New Posts For Thread: Best Eurovision Winner Ever?https://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29928705/best-eurovision-winner-everone vote only, any winner in eurovision history, what's the best?lena - satellite 2010Well, genuinely, fair play to you for spotting the potential so early. Just confirms how useless I am at ESC. As for not owning a copy of Waterloo, even on some old 70`s compilation, well, I`m surprised, but fair enough.https://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29928705/best-eurovision-winner-ever?post_id=532405757#532405757Well, genuinely, fair play to you for spotting the potential so early. Just confirms how useless I am at ESC. As for not owning a copy of Waterloo, even on some old 70`s compilation, well, I`m surprised, but fair enough.Sun, 19 May 2013 10:41:55 -0500It was 20/1 after it won it's semi final in Denmark on 26th Jan. I backed it but was restricted to £2.50 It was clearly a very catchy and immediate song and very well performed. Though I did feel she looked slightly psychotic at times.If I'd been abhttps://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29928705/best-eurovision-winner-ever?post_id=532405573#532405573It was 20/1 after it won it's semi final in Denmark on 26th Jan. I backed it but was restricted to £2.50 It was clearly a very catchy and immediate song and very well performed. Though I did feel she looked slightly psychotic at times.If I'd been abSun, 19 May 2013 10:36:32 -0500five leaves left 19 May 13 15:40 Denmark was available at 20/1 after Emellie had performed in her semi final in DenmarkDo you mean `semi-final` as in qualifying for the Danish final? Or qualifying for last night`s final? If the former, well, hats ofhttps://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29928705/best-eurovision-winner-ever?post_id=532405259#532405259five leaves left 19 May 13 15:40 Denmark was available at 20/1 after Emellie had performed in her semi final in DenmarkDo you mean `semi-final` as in qualifying for the Danish final? Or qualifying for last night`s final? If the former, well, hats ofSun, 19 May 2013 10:26:04 -0500..and I still don't think you can measure 'the best'Is My Family a better comedy than say 2012, because probably 10x more people watched it?I'd strongly argue no.https://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29928705/best-eurovision-winner-ever?post_id=532404107#532404107..and I still don't think you can measure 'the best'Is My Family a better comedy than say 2012, because probably 10x more people watched it?I'd strongly argue no.Sun, 19 May 2013 09:44:04 -0500Denmark was available at 20/1 after Emellie had performed in her semi final in Denmark. It didn't last long but if you are able to get on then it well worth following the national finals closely.Also Lena was 14/1 for well over a week after she'd beehttps://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29928705/best-eurovision-winner-ever?post_id=532403973#532403973Denmark was available at 20/1 after Emellie had performed in her semi final in Denmark. It didn't last long but if you are able to get on then it well worth following the national finals closely.Also Lena was 14/1 for well over a week after she'd beeSun, 19 May 2013 09:40:27 -0500As Dirty Harry tells us, `a man`s gotta know his limitations.`Regarding ESC, I learnt my limitations years ago. I am hopeless at picking the winner, so I just try to trade the price movements in the months before the final. Spending untold hours plouhttps://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29928705/best-eurovision-winner-ever?post_id=532403545#532403545As Dirty Harry tells us, `a man`s gotta know his limitations.`Regarding ESC, I learnt my limitations years ago. I am hopeless at picking the winner, so I just try to trade the price movements in the months before the final. Spending untold hours plouSun, 19 May 2013 09:26:11 -0500Indeed it is, fll. However if the OP had asked `which is your favourite? we can be subjective. The `best`, though, has to be `measurable` in some way, and I suggest that the longevity and universal appeal shown by Waterloo makes that, quantifiably, thttps://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29928705/best-eurovision-winner-ever?post_id=532402569#532402569Indeed it is, fll. However if the OP had asked `which is your favourite? we can be subjective. The `best`, though, has to be `measurable` in some way, and I suggest that the longevity and universal appeal shown by Waterloo makes that, quantifiably, tSun, 19 May 2013 08:28:49 -0500Music is subjective Timhttps://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29928705/best-eurovision-winner-ever?post_id=532402269#532402269Music is subjective TimSun, 19 May 2013 08:13:24 -0500And, less than two minutes after I post that reply, I notice that `Mamma Mia` is starting on ITV2 in a few minutes. How many films do you think will be dedicated to the music of Loreen or Rybak in thirty years time?https://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29928705/best-eurovision-winner-ever?post_id=532402171#532402171And, less than two minutes after I post that reply, I notice that `Mamma Mia` is starting on ITV2 in a few minutes. How many films do you think will be dedicated to the music of Loreen or Rybak in thirty years time?Sun, 19 May 2013 08:07:31 -0500Of all the winners over the years, which songs do YOU know all the words to? Which song is played on the radio far, far more than all the other songs combined? Which household doesn`t have it on at least one compilation CD? Most non-ESC fans would hahttps://community.betfair.com/specials/go/thread/view/94178/29928705/best-eurovision-winner-ever?post_id=532402079#532402079Of all the winners over the years, which songs do YOU know all the words to? Which song is played on the radio far, far more than all the other songs combined? Which household doesn`t have it on at least one compilation CD? Most non-ESC fans would haSun, 19 May 2013 08:03:15 -0500