Eurovision's got The Hump

[Clare]

UK 2012 entry

 

Stroke of genius or WTF?

[Wowbagger]

So it's true! This got a mention on R3 this morning during the comatose hours and it gave Sarah Mohr-Pietch the excuse to play a bit of music by the real Englebert Humperdinck. The oldest entrant ever at 75? I think they should have gone for Vera Lynn.

[LEE]

Stroke of genius or WTF?

Both.

Given that it has almost no relevance to popular music and has become just an excuse for a camp booze-up with mates...Englembert seems to make perfect sense.

Personally I'd have Gary Glitter singing "Little Children".


Wow, what about Vera Lynn singing "Springtime for Hitler" ?  You've got to admit it would grab the attention of the Eurovision public.

It's about time we stuck 2-fingers up at the whole show, using this superb Englebert idea, or pulled out completely and let everyone else carry on making fools of themselves.

[andyoxon]

Take that Deadwood, we've* got teh Hump.

Winning this year... 

*in a not too nationalistic sense...

[AndyK]

I'm guessing someone thought, "We're in a depression, the summer's running and jumping is going to cost a fortune, what's the best way not to win this thing so we don't have to host it next year?"

[Notsototalnewbie]

I'm guessing someone thought, "We're in a depression, the summer's running and jumping is going to cost a fortune, what's the best way not to win this thing so we don't have to host it next year?"

They're copying a Father Ted storyline!

My lovely horse my lovely hooooorse...

[her_welshness]

I'm guessing someone thought, "We're in a depression, the summer's running and jumping is going to cost a fortune, what's the best way not to win this thing so we don't have to host it next year?"

They're copying a Father Ted storyline!

My lovely horse my lovely hooooorse...

where are you going, with your fetlocks flowing, like a train in the night, like a train in the night.....

[LEE]

I'm guessing someone thought, "We're in a depression, the summer's running and jumping is going to cost a fortune, what's the best way not to win this thing so we don't have to host it next year?"

The best way not to win it has been to piss off everyone in Europe with our foreign policy.  Stupidly they seem to think that by giving us "Neel Pwah" in Eurovision we'll be forced to become good Europeans.

Englebert just increased our chances of winning I think. 

I still remember when Eurovision reflected national identity.  There would always be people playing strange "squeezebox" instruments, wearing terrible national costume and, presumably ( presumably because they'd be singing in a neolithic mountain-region dialect) singing about repression by their evil neighbours in 1200AD.

Now it's just turned into a Bucks Fizz lookee-likee tribute show.  I expect this year will see more Rap content (is there anything worse than Euro Rap? "Ich sink I lerv you Baby, du bist drive me crazy")


I suspect I may need to watch it this year, just the Englebert bit and the final few minutes of voting, just to see how much Europe hates us.

[AndyK]

For me nothing will top Moldova's rap entry last year. If I ever go to Moldova and no-one's wearing those hats I'll be very disappointed.

[Tewdric]

I think he looks like Flatus!

[Biggsy]

UK 2012 entry

 

Stroke of genius or WTF?

A sure winner.  But who cares about Eurovision any more anyway?  Apart from Europeans and friends of Dorothy?

[Clare]

Me, so I guess I'm European.

It's the best audiovisual event of the year.

[Charlotte]

I think he looks like Flatus!

But Flatus wouldn't wear those Daisy Dukes, surely?

[AndyK]

UK 2012 entry

 

Stroke of genius or WTF?

A sure winner.  But who cares about Eurovision any more anyway?  Apart from Europeans and friends of Dorothy?

I love Eurovision. Every year it throws up pure televisual gold.

[Biggsy]

I might watch again it just for The Hump.

[Julian]

I love Eurovision.  It's hilarious.

[Riggers]

Ladies of a certain age will watching for the hump too.

[AndyK]

If he does anything half as good as this, we'll be a shoo-in:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ym-86bkbGhY&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Ym-86bkbGhY&rel=1</a>

[Biggsy]

Ladies of a certain age will watching for the hump too.

That "certain age" would be late nineties and early hundreds now, so many of them are longer with us.  My Nan liked him.  She died over twenty years ago.

Humpy will attract a new audience, though.  He's a really good singer, after all.  No one should be embarrassed to admit that!

[LEE]

I love Eurovision. Every year it throws up pure televisual gold.

As in "Pukes up" ?

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

I love Eurovision and as far as I'm concerned, this is excellent news. I wonder if they'll make him rap?

[Fab Foodie]

This news has made the Eurovision the 'must-watch' program of the year* ... teletastic!


*apart from maybe the Olympic cycling ...

[Cudzoziemiec]

If he does anything half as good as this, we'll be a shoo-in:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ym-86bkbGhY&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Ym-86bkbGhY&rel=1</a>

Yebbut...

Humpy will attract a new audience, though.  He's a really good singer, after all.  No one should be embarrassed to admit that!

Yebbut...

The last time a good sing and a decent singer were appreciated on Eurovision was about 1922!

[rogerzilla]

I doubt Hump has any voice left at 75 (Sinatra was bloody awful in his later years, even if you are in the camp that thought he really bothered singing when he was younger), but I may well watch for the lulz. 

[Simonb]

I hope he'll perform this one:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/xPTXVqETBM4&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/xPTXVqETBM4&rel=1</a>