Yeah the name recognition is dependent on also having a semi decent song. Blue did ok, Humperdinck and Bonnie Tyler, not so much.
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link
Radio 4 talking about Eurovision just now, seem to be excited not that the UK have a chance of winning but that they are likely to finish in the top half of the leaderboard.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:23 (two years ago) link
I can remember the hook ("space... maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnn") but not the rest of it.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:49 (two years ago) link
remember last year when the hook was [generic EDM trumpet sample 001] and they decided to highlight this by having him perform between two giant trumpets
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:53 (two years ago) link
It’s better than average for a UK entry but I have doubts about how well it will do on stage. Also the hook that’s in my head is actually the Babylon Zoo hook.
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:54 (two years ago) link
tonight is the first time in 17 years that I’m not watching live :(
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:56 (two years ago) link
xxp maybe when he sings the hook they can hoist him up in the air on wires.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 14 May 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
Here we go then
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:10 (two years ago) link
I like this little parade of nations thing, so I can remember the entry before they’re actually on
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:12 (two years ago) link
Serbia got a nice cheer there
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:13 (two years ago) link
Who's in then?
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:19 (two years ago) link
10 seconds in and I ask my first 'What does this sound like" of many this evening
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:20 (two years ago) link
This is such a banger but going first is such a killer
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:21 (two years ago) link
Think it was 'Titanium' it reminded me of
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:25 (two years ago) link
Portugal is so dreary..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:26 (two years ago) link
I quite like it for a slow one!
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:28 (two years ago) link
Surely only Portuguese people get that one?Idk why the Rasmus opened with the IT vibe. This is not good.
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:31 (two years ago) link
Sounds like Bon Jovi.
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:32 (two years ago) link
Not surprising since it was co-written by Desmond Child.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:32 (two years ago) link
Finland is the worst so far
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:32 (two years ago) link
Only liked Romania so far (didn't see the first entry)
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:33 (two years ago) link
It’s so bad.
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:33 (two years ago) link
Oh no. Switzerland. 💤
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:34 (two years ago) link
Disaster strikes as a bee has apparently stung the Swiss singer's tongue, still he's soldiering on.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:35 (two years ago) link
France is next, no idea about it except it’s in Breton
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:36 (two years ago) link
That was the worst so far
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:37 (two years ago) link
Jesus, that Swiss thing.
― Doodles Diamond (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
France sounds exactly nothing like a French Eurovision song.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:39 (two years ago) link
There’s a pretty insane entry after this (Norway)
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:39 (two years ago) link
Regional French banger
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:40 (two years ago) link
Idk why the Rasmus opened with the IT vibe. This is not good.
I hope the singer gave that lollipop man his coat back.
― Doodles Diamond (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:42 (two years ago) link
What does the first 2 lines of this sound like?
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:43 (two years ago) link
That was one of the better French entries.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:43 (two years ago) link
It might be Shakira - She Wolf that I'm thinking of re Norway. BIG COINCIDENCE IF SO
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:46 (two years ago) link
Norway spent too long on the concept and not enough time on the tune.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:47 (two years ago) link
The song kind of repeats a bit but the audacity carries it.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:49 (two years ago) link
Armenia is the kind of ballad that has won in the past
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:49 (two years ago) link
I have already forgotten it
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:50 (two years ago) link
Haven't really liked anything so far, to be honest.
― Doodles Diamond (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:50 (two years ago) link
Much as I love Eurovision it is always at least 70% dross
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:52 (two years ago) link
Czechs and France best so far, but yeah, nothing exactly amazing.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:52 (two years ago) link
The Armenian song went up a notch at the end which improved it a lot. Now we have to put up with Mika while the stage crew clean up all that toilet paper.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:52 (two years ago) link
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:53 (two years ago) link
Presenting is even worse than usual somehow.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:54 (two years ago) link
I've been paying so little attention that I've only just realised it's THAT Mika
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:55 (two years ago) link
Italy: so that's "good" is it? hm
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:59 (two years ago) link
Bad defence by Italy.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:59 (two years ago) link
Graham loved it for some reason.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 20:01 (two years ago) link
Spain brings it - but in a good year half the songs would slam like this.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 14 May 2022 20:02 (two years ago) link