Eurovision 2021

[Kajjal]

"Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana, vi har slått dem alle sammen, vi har slått dem alle sammen! (we have beaten them all, we have beaten them all!). Maggie Thatcher, can you hear me? Maggie Thatcher ... your boys took a hell of a beating! Your boys took a hell of a beating!"

 

[DRM]

Chez moi

Act three. A pink bubbly I got for my birthday. Been saving it since February for this!

Alright, I might have added a couple of props.

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Keep them safe, that's next years entry !

 

[Cycleops]

Apart from the flares, they'd make quite unique riding gear!

But riding what?

 

[Cycleops]

I think it's about time we gave this contest the middle finger:

 

[Cycleops]

I also really dislike the snide, sneering comments that Norton makes. Wogan was even worse. Like these European nations are our unsophisticated country cousins.

I thought that the main reason why most people watched it. Certainly can't have been for the music.

 

[cookiemonster]

https://www.thenational.scot/news/1...sult/?action=success#comments-feedback-anchor


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

*Dries eyes, catches breath*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Has anyone blamed the result on the EU punishing the UK for Brexit yet?

 

[cookiemonster]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUstrmJzyc


Mr Cookiemonster's introduction to Eurovision. The night after we met for the first time. The look on his face was brilliant. It was 'WTF is this?'🤣

 

[cookiemonster]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE


Can't beat a bit of Ukraine

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Latest viewing figures for UK that I can find were 7.7 million tuning in in 2019. Astonishing!

Presumably for *iss taking purposes as opposed to the expectation that they would be watching the creme de la creme of Europe's musical talent?

Or am I missing the deeper point of this musical dross-fest?

 

[cookiemonster]

Latest viewing figures for UK that I can find were 7.7 million tuning in in 2019. Astonishing!

Presumably for *iss taking purposes as opposed to the expectation that they would be watching the creme de la creme of Europe's musical talent?

Or am I missing the deeper point of this musical dross-fest?

Simple good fun.

 

[yello]

Simple good fun.

Yep. Think of it as 'serious music' and you are on a hiding to nothing. And being able to appreciate camp, even if not being able to take part, helps.

 

[icowden]

I can't believe we aren't talking about this.

Not how we got Nul Points of course (that's obvious - if you send an overweight dude wrapped in a leather venetian blind to sing out of tune like he's just left the pub, you aren't going to win).

BUt...

HOW DID ITALY WIN? Who voted for this? It doesn't have a tune!!

Personally I think Germany and the dancing willy hand should have aced it, with Iceland and the weirdo gang in second place. That was the spirit of eurovision right there!
I liked France, but thought is was a bit niche (it was about as French as a French song could possibly be - overtones of Piaf and Jaques Brel etc).

I didn't get the popularity of the swiss entry either. He seemed like a nice chap but the song was quite forgettable.
I liked Malta - thought that would do better.

But ITALY? HOW? WHY? WHO?

 

[DCLane]

Already covered here: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/eurovision-2021.275415 and here: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-favourite-eurovision-songs.275433/

You either get it of you don't. I'm in the 'don't' camp as it's kitsch and political. Whoever decides the UK's submissions clearly doesn't get that either.

 

[Chromatic]

A ringing endorsement for the runaway winners. 😁

Actually, having listened to it again I think I was too generous in my praise.

 

[Saluki]

I quite liked Cyprus’ entry. It was one of those catchy tunes that I could imagine being played in every tourist bar in Europe. Liked the odd Iceland entry too.