Hee, I love the word "Mockney" - I was watching the German broadcast and the commentator was expecting points from the UK because of the accent - I believe there were none. ;)
And rightly so! No matter how bad we were, which was pretty bad, that song was just awful. Some people suggested to me that Germany got the most votes because they're financially holding Europe together!
I thought your post about the block voting was bang on, I don't think it's too much of an issue now. Predictable as it is, I can't blame countries with large immigrant populations (ie many Turks in Germany) or neighbours with close cultural ties for voting for each other. It is a shame that it's not always the best song that wins, but hey, there's not much quality to choose from these days!
I think us Brits do get uptight about it because we have such a successful history, but no country has any more right than the other to win it. I always find it a good night, anyway.
Haha, I've heard that one too, first saw it during the televote on the Facebook live feed, lol. I guess it's since Germany can't be blamed to be a Balkan state or ex-USSR (well, not all of it, I guess. Wonder if anyone's gone there yet?:D..). There has to be something!!!11 ;) Personally I don't mind the song - I don't think it was the best, but it's sort of amusing. And irritating as well, for that matter... (I might just be jaded, being from the country that sent and won with bloody monsters. Every other time when something resembling normal music has been sent, it's been shot down flat. Personally I much prefer the ethno of this year, but it's not what I'd call marketable
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I thought your post about the block voting was bang on, I don't think it's too much of an issue now. Predictable as it is, I can't blame countries with large immigrant populations (ie many Turks in Germany) or neighbours with close cultural ties for voting for each other. It is a shame that it's not always the best song that wins, but hey, there's not much quality to choose from these days!
I think us Brits do get uptight about it because we have such a successful history, but no country has any more right than the other to win it. I always find it a good night, anyway.
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