Eurovision Song Contest 2024 #4

[princessmaire80]

I’ve won £6.91
Thanks for tonight, it’s been a ball.
LASAGNA WUZ ROBBED!
Night all xx

 

[Pontyslapper]

Croatia were robbed. The Swiss have been lumbered with the circus next year.

Glad our shite entry got what it deserved in the public vote.

Also, glad Ukraine didn't win otherwise the BBC would've spunked our licence money yet again

 

[Windermere]

I’d love to see us do a national selection

Give it as a prize for some vocal contest or something - at least then we know they can actually sing live well and consistently

We have before but end up with

 

[Hope96]

Wtf Israel received 323 points...

 

[PurvyPanda]

Poor Olly. I hope he gets off his tits on Jägerbombs tonight!

 

[MarinaScorpio]

On the subject of the UK always getting nil votes and etc, I think everybody has forgotten about Jade Ewen's Eurovision participation in 2009 where she finished in 5th place! Stunning song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and a gorgeous vocal. So no, it is not all political and this nonsense of "the whole of Europe hates the UK" should stop. We just need to start taking our participation seriously like the other countries and then we'll be scored higher. In the Scandinavian countries the selection is taken very seriously. It's a whole competition to choose the best song to send to Eurovision. Olly's performance and staging was awful.

 

[IdeletedbutI'mbackagain]

A bit late to comment but...

I felt like there were to many acts that felt very similar this year, it felt like there were a lot of solo female singers surrounded by male dancers who just stalked around the stage in a sexy way. There were exceptions to that, but it felt like lots of songs that were very similar and only a few outliers that went for something different. The show can't help who enters, but I think it just was not as entertaining as normal.

Nemo seems a sweet person, I did think their costume was very silly though. I am not 100% sold on the song. The O O O sounds very ear wormy and there was some impressive singing, but I thought the lyrics were very clunky and basic in parts.

I think Ollie is getting a lot of slagging off in the media this morning, which is unfair. Lots of media outlets seem to be just concentrating on the 0 audience votes and not his judge votes, making people think he had 0 points and came last.

I thought that his staging was really interesting, very different to anything we have done before. I think that it wouldn't have gone over well with some, as they prefer gay when it is camp and not actually sexual. Or they just find dances that are sexual in nature off-putting.

I was shocked that Estonia did so poorly. Maybe people just forgot about them.

I don't think people mind a little bit of sexy!! But I do think the dirty bathroom aesthetic probably put people off and the costumes looked torn, which was deliberate but just came across as if they were old and dirty. Plus people aren't big on crotch grabbing, surely there is a way to be sexy without that??

I think it just missed the mark on a number of fronts.

 

[glasgow27]

We need another Sam Ryder next year - someone who just exudes positivity and fun, even if they're never going to be Madonna. I think the tactic they went for with Olly was going for someone relatively well-known. Better than Mae Muller or James Newman, but I'm not sure it totally paid off.

 

[Scotch Mist]

Was just talking to some work colleagues about Eurovision and one of them said she was disgusted with all the overt porn style sexual imagery and nearly naked people because she thought it used to be billed as a 'family show'.

I have to admit that I laughed at the Finnish guy with no pants and the Spanish fetish wear dancers (but I don't watch with any kids) so I do think she's got a point. Nobody had anything good to say about Olly

 

[Kakan]

I'm Swedish and I'm happy with how ESC turned out, no one blow up the arena and no one died, Sweden made it to top ten and Norway increased its leadership in the marathon table over most last places. Thanks for letting us have the twins while you sent some folk music about wolves that ended up in a scream psychosis dear neighbors! But it's not that strange Martin and Martinus competed for Sweden, they live here. But sadly they got a lot of hate like many others this year. So much hate in ESC nowadays, that is so sad. I think people have lost it completely, hating ot artists and if their favorite don't win they start screaming that they been robbed and the result was rigged and so on. Like little kids or Trump supporters that don't get everything they point on. Sometimes I think social media is ruin the world, bitter people can just throw up all their hate on others and spread lies with no consequences. And no, we don't vote for UK because we hate you. We like you! But except for Space Jesus UK sends crappy songs. I think the people needs go take the power of choosing the song that will represent you from the BBC, they clearly need some help.

 

[DanDanTheIceCreamMan]

Douze points all round to all the wonderful Tattlers watching together!

Gather round as we watch the votes come in

 

[kevin1223]

I never noticed this lol

 

[monza]

When you receive 9 twelves, 12 tenths and 6 eights from televote

My heart

Shame on juries who gave 0, 1, 2, 3, absolute shame second year in a row

 

[Scotch Mist]

Well that was a laugh anyway I enjoyed the evening. The right 2 songs were at the top, although I preferred Croatia to Switzerland I can see why he won.

Also loved the entertainment provided by Finland (I couldn't stop laughing at the guy with no pants) plus Estonia's unusual entry and the Spanish dancers who were outrageous

I didn't like the French song because he gave me vibes of the guy who chats you up, you politely try to brush him off but he keeps pursuing you anyway and won't go away. He was a good singer though.

Most of the other songs were very forgettable this year. Ireland was like a college drama performance trying too hard to be scary but the song was awful. Italy got good points but I have no idea why as it was totally unmemorable.

Olly was lucky to get any points - which were probably awarded for the staging more than the song.

 

[Grifty Mc]

I think the problem is the UK rarely submits anyone who is 'likeable'. Sam Ryder did so well because his personality shone through, in all of his interviews he appeared genuinely pleasant and popular amongst the other contestants. I think he appeared legitimately happy and proud to be there, scrapping that image of the UK being embarrassed by even turning up. Very few other UK acts have been able to achieve that.

I think that charisma is much more important than any 'big name' we could submit!

Yeah, Sam Ryder to me seems like the most genuine nice guy that I’m scared of googling him in case I find out something bad.

I think part of the reason he did so well was he was so polite and well mannered to everyone and probably gained a few delegation votes from being lovely.

I would like to see him enter again next year to be honest

 

[Delia Smith]

Yay to the UK supporting genocide

 

[Scotch Mist]

I know George Michael got 'caught' in an LA toilet years ago (he even released a song about it)but equal marriage and relationship rights, granted didn't exist then, but do now.

I fully agree with you, it just gives homophones bragging rights. I don't know what the BBC were thinking

George Michael was a much better singer and his video was very tongue in cheek. There was no humour in Ollys performance.
If only we had someone as talented as George to represent us now.

 

[Reality_tv_lover]

We are a shit voting country we get I'm a celeb wrong every year we seem to always vote the wrong people in big brother and xfactor
Going to bed with the right arse now

 

[TheArtisticMouse]

Even olly saying he’s going to make the song the gayest ever was a bit condescending/patronising, as if that’s all he needed to do to win it. And it didn’t work…

 

[monza]

Zagreb main square is full of people

Baby lasagna is driving in an open bus from airport

People are following him, waving and honking all the time

Surreal

Football folklore applied to esc