well, SER *is* a personal fav, but I don’t consider it a contender. (and AUS is neither)
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Friday, 13 May 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
Ireland was awful. I don’t understand anyone who liked it. Dated af.
― gyac, Friday, 13 May 2022 16:43 (one year ago) link
Moldova should make a strong showing on that placement. The train song is fun!
― gyac, Friday, 13 May 2022 16:46 (one year ago) link
I'd much rather be watching dated upbeat pop than the raft of sad whining men that got through, so I supported Ireland. Also I liked the synth line that came in at times.
― emil.y, Friday, 13 May 2022 17:15 (one year ago) link
Am absolutely going to be voting for Moldova tonight, the video for the song is so great. Have yet to hear any of the big five but almost everyone I know is really excited about the UK’s entry?
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 15:40 (one year ago) link
Oh dear god the UK entry sucks so bad. I like France's entry, and Spain seems like a banger but a bit by-the-numbers. Don't think I've heard more than mini clips of the other two?
― emil.y, Saturday, 14 May 2022 16:31 (one year ago) link
I think people are excited about the UK entry because he's tiktok famous so might not crash and burn? But we've had name recognition before and it didn't help.
― emil.y, Saturday, 14 May 2022 16:32 (one year ago) link
I don't care for the UK entry, but have to say it is an improvement on the last few years, it at least has a memorable hook.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 16:40 (one year ago) link
Also having a young fanbase across the continent will help.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 16:41 (one year ago) link
it at least has a memorable hook
Does it, though?
― emil.y, Saturday, 14 May 2022 16:45 (one year ago) link
I've heard it once, a couple of weeks ago, and can still remember it, which is my test.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
also the previous "name recognition" gambit was "let's assume most countries in Europe have thousands of diehard Englebert Humperdinck fans who will vote for any old tosh if he's involved"
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
Here we go then
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:10 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
Serbia got a nice cheer there
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
Who's in then?
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:19 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
This is such a banger but going first is such a killer
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:21 (one year ago) link
Think it was 'Titanium' it reminded me of
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:25 (one year ago) link
Portugal is so dreary..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:26 (one year ago) link
I quite like it for a slow one!
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:28 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
Sounds like Bon Jovi.
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link
Not surprising since it was co-written by Desmond Child.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:32 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
Only liked Romania so far (didn't see the first entry)
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
It’s so bad.
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
Oh no. Switzerland. 💤
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:34 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
France is next, no idea about it except it’s in Breton
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
That was the worst so far
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:37 (one year ago) link
Jesus, that Swiss thing.
― Doodles Diamond (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:38 (one year ago) link
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:38 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
There’s a pretty insane entry after this (Norway)
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
Regional French banger
― gyac, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:40 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
What does the first 2 lines of this sound like?
― kinder, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:43 (one year ago) link
That was one of the better French entries.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:43 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
Armenia is the kind of ballad that has won in the past
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link