Eurovision Song Contest - It is that singing time of year!

[SueEllen]

As you probably know we came second last year and as Ukraine isn't safe, we are hosting it in Liverpool.

The acts for Saturday night have been confirmed.

The bookies favourites are Sweden then a long way second Finland.

Loreen won in 2012 and is trying to do a Johnny Logan.

Anyway apart from the normal the acts are below -

https://metro.co.uk/2023/05/11/eurov...rmed-18770817/

The 26 acts going through to the Eurovision Grand Final on Saturday have officially been confirmed.

The 10 countries who made it through to the grand final after an epic first round on Tuesday were Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, Finland, Czechia, Israel, Portugal, Sweden, Serbia and Norway.

Meanwhile, Malta, Azerbaijan, Latvia and the Netherlands failed to qualify alongside Ireland’s Wild Youth.

During Thursday’s second round it was confirmed that ten more acts had qualified: Cyprus, Estonia, Belgium, Albania, Lithuania, Poland, Austria, Australia, Armenia and Slovenia

[SueEllen]

Sweden

Finland

Ukraine

UK

[WTFH]

Most importantly, Sweden is Song Nine.

[SueEllen]

Oh and the Austrian entry is truly "interesting" it is about Edgar Allan Poe

[sadkingbilly]

eurovision. the only thing more boring thanb strictly

[Paddy]

Last year Ukraine because of the war.
This year, Finland because joining NATO

[SueEllen]

Last year Ukraine because of the war.
This year, Finland because joining NATO

"Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, ei"

It's a song about getting pissed sorry freedom...

https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/fi...nglish-2331068

[SueEllen]

Bloody hell

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65388335

It starts --
"Are you tempted to bet on the outcome of Eurovision? One man made a living out of taking such gambles, betting his home as collateral… until the year his luck seemed to run out.

For many viewers, the best part of Eurovision is the voting. Douze points! Nul points! But can you imagine if the result decided whether you won tens of thousands of pounds - or lost your house?

That agony of anticipation faced Daniel Gould in 2018 - after he literally bet his home on the Eurovision result. As the votes piled up, just two countries were left in contention: Israel and Cyprus. Which would get the bigger televote? The next words out of the presenter's mouth seemed set to shape his life.

Daniel had been a professional Eurovision gambler for nearly a decade. Yes, you read that right.

I met him at university in the 1990s but then we fell out of touch. In my podcast, Cautionary Tales, I recently had the opportunity to catch up with Daniel's story by interviewing a mutual friend, Andrew Wright.

He told me Daniel had always been a Eurovision fan, but in 2004, he realised he could make serious money from it."

[vetran]

eurovision. the only thing more boring thanb strictly

we will always have your posts!

[sadkingbilly]

we will always have your posts!

which are succinct and to the point. unlike your meandering pish