Almost that time of year

[littlespark]

We made the mistake one year of letting our middle child watch the Eurovision Song Contest, and now she spends her time watching every countries successful, and the unsuccessful entrants.
Now the UK entry has been announced.
Of course last years compitition was cancelled, so I thought you’d might like to hear Iceland’s entry from last year.....

 

[static zap]

Another of those -togetherness , institutions.
(That is an EYE opener - about the mine field of )
( a) Committee decisions )
( b) Politics
( c) National pride / Petty actions )
( d) Society / Lies / Social media influence )
( e) A Deep rooted human interest in music )
( f) A step aside from the commercial side-infuence )
( g) ... Other factors ... Control / beyond my imagination )
..Its Just for FUN .... !

 

[littlespark]

2 weeks to go until this years “competition” and these are my top 10 predictions.


1. UK will come last again. It’s getting ridiculous. Politics, brexit, wearing the wrong colour of socks… There really is no reason we come last so often, other than corruption within the Eurovision organisation itself. The UK media will spend the next month complaining, then start being all optimistic again come next March.

2. Someone will drop the F bomb live on stage.
I believe last time that happened was when Aqua were the half time show, and “Barbie girl” told her Ken to F off

3. A.J Odudu will announce the scores of the UK jury. An accent that most English speakers have trouble understanding, nevermind the rest of Europe. As bad as using someone from the Scottish Highlands

4. Ukraine will win. With a clear 200 points between them and 2nd place. Purely political of course. Although, at the moment, they won’t be able to host next year.

5. Female singers “wardrobe malfunction”

6. Just because a rock song won last year is no guarantee one will win this year. So all the countries that went rocky this year have wasted their chance. The Rasmus from Finland for example… last heard of in 2003 with “In The Shadows”

7. Subwoolfer from Norway will remove their masks and be revealed as Geordie jokers Ant and Dec..
Ok, I’m stretching things a bit there… but there is a rumour that they are the same people that are behind Ylvis… who had a song “what does the fox say” in 2013
Sorry, that songs in your head now.

8. Quirkiest act is Circus Mircas from Georgia. Will not make it past the semi finals.

9. The Latvian entry “eat your salad” will promote veganism across the world… forcing livestock farmers to ditch rearing animals.. many going out of business and thousands of cows and sheep being released into the wild as there’s no longer a market for the meat.

I’m struggling to think of things now


10. Someone’s staging will go wrong. Either on the backing screen plays wrong clip, or the pyrotechnics go off prematurely, or disastrously overdone.

 

[nicebutdim]

Why would Spain be unable to host next year?

 

[littlespark]

Why would Spain be unable to host next year?

Huh?

 

[nicebutdim]

Somehow I managed to read Ukraine as 'Spain'. Easy enough mistake to make, considering both names use letters from the alphabet.

Makes sense that Ukraine might have problems hosting, although Kyiv seems safe enough given that every world leader is able to walk about it's centre.

 

[littlespark]

Stirring this thread up a bit now we know the 2023 contest will be held in Liverpool in lieu of Ukraine….

So is @Rockingit going to be involved? If so I’d like some backstage passes…

And if @telectrix could put us up, or let me park the caravan on his driveway…..do you do bacon rolls for breakfast, Tel?

 

[Rockingit]

Stirring this thread up a bit now we know the 2023 contest will be held in Liverpool in lieu of Ukraine….

So is @Rockingit going to be involved? If so I’d like some backstage passes…

And if @telectrix could put us up, or let me park the caravan on his driveway…..do you do bacon rolls for breakfast, Tel?

I've not been asked yet and it's slightly too early on. That said, my diary for next year looks rammed already so I'd almost certainly have to turn it down anyway. Besides, working with TV (which is what it is) is like plucking out your pubes one at a time using a pair of rabbits feet covered in grease for tweezers - as painful as it is slow. It takes a certain type of person to engineer the ways in which your ego parades 10' in front of you, and that ain't me!

 

[littlespark]

I've not been asked yet and it's slightly too early on. That said, my diary for next year looks rammed already so I'd almost certainly have to turn it down anyway. Besides, working with TV (which is what it is) is like plucking out your pubes one at a time using a pair of rabbits feet covered in grease for tweezers - as painful as it is slow. It takes a certain type of person to engineer the ways in which your ego parades 10' in front of you, and that ain't me!

So thats a 'maybe'???

 

[littlespark]

Coming up to that time again. Resurrect this thread for Eurovision 2023!

What delights do we have this year? Let’s have a look….

Straight up, the UK entry has been getting played to death on radio for weeks now, and it’s a grower … might do ok.
Although the girl singing has been in a music video before… 2006, Mika… (who presented last year in Italy) on the song Grace Kelly. She was the little girl sitting on the piano at the beginning.

Returning to the competition is 2012 winner from Sweden, Loreen… and a couple of other randoms.

Australia sends a rock band with Voyager, and the song “promise”…. And the lead singer is an actual practicing lawyer!

The novelty acts this year include a duo singing about Edgar Allen Poe, which is surprisingly high in the betting odds.

Ukraine this year is a bit normal compared with last year… possibly still get the votes because of you know what…. But not a winner. Top 10 likely.


Top 10 predictions this year…. Considering I got 4/10 last year…. Let’s see if I can beat it.

1. UK will come middle of the board. Not near the top, but not bottom either.

2. There will be a stage invasion/ demonstration by Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion or The Flat Earth Society

3. The half time show will be hotbed of Liverpudlian talent… including Mel C, Paul McCartney, John Bishop, Sonia, and would have included Lily Savage if it wasn’t for Paul O’Gradys passing.

4. The programme will mess up somehow…. Wrong camera, wrong microphone or wrong name of presenter.

5. Croatia try to be political and anti war, but end up in the news after not getting through the semi finals and starting a fight in a local pub.

6. Mae Muller, the UK entry goes way overboard with the stage production. Pyrotechnics, lasers, projections… just because she’s up last, and the BBC are using up their budget.

7. BBC mess up again when the VT operator mixes up Latvian and Lucian and plays a short interview with some guy and his collection of vintage electrical equipment.

8. One country is disqualified when it is revealed their entry was written entirely by AI.

9. One performer will finish their song and say “thank you, London!”

10. The neighbourly voting that always causes controversy finally pushes graham Norton over the edge and he has a massive hissy fit.