Eurovision 2006: HD REWATCH (31/07)

[VoR]

So they're doing 2006 again on Saturday, but in HD quality for the first time ever. I bet Carola can't WAIT

 

[Dark Carnival]

I think I’ll never watch 2006, busy again

 

[Marina Salty]

This could mean that we'll get to see Kate Ryan without that technician's feet shot.

 

[D5K]

This could mean that we'll get to see Kate Ryan without that technician's feet shot.

I assume it's only the final

 

[win_the_game]

Apart from Carola and a few others, 2006 was a mediocre year.

 

[D5K]

Apart from Carola and a few others, 2006 was a mediocre year.

It was my first full-on looning year so I remember it mega-fondly.

 

[Soldi]

I don’t have any plans for Saturday so I might join for this.

I have 2006 down as quite a good year in my books. The nice Norwegian lady, Las Ketchup flopping, Texas Lightning, that Bosnian one, Anna Vissi, Tina Karol, SEVERINA and the ugly fucking bitch from Sweden is MORE than enough to drag it out of the poor category.

Not to mention an early appearance of the one and only as well as the likes of Belgium, Iceland and Estonia that didn’t get through.

 

[win_the_game]

Loca and Un Blodymary (studio version obvs) aside, the opening run was DREADFUL.

 

[Soldi]

And that’s why you get drunk before the show starts

 

[Beverley]

I live for messy 2006

 

[Apoca]

Hope Europe won't vote for some UGLY PEOPLE frrrrrom FINLAND that don't even have a rrrreal make up artist

 

[AGinAg (37)]

No one watching then?

 

[ZenGiraffe]

We have it on with a group of my straight friends. No idea how we've got away with it

 

[lolly]

I asked Mr L but he wasn't up for it. Secretly relieved.

 

[win_the_game]

Forgot all about it with the Olympics on.

 

[Apoca]

My God, Tornero still SLAPS.

And I woooonder why I didn't kno-o-o-o-o-OOOOOOW

 

[Soldi]

It’s officially the first moopy poster to take to the Eurovision stage

Come ‘ome @dazsampson

 

[Apoca]

Me, figuring out how old @Soldi was in 2006:

 

[Apoca]

"Show Me Your Love" surely was one of the biggest glow-ups from studio to live EVER.

A turd on record I'd NEVER listen to but she sold the FUCK out of it on stage.

"TALK TO MY CAR
VISPER MY NAME"

 

[Soldi]

AFRIKA PAPRIKA

 

[Apoca]

AFRIKA PAPRIKA

Iconic.

 

[Soldi]

And here comes UNA HEALY!

 

[Soldi]

Now it’s in HD we’ll be able to see Carola lobbing a plant pot into the audience again.

 

[Penelope]

YELLING at this gayed up old mess from Turkey! Like cutey of the evening delivered by a 37 year old trans woman

 

[Apoca]

You FEEL ME baby

A delightful mess.

 

[Penelope]

OMG at this half-arsed dance routine from Armenia!

 

[Apoca]

Still bitter over some of these AMATEURS making it to the finals over our SILV.

She's much better than all of the other Eurotrash NATIONS

 

[Soldi]

12 Greece
10 Bosnia & Herzegovina
08 Romania
07 Croatia
06 Finland
05 Norway
04 Ukraine
03 Sweden
02 Germany
01 Turkey

 

[Soldi]

It’s actually quite a good year once you get past that first four that make you want to jump into the bath with a toaster.

 

[Apoca]

It’s actually quite a good year once you get past that first four that make you want to jump into the bath with a toaster.

Not even a POCO for LOCO???

 

[Soldi]

Not even a POCO for LOCO???

It was DREADFUL

 

[Apoca]

12 Bosnia & Herzegovina
10 Croatia
08 Romania
07 Norway
06 Finland
05 Ukraine
04 Sweden
03 Greece
02 Germany
01 Russia

Really good bunch of songs, though this is more based on performances on the night.

 

[Soldi]

I think I’ll watch Helena perform Mambo then CALL IT A NIGHT considering the voting was on the dull side.

 

[lolly]

Can a @Moderator at least split the thread when it's done? It's going to make me twitch having this one lost otherwise.

 

[Penelope]

OMG OMG OMG HELENA

Simply MUST blast my breasts off to the Game of Love album again some time soon

 

[Apoca]

Shook my life and HIT ME LIKE A DRUM!

A bop.

 

[Penelope]

The Twitter fandom seems weirdly obsessed by the idea that 2006 was a uniquely terrible year? Have these foetuses even SEEN 2001/2011?!

 

[Soldi]

The Twitter fandom is FULL OF PAEDOS so I wouldn’t bother caring about what THEY think

 

[Apoca]

The Twitter fandom seems weirdly obsessed by the idea that 2006 was a uniquely terrible year? Have these foetuses even SEEN 2001/2011?!

UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS

 

[VoR]

It wouldn't make a list of my personal favourites, but I think Lordi are one of the most important winners of the 21st century in terms of giving the Contest a shot of pop culture relevance at a point when it was getting increasingly fringe-y.