It Could Have Been Worse
Filed under: Music MinuteTHIS is the song that won the Eurovision contest this past weekend.
It's the Russian entry, Believe, by Dima Bilan.
If you like Enrique Iglesias, then you might actually like this song.
We're bummed that Dustin the Turkey didn't win.
Devastated!
CLICK HERE to watch the new Eurovision champ's performance.
Posted: May 25, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Bosnia was the best
and Greece .. I don't like russian song.. I don't lika Dima Bilan 
oh btw, i thought at about 40secs.it sounded a bit like letoyas torn.
Dima Bilan is a notorious gay singer and he has posed naked for gay magazines.his song was crap and he is a major BITCH and douchebag who thinks he's a big diva.Kalomira,who is Greek but was born and raised in Long Island,was the best and her performance was great.the whole contest is a fraud cos all the ex soviet countries and scandinavian countries vote its other.
Dustin didn't even make the final - what a legend! Showed that the Irish don't take ourselves too seriously - great entertainment, for those of you who haven't seen it, it's on you tube, song is ironically called "Irlande douze points"!!! Enjoy
Dima Bilan is a notorious gay singer and he has posed naked for gay magazines.his song was crap and he is a major BITCH and douchebag who thinks he's a big diva.Kalomira,who is Greek but was born and raised in Long Island,was the best and her performance was great.the whole contest is a fraud cos all the ex soviet countries and scandinavian countries vote each other.
p.s. the swedish singer was a transexual botoxed to hell.
Its bullshit its all about politics
ukraina should have won! and sweden was great too!
SWEDEN OR BOSNIA SHOULD HAVE WON, (ESPECIALLY BOSNIA)!! but ok russia won for the first time not the worst song atleast ;/
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I'm from Finland, and I was so embarrassed that we sent that terrible terrible band there. I mean, been there done that. But finnish heavy metal, for heavens sake. I think Lordi won, because it was so different to all the euro pop bands (not saying that theyre bad). I liked Bosnia & Herzegovinas song a lot, and the norwegian song. I cracked when the swedish points were announced. Mycket bra, Sverige.
Re: ANNOULA – GEAI SOU, vre ANNOULA!!!!!!
KALOMOIRA IS #1!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey,Perez!Russia sucks…and Dima Bilan is such an asshole!!!Greece should have won!!!Kalomoira-My secret combination!!!Simply the best!!!You'd better upload her live performance,cause her booty-dance totally rocks!!!
Many kisses from Germany!!!!
Re: ANNOULA – GEIA SOU, vre ANNOULA!!!!!!
KALOMOIRA IS #1!!!!!!!!!!!
As an Icelandic girl I was so happy to hear such an awesome song coming from Iceland for once, and living in Sweden gave me the obvious possibility to vote for it. In the Semi Final I thought they just rocked the whole thing. But then as the Final was over and you could start voting, it was obvious to me that Iceland wouldn't be close to winning for the mere fact the Final had so many strong songs.
I still don't understand all these silly comments on neighbor voting. Sure there is lots of it, MOST of it is between the Nordic countries and has always been.
Western Europe has made me feel quite ashamed with all hateful comments towards Eastern Europe lately. Most of Western Europe is sending shit songs to Eurovision and because Eastern Europe is actually taking this competition seriously enough to send good stuff, you just become hateful. Such a pity! Plus… Western Europe gives Eastern Europe high points too. I have no idea why nobody seems to notice that? East won't vote for shit songs, neither will West. Get a grip for gods sake!
Dima Bilan was much better in 2006 with "Never let you go". Russia has been close to winning for a long time, I'm glad they deserved to win, but just not with this song. If this song could win why on earth couldn't t.A.T.u. in 2003? Best Russian entry ever!
Looking at the final placements of the final I think it's pretty correct according to my own liking. But I personally would have preferred Armenia to win.
Russia was just horrible!
It won thanks to the countries that are close to Russia!
The greek song "Secret combination" was perfect!Kalomira was the real winner!
Re: lola – fuck you you anorgasmic bitch!!!greece rocks!!!eat shit…bitch!!!haha
Us Irish were robbed! Dustin should have won people from outside of Dublin just dont get him!!!
Dustin for president!
Re: ANNA NICOLE SMITH –
The greek singer could not sing!
Dima deserved this 1st place, he worked very hard on it, and his performance was great, i'm telling it not coz i'm Russian, but because i watched this contest and most of the singers here were just ridiculous - no voice, nothing, just clowns %)
the only singers i liked after Bilan were from Ukraine and Denmark
Wow!?!??!?!
DID RUSSIA ACTUALLY PAY FOR YOU TOO TO ADVERT THEM!?
At least their winning and the perfect draw was soooooo bought… 10 million euros is enough to get the crown! Corruption all the way.. Russian way of life.
Sweden should have sent BWO (Bodies Without Organs) instead of Charlotte the Harlot, they seem perverted and fun:), check them out!
This was HORRIBLE! The entire show was HORRIBLE!
I'd say, SPLIT EUROPE INTO TWO! - Let's make a 8th continent - WEST EUROPE! It was WAY to frustrating to see all the real talents getting absolutely NO acknowledgment. Honestly - Russia was a mess, Greece had copied the beat from "Give It To Me" with Timbaland, Azerbajhan (or whatever) only had a lot of ass in it! I'm pissed!
Kudos to Norway for making it to the top ten! - I got a feeling that this is the last we will ever be seeing of Scandinavia in the top.
The bit that plays from 0:46 to 0:52 reminds me of Chaka Khan's "You Are Everything", when she sang "you are everything, and everything is you"
Re: katja –
Your luck
bist wohl ne Russlanddeutsche wa?
Warum bist denn nach De gekommen? Weils drüben so toll ist haha
You were bummed Dustin didn't win?
We were so diassapointed that he didn't even make it to the finals.
Those eastern Europeans have no sense of humour.
Well at least he has his pop career to fall back on.
HE can sing some more with Bob Geldof or something
Re: katja –
hey you belong to the stupid "first" idiots ! HAHAHA
ARSCHGESICHT biste ma selber du "erste" hahahahaha
sind wir noch im Kindergarten oder was
The only songs worth listening to was those from Denmark and Norway. Simple, easy and not a huge show. Eurovision song contest has turned into a huge game, play or theatre. It is just not a decent concert anymore!
I liked the song from Norway best… whats her name, Mary? Maria? Well anyway; it rocked. I hope to see more of that chick.
Russias song was CRAP!Greece's song was the best..and should have won.Also I agree that the UK did not deserve the last place.The voting is fixed.Put up the Greek entry.
If he had performed the song he did 2 years ago, I would understand why he won. But I don't get it this year!
And Denmark should have been placed higher than 15th
"We're bummed that Dustin the Turkey didn't win."
As an Irish person, I'm not. It was incredibly embarassing to say the least….
Re: Cathy – I agree.. Denmark should have been placed higher than 15th
Re: Maj – totally agree on the WEST EUROPE part! LOL
Re: iceswe –
I've noticed that Western European countries are giving high point to Eastern countries, the reason is immigration.
oh my god, that song was so bad!
the dutch singer was really good, but she didn't make it to the finals.
ewww! this song is horrible! i watched it live brodcast and there was no 'leemeet' to how bad it is! seriously, armenia or even bosnia and herzegovina were way better! the only reason why russia won at all is because most of the voting is politically based. all the countries vote for their neighbors' song. besides, this was not Dima's first time, all the western countries that voted for him probably just want him out already!
ewww! this song is horrible! i watched it live brodcast and there was no 'leemeet' to how bad it is! seriously, armenia or even bosnia and herzegovina were way better! the only reason why russia won at all is because most of the voting is politically based. all the countries vote for their neighbors' song. besides, this was not Dima's first time, all the western countries that voted for him probably just want him out already!Re: uff1138 – israel is not an eastern 'european' country. just wanted to clear that up. and personally, i think boaz mauda, israel's representitive, was far better than most of the other countries'. he had a great song and a fantastc voice!
Dima was the best on this contest. Good song, Evgeniy Plushenko, violin Stradivari, beautiful voice, nrj, desire = 1st place! NO DOUBT!
DIMA
BILAN
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FINLAND SHOULD HAVE WON!!
Re: iceswe – western europe has all but given up on the contest. why bother working their asses off if they won't get anywhere close to winning? seriously, when was the last time the UK, France, or ireland made it higher than the last 10? it's pathetic! although i happened to prefer all 3 of their entries to most of the other songs. i think europeans should just cut the crap and decide to vote for a song based on quality and not whether the neighboring country presented it. grow up!
ISRAEL Should have won!!
Iceland´s song was the best this year , i thougt they would win this. Eurovision was a big dissapointment this year I think..:/
I Loved this song! And Dima is so cute, I could die!
I didn't like any songs but Finland's and Russia.
I'm so happy He won.
Re: lol123 – i think uff1138 was being sarcastic, because he/she wrote "israel?" with a question mark, suggesting israel is not an eastern european country, it's not even european, then why should it even compete in a contest called EUROvision, as well as the other countries that are not "euro" that he/she mentioned, with the question mark. just my two cents….
tenia que haber ganado GRECIA!!!
LETO SVET should won!
How much fucking racism dude. He won, good for him. But come on, talkin shit bout Turkey and shit. Don't be such assholes y'all. I actually think this Eurivision was great, cause all europe was unite in one night, thats cool. It's very nice to see that music can unite the hole world, I love it. No hate, and no discrimination for any nation.
Kp.
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Why would former Soviet union countries vote for each other????They are happy they dont form Soviet union anymore..I am czech and for me there is no reason to vote for Russia or any other country of former Soviet union…because of the politics??..are american people really so blockheaded and stupid that they think so??????
How much fucking racism dude. He won, good for him. But come on, talkin shit bout Turkey and shit. Don't be such assholes y'all. I actually think this Eurovision was great, cause all the countrys was unite in one night, thats cool. It's very nice to see that music can unite the hole world, I love it. No hate, and no discrimination for any nation.
Kp.
I can't understand all the hateful comments towards Eastern European countries and Russia's win. Yes, Bilan's song wasn't the best song out there, but didn't you people watch the voting? He wouldn't have won if only neighbour countires voted for him, Western countries gave him a lot of points too!
Greek song was OK, but nothing special to me: I can't even remember the melody now, plus this girl looked like a clone of another Greek singer who won Eurovision couple of years ago. I liked Armenia and Norway the most.
Re: mona – his name is harun tekin btw =)
Dustin the Turkey didn't make it onto the show, he couldn't have won! I voted for the gay latvian pirate song
I agree Greece should have won.Dima's song form 2 years ago was way better than this one.This year Kalomira was better and i also liked Maria's song-hold on be strong(she has great voice)
Re: Joey – KALOMIRA IS THE BEST!
Wasn't the best song, but please stop this political crap. Every time someone other than UK wins, we get the same comments. Boooring.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE FOR UK NEXT YEAR SO THEY WILL FEEL GREAT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND STOP MOANING!!!!!!!!!!
Go on the Denmark
Omggg!! hotnessss . Dimaaa (L) Goo Russiaaaa. Eurovision 2009 - Moscowww. the song 'porque aun te amo' is great too.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE FOR UK NEXT YEAR SO THEY WILL FEEL GREAT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND STOP MOANING!!!!!!!!!!
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE FOR UK NEXT YEAR SO THEY WILL FEEL GREAT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND STOP MOANING!!!!!!!!!!
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE FOR UK NEXT YEAR SO THEY WILL FEEL GREAT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND STOP MOANING!!!!!!!!!!
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE FOR UK NEXT YEAR SO THEY WILL FEEL GREAT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND STOP MOANING!!!!!!!!!!
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE FOR UK NEXT YEAR SO THEY WILL FEEL GREAT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND STOP MOANING!!!!!!!!!!
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE FOR UK NEXT YEAR SO THEY WILL FEEL GREAT ABOUT THEMSELVES AND STOP MOANING!!!!!!!!!!
It's really that bad. I'm russian, and let me tell you, after first minute I was done:-)))
GO SPAINNNN!! CHIKI CHIKI!! lmao
I really wanted dustin to win…… Stupid RUSSIA!!
Turkey songs awsomee i fink they should have won
Turkey songs awsomee i fink they should have won ,russia song is gayer than gay zz
The contest has turned into a joke over the past years, I think that's what the Spaniards tried state with their entry.
Personally, I think the contest should be scrapped and all the money which each country invests should be put towards good causes.
The spanish song is simply THE BEST SONG. Look at it
he might as well strip on stage yuck!!1
El Chikilicuatre sin duda el mejor, viva el Chiki-Chiki
dima sucks….Finland should've won
eurosong sucks…although you can learn some geopolitics by watching the voting LOL
Pérez Hilton, pon al Chikilicuatre en tu página, porfa.
chiki chiki the best! xD
Eurovision is a sick!
two words: block voting
GREECE SHOULD HAVE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!__________diVa bilan was horrible and sooooooooo UNKIND while KALOMIRA hugged every person she saw_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________But of course the eastern countries support each other so only them will win from now on!__________________
GREECE SHOULDVE WON!! Kalomira, i thought, did an amazing job! its stupid how they vote. of course, for example, the northern european countries are going to give the most amount of points for their neighbors. its total BS. its all politics.
Dima! You are the BEST!!!!!
ha ha ha haaaaaaa!!!! what's with the the other two guys? they made it look gay. i cringed.
Дима!! Я тебя люблю!! Хорошо!!
___________________________And the only english phrase diVa can say is "Hello Everyone" while KALOMIRA was born in Long Island and that says it all!____________________________________________________________________________
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!K A L O M O I R A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PEREZ YOU"RE F"""G IDIOT, FAT STUPID ASS BITCH!!!
)) so go and kill yourself lol
THAT WAS THE BEST PERFORMANCE EVER!!!!!!!! YOU GO RUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSIAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! WE KICK THE WORLD AS WE ALWAYS DO
Re: xxxxx –
No Timbaland is not Russian. The team that produced Dima Bilans EC song also works with Timbaland =)
Re: grace –
Hey, hey, I didn't say that shit about racist!! It was just a copy-paste from another person's comment! I was actually COMMENTING on that entry!
whoa whoa WHOA someone said he/she liked romania… GODNESS i live in romania and our song sucked so bad it hurt. no one wanted them to go eurovision. anyhow it's stupid how everyone votes for their neighbours and stuff but dima billan was kinda the best out of all of that even if i did like other countries with weird songs and wasn't so pleased with this one.
I like Dima, but I think he sings better in Russian, like "Vremya-reka"
Re: COC – Can anyone tell me what Evgeni Plushenko (Olympic gold medal figure skater) had to do with the song????
Plushenko is Dima's producer's (it's a woman) fiance!
His english is so bad it´s a joke. Why bother when nobody can understand you. The swedish guy is a comedian and it was supposed to be funny but since he´s not known in the rest of Europe the result was kind of embarressing..
I absolutly hate this song, it's a tipical eurovision song, it sounds so angry and dark..
I'm from Europe (Denmark) and off course I think Simon Matthew (the one representing Denmark) should have won "All night long"
F@ck off!!! Bilan was the best singer of Evrovision 2008!
Dustin is legend. eastern europe don't get it ut perez does. he should be signed to sony bmg
That is fucking Plushenko iceskating!!! RESPECT!
I think the guy is great, a bit cheesy but…I give him credit for having the guts to come back to Eurovision for the second time after taking second place in 2006…
this song sucks, the best songs were Greece, UK and Spain. East countries are the worst
Sad to say, it could have been worse. Which tells you something abut the general state of Eurovision! Go Norway's entry! This song really really sucks! He can't sing, speak english, and the acts just horrible ….
GREECE SHOULD HAVE WON!!!!!!!
#1 GREECE SHOULD HAVE WON!
#1 GREECE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kalomirakiiiiiiiiii.Greece!
Russia isnt even europe.Ive been researching dima bilan and the things and photos ive come across are disgusting and shocking, if the UK press gets hold of this he is finished.The song is terrible…you lose we WIN .EVEN IF…we sent our huge megastars like Mika, Leona Lewis or James Blunt they would still come last or in the bottom 10.you eastern countries are making everyone hate you.except the polish we love you guys.
The UK is outraged at your petty behavior voting for your friends so they return votes.
Re: Bauhaus – coming from, I'm guessing, an American, this comment is truely pathetic…
Re: fuck europe…and russia – DUmb f*ck.. if Europe hadn't existed, your "great" USA would've never been founded. Ignorant Americans…
CAT STEVENS - WILD WORLD
just saying.
But as offended as we are and trust me WE ARE.The good natured people of Britain wont hold a grudge.The contest is for fun and its the only thing that europe does together so i wish you all well, see you next year.