The Euro Vision 2012 !

**donKey jote** · 18th May 12, 21:31

well somebody had to start it

go Mandinga dilo

**race aficionado** · 19th May 12, 04:15

Wow!!! What team does she play for?

**Mark** · 19th May 12, 09:00

Ah yes nearly that time of year again. It's next Saturday!

**donKey jote** · 19th May 12, 09:59

Originally Posted by race aficionado

Wow!!! What team does she play for?

Team gadjo

(note the "foreign" Spanish accent and the mistake using estar instead of ser

)

**D-Type** · 19th May 12, 11:28

Something tells me that Engelbert Humperdinck hasn't got a hope in hell!

**gadjo_dilo** · 21st May 12, 07:41

Thanks Donkey!!!!! I owe you a drink.
On my way to work I was thinking to start the thread and to post the Mandinga video but ( fatality again! ) it seems you read my thoughts.
The song is quite catchy and Elena is sexy ( although the former singer was more attractive ). But as always our show is screwed up by the guy representing TVR. I don't like Elena's outfit and the dance on stage is stupid.

I've noticed her spanish is a bit weird but there is an explanation. 3 members of Mandinga are cubans ( including the "mi chico bonito, un poco negrito " guy ). They wrote the lyrics and taught Elena to speak spanish.

Engelbert Humperdink will have a good company: Russia will present six ladies in their sixties.

Anyway, first semifinal tomorrow night. Don't forget to vote Maaaandingaaaa.....

And vote for Moldova too!

Here's the way you should dance Zaleilah:
Pregatiri de Eurovision: Mandinga a f

**SGWilko** · 21st May 12, 09:06

Chin up - there might not be a Europe left (financially) for any future politically motivated music competitions to continue!

**SGWilko** · 21st May 12, 09:08

Originally Posted by donKey jote

well somebody had to start it

go Mandinga dilo

Romanian huh? I think I saw her clinging on to the rear axle of an 18 wheeler on the M20 a couple of years back......

**gadjo_dilo** · 21st May 12, 14:54

Originally Posted by SGWilko

Romanian huh? I think I saw her clinging on to the rear axle of an 18 wheeler on the M20 a couple of years back......

Boo!!!!
That's mean....

**donKey jote** · 21st May 12, 15:47

Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo

Here's the way you should dance Zaleilah:
Pregatiri de Eurovision: Mandinga a f

Is that you and your vampiress friend hanging out the office window at 1:20 ?

**Big Ben** · 21st May 12, 16:42

You are pathetic sgwilko.

**SGWilko** · 21st May 12, 16:47

Originally Posted by Big Ben

You are pathetic sgwilko.

Aw, shucks - you guys.........

**ioan** · 21st May 12, 19:54

Originally Posted by SGWilko

Romanian huh? I think I saw her clinging on to the rear axle of an 18 wheeler on the M20 a couple of years back......

bet you would have loved it if she would be clinging on your push pedal bike!

**Mia 01** · 21st May 12, 20:02

I will vote for Loreen!!

**odykas** · 21st May 12, 22:04

I vote for Mandinga

**gadjo_dilo** · 22nd May 12, 07:19

Originally Posted by donKey jote

Is that you and your vampiress friend hanging out the office window at 1:20 ?

Although I can't see the video ( restrictions at work for youtube ) I can say we're definitely not.
The dance was shot in the Old Center and I work somewhere else.

**gadjo_dilo** · 22nd May 12, 07:24

Originally Posted by Mia 01

I will vote for Loreen!!

I've seen the video on a music channel and I think she will win.

But you guys keep on voting Mandinga! ( you included - you can't vote for Sweden from your country )

**gadjo_dilo** · 22nd May 12, 08:30

Originally Posted by henners88

This is exactly the reason I wish the UK would pull out. We don't need it as we have a hugely successfull music industry and countries who use it for political means should be excluded IMO.

No offence but either in your hugely successful music industry there are a lot of singers who aren't able to sing live....

**gadjo_dilo** · 22nd May 12, 09:12

Originally Posted by henners88

I wish Britain wouldn't enter anymore, its a meaningless competition for us and only really gets viewers here due to the comedy element of watching rather crap pop songs mostly performed badly.

You're wrong. Most of the singers from the "non-important" countries sing very well.

Originally Posted by henners88

I can appreciate some countries without any form of successful global music industry take it seriously, but political music competitions should not be promoted in the UK IMO.

Political? Our only friend in the area is the Black Sea but when we have a good song we still manage to get points.
When the points were given only by viewers we always managed to get points 12 points from Spain ( we never "paid" them back ) without any political interest.

Originally Posted by henners88

I think Ireland made their feelings clear about how seriously they take it when they used Jedward

D

Weren't they also on stage last year?
Where are the times when good old Johnny Logan was meowing " What's another yeeeer?!

**Big Ben** · 22nd May 12, 10:21

i'm with henners88 on this one. eurovision is a silly 'contest' and quite a freak show.

btw gadjo... don't you think spain's generosity had something to do with the 'strong' romanian community living in spain