Reply to: Official EUROvision thread

[The Castle Cary Fairy]

I remember many years ago Jonathan King touting Right Said Fred for Eurovision success. And he's a man who can recognise a hit song when he hears one.

Not sure Right Said Fred would be a wholly suitable choice for a Pan-European contest these days given Richard Fairbrass' Eurosceptism.

Perhaps they'd have to change their name to Alt-Right Said Fred?

[The Castle Cary Fairy]

Last night's action had me reminiscing about a Eurovision party I attended in Salisbury sometime back in the 80s. I can't remember the exact year but I do remember we were represented by Bardot that year.

Anyway, the party was being thrown by an old friend of mine whi had just moved house so it was a kind of house warming cum Eurovision party combined. She had given me the address over the phone and, in our haste to get on the road to arrive in time for the first notes of the contest, I had forgotten the scrap of paper upon which I had written her address.

Fortunately, I remembered the name of the street.

Unfortunately, the street turned out to be one of those US style streets where the numbering starts at 1 and goes all the way up to 1000.

This was before the days of mobile phones and there were no phone boxes nearby so myself and OH decided to split up and go in opposite directions from the apparent middle of the street.

No sooner had we started (and we weren't even 100 yards apart), I spied an estate car filled with boxes with the name Braithwaite scrawled all over them in black marker pen.

"Braithwaite, Braithwaite! It has to be a relative, it has to be a relative!" I yelled at OH (Braithwaite was the surname of my pal Jekka, as it happens).

Anyway after that, we literally called at 2 properties before a door opened to reveal Jekka's beaming countenance and the dulcit tones of Terry Wogan emanating from the sitting room.

Stroke of luck that she had her shopkeeper brother visiting otherwise we could have been pounding the streets half the night.

Incredible times....

[mudskipper]

I won £40 :kerching:

[The Castle Cary Fairy]

I thought there were quite a lot of entries inferior to the UK entry, I suspect we are being punished for Brexit. I think we were being punished for Brexit even before we voted for Brexit, which is why Brexit happened.

A bit like a Terminator movie time paradox where you don't seem to be able to escape your fate no matter how hard you try.

The Cod Wars, Gibraltar, The Falklands - there's always been something.

[TwoWolves]

It was some self-obsessed corbynista calling himself DR ACactivist. I may be many things, but I'm not a fan of Corbyn.

I thought there were quite a lot of entries inferior to the UK entry, I suspect we are being punished for Brexit. I think we were being punished for Brexit even before we voted for Brexit, which is why Brexit happened.

A bit like a Terminator movie time paradox where you don't seem to be able to escape your fate no matter how hard you try.

[MarillionFan]

A reminder of the glory days of the Eurovision:

You know that;s how women see you don't you??

[BlasterBates]

A reminder of the glory days of the Eurovision:

[xoggoth]

Just listened to that Israel song. Gordon Bennet! If that won, what was the rest like???

[darmstadt]

Well done Israel. Wonderful stuff. First time they've won since Ishe Cohen and the Alpha Betas back in '78.

Just love the current voting system - always provides us with a real cliffhanger and it puts the kybosh on all the ex-commie block voting.

Except it wasn't, that was the first time they won and they won again in '79 and then in '98 in Birmingham with:

[NotAllThere]

I see Nat burst on stage and grabbed her microphone shouting some crap about UK Media and the Nazis. The power has gone to his head

It was some self-obsessed corbynista calling himself DR ACactivist. I may be many things, but I'm not a fan of Corbyn.

[The Castle Cary Fairy]

Well done Israel. Wonderful stuff. First time they've won since Ishe Cohen and the Alpha Betas back in '78.

Just love the current voting system - always provides us with a real cliffhanger and it puts the kybosh on all the ex-commie block voting.

[Benny]

She's a bit flat

[MarillionFan]

Epilepsy fit song was good

[MarillionFan]

☘️ 🌈 💩

[MarillionFan]

North Korea are kicking ass on this ☝️