Eurovision song contest

[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.

[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

[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]

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!

[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!

[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!

[Flash Gordon]

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

[Cartimand]

Well we now know that Eurovision's coming home, but which city will host it?

If the venue is say Wembley Arena or the O2, then we will certainly apply for tickets (my daughter-in-law is the really big Eurovision nut).

[Flash Gordon]

Oh, WOW, I'm genuinely shocked! 2nd place. Ok, I'm getting out my knife and fork to eat my hat. Hand me that slice of humble pie...

[Flash Gordon]

Well, it's normally a nightmare. Abba were the best.

I still have faith in you.

[Richard1978]

Blimey!
Didn't you even notice that we won the international juries' vote at this year's Eurovision and only came second overall instead of first because of Putin's invasion of Ukraine (let's face it, the Ukrainian group could have come on stage, dropped their pants and farted for 4 minutes and still won this year).
The UK has entered absolute dross for too many years.
When we enter a decent song we can win - as 2022 shows us!

Exactly, I remember a pre-Sugababes Jade Ewen did well when singing an Andrew Lloyd-Webber song since 2003, so it's a case of making an effort & being rewarded for it. No conspiracies required!

[Cartimand]

I hate Eurovision. It's obviously fixed, and certainly fixed against us since the Iraq war, when all the European hypocrites were making some kind of half-brained point by smashing up the UK entry's dressing room. But now it's established that UK get's nil points, that's fixed in stone, because we're bad apparently, unlike all the other European countries who never did any wrong. The Germans have historically been lovely, and the Spanish conquistadors were so nice, to name but a few. I can only assume it's masochism on behalf of the British, who love getting spanked.

Blimey!
Didn't you even notice that we won the international juries' vote at this year's Eurovision and only came second overall instead of first because of Putin's invasion of Ukraine (let's face it, the Ukrainian group could have come on stage, dropped their pants and farted for 4 minutes and still won this year).
The UK has entered absolute dross for too many years.
When we enter a decent song we can win - as 2022 shows us!

[Flash Gordon]

I hate Eurovision. It's obviously fixed, and certainly fixed against us since the Iraq war, when all the European hypocrites were making some kind of half-brained point by smashing up the UK entry's dressing room. But now it's established that UK get's nil points, that's fixed in stone, because we're bad apparently, unlike all the other European countries who never did any wrong. The Germans have historically been lovely, and the Spanish conquistadors were so nice, to name but a few. I can only assume it's masochism on behalf of the British, who love getting spanked.

[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.

[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.