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

[xoggoth]

But what other news is ever better?

Thinking of becoming Simeon Stylites and spending the rest of my life just sitting on a pillar. Got a nice old oak trunk at the bottom of my garden that would be ideal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Stylites

[sadkingbilly]

[vetran]

Parts of that winning song Tattoo sound rather like parts of Abba's The Winner Takes it All.

Good job it doesn't sound like a Marvin Gaye song!

[xoggoth]

Yeh, the British entry was typical modern rubbish. (Yeh, I'm a an old fart stuck in the past)

[malvolio]

Not surprised we got nowhere. After all those power ballads and super production numbers, ours was a weak and underwhelming presentation. Nothing wrong with the song or the singer, but neither were ever going to impress a world-wide audience.

[xoggoth]

Parts of that winning song Tattoo sound rather like parts of Abba's The Winner Takes it All.

[SueEllen]

Song 9 won.

Cha Cha Cha No!

[WTFH]

Song 9 won.

[SueEllen]

Well Sweden won with Finland second.

Germany last with UK just before them.

[Halo Jones]

Well this year there is a band I have seen live before. Which is a first, Germany’s Lord of the Lost do some good music

[SueEllen]

bah humbug!

[sadkingbilly]

we will always have your posts!

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

[vetran]

eurovision. the only thing more boring thanb strictly

we will always have your posts!

[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."

[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