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Eurovision 2022
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Sounds like it's made for youaddick1956 said:I heard the UK song . It lacks any thing resembling music except a din. No real rhyme, monotony and quite boring.28 -
That’s gutting. Was hoping it would be in England and could storm the gates alongside other drunken ticketless individuals for the final.KBslittlesis said:Apparently Sweden already agreed to host next years if Ukraine can’t.
So I was told 🤷♀️12 -
I'll have to throw that flare I was going to stick up my arse in the bin.SouthWest_Addicks said:
That’s gutting. Was hoping it would be in England and could storm the gates alongside other drunken ticketless individuals for the final.KBslittlesis said:Apparently Sweden already agreed to host next years if Ukraine can’t.
So I was told 🤷♀️
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Delighted that Ukraine won, we cannot really comprehend how much of a morale boost it is for the nation in the midst of the horrors of war.
It was my favourite song, anyway, so I'm happy, just as I was that the public vote boosted Moldova.5 -
“Incredible achievement”SouthWest_Addicks said:Finishing 2nd is an incredible achievement. Hopefully, that will the moment for the nation to actually care about Eurovision. The UK are the real winners IMO.
Ukraine went out to 2/1 during the jury vote. Couldn’t move quick enough to reinvest.
Lol, it’s a shitty song contest, nobody has achieved anything incredible0 -
eaststandmike said:
“Incredible achievement”SouthWest_Addicks said:Finishing 2nd is an incredible achievement. Hopefully, that will the moment for the nation to actually care about Eurovision. The UK are the real winners IMO.
Ukraine went out to 2/1 during the jury vote. Couldn’t move quick enough to reinvest.
Lol, it’s a shitty song contest, nobody has achieved anything incredibleDon't be so daft, now Ukraine have won Eurovision Putin will no doubt realise the futility of his actions and pull troops out of the Donbass and Crimea.Or possibly not.2 -
In the context of the previous narrative that no one likes us and that's why we've been getting "nul points" it is an "incredible achievement". This is due to him firstly embracing Eurovision, secondly having a very good song and thirdly being an extremely talented singer which is the reason he has over 12 million followers and has duetted with the likes of Alicia Keys.eaststandmike said:
“Incredible achievement”SouthWest_Addicks said:Finishing 2nd is an incredible achievement. Hopefully, that will the moment for the nation to actually care about Eurovision. The UK are the real winners IMO.
Ukraine went out to 2/1 during the jury vote. Couldn’t move quick enough to reinvest.
Lol, it’s a shitty song contest, nobody has achieved anything incredible
I also think that any occasion that brings joy to people, even though it might not be everyone's "cup of tea" is something to be admired. It doesn't do any harm does it?
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Champions of Europe. Ukraine just a sympathy vote. Their song was wank. We are the real winners and we don't have to host the fucking thing. Champions of Europe, champions of Europe...2
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Why do Croatia hate us?2
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The other sings were less successfuladdick1956 said:
Try a sensible comment on the subject...if that sing came second what were the others like ?Chizz said:
Sounds like it's made for youaddick1956 said:I heard the UK song . It lacks any thing resembling music except a din. No real rhyme, monotony and quite boring.1 - Sponsored links:
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Why don’t they have a Eurovision Football Song contest with the likes of Lech Poznan, Newport County and Ards taking part.0
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Not big fans of spacemen apparently.ValleyGary said:Why do Croatia hate us?
Hate Babylon Zoo as well.1 -
Still bitter over Theo Walcott scoring a hat-trick in their backyardValleyGary said:Why do Croatia hate us?
That and we relegated them from the UEFA Nations League0 -
Must admit, I don’t really like our song.Maybe need to hear it a few more times.But let’s hope we never go back down the route of having people like Englebert Humperdinck chosen to represent us.1
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It’s a huge wake up call for the producers and BBC to produce something better than our previous entries.MarcusH26 said:Don't think you could have asked for anymore than Sam produced , to win the jury vote and then come second to an absolute voting juggernaut in Ukraine is one hell of an effort. Just goes to show if you find the right person , put the hard graft in going around Europe showing your love for the contest then you can get great results.
Be very interesting to see how the UK follow it up next year , because that's going to be a hard act to match.I read somewhere one of the major record companies wouldn’t touch Eurovision due to UK not getting the votes we deserve because Europe doesn’t like us. Sam Ryders performance and result clearly shows that was a complete bs accusation.0 -
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It’s a huge wake up call for the producers and BBC to produce something better than our previous entries.MarcusH26 said:Don't think you could have asked for anymore than Sam produced , to win the jury vote and then come second to an absolute voting juggernaut in Ukraine is one hell of an effort. Just goes to show if you find the right person , put the hard graft in going around Europe showing your love for the contest then you can get great results.
Be very interesting to see how the UK follow it up next year , because that's going to be a hard act to match.I read somewhere one of the major record companies wouldn’t touch Eurovision due to UK not getting the votes we deserve because Europe doesn’t like us. Sam Ryders performance and result clearly shows that was a complete bs accusation.
I think there was a real change of tactics from the BBC this year after James Newman's complete flop. They agreed a deal with Dua Lipas management company to basically run it , so they went and found Sam and the song and took it from there.
It's not that Europe never liked us , it's more the UK never really seemed to put the effort in and sent a lot of pretty mediocre entries over the past few years, Sam showed that it just needed the right person and promotion to get the results.
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Plus in a way, it's not rocket science - if someone is popular on Instagram or tiktok it's normally because a lot of people like them. So stands to reason they'll get some votes because other people will like them too.MarcusH26 said:DiscoCAFC said:
It’s a huge wake up call for the producers and BBC to produce something better than our previous entries.MarcusH26 said:Don't think you could have asked for anymore than Sam produced , to win the jury vote and then come second to an absolute voting juggernaut in Ukraine is one hell of an effort. Just goes to show if you find the right person , put the hard graft in going around Europe showing your love for the contest then you can get great results.
Be very interesting to see how the UK follow it up next year , because that's going to be a hard act to match.I read somewhere one of the major record companies wouldn’t touch Eurovision due to UK not getting the votes we deserve because Europe doesn’t like us. Sam Ryders performance and result clearly shows that was a complete bs accusation.
I think there was a real change of tactics from the BBC this year after James Newman's complete flop. They agreed a deal with Dua Lipas management company to basically run it , so they went and found Sam and the song and took it from there.
It's not that Europe never liked us , it's more the UK never really seemed to put the effort in and sent a lot of pretty mediocre entries over the past few years, Sam showed that it just needed the right person and promotion to get the results.
If we'd have stuck the sea shanty bloke up for Eurovision with a load of people dressed as pirates or whatever it would have done OK.
Whereas last time out they kept trying to plug how good a songwriter he was etc, he'd worked for Rudimental doncha know, if you know anything about music etc etc... it's patronising.3 -
Didnt they also used to have some pre-Eurovision show on the BBC where the public picked the entry?0
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North Lower Neil said:
Plus in a way, it's not rocket science - if someone is popular on Instagram or tiktok it's normally becuase a lot of people like them. So stands to reason they'll get some votes because other people will like them too.MarcusH26 said:DiscoCAFC said:
It’s a huge wake up call for the producers and BBC to produce something better than our previous entries.MarcusH26 said:Don't think you could have asked for anymore than Sam produced , to win the jury vote and then come second to an absolute voting juggernaut in Ukraine is one hell of an effort. Just goes to show if you find the right person , put the hard graft in going around Europe showing your love for the contest then you can get great results.
Be very interesting to see how the UK follow it up next year , because that's going to be a hard act to match.I read somewhere one of the major record companies wouldn’t touch Eurovision due to UK not getting the votes we deserve because Europe doesn’t like us. Sam Ryders performance and result clearly shows that was a complete bs accusation.
I think there was a real change of tactics from the BBC this year after James Newman's complete flop. They agreed a deal with Dua Lipas management company to basically run it , so they went and found Sam and the song and took it from there.
It's not that Europe never liked us , it's more the UK never really seemed to put the effort in and sent a lot of pretty mediocre entries over the past few years, Sam showed that it just needed the right person and promotion to get the results.
If we'd have stuck the sea shanty bloke up for Eurovision with a load of people dressed as pirates or whatever it would have done OK.
Whereas last time out they kept trying to plug how good a songwriter he was etc, he'd worked for Rudimental doncha know, if you know anything about music etc etc... it's patronising.
Sam was the perfect person to reboot the UK at Eurovision, big social media following , great personality and a fantastic performer. A polar opposite to sending James who I'm sure is a great songwriter but had no kind of performance to him at all.
I'll be interested to see how they follow it up next year, whether they stick to a similar " find someone with a big social following" method or maybe Sam's success tempts some " bigger names" .1 -
It's not that Europe doesn't like the UK, it's that the UK doesn't like Europe.
It's a shame that in the UK there is this undeserving mistrust and lack of faith in other European countries. Sometimes the UK does certain things better, sometimes other nations do. The idea is to unite and do things together.
The Eurovision song contest is a nonsense in itself, but it does attempt to bring harmony and understanding of others who at times may seem incomprehensible. This is why, in my opinion, it was wrong for the European Broadcasting Union to ban Russia.0 - Sponsored links:
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Yes. In the days when we trusted the general public to make smart decisions concerning Europe.ForeverAddickted said:Didnt they also used to have some pre-Eurovision show on the BBC where the public picked the entry?5 -
Shows how stupid Cameron was to give the public the vote then - Especially as our song choices during that competition were probably some of the worstChizz said:
Yes. In the days when we trusted the general public to make smart decisions concerning Europe.ForeverAddickted said:Didnt they also used to have some pre-Eurovision show on the BBC where the public picked the entry?
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Maybe Thomas Sandgaard could represent us next year. With his Danish origins, that should ensure plenty of Scandinavian votes
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Maybe but considering the huge support towards Ukraine in the audience, amongst the other entries and the voting I highly doubt the Russian entry would’ve got a good reception.jimmymelrose said:It's not that Europe doesn't like the UK, it's that the UK doesn't like Europe.
It's a shame that in the UK there is this undeserving mistrust and lack of faith in other European countries. Sometimes the UK does certain things better, sometimes other nations do. The idea is to unite and do things together.
The Eurovision song contest is a nonsense in itself, but it does attempt to bring harmony and understanding of others who at times may seem incomprehensible. This is why, in my opinion, it was wrong for the European Broadcasting Union to ban Russia.0 -
What about combining one legendary Eurovision event, the Song Contest, with that other great Eurovision event, Jeux sans frontières?
You could have the singers in big hats performing whilst going down a wet slide as musicians from other nations try to put them off by hitting them with brightly coloured foam hammers.1 -
That’ll be two years ahead of schedule!killerandflash said:Maybe Thomas Sandgaard could represent us next year. With his Danish origins, that should ensure plenty of Scandinavian votes0 -
I keep humming the Swedish song. I let it in and now can't get it out!0
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"This video was filmed in Bucha, Irpin, Borodyanka, Hostomel, cities near Kyiv that suffered the horrors of Russian occupation.
Dedicated to the brave Ukrainian people, to the mothers protecting their children, to all those who gave their lives for our freedom.
Every man, every woman, every innocent child.
The war in Ukraine has multiple faces, but it is our mother's face that keeps our hearts alive in the darkest times.
Stand with Ukraine!"
https://youtu.be/Z8Z51no1TD0 4 -
Can't help but feel that the Russian exclusion allowed a number of jury panels to vote more freely. A good song helps but the event is still political.0
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I read a few countries had their votes cancelled in the semi finals due to voting irregularities0
