Ah Ireland. ESC's most winning Country (Winner 1970, 1980, 1987, the only hat trick 1992, 1993, 1994 and then again in 1996) has not fared so hot recently. This year, they decided to do their National Selection in an X Factor style, with each of the 5 Entries being "Mentored" by a well known music industry Irish person. In the mix was Jedward, which is a pair of twins who are basically the Justin Bieber of Ireland/U.K. They came 6th in the U.K.'s X Factor, basically because of thier hair, cheeziness and ability to make every 12 year girl have her ovaries pop out whenever they are even mentioned. They've even named a cultural phenomena after them ("The Jedward Factor" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedward). Finally, the winner was chosen by an "Expert" Jury (67%) and a Televote (33%).
Songs -
01 - Talking With Jennifer - Don Mescall
02 - Lipstick - Jedward
03 - Shine On - Bling
04 - Send Me An Angel - The Vard Sisters
05 - Falling - Nikki Kavanagh
To select my winner, I divided 100 points between the songs 2 times and 200 points 1 time (First after listening to each song 5 times, Second by watching all the songs and Third by just general love).
Number - Title - Vote 01 - Vote 02 - Vote 03 - Total - Place
01 - Talking With Jennifer - 11 - 10 - 24 - 45 Points - 5th
02 - Lipstick - 27 - 36 - 60 - 123 Points - 1st
03 - Shine On - 14 - 15 - 39 - 68 Points - 3rd
04 - Send Me An Angel - 18 - 08 - 26 - 52 Points - 4th
05 - Falling - 30 - 31 - 51 - 112 points - 2nd
Actual Results -
5th - Shine On - 44 Points (Jury - 5th With 32 Points, Televote - 5th With 12 Points)
4th - Send Me An Angel - 54 Points (Jury - 4th With 36 Points, Televote - 4th With 18 Points)
3rd - Talking With Jennifer - 68 Points (Jury - 3rd With 44 Points, Televote - 3rd With 24 Points)
2nd - Falling - 96 Points (Jury - 1st With 66 Points, Televote - 2nd With 30 Points)
1st - Lipstick - 98 Points (Jury - 2nd With 60 Points, Televote - 1st With 36 Points)
Comments -
I don't care what anyone says, how much ESC street cred i lose, or how much i'm judged, i fucking ADORE lipstick. Possibly in my top 10 ESC 2011.
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