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The music is getting better, these last few years. There seems to be less of a stigma associated with doing Eurovision. You still have plenty of the downright

The music is getting better, these last few years. There seems to be less of a stigma associated with doing Eurovision. You still have plenty of the downright odd stuff though. This year Ukraine should win and it helps that their entry is genuinely pretty good. Norway have fielded a song about feeding bananas to a wolf, riffing on Little Red Riding Hood, in errm yellow. Spain's entry sported a pretty close shave and manages to lose even more clothing - quite a decent song too. UK (my homeland) are hoping for a decent result after taking quite a few beatings over the years - "null points". Our boy has absolutely smashed it on the socials so should be OK. [Greece have just ticked under 18] Whatever happens, we have our Irish compere to get us through the night. Graham Norton and before him Sir Terry Wogan, have been the voice of the Eurovision SC in the UK for absolutely yonks.

brabel 4y ago
> Spain's entry sported a pretty close shave and manages to lose even more clothing My gosh what a hot performance... Romania was also spicy.
- gerdesj 4y ago
  "When in Rome"! There is quite literally nothing else like the ESC.
  - midasuni 4y ago
    They’re in Turin…
    - gerdesj 4y ago
      Quite, but there is an old saw hereabouts: "When in Rome, do as the Romans".
      - RajT88 4y ago
        That justifies a lot.
anonymousDan 4y ago
Mandatory to watch Father Ted: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3omj87 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3omj87
- gerdesj 4y ago
  Father Ted was commissioned in the UK after being turned down by an Irish broadcaster (I think the state one - can't recall). It was deemed too Irish, which was probably fair enough at the time. Thankfully it was broadcast because it is a classic in my opinion. Mrs Doyle's ("Won't you have a cup of tea") mud and cocaine cake is up there in the comedy pantheon, along with elderly priest football and the milkfloat parody of "Speed". Beautifully insightful parody without ever being cruel.
  - hermitcrab 4y ago
    I don't think the Irish Catholic church were big fans.
    - gerdesj 4y ago
      That was then. I personally know one or two Irish Catholic priests and they are not offended by Father Ted and at least one is a massive fan. I went to a pretty posh school in Oxfordshire back in the day. The school priest (Church of England) made us watch "Life of Brian" by Monty Python's Flying Circus and discuss it in our "Divinity" studies - an O Level (nowadays GCSE - 13-16 year old). One of the other Masters (teacher) intended and was going through the process to become a CofE priest and was massively offended by Life of Brian. Perhaps he felt he had to be holier than thou or whatever. He was my rugby coach and was once a player for the Harlequins a long, long time ago so a good egg in my eyes but a bit whizzed up over a comedy film. I will grant him that LoB is a pretty robust parody/critique of Christianity (and English/Britishness and more besides). Oh and there was a band at my school called On a Friday - they played by the Cricket Pav at the end of summer term 1989 to a load of kiddies enjoying end of term relief and glorious weather. You'll know them as Radiohead. Funny old world.
dijit 4y ago
I just made the same comment about Ukraine winning irl. But then they would be responsible for hosting the next games, which I think is a little bit too much to put that responsibility on them now. ——— Also; I’m not a fan of the fact that the Eurovision Song contest is basically a popularity contest between countries. EDIT: Apparently this is controversial (-2 karma), tell me why! Cowards! EDIT2: -3. Aight. I don’t try to add new points of view to topics anymore I guess. It’s good manners to inform why you’re downranking, unless it’s trolling..
- RajT88 4y ago
  I watch it because of the popularity contest. It's basically a yearly world war in song and dance form. Reflective of the current geopolitical tensions. If it was a simple talent contest, it wouldn't be worth watching on its own.
- kylegordon 4y ago
  Exceptions can and have been made, and the responsibility of hosting it then moves to the EBU to select a location
- gerdesj 4y ago
  If it could be hosted in a UKR city - that would be something but I'm sure the rules can be changed and another country could host it provided there was a lot of gold and blue. The UVSC is what it is and it beautifully reflects the state of the rather nebulous concept - "Europe".
  - dijit 4y ago
    I couldn’t find what you’re referring to. This is what I found: * Utah Valley State College (Orem, UT) * Universal Visa Services Center (Dhaka, Bangladesh) * Unadilla Valley Sports Center (Edmeston, NY) * Used-Vehicle Sales and Certification Study (J.D. Power and Associates) * Uranium Ventilation Scrubber Cell And a cancer survivor charity.
    - gerdesj 4y ago

brabel 4y ago

> Spain's entry sported a pretty close shave and manages to lose even more clothing My gosh what a hot performance... Romania was also spicy.

gerdesj 4y ago
"When in Rome"! There is quite literally nothing else like the ESC.
- midasuni 4y ago
  They’re in Turin…
  - gerdesj 4y ago
    Quite, but there is an old saw hereabouts: "When in Rome, do as the Romans".
    - RajT88 4y ago
      That justifies a lot.

anonymousDan 4y ago

Mandatory to watch Father Ted: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3omj87 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3omj87

gerdesj 4y ago
Father Ted was commissioned in the UK after being turned down by an Irish broadcaster (I think the state one - can't recall). It was deemed too Irish, which was probably fair enough at the time. Thankfully it was broadcast because it is a classic in my opinion. Mrs Doyle's ("Won't you have a cup of tea") mud and cocaine cake is up there in the comedy pantheon, along with elderly priest football and the milkfloat parody of "Speed". Beautifully insightful parody without ever being cruel.
- hermitcrab 4y ago
  I don't think the Irish Catholic church were big fans.
  - gerdesj 4y ago
    That was then. I personally know one or two Irish Catholic priests and they are not offended by Father Ted and at least one is a massive fan. I went to a pretty posh school in Oxfordshire back in the day. The school priest (Church of England) made us watch "Life of Brian" by Monty Python's Flying Circus and discuss it in our "Divinity" studies - an O Level (nowadays GCSE - 13-16 year old). One of the other Masters (teacher) intended and was going through the process to become a CofE priest and was massively offended by Life of Brian. Perhaps he felt he had to be holier than thou or whatever. He was my rugby coach and was once a player for the Harlequins a long, long time ago so a good egg in my eyes but a bit whizzed up over a comedy film. I will grant him that LoB is a pretty robust parody/critique of Christianity (and English/Britishness and more besides). Oh and there was a band at my school called On a Friday - they played by the Cricket Pav at the end of summer term 1989 to a load of kiddies enjoying end of term relief and glorious weather. You'll know them as Radiohead. Funny old world.

dijit 4y ago

I just made the same comment about Ukraine winning irl. But then they would be responsible for hosting the next games, which I think is a little bit too much to put that responsibility on them now. ——— Also; I’m not a fan of the fact that the Eurovision Song contest is basically a popularity contest between countries. EDIT: Apparently this is controversial (-2 karma), tell me why! Cowards! EDIT2: -3. Aight. I don’t try to add new points of view to topics anymore I guess. It’s good manners to inform why you’re downranking, unless it’s trolling..

RajT88 4y ago
I watch it because of the popularity contest. It's basically a yearly world war in song and dance form. Reflective of the current geopolitical tensions. If it was a simple talent contest, it wouldn't be worth watching on its own.
kylegordon 4y ago
Exceptions can and have been made, and the responsibility of hosting it then moves to the EBU to select a location
gerdesj 4y ago
If it could be hosted in a UKR city - that would be something but I'm sure the rules can be changed and another country could host it provided there was a lot of gold and blue. The UVSC is what it is and it beautifully reflects the state of the rather nebulous concept - "Europe".
- dijit 4y ago
  I couldn’t find what you’re referring to. This is what I found: * Utah Valley State College (Orem, UT) * Universal Visa Services Center (Dhaka, Bangladesh) * Unadilla Valley Sports Center (Edmeston, NY) * Used-Vehicle Sales and Certification Study (J.D. Power and Associates) * Uranium Ventilation Scrubber Cell And a cancer survivor charity.
  - gerdesj 4y ago