Eurovision 2023

[NorthWay]

UK has learned to repeat the chorus properly. Bad sound? Missing the notes? Not the worst.

[KlaxonCow]

Yeah, not the worst ever. But I feel it lacks a hook.

Bjorne from ABBA said it before in an interview that their song-writing trick was simply "hook, followed by another hook, followed by another hook, followed by another hook".

Because, without a hook, you'll forget what it sounded like 5 minutes later.

[NorthWay]

Who is that tall presenter chick with the dyed hair? She looks familiar.

[venusian]

She's been all over the media. A UK stage star who's been in various TV roles too. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65556783

From the recap, it's Norway or Germany for me.

[venusian]

That's on Open Bionics Hero Arm. They always had excellent media people.

[KlaxonCow]

In no particular order - as, to be honest, none of them have really caught me this year - I'll say Australia, Germany and Poland.

(I'm giving Poland credit for actually having a memorable hook - that "solo, solo" thing - that I could remember 5 minutes later. Every other song, can't remember what they sound like now.)

[venusian]

Sam Ryder doesn't sound unlike Freddie Mercury here.

[Istar]

Bjorne from ABBA

Björn.

[lazerwalker]

Bit late to the YY party, but:

Finland
Australia
Austria
Norway
Czechia
Croatia

[KlaxonCow]

Also, we have a "rest of the world" vote this year.

That'll be interesting to see what the rest of the planet thinks, as they're probably convinced we're all quite mad.

(Either that, or they'll dump all their votes to Ukraine to show support - Europe got the chance last year, but the rest of the world didn't.)

[Orava]

Finland and Moldova got my vote tonight

[NorthWay]

And here's me that's had one of the Erasure tunes on my mind for a week...

[venusian]

Is somebody going to do Relax?

I hope so.

[KlaxonCow]

Oh, this is Liverpool showing off.

That it's had so many world famous bands that a single city can fill a whole section like this with Liverpool-only bands.

And I'm thinking it's probably more "The Power of Love" than "Relax" but Frankie have to be in there to, surely?

[NorthWay]

There's old and then there's old. And then there is shouldn't-have-been that old...