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Australia to compete in Eurovision 2015
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If it was, it would also include the entire African continent, the Middle-East and India.
Stereogatari
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As a Turk I can finally proudly talk a country down for not being in Europe...
*Deep inhale
Australia isn't in Europe and Australians aren't European!
So that's how it feels from the other side...Now I get why we get so much stick! This Eurocentrism feels kind of...fun! My heart is pumping, my adrenaline is pumping. Fuck you Aussies! Remove BBQ! Kangaroos not into EU.
*Deep inhale
Australia isn't in Europe and Australians aren't European!
So that's how it feels from the other side...Now I get why we get so much stick! This Eurocentrism feels kind of...fun! My heart is pumping, my adrenaline is pumping. Fuck you Aussies! Remove BBQ! Kangaroos not into EU.
Looks like Guy Sebastian is going in to bat for Australia. Not my sort of thing, but he's pretty decent.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainmen...ian-to-represent-australia-at-eurovision-2015
He's no Kylie though.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainmen...ian-to-represent-australia-at-eurovision-2015
He's no Kylie though.
SecretMoblin
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yawn.
hopefully he doesn't do a ballad and if he's lucky he'll finish on the left side of the board.
hopefully he doesn't do a ballad and if he's lucky he'll finish on the left side of the board.
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Deleted member 231381
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Look, the effort is nice and we'll try to be more inclusive in the future, but you have to understand we've spent 1000 years trying to remove kebab and some habits die hard. I mean, what are you expecting to happen? The roast beef to make peace with the baguette!?
You Are Viewtiful
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Let Canada in! We have so much to offer.
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At this rate Eurovision is rapidly becoming the "not-America" club, so... sorry, you're barred.
you can come in as long as we get to make poutine jokes
after finding out what this poutine stuff is, anyway
You Are Viewtiful
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What would a poutine joke look like? All we have is "Pierre Poutine" for generic Québécois name.
Guy Sebastian is first cab off the rank? Australia you fucked up.
Wrong! Nothing is near New Zealand.
Stewart Islands and Mordor are pretty close by.
You Are Viewtiful
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New Zealand is a city in Austria.
What would a poutine joke look like? All we have is "Pierre Poutine" for generic Québécois name.
Is Russia in Eurovision? Could make a Putin/Poutine joke.
SecretMoblin
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sometimes people who are selected (often internally) decline the opportunity; Rita Ora turned down representing the UK in.... 2009 I think?
really bizarre circumstances at USFÖ, though, being an actual competition and all
Ural mountain range is Europe border this is missing some Russian field.
Napoleonthechimp
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I have no idea. What did happen?
SecretMoblin
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The dude who won the German contest to represent the country this year gave his win to the second-place finisher, who will represent Germany in Austria instead.
Napoleonthechimp
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What a plonker. If he didn't want to do it then why bother at all?
What is this supposed to be based off? EU member states? There are other countries in Europe that aren't a part of that but even still the EU is bigger than the number on that image.
This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_area) gives Europe's total geographical size as 10,176,246 km².
'Eh, he's the perfect cheeseball for a daggy affair like Eurovision, sending an artist like Kylie over to compete with a bunch of European nerds in viking outfits would just be overkill.
Would be hilarious to have the US send in a top class artist expecting the 'number 1, greatest country in the world' recognition and then lose. Yes Kanye would destroy the rest but we Euro's are damn bitter enough at that point to just collectively vote for the worst contender.
Mohonky
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Eh, even Guy Sebastian is too serious to send over. He can also sing pretty well, which should automatically rule him out.
If only it was TISM
Why dont we send Chris Franklin instead?
The UK 2015 entry is absolutely, genuinely the worst entry I've heard by any nation in the last 5 years. Shocking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6r1tUhl1cQ
FortuneFaded
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we gave up a decade ago. you can't expect us to compete with the eastern bloc, right? we just exist for Irish pity votes now.
This is appalling.
A whole new level of shite that can only exist in Eurovision, I fully support our change in tactics.
There have been so many different winners in the past decade, I think UK could easily win if they ever decided to not send...whatever the fuck that 2015 entry is.
...at least it's catchy? It's kinda refreshingly honest/stupid.
SecretMoblin
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UK could totally win, but they need the right mindset; the UK's attitude about ESC nukes any chance they might have for the time being.
The Dutch were perennial jokes until a few years ago when they started sending pretty accomplished artists with good songs (Anouk, The Common Linnets) and as a result their fortunes improved dramatically.
The Dutch were perennial jokes until a few years ago when they started sending pretty accomplished artists with good songs (Anouk, The Common Linnets) and as a result their fortunes improved dramatically.
Shame about their song this year, though
Unknown Soldier
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Australia: Now a Part of Europe
Captain Tuttle
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There would be no contest
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