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[JaquelineBeanstalk]

Thread to continue discussion of this years cheese fest

Yay, love the 80s!!
( not the perms though, that was a big mistake)

@ChelseaChop

Does anyone else think the U.K. must have the best TV presenters in Europe?

Why are the presenters so wooden? Is it because they are speaking English as a second language? Or do they not pay enough?

If the UK ever wins, the jokes would actually be funny!

My Dutch friend watches the BBC rather than Dutch TV every year.

I've watched it abroad through Eurovision.tv before and its really odd without the British commentary...

Mother and Sonia, in 93.

The Uk went through quite a phase of 'coming second'.

There she is the Gina G beater

There was a time I could sing all of the French lyrics to the Celine Dion song 🎧 🎶

Fingers crossed for
Iceland
Finland
Moldova
Albania
Serbia
Bulgaria
Portugal
San Marino
And maybe Denmark

Switzerland will probably get in but I think it's pretty meh.

By some miracle of modernity, I am watching all of this on a Greek live stream and I can report that their ads are pretty bad.

They should have ditched the dancers for this and just had cyclists

I genuinely misread that as 'cystitis'.

@the80sweregreat

Yay, love the 80s!! ( not the perms though, that was a big mistake)

Never would have guessed

@JaneJeffer

There she is the Gina G beater

😂😂😂😂

I was reading all the Gina comments thinking nah... Niamh all the way 🇮🇪

My all time favourite winner- teach in with Ding a Dong!

Katie Boyle was our presenter for about twenty years when I was a child/teenager/young adult in her floaty chiffon evening frocks and clipped bi-lingual tones, @ChelseaChop. I could imagine her being a laugh off stage though.

Nicole is one of my favourite Eurovision winners.

I think that part of the wooden presenters is that they need to appeal / not offend half of the world. Whereas our local presenters know the local humor and culture and can therefore appease the locals.

Cherrypi Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor

Does anyone else think the U.K. must have the best TV presenters in Europe?

Why are the presenters so wooden? Is it because they are speaking English as a second language? Or do they not pay enough?

Terry Wogan made us a lot of enemies for years after with his 'Dr Death & The Tooth Fairy' comment!

If they ever decided to have the same presenter every year, it has to be Petra Mede. She's amazing.

Didn't Katie Boyle have a fling with the Duke of Edinburgh once ( allegedly?)
I'm sure I read it somewhere.
James Newman : he'll be the one coming in last I'm sure.

Happy to lose
Czech Rep
Austria
Moldova
Albania
Bulgaria
Latvia
but I am spoilt for choice tonight!

@JaquelineBeanstalk

My all time favourite winner- teach in with Ding a Dong!

I watched it with my boyfriend at the time. They were on first and he said "That's the winner" without hearing the others.

@Raahh

Nicole is one of my favourite Eurovision winners.

I thought she was a big let down after Bucks Fizz the year before

Oh no! Poor Duncan

@Unescorted

Cherrypi Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor

Thank you!

@Unescorted

Cherrypi Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor

Thank you. I think I played it in orchestra at school many moons ago.

I absolutely agree re presenters! Why are most countries so incredibly wooden and unprofessional it’s embarrassing.

Thirteen years on, I still regularly have Rudolfo Chikilicuatre's entry for Spain pop into my head.

Also for Spain, I still really like Ruth Lorenzo's Dancing In The Rain.

Look at this gorgeous woman!