I did not even watch but I can tell you this is the most boring winner since that song Running Scared from Azerbaijan or whatever. One of the worst winners of this century. Nice song but still... Compared to Euphoria it does not even come close
The most boring song since Running Scared? Basically, 2 years ago.
Its a good winner. But I did not like the arrogance from the Denmark delegation. Sweden was much more humble last year. Glad my favorites got respectable positions though! (Moldova 11 even with a bad starting position and Ukraine 3)
It's decent and kinda catchy. I'm not saying it's bad. None of the winning songs are bad. I mean, Euphoria will be remembered as one of the greatest and most iconic winners. This song's FIYAH. So is, well, Wild Dances by that girl with wolves That was incredible. This year's winner is good but boring and forgettable compared to some previous winners. I'm sure had she competed last year she wouldn't have made it to top3 or maybe even top5.
do u remember this 'iconic' song and performance that won?
It would be fun if a competition for 2nd placers from Europe was held, but very unnecessary and messy
The Eurovision fan club (OGAE) has a Second Chance Final with songs, usually placing second, being selected and voting amongst the fan clubs. I trust "Bombo" will win in a landslide this year.
And AnneBoleyn, we don't acknowledge Estonia's win in 2001 (over Greece and France) or Latvia's useless win in 2002 (over France and the UK (the year before they got nul points and started crying constantly))
And AnneBoleyn, we don't acknowledge Estonia's win in 2001 (over Greece and France) or Latvia's useless win in 2002 (over France and the UK (the year before they got nul points and started crying constantly))
I don't remember France and Greece or UK from those years
but those two wins are the worst winners of Eurovision since I started watching regularly
Russians buying Lithuanian votes before Eurovision final
A concerned reader has reported to the Lithuanian news portal DELFI that he was approached by a man who offered him money in exchange for votes for Russia in the Eurovision final.
Allegedly the man was approached by two Russian speaking men when sitting with friends next to the White Bridge in Vilnius. The reader named Mindaugas, said in his letter to DELFI that the two strangers offered him and his friends 20 EUR each if they would send some SMS from their mobile phones using SIM cards provided by the two men. They then learned that those SMS would be votes for the Russian representative in the Eurovision final – Dina Garipova.
The Russian speaking men suggested him to gather a group of ten people and meet later at the same place. However the vote buyers did not show up at the given time. Never the less, Mindaugas managed to get in touch with them by the phone. The Russian buyer instructed him to gather a group of ten people and each of them should have five mobile phones. Once he had gathered the group he should call to arrange when and where to meet. They would all receive 20 EUR each for sending the SMSes. The person who organized the group would be rewarded with 50 EUR.
The reader of DELFI suggested two possible reasons behind this. First of all, Russia, simply, wants to get a better position in the Eurovision finals. The second reason, Russia would like to show that its influence in the former Soviet Union is still very strong.
The recorded telephone conversation between DELFI readers and the vote buyers could be found on the bottom of the original article.