Eurovision 2026 Final Thread 3

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Go.

We’ve put out good songs before and come nowhere.

Sam Ryder’s success was about more than that.

I’m not sure the language was a huge issue when songs win in foreign languages. It might have been a fa tor for some though I’m sure.

these are reputable news sources. Fine if you want to believe something else. But no other country does that.

It’s each country’s top 10 who get points. As they said tonight, it doesn’t mean no one votes for countries who get no point do. And Austria who won last year didn’t do much better than us. The real issue is we aren’t good enough to get into the final, so shouldn’t be there on merit, we pay for our way in.

That's almost a poem right there 😁

So pleased with Bulgaria

Yes this thread does seem focused on this.

A bit surprising.

It’s always been there, in one form
or another. You just didn’t notice it.

I think this is a very fair point, and I quite liked the song.

You sound a bit terrifying. The national front sounds archaic.

Did he actually swear?

I was a bit surprised he seemed tp be swearing at her- really not appropriate.

Who was calling who a bitch?!

Well, I've followed a few Eurovision artists and have travelled a lot in Europe and I think they see it very different to us, voting "politically".

For example, in Talinn, we heard Estonians talking to Finnish friends who'd popped over on the ferry today in English. They have far more in common with each other than we could ever imagine. It's not just voting politically, it's why should they vote for someone other than their literal friends and neighbours, and cultural reference points.

Secondly we unfortunately fell down on the promotion and staging. The staging looked very home made - which was part of the pitch, but also very much part of the downfall. Our comparator song was Greece, or last year, Tommy Cash. They did so much more. Three minutes isn't enough for 34 broadcasters to say, "yes, but this guy made an organ out of furbys - it's not here, but trust us, it's cool".

We didn't make top ten, because there were minimum top fifteen songs better than us. If you don't make top ten, it's very easy to make bottom three as the UK, because our nearest neighbours justifiably have issues with us or aren't competing.

Of all the songs, why is Belgiums's my ear worm?!

You grew up in a relatively peaceful period in the UK. In the 70's racism was rife, normalised even. Also the UK wasn't going through a good time either, a lot of changes in the workplace and high unemployment and poverty, esp in Northern places. I see that there's often a link of blaming 'immigrants' when times are tough, just like what's happening now and the rise of racism again.

I do hope we will have another peaceful period again soon because it's horrible to see this happening again.

I did too. If all the songs were anonymised, it would have scored a lot higher. Other countries have done well with similar songs in previous years.

I had that last year with Norways Banana wolf song! Loved it.

I haven't seen any adverts for any country this year. Have you?

As I've mentioned before on Eurovision threads, I live in the US and I've seen ads on my SM for the Israeli entry. Last year the ads were overtly referring to the Hamas terror and urging my vote for the Israeli entry as a gesture of support for the state of Israel. I wish I had screenshotted what I saw - and I saw the ads multiple times. The ads were professionally done - production values were excellent. I'm guessing the algorithm picked up a few clues in my SM about my interest in Holocaust education and Eurovision and decided I was a likely voter.

Ive only had the Danish one come up. However to be fair they were all Danish adds and I grew up in DK so I suspect thats why.

Whereas I've been seeing loads of articles about the Swedish performer on my social media. So maybe we should start a conspiracy theory about that as well?

Anyway, I'm just gutted Greece didn't win. It is definitely the song my kids will be requesting on repeat!

What an ending, glad Bulgaria pulled it out the bag. It wasn't in my top 10 but I was clearly out of step with Eurovision this year.

Disappointed there were no real bangers, I don't think any of the songs from this year will make it on to my playlist. Even Italys song which I usually enjoy was a bit weak...

The UK entry was poor as per usual, so no surprise with the vote. An upgrade from than a grotty changing room though.

I didn't mind the Israeli entry this year- slightly inflated score but significantly better than last year. I do wish they would read the room and duck out while their conflict is continuing- I hate that Eurovision is being used by their government as propaganda.

Missed Ireland and especially Spain.

Fingers crossed for next year.

I voted for Israel because I just loved Noam's voice, and the actual song was pretty good too. Vocals sounded like silk to me.

Did you see him say the Shema (that's a prayer) when they were waiting for the final result? So sweet! (my husband is Jewish).

My husband is also Italian and coming out of an Annalisa concert earlier this month in Florence (she's an Italian popstar sort of like Rihanna meets Dua Lipa, but even better) he was amazed , turned to me and said "she's amazing, why can't we send someone like her to the Eurovision!". The quality of Italian music is really not well represented in this competition.

Anyway I'm very happy. It shows that no matter how loud the baying mob is and how loud their screams are to destroy the collective Jew, there are still good people in the world 🥰

The NF really isn’t archaic - it’s morphed into Yaxley-Lennon and his supporters.

If you grew up in the 90s then I’m surprised that you don’t remember Stephen Lawrence.

I thought the uk song was a bit mediocre, it just didn't stand out enough.
I loved the Bulgarian entry.
I would like to see the uk do something totally different next year, I think it's time we entered a song in Welsh.
I never actually care if we do well, I just enjoy the whole spectacle of eurovision, I would like to see less AI in the staging, Greece was particularly guilty of this.
I enjoy the dancing as much as the singing.

Thanks, that song is in my head again now 🤣