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Moonliner
06-02-2010, 08:14 AM
Wow.

I thought American Idol is the biggest talent show around but apparently not.
At it's best Idol averaged 30 Million viewers. That's small potatoes next to the 125 Million that watch the:

The Eurovision Song Contest. (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127221353)

Look at who votes (http://www.eurovision.tv/event/scoreboard?event=1493) on this one.

The 2010 votes are in and the winner is: Lena from Germany singing Satellite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QSgNM9yNjo)
She painted her toenails for you!
sleepyjeff
06-02-2010, 01:50 PM
I find it interesting that 25 of the 45 past winning songs were sung in English.
mousepod
06-02-2010, 01:58 PM
I find it interesting that 25 of the 45 past winning songs were sung in English.

Although lots of nonsense words.

Check out this classic parody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEPFKy8Yqm0).
flippyshark
06-02-2010, 03:20 PM
Neil Innes should win a lifetime Eurovision prize for that one.
sleepyjeff
06-02-2010, 07:15 PM
Although lots of nonsense words.

Check out this classic parody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEPFKy8Yqm0).

:snap: :snap: :snap:
Morrigoon
06-02-2010, 11:13 PM
Michael Ball was a Eurovision Song Contest winner. Became a pop and theatrical sensation.
€uroMeinke
06-02-2010, 11:35 PM
Not to mention Abba
sleepyjeff
06-03-2010, 03:22 PM
Did they win it for Waterloo, Dancing Queen, Mama Mia, or, um, don't make me name them all;)
SzczerbiakManiac
06-03-2010, 03:48 PM
Waterloo
sleepyjeff
06-04-2010, 10:42 AM
^Thank you, one of my favorite AbbA songs:)
Moonliner
06-04-2010, 02:11 PM
I knew that ABBA rose to fame after winning some contest.... I never put it together with Eurovision contest.

Which of course made me wonder, how many other super groups/singers came from the contest. So I looked up all the winners. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contest_winners)

Out of all the winners since 1956 I'd only heard of three: Abba, Katrina and the Waves and Céline Dion. It should have been at least four, how Lordi never reached super star household name status I'll never know. Rock on dudes! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98VbZQsgme4)
flippyshark
06-04-2010, 02:21 PM
I was familiar with those, as well as Lulu and Bucks Fizz.