Sabrewulf

Woops. I forget to take out Ashton when I was sorting my votes. Sorry about that. (Ashton came 16th for me)

Dalisska BJSC 82 Knower - Hanging On kLZJ-0IP9bY Lyrics hah hanging on yeah just scraping whatever you make gets taken doing the best that you can to get by days get longer a choice there is no other go along or go under cuz it's time wheel ain't stopping you're on and you're locked in in the end you get one thing, nothing pain gets stronger life on your shoulder go along or go under cuz it's time it's time to get a real life and get a 9 to 5 until the end it's time forever on the edge just working for your thread until the end hah hanging on ooh keep scraping all of your time gets taken doing the best that you can to get by nothing other never stop to wonder go along or go under cuz it's time blood's all sucked out eyes been poked out in the end you get one thing, nothing pain gets stronger life on your shoulder go along or go under cuz it's time *repeat pre-chorus and chorus it's time right where you're supposed to be living somebody's dream until the end it's time right where you're supposed to be thinking that you are free until the end *chorus on and on and on on and on

I'll enter anyway because of that Buzzjack anniversary thing Mattias was telling me about. (although it might just be a once off since I don't want to take part in more than one song contest at a time)

We thought it might be fun. (and I live nearby so I could help him out in person) I have experience hosting large song contests (with around 60 participants + semis) so if there's anything Mattias feels uncertain about I could back him up. and yes Dalisska would be returning.

Congrats Deandria! :D Also Monody really deserves that 3rd, it's an awesome song.

Talk about over the top. You'd swear Austria bombed Moscow.

I don't understand this. The Russian televote alone would have given Conchita 8 points. It's like the left hand is doing one thing and the right hand is doing something completely different. Sounds like a vocal minority getting their panties in a twist. I couldn't care less if Russia left, they never send anything I like anyway.

I'm kinda turning off Mario Kart. :( The new racers don't excite me at all, it just seems like more of the same. I had been thinking about getting the Wii U bundle with it (you get another free game if you register Mario Kart 8 online) but I'm not so sure anymore. I'll probably just wait for Smash Bros.

I feel like the only chance we'd have of getting Imelda May to do it is if we got a professional songwriter to write the song. (or let her write, or at least co-write the song) I doubt she'd sing any old song presented to her. There's 3 things that are hugely important: The Song The Singer The Presentation If even one of them is bad or even just ok/nice we might as well forget about it. It's all or nothing.

Maybe failing to qualify a couple of times and qualifying other times would give the UK some perspective.

It's like that on YouTube too....but then again they are YouTube comments. What do you expect?

RTE are scrapping the mentor system for next years Eurovision. Will be interesting to see where it goes from here. There seems to be a lot of talk about getting professional songwriters and presenting our song better on stage.

Interesting to see the Armenian juries thrashed Austria and Azerbaijan. Seems even drag queens can't be worse than Azerbaijan though. Austria came 2nd in their public vote though. Wow at Azerbaijan though coming last in both juries and public vote. It seems hard to believe that's just a coincidence. Azerbaijan responded the same to Armenia.

I voted: 3x Norway 2x The Netherlands 1x Hungary My mum voted: 1x The Netherlands 1x Sweden 1x United Kingdom

I'm happy for Austria winning. The song is growing on me a little even though it wasn't one of my favourites and Conchita performed it very well. Delighted to see the Netherlands up there. About the UK, I liked the performance overall but I thought there was something weird about the camera work. Sometimes it seemed off centre and lacking impact. I don't think it's a great idea to make a song with the mindset of copying songs that have done well in previous years. That's just asking Europe to give you a resounding "Meh". Best case scenario Europe's taste will have just moved on, worst case scenario the juries will actively penalize your song for being a blatant copycat or trying to cash in on what was popular in the previous contest.