Eurovision song contest

Oh yes…the Eurovision Song Contest is worth watching. Great theatre and so interesting to see what other countries are doing in the way of modern music.

Here’s a taste of what’s on the menu….Britain’s entry is the last one on the video.

I won’t be watching on Saturday though, other commitments.


Oh by the way: . Data from 2022 showed that the United Kingdom, Germany, and Spain were some of the countries with the highest numbers of TV viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest (from the BBC).
 
Rose65 said:
I love it and cannot wait for Saturday. I watch with good friends and have a drink. It is such a fun night. I recommend the film Fire Saga' - it is wonderful and so funny. It captures the essence of this whole Eurovision experience.

So do you love or hate Eurovision?
Click to expand...
I love Eurovision! Too bad it isn't being shown anywhere on Canadian Televison, that I know of. If any American broadcasters should carry it, please let me know! "Fire Saga" was excellent even though I don't like Will Farrell! (as a Comedian) I developed a taste for the contest when I was stationed in Germany in the seventies!
 
hollydolly said:
You have to sit through a whole load of dross to get amusing comments from Graham..lol.c'mon it's many years since you saw a good song on Eurovision much less made into a big hit like Abba et al..


It's terrible.. really.. !
Click to expand...
We must agree to disagree on that one. I loved the pageantry and many of the songs ... in the past. Except for a recent song and movie that I thoroughly enjoyed I haven't seen it since the seventies. This is what capured my attention once again a couple of years ago.


I think the song is beautiful. Will Ferrell spoils it a bit for me but the music fits my taste!

Addition: Please take my comments with a grain of salt since I haven't watched since the seventies and since the song I listed was from a fictional movie!
 
Last edited:
Sorry I should have read all the comments before I jumped into this discussion. I am going by memories that are fifty years old. Many things might have changed in the meantime. I would have to see the most recent Eurovision contest to make up my mind. I know one thing, if the show will feature mostly rap or hip-hop (that's why I stopped listening to radio in the eighties) I will join the chorus of negative voices! :)
 
Last edited:
The contest is best to be watched with the spirit of fun. If anyone chooses to watch at all of course. We are each so different. I find lately I can't bear Britain's Got Talent - it winds me up too much. So I switch to something else instead.
 
Old Salt said:
We must agree to disagree on that one. I loved the pageantry and many of the songs ... in the past. Except for a recent song and movie that I thoroughly enjoyed I haven't seen it since the seventies. This is what capured my attention once again a couple of years ago.


I think the song is beautiful. Will Ferrell spoils it a bit for me but the music fits my taste!

Addition: Please take my comments with a grain of salt since I haven't watched since the seventies and since the song I listed was from a fictitional movie!
Click to expand...
That song is just lovely.
 
Old Salt said:
I love Eurovision! Too bad it isn't being shown anywhere on Canadian Televison, that I know of. If any American broadcasters should carry it, please let me know! "Fire Saga" was excellent even though I don't like Will Farrell! (as a Comedian) I developed a taste for the contest when I was stationed in Germany in the seventies!
Click to expand...
It is on you tube
 
Last edited:
(Acts are listed in order of their announcement)

🇭🇷 Croatia | Let 3 - Mama ŠČ! (Second Half)

🇲🇩 Moldova | Pasha Parfeni - Soarele şi Luna (Second Half)

🇨🇭 Switzerland | Remo Forrer - Watergun (First Half)

🇫🇮 Finland | Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha (First Half)

🇨🇿 Czechia | Vesna - My Sister's Crown (Second Half)

🇮🇱 Israel | Noa Kirel - Unicorn (Second Half)

🇵🇹 Portugal | Mimicat - Ai Coração (First Half)

🇸🇪 Sweden | Loreen - Tattoo (First Half)

🇷🇸 Serbia | Luke Black - Samo Mi Se Spava (First Half)

🇳🇴 Norway | Alessandra - Queen of Kings (Second Half)
have made the final..
this didn't.....but I had thought it was a potential winner
 
I just tuned in a few minutes ago! The first song I came across was dreadful! Some no talent imitating Thriller! So painful! And the following two were also not so great! All the nostalgia in the world won't keep me watching! Goodbye Eurovision! (n):(

To one who hasn't watched for fifty years the whole thing is over-hyped, over-produced, frantic and kitschig!
 
Last edited:
Old Salt said:
I just tuned in a few minutes ago! The first song I came across was dreadful! Some no talent imitating Thriller! So painful! And the following two were also not so great! All the nostalgia in the world won't keep me watching! Goodbye Eurovision! (n):(

To one who hasn't watched for fifty years the whole thing is over-hyped, over-produced, frantic and kitschig!
Click to expand...
That is the idea Old Salt, it is for a new vibrant generation, not us old farts. What do you want, Sea Shanties?
Finland Cha, Cha, Cha now, that is bringing the audience alive. Cha Cha Cha, go for it :) can you feel it, they love it, lifted the roof off.
 
Avon said:
That is the idea Old Salt, it is for a new vibrant generation, not us old farts. What do you want, Sea Shanties?
Finland Cha, Cha, Cha now, that is bringing the audience alive. Cha Cha Cha, go for it :) can you feel it, they love it, lifted the roof off.
Click to expand...
No, to the sea shanties! But I would have loved more harmony in the songs! Something that touches the heart! France was okay, but the others I watched, not so much!
 
Just got finished watching "Cha ... Cha ... Cha!" How utterly dreadful! I am really getting old! I even looked up the German contribution ... and now I have to go for a pain reliever!
 
Old Salt said:
No, to the sea shanties! But I would have loved more harmony in the songs! Something that touches the heart! France was okay, but the others I watched, not so much!
Click to expand...
Oh, Dear Old Salt, never mind it comes to us all in the end, I never thought it would with me, but it has in the last year along with a few minor things like a stroke and my heart stopping and worse my peripheral neuropathy. How about I sing a little Julio Iglesias for you? Adding only from being on many forums, many seem old at 55.
 
Avon said:
Oh, Dear Old Salt, never mind it comes to us all in the end, I never thought it would with me, but it has in the last year along with a few minor things like a stroke and my heart stopping and worse my peripheral neuropathy. How about I sing a little Julio Iglesias for you? Adding only from being on many forums, many seem old at 55.
Click to expand...
My sincere sympathy for all that you have gone through, @Avon! I can counter with a TIA, Diabetes, Peripheral Neuropathy ... isn't that one a nuisance, as well as bladder cancer! Thank God I am having a grand day though! One day at a time! And my whole family loved Iglesias!
 
Old Salt said:
My sincere sympathy for all that you have gone through, @Avon! I can counter with a TIA, Diabetes, Peripheral Neuropathy ... isn't that one a nuisance, as well as bladder cancer! Thank God I am having a grand day though! One day at a time! And my whole family loved Iglesias!
Click to expand...
Thanks, Old Salt for your thoughts, as mine go out to you. Still, we have our memories and with good fortune they can't take those away, and I am not getting old yet. Thanks for Julio, on YouTube the song is sung to photos by the National Geographical Society, very nice.
I like "HEY" perhaps memories again.

HEY - Julio Iglesias (English Lyrics)
 

You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top