U.K. Eurovision entry! A lot of pearl clutching

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The outrage and comments I have seen about Olly Alexander’s performance is baffling to be honest. So much pearl clutching! Eurovision has always been completely camp and outrageous and yet suddenly he has been portrayed as some kind of disgrace and not representative of the UKs ‘values’ (what the fuck does that mean anyway?)

I like the song, I have seen him perform live at Glastonbury with years and years, he’s good live. Yes he’s openly gay - so what? Surely UK values should be based around tolerance and acceptance and not hysteria because his performance is considered risqué. Would it be considered the same if it was a load of half naked female dancers?

I am heterosexual but not offended by it - it’s just a performance - I hope he wins as he’s a nice guy!

So much pearl clutching!

Supposedly it was a row over the Israeli commentator. Anything could happen though...

REALLY? And you know all of this about me? It’s laughable that you feel you know this based on a couple of comments.

God mumsnet is a fucking cesspit at times.

Nothing to do with being gay, it's just soft porno shite

TV off, pheeeew.

Enough, basta, genug, assez !

Trying reading and posting the whole actual quote of what he said, you are misleading people

I think the whole thing has become about sex and a huge exhibitionist wank.
It’s a far cry from Abba.

I’m not homophobic, I don’t get that Buck’s Fizz was camp.

Absolutely not homophobic and all are welcome.

Blimey uk song is good, bit the urinal, it's so deliberately sèedy! I'm on the fence about ireland's entry so not judging 😉 Spain's is my favourite.

Yeah was going to say. It's not meant to be a joke!

Funny how you question British values then go on to quote some. Wind your neck in.

I don't know that it is with the younger generation (at least the ones I know). The Sun reading cretins and Daily Mail twerps haven't changed and are the same old, same old. Unfortunately.

I don't like the song but I do like him. There's a lot of homophobia going on.

My biggest gripe is that it's so fucking long and boring. I just turned the telly on thinking I'd be finding out who had won. Nope. Still droning on.

Off back outside to look for the Aurora Borealis.

Not after Eurovision started surely?

Eurovision started in 1956.
Homosexuality decriminalised in England in 1967.

I think the song is ok. However, the performance was horrible. Why does being gay mean you have to make your whole persona and every performance about about your sexuality? It was just depicting the seedy side of gay sex and would be equally bad if it was a similar performance with straight seedy sexual connotations.

I don't like the uk song but Ireland's entry is better.

@marmaladeandpeanutbutter Irelands song was intense 😂

HUH? Honestly mumsnet is full of people who don’t seem to understand written words

Eurovision is fun and flamboyant, his performance missed the mark. Noone gives a hoot about him being openly gay, but I could do without watching him run his fingers over a nans crotch. It wasn't even sexy it was more sexual predator.

And 1981 in Scotland, which is incredible.

Maybe I’m being dense here, but why were they dressed as boxers?

Come off it, Bucks Fizz won Eurovision in 1981 not 1881. Gay men were open and well loved on prime TV think ..... Larry Grayson and John Inman.

I personally think Eurovision was a little try hard - Swiss winner dressing like a toddler. But I was pleased to see M&S's American Tan anti-chaffe knickers get a public outing by the Slovenian male back dancers.

The whole performance was supposed to depict a big, seedy gay orgy in a (visibly) dirty mens toilet...complete with urinals. How terribly modern and risqué.

Not really a surprise that people found it distasteful. I thought it was 🤢

And it's nothing to do with homophobia (on my part anyway). I'd find it just as disgusting to watch a performance depicting a big seedy heterosexual orgy in a dirty toilet block. Just...why?

Add that to the fairly poor vocals and the UK thoroughly deserved to lose.