pooshooter
Level: John Aldridge
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Just wanted to say what an absolute load of old b*****s!
Eurovision song contest
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FalmouthOx
Level: Callum O'Dowda
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I thought it was quite reflective of the season. Song 1 started things off punchy and high energy. Expectation was high. Then the Spanish appeared with a love ballad (about old friends winning together) and then it declined into a farce. A bizarre woman clucking wins it but the highlight for me was watching the very last deciding vote and the Cyprus wannabe Shakira thinking she had won, and then realising she hadnt, Cut camera.
Great how Russia were booed even when voting and how backward thinking the Chinese were not to air it because of rainbow flags and tatooes. Crazy world.
Next year Bethlehem. Hopefully an English 3 piece who perform dressed as 3 kings riding camels. Honestly the song doesnt matter...
Great how Russia were booed even when voting and how backward thinking the Chinese were not to air it because of rainbow flags and tatooes. Crazy world.
Next year Bethlehem. Hopefully an English 3 piece who perform dressed as 3 kings riding camels. Honestly the song doesnt matter...
FalmouthOx
Level: Callum O'Dowda
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"Bethlehem to Jerusalem" - sounds like a winning name for the band. Just make sure the camels dont spit - rapping kings?
I have to confess that I enjoy Eurovision as any multi-national event normally has my attention (unless it involves rugby or motorsport).
However, I was disappointed the UK did as badly as it did. I never expected it to win or even trouble the top of the leader board but our song was deserving of so much better than 24th out of 26th. Even with the stage invader (SuRie did brilliantly to continue) and a bit of a sympathy vote, we struggled. Are we really that disliked in mainland Europe nowadays? Last year, you could blame the public as the juries actually gave the UK over 100 points. This year without much in the way of jury support we did a lot worse. Then again, Australia are starting to know what it’s like to receive ‘nul points’ from the public too. The last two years have seen them get very few points from the public vote. Their entry should have taken some sandpaper out on stage with her …
As for the winner – well, that just about sums up Eurovision!
However, I was disappointed the UK did as badly as it did. I never expected it to win or even trouble the top of the leader board but our song was deserving of so much better than 24th out of 26th. Even with the stage invader (SuRie did brilliantly to continue) and a bit of a sympathy vote, we struggled. Are we really that disliked in mainland Europe nowadays? Last year, you could blame the public as the juries actually gave the UK over 100 points. This year without much in the way of jury support we did a lot worse. Then again, Australia are starting to know what it’s like to receive ‘nul points’ from the public too. The last two years have seen them get very few points from the public vote. Their entry should have taken some sandpaper out on stage with her …
As for the winner – well, that just about sums up Eurovision!
Makes me laugh, they will all be off to buy UK artist songs/albums the day after they screw us over!
pooshooter
Level: John Aldridge
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The thing is if Israel's entry represented the UK it would not have won...
ZeroTheHero
Level: Phil Whitehead
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As light entertainment, it's moderately amusing and makes a change from Casualty and all that talent competition rubbish. This year (as always) I got bored about halfway through.
As an evening of the best music in Europe, it is an absolute and total failure of course.
As an evening of the best music in Europe, it is an absolute and total failure of course.
Gary Baldi
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
What a waste of license fee money! It fits in perfectly with the BBCs dumbed down entertainment schedule.
If we are to keep it, put a band like Napalm Death on it as the UKs entry next year. We'll never win it, so let's do something that isn't painfully MOR and make it fun.
If we are to keep it, put a band like Napalm Death on it as the UKs entry next year. We'll never win it, so let's do something that isn't painfully MOR and make it fun.
Oldham
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Ok I’ll fall for it...whoosh!
mooro
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Sorry, no whoosh here - I genuinely love watching it, despite (or maybe because) of the politics, the chicken songs outscoring beautiful ballads tenfold or more, different countries styles and likes/dislikes, Graham Norton, the utter joy when someone actually DOES give us some points, just the whole madness of it, and just occasionally a decent song (in fact of the 26 each year, I probably like more than the top 26 in any given week in the UK charts or that I would hear on Radio1 or whatever other mainstream stations exist nowadays).
We will probably never win again (unless we join a European invasion of the US) but once you accept that the whole thing is a fantastic diversion from real life for an evening.....
BotleyOx
Level: Jack Midson
(68 Apps, 15 Gls)
I watched a bit of it, on and off, thought the UK song was pretty good, she remained professional even when some w****r ran on stage and stole her mic.
The idiot who took the mic had previous for it as well.
There is no way we should have ended 3rd from bottom, makes it a farce really.
The idiot who took the mic had previous for it as well.
There is no way we should have ended 3rd from bottom, makes it a farce really.
Manorlounger
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
Always reminds me of when I worked in Norway. It was the year that Jahn Teigen got the infamous "Null points". He became a hero in Norway overnight. I was working in his home town (Tønsberg) and got to know him quite well, the night he got back we met up with a few others and got hammered while laughing our heads off at the result and ensuing popularity of his music. His girlfriend, at the time, one Anita Skørgen was a stunner and joined us for a while. Also a fine singer and musician she went on to have quite a career even appearing over here on Radio 2.
Great character was Jahn and, to my knowledge, never once regretted taking part. His flat was directly above the local record shop so he often popped down to sign a few covers.
Great character was Jahn and, to my knowledge, never once regretted taking part. His flat was directly above the local record shop so he often popped down to sign a few covers.
mariokempes
Level: Chris Maguire
(79 Apps, 22 Gls)
We should choose a band of Palestinian Refugees. Singing a modern take on an old traditional Palestinian song.isn't it Jerusalem 2019....that EUROPEAN city of culture
Winchesterox
Level: Ricardinho
(39 Apps, 3 Gls)
I actually decided to watch the end bit this year, when the votes are presented. Didn't hear any songs but was a little amused to see UK finishing last. Assume it was all still farcical, like every year.
- Year of First Game
- 1980
Didn't watch it, but then I like music so nothing there of interest...
Again, the UK's entry was far from the worst there (check out San Marino's entry - a bald dentist saying 'na na na na' over and over again and sounding like Leonard Cohen going through an ill-fated disco phase. It was so woeful I had to vote for it), but it still finished last and by some distance. The juries threw it a handful of points but with the public only Germany received fewer. Maybe we're just disliked in Europe nowadays? Maybe we are up against too many nations who just aren't going to be voting for us - Azerbaijan aren't likely to throw points our way but will send them towards the culturally similar Russia? Who knows? It's a bit dispiriting seeing us barely even trouble the left hand side of the scoring board let alone get anywhere near winning it!
One aspect about the winner, and Italy who also performed well, is that they tend to choose songs that have already received a lot of airplay on the continent. The UK tends to choose a talent show reject. They've tried bringing back well known names, but they've tended to be those in the twilight of their career like Bonnie Tyler and Blue (too old to be a 'boy band' anymore!) who have also struggled. Perhaps an overhaul of the system is needed and aim for a current name and well played song as our entry for next year.
ZeroTheHero
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
I watched it, but can't say it has much, if anything, to do with modern music. Quite a lot of the entries sounded like bad Wham B-sides from the 80's. The voting was (as ever) ludicrous, Madonna (doing a 'Queenie' impression from the pirates episode of Blackadder 
) was out of tune and the 'humour' of the presenters excruciating. I quite like the fact that the whole thing is inclusive, but it's so camp and tacky that it's almost self defeating.
We won't get a currently popular artist to perform - imagine if Sam Smith came last, defeated by a non-singing dentist from San Marino! But getting the song released and hyped all over Europe well before the show seems to be the way to win it.
) was out of tune and the 'humour' of the presenters excruciating. I quite like the fact that the whole thing is inclusive, but it's so camp and tacky that it's almost self defeating.We won't get a currently popular artist to perform - imagine if Sam Smith came last, defeated by a non-singing dentist from San Marino! But getting the song released and hyped all over Europe well before the show seems to be the way to win it.
Gary Baldi
Level: Paul Moody
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I watched the results, laughed heartily at the UKs lack of success and went to bed in a great mood.
mooro
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
....another interesting contest, if only, as always, for a vareity of wrong reasons.... not least taking joy in Madonna embarrassing herself in oh so many ways...like watching your granny on Stars in Their Eyes!!!
One thing worth noting is that it is not just the UK that struggle every year, but all four of the Big Four who are exempt from having to appear in the semi-finals (Italy are now also exempt but seem to do OK since dropping out for 10 years or so). Over the last fifteen contests, the UK have averaged 20th place (out of 26), but so have Spain, while Germany and France do little better, both averaging 18th.
Suggests that rather than just being an anti-UK thing, it as an-anti Big Four thing. Most years, one of the four break the stranglehold and make the top half, but the four together have only managed 6 top 8 finishes between them over those 15 years.
All good fun - and roll on next year
Winchesterox
Level: Ricardinho
(39 Apps, 3 Gls)
The UK singer is blaming Brexit
- Year of First Game
- 1953
As a supporter of NL as well as GB I was very surprised when Duncan won. He has a good voice with a large range and kept the presentation nice and simple. But the song itself was not a show-stopper. But NL slipped Belgium 10 euros to vote for NL instead of their own entry. 
The fact it was in Israel, a terrorist state, is one of the biggest jokes of all! Eurovision is about "peace, love and unity" - try telling that to the children in Gaza while they're being bombed. We should boycott the whole thing. Waste of time and money.
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Complete and utter waste of time entering it.
We never do any good, and haven’t since going to War in Iraq. Not sure if that’s a coincidence or not.
I used to like Wogan doing it god rest his soul.
We never do any good, and haven’t since going to War in Iraq. Not sure if that’s a coincidence or not.
I used to like Wogan doing it god rest his soul.
I'll have a nibble at this.
Israel won it last year and were therefore obliged to host it. Pretty dim to call for a boycott now considering it took place on Saturday! The boycotters actually missed a few brace people in the show, including the woeful but high profile Madonna, make a few references to the Palestinian cause. The show was never going to be free from politics and we all knew a reference was going to pop up somewhere and good on them for trying it on.
Also, Eurovision really is just a camp show with silly songs and dance routines and forced humour designed for a mass audience. For anyone watching, it could more or less be filmed anywhere. People didn't tune in because its Israel, they tuned it because it was Eurovision.
Finally, it's easy to spin the Israel-Palestine conflict into goodies v baddies and oppressors v the oppressed. The Israeli government should really be held to account a lot more by all concerned but this event was not a government-sponsored event. The organisers, who probably have little to nothing to do with Netanahyu's policies, held a safe and vibrant event that's probably the most LGBT friendly event going in the calendar. Would such an event in a less secular, more religiously conservative part of the world such as as Gaza have been so tolerated?
North Wales Yellow
Level: Chris Maguire
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Won’t ever happen, but I would like to see a genuine big British star give it a go, as an experiment if you like. Someone like Ed Sheehan or Adele, who is current and massive all other the world. Surely they would do well?!
Completely agree with those two stars. Then if we still finish last, then we can pack it in and let to others get on with it. Eurovision and includes Australia total joke of a show now.
