Eurovision 2006

[forre]

Originally Posted by fanoff

i wonder if anyone in here will vote for another country.which one will you vote?

I'll tell when I see them perform. I'll probably vote for Sweden and Russia. LOL. + the country that does the best overall performance. So, totally, I'll vote for 3 countries.

*forre is evil*

[11Russia]

Originally Posted by forre

I'll tell when I see them perform. I'll probably vote for Sweden and Russia. LOL. + the country that does the best overall performance. So, totally, I'll vote for 3 countries.

*forre is evil*

No vote for Kate Ryan and Je T'adore?! ...

[fanoff]

the semi final will be held tomorrow and today there are rehearsals with costumes.i think real favourites will stand out today and there wont be any surprise tomorrow

here are the reviews about the dress rehearsals.

Dress rehearsals have just started. At the begining we will hear many historical Eurovision Songs. The opening is really promising. There are a lot of Greeks element in the performance. Sakis and Maria just entered to stage. She is withe and he is in black. While these two are singing the dancers formed a heart.

Armenia
Armania has jus started. The stage is red and black. Andre is really doing a great work for Armenia. The coreography is simple but it suits to this song. We remained you that Armenia was eleventh in Oikotimes Europrediction. Aremania got an impressing applause.

Bulgaria
She is wearing a very beautiful dress. The denceres are in blue dresses. Very nice performance. Stage is yallow and red and also it is changing into the green in some point of song.

Slovenia
Anzej is in withe and girls are in red and one is organge. This song could really surprise everybody. Anzej improved his performance so much since Ema. He is 16th in our Europrediction. Stage looks fantastic. Sretno Slovenija!

Andorra
Jenny from Andorra staped on scene. She is in red dress and back dancers are in white. Stage is purple and red. In our opinion this performance is suicide, and Jenny's tunic cardigan doesn't do her any favours either.

Belarus
The choreography looks ok, and the song was sung to a reasonable degree of vocal quality. It does tend to get very repetative towards the end though.

Albania
The backing singers are all dressed in tradiotnal folk clothing, with the singer himself in white and green. The song went well and was performed without a hitch, but one does wonder if it is what the voters on Eurovision are looking for in a qualifier.

Belguim
The bunsome blonde Kate in her red dress is joined on stage by four dancers, two of whom are using the on-stage platforms. There did seem to be some strange sounds on the main chorus, whether the backing singers mics were too loud or they were just out of tune will obviously be looked at. However Kate is performing confidently and has a good stage show.

Ireland
Brian Kennedy has no trouble performing this song- his voice is simply amazing. He has three well behaved backing singers, and the chorus now has a drumbeat in it. It's a nice song and could get through.

Break
Then we had the pause for a commercial break, before Sakis and Maria welcomed everybody back and thanked all the volenteers etc for their parts in the videos.

Cyprus
Wearing a summery yellow dress down to her knees, competent vocalist Annette and her backing singers- who stand on the platforms- perfomed ''Why Angels Cry'' well. Annette verged on dramatics at the end, but didn't quite end up on the floor and hold the final note well to round off the performance. The song was also very well received by the crowd.

Monaco
Despite hitting a bum note on the opening of her song, Severine rescued the performance, although question marks about her voice remain. The backing singers are all dressed in Tahitian beach outfits, and Severine and a dance perform a little move during the instrumental eading up to the final chorus. The song has a well crafted routine, and will need to be sung perfectly to get through.

FYR Macedonia
Elena starts the song at the very back of the platforms with two female dancers/backing vocalists, whilst three other rush to the front to strut their stuff. Elena wears a red top and her skirt looks more like a belt- that's sure to get her some votes! She even does some dancing on the floor before bursting into the final refrain.

Poland
The start of the Polish song features various people saying ''I follow my heart'' before one of the singers comes on from around the front of the stage. The two members of the band who sang in 2003 are joined by backing dancers and vocalists. The entire song is performed in English. Both lead singers perform the age-old Eurovision tradition of shouting at each other from a distance of 5 centimetres.

Russia
Dima Bilan starts the song on-stage by himself, standing at a microphone, with the backing choir then making an appearance, along with two ballet-dancers. Dima performed the last part of the song standing on the piano. He sang very well and looks sure to qualify at the very least.

Turkey
Blonde-haired Sibel sings ''Superstar'' in Turkish at the start of course, and the animation on the steps behind the stage is full of stars. After a bit of belly dancing in the middle, the song is performed in English before returning to Turkish at the end. Sibel has four male dancers on stage, who all jump to the floor at the end of the show. The song was very well received at the end though.

Ukraine
Tina Karol wears white, with her dancers in red. She tends to scream the song as opposed to singing it in parts. Cartwheels are in full view during the instrumental part of the song, then the dancers spin around with their folk shirts getting up.

Finland
Fire is on the stage at the start of the Finnish entry, and the scarey masks are present, although Lordi looks less frightening with his top hat with a Finnish flag on it! Lordi does appear to not be able to reach the higher notes of the song, and this does distract from the entry. The musicians on stage are also doing to backing vocals. Lordi then grows his ''bat-wings'' in the lead up to the final chorus. In this part, the pyrotechnics come out, with the sparks a la ''Let Me Try'' in 2005.

Another ad-break, and we find ourselves with Maria and Sakis in the green room, where Maria attemps an interview with Sakis, who said that in 2004, all parts of his body were ''shaking''- you see what he did there!

Netherlands
The girls performed the song well in terms of vocals and in terms on the on-stage performance.

Lithuania
The guys stand in a long line to perform the premature song ''We Are The Winners''. To add to the insanity of the song, one singer strolls the stage with a megaphone, before a weird little dance is done in the centre of the stage. The ''dance''-routine is unique, and bizare. It has to be one of the most strange entries sice Alf Poier- but look where he finished!

Portugal
Oh dear, it's really not very good is it! The girls can't be faulted for their performance, althoguh their fashion leaves a lot to be desired. Althoguh it's supposed to be 80's themed it is still weird. The song is a typical sounding Eurovision entry from the past, and is likely to be easily forgotten by the televoters.

Sweden
Carola and her wind machine start the song with the stage lights dimmed, and the backing dancers rolling about in the flags on the floor. As the song progresses, everyone's up and dancing, and Carola's performance is faultless and professional. At the end of the song everyone's waving their flags on-stage.

Estonia
Sandra is dressed in blue and a white belt is joined on stage by musicians, dancers, and instrumentalists, with the flatforms in use. Another competant performance, and the routine of the song is effective without much actually going on.

Bosnia-Herzegovina
The song starts with Hari Mata Hari on centre stage with the lights dimmed to put the enphasis on the singer. The backing singers do not engage in prancing about, and are impecably behaved at the back on the stage, looking very relaxed and creating that sort of atmosphere. At the end of the song everyone comes forward to the front of the stage to finish off a well-polished production. It went down very well in the hall.

Iceland
She said it!!! Silvia Night said the 'F' word in the rehearsal! She looks comical/over the top on stage, screaming about, and flaunting her stuff with the backing singers. Some flags are waved at the back of the stage as with the Swedish performance. Pyrotechnics at the end finished off the song.

[Sabeena]

not sure if anyone's posted this but heh.. here is the UK's entry for eurovision 2006..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEBBk...=Daz%20Sampson

[Rachel]

Originally Posted by 11Russia

No vote for Kate Ryan and Je T'adore?! ...

I'm a Kate Ryan fan, but that song is pretty awful

[fanoff]

Originally Posted by Rachel

but that song is pretty awful

i used to think it will do well but after seeing her dress and performance(you click the rehearsal online thing) i think its no good but wont be surprised if it qualifies

[Rachel]

That dress is AWFUL!

[fanoff]

sibel Tuzun's dress will be in gold and 3 kilograms of crystal is used on it

you can see it from here
by the way i think she looks very sexy in that dress

[fanoff]

second dress rehearsal finished just a time ago and here are some reviews

Armenia : Solid and in with a chance.
Bulgaria : Aziz performed but was rather subdued. Most better than earlier.
Slovenia : Still polished and going to the final for me.
Andorra : Back to the black dress. Still in need of a miiracle.
Belarus : Still loud and shiny and without a hope.
Albania : Not findind that fifth gear that it needs.
Belgium : Better than before, but still not a guaranteed performance.
Ireland : There's now a big high note at the end. I'm not sure it needs it, otherwise it was good.
Cyprus : A pleasant performance that gets a huge reaction. Still in with shout.
Monaco : Slightly stronger than before but that's not saying much. Not a hope.
Macedonia (or F.Y.R.O.M. on the intro card) : Like Albania it needs to find another 10% somewhere. No sound problems tonight.
Poland : Slightly better but still a mess vocally. Not a qualifier.
Russia : Not as OTT as before except for a high note added at the end which doesn't add anything. Sailing into the final.\
Turkey : Best performance by Turkey this week. Sibel makes a bit of an effort to get he crowd going and it lifts the song big time. It now goes Turkish-English-Turkish-English.
Ukraine : Big and shiney and well performed. In with a strong chance of qualifying.
Finland. A big improvement on this afternoon. Also now a guaranteed finalist.
Netherlands : "Same as it ever was" bad.
Lithuania : Little crowd reaction. It's not not without a chance though.
Portugal : Completly forgetable. Not a finalist.
Sweden : Again a big improvement on this aftenoon. A finalist.
Estonia : A poor vocal at times. The routine is polished,but IO can't see it making it.
Bosnia-Herz : Frigtening good from an Irish perspective. If a semi-finalist is to win, it will be this rather than Belgium or Sweden.
Iceland : Loud booing before the performance, proving that you reap what you sow o the publicity bandwagon. Ironically the best it has been performed all week.


huge photo galleries
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[dradeel]

I'm just looking forward to see Lordi rocking Athens! And hoping they'll do well in the semi-final tomorrow.

[fanoff]

one of the dancers for sibel tüzün is Glenn Ball,who worked(danced) with various artists with kylie minogue.and he's one of the x-factor coreographers.Most recently Glenn has again toured with Kylie and is now working on many different projects

here are some pics of him
pic 1(sexy)

pic 2(another sexy one)

a pic with sibel in the rehearsals(the one on the right)

again in the rehearsals

with students

[Obie]

I've read abour Lordi,,, they're kind of scary!!!!!

[haku]

Hmmm, i'm not really reading this thread, so i have no idea if something like that has been posted, anyway…

I came across this web site where you can watch all the entries, ok, it's in French but i'm sure you'll manage…
Choix du pays = Choose country, select the country you want in the pop-up menu and you'll get the page with the vid.

[dradeel]

Originally Posted by Obezyanki

they're kind of scary!!!!!

They are funny! And they make great music as well. Their "Get Heavy" album is super. "The Arockalypse" is pretty decent as well. Heh. They're cute enough indeed. Lordi (the vocalist) looks like a hybrid of Gene Simmons and an Infested Terran from the game Starcraft

[fanoff]

Originally Posted by dradeel

And they make great music as well

youre right in this point but their sppech that they ate two kids for the breakfast is disgusting enough and its possible for them to make general eurovision voters be away from them.i want them to qualify but absolutely not win.

[forre]

My certain finalists:

Turkey
Sweden
Russia
Finland
Cyprus
Ukraine

[fanoff]

you can see Sibel's brilliant performance here

p.s:check out one of my previous posts on this page #171(i noticed its my second previous post) and you will see some pics of glenn ball(one of the dancers of sibel),definately worth taking a look.

[fanoff]

so who will be watching tonights semi final show?

[forre]

Originally Posted by fanoff

so who will be watching tonights semi final show?

I'm going to watch.

[Rachel]

Originally Posted by fanoff

so who will be watching tonights semi final show?

I'm gonna cap it as I'll be out.

So if anyone wants any of the caps later tonight let me know!