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It was the only song entered by the United Kingdom to earn no points from any other countries

But wait, there's more

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this made the UK's failure the most spectacular in the history of the contest

Awesome publicity.

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But wait, there's more

Awesome publicity.

Probably the biggest publicity going...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v= ... 3_EZM&feature=related

That was brilliant hahaha...

But let's not start discussing again why Israel is allowed to take part in the EUROvision....or the uefa EURO...

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What's the point of the Eurovision song contest when the ruskies turn off the gas anyway?

I think we need an entrant that will, turn up the gas

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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v= ... 3_EZM&feature=related

lol

Although, it was better than our entry that year....

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In Soviet Russia, Gas turns off you!

There's gotta be one of these every time the word Russia comes up. Kind of like "it'll buff right out" every time there's a picture of a wrecked car.

Off to Wiki then, and it says...

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Russian reversal

Russian reversal or "In Soviet Russia" is a type of joke originated by Arte Johnson on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, and popularized by Smirnoff, and is an example of antimetabole. The general form of the "In Soviet Russia" joke is that the subject and objects of a statement are reversed, and "In (Soviet) Russia", or something equivalent, is added.

I was hoping for a more dramatic story.

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I always thought it was to point and laugh at all the other countries singing silly songs, in silly costumes, in funny languages

+1

It's even better when the bands/singers know fully well how stupid that song contest actually is and intentionally mock it with a really bad song/performance. This actually happens more and more so I'm actually looking forward to it by now.

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Those gay pirates they had last year were brilliant.

Latvia sent WHAT to the international contest? I hate this country more than ever...

Severina Vučković, you Serbians know what I'm talking about

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I only watch it for Latvia. Those gay pirates they had last year were brilliant.

They're not in it this year?

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One of my girlfriend's lecturers wrote a song that got into the finals too, and it got him a lot of publicity.

Hmm... Why do I see a reseblence to this during the chorus?

Besides ESC isn't so bad. I think. Look at all the alst place finishers

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Besides ESC isn't so bad. I think. Look at all the alst place finishers

Poor Scandinavia.

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I only watch it for Latvia. Those gay pirates they had last year were brilliant.

that one was pretty awesome

however this one was clearly the best 08
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v= ... Rcf1I&feature=related

Spain was best by miles last year

But no song was a timeless classic in the past few years. This is still one of the best

OKAY, worth a double post: We have an epic win

Hope it goes through the nationals..