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Eurovision 2026

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  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,950
    People taking it way too seriously it seems. 
  • raytreacy
    raytreacy Posts: 264
    I think the whole programme is a crock of shit. It has got nothing to do with music and everything to do with politics. A waste of a number of hours in your life.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,797
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I liked our song but it was never going to win, even if Europe was favourable to us. What spoils the contest though is votes that have nothing to do with the song. So Greece always gives Cyprus 12 points and visa versa. The performers could walk on the stage, have a dump and still get the 12 points. Israel is always going to get more votes than the song deserves, often the scandinavians voting for their neighbours etc... Not sure what can be done about it though. What I would say is the song that won, whether it was to your taste or not, actually won on merit and Sam Ryder got the support to come second to a newly invaded Ukraine with a powerful well performed song a few years back. I actually preferred the Swedish song in that contest but it should be about personal tastes not political and geographic loyalties.

    For what it is, I thought the standard was pretty decent.  
    Was interesting to watch the pre contest favourites one by one fall by the wayside. Thought it would come down to one of Australia or Finland Vs Israel but Bulgaria came out of nowhere along with Romania. Italy will always be there or thereabouts even if I personally didn't really care for their entry this year. 
  • stevexreeve
    stevexreeve Posts: 1,436
    If we could enter england, scotland, Wales and maybe northern Ireland that would guarantee us at least 36 points each!
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,652
    stevexreeve said:
    If we could enter england, scotland, Wales and maybe northern Ireland that would guarantee us at least 36 points each!
    You think Scotland and Wales would vote for England?!
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,777
    golfaddick said:
    Utter tripe. 

    What was once a fairly decent song contest (Cliff, Sandi Shaw, Brotherhood of Man, Bucks Fizz......and ABBA !!) has turned into a monstrosity of weirdo's trying to outdo each in other in costume design & crap music. 

    The fact we came last with what can only be described as a "if you can't beat them, join them" performance just shows that Europe hates us more than the Scots & Welsh combined. 
    How did Sam Ryder do so well?
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,777
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    I liked our song but it was never going to win, even if Europe was favourable to us. What spoils the contest though is votes that have nothing to do with the song. So Greece always gives Cyprus 12 points and visa versa. The performers could walk on the stage, have a dump and still get the 12 points. Israel is always going to get more votes than the song deserves, often the scandinavians voting for their neighbours etc... Not sure what can be done about it though. What I would say is the song that won, whether it was to your taste or not, actually won on merit and Sam Ryder got the support to come second to a newly invaded Ukraine with a powerful well performed song a few years back. I actually preferred the Swedish song in that contest but it should be about personal tastes not political and geographic loyalties.

    For what it is, I thought the standard was pretty decent.  
    Only watched the final voting. But agree with your main paragraph (apart from I don't know about the Swedish song)
  • Vienna_Addick
    Vienna_Addick Posts: 341
    You should all be thankful that you haven't had to put up with this crap for the whole of the past year.
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,260
    Bah .. Europeans don’t recognise talent when they see it. All together now .. eins, zwei, drei 😩😬😳
  • RonnieMoore
    RonnieMoore Posts: 5,100
    Our song  done well to get one point ..bet the organisers were pooing themselves when Israel were leading …. But Australia should have won different class …….. we are world leaders in song writing and bands/ singers yet we can’t get someone to write a song for Eurovision and someone with experience to sing it … 


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  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,461
    We could bring back Lennon from the dead and have the Beatles singing Yellow Submarine in their pomp and we would still lose to Israel 
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,777
    Southendaddick said:
    We could bring back Lennon from the dead and have the Beatles singing Yellow Submarine in their pomp and we would still lose to Israel 
    Interesting Israel were second - they were second last year too, weren't they?
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,240
    raytreacy said:
    I think the whole programme is a crock of shit. It has got nothing to do with music and everything to do with politics. A waste of a number of hours in your life.
    I don’t listen to the songs. I just watch the voting. They play 5 seconds of each song before the voting which given the songs’ standard is plenty long enough anyway. I decided years ago that the contest is not about songs anyway, it’s about guessing the votes and taking the piss out of the participants. It’s one hour of fun and laughs if you take this viewpoint.
  • OhMyGodden
    OhMyGodden Posts: 380
    RonnieMoore said:
    Our song  done well to get one point ..bet the organisers were pooing themselves when Israel were leading …. But Australia should have won different class …….. we are world leaders in song writing and bands/ singers yet we can’t get someone to write a song for Eurovision and someone with experience to sing it … 

    Surely you can write one after all your time hearing Millwall songs when you were younger at their games 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,837
    IdleHans said:
    Bulgarias entry looks like a porn actress, complete with something that looks suspiciously similar to a sizeable strap on.

    (To be clear, Im listening to The Wedding Present on Youtube)
    We're seeing The Wedding Present Friday 30th October Shepherd's Bush Empire playing Seamonsters.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,837
    MuttleyCAFC said:
     So Greece always gives Cyprus 12 points and visa versa. The performers could walk on the stage, have a dump and still get the 12 points.
    Strangely that is exactly what I said to my wife.
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,479
    I’ve said this before:
    it gives a lot of people pleasure - no harm in that, so…..

    BBC (us) stop funding it. 
    UK drop out for a couple of years
    Buy the one-off transmission each year and stick it on IPlayer.

    UK can’t win in the foreseeable future so why waste the effort. 
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,722
    I enjoy watching us being given the shoulder by them all.  Anyone that celebrates a victory in that needs to give their head a wobble.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,932
    We didn't have Ireland to give us some points this year, they boycotted it because Israel was allowed to participate. 


  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,997
    Top 3 for me was UK, Moldova and Bulgaria. Only the 3 songs I liked. Purely cos all three were a bit of a laugh. 

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  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,392
    Covered End said:
    IdleHans said:
    Bulgarias entry looks like a porn actress, complete with something that looks suspiciously similar to a sizeable strap on.

    (To be clear, Im listening to The Wedding Present on Youtube)
    We're seeing The Wedding Present Friday 30th October Shepherd's Bush Empire playing Seamonsters.
    It was Seamonsters I had on. Terrific album.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,997
    The Moldavian entry I could imagine being shouted at you as you got to their boarder.. "WELCOME TO MOLDOVA!!"
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,837
    IdleHans said:
    Covered End said:
    IdleHans said:
    Bulgarias entry looks like a porn actress, complete with something that looks suspiciously similar to a sizeable strap on.

    (To be clear, Im listening to The Wedding Present on Youtube)
    We're seeing The Wedding Present Friday 30th October Shepherd's Bush Empire playing Seamonsters.
    It was Seamonsters I had on. Terrific album.
    A few tickets still available on Ticketmaster.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,797
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    The Moldavian entry I could imagine being shouted at you as you got to their boarder.. "WELCOME TO MOLDOVA!!"
    Every Moldovan tourist board video should have it on it. They love a really fun entry 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 48,205
    Does Moldova have tourists?
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 35,822
    Would have loved Australia to have won it - imagine everyone having to schlep over there next year & it being held in the middle of the night......
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 2,023
    edited May 18
    golfaddick said:
    Would have loved Australia to have won it - imagine everyone having to schlep over there next year & it being held in the middle of the night......
    Never thought of that before, good point.
    The BBC would have to double the licence fee to cover costs.
  • Diebythesword
    Diebythesword Posts: 782
    PrincessFiona said:
    Southendaddick said:
    We could bring back Lennon from the dead and have the Beatles singing Yellow Submarine in their pomp and we would still lose to Israel 
    Interesting Israel were second - they were second last year too, weren't they?
    Makes sense. People who hate Israel votes are spread over the other 24 countries and people who are pro Israel vote for Israel, so their votes are concentrated. 
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,777
    Diebythesword said:
    PrincessFiona said:
    Southendaddick said:
    We could bring back Lennon from the dead and have the Beatles singing Yellow Submarine in their pomp and we would still lose to Israel 
    Interesting Israel were second - they were second last year too, weren't they?
    Makes sense. People who hate Israel votes are spread over the other 24 countries and people who are pro Israel vote for Israel, so their votes are concentrated. 
    Why would you vote at all just because you 'hate' an entrant. I didn't vote at all and if I did it would be for the song I thought was best
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,837
    PrincessFiona said:
    Diebythesword said:
    PrincessFiona said:
    Southendaddick said:
    We could bring back Lennon from the dead and have the Beatles singing Yellow Submarine in their pomp and we would still lose to Israel 
    Interesting Israel were second - they were second last year too, weren't they?
    Makes sense. People who hate Israel votes are spread over the other 24 countries and people who are pro Israel vote for Israel, so their votes are concentrated. 
    Why would you vote at all just because you 'hate' an entrant. I didn't vote at all and if I did it would be for the song I thought was best
    I presume he meant if you have anti-Israel sentiment then it won't show in a vote.
    But if you feel so strongly pro-Israel that you would vote in their favour to make a point, then you only have one option.

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