Eurovision Rewatch: Baku 2012 (2000 BST, 16 Oct)

[Madisön]

Yay - it’s Jonsi!

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

Now this is fantastic. The evening is getting started.

 

[Madisön]

Greta and Jonsi walk into a bar. Bartender asks, why the long faces?

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

The poor woman does have a certain ‘grinning skull’ look about her.

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

Love this, even if it is a bit 'romantic drama starring Jake Shears as an undertaker attempting to seduce a corpse'

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

75 United Kingdom
55 Hungary
93 Albania
71 Lithuania
67 Bosnia & Herzegovina
86 Russia
87 Iceland

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

OMG now this is some HOT FUCKING SHIT

 

[Poor SertAg (39)]

65378 Cyprus

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

A perf concept that truly STOOD ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS (Kayo - Innan natten är över)

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

HEY! HEY! HEYY!!!!!!! !!!

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

75 United Kingdom
55 Hungary
93 Albania
71 Lithuania
67 Bosnia & Herzegovina
86 Russia
87 Iceland
98 Cyprus

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

I think we may have been interrupted by a Marks and Spencer advert.

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

God this really was SMOTHERED AT BIRTH going straight after Cyprus

 

[Madisön]

12,000,000 France

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

God this really was SMOTHERED AT BIRTH going straight after Cyprus

She’ll certainly be smothered upon returning to France once they realise there were English lyrics. Tom Leeb had a narrow escape.

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

I love that it just keeps trying to do anything else it can out of desperation for the last minute or so. Like France decided to enter Illusion again

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

75 United Kingdom
55 Hungary
93 Albania
71 Lithuania
67 Bosnia & Herzegovina
86 Russia
87 Iceland
98 Cyprus
78 France

 

[Madisön]

If Anggun had a pile of books, you’d all be all over it.

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

If Anggun had a pile of books, you’d all be all over it.

It's not like she chose LOOKS!

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

In retrospect, what an out of character concession to populism of Italy to go English language for once

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

I’m sure we have spoken to Italy about sending women to Eurovision. Unless they’re Jalisse.

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

I’m sure we have spoken to Italy about sending women to Eurovision. Unless they’re Jalisse.

FUCK YOU!

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

75 United Kingdom
55 Hungary
93 Albania
71 Lithuania
67 Bosnia & Herzegovina
86 Russia
87 Iceland
98 Cyprus
78 France
82 Italy

 

[Madisön]

Baku is basically a posh version of Blackpool it looks like.

 

[Madisön]

Bring on the bulge

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

Baku is basically a posh version of Blackpool it looks like.

Blackpool has less oil. Unless you count the stuff that has been rubbed into all the hen do’s.

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

Obviously you'd be delighted of a night in with him but frankly I've NEVER BEEN FUSSED on the track itself

75 United Kingdom
55 Hungary
93 Albania
71 Lithuania
67 Bosnia & Herzegovina
86 Russia
87 Iceland
98 Cyprus
78 France
82 Italy
58 Estonia

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

LOVE this mincing nonsense

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

Imagine if Tooji could sing and hadn’t done all those poppers the night before the contest.

 

[Poor SertAg (39)]

Love this sorely underrated Norwegian banger.

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

I love how all of us were confidently predicting top 5 for this during MGP that year. If only we'd known what awaited...

Really, you can only fight ARTPOP WITH ARTPOP

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

75 United Kingdom
55 Hungary
93 Albania
71 Lithuania
67 Bosnia & Herzegovina
86 Russia
87 Iceland
98 Cyprus
78 France
82 Italy
58 Estonia
80 Norway

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

I have no recollection of this EXCRUCIATING interview with Uncle Bert.

 

[Poor SertAg (39)]

The arena really has all the energy of a power cut in a blizzard.

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

The arena really has all the energy of a power cut in a blizzard.

It's either midnight or 1am there at the point we're at now. Ludicrous to have it hosted there with no change at all in the standard timing...

Also it gets WORSE

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

OH it's about HAVING A MISCARRIAGE

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

75 United Kingdom
55 Hungary
93 Albania
71 Lithuania
67 Bosnia & Herzegovina
86 Russia
87 Iceland
98 Cyprus
78 France
82 Italy
58 Estonia
80 Norway
53 Azerbaijan

 

[Poor SertAg (39)]

It's either midnight or 1am there at the point we're at now. Ludicrous to have it hosted there with no change at all in the standard timing...

Also it gets WORSE

They start going home during the rather limp results reveal.

 

[Penelope Will Rave]

Really there is absolutely no reason Spain couldn't be sending something like this every year.

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

I would love to have a serious conversation with the Danish costume designer.