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Post by stuartmcd on May 2, 2022 21:45:22 GMT
I just wish the EBU would give some kind of comment or statement about what’s going on. There’s talk that it’s broken and it’s up in the air wether or not it’s fixable.
There’s now also a Danish report that says that the Sun is moving too slowly and they can’t get it into position in time for each song. If that’s the case then that’s a complete failure by the organisers. To allow the delegations to create staging concepts around this Sun for it to just not work well enough is kind of unacceptable really and will put some acts at a big disadvantage.
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Post by n1david on May 2, 2022 21:51:01 GMT
There is a report that the presenters are going to introduce each act, whereas in recent years they have largely moved directly from performance to postcard to performance in the body of the show, apart from where there are commercial breaks. There's speculation that the addition of presenters between the acts is to allow for longer set changes. It could also make for very long shows...
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 2, 2022 22:49:39 GMT
I shall be watching from France this year so will be a new experience...
No Graham. But I will be able to vote for the UK!!
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Post by justfran on May 5, 2022 19:34:54 GMT
The Norwegian entry Subwoolfer is like Eurovision meets the Masked Singer! There’s rumours that one of the band members is Ben Adams from A1 and if you listen to the song, it does sound quite a lot like him (he now lives in Norway).
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2022 20:13:26 GMT
The Norwegian entry Subwoolfer is like Eurovision meets the Masked Singer! There’s rumours that one of the band members is Ben Adams from A1 and if you listen to the song, it does sound quite a lot like him (he now lives in Norway). I love that song, it's one of my all time favourite eurovision songs. Just sums up eurovision to me
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Post by vdcni on May 6, 2022 5:38:19 GMT
They hold a concert in Amsterdam the month before Eurovision every year where more than half the acts perform and I was at this years one. I got tickets for my husbands birthday, my level of interest around Eurovision is around zero but I quite enjoyed the Norway performance. Think Austria, UK & Iceland also came over well. Ireland was wretched.
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Post by jamie2c on May 7, 2022 10:54:36 GMT
They hold a concert in Amsterdam the month before Eurovision every year where more than half the acts perform and I was at this years one. I got tickets for my husbands birthday, my level of interest around Eurovision is around zero but I quite enjoyed the Norway performance. Think Austria, UK & Iceland also came over well. Ireland was wretched. You cannot say that about another human being.
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Post by anthony on May 7, 2022 16:40:32 GMT
Serbia is winning<3
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Post by stuartmcd on May 7, 2022 20:07:24 GMT
After todays rehearsals the UK has climbed up to 3rd in the betting odds and closing in on 2nd.
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 7, 2022 20:55:42 GMT
It is a very good stage presentation. Ukraine will still win the public vote. But we won't be nil points this time.
I will be voting for us from France!!
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Post by alece10 on May 8, 2022 14:51:59 GMT
I've loved Eurovision for as long as I can remember and I can remember Katie Boyle being the commentator so that gives you an idea. Never been to one of the competitions but was lucky enough to go to the 60th anniversary a few years ago. Also used to go to West End Eurovision every year which I loved. In recent years the music has been less and less to my taste but still watched and enjoyed the spectacle. Mainly to be able to shout at the screen at the ridiculous political voting. But this year, for the first time, I don't think I'll bother. Yesterday I had a listen to each of the songs (well a 30 second segment of each) and have to say there wasn't a single song I liked. Could be an age thing as the style of music has changed and developed over the years but my taste hasn't. I long for the days of Ding a dong", "Eres Tu", Boom Bang a Bang" and Waterloo. I think my music taste has got stuck in the 70s and 80s.
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 10, 2022 21:15:36 GMT
That was a surprisingly weak first semi final.
And a more surprising set of qualifiers.
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Post by theatreian on May 10, 2022 21:30:02 GMT
That was a surprisingly weak first semi final. Have to agree, although after listening to the cd for over a week it wasn't that surprising how weak it was.A dreadful semi final with lacklustre presenting and amateurish presentation including seeing things you shouldn't several times. Thursday should be slightly better though the great years of actual decent songs has probably gone.
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Post by theatreian on May 10, 2022 21:31:46 GMT
Could be an age thing as the style of music has changed and developed over the years but my taste hasn't. Yes I agree. The songs this year are the worst for some time, there isn't one that has stood out as being great. Tonight there wasn't one decent singer either. Oh well getting older I guess!
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 10, 2022 21:46:33 GMT
The best song of the evening was Italy's entry from 2020....
I do like Poland's entry which we will hear on Thursday
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Post by danielwhit on May 10, 2022 21:58:49 GMT
Anyone else feel that tonight just felt "lazy" from a production point of view? We're back to hosts flirting with each other, shots with steadicam operations running around and cameras doing weird pans and going out of focus mid shot.
Obviously the stage being broken did not do anyone any favours either.
Meanwhile the less said about Wall-e and Eve's drone lovechild and the dozens of Mount Rushmore-a-likes the better. It was interesting for the first few, then just got very dull.
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Post by ptwest on May 11, 2022 6:01:20 GMT
Whether by design or due to the malfunctioning stage, I did appreciate that the performances relies less on visual effects than the past couple of years - I always feel to be fair the footage should be of what you would see if you were there rather than overlays. But what a poor set of songs. Portugal stood out for me, but that was more because it was straightforward rather than because it’s a great song.
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Post by barelyathletic on May 12, 2022 10:08:30 GMT
I saw the full UK performance this morning. Blew my tiny socks off!!!
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2022 11:33:34 GMT
I just find it hard to get excited by this now. Being of a certain vintage I can remember when it was one of the TV events of the year that the whole family would watch, it then became something to watch to hear Terry Wogan's sardonic commentary as well as evolving into something the LGBT community embraced.
I always think of the UK's glory years in Eurovision as 1967 to 1982 and also perhaps when the contest was at it's peak. The advent of colour TV, UK won 4 times in this period and had a host of well known acts representing us, Ireland won a couple of times and Abba emerged from it.
The show never seemed to be taken seriously by the top pop acts of the day in the UK in this era and in the mid 1980's as there was a drop off in quality of acts UK sent although this improved with a couple of 2nd place finishes in late 1980's. We went back to choosing an artist to perform a range of songs and somehow gave Michael Ball an uptempo number when a slower song was needed to showcase his voice. It probably needed a Stock-Aitken-Waterman type production in this era for UK despite me not being an SAW fan their song template would have worked.
The last time it really felt a big deal in the UK was when we won in 1997 and it was about this time the Pride events were taking off and often former Eurovision Acts appeared there so the two communities really embraced. This perhaps gave Eurovision a bigger fanbase than it had had in the UK or would have had. Voting also became even more political and finally Sir Terry stepped down so my interest ended.
I have a work collegue in his early 30's and he and his partner are huge Eurovision fans and this week is one of their favourite of the year and it is fun to have conversations about my favourite era of Eurovision with him but I don't have much interest in the current version of it.
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Post by barelyathletic on May 12, 2022 12:10:53 GMT
I've been watching since 1971 when the UK entry was Clodagh Rodgers and Jack in the Box. The seventies were fantastic with some glorious winning songs from Vicky Leandros, Brotherhood of Man (my first ever UK win and so exciting), Marie Miriam, Milk and Honey and of course Abba (though I adored Olivia Newton John so was less than pleased at the time). I never liked Bucks Fizz and after Bardo in 1982 my interest waned, only to kick back in in the 90's with the glorious Gina G and Katrina and the Waves. That coincided with my coming out years, so it became a major event for me though I feel it really took off in the late noughties as it grew bigger, brighter and ever more theatrical (I had my biggest ever win betting on Serbia in 2007). I'd say the golden years for me however are from 2009 with a stunning staging in Moscow, a time where everyone except the UK seemed to be trying harder. It's taken a long time for the UK to notice that Eurovision has changed but, finally, this year they have caught on and caught up. It's no wonder Sam has been second favourite. He's a fantastic vocalist and performer and has been a brilliant ambassador for Eurovision and the UK across Europe. Tap (probably rather more than the BBC) have done an amazing job and this year our performance is truly outstanding. The staging is fantastic and Sam just exudes sheer joy at being there. He's demolished the age old arguments about everybody hating us and all the political voting (yes, I think it exists but often for cultural reasons rather than the deliberate undermining of other countries). More than anything he's made the point that if you send a great song and performer you can do well, and I'm sure that will be the result whatever happens on Saturday night. Personally I can't wait to see it and, however disillusioned one might feel, I'd honestly recommend getting some friends together and giving it a go. It's a great theatrical musical event unlike anything else.
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Post by barelyathletic on May 12, 2022 15:46:29 GMT
The buzz is building... #teamSPACEMAN
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Post by The Matthew on May 12, 2022 19:36:30 GMT
I had a crush on Cheryl Baker. And Sally Ann Triplett.
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Post by thesoberpanda on May 12, 2022 20:04:22 GMT
Way better acts tonight in terms of production and song choices. I enjoyed Tuesdays show but tonight is miles ahead!
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Post by d'James on May 12, 2022 21:15:36 GMT
What was the song in the interval with the two men with the big voices?
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 12, 2022 21:35:19 GMT
Grande Amore by Il Volo. They came 3rd with it in 2015.
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Post by theatreian on May 12, 2022 21:42:13 GMT
Better show but no classic songs. I guessed 7 out of the 10, but Serbia with the handwashing!!!
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 12, 2022 22:01:35 GMT
I like Poland. Estonia is ok.
No idea why Sweden is liked other than it being Sweden.
Serbia is just bad.
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Post by d'James on May 12, 2022 22:21:59 GMT
I like Poland. Estonia is ok. No idea why Sweden is liked other than it being Sweden. Serbia is just bad. Sweden sounded like a rip off of Shallow by Lady Gaga.
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Post by alece10 on May 13, 2022 9:16:13 GMT
You always need a couple of bizarre songs in the final and this year we have hand washing and wolves eating bananas.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 18:02:25 GMT
I had a crush on Cheryl Baker. And Sally Ann Triplett. Sally Ann soon to open in Billy Elliott at The Curve. She turned 60 recently and still looked pretty good going to see Cabaret as a birthday present when she tweeted a photo. Someone had tweeted her it was 40 years to the day Bardo had been on Eurovision and she was having some fun reminisces about that era with them. Also confirmed she wore the original costume for Bardot reunion at West End Eurovision 2010. I could remember her from Crackerjack and then being in Bardo but didn't hear about her again until she was in Grease revival circa 1993 as I wan't into stage shows in the intervening years.
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