Nerdiness of Nic

Eurovision final airs tomorrow May 14th! You can watch it streaming live on the official Eurovision website at 2 pm central time. You'll need to download an Octoshape plug in to get the video operating though.

Unless Maja Keuc from Slovenia does something drastically different tomorrow I'm awarding 12 points to her. Seriously, this is my favorite entry. I have a weakness for divatastic performances and this one is definitely that.

All right folks, it's time for another Eurovision. I must say right now that I really love the interwebs and Octoshape for without them I couldn't watch it live every year and for that I am grateful.

( Onto the show! (That has the best interval performance EVER. )

Eurovision ruled as usual. Here goes my rambling recap as I watched it live. Be warned, I love Eurovision like a crackhead loves crack and I'm already drinking as I watch this with friends. So be prepared for a lot of nonsense thoughts coming from my initial reactions to what I'm seeing on the screen.

( LJ Cut for rambling Eurovision fangirl recap. )

The weekend of May 14-16 is when Eurovision 2009 airs and I can't wait. All the participants have been chosen and because I'm a sad freak of a fangirl about this song contest I'm posting videos for the entries I deem quality. What is quality? It's anything that's just fabulous and makes me giggle. I also love the super gay entries. There's a few honestly great songs in here as well.

( LJ Cut For Eurovision Fabulousness )

This is my play by play review and/or reaction to Eurovision as it airs in all its glory. I'd advise to take it with a grain of salt since I watch this show for the quality and, well, I'm just typing down my inane thoughts on the show.

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Is taking place May 20th, 22nd, with the finals airing on May 24th. You can watch all of it streaming live thanks to Octoshape. The semi-finals and finals will air at 2 pm central standard time in the United States. For those of you who have jobs or non-Eurovision obsessed lives and can't watch it live you can visit the Eurovision official website where they'll have links to the previously aired semi-finals and finals. Most everyone will have to download the Octoshape plugin to watch it though. But no big deal because... hello! The quality that is Eurovision is so worth downloading one puny plugin.

I'm so fucking nerdy excited. I cannot wait for this Saturday and the viewing party.

For those of you who have Macs, it's more complicated to watch Eurovision streaming live. You have to go into your Octoshape settings and set them to the default player. Then you must have Windows Media Player 9.0 for Mac. When you click on the Eurovision link it will open up another web browser and start downloading the video file. Just copy and paste the url on the web browser that appeared for the web browser then go into Windows Media Player File - Open URL and paste the url in there and viola! You have Eurovision.

I know, I know, it seems like a pain in the ass but trust me it's so worth it.