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Never Kyiv Up On UK: It's Eurovision 2017!

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SuffolkNWhat · 07/05/2017 21:07

Come one come all and welcome to Suffolk's annual Eurovision bonanza!

Brexit smexit as we join Mel, Scott and Graham for another year of big ballads, unusual visuals and quite frankly bizarre promos.

This year we are in Kyiv in Ukraine after they won with a not so subtle dig at Putin, what will this year bring?

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SuffolkNWhat · 09/05/2017 22:08

Australia pump a lot of money into Eurovision

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Raahh · 09/05/2017 22:08

Oh Belgium might not make it.

dillite · 09/05/2017 22:09

Georgia has a terrible boob job. That you for showing it to us so close Mr(s) Camera Person.

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SuffolkNWhat · 09/05/2017 22:09

Oh thank goodness

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SuperBeagle · 09/05/2017 22:09

Happy for my lil chap Isaiah. Hope he sorts out the voice breaking thing before the final tho!

ilovesooty · 09/05/2017 22:09

Yes. Belgium through.

OublietteBravo · 09/05/2017 22:09

Belgium through. Good. Like their song a lot.

Raahh · 09/05/2017 22:10

Oh she is through.

I feel quite relieved.

But so many bat-shit ones didn't make itSad

RedToothBrush · 09/05/2017 22:10

Boooo. No Montengro. No Latvia.

:(

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SuffolkNWhat · 09/05/2017 22:10

See you all Thursday, Ireland with their 12 year old singer

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GinSwigmore · 09/05/2017 22:10

Excellent!

dillite · 09/05/2017 22:10

Well, there goes my vote to Latvia. I demand a refund!

VanillaSugar · 09/05/2017 22:10

It's like a live version of a CompareTheMeerkat advert Confused

GinSwigmore · 09/05/2017 22:11

^ for Belgium

Montenegro Sad

RedToothBrush · 09/05/2017 22:11

So so please about the Chicken Dancers though.

Much needed.

And there is the Gorilla to look forward to as well.

OublietteBravo · 09/05/2017 22:12

You really have to watch the semis to see the bat shit acts these days. See you Thursday for more of the same.

RedToothBrush · 09/05/2017 22:12

See You Thursday!

Raahh · 09/05/2017 22:12

dilliite Grin

ilovesooty · 09/05/2017 22:12

Portugal were second favourites even before tonight.

Raahh · 09/05/2017 22:13

See y'all Thursday!

dillite · 09/05/2017 22:15

Righty Ho! I will see you all on Thursday for some more jiggery pokery.

mathanxiety · 09/05/2017 23:21

Finland are out?

MelanieCheeks · 10/05/2017 07:03

I'm not getting the Portugal love, sorry.

But party at mine on Thursday (as I'm out on Saturday night, stupid social life....)

SuperBeagle · 10/05/2017 07:12

I'm not getting it either Melanie DH and I were sat here with Hmm expressions on our face the entire time.

I'm sure he has a decent voice, but the song was odd and the gestures were even stranger.

The song is apparently about refugees, which would make it yet another political win. What happened to the good old, "Love, Love, Peace, Peace" thing? Wink

CormorantDevouringTime · 10/05/2017 07:29

I was out and only got back in time for the summary before the voting opened, so I have firm and definitive views based on ten second clips and DH's opinion (he voted Moldova and Azerbaijan I think). In terms of the actual singing as opposed to the batshit staging I liked Belgium and Portugal - Portugal really stood out as a proper song and something very different. I'll always vote for something that's not a woman in a big frock standing there and blasting out a power ballad with a climactic keychange (sorry Lucie).

Do you remember the Common Linnets, the Dutch country pair from a couple of years ago? Now that was a classic example of a song that stood out as not having rolled off the Eurovision production line.