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Original poster

Madonna and Eurovision... how did that happen?!

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NooNooHead1981 · 19/05/2019 00:15

And what then happened?! I think the sound engineers were working overtime tonight trying to get auto tune to correct her seriously off key singing...

She was really cringeworthy and bad. Not sure I had thought she would be that bad live, although I guess at least she did sing live. Bet she wished that she hadn’t now though! 😂

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Crunchymum · 19/05/2019 00:30

You are not alone

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3589311-How-dreadful-does-Madonna-sound-on-Eurovision

floraloctopus · 19/05/2019 00:36

She sounded better than Paul McCartney would have sounded.

FiremanKing · 19/05/2019 01:00

Dorien from Birds of a Feather was better

m.youtube.com/watch?v=EQb0_qfzxs4

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mouldyhousemouldylife · 19/05/2019 01:07

She sounded better than Paul McCartney would have sounded.

What does Paul McCartney have to do with it?

longwayoff · 19/05/2019 07:53

Voices don't always last but sometimes they do. My son saw Carole King in concert when she was here a couple of years ago and all agreed she is still fantastic and in good voice. Amazing woman who deserves more recognition.

Clawdy · 19/05/2019 08:19

What a pointless comment about Paul McCartney.

FiremanKing · 19/05/2019 12:16

EssentialHummus · 19/05/2019 12:19

What does Paul McCartney have to do with the price of eggs?

Yeah, she was dreadful.

fourquenelles · 19/05/2019 12:22

She never had a great voice imho. The first time i heard her I thought that she sounded like a sheep trapped in a fence. Mind you I don't think Elton has a great voice either.

What she did have (and still does) is a tremendous talent for self publicity and surrounding herself with movers and shakers. She is to be celebrated for lasting so long but nowadays the Emperor is naked.

nwybhs · 19/05/2019 12:27

That's it. Measure Madonna's performance over someone else's. WTF?

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NooNooHead1981 · 19/05/2019 13:14

She was definitely in true ‘Madonna’ mode with the OTT set and costumes etc but her voice was just so thin and weak. It sounded like she needed extra singing lessons!

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GimmieTheCoffeeAndNooneDies · 19/05/2019 14:34

The eye patch was just weird. I suppose it was meant to signify turning a blind eye, but it just made her look like she was covering up conjunctivitis and hampered her depth perception.

BarkandCheese · 19/05/2019 14:42

She's never been a great vocalist, her thing has always been being able to capture the current zeitgeist and work with however is fresh and upcoming. However that doesn't excuse the awfulness of her performance last night. I'm not sure it's all on her though, I'm pretty sure something wasn't right on the sound engineering side too.

EssentialHummus · 19/05/2019 15:22

I suppose it was meant to signify turning a blind eye

I thought she was channeling Moshe Dayan.

KooMoo · 19/05/2019 15:33

The eye patch was due to having conjunctivitis.

IMO her singing was fine, it was the acoustics and sound system that were at fault.

PoorRichard · 19/05/2019 15:36

Her singing was definitely not fine — she was way off key and flat!

pessimisticstateofperception · 19/05/2019 15:37

The singing was awful, and the interview with the presenter was cringe. She did not respond well to him mentioning his husband. Very odd appearance all round really.

IwantedtobeEmmaPeel · 19/05/2019 16:09

@FiremanKing - thanks for the clip . Totally agree.

aprilviolets · 19/05/2019 16:13

she doesn't have conjunctivitis, the eye patch is all part of the image for her new record, Madame X

Sagradafamiliar · 19/05/2019 16:24

She is the one person I cannot listen to or watch without my skin slithering clean off and crawling away.

mouldyhousemouldylife · 19/05/2019 16:26

@KooMoo where did you read that she had conjunctivitis? 😂 It's her album theme.

ineedaknittedhat · 19/05/2019 16:40

This country is over run with mediocrity 😖

Flatbellyfella · 19/05/2019 16:46

Graham Norton was taking the Micky out of her, saying she had conjunctivitis . Why they thought she would be a good draw, I will never understand.

Motherbrownskneesup · 19/05/2019 16:49

I thought she was channeling Moshe Dayan.

Joke of the day!

mindproject · 19/05/2019 16:51

The eye patch is occultist symbolism (eye of satan/all seeing eye).

As was the X (mark of the beast). As were the costumes (transhumanism). As were the pyramids, columns and stairs (masonic). As were the lyrics to the second song with the gas masks and apocalyptic scenes.

Nothing on the stage was by chance. It was all just Freemason porn. Once you know what you are looking for it's easy to spot. Hollywood is full of it. I'm an atheist, but I do believe there are devil worshipping cults and I do believe Madonna is a part of it all. Why else would someone with no obvious talent have had so much success?

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