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Eurovision Song Contest 2008


This is a page about the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Its offical home-page is www.eurovision.tv and this page is for Elfpackers to babble about it. For the first time all the videos are available on the home-page (some were available last year, but some bastards tried to get their videos removed from YouTube all the time).

There is an official YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/eurovision

If you have a bittorrent client, download all the songs with <URI:stuff/esc2008.torrent> (See filesharing for some help!)

Eh, what is Eurovision Song Contest?


See Eurovision Song Contest or the previous year Eurovision Song Contest 2007.


The songs


If you just want to see the high-lights, take a quick look at ESC WTF! 2008.

Score


#1 ESC Russia 2008 272 points
#2 ESC Ukraine 2008 230 points
#3 ESC Greece 2008 218 points
See:
ESC final score 2008
<URI:_ESCfinal-votes2008>
<URI:_ESCsemifinal1-votes2008>
<URI:_ESCsemifinal2-votes2008>

Ready for final:

UK, Spain, Germany and France, and the host country Serbia will be in the final. Then the 9 first songs from each of the semifinals and then one song selected by a jury. The final is on Saturday the 2008-05-24 (21:00 o'clock CET, 19:00 UTC, Elfpack time).



ESC France 2008 Divine (A well dressed hippie...)
ESC Germany 2008 Disappear (Spicegirls, but bad... )
ESC Spain 2008 Baila El Chiki Chiki (Latino-rap or what the fuck is it?)
ESC United Kingdom 2008 Even if (Catchy café-song)
ESC Serbia 2008 Oro (Sob, sob, sob... Sad ballad.)

Made it to the final from semifinal 1:
ESC Greece 2008 Secret Combination (Pop-lady)
ESC Romania 2008 Pe-o Margine De Lume (Romantic song in Italian (and Romanian))
ESC Bosnia & Herzegovina 2008 Pokušaj (Strange stuff for Bosnian kids)
ESC Finland 2008 Missä Miehet Ratsastaa (Finnish metal)
ESC Russia 2008 Believe (Boy singing for small horny girls...)
ESC Israel 2008 The Fire In Your Eyes (Guy singing boring ballad)
ESC Azerbaijan 2008 Day after Day New country! (Angels and stuff. Pure madness in a great way.)
ESC Armenia 2008 Qele, Qele (Girl screaming about that she want to be touched.)
ESC Poland 2008 For Life (Girl singing boring ballad.)
ESC Norway 2008 Hold on Be Strong (Girl singing standard Eurovision pop well. )

Made it to the final from semifinal 2:

ESC Iceland 2008 This Is My Life (Yea, it's your disco life?)
ESC Sweden 2008 Hero (Little lady singing Abba yet again.)
ESC Turkey 2008 Deli (Slow rock in Gibberish)
ESC Ukraine 2008 Shady Lady (Hard beat sexy song.)
ESC Albania 2008 Zemrën E Lamë Peng (Confused girl singing boring ballad.)
ESC Latvia 2008 Wolves Of The Sea (Pirates rule the dance floor!)
ESC Croatia 2008 Romanca (Old man rapping.) 
ESC Denmark 2008 All Night Long (Young Dane trying to look like the 50s.)
ESC Georgia 2008 Peace Will Come (An odd interesting song again.)
ESC Portugal 2008 Senhora Do Mar (Negras Águas) (Fat lady singing an incredibly boring song.)

Final order:

#1 ESC Romania 2008 Pe-o Margine De Lume (Romantic song in Italian (and Romanian))
#2 ESC United Kingdom 2008 Even if (Catchy café-song)
#3 ESC Albania 2008 Zemrën E Lamë Peng (Confused girl singing boring ballad.)
#4 ESC Germany 2008 Disappear (Spicegirls, but bad... )
#5 ESC Armenia 2008 Qele, Qele (Girl screaming about that she want to be touched.)
#6 ESC Bosnia & Herzegovina 2008 Pokušaj (Strange stuff for Bosnian kids)
#7 ESC Israel 2008 The Fire In Your Eyes (Guy singing boring ballad)
#8 ESC Finland 2008 Missä Miehet Ratsastaa (Finnish metal)
#9 ESC Croatia 2008 Romanca (Old man rapping.) 
#10 ESC Poland 2008 For Life (Girl singing boring ballad.)
#11 ESC Iceland 2008 This Is My Life (Yea, it's your disco life?)
#12 ESC Turkey 2008 Deli (Slow rock in Gibberish)
#13 ESC Portugal 2008 Senhora Do Mar (Negras Águas) (Fat lady singing an incredibly boring song.)
#14 ESC Latvia 2008 Wolves Of The Sea (Pirates rule the dance floor!)
#15 ESC Sweden 2008 Hero (Little lady singing Abba yet again.)
#16 ESC Denmark 2008 All Night Long (Young Dane trying to look like the 50s.)
#17 ESC Georgia 2008 Peace Will Come (An odd interesting song again.)
#18 ESC Ukraine 2008 Shady Lady (Hard beat sexy song.)
#19 ESC France 2008 Divine (A well dressed hippie...)
#20 ESC Azerbaijan 2008 Day after Day (Angels and stuff. Pure madness in a great way.)
#21 ESC Greece 2008 Secret Combination (Pop-lady)
#22 ESC Spain 2008 Baila El Chiki Chiki (Latino-rap or what the fuck is it?)
#23 ESC Serbia 2008 Oro (Sob, sob, sob... Sad ballad.)
#24 ESC Russia 2008 Believe (Boy singing for small horny girls...)
#25 ESC Norway 2008 Hold on Be Strong (Girl singing standard Eurovision pop well. )







Semifinal 1 (9 of these countries will go to the final). The semifinal is on Tuesday the 2008-05-20 (21:00 o'clock CET, 19:00 UTC, Elfpack time).

ESC Montenegro 2008 Zauvijek Volim Te (Yugoslavian rock)
ESC Israel 2008 The Fire In Your Eyes (Guy singing boring ballad)
ESC Estonia 2008 Leto Svet (Crazy singing and flag waving)
ESC Moldova 2008 A Century of Love (Some mumbling soft song.)
ESC San Marino 2008 Complice New country! (Hate myself rock.)
ESC Belgium 2008 O Julissi (Ridiculous made-up language singing.)
ESC Azerbaijan 2008 Day after Day New country! (Angels and stuff. Pure madness in a great way.)
ESC Slovenia 2008 Vrag Naj Vzame (Half-fast pop, girl being sexy in her home-made clothes. )
ESC Norway 2008 Hold on Be Strong (Girl singing standard Eurovision pop well. )
ESC Poland 2008 For Life (Girl singing boring ballad.)
ESC Ireland 2008 Ireland Douze Pointe (Shoot the damn Turkey!)
ESC Andorra 2008 Casanova (Happy disco about Casanova. )
ESC Bosnia & Herzegovina 2008 Pokušaj (Strange stuff for Bosnian kids)
ESC Armenia 2008 Qele, Qele (Girl screaming about that she want to be touched.)
ESC the Netherlands 2008 Your Heart Belongs To Me (A little oriental pop)
ESC Finland 2008 Missä Miehet Ratsastaa (Finnish metal)
ESC Romania 2008 Pe-o Margine De Lume (Romantic song in Italian (and Romanian))
ESC Russia 2008 Believe (Boy singing for small horny girls...)
ESC Greece 2008 Secret Combination (Pop-lady)


Semifinal 2 (9 of these countries will go to the final). The semifinal is on Thursday the 2008-05-22 (21:00 o'clock CET, 19:00 UTC, Elfpack time).

ESC Iceland 2008 This Is My Life (Yea, it's your disco life?)
ESC Sweden 2008 Hero (Little lady singing Abba yet again.)
ESC Turkey 2008 Deli (Slow rock in Gibberish)
ESC Ukraine 2008 Shady Lady (Hard beat sexy song.)
ESC Lithuania 2008 Nomads In The Night (Guy whining boring ballad.)
ESC Albania 2008 Zemrën E Lamë Peng (Confused girl singing boring ballad.)
ESC Switzerland 2008 Era Stupendo (Guy singing yet another boring ballad.)
ESC Czech Republic 2008 Have Some Fun (Girl singing about having fun, but apparently it's not sex she's thinking about.)
ESC Belarus 2008 Hasta La Vista (Disgusting guy trying awfully hard to be sexy.)
ESC Latvia 2008 Wolves Of The Sea (Pirates rule the dance floor!)
ESC Croatia 2008 Romanca (Old man rapping.) 
ESC Bulgaria 2008 DJ, Take Me Away (The title says it all.)
ESC Denmark 2008 All Night Long (Young Dane trying to look like the 50s.)
ESC Georgia 2008 Peace Will Come (An odd interesting song again.)
ESC Hungary 2008 Candlelight (Boring ballad)
ESC Malta 2008 Vodka (Vodka!)
ESC Cyprus 2008 Femme Fatale (Lady walking around and thinking she's sexiest in the world, but aren't.)
ESC FYR Macedonia 2008 Let Me Love You (Modern dance with heavy beat)
ESC Portugal 2008 Senhora Do Mar (Negras Águas) (Fat lady singing an incredibly boring song.)





ESC Austria 2008 doesn't seem to compete this year. And Italy (last seen 1997), Slovakia (last seen 1998), Morocco (seen only in 1980), Monaco (last seen 2006), Luxembourg (last seen 1993) and some other countries are not or have never been a part of the Eurovision.


Be nice... - NOT!


Be fair, but please don't spare us the insults towards the crappy artists! This is a good place to be disrespectful artists, entire cultures and let the competition devil take over you. This contest is made to keep that out of the rest of the society...

Something about the ESC Voting

864) What is your favourite song? (Administrator: [Hedda])

Number of voters: 7
* a) ESC France 2008 Divine
Number of votes: 1 (14%)

* b) ESC Germany 2008 Disappear
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* c) ESC Spain 2008 Baila El Chiki Chiki
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* d) ESC United Kingdom 2008 Even if
Number of votes: 2 (29%)

* e) ESC Serbia 2008 Oro
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* f) ESC Montenegro 2008 Zauvijek Volim Te
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* g) ESC Israel 2008 The Fire In Your Eyes
Number of votes: 1 (14%)

* h) ESC Estonia 2008 Leto Svet
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* i) ESC Moldova 2008 A Century of Love
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* j) ESC San Marino 2008 Complice
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* k) ESC Belgium 2008 O Julissi
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* l) ESC Azerbaijan 2008 Day after Day
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* m) ESC Slovenia 2008 Vrag Naj Vzame
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* n) ESC Norway 2008 Hold on Be Strong
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* o) ESC Poland 2008 For Life
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* p) ESC Ireland 2008 Ireland Douze Pointe
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* q) ESC Andorra 2008 Casanova
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* r) ESC Bosnia & Herzegovina 2008 Pokušaj
Number of votes: 1 (14%)

* s) ESC Armenia 2008 Qele, Qele
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* t) ESC the Netherlands 2008 Your Heart Belongs To Me
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* u) ESC Finland 2008 Missä Miehet Ratsastaa
Number of votes: 1 (14%)

* v) ESC Romania 2008 Pe-o Margine De Lume
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* w) ESC Russia 2008 Believe
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* x) ESC Greece 2008 Secret Combination
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* y) ESC Iceland 2008 This Is My Life
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* z) ESC Sweden 2008 Hero
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* A) ESC Turkey 2008 Deli
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* B) ESC Ukraine 2008 Shady Lady
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* C) ESC Lithuania 2008 Nomads In The Night
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* D) ESC Albania 2008 Zemrën E Lamë Peng
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* E) ESC Switzerland 2008 Era Stupendo
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* F) ESC Czech Republic 2008 Have Some Fun
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* G) ESC Belarus 2008 Hasta La Vista
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* H) ESC Latvia 2008 Wolves Of The Sea
Number of votes: 1 (14%)

* I) ESC Croatia 2008 Romanca
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* J) ESC Bulgaria 2008 DJ, Take Me Away
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* K) ESC Denmark 2008 All Night Long
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* L) ESC Georgia 2008 Peace Will Come
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* M) ESC Hungary 2008 Candlelight
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* N) ESC Malta 2008 Vodka
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* O) ESC Cyprus 2008 Femme Fatale
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* P) ESC FYR Macedonia 2008 Let Me Love You
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

* Q) ESC Portugal 2008 Senhora Do Mar (Negras Águas)
Number of votes: 0 (0%)



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2008-05-20 [Hedda]: <img:sing.gif> With a hay hay hoo and a hay hay hey!!! <img:http://elftown.eu/stuff/yurispirateemotionarr.png> <img:http://elftown.eu/img/mood/10305_1126060737.gif>

2008-05-20 [Hedda]: Both Israel and Ireland have won when the contest was held in their country, so it isn't that unlikely. Not as unlikely as if Portugal would win, for example... (It's the country that has competed the most and never won.)

2008-05-20 [Hedda]: First semi is on the way now. Moldavia singing... <img:mood15-gif.gif>

2008-05-20 [Hedda]: No Ireland in the final <img:mood9-gif.gif> I really hated that song, but it kind of grew on me. I like to want to shoot the turkey!

And no final for Andorra and their love to Casanova. Well, she can send me a message and merry me instead of that dead corpse! I love that hair and metallic thing on her head. It's a quite boring song, but I love the fact that it's totally braindead so that I can relax a little.

2008-05-20 [Hedda]: I'll update the final later, but everyone interested already know.

I would just love to see the next ESC in Azerbaijan! To send the entire "tjottaballong" there. ( "tjottaballong" is Eurovision Swedish for "the entire bunch/gang/everything").

2008-05-21 [Hedda]: I thought it was really strange that 10 song got into the final now. Apparently the 1 jury song was also added to this selection.

2008-05-21 [Hedda]: But that's just strange... What about the other semi-final? I must have misunderstood something!

2008-05-21 [Hedda]: <img:sing.gif> You know it! You want it! Send it to Azerbaijan!
<img:sing.gif> You know it! You want it! Send it to Azerbaijan!
<img:sing.gif> The angel! The devil! Send it to Azerbaijan!
<img:sing.gif> You know it! You want it! Send it to Azerbaijan!
<img:sing.gif> You know it! You want it! Send it to Azerbaijan!
<img:sing.gif> We want it in Azerbaijan!

2008-05-21 [Hedda]: Norwegians are known in Sweden for not being so smart. I hope they generally are smarter than the ones on Avis2:
http://www.avis2.no/bildeserie/1061&start=0#bilde

They correctly expected Norway, Poland, Armenia, Romania and Russia to go to the final, and wrongly San Marino (they have no one to vote for them and it was an unremarkable song), Belgium (No, it never works to send the same song again), Andorra (Too small country to get enough votes), Netherlands (Same song as Turkey won with, doesn't work!).

If they had rolled a die, it would have worked better. And they of course knew that Russia would go on, because they always get so many free votes regardless of what they send.

2008-05-21 [Hedda]: My guess for the second semi-final is:
ESC Iceland 2008 This Is My Life (Yea, it's your disco life?)
ESC Sweden 2008 Hero (Little lady singing Abba yet again.)
ESC Turkey 2008 Deli (Slow rock in Gibberish)
ESC Ukraine 2008 Shady Lady (Hard beat sexy song.)
ESC Albania 2008 Zemrën E Lamë Peng (Confused girl singing boring ballad.)
ESC Switzerland 2008 Era Stupendo (Guy singing yet another boring ballad.)
ESC Latvia 2008 Wolves Of The Sea (Pirates rule the dance floor!)
ESC Croatia 2008 Romanca (Old man rapping.) 
ESC Bulgaria 2008 DJ, Take Me Away (The title says it all.)
ESC Georgia 2008 Peace Will Come (An odd interesting song again.)

These might make it:
ESC Hungary 2008 Candlelight (Boring ballad)
ESC Malta 2008 Vodka (Vodka!)

2008-05-22 [Hedda]: OK, I was close:
Iceland, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Albania, Latvia, Croatia and Georgia were right.

Switzerland and Bulgaria didn't make it, and the horrible crap shit please kill it from Denmark and Portugal made it.

OK, nothing was bad with the Danish entry and I guess there hasn't been a song from the 50s in the ESC before, but... Come on!

Portugal had a great song and a great fat lady singing it, but how can anyone possible stay awake to this tune? Boring++!

2008-05-23 [Hedda]: The odds from www.svenskaspel.se
Russia: 3.5
Ukraine: 5
Sweden: 7
Greece: 7.5
Serbia: 8
Armenia: 9
Finland: 17
Bosnia: 18
Spain: 25
Norway: 25
Latvia: 30
Turkey: 30
Romania: 50
France: 50
Croatia: 50
Azerbaijan: 50
Iceland: 60
Albania: 75
Israel: 75
Denmark: 75
Georgia: 75
Portugal: 75
Germany: 100
Polen: 100
UK: 150

2008-05-24 [Yncke]: And now's the boring part of Eurovision, so I can cast my vote here. :) I voted for Bosnia-Herzegovina, but France was my close second.

2008-05-25 [Hedda]: Russia was 3rd in the semifinal, but won in the final. Portugal was 2nd in the semin, but came 13th in the final. Denmark came 3rd in the semi, but came 15th in the final.

2008-05-25 [Yncke]: There've been better years of Eurosong, that's for sure...

What was it with that guy giving the points for Sweden, hit his head on the door just before coming in or something? :)

2008-05-25 [Hedda]: He's a national hero... He's always like that.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bj%C3%B6rn+gustafsson&search_type=

I think you have to be Swedish to get it. <img:zabuN-gif.gif>

2008-06-01 [Yncke]: That explains one or two things about Swedes, I suppose. <img:mood5-gif.gif>

2008-06-02 [kittykittykitty]: Eurovisionnn <3 This year with the addition of pirates! <img:http://elftown.eu/stuff/yurispirateemotionarr.png> No win for Latvia... they should have got it! :) Televoters... pssh xD Maybe next year they'll send ninjas or something!! :) We can always hope <img:mood10_gif.gif>

2008-06-02 [Hedda]: UK will probably send 4 17-year old boys dressed up as Conan singing "Hoo Uff Hey!" horribly... No, wait, that would be entertaining, so I guess they have to come up with something that's both horrible and boring.

2008-06-02 [Hedda]: (In the response to the out-cries from UK about why no one is voting for them. They have all sorts of theories from neighbouring voting to the world politics problems, but no British theory involves the fact that they are sending crap.)

2008-06-02 [itweetinHEELS]: Wow, Hedda, you were talking to yourself a while lol

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