Eurovision song contest

[Semi42]

And now it’s tainted with accusations of on-air drug use from the victors front man

pure Eurovision !!

[darren]

the brits didnt do to well did they last again.

saturday 12th may

will you be flying the flag?:d or thinking oh what a drag?
we are being represented by a band called scootch, do we stand any chance, or is it now about much more than music?

[Cartimand]

And now it’s tainted with accusations of on-air drug use from the victors front man

pure Eurovision !!

It certainly looked like he was snorting a line and France, who came second, complained and wanted the Italians disqualified.
I see though that the singer did undergo a cocaine test and it was negative. He says he was just brushing or blowing some rubbish off the table.
Glad the best song won overall.

[George 1978]

I was wondering which country's authorities would have dealt with the winner's drug situation - would it be the Italian (because he's from Italy), Dutch (because of where the contest was held this year), or Swiss (because the EBU is based in Switzerland?)

We hear about drug taking in sports such as athletics because the competitors think that it makes them perform better (which it doesn't of course), but I would never have imagined Eurovision having a drug problem in a million years.

[SunnyLeslie]

I liked the songs of Finland, Israel, Greece, Italy, France and Ukraine the most. The song from France is very reminiscent of the songs of Edith Piaf, a classic French chanson.

[Mark]

should be scraped been going on to long now

[Semi42]

should be scraped been going on to long now

Nah, but don’t think the uk should be pumping money into it and automatically qualifying

[Cartimand]

The big family Eurovision BBQ is being hosted this year by my daughter-in-law's parents, so I can just turn up, scoff at the performances, sigh dramatically at the politicised voting and get sozzled!
Can't wait!

[Cartimand]

Brilliant wasn't it?
UK winning the international music juries' vote and Ukraine winning the most massive public phone-in vote ever, in an amazing show of international solidarity against Russia's brutal aggression.
I reckon next year's EVSC will have to be held in the UK, as I cannot see the effects of the war on Ukraine's infrastructure having been rectified in under a year's time.

[Richard1978]

Brilliant wasn't it?
UK winning the international music juries' vote and Ukraine winning the most massive public phone-in vote ever, in an amazing show of international solidarity against Russia's brutal aggression.
I reckon next year's EVSC will have to be held in the UK, as I cannot see the effects of the war on Ukraine's infrastructure having been rectified in under a year's time.

It might work out like that, as usually if a winner can't host it a British one is a stand in.