A lot of people say Ireland was just takin the piss that year, which is fair... but let's be honest, this was, hands down, the best entry because it showed what knobs the other countries look like are when they send a bunch of crap Celine Dion wannabes and just generally take it too damn seriously.
With the most wins from any country, I love how Ireland just said "screw it!" And sent one of the best troll entries ever. And what's even funnier is that it beat some people. I wonder how they felt when they found out a turkey puppet did better than them? hahahahaha
Ah, Ireland. The country where we send spoof acts into Eurovision just so we don't win (and therefore don't have to pay for staging it the next year), accidentally legalise drugs and 14 year olds can get tattoos :-D
TheN1H1LL No, it's actually true. In 1995 they sent a rubbish song because they didn't want to host it again. The one hosted in Ireland the year before was actually done on a budget.
***** unfortunately, due to the British implanting a minority of settlers who were put there to oppress the native Irish and steal their land, the north will be free one day, Tiocfaidh Ar La.
10 years ago (2008): A chicken represented a country started with 'I', failed to reach the final 10 years later (2018): A chicken represented a country also started with 'I', but finally successfully reach the final and even took the champion.
That's basically the theme of the Eurovision episode of Father Ted :-D Ireland picks the worst act just so they don't have to hold the next competition!
Thing is, when people don't want to host ESC,(it costs a lot of time and money) then they send something fucking stupid like this. Like U. Kingdom 2015 4 example...
+Stefan Etienney wht are you so bitter....its a piss take, anyone who takes the ESC serious needs to get out more...I watch the ESC every year simply cos of the mostly silly acts (yes once in a while a gem is thrown up) but on the whole it is a camp fairy tale of a show with voting so political it borders on the surreal....the ESC is a joke, and Dustin made sure it was highlighted. Would I like Ireland to win again? yes...after all...WE OWN IT lol "Go on Dustin yeh mad thing...!"
As someone not too familiar with the competition, look at the two previous years. Lordi won in 2006 and Verka Serduchka finished second in 2007. It seems likely that people saw these two unconventional acts and figured that was the trend for the future and they tried to send their own weird acts in, only for it to backfire.
As an Irish citizen can I just say that we were in an era of a big recession and there was no way we were risking winning coz we would have had NO money to host it
I used to be annoyed that we sent a turkey but I kinda want Dustin to come back next year, we never get through anymore anyway since countries vote for their neighbours so what's the point in sending someone good hahaha #irishstew !!🇮🇪❤️🇮🇪❤️🇮🇪❤️
There was a time where Dustin the turkey didn't resemble jimmy saville & Dermot Morgan, the Rubber Bandits had a career ahead of them and Rodge and podge and the morbegs were the symbols of craic.
This was really an act of genius - This was to make a mockery of what the Eurovision has become, while most of Europe looked at this gig and thought 'This is embarrassing for Ireland.' To be honest, knowing Eurovision, some country will still manage to come up with something a bit more mad than a singing turkey!
Not true at all, If Dustin was representing Russia, he would be on the same position where he is now. dervish was great last year, I liked that entry, but Dustin? Maybe since Marija (Molitva) won, its not "in" to present funny and strange coreography, but good music and nice song. Maybe Europe finally started to evaluate the right thing on this contest, who knows?
Much more, than u think. For example: Riblja Chorba Bjelo Dugme Divlje Jagode Crvena Jabuka Leb i Sol ... Where do u live? Your philosophy is confusing, why do u watch ESC and event comment about it? Name some good aand well known singer from your "western" country...
Look as an Irish person i no why we went and sent dusten in. We won it 7 times before hand and we could not afford to host it again. But that performance fucked it up for every other Irish person that would want to win it now because no one will take us serious.
Bono and U2 from Ireland? The Uk - too many to list. No one wants to get involved in criticising other countries - merely that if Dustin had been representing Russia last night (and Dima the Russian singer sang flatter than Dervish last year for Ireland) he would have qualified easily.
@patsybob The only reason that Ireland won so many times during the 80's and 90's was the language advantage. It's easy to shine with English, but when everyone else got the chance to use it Ireland collapsed immediately to bottom.
@Guderian1939 Yeah right, Ireland doesnt give a shit. Its our highest point against Europe in pointing out Eurovision is trash, neigbour voting, basically bribing their way into the finals and kicking out diversity by insisting that Europe must now sing in English only. I think France is now the only exception to the rule.
The boos make it. Everyone booing not only miss the joke but add the punch line. Plus its not a bad song it just does not care if you like it or not while most pop is written just to be liked so it sounds ruff in comparison.
I just noticed the backing singers say "rip it up Johnny" and "let's go, babes" before the song starts... how bizarre! I won't say who Johnny is (guess!), but it's weird they'd say that with their microphones on.
We should send either Dustin or the rubberbandits to the Eurovision and take the piss out of that completely political voting system that's on that show !!!! C'MON THE IRELAND :D
oh, god why dustin why??? This song only really only made sense to Irish people, (I'm irish) But seriously I found It (in my opinion) terrible we should have gone with my lovely horse...
we should have gone with dustin but with a different song when i first heard the song i thought it was crap but after listening to it for a 2nd time i thought it was really catchy
This is the first evsc I was ever looking forward to! What a pity he didn't get through - some of the other acts were absolute crap; I think dustin can only be appreciated on his own turf!
Simple, it wasn't nearly bland enough. Historically, the most probable winner is some utterly forgettable pop tune. Also, this is a rapping (sort of I guess?) turkey.
Trolling at its finest. Tip of the hat
dustin your an epic legend!! taking the piss out of eurovision!!! i proud to live in ireland ^^
i hear ya.
ahaha every other country was VERY confused!! i voted 4 jedward again this year!!
Go on ya good thing! ;)
Irelande "Douche" Pointe??
Jedward did amazing and are far better than a puppet turkey at least they're real not fake
A lot of people say Ireland was just takin the piss that year, which is fair... but let's be honest, this was, hands down, the best entry because it showed what knobs the other countries look like are when they send a bunch of crap Celine Dion wannabes and just generally take it too damn seriously.
+Mary P. Verka Serduchka? I kinda liked that one
+Mary P. Yuppppppp... This on the other hand is cheap sh*t...
+Stefan Etienney But this...
Europe is not amused,Ireland. Keep that in mind.
Lipstick 2011 was good though...
+Mary P. Finland had Lordi- who went and won the damn thing.
Dilligaf? I pulled hard for PKN last year. Best one, hands down.
With the most wins from any country, I love how Ireland just said "screw it!" And sent one of the best troll entries ever.
And what's even funnier is that it beat some people. I wonder how they felt when they found out a turkey puppet did better than them? hahahahaha
i like how the rest of europe are all serious with big songs and all and they look at ireland sending out a turkey
Spain also sent a joke entry in 2008 I think
@@ItsTheBoombox Perrea perrea...
This is still iconic in Spain, every so often it crops up half-ironically in parties and stuff.
Ah, Ireland. The country where we send spoof acts into Eurovision just so we don't win (and therefore don't have to pay for staging it the next year), accidentally legalise drugs and 14 year olds can get tattoos :-D
That's not true, you just saw that on father ted 😝
I'm Irish! Love Father Ted though haha
TheN1H1LL No, it's actually true. In 1995 they sent a rubbish song because they didn't want to host it again. The one hosted in Ireland the year before was actually done on a budget.
+Streatham Soprano Wow! Really? Jeez they know how to pick crap songs
Stefan Etienney
Yes, I read it somewhere.
Haha, fucking brilliant. I don't think the continent gets UK and Irish humour!
what does the UK have to do with it
Mathew Willis were NOT British tho so shut the fuck up:)
Basic grammar? This is the internet not a spelling test you fucking gobshite!
SD ninetysix Part of Ireland is British tho.....
***** unfortunately, due to the British implanting a minority of settlers who were put there to oppress the native Irish and steal their land, the north will be free one day, Tiocfaidh Ar La.
2008, the year almost no one gave a single fuck and just wanted to fool around.
What a fucking hero.
10 years ago (2008): A chicken represented a country started with 'I', failed to reach the final
10 years later (2018): A chicken represented a country also started with 'I', but finally successfully reach the final and even took the champion.
Had forgotten about this... just pissed myself laughing. Pity Europeans take it all so seriously, no sense of humour
This turkey beats the chicken who won this year any time of the day.
troll level : expert
If this was submitted as an entry now it would win :L
Dustin we still remember you!
+Maria Stensrud for having dumbest circus act ever? Okey-dokey
+Stefan Etienney This wasn't just what Dustin did, he was a regular on Irish TV. He even had his own show. He was boss!!
2008 was a year full of trolling with Ireland, Spain and France but Ireland was the best!
Every nation needs one joke entry, and I'm very proud of ours :)
I still think My Lovely Horse was Ireland's best Eurovision song.
THIS is the winner of 2008
It cant be just me can it. As this reminds me some much of
Father Ted's " My Lovely Horse "
That's basically the theme of the Eurovision episode of Father Ted :-D Ireland picks the worst act just so they don't have to hold the next competition!
still better than ukraine
+Mike Pro and ireland this year
Can we send Damo and Ivor this year?!
I doubt it, how would Andy Quirke Change characters on stage? It'd be awesome though.
+bexa_18 Rubberbandits ! We need them !
Pls Dustin! Come back bro :(((((
Ireland the 12 points! GOGOGOG
12 point from Estonia!
A point in time. We were beyond logic. Happy days.
How have I never seen my country take the piss out of Eurovision before😂
"eastern europe we love you. Do you like Irish Stew"... !!! Hahahaha
Fabulous! Ireland merely showing their frustration at the block voting with this song..it made me smile!!! 12 points from the UK
Is Dustin a drunk Johnny Logan?
This one and Spanish acts were the best ever in Eurovision
Thing is, when people don't want to host ESC,(it costs a lot of time and money)
then they send something fucking stupid like this. Like U. Kingdom 2015 4 example...
+Stefan Etienney wht are you so bitter....its a piss take, anyone who takes the ESC serious needs to get out more...I watch the ESC every year simply cos of the mostly silly acts (yes once in a while a gem is thrown up) but on the whole it is a camp fairy tale of a show with voting so political it borders on the surreal....the ESC is a joke, and Dustin made sure it was highlighted. Would I like Ireland to win again? yes...after all...WE OWN IT lol "Go on Dustin yeh mad thing...!"
omg I love the Irish
Thanks I love my country too
Ella Leppänen I love my country omg this is my favourite thing ever
i think this the time has a mental break. the latest entry is good
this is the year that all the weird music and act was sent... That is why Russia won...
Finnland wasn't bad.
As someone not too familiar with the competition, look at the two previous years. Lordi won in 2006 and Verka Serduchka finished second in 2007. It seems likely that people saw these two unconventional acts and figured that was the trend for the future and they tried to send their own weird acts in, only for it to backfire.
This has gotten stuck in my head
We Just took the piss that year
As an Irish citizen can I just say that we were in an era of a big recession and there was no way we were risking winning coz we would have had NO money to host it
Still it should have won it was by far the best performance that year.we should send more like it.
Another reason it should of won .
How come this didn't walk it.
this has to be made our national anthem
hahahahahahaha but seriously where the hell am i living?!?!?!?!
Its lit
"did we win" has absolutely done me in how have i never noticed this before
Love the Irish ☘️❤️🇮🇪
Ireland is funny and crazy! Can't say it's the best song in the universe, but it sure is catchy and fun! Makes Eurovision that much more exciting.
Who here is irish and things we should sent niall horan over by himself????
Shane Conroy we don't really like him but we know he'll wipe the floor with the teenage girl voters
xR34con_ ah no dont do that to niall. From 1D to the eurovision. Cant think of anything more humiliating
Id love to see walking on cars. Thatd be unreal. But niall would defo bring in votes
XDD omg my stomach XDferdsfgf Embrassing for my country but this is so fecking funny....H'ON DUSTIN! BEING THE TROLL OF EUROVISION!
Don't understand how this didn't qualify tbh
That's quality content right there
This is better than all our other entrys😂😂😂
I used to be annoyed that we sent a turkey but I kinda want Dustin to come back next year, we never get through anymore anyway since countries vote for their neighbours so what's the point in sending someone good hahaha #irishstew !!🇮🇪❤️🇮🇪❤️🇮🇪❤️
Better than "My lovely horse".
There was a time where Dustin the turkey didn't resemble jimmy saville & Dermot Morgan, the Rubber Bandits had a career ahead of them and Rodge and podge and the morbegs were the symbols of craic.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY COMPUTER!? *throws his computer out the window*
Never forget.
This was really an act of genius - This was to make a mockery of what the Eurovision has become, while most of Europe looked at this gig and thought 'This is embarrassing for Ireland.'
To be honest, knowing Eurovision, some country will still manage to come up with something a bit more mad than a singing turkey!
Not true at all,
If Dustin was representing Russia, he would be on the same position where he is now. dervish was great last year, I liked that entry, but Dustin? Maybe since Marija (Molitva) won, its not "in" to present funny and strange coreography, but good music and nice song. Maybe Europe finally started to evaluate the right thing on this contest, who knows?
Much more, than u think.
For example: Riblja Chorba
Bjelo Dugme
Divlje Jagode
Crvena Jabuka
Leb i Sol
...
Where do u live? Your philosophy is confusing, why do u watch ESC and event comment about it?
Name some good aand well known singer from your "western" country...
OMG!!!
Truly unbelievable and I don't mean that in a good way. On a positive note I'd love to sample some of the drugs that whoever put this together was on.
Look as an Irish person i no why we went and sent dusten in. We won it 7 times before hand and we could not afford to host it again. But that performance fucked it up for every other Irish person that would want to win it now because no one will take us serious.
Bono and U2 from Ireland?
The Uk - too many to list.
No one wants to get involved in criticising other countries - merely that if Dustin had been representing Russia last night (and Dima the Russian singer sang flatter than Dervish last year for Ireland) he would have qualified easily.
@patsybob The only reason that Ireland won so many times during the 80's and 90's was the language advantage. It's easy to shine with English, but when everyone else got the chance to use it Ireland collapsed immediately to bottom.
@Guderian1939 Yeah right, Ireland doesnt give a shit. Its our highest point against Europe in pointing out Eurovision is trash, neigbour voting, basically bribing their way into the finals and kicking out diversity by insisting that Europe must now sing in English only. I think France is now the only exception to the rule.
The boos make it. Everyone booing not only miss the joke but add the punch line. Plus its not a bad song it just does not care if you like it or not while most pop is written just to be liked so it sounds ruff in comparison.
I just noticed the backing singers say "rip it up Johnny" and "let's go, babes" before the song starts... how bizarre! I won't say who Johnny is (guess!), but it's weird they'd say that with their microphones on.
We should send either Dustin or the rubberbandits to the Eurovision and take the piss out of that completely political voting system that's on that show !!!! C'MON THE IRELAND :D
oh, god why dustin why??? This song only really only made sense to Irish people, (I'm irish) But seriously I found It (in my opinion) terrible we should have gone with my lovely horse...
we should have gone with dustin but with a different song
when i first heard the song i thought it was crap but after listening to it for a 2nd time i thought it was really catchy
This is the first evsc I was ever looking forward to! What a pity he didn't get through - some of the other acts were absolute crap; I think dustin can only be appreciated on his own turf!
It is not Eurovision Serbia,it is Eurovision 2008-Belgrade,Serbia
Simple, it wasn't nearly bland enough. Historically, the most probable winner is some utterly forgettable pop tune.
Also, this is a rapping (sort of I guess?) turkey.
that's what Eurovision is about: not being _too_ serious about the contest. *sarcasm* and if that isn't culture than I don't know what is. *sarcasm*
Love Love Peace Peace > This >>>> All Eurovision 2016 entrants
douze points. lmao. this is gold. I love it when countries stop giving a fuck.
Jajajajjaajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj Jajajaja jajajajajajajajajaj
It’s 10 years later and I still don’t know what we were thinking
Sarah it looks like a new turkey gonna win this year. Israel took a leaf from our book 🙄🙄
We went wrong cos we shoulda sent a chicken not a turkey, as evident by 2018 result
that was in 2008, in 2007 ukraine had sent verka serduchka and had almost won and this song is in no way worse than that.
Who is here because of the TriForce Podcast?
This is just underrated and nq because is from 2008
I totally understand that. Ireland was better off with the turkey than the two spiked-haired ones from this year and last year (Jedward).
although ryan was a good singer, he did give us LAST.
However, Dustin gave us 15th with 22 pts in the semi ;) -> that's not last!
Whatever you say it's good fun and it's not like it would ever win in a million years anyway
but noo Isis Gee was apparently better!
very disapointed it didnt get through, proberly would have come close to winning if it did, the background dance tune is amazing.
When it went wrong was when Serbia won with that shit song and all the politics with the soviet block voting one another
Nice one Ireland. . .Stick two fingers up at the rigged Euro song contest, let neighbour vote neighbour, , ,;) Top respect
I think we may have withdrew from the contest because we thought they were making fun of us
gawd what were we on when we voted for this :L :L good times eh? go on ya gutthing! Jedward for euro 2011
I HAVE NEVER NOTICED THE POTATOES BEFORE, I LOVE MY COUNTRY SO MUCH MORE THAN I DID 4 MINUTES AGO
Haha this is hilarious and just takes the piss
hahah we love this turkey on greece,well there are people that dont like or they like it alot.like me, i love this turkey
Everytime I watch this I still laugh my bollocks off. Best Eurotroll ever especially when other countries thought it was serious.
Still better than the eurovision winner of 2015 hahaha!!
send this again instead of Brenda Murray!! Ireland please!!!!!!
This is almost as good as "My Lovely Horse". Ireland clearly couldn't afford to host in 2009
I don't know what you all have. This is the best thing I've seen on the esc.
Ah yes, the year we thought "Fuck it, let's just send the turkey for shits and giggles!"
if he had of done the turkey dance he would have gotten through, or brought on ray darcy