gingerjon Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 We appear to have a pretty decent song this year.  Austria's is better, though.  Shaping up to be quite a fun year having had a quick look over what has been chosen. 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCKonstantine Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Finland to win for me, CHA CHA CHA! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 On a less happy note, Radio 4's You and Yours programme yesterday was about the latest queue-jumping software that touts used to clean out many of the best tickets for lucrative resale. 1 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 hour ago, YCKonstantine said: Finland to win for me, CHA CHA CHA! It's not been the ear worm for me that other people seem to be finding, although I do like it. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 52 minutes ago, Futtocks said: On a less happy note, Radio 4's You and Yours programme yesterday was about the latest queue-jumping software that touts used to clean out many of the best tickets for lucrative resale. Really should have been a ballot. 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Poster Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Futtocks said: On a less happy note, Radio 4's You and Yours programme yesterday was about the latest queue-jumping software that touts used to clean out many of the best tickets for lucrative resale. I’d personally rather go to the dentists than Eurovision but each to their own. But even so, this type of thing IS pretty scandalous and unfair. But it won’t end until people actually stop paying vastly overinflated prices. Which they won’t. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stirlin Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Mae song has a donk so should win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Decimus Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 I heard Loreen's new effort for Sweden and it sounds exactly like a Eurovision winning song. Â Â A Widnesian in Ireland blog What is the best system for Super League? An honest appraisal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted May 8, 2023 Author Share Posted May 8, 2023 BBC's new promo from earlier today  Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Semi-final 1 kicks off with an inadvertent copying of Groucho and Harpo's mirror scene from Horse Feathers. Lots of Ukrainian yellow and blue on show and in the lighting/staging too. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I haven't been particularly impressed by any of them so far, though I am just listening to it in the background while being clawed by a cat as Mrs. Goose watches it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 A good variety of styles, and some imaginative staging, but there barely been a singer who can carry a tune without going horribly flat. At last, Moldova bring a touch of banging Euro-weirdness! Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Sweden going for the arty and overwrought approach, with former winner Loreen. She'll have someone's eye out if she's not careful. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Azerbaijan: Which one's Merry and which one's Pippin? Sedate guitar-pop, fairly pleasant, but not hugely memorable. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Czechia: Vesna heads up what looks a little bit like a ponytail-based cult. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Netherlands: A drippy ballad that sounds like they assembled bits from the last 10 contest winners. The male singer reminds me of the protagonist in Escape from the Bronx (1983). Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) Finland: Starts promisingly insanely. I think this one might do all right. Not much of a song, but a crowd-pleaser. Edited May 9, 2023 by Futtocks Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 wTF is Rita Ora wearing....or singing, for that matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Just now, JohnM said: wTF is Rita Ora wearing....or singing, for that matter? Well, she'll never be short of somewhere to rest her pie and pint with that dress. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Aah, Ruslana! Happy memories... Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Oh God, Dustin the Turkey's turned up. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 6 minutes ago, Futtocks said: Well, she'll never be short of somewhere to rest her pie and pint with that dress. For an instant, I thought she was wearing a keyboard . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 The population of Finland have their collective heads in their hands, crying and saying , "We were a once proud nation...that it should come to this." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) The Qualifiers from SF1 Croatia: oh, what "wacky" "funsters" they are! Czechia: some ponytail-centred clone cult Finland: a crowd-pleasing banger Israel: looks good, sings okay-ish, presents like a mandrill Moldova: tribal nuttiness Norway: holds a note like Jemini on a bad day Portugal: Uninspired oompah Serbia: Emo Paul Atreides Sweden: Oi, Noreen! Giggerota from 'The Lexx' wants her outfit back! Switzerland: a bit drippy, but a certain sort of fan will want to mother him Edited May 9, 2023 by Futtocks 1 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted May 10, 2023 Author Share Posted May 10, 2023 15 hours ago, Futtocks said: The Qualifiers from SF1 Croatia: oh, what "wacky" "funsters" they are! Czechia: some ponytail-centred clone cult Finland: a crowd-pleasing banger Israel: looks good, sings okay-ish, presents like a mandrill Moldova: tribal nuttiness Norway: holds a note like Jemini on a bad day Portugal: Uninspired oompah Serbia: Emo Paul Atreides Sweden: Oi, Noreen! Giggerota from 'The Lexx' wants her outfit back! Switzerland: a bit drippy, but a certain sort of fan will want to mother him Malta woz robbed. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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