BANGARANGA!!! 🎶 🎵

I do usually watch Eurovision, for the comedic factor, but just couldn’t be bothered last night!

I don’t know any of the songs, not even ours, so will listen to the winner.

We never watch - it used to be good in the old days with Katy Boyle. Then it was hilarious with Terry Wogan. Now it is just boring and our entries are abysmal.

I gave up watching it years ago. Too silly and too political just spoiled it for me.

Gave up watching years ago It’s a total farce imo and for that farce I had to miss Casualty AND according to the headlines this morning we came last 🤣beaten by both Israel and Australia who aren’t even European, what a load of dogs doodo

It used to be fun but it's too political for me now and countries that aren't in Europe entering?
There has been vote fixing too which makes it totally wrong for me.

For the first time I watched for a few seconds and turned over. I think it was Alabanians singing about their mothers.

I used to be a big fan but would now campaign to finish the whole thing- it has become a parody of itself and is against everything it originally stood for.

I haven't watched it for years. It used to be entertaining, with some great songs (i.e. Abba) but I don't bother with it now.

It was good years ago.
Now it’s just a big LGBT party and verging on soft porn.
Why we keep bothering with it god only knows.

I do not keep bothering with it! It used to be a bit of innocent fun. It is now noisy nonsense each country trying to be more outrageous than the other rather than producing a good song.
Remember Sandy Shaw in here bare feet?

I am so glad I am not the only one who hates it!

Kandinsky

It was good years ago.
Now it’s just a big LGBT party and verging on soft porn.
Why we keep bothering with it god only knows.

Because it’s fun and people enjoy themselves and what difference does it make that LBGT folk enjoy it too?

I agree though it’s far far away from the original Song for Europe, like everything else in our world it’s evolved into something else entirely, but personally I like to see people party and enjoying themselves though the voting is an utter farce

I’ve always loved it but refused to watch it last night. I did listen to the winning song on utube, though. and it just sounded like a generic version of every Eastern European song there’s ever been but not as good as many of them.

It’s mainly rubbish now it’s true.
Only three songs were any good imo, Italy, Israel and Australia.
All came in the first five, but the Eastern European song was awful.

Anyone know who took pity on us and gave us a point?
I'd like to know who decided that idiotic song was good enough to represent the UK and how it didn't get booted off in the semi finals, it was dire

As was the UK song! What possessed them to choose that group and that stupid song?

Yes, Ukraine gave us a pity point😄

I don’t watch Eurovision. The last time we watched was when Sir Tel did the commentary and tbh it was his commentary that kept us watching.
I know the UK are founding members or some such thing and therefore will always take part but I think it is high time we stopped participating.

I think the UK, France and Germany automatically go through to the finals because of their involvement with Eurovision.

Oreo

As was the UK song! What possessed them to choose that group and that stupid song?

People seem to ask the same question every year Oreo.

It was Ukraine, sassenach. Unfortunately our dire entry couldn’t get weeded out before the final, saving us the embarrassment. We get an automatic entry due to the fact that we’re one of the top funders of the whole shebang. Wrong on so many levels, imho!

I liked Malta but the singer had bad diction - or was that my hearing problem? I won't bother to watch it anymore. It was just a wall of the same noise and staged chaos. But then again, I am not under 60 so don't really understand the modern appeal. Back to my bedtime book!

I watched it on I player this morning ,a very Euro type song , I remember back in the early 70`s when out in the then West Germany Bjorn ,Benny , Anna and Freda doing Ring ,ring on BFBS ,I brought the single as it was catchy in a nearby Dutch town.
The only other time was a few months after they had Eurovision at Harrogate, I stayed in the Crown Hotel at the time when it was run by THF, and some of staff showed me pictures of some of the acts who appeared as some stayed in the hotel at the time .
Mick

Just listened to the winner on Youtube - oh dear ... so bland.

Pity McCartney is not drafted in - now he knows how to write a song ....

I watched a bit towards the end where they performed snippets of each winning song over the years ! and started to watch the voting but gave in and went to bed before the viewers' votes.

So far have not heard the winning song; the Australian one was much better than some over recent years and back to what it was all about years ago - a good song well sung rather than who can be the most outrageous.

The voting is political, yes, that is why Ukraine won in 2022, the UK second with Sam Ryder.

This year's UK entry was an embarrassment.