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Rankings so far (after 12/25): 1. Azerbaijan 2. Belgium 3. Greece - The Mediterranean answer to Gogol Bordello. A very catchy tune. 8.5 4. Moldova 5. Norway 6. Ireland - I liked this more than from the Semi Final performance, but the tune is a bit too forgettable, and not a patch on her ESC winning song. 7.0 7. Belarus 8. Serbia 9. Cyprus 10. Bosnia & Herzegovina 11. Spain 12. United Kingdom - This sounds insepid dated cheese to me. We really should have sent Katie Melua - The Flood instead of a bog standard Pete Waterman song that sounds like an outtake from a late 1990s Steps album. 1.5 :angry:

PS. I've already got back from Wembley (fukkin' turf) Stadium after watching Swindon Town lose, and I'm currently eating toast with a cup of tea. (I'm so rock'n'roll :lol:). I've already voted for Azerbaijan (not that I expect the UK to give them any points). Rankings so far (after 9/25): 1. Azerbaijan 2. Belgium 3. Moldova 4. Norway 5. Belarus - Am I the only one waving an imaginery lighter/flag/scarf along to this song. 7.0 6. Serbia - Eastern European Ricky Martin soundalike on alright Eastern European song 6.5 7. Cyprus 8. Bosnia & Herzegovina 9. Spain

Rankings so far (after 7): 1. Azerbaijan 2. Belgium - I've just realised this reminds me of Damien Rice reworking Marc Cohn's Walking In Memphis meets Daniel Bedingfield's Never Gonna Leave Your Side. 9.0 3. Moldova 4. Norway 5. Cyprus 6. Bosnia & Herzegovina 7. Spain

I've just got back from Wembley via the M4. I heard rumours that the Wembley turf won the Man Of The Match Award for Millwall. :nocheer: I'm gutted for my hometown, and for Charlie Austin. If the pitch was half decent he would have scored that equalizer no question.

Well Scott will be over the moon. Page last updated at 18:58 GMT, Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:58 UK BBC NEWS Liberal Democrat David Laws has resigned as Chief Secretary to the Treasury after admitting he claimed expenses to pay rent to his partner. Mr Laws said he would be standing down with immediate effect in a statement given at the Treasury. He had earlier apologised and said he would pay back the money which the Daily Telegraph said totalled £40,000. The Yeovil MP said he wanted to keep his relationship with James Lundie private. Mr Laws said he had informed both David Cameron and Nick Clegg, but it had been "his decision alone". Explaining his decision, he said: "I do not see how I can carry out my crucial work on the Budget and spending review while I have to deal with the private and public implications of recent revelations." Mr Laws said he had an "over-riding responsibility to those I love most and who I've exposed to scrutiny in this way," and it was time to redress that balance. He said: "I can't escape the conclusion that what I did was somehow wrong." Lib Dem Scottish Secretary Danny Alexander will take over the post, Downing Street has announced. Responding to Mr Laws' resignation letter, Prime Minister David Cameron said he was an "honourable man", adding: "I hope that, in time, you will be able to serve again." Tell me again Scott, how many fukkin Labour crooks resigned from office during the last administration for doing far less? Good to know that in 2010 homophobia in the media still rules. Calling him a c**t is as fukkin low as you can get IMHO.

HYPOCRITE MUCH??????? So you fully support Alistair Campbell outing this LibDem minister. Yet what about all of these illegal former Labour Government expenses: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...r-mps-expenses/ You can't have it both fukkin ways.

Turkey: 01 Sebastian Vettel 02 Mark Webber 03 Lewis Hamilton 04 Fernando Alonso 05 Nico Rosberg 06 Robert Kubica 07 Jenson Button 08 Felipe Massa 09 Michael Schumacher 10 Vitaly Petrov Pole: Sebastian Vettel Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel

From everyhit.com Topping The Chart By Different Artists Only one track has topped the chart by four different artists. It is "Unchained Melody". Artists to take it to number one in the UK are: Jimmy Young (1955), Righteous Brothers (as a re-issue in 1990), Robson & Jerome (1995) and Gareth Gates (2002). Four tracks have topped the chart by three different artists. They are: * "You'll Never Walk Alone." It topped the chart for: Gerry & Pacemakers (1963), The Crowd (1985) and Robson & Jerome (1996 as a 'triple A-Side' with "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" and "Saturday Night At The Movies".) * "Spirit In The Sky" - Norman Greenbaum (1970) / Doctor & The Medics (1986) / Gareth Gates featuring The Kumars (2003) * "With A Little Help From My Friends" - Joe Cocker (1968) / Wet Wet Wet (1988) / Sam & Mark (2004) * "Do They Know It's Christmas?" - Band Aid (1984) / Band Aid II (1989) / Band Aid 20 (2004) Twenty-eight titles have hit the top performed by two different artists: * "Answer Me" - David Whitfield / Frankie Laine (both 1953) * "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" - Perez Prado / Eddie Calvert (both 1955) * "Singing The Blues" - Guy Mitchell / Tommy Steele (both 1957) * "Young Love" - Tab Hunter (1957) / Donny Osmond (1973) * "Mary's Boy Child" - Harry Belafonte (1957) / Boney M (as a medley with "Oh My Lord" (1978) * "This Ole House" Rosemary Clooney (1954) / Shakin' Stevens (1981) * "Can't Help Falling In Love" - Elvis Presley (1962) / UB40 (1993) * "I Got You Babe" - Sonny & Cher (1965) / UB40 with Chrissie Hynde (1985) * "Living Doll" - Cliff Richard & The Drifters (1959) / Cliff Richard & The Young Ones (1986) * "Everything I Own" - Ken Boothe (1974) / Boy George (1987) * "Dizzy" - Tommy Roe (1969) / Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff (1991) * "Without You" - Nilsson (1972) / Mariah Carey (1994) * "Baby Come Back" - The Equals (1968) / Pato Banton (1994) * "I Believe" - Frankie Laine (1953) / Robson & Jerome (1995) * "Every Breath You Take" - The Police (1983) / Puff Daddy & Faith Evans (1997) [as "I'll Be Missing You"] * "Three Lions" - Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds (1996) / Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds (1998) [with revised lyrics as "Three Lions '98"] * "Tragedy" - Bee Gees (1979) / Steps (1999) * "Barbados" - Typically Tropical (1975) / Vengaboys (1999) [though they changed the location; "(We're Going To) Ibiza"] * "Seasons In The Sun" - Terry Jacks Jacks (1974) / Westlife (1999) * "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" - Billy Ocean (1986) / Boyzone (1999) * "Uptown Girl" - Billy Joel (1983) / Westlife (2001) * "Lady Marmalade" - All Saints (1998) / Christina Aguilera with Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink (2001) * "Eternal Flame" - The Bangles (1989) / Atomic Kitten (2001) * "Mambo No 5" - Lou Bega (1999) / Bob The Builder (2001) * "Somethin' Stupid" - Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra (1967) / Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman (2001) * "The Tide Is High" - Blondie (1980) / Atomic Kitten (2002) [as "The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)"] * "F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)" - Eamon (2004) / Frankee (2004) [as "F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back)" - an answer to the Eamon track performed over the same melody] * "Against All Odds" - Mariah Carey & Westlife (2000) / Steve Brookstein (2005) Others worth a mention: "Take A Chance On Me" made No. 1 for Abba in 1978 and was also a track Erasure's 1992 "Abba-Esque" EP. "Killer" made No. 1 for Adamski in 1990 and also featured in a George Michael medley with "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" on the chart-topping Five Live EP in 1993. "These Are The Days Of Our Lives", a chart-topper for Queen in 1991 also featured on George Michael's aforementioned Five Live EP.

So did I. As she is the only candidate that Alistair Campbell badmouthed on Question Time. Still wasn't that classy how New Labour's answer to J Edgar Hoover spitefully outed LibDem Chief Secretary to the Treasury minister David Laws on the same show before the full Daily Telegraph expenses story yesterday. What a complete and utter (insert your own choice combination of expletives).

Hitman: I’ve been stabbed tvbiz@the-sun.co.uk From LEIGH HOLMWOOD in Oslo Published: Today (29th May 2010) HITMAKER Pete Waterman last night savaged critics of his Eurovision song - claiming: "The knife in my back is in up to the hilt." The incensed former Pop Idol judge wrote the tune which Brit hopeful Josh Dubovie, 19, will sing in Oslo tonight. But That Sounds Good to Me has come in for brutal criticism and bookies say no UK entry has received so little betting support. Even Pete's old Pop Idol judging pal Dr Neil Fox has branded it "an average song and an average singer". Waterman told TV Biz: "I won't be writing next year's Eurovision song. "The knife in my back is fully in - up to the hilt!" And in a broadside at radio DJ Fox, he raged: "When did he last write a f****** hit song? He can't even speak English, let alone write a hit song. "Dr Fox? He is not even a real doctor. "He doesn't know anything." Pete, 63, who has written 22 UK Number ones, added: "I love all of these guys - they've all got an opinion. Don't give us your f****** opinion. You write it! "The great thing for me is that all my life I have heard my songs are s***, so nothing changes. For me, it is about 'Would people buy it? Do people like it?' "It's not about critics - they'll never like it because of where it's come from." Pete has written million-selling No1s for international superstars like Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley. He said: "If I wrote a Kylie song now, this is what it would be. Of course the sound needs updating, but how do you update it? That was the problem. "But you can't sit down and say 'It's got to do this and it's got to do that'. It has just got to be a song." He added: "Deep down in my heart I don't care how it does. It's not about winning. "There will be 200 million people watching my song. I'll take that. That sounds good to me!" Pete said his old artists like Kylie and Rick hadn't been in touch to lend support. "No, they think we are all mad to do it. And they are probably right. But I have got broad shoulders." He also panned Eurovision for being "too arty," adding: "It's become waylaid by people trying to do well in the contest using serious artists. Hang on a minute, we're here to party! This isn't showbusiness, it's a song contest." Britain last won the contest in with Katrina and The Waves singing Love Shine A Light in 1997 - when Josh was just seven. He said last night he'd be "gutted" not to win. But he was "aware of the criticism" for Pete's song. He added: "Everyone is entitled to their opinion and you can't please everybody." Josh is in Norway with girlfriend Vicky and his parents for the contest on BBC1 tonight. He said: "Wherever I come in the competition, I am still going to be performing and smiling." Is it me, or is it frightening how arrogant and deluded Pete Waterman has become with regards to the Eurovision Song Contest?

This is my favourite 40 songs at the moment: thisispop's Top40 - Week 21 2010 The weeks of 26 May - 02 June 2010 01 Katie Melua - The Flood (7wks 40-16-1-1-1-1-1) 02 Hafdis Huld - Action Man (4wks 8-2-2-2) 03 Scissor Sisters - Fire With Fire (3wks 9-6-3) 04 Safura - Drip Drop (7wks 20-9-6-6-6-5-4) 05 Goldfrapp - Alive (3wks 39-7-5) 06 Dizzee Rascal ft Daniel Pearce - Dirtee Disco (4wks 4-4-4-6) 07 She & Him - Thieves (4wks 27-14-8-7) 08 Glee - I Dreamed A Dream (2wks 3-8) 09 Kele - Tenderoni (HIGHEST NEW ENTRY) bdQioZHYpvQ 10 ROX - I Don't Believe (3wks 12-10-10) 11 Katy Perry ft Snoop Dogg - California Gurls (4wks 26-17-14-11) 12 Donkeyboy - Ambitions (5wks 2-2-5-9-12) 13 Rick Astley - Lights Out (4wks 36-25-15-13) 14 Kanye West - Power (NEW ENTRY) 15 Divine Comedy - At The Indie Disco (2wks 17-15) 16 Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee (6wks 10-7-7-8-11-16) 17 Lady GaGa - Alejandro (4wks 25-22-19-17) 18 Crowded House - Saturday Sun (3wks 21-16-18) 19 Eminem - Not Afraid (4wks 5-7-12-19) 20 Melanie Fiona - It Kills Me (4wks 13-10-13-20) 21 Eliza Doolittle - Pack Up (3wks 38-26-21) 22 Alicia Keys - Rapture (NEW ENTRY) ySCNpemDQwM 23 MGMT - It's Working (2wks 28-23) 24 Sandi Thom - Maggie McCall (4wks 40-30-27-24) 25 Robyn - Dancing On My Own (5wks 11-11-13-18-25) 26 Leona Lewis - Outta My Head (4wks 39-32-30-26) 27 The National - Anyone's Ghost (NEW ENTRY) 2XnRl-m5QPI 28 Fyfe Dangerfield - She's Always A Woman (4wks 18-18-22-28) 29 Natasha Bedingfield - Touch (2wks 37-29 HIGHEST CLIMBER) ZG_jJr5fuJ8 30 K'naan - Wavin' Flag (NEW ENTRY) wr-fE1jgkMY 31 Plan B - Prayin' (4wks 38-34-34-31) 32 Glee - Dream On (2wks 20-32) 33 Blur - Fool's Day (6wks 29-16-21-26-33-33) 34 Band Of Horses - Compliments (6wks 31-22-16-15-21-34) 35 Kylie Minogue - All The Lovers (3wks 40-36-35) 36 Tom Dice - Me and My Guitar (NEW ENTRY) zcwr9s1Wce4 37 David Byrne & Fatboy Slim ft Florence Welch - Here Lies Love (7wks 1-1-3-12-19-31-37) 38 Eva Rivas - Apricot Stone (NEW ENTRY) c8dvxUv3XyY 39 Hera Bjork - Je Ne Sais Quoi (NEW ENTRY) XB8V0fjDuog 40 Chanée & N'Evergreen - In A Moment Like This (NEW ENTRY) bPzXy-iHVgA DROP OUTS: Glee - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (3wks 3-3-23) M.I.A. - Born Free (3wks 9-11-24) Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart (8wks 4-3-DSQx13wks-2-2-4-10-16-25) Keane ft K'naan - Stop For A Minute (7wks 26-5-3-5-15-20-29) Lissie - In Sleep (8wks 34-11-7-4-9-17-24-32) Pipettes - Stop The Music (12wks 3-3-8-5-3-2-3-6-12-20-27-35) Ella Chi - Cuz He Loved Me (3wks 35-31-38) Dubstar - I'm In Love With A German Filmstar (4wks 20-23-29-39) Crystal Castles - Celestica (4wks 21-24-33-40) My Personal #1s of the last 12 months: May 26 - Jun 09 Royksopp ft Robyn - The Girl & The Robot (+ 2 Wks) Jun 10 - Jul 07 Tinchy Stryder ft Amelle Berrabah - Never Leave You (4 Wks) Jul 08 - Jul 21 Lily Allen - F$%* @#u (2 Wks) Jul 22 - Aug 05 Rose Elinor Dougall & the Distractions - Start/Stop/Synchro (2 Wks) Aug 06 - Aug 19 Radiohead - Harry Patch (In Memory of) (2 Wks) Aug 20 - Sep 09 Metric - Gimme Sympathy (3 Wks) Sep 10 - Sep 30 Robbie Williams - Bodies (3 Wks) Oct 01 - Oct 21 Ladyhawke - Magic (3 Wks) Oct 22 - Nov 10 Marina & The Diamonds - Mowgli's Road (3 Wks) Nov 11 - Dec 29 Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (7 Wks) Dec 30 - Jan 19 Marina & The Diamonds - Hollywood (3 Wks) Jan 20 - Feb 09 Goldfrapp - Rocket (3 Wks) Feb 10 - Mar 02 Gabriella Cilmi - On A Mission (3 Wks) Mar 03 - Mar 16 Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company (2 Wks) Mar 17 - Mar 23 Kelis - Acapella (1 Wk) Mar 24 - Apr 13 Robyn - Fembots (3 Wks) Apr 14 - Apr 27 David Byrne & Fatboy Slim ft Florence Welch - Here Lies Love (2 Wks) Apr 28 - ?????? Katie Melua - The Flood (5 Wks)

I just don't understand the UK's (& the BBC's) attitude to the contest. With the exception of last year we have sent crap performed by has been's/never will be's in recent years to the contest, yet we arrogantly expect to do well (see Pete Waterman's Radio 2 interview today). The only year we did not do that recently was last year, and hey presto we got a decent result (for once!). It's hardly rocket science is it? I mean we don't send a pub team to represent England in the Football World Cup; yet that is exactly how we treat the ESC, and little wonder the rest of Europe is bemused by our arrogance. In my view either the UK should take the contest seriously, as most of Europe do. Or we should withdraw from the contest. And this year turning down the offer of Dramatico Records to have the UK represented by an internationally successful recording artist with a song co-penned by the multi Ivor Novello award winning Guy Chambers; produced by the Grammy Award winning William Orbit & a video directed by the legend that is Kevin Godley just sums up the UK's attitude, throwing away a surefire Top 5 finish for a bottom 5 cert.

Remember, Betfair odds are more generous, as they are for the win only. Hence the outsiders odds are that much more exaggerated as they won't pay out for a 2nd, 3rd (or 4th) place.

Either, like me they are working out which 5 to nominate from a current shortlist of 11 tracks; or maybe they would prefer to jump on entering certain songs if they are still eligible in the contest.

I have voted. :lol:

Yes, but remember John Barrowman;'s comments on the night in 2007 Song For Europe when he adviced the public that Scooch's track would do better in the ESC than Cyndi's. :angry: (Barrowman .... shakes fist!) ... And how did Scooch's entry do in the real thing; and how did Cyndi's entry do in the runners up contest. :rolleyes: In short the BBC and the UK General public have an outdated concept of what the ESC is about today. Hence I would imagine most of the UK general public would have thought that (appalling) The Netherlands entry this year, that failed to qualify for the Final would be the perfect ESC entry.

Yep it is true, as confirmed last week by a twittering Graham Norton. After weeks earlier Katie Melua mentioned on Terry Wogan's Sunday Radio 2 show that she had offered to enter the UK at Eurovision. Hence why she (apparently) deliberately performed the "Eurovision edit" (removing a minute & a verse) of The Flood on the Graham Norton chatshow. Let's face facts only a complete moron (or a corporation who thinks its a good idea to close its best radio station BBC Radio 6Music, and thinks Reggie Yates is doing a good job with the Radio 1 Chart show) could make such an idiotic decision to enter a dated nondescript Pete Waterman song over this co-penned Guy Chambers; produced by William Orbit track): XjuPe4xc2vY

Latest Betfair Odds after running order draw has been completed: Azerbaijan 11/4 Fav Germany 7/2 Armenia 6/1 Israel 11/1 Turkey 16/1 Denmark 18/1 Greece 28/1 Belgium 33/1 Ireland 50/1 Georgia 50/1 Iceland 50/1 Romania 50/1 Norway 60/1 Serbia 80/1 France 100/1 Ukraine 100/1 Spain 125/1 Cyprus 125/1 Albania 150/1 Russia 150/1 Moldova 250/1 Portugal 300/1 United Kingdom 400/1 Belarus 500/1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 600/1

Latest Betfair Odds after Semi Final 2 & the shock removal of Sweden & Croatia: Azerbaijan 7/4 Fav Germany 7/2 Armenia 8/1 Turkey 12/1 Israel 14/1 Denmark 25/1 Ireland 33/1 Belgium 33/1 Georgia 33/1 Greece 36/1 Iceland 40/1 Norway 40/1 Romania 60/1 France 75/1 Ukraine 75/1 Serbia 75/1 Moldova 100/1 Cyprus 100/1 Spain 125/1 Albania 150/1 Russia 175/1 Portugal 200/1 United Kingdom 300/1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 300/1 Belarus 400/1

8 out of 10 (16 out of 20) I'm shocked Sweden have been KO'd.

4 out of 4 (or 12/14)

My rankings: 1st Azerbaijan 2nd Armenia 3rd Georgia 4th Sweden 5th Denmark * 6th Turkey 7th Romania 8th Croatia 9th Israel 10th Ukraine * ------------------------- 11th Ireland * 12th Cyprus 13th Switzerland 14th Bulgaria 15th Lithuania 16th The Netherlands 17th Slovenia Predictions: The 8 in my Top 10 not with an asterix against I think will qualify, the three with an asterix against will battle it out for the two remaining spots. But for the sake of my prediction I'll go for Ireland to just miss out.

17. Turkey // maNga "We Could Be the Same" A Turkish version of Muse rock out. This is not a bad thing at all. Neither is this tuneage. 8.0/10

16. Georgia // Sopho Nizharadze "Shine" And the entry most influenced by Kate Bush is ........ A very impressive vocal performance to keep in key that well when being moved around like that. 9.0/10

15. Croatia // Feminnem "Lako je sve" Now this is more like a power ballad. Three attractive females belt out a moody but very impressive tune. 8.0/10