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Eurovision anyone?
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embici
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18 May 2013 at 11:45am | IP Logged

renaissancemedi wrote:

The greek song is actually about the crisis, not getting drunk.In fact it has some
clever lyrics, and to the point.

I was impressed by the language of Iceland, listening to their song. Some sounds are
similar to ours, which I didn't know was the case.

I also like the Malta song. Does Malta have a language of its own? It's English every
year, as far as I can remember (I'm no expert though).

Thanks for letting us know what the Greek song is about, renaissancemedi. I will
definitely try and hear it and find the lyrics.

Malta does indeed have a language of it's own. Believe it or not, it's a Semitic
language! Yes, it's related to Arabic. For the longest time I assumed it was related to
Italian as most Maltese immigrants I've met here in Canada have Italian-sounding names.
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montmorency
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18 May 2013 at 2:45pm | IP Logged

I probably have a low mind, since my favourite Eurovision memory (after Abba) is
"The skirt rip" song

I looked for the spoof(?) versions which the Wikipedia article mentions:

German - Maggie Mae

studio version

Spanish - Parchis

"It's only a Wind up" - British spoof :-)

Hey, ho, harmless fun. :-)

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espejismo
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19 May 2013 at 4:32am | IP Logged

My all-time favorite contestant is Silvia Night from Iceland. Does anyone remember her?

She trolled the contest so badly in 2006, and from what I understand, this Greek newscaster took her seriously: Silvia Night goes crazy :)))

Edited by espejismo on 19 May 2013 at 4:41am
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renaissancemedi
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19 May 2013 at 5:48pm | IP Logged

I remeber that lol

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