Melodifestivalen 2008 Puns

As you know, the current Eurovision results are determined by a jury and the public, making up 50 percent of the results each. However, I reckon that things might be different today if Sanna Nielsen had won Melodifestivalen 2008.

While Charlotte Perrelli won the jury voting at Melodifestivalen 2008 with "Hero", the public decided to put her in second place. Nevertheless, this was enough to secure her win. The runner-up was Sanna Nielsen with "Empty Room". Sanna received the most votes from the audience. The juries, on the other hand, didn't put her higher than third.

At Eurovision 2008, Russia celebrated its first ever Eurovision victory. However, I think that "Empty Room" would have been tough competition for "Believe" from Russia's Dima Bilan. Eurovision 2008 saw many up-tempo numbers, including Charlotte Perrelli's "Hero", which might be the reason for its quite mediocre result. An emotional and contemporary pop ballad like Sanna's probably would have impressed people of various demographics. Adding to that, Sanna most likely would have delivered a pitch-perfect and emotive performance of the song, judging by her presentation at Melodifestivalen. Not only did "Empty Room" win the public vote in Sweden, but also the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2008. I really could have seen Sanna taking it home for Sweden in 2008 had she competed.

In 2007 and 2008, many people from Western Europe claimed that Eastern European countries simply voted for their neighboring countries, no matter the act. They stated that only these countries stood a chance of winning in the future if nothing changed. This resulted in the implementation of a jury from 2009 onwards. Had Sanna won Eurovision in 2008, though, there might not have been this kind of uproar from Western Europe, and the EBU wouldn't have been pressured to change the voting system. In 2009, the results might still have been determined by televoting only. The televote winner in 2009 was Norway, which would have been the second consecutive time that a Nordic country had been victorious at Eurovision. Western Europeans wouldn't have had much of a reason to be upset about the winner yet again. Moreover, Eastern European countries don't benefit from bloc voting anymore as much as in the mid-2000s. The implementation of a jury wouldn't really have been necessary.

What is your opinion? Do you also think that Sanna Nielsen might have won Eurovision 2008? Would there be a jury in Eurovision nowadays, even if Sanna had won f

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

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Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

You take away their little brooms

It was about a weak back.

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

BamBOO!

Nothing, it just waved

Him: I can explain everything!

(It's his best joke yet I think)

Bob

So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."

Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.

Just to clarify, 12345678

But nobody ever mentions his sister, Onya, who invented the starter pistol.

Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...

Notices there's only 2;

Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."

I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.