2003 Eurovision Song Contest

[Phreakmeister]

Who will win the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest?

The 9 countries in the poll are based on ReadABet.com's odds (http://readabet.bestbetting.com/?partner=readabet&market=10128921&origin=scr) on who will win the Eurovision Song Contest. The total list of odds is:

Russia 5/1
Spain 9/1
Latvia 10/1
Slovenia 10/1
Iceland 12/1
Estonia 14/1
Ireland 14/1
Germany 16/1
Norway 16/1
Holland 20/1
Sweden 20/1
Greece 25/1
Turkey 25/1
France 33/1
United Kingdom 33/1
Bosnia 40/1
Romania 40/1
Belgium 66/1
Malta 66/1
Poland 66/1
Ukraine 80/1
Croatia 100/1
Israel 100/1
Cyprus 150/1
Portugal 150/1
Austria 200/1

The list of candidates is in the starting order:
Iceland Birgitta - "Open Your Heart"
Austria Alf Poier - "Weil Der Mensch Zählt"
Ireland Mickey Harte - "We've Got The World"
Turkey Sertab Erener - "Everyway That I Can"
Malta Lynn Chircop - "To Dream Again"
Bosnia-Hercegovina Mija Martina - "Ne Brini"
Portugal Rita Guerra - "Deixa-me Sonhar (Só mais uma vez)"
Croatia Claudia - "Vise Nisam Tvoja"
Cyprus Stelios Konstantas - "Feeling Alive"
Germany Lou - "Let's Get Happy"
Russia t.A.T.u. - "Ne Ver, Ne Bojsia, Ne Prosi"
Spain Beth - "Dime"
Israel Lior Narkis - "Words For Love"
The Netherlands Esther Hart - "One More Night"
Great Britain JEMINI - "Cry Baby"
Ukraine Oleksandr - "Hasta La Vista"
Greece Mando - "Never Let You Go"
Norway Jostein Hasselgård - "I'm Not Afraid To Move On"
France Louisa Baileche - "Monts Et Merveilles"
Poland Ich Troje - "Zadynch Granic"
Latvia F.L.Y. - "Hello From Mars"
Belgium Urban Trad. - "Sanomi"
Estonia Ruffus - "Eighties Coming Back"
Romania Nicola - "Don't Break My Heart"
Sweden Fame - "Give Me Your Love"
Slovenia Karmen - "Nanana"

Past Winners:
2002-Marie N, or Marija Naumova (Latvia) "I Wanna"
2001-Tanel Padar and Dave Benton (Estonia) "Everybody"
2000-Olsen Brothers (Denmark) "Fly on the wings of love"
1999-Charlotte Nilsson (Sweden) "Take me to your heaven"
1998-Dana International (Israel) "Diva"
1997-Katrina & The Waves (Britain) "Love shine a light"
1996-Eimear Quinn (Ireland) "The voice"
1995-Secret Garden (Norway) "Nocturne"
1994-Paul Harrington/Charlie McGettigan (Ireland) "Rock'n Roll kids"
1993-Niamh Kavanagh (Ireland) "In your eyes"
1992-Linda Martin (Ireland) "Why me"
1991-Carola (Sweden) "Fangad av en stormvind"
1990-Toto Cutugno (Italy) "Insieme 1992 "
1989-Riva (Yugoslavia) "Rock Me, Baby"
1988-Celine Dion (Switzerland) "Ne partez pas sans moi"
1987-Johnny Logan (Ireland) "Hold me now"
1986-Sandra Kim (Belgium) "J'aime la vie"
1985-Bobbysocks (Norway) "La det swinge"
1984-Herrey's (Sweden) "Diggi-loo-diggi-ley"
1983-Corinne Hermes (Luxembourg) "Si la vie est cadeau"
1982-Nicole (Germany) "Ein Bisschen frieden"
1981-Bucks Fizz (Britain) "Making your mind up"
1980-Johnny Logan & Choir (Ireland) "What's another year"
1979-Gali Atari & Milk & Honey (Israel) "Hallelujah"
1978-Izhar Cohen (Israel) "A-ba-ni-bi"
1977-Marie Myriam (France) "L'oiseau et l'enfant"
1976-Brotherhood of Man (Britain) "Save Your Kisses for Me"
1975-Teach-In (The Netherlands) "Ding-a-dong"
1974-Abba (Sweden) "Waterloo"
1973-Anne Marie David (Luxembourg) "Tu te reconnaitras"
1972-Vicky Leandros (Luxembourg) "Apres toi"
1971-Severine (Monaco) "Un banc un arbre une rue"
1970-Dana (Ireland) "All kinds of everything"
1969-Tied for first: Lulu (Britain) "Boom bang a bang," Lennie Kuhr (The Netherlands) "De troubadour", Frida Boccara (France) "Un jour, un enfant", Salome (Spain) "Vivo cantando."
1968-Massiel (Spain) "La, la, la"
1967-Sandy Shaw (Britain) "Puppet on a string"
1966-Udo Juergens (Austria) "Merci Cherie"
1965-France Gall (Luxembourg) "Poupee de cire, poupee de son"
1964-Gigliola Cinquetti (Italy) "Non ho l'eta"
1963-Grethe and Joergen Ingmann (Denmark) "Dansevise"
1962-Isabelle Aubret (France) "Un premier amour"
1961-Jean-Claude Pascal (Luxembourg) "Nous les amoureux"
1960-Jaqueline Boyer (France) "Tom Pilibi"
1959-Teddy Scholten (The Netherlands) - Een beetje
1958-Andre Claveau (France) - Dors mon amour
1957-Corry Brokken (The Netherlands)-Net als toen
1956-Lys Assia (Switzerland) - Refrain

Winning Nations by their Number of Victories:
Ireland, 7 times.
France, 5
Britain, 5
Luxembourg, 5
The Netherlands, 4
Sweden, 4
Israel, 3
Denmark, 2
Italy, 2
Norway, 2
Spain, 2
Switzerland, 2
Austria, 1
Belgium, 1
Estonia, 1
Germany, 1
Latvia, 1
Monaco, 1
Yugoslavia, 1

[Mary]

I voted for other, but I don´t know or care.

I only know one country that isn´t never ever going to win: FINLAND:lol :lol

[AWPrime]

Why o why, all these polls?

[Shadaik]

Having heard the German ("let's get happy, let's get gay"), Polish and Austrian entry, I'm really afraid of what might come.

Yet, I'm with russia, cause t.A.T.u. rocks.

[Phreakmeister]

The final ranking of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest:

1. Turkey - 167 points
2. Belgium - 165
3. Russia - 164
4. Norway - 123
5. Sweden - 107
6. Austria - 101
7. Poland - 90
8. Spain - 81
8. Iceland - 81
10. Romania - 73
11. Ireland - 53
11. Germany - 53
13. Netherlands - 45
14. Ukraine - 30
15. Croatia - 29
16. Bosnia-Hercegovina - 27
17. Greece - 25
18. France - 19
19. Israel - 17
20. Cyprus - 15
21. Estonia - 14
22. Portugal - 13
23. Slovenia - 7
24. Latvia - 5
25. Malta - 4
26. United Kingdom - 0

[kontulib]

Originally posted by Shadaik

Yet, I'm with russia, cause t.A.T.u. rocks.

You can´t be serious! T.A.T.U. is absolutely terrible.
Thanks for god, they didn´t win.

Personally I liked most AUSTRIA!!! :clap

[Shadaik]

Originally posted by kontulib
You can´t be serious! T.A.T.U. is absolutely terrible.
Thanks for god, they didn´t win.
I like their music. Basta.

Personally I liked most AUSTRIA!!! :clap [/B]
:eek:
Now you're kidding, right?
I would never post the translated text because I might commit a crime against humanity in doing so. Alf Poier is the worst catastrophe that ever hit an Austrian or German stage.

And this is said by someone who liked Andy Kaufman.

[kontulib]

I liked Austria because he was showing that whole Eurovision contest is a big joke :smash

Eurovision haven´t been a real music contest for several years. It is nowadays "Best Europop" -contest or "Who woman haves least clothes on" -contest or "Who is the biggest clown" -contest.

[Mary]

You guys actually wathced Eurovision:eek:

[Phreakmeister]

Originally posted by Mary
You guys actually wathced Eurovision:eek:

Don't worry, Mary. I only watched the points in the end, not the show itself. Except for the Dutch song ofcourse.

It's all about politics nowadays. Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania "helping each other." Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia. Greece and Cyprus. Portugal and Spain. Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Denmark. Russia and Ukraine.

[kontulib]

Listen Eurovision songs here (http://www.eurovision.tv/public/participants/index.html)

[Phreakmeister]

Originally posted by kontulib
Listen Eurovision songs here (http://www.eurovision.tv/public/participants/index.html)

And if you wanna laugh, listen to the British entry. Damn, that was off-key (?) :lol

[Mary]

Originally posted by Phreakmeister


Don't worry, Mary. I only watched the points in the end, not the show itself. Except for the Dutch song ofcourse.

You got me scared for awhile :cry

BTW I noticed...I was kinda guessed rigth winner...I voted for other :lol

[DV8]

Originally posted by Phreakmeister


Don't worry, Mary. I only watched the points in the end, not the show itself..
Ditto.

[DV8]

Originally posted by Phreakmeister


And if you wanna laugh, listen to the British entry. Damn, that was off-key (?) :lol Oh god no. Do NOT listen to the UK... Its no wonder it got nil poi.

Some people think it was political voting. Watta lame excuse!

[Serendipity]

Well, the whole thing just passes me by these days. Ireland got sick of winning it because the winners have the honour of hosting the event the following year, at a cost of several £m. I haven't heard the GB song or any of the others for years. I'm rather pleased that we got nul points. :)