John!
after having watched the show and realising the change that has developed
over the years as well as the style of voting I have come to realise that in
the future there are very few countries that will stand a chance in this
event
in later years.
The Ukraine, although their number was good, were not worthy winners, I
felt there was too little effect to the lyrics and that the dance was poorly
chorographed, but begin Irish that might be a bit biased when I seen the
RIP-OFF TURKEY did of Riverdance in the half way interval!
I was astounded with grief, irritance and sheer utter anger at this year's
evnt and believe it or not, I even thought Ireland had a good enough song
to get placed half way up the board, but I will agree with one thing, Turkey
made a shambles of this one.
CYPRUS, people, CYPRUS had the winner, not Ukraine... don't want to take
anything away from them, but will they have the funds to hold this event
themselves?
And as for the TElly voting, this is how such poor results are coming in.
What
do normal people know about awarding points to performances like this,
there should be a professional panel of judges with criteria to follow
giving
the votes and I think that half the votes should be from them and half from
the general public, with of course a clause stating that the jury can
overrule
the telly vote if the need may be. Russia did not deserve half the points
they
got and the Nordic countries, depsite my living in Sweden, should not be
giving
each other votes just for the sake of it!
Britain gave Ireland 7, we gave them 8, that's fair... we didn't go all out
and
give each other a great big pat on the back for nothing just 'cause we're
neighbours... we were fair. Sweden did have a good song, but I felt it
lacked
'IT' due to the English lyrics, and if Ukraine won with Wild Dance, Sarek -
the
Elves.!
Ah, a shambles, sheer and utter shambles, but I thought a lot of the songs
that deserved more votes didn't get it due to the telly voting and the first
year
of so many countries being in it caused so many to lose out to "Coup
Voting".
Whatever the feelings of others, that's my six cents anyhow. Anyone out
there who feels the same?????
"John Harding" <news@j-harding.co.uk> wrote in message
news:A0xpc.3778$wI4.425044@wards.force9.net...
> Hi all,
>
> What did everyone else think about Turkey's performance? The song was
dire,
> but the actual concert was the most amateur I have seen for years. The two
> presenters struggled to go through the entire show often making it look
> unrehearsed and extremely unprofessional. The introductions to the songs
> were clearly paid for by the Tourism Ministry and were way too blatant to
be
> effective (Turkey should have looked to Sweden 1998 to how to do it
> properly). As for the crowd, well they are a disgrace to the European
> continent, booing whenever they were awarded less than four points.
>
> However, I reserve most of my criticism for the "half-time" entertainment
> which was a dire massacre of Riverdance mixed with some weird Turkish
> dancing. Anyone voting for Turkish entries in future should realise that
> this debacle of producing a Eurovision concert could well be repeated in
> subsequent years. Never again must Eurovision be allowed to be turned into
> such a farce.
>
> As for the songs, I thought it would be Ukraine, Greece, Sweden and then
> Albania so I wasn't completely and utterly wrong. I am glad Ukraine won it
> as they had the best song, but I am concerned about the increase in
> locational voting. The UK, was as ever, fairly poor but picked up a few
> points so it wasn't a repeat of the catastrophe last year.
>
> Here's to Kiev 2005 (and please don't ask for help from the Turkish
> producers)
>
> John
>
>
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