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Ollie is by far the best!

242 replies

Sometimeswinning · 11/05/2024 21:20

Hopefully a couple of countries won’t win just because of sympathy. If they can manage to enter I’m sure they can expect it to be fair.

You can never be sure with Eurovision though!

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AppaTheSixLeggedFlyingBison · 11/05/2024 22:00

Croatia is very good!

DrinksbytheSea · 11/05/2024 22:00

I’m liking Croatia!

hulahooper2 · 11/05/2024 22:01

Thought he was awful and I usually like him

HugeCwtch · 11/05/2024 22:01

Croatia has just wiped the floor with him!!

InactionIsAWeaponOfMassDestruction · 11/05/2024 22:01

Ooo torn between Croatia & Switzerland 🤔

ClareBlue · 11/05/2024 22:01

Ireland have to win this. Way better than everything else. 😀

MotivationalEater · 11/05/2024 22:01

I liked Croatia

crumbpet · 11/05/2024 22:02

Ah the Swiss one was amazing sorry

MrDavidLloyd · 11/05/2024 22:02

I mean it used to be a bit of tongue in cheek light camp extravaganza with some vaguely draggy cruise ship acts, now i just feel like it's blatantly for and by gay dudes. I think this might be the end if an era? Graham sounded bored as fuck and again not in a knowing jokey way. Think this format has run its course. It used to be that you'd be mesmerised by how crazily bad stuff was and it would be a laugh but something has changed for me, not sure what!

Peakypolly · 11/05/2024 22:02

Croatia - 🫶🏼

crumbpet · 11/05/2024 22:03

MrDavidLloyd · 11/05/2024 22:02

I mean it used to be a bit of tongue in cheek light camp extravaganza with some vaguely draggy cruise ship acts, now i just feel like it's blatantly for and by gay dudes. I think this might be the end if an era? Graham sounded bored as fuck and again not in a knowing jokey way. Think this format has run its course. It used to be that you'd be mesmerised by how crazily bad stuff was and it would be a laugh but something has changed for me, not sure what!

I think as the staging takes over so much now it's almost more about the performance than the song

Hedgeoffressian · 11/05/2024 22:03

Really? I thought it was a load of vulgar tripe to be honest.

murasaki · 11/05/2024 22:03

Switzerland was everything Olly Alexander wanted to be and wasn't.

Also really liked Croatia.

Ifyouhavetoask99 · 11/05/2024 22:03

Ollie was awful, looked like he was in a dirty toilet - Graham Norton thought it had a chance - thought the staging was fabulous??? Mind boggling!
so far Switzerland has been my fave - also Croatia was good and typical euro 😬

thanKyouaIMee · 11/05/2024 22:04

Croatia is amazing!!

We loved the naked denim guys too 😂

LuluBlakey1 · 11/05/2024 22:04

Hedgeoffressian · 11/05/2024 22:03

Really? I thought it was a load of vulgar tripe to be honest.

^^ This

MissusPotato · 11/05/2024 22:04

ClareBlue · 11/05/2024 22:01

Ireland have to win this. Way better than everything else. 😀

They were horrendous.

AhBiscuits · 11/05/2024 22:04

Ah Croatia is my winner, they were fantastic.

Sometimeswinning · 11/05/2024 22:04

LuluBlakey1 · 11/05/2024 21:57

What on earth is there to like about it? It is a crap song, performed by a weak singer and the whole premise was centred around a group of men having gay sex in a dirty toilet? It was appalling.
The worst performance in a show of utter rubbish. Not a single thing either DH or I would want to see or hear again.
Everything about the show is terrible- the woman screaming just now is terrible.

Jeez it’s lighthearted. Unclench and switch over. Why do you and your dh sit around being tortured? It’s only going to get worse!!

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MotivationalEater · 11/05/2024 22:04

MrDavidLloyd · 11/05/2024 22:02

I mean it used to be a bit of tongue in cheek light camp extravaganza with some vaguely draggy cruise ship acts, now i just feel like it's blatantly for and by gay dudes. I think this might be the end if an era? Graham sounded bored as fuck and again not in a knowing jokey way. Think this format has run its course. It used to be that you'd be mesmerised by how crazily bad stuff was and it would be a laugh but something has changed for me, not sure what!

It's not fun anymore

Pigeonqueen · 11/05/2024 22:05

I generally love Olly but the whole visual for the song just makes me cringe. It’s very Troye Sivan. And I know that’s popular but I just don’t know why everything has to be so over sexualised now. Little kids will be watching. It’s unnecessary. The song itself is quite sweet and then you have him looking like he’s in some weird porn type video.

LuluBlakey1 · 11/05/2024 22:06

Sometimeswinning · 11/05/2024 22:04

Jeez it’s lighthearted. Unclench and switch over. Why do you and your dh sit around being tortured? It’s only going to get worse!!

We have turned it off - it's unbearable. Utter shit. It used to be funny.

Purplepepsi · 11/05/2024 22:07

Waaaah. His singing was so weak! And why were they dancing in a manky toilet?!

Croatia, Switzerland or Spain for me!

AmusedMaker · 11/05/2024 22:07

He was awful sorry.

Don’t think performing in a dirty toilet helped.

crumbpet · 11/05/2024 22:08

crumbpet · 11/05/2024 22:03

I think as the staging takes over so much now it's almost more about the performance than the song

And the camera makes it feel more like watching a music video or something.