vote giver for text votes in Record Of The Year.

I'd love to see how popular this is in Britain? I only klnow (vaguely) of one song - and that's all because of it appearing on some Now CD (62, I think).

2001-19 So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds - 0 2001-20 Five - Let's Dance - 0 2001-21 Blue - Too Close - 0 2001-22 Bob The Builder - Mambo No.5 - 2 2001-23 DJ Otzi - Hey Baby - 1 2001-24 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head - 3 2001-25 Afroman - Because I Got High - 0 2001-26 Westlife - Queen Of My Heart - 2 2001-27 Blue - If You Come Back - 0 2001-28 S Club 7 - Have You Ever - 0 2001-29 Daniel Beddingfield - Gotta Get Thru This - 0 2001-30 Robie Williams & Nicole Kidman - Something Stupid - 1 2002-01 Aaliyah - More Than a Woman - 0 2002-02 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - 0 2002-03 Enrique Iglesias - Hero - 0 2002-04 Westlife - World Of Our Own - 0 2002-05 Will Young - Anything Is Possible/Evergreen - 0 2002-06 Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody - 2 2002-07 Oasis - The Hindu Times - 0 2002-08 Sugababes - Freak Like Me - 0 2002-09 Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss - 0 2002-10 Ronan Keeting - If Tomorrow Never Comes - 1 2002-11 Liberty X - Just A Little - 0 2002-12 Eminem - Without Me - 0 2002-13 Will Young - Light My Fire - 2 2002-14 Elvis vs JXL - Little Less Conversation - 0 2002-15 Gareth Gates - Anyone Of Us(Stupid Mistake) - 0 2002-16 Darius - Colourblind - 0 2002-17 Sugababes - Round Round - 0 2002-18 Blazin Squad - Crossroads - 0 Kylie one vote away from being booted off first, before (amongst others) Westlife, Bob the Builder or Blazin Squad? :rolleyes:

The thing with Nostradamus is that his words can - and indeed have - been interpreted to mean anything. Remember when everyone said that the world was gonna end in 1999 because of his predictions?

I can see one team doing worse than Stoke. And that's Hull.

I say we should have a cutoff date of 31/12/99. :P

6 - Ne-Yo - Closer - 1 7 - Basshunter - All I Ever Wanted - 2 8 - The Saturdays - If This Is Love - 0 9 - The Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go - 0 10 - Noah & The Whale - 5 Year's Time - 1 11 - Ironik - Stay With Me - 3 12 - Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me - 1 15 - Sam Sparro - Black & Gold - 0 16 - Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked - 1 17 - The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name - 2 18 - Coldplay - Viva La Vida - 3 19 - Chris Brown - Forever - 2 20 - Duffy - Warwick Avenue - 0 21 - Adele - Hometown Glory - 1 24 - Sara Bareilles - Love Song - 0 25 - Usher - Moving Mountains - 1 27 - Wiley - Wearing My Rolex - 4 29 - September - Cry For You - 1 31 - Will.I.Am feat. Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker - 0 33 - Sharleen Spiteri - All The Times I Cried - 2 37 - The Kooks - Shine On - 3 39 - Alphabeat - Ten Thousand Nights - 2 Bye bye Wiley.

1 - Kid Rock - All Summer Long - 1 2 - Dizzee Rascal Feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance Wiv Me - 1 3 - The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved - 0 4 - Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl - 4 5 - Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown - No Air - 2 6 - Ne-Yo - Closer - 0 7 - Basshunter - All I Ever Wanted - 0 8 - The Saturdays - If This Is Love - 0 9 - The Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go - 0 10 - Noah & The Whale - 5 Year's Time - 0 11 - Ironik - Stay With Me - 0 12 - Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me - 0 13 - Madonna - Give It 2 Me - 2 14 - Rihanna - Take A Bow - 1 15 - Sam Sparro - Black & Gold - 0 16 - Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked - 0 17 - The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name - 0 18 - Coldplay - Viva La Vida - 3 19 - Chris Brown - Forever - 0 20 - Duffy - Warwick Avenue - 0 21 - Adele - Hometown Glory - 0 22 - Busta Rhymes Feat. Linkin Park - We Made It - 0 23 - Ultrabeat vs Darren Styles - Discolights - 1 24 - Sara Bareilles - Love Song - 0 25 - Usher - Moving Mountains - 0 26 - Nickelback - Photograph - 0 27 - Wiley - Wearing My Rolex - 2 28 - Flo-Rida feat. T-Pain - Low - 1 29 - September - Cry For You - 1 30 - Estelle feat. Kanye West - American Boy - 0 31 - Will.I.Am feat. Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker - 0 32 - Honey Ryder - Numb - 0 33 - Sharleen Spiteri - All The Times I Cried - 0 34 - Rihanna - Disturbia - 2 35 - Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes - 3 36 - Kylie Minogue - The One - 0 37 - The Kooks - Shine On - 0 38 - Chris Brown - With You - 1 39 - Alphabeat - Ten Thousand Nights - 0 40 - Mint Royale - Singin' In The Rain - 0 Bye bye Katy Perry.

I agree - and if Labour suffers one of the biggest swing in British history in apparently their third safest seat*, what hope is there in the rest of the country. (There might not have been a big problem if there was a leadership challenge - but appearntly anyone who was interest was told to basically f*** off.) * - In Scotland, anyway. But it was their 26th safest seat in the country.