Joining fanoff and after listening to all the songs (except for the new French entry, sorry but the first one was way to terrible to give any points to France this year :D ), here are my favourites this year:

1 pt to Norway (if Serbia & Montenegro took part, I would give them one point)
2 pts to the United Kingdom (simply a nice idea, won't be forgotten)
3 pts to Russia
4 pts to Belarus
5 pts to Slovenia
6 pts to Finland
7 pts to Denmark
8 pts to Bosnia & Herzegovina
10 pts to Belgium
12 pts to Romania

I can't see a song that has really impressed me in this year's Eurovision, perhaps Norway might be a favourite if the support of that song continues and they can perform it well. i haven't heard the French song either, tho, so maybe a surpise there?

These are my choices:

Germany
Switzerland
Estonia
Norway
Turkey
Bosnia/Herzegovina
Belgium
Russia
Ireland
Croatia

No points but if I were to pick favourite I'd probably say Bosnia or Belgium.
It'd be easier if we were to vote for the worst song in Eurovision...that'd be Iceland -12 :p
Though there's also competition from Lithuania ( losers of Eurovision ) the UK and Monaco ( among others ;) )

songs and videos
you can get all the semi final songs and their clips form here

thanks, I only saw few videos....
someone on that site said this about the Bulgarian performance: "Comments: Like you say a very nice and beautifull song - i get almost moved to tears, when i listen to it and also watching the video. She performs very well... And Azis is ... a special but nice part of song...
But I do not understand the fact that it is in the very buttom of every chart/poll...
I think it will surprise.... "
wonder why that is LoL

I like Romania ... and the guy that performs has something about him, i find him very charming. I can see that song all over european radio stations this summer...

Hrvatska - oh my! I thought you were trying to excape this image, and here you are with the MOST Balkan performance! Chalga to the fullest! and the girl that performs is nice. Opa ... aide.....aideeeeee.... top 3 at least I hope!

Ive also seen Greece, Ukraine, Portugal, and Russia ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz to all of them

lol well i though we were trying to escape that image too. but thats what folk sounds like in southern parts here so it cant be changed its in ppls blood.

but yeah she should do well, after all she is Seve Nazionale.

ouchh!anyway her song is ok,at least not boring as most eurovision songs.i dont see her in top 10.

top 3 for sure ;)

So when is eurovision?.. and I think for the UK its going to be some 40 year old guy rapping about school life...unless Im mistaken :confused:

It's in May. Beginning with May 18th. Yep, UK came up with something special. It would either score or fall.

yeah, "special" indeed, a "School's Out" for the 00 generation.
I personally think that this time around all songs range from crappy to mediocre - but then again it's just me. There's no Moldova of 2005 ( Zdob Si Zdub ) no Cyprus of 2004 ( Lisa Andreas) no Russia of 2003 ( guess who ;) ) no Greece of 2001 ( Antique ) no Latvia of 2000 ( Brainstorm ). It's very much like 2002 in that regard, where I didn't feel much about any of the songs and the best "strip show" won. Something similar might be enough to win it again this time, I think.

i saw some pics of tatu in eurovision that ive never seen,then watched anatomia again,then said if they did win,everything would be better for them now,they lost their popularity in russia and here(Turkey)

superslayt

people from the turkish eurovision fan site prepared this slide for you.its called superslayt and i think its worth giving a try.

p.s:when you download the rar file,extract it and finish setup.if you cant get to see the slide,let me know then ill help you

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The Russian participant of Eurovision 2006, Dima Bilan.
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Videos:
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http://www.bilandima.ru/main/creativ...let_you_go.avi {Dima Bilan's contest entry – video: «Never Let You Go»}
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http://www.bilandima.ru/main/creativ...bila_lubov.wmv {another one music video of Dima Bilan: «Eto Bila Lubov» (It was love)}.
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http://www.bilandima.ru/main/creative/zapisi/utro.wmv {Dima Bilan and Anna Vissi on TV Channel – live video}
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About Dima Bilan:
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http://esc.ruz.net/2006/rus.htm
http://www.bilandima.ru/enghtml/
http://www.eurovision.tv/english/russia.htm

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OMG!! When I saw this thread I had this odd feeling in my stomach like I was convinced that I had missed Eurovision this year, like it just past by me this year :eek: I'm stupid today :laugh:


Instead of the usual "fall"? :lol:

We West-European countries should just stop trying and stop embarrassing ourselves.. It's the Eastern section that has taken over Eurovision - they only vote for eachother :bebebe:

Lordi and Finland for the win! :D

you can see the stage of eurovison 2006,just like an ancient theatre here

one of the direct links

well we cannot count on YOU to vote for us :laugh:

why would you vote for the monkeys, eh? oh wait, cause they are the HOT tatu that connot sing! :lol:

The West might regain control this year, since all the acts are rubbish anyway and the Eastern bloc doesn't seem to have found the combination of passable-song-hot chick-good show that dominated the previous 4 years...at least I haven't seen anything to have caught my attention.

Get a life will ya.. This is becoming really sad, you are really sad :rolleyes:

I think I know the reason why the Westerners can't win ESC anymore: their acts suck.

Though Carola might be the one to bring it back to the West. It's very catchy, extremely corny and written with only one thing in mind: Eurovision

Most people on the forums are already routing for songs like Ireland's, Finland's, the UK's, Sweden's etc. So it's definitely going back to the west ( and maybe the north-west )
Only song from the east that stands a chance is Romania's.