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If you (one) is not remotely interested in the Eurovision Song Contest, is one supposed to just turn Radio 2 off for a week?

15 replies

LindorDoubleChoc · 09/05/2023 15:44

FFS! Wall to fucking wall Eurovision has taken over where wall to wall Coronation has left off.

It is driving me crazy!

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thecatsthecats · 09/05/2023 15:59

Yes. HTH.

JulieHoney · 09/05/2023 16:03

Yes.
Listen to podcasts or playlists for the week.

BogRollBOGOF · 09/05/2023 16:03

Follow Ken and Simon Mayo over to Greatest Hits. It's very civilised over here, and the adverts are no more annoying than all the BBC self-promotion.

I can't be doing with these new gobby presenters anyway.

LawksaMercyMissus · 09/05/2023 16:08

It's even a major storyline on The Archers now 🙉

eddiemairswife · 09/05/2023 16:15

There are other radio stations.

RampantIvy · 09/05/2023 16:17

Yes.
I'm the same at Christmas when they play the same Christmas songs all day long that I have been listening to for over 40 years.

TheIsleOfTheLost · 09/05/2023 20:13

Yes! I had to put up with jubilee, funeral and coronation wall to wall on every radio, TV channel and internet page. Let me have my fun. Eurovision is awesome

Thack · 09/05/2023 20:20

I've been on other stations this week but still understand this so well! The obsession with strictly drives me insane every year.

EversoDisorganised · 09/05/2023 20:25

Well, fortunately I don’t listen to R2 as I detest Eurovision, its bad enough that my FB gets full of it.

Nobbies · 09/05/2023 20:31

Thanks for the warning @LindorDoubleChoc I can't stand it either

LlynTegid · 09/05/2023 20:44

The BBC get so few major cultural events (or indeed sporting ones) that they will inevitably make a big deal of them.

I'm sure they will make a big fuss before the men's FA Cup final on 3 June, even though many people have limited interest in the sport.

EversoDisorganised · 09/05/2023 21:10

Give me an FA Cup Final in preference to Eurovision any day

Original poster
LindorDoubleChoc · 09/05/2023 21:11

LlynTegid · 09/05/2023 20:44

The BBC get so few major cultural events (or indeed sporting ones) that they will inevitably make a big deal of them.

I'm sure they will make a big fuss before the men's FA Cup final on 3 June, even though many people have limited interest in the sport.

Will it last for a whole week though? No, it won't.

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CocoaAglow · 09/05/2023 21:12

Get yourself into audio books and podcasts. I switched radio 2 off one morning and have never looked back!

Elderflower14 · 09/05/2023 21:36

BogRollBOGOF · 09/05/2023 16:03

Follow Ken and Simon Mayo over to Greatest Hits. It's very civilised over here, and the adverts are no more annoying than all the BBC self-promotion.

I can't be doing with these new gobby presenters anyway.

This with bells on.
The only R2 shows I listen to now are GMS and SOT70s.

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