Eurovision Song Contest.

[cressida]

It's on for four hours,  I used to watch the results at one time but too many participants,  the eighties wasn't bad and I recorded some of the acts.

[wearysmith]

23 minutes ago, Baron99 said:

Going out so won't be watching it but what happens is Australia wins?  Does it go there next year? 

Yep.

[Baron99]

8 minutes ago, wearysmith said:

Yep.

So that's where all the journos & tv companies will be praying for then? 

 

Time difference will be a bit of a problem with it having to be breakfast time there for evening in Europe. 

Edited May 13, 2023 by Baron99

[trastrick]

What's all this Nationalism and "merit" nonsense doing on TV.

 

Just give everybody a participation award and just enjoy the music.

 

Equality for all!

[HeHasRisen]

3 hours ago, wearysmith said:

Yep.

Nope. 

 

They would have to find a European country to host on their behalf. That's what they signed up to. 

3 hours ago, Baron99 said:

So that's where all the journos & tv companies will be praying for then? 

 

Time difference will be a bit of a problem with it having to be breakfast time there for evening in Europe. 

It won't be a problem as he is talking out of his rear. See above. 

Edited May 13, 2023 by HeHasRisen

[steved32]

What an absolute load of commercialised crap hyper hyped.

 

Can recall watching Sandie Shaw winning in1967,and thinking it was not really a competition.

 

All the hype now...utter ****e.

[Al Bundy]

It's class.

 

Comedy at its finest, and the funniest part is that those involved don't realise it!!  The more political it gets, the funnier it becomes!

[HeHasRisen]

8 hours ago, steved32 said:

What an absolute load of commercialised crap hyper hyped.

 

Can recall watching Sandie Shaw winning in1967,and thinking it was not really a competition.

 

All the hype now...utter ****e.

Imagine if the world in 2023 is different to 1967.

[wearysmith]

I said a few months back that ours was rubbish. Generic pop dance-pap aimed at 14 year old girls. But was it worse than the Croatian joke-entry? I think not.
She seems like a nice lass. She'll have a good bawl in her dressing room, but she will bounce back. There's always been a market for her kind of material.

My predictions were hopelessly wrong. Only got one of the top 5 right and that was Norway. I didn't think the German song was that bad for the type of music they play. The only time I found myself shouting at the screen was when the bloke from Finland got the public vote. I couldn't abide him. Found him irritating.

I was pleased for the pink girls with the plats. I had them down for last place.

 

16 hours ago, Baron99 said:

So that's where all the journos & tv companies will be praying for then? 

 

Time difference will be a bit of a problem with it having to be breakfast time there for evening in Europe. 

I'm sure they'd get around it. Rules get changed all the time.

There used to be a 'no miming' rule. Look how that got thrown out of the window last night.

Edited May 14, 2023 by wearysmith

[HeHasRisen]

46 minutes ago, wearysmith said:

I said a few months back that ours was rubbish. Generic pop dance-pap aimed at 14 year old girls. But was it worse than the Croatian joke-entry? I think not.
She seems like a nice lass. She'll have a good bawl in her dressing room, but she will bounce back. There's always been a market for her kind of material.

My predictions were hopelessly wrong. Only got one of the top 5 right and that was Norway. I didn't think the German song was that bad for the type of music they play. The only time I found myself shouting at the screen was when the bloke from Finland got the public vote. I couldn't abide him. Found him irritating.

I was pleased for the pink girls with the plats. I had them down for last place.

 

I'm sure they'd get around it. Rules get changed all the time.

 

I literally said last night that the event will NOT be in Australia if they win, there is no rule to get around.