Eurovision song contest

[George 1978]

Oh, no, we're not paying for it again, are we?

Licence Fee payers of the world (or Great Britain at least) unite!

[George 1978]

Liverpool will host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 - saw it on the One Show unveiled at 7.18 pm.

I stayed in Liverpool myself last year when I got tickets to see Hairspray the Musical at the Empire Theatre on my birthday. Liverpool's enormous cultural currency with regards to music as a result of the success of the Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers and Cilla Black, and I think that it is a be such a natural progression for them to host the contest and it will now become a reality.

Nice to see how Sonia (Evans) has kept reasonably young after 30 years!

[80sChav]

It'll not be long now - I hope the UK do well this year

with all the dance music we hacve given in rent times i'm suprised we've not won more to be fair - even if you believe it Poltical Voting or not!

[darren]

Ha i like the rhyming.

Ur a funny girl.

1 saw it last year for the 1st time in like 20 yrs i was amazed how much the voting ssystem had changed.
Quite a lot of other chnges id not known of.

How long have they been doing the other voting system after the normal voting system.
And australia in it still bugs me.

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?

[80sChav]

How long have they been doing the other voting system after the normal voting system.
And australia in it still bugs me.

I agree it is unusual that Australia are in it I must agree Darren, but they are like a guest/wildcard and to be fair after the British and Irish, Australian's and New zelanders are the kindest-best people in the World and considering the UK sent our convicts - rightly or wrongly (as did Ireland with Ned Kelly) too, all these years this makes Australian as English as Yorkshire Pudding, so as strange as it is having them in it and knowing they'll never host it - I am in fulla pproval of them (and more so as other Countries not European or with any real european Links- like Russia prior to last year was entilted to join as are other border Country's that are more non-European too

[George 1978]

And the UK entrant is Mae Muller - a German sounding name. That doesn't mean that we will get votes from Germany or German speaking countries of course.

Remember that ihe final will be on Saturday 13th May this year, and not the 6th when King Charles III's coronation will take place - Saturdays in May this year will be so interesting, especially if the FA Cup is on one of those dates as well.

[George 1978]

I dare you to watch it again - I was thinking about jacking it in after Jemini nil points, and again after the 2021 contest, but you never know what the next year might bring.

[Hair Bear]

In more recent years the shenanigans with Petra Mede and Mans Zermolow gave things a whole new personality - search them out on yt.

[George 1978]

Great to see that Norway and the Czech Republic (Czechia) are in the final - in the aftermath of HM King Charles III's Coronation last Saturday, I will certainly support their Royal themed song title entries: Queen of Kings and My Sister's Crown! I will definitely vote for them in the telephone vote on Saturday night!

Great timing!

[Cartimand]

Since reading that Mae Muller, this year's UK performer, once tweeted "I hate this country" and has applied for German nationality, I don't particularly want her to do very well.
I will be rooting for Moldova - foot-tappingly catchy and you gotta love the Wicker Man vibe and the flute-playing dwarf!

[George 1978]

Muller (with an umlaut over the U - don't know how to do that on my keyboard) is a German name (I think of the yoghurts which have the different compartments), but despite this, I didn't know that she had connections with Germany.

I noticed that the Moldovan entry will be sung in Romanian - Wikipedia tells me that it is the official language in that country.

Also, last Friday I also won the 2023 Eurovision CD on eBay for around £12 - it should arrive in the post, ironically on Saturday itself.

[darren]

I SAW IT LAST YEAR FOR THE 1ST TIME IN NEAR 20 YRS WAS VAMAZED HOW MUCH IT HAD CHANGED

THE SCORING SYSTEM IS SO DIFFERENT AND THE BIGGEST WORST CHANGE IS australia in it.

[Cartimand]

I SAW IT LAST YEAR FOR THE 1ST TIME IN NEAR 20 YRS WAS VAMAZED HOW MUCH IT HAD CHANGED

THE SCORING SYSTEM IS SO DIFFERENT AND THE BIGGEST WORST CHANGE IS australia in it.

As long as Australia pays their national subscription to Eurovision, they are every bit as entitled to submit an entry as those other famous European countries Morocco, Turkey, Israel, Algeria, Egypt, Azerbaijan and Tunisia! (and Canada planning to join next year)!

[George 1978]

We are usually second from the top or second from the bottom - the former last year, and the latter this year. Listening to Sweden's winning entry, I did notice that the part of the rhythm in the song sounded a little bit like Abba's Winner Takes It All - same songwriter, by any chance?

So, Sweden won, and it will be 50 years since Waterloo winning in 2024 - they will probably give it a huge celebration next year, and no doubt that hashtags like Waterloo50 will be doing the rounds.

It would be interesting to find out how many UK viewers voted for Norway and/or Czechia (trying to get used to pronouncing it like that) via the televote this year by virtue of Kings, Queens, and Crowns being mentioned in their song titles, as a result of the contest being a week after HM King Charles III's Coronation. I did for both.

[George 1978]

I SAW IT LAST YEAR FOR THE 1ST TIME IN NEAR 20 YRS WAS VAMAZED HOW MUCH IT HAD CHANGED

THE SCORING SYSTEM IS SO DIFFERENT AND THE BIGGEST WORST CHANGE IS australia in it.

I supported Australia's entry last year because of the singer. Mind you, if Australia had won, I would assume that the UK or another European country would host it in lieu, just like Ukraine winning it last year.