Eurovision

[RobinRobin 13106]

 

[Ayatollah Hermione 15327]

It IS a very interesting tool to learn about what Euoropean, gender fluid, gay teenagers are listening to though. If you’ve a need of such information anyway

[Meenzer 16904]

On 30/04/2024 at 19:10, Isegrim said:

Currywurst? 12 points!

 

Aaaaaand the Dutch currywurst guy has just been disqualified from tonight's show for threatening a crew member.

 

I wonder if Eurovision HQ are regretting adopting "United By Music" as the permanent slogan for the event now.

 

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21 hours ago, ewerk said:

Aye, that poor lass has had to endure so much…

 

Seriously though? Israel has murdered tens of thousands of innocent civilians and we’re supposed to cheer the waving of the Israeli flags after yet another twelve points? Get to fuck.

Honesty man, her being from a country that’s openly committing genocide is the least of her problems.  
 

from the BBC 

“As she takes the stage, Golan won’t be thinking about the political storm surrounding her entry, but of her pet chihuahua, Leo, who she says is the love of her life.”

 

[Guest MrRaspberryJam]

5.5/10 this Portuguese lass. 

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7.5/10 for this Armenian lady. 

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12 minutes ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

No way is this Cyprus lass 17. She looks 17 and a half. 

Jim FYP. 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

Argh here I can’t be chewed with this shit anymore. 

Could be worse- could be a Kid Rock gig. 

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Mild frisson at the possible appearance of ABBA there, but no…

 

Two owld boilers and a bearded lady instead. 
 

[Dazzler 12848]

1 hour ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

No way is this Cyprus lass 17. She looks mid-20s. 

[Gemmill 53530]

 

 

 

He's been filling the wank bank all night, the dirty cunt. Absolutely livid to have it interrupted. 

 

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3 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

 

 

He's been filling the wank bank all night, the dirty cunt. Absolutely livid to have it interrupted. 

 

Is that the same Lembit Opik that was nuts deep in a Cheeky Girl, those paragons of appropriate performance? 
 

 

 

[RobinRobin 13106]

5 hours ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

No way is this Cyprus lass 17. She looks mid-20s. 

That's what the Australian climate does to you. 😎 

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[Meenzer 16904]

So Finland are having another normal one and sending this to Eurovision this year:

 

And Malta, not to be outdone, have chosen this:

 

 

 

[Meenzer 16904]

Strong rumours that Celine Dion is going to make an Olympics-style guest appearance at this year's contest, which gives me an excuse to post this magnificent photo from when she won it in Dublin in 1988.

 

[catmag 579]

Too easy, Martin 😁

 

 

[ewerk 34727]

14 minutes ago, Meenzer said:

Strong rumours that Celine Dion is going to make an Olympics-style guest appearance at this year's contest, which gives me an excuse to post this magnificent photo from when she won it in Dublin in 1988.

 

I can only assume that was the bus driver and he wasn’t nearly old enough to be her husband/abuser.

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Canny article here about the stage team, who have 35 seconds between acts to remove the previous act’s props, clean the stage, and set up the next act’s props. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e679vn6yqo

 

France being one of their “favourites” this year by pouring kilos of sand on stage during their act. 
 

@Meenzer, it mentions giving acts the chance to perform again if something goes wrong , has this ever happened during the final? 

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4 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said:

 

@Meenzer, it mentions giving acts the chance to perform again if something goes wrong , has this ever happened during the final? 

 

It has! That Jimmy Jump arsehole invaded the stage during the Spanish entry in 2010 so they got to perform again at the end.

 

And way back in 1958 the Italian entry - "Volare", no less - was performed again because the still-creaky Eurovision broadcasting network went a bit wrong and some countries didn't get to see it first time round. It still didn't win. "Volare" ffs!

 

There was a stage invader during the UK entry in 2018 too but they decided not to perform again, probably because they knew the song was absolutely hopeless anyway.

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Meenzer said:

 

It has! That Jimmy Jump arsehole invaded the stage during the Spanish entry in 2010 so they got to perform again at the end.

 

And way back in 1958 the Italian entry - "Volare", no less - was performed again because the still-creaky Eurovision broadcasting network went a bit wrong and some countries didn't get to see it first time round. It still didn't win. "Volare" ffs!

 

There was a stage invader during the UK entry in 2018 too but they decided not to perform again, probably because they knew the song was absolutely hopeless anyway.

 

 

 

Might have been better off getting the stage invader to perform, couldn't have scored any worse iirc.

[Renton 24780]

Fuck off European public!

 

Nil points for the UK (was a good song performed well).

 

What's worse, they almost voted fucking Israel as the winner. Absolute shambles.  

Thank fuck for Austria.

 

[Meenzer 16904]

On 18/05/2025 at 00:00, Renton said:

Fuck off European public!

 

Nil points for the UK (was a good song performed well).

 

What's worse, they almost voted fucking Israel as the winner. Absolute shambles.  

Thank fuck for Austria.

 

 

Aye, the voting system needs an overhaul. Two years in a row now the Israelis have engaged in widescale online promotion to mobilise the public vote for their entry (funded by the government), and there are enough people around Europe who think the Gaza genocide is a good thing that it keeps working a treat.

 

It makes sense really - if you don't want to vote for Israel, you've got 25 other songs to choose from so the vote gets fragmented, whereas if you want to "support" Israel then that's the one that gets your vote, and you don't even have to watch the show because you've been fed YouTube and Facebook ads with the voting details for weeks beforehand. Add in the fact that you can vote up to 20 times using each payment method you have at your disposal, and guess who ends up getting most of the public douze points and will keep doing so for the foreseeable future?   

 

Obviously in a way it's no different to Ukraine always getting massive public votes these days (other than, you know, one of those examples is clearly the wronged party whereas the other case is   something of a grey area at best). But plenty of governments and their associated broadcasters have no interest in condemning Israel at a level that actually matters, never mind at the level of a silly song competition, so here we are.

 

Uk getting zero from the public made total sense on the other hand - the song takes about ten listens before you get the hang of what it's doing, which is nine more than anyone gets on the night. Still, it's been a few years since we were represented by people who can actually sing, so that's a step forward.