Ishtar (Belgium): second rehearsal

[boyz8508]

een zeer slechte kopie van sanomi-urban trad

[4HADISE]

Every year they fail to surprise me. Every year i think: i hope thay pick that song, and eventually they choose another one, like this... XD i guess it was all or nothing :D

[jouranoos]

Quite frankly, I liked the song right away when I saw it that night in the semi-finals.... We dutch, we're the one who need to be ashamed of their submissions. The toppers? Oh come on...!:P

[souldragon9]

zo slecht waren de toppers nu ook weeral niet.... maar de naam is wel stom :D

[BelgianMusic]

och mens toch, uw eigen land belachelijk maken is what esc is all about :) we hebben hier genoeg zalige muziek, maar die zul je nooit horen @ esc...

[spikejunior]

so fun!

[BetaMuXic]

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiceeeeeeeeeeeeee­

[soccersj93]

Katy Satyn should have represented Belgium that year. :K

[wernerjannis]

sadrine , nelson of brahim

[surfingiseverything]

ik zat op de schommelstoel toen er een dikke kerstman aankwam die heeft me opgegeten en toen zag ik een krokodil- dat is de betekenis

[CommonAswhole]

There were people actually convinced this was a good song. Muhahahahha!

[89moonboy]

yes it is a good song!

[MelanieTirone]

I like it. It s original

[Zeetana]

The real winner of 2008 :D

[debelg123]

@Zeetana HHHHAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAAHHHHHAAAAA­AAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAA

see i'm from belgium so i can say this : THAT REALLY SUCKS!

nelson was like a hundred times better

[muylst]

was da voor ne volle zaal of wa????

[petmis]

she is awesome!

[ardaturan123456]

hahaaha egt grappiiggg

watsss da mannnnnnnn zever van een liedjeeeeeeee

[namiocik233e]

1:56 hah ^^ very sweet :)

[yarsea]

Wat heeft belgie weer gestuurd??

denken ze hier mee te winnen?? najaa..,

zal ook best wel eens een terugpak actie kunnen zijn op de de bekende land jeweetwel welke landen ik bedoel:P,

najaaa.. succes:D

[BelgianMusic]

het is de bedoeling dat we niet winnen

[yarsea]

Dat is dan gelukt denk ik:P,

of was dit dan van vorig jaar??:P

[19alexander95]

Een kleine schaamte voor ons vaderland

[stijnlaurens]

klien? groot ja

[jonas651984]

i'm from belgium and it sucks!!!

[19alexander95]

Stopit song

[sagem28]

its like she's saying: "would you listen to my titties"

[r0kstar182]

why the hell did i get thumbs down on the last comment? I said it like it is :s

[arammz]

ishtar sucks

[djyuriy]

i liked 1:56 XD

[naam123lol]

lol ye 1:56 is nice :D

[Tford3152]

haha, wardrobe malfunction!

[AartGraaf]

fuck you

[Samke11]

Ishtar did great work.

I know the singer because I go to the same school, yeah, the lemmens institute!

Ishtar rules!

[extunanta]

yeah Ishtar rules! come on, they are good and real musicians.

[daniusjez]

Ishtar is really great and delivered a great job on the eurovision contest in Belgrade! We all wanted that they represent belgium so don't complain after!

[jandg92]

Omfg, kill me

[belgianbabes]

i just took some valium and put on some Laïs, hoping to cleanse myself.. this is sooo bad.

[jandg92]

good idea, il go for millionaire tho

[reefersleep]

laïs, millionaire, zelfs eddy wally is beter dan dit...

[me0sedai]

I really love this song. It's so beautifull with great voices.

[SWEETXLITTLEXGIRL]

eieieieieiekes wa een onnozel lieke is me da wtf *kots kots* omai da was men ete van gistre middag

[kife1818]

the Armenians ware good to and serbia also

[Weirdologist]

If we wanted to send this style of music we should've sent Laïs, not this...

[whipcreamx]

it's cool! ^^

[Glenn458]

Dit is ook nog goed maar ik vond de liedjes van vorige jaren toch beter

maarja ik ben er nu ook trots op hoor :)

[bluesmodus]

De zangeres is een huppelende paddestoel in een pornofilm voor kabouters (G.K.)

[ceniel007]

volledig met eens xd, d8 ik eerst ook, keek comms dus ik ben ni de enige xd

[ariadneke]

ishtar was the best the other contries sucks!!!!!!!!!

[BAimeD]

wtf

[vincentvanderwerf]

een liedje waar geen bestaande taal wordt gebruikt is ook wel een beetje jammerlijk. Je wil toch een boodschap overbrengen met je lied? beetje jammervan belgie idd

[jumpeketonymar]

er wordt me O julissi wel een boodschap meegebracht: het laat de optimistische kant van het leven zien en misschien versta je de tekst niet maar de vrolijke boodschap is wél heel duidelijk!!

[Justamaranth]

Perfect song.I love it.Good costumes, harmony and singer.

[sam21111979]

belgie heeft zich weer eens enorm BELACHLIJK gemaakt tov de heel europa!!!komaan zeg heb je gezien hoe die bezig staan?????????dat is de grootste afgang sinds het bestaan van het songfestival...blijf gewoon thuis Ishtar en blijf maar voor de badkamerspiegel zingen zodat niemand het kan horen!!!HET MAAKT MIJ GEWOON KOTSMISSELIJK DAT GEJANK!!!!

[louloutja]

Ieder zijn eigen smaak , volgens my heb jy dan geen smaak

Sorry

[sam21111979]

niet aan u om te oordelen over mijn smaak!!! capiche?????????

[louloutja]

Ja , sorry kwas echt in een slechte bui:p

En zelf is het ook nie echt mijn smaak

Sorry!

[sam21111979]

het is je vergeven ;-)

[Simon048]

volledig mee eens :o

[r0kstar182]

i'm ashamed that this song was sent to eurosong, and i'm from belgium...

[lak03fba]

this was a great song! it atleast deserved place in the final!

[r0kstar182]

no it didn't, everybody knows eurosong is about performance, not about singing, and the song sucks! No show involved. If you don't get this, your a moron.

[grambi]

Indeed... shaking budd and boobs, that's it nowadays. No room for real musicians unfortunately. Anyway, Ishtar is great!

[sam21111979]

me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[deathbrewer]

eurosong sucks. the whole sms-system isnt fair at all, all of the countries just vote for their neighbours, they dont care if teh song is bad or not, they just want points back... but everyone knows, its just for the money...

[alexalauva]

Cute, quirky, and, paradoxically, makes sense! I really love this one, was sorry to see it did not get past the semis. It was my favourite. Latvia :)

[gh77]

This is the new Heidi xDDD

[OTRFalcon]

First semi-final definately the hardest. 8 out of the ten best countries this year were from semi-final one. For Belgium it's definately time to start rethinking the preselection: first of all, we should participate as a whole, and secondly, why not involve the commercial channels too? Only half of the Flemish people watched the preselection. So you have actually only 1/4 of Belgium involved in the preselection and even that is exagerated. I still think it was a little due to their performance.

[OTRFalcon]

Ow, and maybe another option is to declare the independance of the Flemish part and then vote for eachother in the next ESC. A solution for Brussels would be to make it a third country and some kind of tax paradise, with a formula 1 race circuit.

[HDevroedt]

haha hero :D

[grambi]

Just saw the full results from the first semifinal... OMG!!! Belgium 17th with 16 points??? And San Marino the VERY LAST!!! Shame on you Europe, you don't know what real music is! Only commercial trash composed without any talent. A big, big shame!

[MusclesfromB]

bahahah Ishtar sucks ... get over it

[dedez85]

Waw, i didn't watch le concours de l'eurovision but just listen the top 5, awful!!

Belgium have nothing to do in this contest!

This is one of the last country where business didn't kill music and we can feel by this music...

[panaisd]

what a stupid song!very silly

[TimmieVD]

lol... this song is about music

all the other songs aren't even worth the label of music

[KanalBestee]

slecht slecht liedje!

[hermane009]

Kate Ryan had a good act and she didn't get to the finals, Ishtar had a great voice and they didn't get to the finals

I'm ashamed Belgium still participates in this lame contest in which countries all support each other and actually good songs get no chance at all

fuck, what a waste of time and money

[dedez85]

Urban Trad finished on the second place some years ago...

But it's normal that Belgians tastes are not the same that other countries in Europe, Belgians have the openest mind in Europe, that's a country of real Art.

[vurigevlam]

yep, that's true. We're just standing so much hyer than the other countries

[MusclesfromB]

paranoiacs shouldve competed for Belgium,

the finnish sent in a rock-song and they got to the final

[daisyu2]

Vote for Portugal at the Final!!

Vânia has  a great voice and the song is just amazing!!

[missdaze]

Vote Portugal!

[GameLash01]

A Swedish newspaper wrote: "While I was listening to the song my ears turned of and my eyes blackened. Thats how bad this song is".

I agree, Belgium are either a dictatorship or just stupid cause' no sane-minded people could have voted for this song...

[eurotrash239]

dude nobody sane in our country actually votes - but im sure you agree there ve been some serious horrid other songs at this freakshow - love the paper comment though

[grambi]

Did a Swedish newspaper write this? Are they aware of the fact that one needs a lot of talent to compose this original song?? They play the flutes, the violin, the cello and the singer is a mezzosoprano.

The Swedish entry is all plastic and fake: the singer and the song, which is composed with 3 buttons on a computer.

And don't discuss tastes. Why should one be stupid or insane-minded to vote this song? Idiot.

[GameLash01]

First of all yes I think they are aware of that. Second I never said anything about the Swedish song.

AND I have the rights to state my opinion cause I live in a free country so I can say what I think. They aren't even singing in a real language!

[inspireradavstatyer]

Idiot. ONE Swedish journalist wrote that - not EVERY Swedish citizen.

[wimpie25]

Like your country has any significance in the music industry. Europe isn't ready yet for this kind of music. What I can tell from the comment in the news paper is that Sweden has NO taste at all. You guy's only vote for other former Viking Country's. BTW you don't even have the Euro as your currency which says enough.

[BelgianMusic]

More than a few in the Flemish media thought the same. Sending one stupid song to a contest that no one in his right mind would ever take seriously should not reflect back on an entire country, especially not when that country has an enormous amount of good music per capita, as is evident from all the stuff on my account.

I could write some denigrating comment about the Svenska song, but I've only heard the Belgian one, and only to hear how crap this years' song was compared to the other crap.

[reefersleep]

stoere praat :p

[SebasRabet]

i am from belgium => why do they always take the stupid songs for belgium ( ishtar is redicilus ) belgium rulez !!!

ishtar sucks !!!

[Imaryannharo]

i don't like it..

i preffer

"BAILA EL CHIKI CHIKI" hahahahah lol

[KarpaciarzKKS]

hahaha stupid song

[whereisesc]

Pologne APPLAUDIR!!

[motitom]

she got the worst "s" in the world. very bad song

[Pompapaloee]

Pfff ,, Ge kunt nog het beste liedje van heel het festival sturen ,We gaan het toch nooit in de finale halen. Die oostblklanden stemmen alleen maar op elkaar.

[ChoppedBeatz]

Verschrikkelijk schijtnummer. Dat zangeres dacht dan nog dat ze het beste nummer hadden ingezonden van heel het festival. Eerder dan toch het omgekeerde hoor.

[Bahar010]

wat een kut lied

[modreits]

That song really S***S

[putachicano]

this is very catchy song, but not enough to make it to the finals. the singer was so impressive. i think israel is going to win. very tough competition from ukraine, sweden, france and maybe (just maybe) spain (because of the publicity it generated). overall, israel has the most unique and memorable performance.

[BlueberrySwede]

I'd fuck her any day, but the song is crap.

[theLuverlo]

this is the worst, the worst performance by far this year. Shame ,shame on Belgium, shame Ishtar, shame. Look at singer´s neck is pure jelly. her neck is gelatin. Cheap,very cheap

[dimbalabiem]

why should annyone be ashamed of a song? Her neck is jelly? what do you mean?

[TimmieVD]

and you really have no sense of what music is about

[serifovicrules]

Ishtar rules!

[FaintSnow]

The song is.. bleh..

I don't like it at all.

[xXCharlyyXx]

Me Neither :)

[jadl16]

wats is that singers name??shes a beaut

[dancetilldead]

Soetkin Baptiste

[vurigevlam]

Soetkin Baptiste

[dancetilldead]

You must be blind to see that eurovision is not about quality anymore, in contrary,it's more about singing like a sick cat and acting in the most ridiculous way.. And the worst groups go to the final.

[dancetilldead]

Eurovision is one big friends-thing.

But when Ishtar was singing, you could hear the crowd go crazy.

They did a great job! These people have brains, they're not just an ordinary group like that stupid thing from Ireland.

[noonespeciel]

I know it's a friend-thing.

Last year, Serbia gave Croatia 1 years consumption of fat. You didn't know that?

The nordic countrys have been doing it for years. I'm a little proud ^^

[noonespeciel]

What's wrong with the world? This song is really good!! I love it.

Greetings from Denmark

[NouckieXOrlandoBloom]

R U insane??

This sucks big time!!

and I'm from Belgium!!

ZE HADDEN BETER SANDRINE OF IEMAND DIE KAN ZINGEN GESTUURD!!!

-xxx-

Nouckie

[dancetilldead]

Ik ben ook van Belgie hoor :).

Ze hadden beter dit, ze hadden beter dat. Kate Ryan was ook goed maar die haalde het ook niet hé.

Het is trouwens stom om je eigen land af te breken.

[NouckieXOrlandoBloom]

Vind gy!

Ik mag toch zeggen wa ik wil??

ik kan er toch ook nix aan doen da ik in dit land geboren ben??

trouwens ik vind Kate Ryan ook beter dan Ishtar!!

Mja, als ge ziet wa sommige andere landen hadden (zoals spanje en nog meer)dan waren wij nog redelijk!

[insective]

wow 250,935 people watched this video? Belgique been elemeniated so now i dont think view show the going of the contest.

[BelgianMusic]

I'm done..

[korudaliotis]

there isn t belgium over the map

from greece

[Hasaluth]

that didn't make much sense..

[SanaOsniva]

The song is great But her Dress terrible T_T and they sang so bad T_T

[RJvH]

i love this song

[alexistje]

wtf?, i'm from belgium and those belgium songs are getting worser and worser

im ashamed that this is belgium's song, look at us few year's ago. urban trad a group that represented belgium was ended second on final. so yeah eurosong has become big crap they don't look at the song, or vocals just at the background or costums, look at lordi

[OTRFalcon]

You're sure they're not getting worster and worster? Worse is the comparative of bad.

[pranksterlord]

i'm not saying she's a bad singer, but i don't like the song... at all. they should've sent one of the other ones, they were much better. this is the eurovision song contest, not an opera house lol

[OTRFalcon]

They would probably have done just as well. F.e. Sandrine, I'd think we could compare her with Hind from the Netherlands. They didn't make the final either. Nelson is a little like the UK entry. They're in the final, but we all know why. And I think Brahim is ridiculous, from the first minute I've seen him. Never understood why he became so popular in the first place. I think there was an epidemy of stupidity.

[ALEKS30101990]

such a crap of a song!!

[PardonGuillaume]

Gewoon schandalig dat ze ons er niet bijgelaten hebben. Maar je moet het zo zien Ishtar. De beste liggen er het eerste uit. Jij kon echt zingen. Laat die britneys voor wat ze zijn. Losers zijn het.

[mitchellica10]

what? are you kiding? this song is crap--belgians got no taste whatsoever!!!!!

[BelgianMusic]

maybe you should look at my account, and then try to repeat what you wrote...

i have taste, most of us do.. maybe you don't...

the majority of us will agree that ishtar is an abomination, which is exactly why they fit in so well with the rest of eurovision. eurovision should not be taken seriously.

[Sandfechoritate]

OMG!!The eurovision song contest is just become a piece of shit!Only music from easteuropese countries can go to the final!And that old good countries who started with eurovision?Belgium?Netherlands­?Germany?France?They haven't got a chance anymore!Only fucking bad songs can win!Just listen to Finland!They send exactly the same song as last year.I mean,do they really think they can win with hardcore 2 TIMES???!!!Where is the good music?Just easteuropese lands and shitsongs can go to the final!Boe

[Antreasww]

It 's a pity it didn't pass! :( It is the song I voted! It reminds of old good times of Eurovision and it is soooo cute!!! Kisses from Greece!

[AlexXx1986]

Greetings from Latvia !!!

that's song is awesome. too bad that it didn't get to da final :( if being honest I started to dislike eurovision , because really great songs never win :( and countries with many boarders and neihbours won almost all the time. arrrrr

[dragonisred97]

I laughing every time I listen to this song :P *hihi*

[MivMusse]

i like this song

[ElSiciliano30]

when do you see her bra??? :p

[Tulips81tulips]

I really liked this song, it makes me feel all happy. I do prefer the quirky ones like bosnia & herzegovina, belgium, spain and france.

[yadce]

With the highest number of views you can wonder how "bad" this song must be.

Comments and apreciacion do tell more about the person and this eurocontest than it does about the song.

[xXxdeadloverxXx]

what a relief! this crappy song did not qualify!

[OTRFalcon]

Let's go check the Malta song...

[xXxdeadloverxXx]

i don't really like it either!

the best are FINLAND!

[OTRFalcon]

Ow, they are singing about your favorite drink...

[stryderq]

it's true, this is just too real for eurovision

i'm glad they didn't get through, they're still a real band now.

[nometoqueslasmaracas]

What kind of country is Belgium? Are those people the best musicians of your country?

Look at the neck of your singer is pure gelatine. Vote for Spain and we will vote for Belgium next year

[BiffChunksteak]

Transcript of the lyrics: "O Widontgi

vafukboutwinni /

Ngnotli keyoupatheti /

Cspaniardswhousedtoru Letheoceansan /

Dnowgetoffo Nasongcontest"

[BelgianMusic]

"Are those people the best musicians of your country?"

FAR from it (chekc my account)... our best ones wouldn't dare set foot on anything related to eurovision. can you blame them?

[wimpie25]

Like spain had a could song this year...

[nometoqueslasmaracas]

Ishtar from Belgium? i thought they were some cheap band from Rumania or Albania.

Please vote for Spain Belgian friends your band Ishtar suks

[anxiety12345]

hahahaa i SAW spain,what a dumb song! you call that music? these are REAL musicians!

[OTRFalcon]

Good point. Spain has one of the worst songs this year.

[nometoqueslasmaracas]

Ishtar from Belgium? I thought you was some cheap band from Armenia

[rednael82]

I've lost faith long before I even started to like eurovision. Half of the songs that got through are performed by people who can't even sing for crying out loud?! and that for a songcontest??

This is nothing more but a political game if you ask me, and I don't want it anymore that Belgian government spills my tax money to hopeless things like this.

Dat buurlandengestem hangt ferm mijn kloten uit. Niks te maken met zingen of act, het is gewoon vriendjspolitiek.

NO MORE ESC FOR BELGIUM!!

[lynnloverke]

die buurlanden elk jaar oorlog of relle tusse de verschillende volkeren enzo maar alst eurosong is stemme ze toch voor elkaar:s ni te geloven!!hebben wij een rock nummer in voorrondes zegge we neeje da ga nimeer pakke!!finland stuurt een en ze zjin door!!katy satyn een liedje met oost europese geluiden nee zo zijn er teveel da pakt maar bij één maar er zijn er zo wel weer drie door!!geef die landen ons liedje en ze gaan nog naar de finale geef ishtar liedje van armenia en we zitte ni in de final

[Skeptic2006]

this is so funny and the singer looks crazy too. I like it :/

[lynnloverke]

iedereen da zegt van die sture of die sture heeft het na ettelijke jaren nog ni door waar het om draait hoor gelijk mitchellica:s brahim was te goed voor dit,ishtar was te goed voor dit, of we clouseau,nathalie,deus,tom helsen of hooverphonic sturen het speelt echt gene rol meer ze!!stoppen en eurosong splitsen da moet er gebeuren!!en ni gelijk frankrijk spanje UK en duitsland doen!!elk jaar daar geld in steke om die oosteuropese landen elk jaar gratis reclame te bezorgen:s het is daar tussen

[stijnlaurens]

idd eurosong is overgenoemen door de oosteuropese landen die stemmen alemaal voor elkaar en maken de andere geen kans meer voor egte muziek te laten horen neem nu azarbejan OMG da lijkt op da van samson sos boodschap in een fles fzo eurosong is gwn nar de klote khoop da belgie nemer mee doe

[sabinetjeeh]

nederland ook niet die heeft ook geen kans meer!!

ik kijk nooit meer naar t songfestival

ik weet wat

laat nederland en belgie en die andere landen bij ons in de buurt gwn een eigen songfestival maken dan hebben we nog kans!!

[Vannahke]

Helemaal mee eens... Wie is er nu bij? Enkel griekeland is west Europees...

Rusland, Bosnië, Polen, Armenië, Azarbijan en Roemenië zijn allen Oost Europees...

Israël is ook geen europees land...

en Denemarken en Finland zijn Scandinavisch... dat kan ik dan nog door de vingers zien...

Maar waarom blijven WEST EUROPESE LANDEN zoals Frankrijk en Duitsland deze wedstrijd FINANCIËL steunen? Wij hebben geen eer meer, laat gewoon die Oostbloklanden voor wat ze zijn en maak een deftige wedstrijd

[GrooveVibes]

Griekenland is Zuid(oost)-Europees =p

En de Skandinavische landen hebben gewoon geluk dat ze met nog veel zijn om op elkaar te stemmen! Simple like that...

[BelgianMusic]

Geografisch gezien ligt Griekenland in het Z-O, maar ideologisch gezien horen ze bij 'het Westen'. Net zoals Australië, Nieuw-Zeeland, Zuid-Afrika, en een paar ander. West = NATO, Oost = voormalige oostblok, heeft weinig te maken met hun ligging.

[OTRFalcon]

Griekenland gaf in 2003 12 punten aan Cyprus. Cyprus gaf 12 punten aan Griekenland. Nederland gaf ons 10 punten, en Turkije 12. Lijkt me dat Nederland meer stemde zoals alle Europese landen en Griekenland het leuker vond om aan vriendjespolitiek te doen.

[BelgianMusic]

ah, maar, geografische ligging terzijde, cyprus is ook westers. dat is zeker vriendjespolitiek, maar heeft weinig te maken met het voormalig oostblok favoritisme. griekendland en cyprus horen ideologisch gezien bij het westen (en de helft van cyprus is grieks).

[GrooveVibes]

Ja inderdaad, Griekenland is een westers land maar geen West-Europees land...

[GrooveVibes]

Griekenland is een westers land maar geen West-Europees land...

[freespeechonline6]

das al jaaren zo maar ze blijven daar maar geld in pompen ons geld vooral schande

[grambi]

This masterpiece of real musicians isn't through the semifinal. The whole ESC bunch should be ashamed!!! YUK!! I hope a lot of countries withdraw next year.

[robbydenderjump]

pff belgium go not to the final..

i'm bad, vote for your neighbouring countries this is not eurovision e, the song is most important not neighbouring voting.. adieu, i hope that belgium not more participate next year.. byeee

[mitchellica10]

yeah, of course, i knew it from the start!!! Who voted for this song anyway?

They bunch of retards!!

Brahim! Brahim!!!

[OTRFalcon]

Sending Brahim is like sending an Irish turkey. In fact, a turkey would have been easier on the eye.

[mitchellica10]

i didn't like Brahim either, but his song is better than Ishtar, we could've at least make it in the semi finals--shame!!!

[HardcoreStgt]

just a piece of trash. thank god it didn't make it...

[lynnloverke]

trash.. and the other ten songs wich do go to the finals??Finland Bosnie and Romenia are the only songs who are no crap!!if greece is in the finals,poland in the finals,armenia in the finals Belgium surely deserved the finals if you compare them on musical side!!if you know something about music ...

[CosmicD]

hmm, sad they didn't make it. It's really a lively song, but somehow : totally raped by this big hall's echo. This kinda slaps you in the face that it is really intimate chamber music :)

[mitchellica10]

???????

[anxiety12345]

this is so fucking cliché ,the worst songs got to go to the finals! i didnt like this song in the first place,but when i saw all the contestants ishtar deserved to go!

[y6w6]

In case viewers wonder why the sound card of their computer is faling; it isn't.

I'm from belgium and i must admit... this kinda sucks... no this really sucks. But yeah,