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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: aldo_14 on February 11, 2006, 09:45:32 am

Title: US to emulate Eurovision contest
Post by: aldo_14 on February 11, 2006, 09:45:32 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4703748.stm

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"Eurovision is the granddaddy of all talent shows and the Super Bowl of singing," said Ben Silverman, chairman of series producers Reveille.

Wow - don't know much about Eurovision, do they?

Title: Re: US to emulate Eurovision contest
Post by: BlackDove on February 11, 2006, 09:46:35 am

Nobody gives a **** about Eurovision Song Contest. It needs to die.

So, good luck to the US :yes: :)

Title: Re: US to emulate Eurovision contest
Post by: karajorma on February 11, 2006, 09:52:33 am

Those yanks really don't give a damn about the Geneva Convention do they? :p

Title: Re: US to emulate Eurovision contest
Post by: Mongoose on February 11, 2006, 11:03:59 am

I can't see how this is going to do anything; American Idol brings in tens of millions of viewers every week, and I don't see any significant portion of them switching over to a new show.  Typical network exec stupidity: if a show works well for one network, we all need two or three similar ones on ours. :p NBC's just copying another network's success, but I can easily see it backfiring on them.

Title: Re: US to emulate Eurovision contest
Post by: an0n on February 11, 2006, 11:57:53 am

Eurovision has nothing to do with singing.

It's all about countries sucking up to each other with votes and Terry Wogan standing there going "God, I wish I was dead.....No, wait. I wish they were all dead."

Denmark got real pissed one year (2001, IIRC) when he called the Danish hosts Doctor Death and the Toothfairy.

Title: Re: US to emulate Eurovision contest
Post by: Taristin on February 11, 2006, 03:40:37 pm

:sigh: We already have that God Forsaken "American Idol", now we have this too?! :shaking:

Title: Re: US to emulate Eurovision contest
Post by: StratComm on February 11, 2006, 03:44:29 pm

Of course.  Network TV still has decades of futility left before they give up the ghost completely.

Title: Re: US to emulate Eurovision contest
Post by: phreak on February 11, 2006, 06:26:32 pm

There's still the History Channel

Title: Re: US to emulate Eurovision contest
Post by: Ace on February 11, 2006, 06:39:52 pm

A.K.A. the Caesar and Hitler channel.

Title: Re: US to emulate Eurovision contest
Post by: neo_hermes on February 11, 2006, 06:54:14 pm

ah..i'd rather watch the history channel than american idol....

Title: Re: US to emulate Eurovision contest
Post by: Janos on February 13, 2006, 06:54:11 pm

Last year I enjoyed the glorious Eurovision experience whilst chatting with other idiots on IRC and drinking beer

The year before that (I think?) I was just drunk with buddies.

It's like a C-class action flick or a genocide, only worse and live. Why to suffer when you can just get drunk and enjoy it?