Eurovision Song Contest 2014

[Hifly]

In this particular case German grammar provides an elegant way out of the debate whether you should use the pronoun "he" or "she": Just refer to Conchita as "die Wurst". Problem solved.

That's a very Southern expression. What if you come from North Germany? It's taboo!

[ingemann]

Yeah, Poland, somewhat disgracefully, won the TV vote in the UK. And a bunch of places actually.

Yes it's a disgrace that instead of letting people decide which song we the people like, we need an expect panel to ensure "quality" in the song.

[Hifly]

Well, we do have a pronoun called "it", but I don't want anyone here to have a heart attack.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

'They' can be used as a singular, but you have to resort to some fairly desperate circumlocutions to make it apply in a case where there is clearly a correct pronoun for a role that somebody is playing.

[Joe Republic]

Referring to a drag queen as 'she' when in character shouldn't be so difficult to grasp.  Dame Edna is obviously referred to as 'she', while Barry Humphries as 'he'.  This isn't rocket science.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Yeah, Poland, somewhat disgracefully, won the TV vote in the UK. And a bunch of places actually.

There's a large Polish minority in the UK these days, so the crotch vote won't have been the only factor.

[Gustaf]

Yeah, Poland, somewhat disgracefully, won the TV vote in the UK. And a bunch of places actually.

There's a large Polish minority in the UK these days, so the crotch vote won't have been the only factor.

Yeah, yeah, I'm aware that probably played a role as well.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Yeah, Poland, somewhat disgracefully, won the TV vote in the UK. And a bunch of places actually.

There's a large Polish minority in the UK these days, so the crotch vote won't have been the only factor.

I'm not at all surprised the country that at one point sent this to the Eurovision had Poland winning the vote... 

[Simfan34]

I'm under the impression some guy in a wig- nothing more- won the contest. Is that correct? Or is there more to this?

[Flake]

I'm under the impression some guy in a wig- nothing more- won the contest. Is that correct? Or is there more to this?

A woman won the contest. Please be respectful.

[Simfan34]

So there is more to this, then. I don't know why people were saying it was a man. Might have been the beard. I don't get it. But okay, good for her.

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It's a man in a wig. What are you talking about?

[Sol]

I'm under the impression some guy in a wig- nothing more- won the contest. Is that correct? Or is there more to this?

A woman won the contest. Please be respectful.

Conchita Wurst is not actually trans*, fyi.

[Tender Branson]

Quite the scene today in Vienna when Conchita was honoured with an official state reception at the Chancellor's Office and met with Austrian Chancellor Faymann and then gave a brief concert outside:

[Tender Branson]

The ORF (Austrian broadcaster) and the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) have announced today that they agreed on an indoor location for the 2015 Song Contest.

That virtually means that only the following venues will get to host it:

* Vienna (Stadthalle)
* Vienna (Messehalle)
* Graz (Messehalle)
* Graz (Schwarzlhalle)
* Innsbruck (OlympiaWorld)

Those have capacities of over 10.000 people.

All others are unlikely, because they are too small.

http://kurier.at/thema/songcontest/song-contest-2015-open-air-variante-ist-vom-tisch/66.489.537

[Tender Branson]

Who's going to moderate the Contest ?

* On the men's side, Ö3-moderator Andi Knoll is basically a lock for the job.



* On the women's side, there are a lot who could moderate it:

Mirjam Weichselbraun (MTV presenter, TV-show presenter, orginially from Tyrol - so if Innsbruck gets it, then she's probably a lock to host it)



Bianca Schwarzjirg (PULS4 moderator)



Kristina Inhof (PULS4 moderator)



Doris Golpashin (TV moderator, various channels)



Silvia Schneider (PULS 4 moderator)



Larissa Marolt (topmodel and TV show celebrity)



Arabella Kiesbauer (former ORF TV and radio presenter)

[Tender Branson]

Who's going to moderate the Contest ?

The ORF has picked the moderators for the 2015 Song Contest in Vienna, all 3 of them women:



* Mirjam Weichselbraun (left)
* Arabella Kiesbauer (2nd from right)
* Alice Tumler (right)

The 2014 winner Conchita Wurst will be an additional moderator out of the so-called "Green Room" and will perform a song (or more) at the contest.

This is the logo:



http://songcontest.orf.at