Eurovision: The Results

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You've Survived Flat Madge.

Well Done.

Here are the finalists

1. Malta - Maltese Molly And Her Pet Chameleon and Support Socks
2. Albania - Rylan’s Nashers Channel Khalessi Yodelling
3. Czech Republic - The Wiggles EuroFwend
4. Germany - Meghan Markle and LeAnn Rimes
5. Russia - Vanity Shower Screens
6. Denmark - Ladders and Clouds
7. San Marino - Right Said Fred Goes to Benidorm
8. North Macedonia - Mel Off Eastenders
9. Sweden - Gospel Lionel Richie

10. Slovenia - Dull and In Love. Apparently. Snore. Slow-venia. Creepy 11. Cyprus - Chandelier pants and PVC 12. Netherlands - A Nice Moody Ballad from Duncan the Dutchman 13. Greece - Nasally Don't Tell The Bride. 14. Israel - Is it Ross or Howard? What Freddie Mercury would have looked like had Borat played him. Is it David Blaine? 15. Norway - Ken The Spirited Club Style Yoiker. Come on Barbie! 16. United Kingdom - The John Lewis Christmas Ad 2019 17. Iceland - Do I Really Need to Remind You?!! Mad Max the Musical. 18. Estonia - Mr Wholesome with the Disappearing Guitar 19. Belarus - Britney Belarus 20. Azerbaijan - Shut Up! Lazzzzeerrrssss 21. France - Wigman. Gaga's Little Bro. 22. Italy - It wasn't me. Shaggy 2.0 23. Serbia - Wicked Ice Queen Angelina Jolie's Stunt Leg 24. Switzerland - Red Dirty Dancers and Rylan’s Outfit 25. Australia - Glenda The Good Witch on a Bouncy Stick. 26. Spain - Mel C and Bryan Adams Changing Rooms on IKEA Kallax Shelves

Athlone I think. Well if I knew that...

I was quite surprised to discover that Norway were only 7th in their semi.

I can't even remember Germany so I'm not surprised they got nothing.

I wonder if we could borrow the Trump Baby balloon for our entry.

Now that the jury votes and televotes aren’t combined (as they used to be), I think it would be interesting to change the way voting happens in the semis.

I propose that the televote is for the semi in which their country is competing (as they do now - because that’s the one they’re most likely to watch). But when it comes to the national juries, they should vote in the opposite semi (so the one their country isn’t in). This should even out the block voting a bit as it would give every country a say in each semi. What do you think? Could it work?

Couldn't read along last night due to dead phone... In my house the favourites were Norway and Australia so the same as the UK televote.

Norway were very similar to Denmark last year (also my favourites for that year) in that both songs scores pretty low on the jury vote but leapt ahead with a huge public vote. They clearly know what the Eurovision watching public like!

North Macedonia was a good song but not full of gimmicks and backing singers so I am not surprised it did so well on jury but not public vote

I felt so sorry for the Swedish guy when they showed him hearing the results... We were saying at the time that it seemed like the presenters were stalling when they kept repeating the number of votes needed to win and wondered if there was a problem getting the results. Now I wonder if backstage they weren't frantically double checking that they had the right figure for Sweden because it was so low. They wouldn't have wanted to announce the wrong score so I can see that having been double checked

Trump Baby balloon for our entry.

Not allowed political statements are you?

MNetters song AIBU, someone is gonna have to be brave.

A stage set with a giant cheese.
Not poking fun or anything

Oubliette I think we should be able to vote for both semis. If you like Eurovision you'll watch both anyway. Last year the half we couldn't vote for had better songs.

Ok, George Ezra. I chose Chris Martin because he knows how to sit intensely at a piano. You can change the dancers too, I don't mind.

George will still have to be dressed by Elton John. I'm not being swayed by that.

When it comes to semis voting what happens to the Big 5?

If I had voted too, as well as JaneJeffer, would the amount of points increased? Or is it different countries voting?

Don't quite know how the televote points work.

Erm it has Altogethe Now with Geri

Say no more! How Geri can judge other people singing when she is tone deaf herself I don't know? The whole programme is fucking shit.

I refuse to believe this is the best we have to offer in the UK.

I refuse to believe this is the best we have to offer in the UK

Ah yes but at least..
The only way is up..
and..
Fings can only get better

See, I am feeling musical already

The one I remember liking of ours (and I'd still listen to happily actually) was Electro Velvet, I'm Still in Love with You.

Speaking of Flying the Flag, have you seen before?

I think we should be able to vote for both semis. If you like Eurovision you'll watch both anyway. Last year the half we couldn't vote for had better songs.

This would rely on all the national broadcasters showing both semis. Does that happen? I’m not sure. Which is why the juries voting in the opposite semi seems like a good compromise.

I just presumed they did the same as Ireland but maybe they don't.

Lithuania won the UK televote in SF2 - we obviously like beige songs more than I realised. No wonder we’re not selecting anything with a chance of winning.

Or there are a lot of Lithuanian Eurovision superfans in the UK...

AIBU, someone is gonna have to be brave.
Is that a lyric?

No OP, no George Ezra. He's boring.

I think we need to go all to out with staging as well. When you have pianos on fire, hamster wheels, ice skating people and whatever else other counties have had then ours always is a bit bland. Not that help massively but least be bit more memorable.

So is Chris Martin.

And I wouldn't call Duncan The Dutchman the height of excitement!

I refuse to believe this is the best we have to offer in the UK

I know more than one person who has been offered to be the Eurovision entry and refused.

Probably Latvian superfans as well. Don't remember what position they got to.

Adele
We need Adele.
Hello

Need a brave person to take it on now.

Anyone remember Katie Price?