OFFICIAL: UK to WIN Eurovision 2023

[ladymuck]

It's a gay thing? I didn't get that memo either...

Oh yes, for sure. They always look so happy!

[d000hg]

It's a gay thing? I didn't get that memo either...

It's not exactly a secret.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovi...GBT_visibility Eurovision has had a long-held fan base in the LGBT community, and contest organisers have actively worked to include these fans in the event since the 1990s. Paul Oscar became the contest's first openly gay artist to compete when he represented Iceland in 1997. Israel's Dana International, the contest's first trans performer, became the first LGBT artist to win in 1998. In 2021, Nikkie de Jager became the first trans person to host the contest.

Several open members of the LGBT community have since gone on to compete and win: Conchita Wurst, the drag persona of openly gay Thomas Neuwirth, won the 2014 contest for Austria; openly bisexual performer Duncan Laurence was the winner of the 2019 contest for the Netherlands; and rock band Måneskin, winners of the 2021 contest for Italy, features openly bisexual Victoria De Angelis as its bassist. Marija Šerifović, who won the 2007 contest for Serbia, subsequently came out publicly as a lesbian in 2013. Past competing songs and performances have included references and allusions to same-sex relationships; "Nous les amoureux", the 1961 winning song, contained references to the difficulties faced by a homosexual relationship; Krista Siegfrids' performance of "Marry Me" at the 2013 contest included a same-sex kiss with one of her female backing dancers; and the stage show of Ireland's Ryan O'Shaughnessy's "Together" in 2018 had two male dancers portraying a same-sex relationship. Drag performers, such as Ukraine's Verka Serduchka, Denmark's DQ and Slovenia's Sestre, have appeared, including Wurst winning in 2014.

[SueEllen]

Oh yes, for sure. They always look so happy!

I feel pretty, oh so pretty

I feel pretty and witty and gay

And I pity

Any girl who isn't me today

[ladymuck]

It's not exactly a secret.

Do I detect a

[d000hg]

Anyway Lulu has a great idea: host it in Glasgow. Then it's technically in the UK but England can be spared.

[SueEllen]

Anyway Lulu has a great idea: host it in Glasgow. Then it's technically in the UK but England can be spared.

This Lulu?

[d000hg]

I've no idea, how many are there?

[ladymuck]

I've no idea, how many are there?

There's this one

[SueEllen]

I've no idea, how many are there?

And Mrs Johnson's favourite interior designer-

https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gal...r%20the%20home.