Eurovision 2022

[Doctor J]

The first semi-final is on at the moment and has been pleasantly light on Europop so far. My money would be on Moldova if the situation in Ukraine wasn't what it is.

[Lozz196]

I really hope that this year I can watch it all the way through. I try every year but just get disheartened by the Europop so given your thoughts @Doctor J maybe this will be the year for me. 
 

Edit - I’ve just seen Anna’s for the final and it didn’t look half bad.

Edited May 10, 2022 by Lozz196

[Guest]

Can't best a nice semi.

[zbd1960]

Oh dear.... I'll be honest, I'm not a Eurovision fan - it's not recent, goes back to the 1970s... Some people I know are quite obsessed with it and will be having a 'watch party' for it... I didn't make myself popular when I said I didn't like it...

We're all different, so I'm fine if it floats your boat. 

[Reggaebass]

Last time I watched it Bucks Fizz were Making your mind up 😁

[lurksalot]

Give the wolf a banana before it eats my Grandma !

 

[Newfoundfreedom]

I'm not sure why the UK even bother to enter any more, considering the voting seems to be tactical and they're pretty much universally loathed by the rest of Europe. (Can't think why).

[Grahambythesea]

I thought we’d left Europe! What else was Brexit for?

[Lozz196]

Difficult to see a way forward on that aspect 

[Barking Spiders]

Well, I think it's a shoo-in Ukraine will win and the UK will continue to prop up the final table. I assume Russia's been banned as they have from all sporting competitions.

[Newfoundfreedom]

  On 10/05/2022 at 20:58, Grahambythesea said:

I thought we’d left Europe! What else was Brexit for?

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Even I'd have voted for it if I thought it would save the embarrassment of Eurovision. 😆

[Rich]

My son knows someone whose sole (and entirely serious) reason for voting leave was "because they all keep ganging up on us in the Eurovision Song Contest".

[Guest]

  On 10/05/2022 at 20:53, Newfoundfreedom said:

 (Can't think why).

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They're jealous because we have Laurence Fox.

[Newfoundfreedom]

  On 11/05/2022 at 05:59, Bassfinger said:

They're jealous because we have Laurence Fox.

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(Goes off to Google Laurence Fox)

 

Nope. No idea. 

[skidder652003]

  On 11/05/2022 at 06:15, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

(Goes off to Google Laurence Fox)

 

Nope. No idea. 

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nor does he..

[Skybone]

My daughter loves Eurovision, and really looking forward to it. Usually quite an entertaining spectacle until the voting.

 

 

[Guest]

Just a thought.  Perhaps Laurence Fox could enter Eurovision? A songster in the David Icke mould for a new light entertainment generation.

[Chaosanator]

Actually this year the UK is one of the top runners. 

 

[Newfoundfreedom]

  On 11/05/2022 at 06:36, Chaosanator said:

Actually this year the UK is one of the top runners. 

 

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Reasonably safe bet I would imagine, given how political the voting has always been. The reason the Eurovision is such a joke is because it has absolutely nothing to do with talent. Kind of like a continent wide X Factor. 

[odysseus]

  On 10/05/2022 at 22:33, Rich said:

My son knows someone whose sole (and entirely serious) reason for voting leave was "because they all keep ganging up on us in the Eurovision Song Contest".

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Sadly, it's not that unusual... 

[Misdee]

  On 11/05/2022 at 05:59, Bassfinger said:

They're jealous because we have Laurence Fox.

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They're jealous because we have proper pop music. They're jealous because we're cool. They're jealous because we know how to make a proper cup of tea.

[Misdee]

  On 10/05/2022 at 22:33, Rich said:

My son knows someone whose sole (and entirely serious) reason for voting leave was "because they all keep ganging up on us in the Eurovision Song Contest".

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 Ironically enough, that has turned out to be as substantive a reason to vote for Brexit as any of the supposedly more serious reasons put forward.

[Rich]

  On 11/05/2022 at 06:40, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

Reasonably safe bet I would imagine, given how political the voting has always been. The reason the Eurovision is such a joke is because it has absolutely nothing to do with talent. Kind of like a continent wide X Factor. 

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And for this reason, we will inevitably come dead last again. It stopped being even remotely about the song years ago. Wiggy was right when he pulled the plug.

[Hechtor]

  On 10/05/2022 at 20:11, zbd1960 said:

Oh dear.... I'll be honest, I'm not a Eurovision fan - it's not recent, goes back to the 1970s... Some people I know are quite obsessed with it and will be having a 'watch party' for it... I didn't make myself popular when I said I didn't like it...

We're all different, so I'm fine if it floats your boat. 

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I am not either, however I was forced to watch the final as I was visiting a friend whose GF at the time insisted on watching the final...

 

It was 2006 and I loved it when the Finnish goth-monster-rock band won with Hard Rock Hallelujah, so much so I was dying with laughter...

 

Needless to say, his GF was not so happy...

 

 

 

 

[Misdee]

  On 10/05/2022 at 20:58, Grahambythesea said:

I thought we’d left Europe! What else was Brexit for?

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If only life were that simple. Israel and Australia are eligible. Presumably Europe is a state of mind rather than a geographical location or political affiliation.