AMBUSH REWATCH: Riga 2003 (Sat 23 Oct, 20:00 BST)

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

This is absolutely incredible I don’t care what anybody says but this is the winner

 

[Kratz]

LEH'HALA LEH'HALA!

COME ON GIRLS YOU KNOW THE WORDS

Still love it. It has aged well!

 

[Penelope]

93 Iceland
14 Austria
65 Ireland
96 Turkey
32 Malta
69 Bosnia
82 Portugal
91 Croatia
05 Cyprus
99 Germany
87 Russia
100 Spain
07 Israel
67 Netherlands
50 United Kingdom
60 Ukraine
90 Greece
34 Norway
100 France
11 Poland
70 Latvia
98 Belgium

 

[Penelope]

TEN TO ONE?!

 

[Kratz]

Wogan really didn’t have a clue about what was going to do well, did he?

 

[Kratz]

Iceland - 95
Austria - 30
Ireland - 55
Turkey - 85
Malta - 56
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 80
Portugal - 60
Croatia - 95
Cyprus - 65
Germany - 99
Russia - 80
Spain - 50
Israel - 15
Netherlands - 90
United Kingdom - 40
Ukraine - 66
Greece - 62
Norway - 82
France - 20
Poland - 00
Latvia - 09
Belgium - 90

 

[Madíson]

69 Iceland
19 Austria
29 Ireland
76 Turkey
09 Malta
54 Bosnia & Herzegovina
16 Portugal
64 Croatia
35 Cyprus
57 Germany
61 Russia
74 Spain
04 Israel
62 Netherlands
00 United Kingdom
18 Ukraine
11 Greece
38 Norway
52 France
58 Poland
20 Latvia
59 Belgium

 

[Suomi]

Sanomi reminds me of my first ancestor, Blanche

 

[Saltwater]

The Sanomi language sounds almost identical to Treble's Amambanda

 

[Kratz]

What was even 80s about this?

 

[Suomi]

99 Iceland
69 Austria
-1 Ireland our deliveroo order was wrong and this was the soundtrack
99 Turkey
99 Malta
98 Portugal bad memories from an unfair conviction
100 Croatia
Not recognised Cyprus
50 Germany she knows why not going into it here
100 Russia - Struggled to stop laughing and crying it was so so so good
100 Spain - I can’t breathe and nor can she but my god
60 Israel
50 Netherlands
45 UK Not too bad…nice and mellow…love club music
90 Ukraine
91 Greece
00 Norway
30 Poland
25 Latvia
89 Belgium
70 Estonia

 

[D5K]

What was even 80s about this?

I was just wondering exactly that

 

[Penelope]

What was even 80s about this?

It reminds me a lot of the Hungerford Massacre to be fair

 

[D5K]

As a side note I do love a good swoopy stage

 

[Kratz]

Iceland - 95
Austria - 30
Ireland - 55
Turkey - 85
Malta - 56
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 80
Portugal - 60
Croatia - 95
Cyprus - 65
Germany - 99
Russia - 80
Spain - 50
Israel - 15
Netherlands - 90
United Kingdom - 40
Ukraine - 66
Greece - 62
Norway - 82
France - 20
Poland - 00
Latvia - 09
Belgium - 90
Estonia - 00

 

[Madíson]

69 Iceland
19 Austria
29 Ireland
76 Turkey
09 Malta
54 Bosnia & Herzegovina
16 Portugal
67 Croatia
35 Cyprus
57 Germany
61 Russia
74 Spain
04 Israel
65 Netherlands
00 United Kingdom
18 Ukraine
11 Greece
38 Norway
52 France
58 Poland
20 Latvia
59 Belgium
63 Estonia

 

[Penelope]

JAWDROPPING music!

 

[D5K]

Hang on I’ve seen this contest so many times and am only now noticing the records are in the Romanian flag colours?!!!

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Estonia

 

[HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid]

why sing from the diaphragm when you can force all the air through your nose

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

I mean how could the go from SAHLENE to that cold pointless 3 minutes.

 

[D5K]

The choreo really does make no sense

 

[Penelope]

I really HAVE never known what the France are for!

 

[Kratz]

Romania should have ploughed this genre more

 

[Penelope]

The choreo really does make no sense

It's been done to match the enunciation

 

[D5K]

Why is the DJ sitting on the floor?!

 

[Kratz]

Iceland - 95
Austria - 30
Ireland - 55
Turkey - 85
Malta - 56
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 80
Portugal - 60
Croatia - 95
Cyprus - 65
Germany - 99
Russia - 80
Spain - 50
Israel - 15
Netherlands - 90
United Kingdom - 40
Ukraine - 66
Greece - 62
Norway - 82
France - 20
Poland - 00
Latvia - 09
Belgium - 90
Estonia - 00
Romania - 72

 

[Penelope]

I actually don't know if something this forward-thinking can win the Eurovision Song Contest

 

[Saltwater]

A masterpiece.

 

[Penelope]

93 Iceland
14 Austria
65 Ireland
96 Turkey
32 Malta
69 Bosnia
82 Portugal
91 Croatia
05 Cyprus
99 Germany
87 Russia
100 Spain
07 Israel
67 Netherlands
50 United Kingdom
60 Ukraine
90 Greece
34 Norway
100 France
11 Poland
70 Latvia
98 Belgium
00 Estonia
100 Romania

 

[ButterTart]

I wasn’t here for this but I’d just like to say Iceland 2003 is the absolute tits and whoever won is essentially a thief.

 

[Madíson]

69 Iceland
19 Austria
29 Ireland
76 Turkey
09 Malta
54 Bosnia & Herzegovina
16 Portugal
67 Croatia
35 Cyprus
57 Germany
61 Russia
74 Spain
04 Israel
65 Netherlands
00 United Kingdom
18 Ukraine
11 Greece
38 Norway
52 France
58 Poland
20 Latvia
59 Belgium
63 Estonia
64 Romania

 

[Suomi]

I actually don't know if something this forward-thinking can win the Eurovision Song Contest

As I tell my students during Friday’s Eurovision Studies, at the time it sounded like nothing else before

 

[Kratz]

So Fame are really responsible for properly re-igniting my love of Eurovision. I thought this was EVERYTHING on the night.

 

[Suomi]

99 Iceland
69 Austria
-1 Ireland our deliveroo order was wrong and this was the soundtrack
99 Turkey
99 Malta
98 Portugal bad memories from an unfair conviction
100 Croatia
Not recognised Cyprus
50 Germany she knows why not going into it here
100 Russia - Struggled to stop laughing and crying it was so so so good
100 Spain - I can’t breathe and nor can she but my god
60 Israel
50 Netherlands
45 UK Not too bad…nice and mellow…love club music
90 Ukraine
91 Greece
00 Norway
30 Poland
25 Latvia
89 Belgium
70 Estonia
100 Romanian- Statements (no spelling)

 

[D5K]

So Fame are really responsible for properly re-igniting my love of Eurovision. I thought this was EVERYTHING on the night.

I’m the opposite; for me it was underwhelming by the standards I’d come to expect from Sweden.

 

[Penelope]

Jessica inventing six booms into a key change - only ever repeated after by Vågar du vågar jag!!!

 

[D5K]

Of course now I appreciate it more. And only tonight am I seeing how Kalla Natter is a direct descendant

 

[Penelope]

93 Iceland
14 Austria
65 Ireland
96 Turkey
32 Malta
69 Bosnia
82 Portugal
91 Croatia
05 Cyprus
99 Germany
87 Russia
100 Spain
07 Israel
67 Netherlands
50 United Kingdom
60 Ukraine
90 Greece
34 Norway
100 France
11 Poland
70 Latvia
98 Belgium
00 Estonia
100 Romania
80 Sweden

 

[Madíson]

69 Iceland
19 Austria
29 Ireland
76 Turkey
09 Malta
54 Bosnia & Herzegovina
16 Portugal
67 Croatia
35 Cyprus
57 Germany
61 Russia
74 Spain
04 Israel
66 Netherlands
00 United Kingdom
18 Ukraine
11 Greece
38 Norway
52 France
58 Poland
20 Latvia
59 Belgium
63 Estonia
64 Romania
65 Sweden