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almost looks like a UK artist announcement graphic for a weird alternative universe Eurovision 2003 where Latvia took the branding in an even stranger direction to the one they chose

kinda obsessed with the weirdly specific timings for Eurosong starting and finishing, feeling like I'm about to catch a train watching this

On today of all days, I felt like revisiting what is (supposedly) the biggest missed opportunity the UK ever had at Eurovision. 2010 didn't know what would have hit it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E4-...

What I've learned is that I could have completely ignored all my television/music industry/BBC sources for the last month and just pushed the random thought I threw out there on Bluesky whilst stuck in Christmas mode, and been exactly on the money. The life of a UK Eurofan.

so the thing is whilst some of the cities didn't care about the insignia (Turin) and some cared a lot (Liverpool), it's still a bit of tradition and personality that the host city can no longer inject. Eurovision going forwards is very template and style guide-y and it feels like a loss.

I like this Swiss host, he's kinda budget Rylan with his little facts and tenuously connecting the country drawn to Switzerland via fondue or something

best words I got as a eurofan 10 minutes before the allocation draw was "we're cutting the meeting short"

That false alarm UK press release has reminded me to thank a LOT of you for checking in with me after that Traitors mess on Friday night. I was fine, almost everyone was chill and forgiving about it, and it's a good reminder that the BBC are both ambitious and *messy*

it was a WatchMojo video of all things that taught me that Telex (Belgium 1980) appeared on Top of the Pops in the UK a few years before youtu.be/a_LPNSLjuj0?...

choosing to assume the Bardo who produced for July Jones at EMA are the UK 1982 act and not someone else

somebody please send help

someone tell the Luxembourg scriptwriters that if you do the bit where you tease a break to ramp up the noise level in the arena you're not actually meant to go to a break 😭 #lsc

oh it's over Laura Thorn landslide already #LSC

I can see why some like Mumford & Dude(lange)s but they lean a bit too Christian music festival for me #LSC

if you couldn't tell by the documentary interval segment about France Gall, or the DJ and kids choir performing France Gall, Luxembourg have a song they'd like to win this NF. See if you can spot it! #LSC

oh there's one more song??? we've had three interval acts already and one of them was a proposal #LSC

sorry but directly referencing France Gall just tips Poupee over from 'subtle callback' to an eyeroll and a 'yeah okay we get it you want this one to win' #LSC

utterly gorgeous interval act I don't even care that it was 4 songs into a 7 song final #LSC

Luzac is a potential bottom 5 song of the whole NF season for me, I'm so sorry #LSC

sorry to be predictable but it's Rhythmic Soulwave for me or else, not as good live as I'd hoped for and it might take a while to get somewhere but I love it so much #LSC

I vaguely remember the production values being high last year but this is an amazing setup for Luxembourg, wish I cared more about all but one of the songs here but good for them #LSC

Just checking in after... that. I don't want anyone to be mad, just to clarify my source was solid and accurate and has been many times before on telly and music industry things. I actually sat on the Friday Traitors info for a few days until I could confirm it so... yeah. Apologies.

the Traitors ending is absolutely horrible so I'm now twice as screwed if nothing Eurovision happens, HELP #TheTraitors

UK Eurofans at the end of the Traitors when they're told that the Eurovision entry is being announced on BBC Red Button

Amanda Holden on The One Show tonight is a bad omen for the UK at Eurovision

he's also going to be cancelled on Bluesky

but anyway, those opening 20 minutes or so with Charlotte vs Freddie, the final 10 minutes or so. Maybe up there among the best episodes of any television I have EVER seen. #TheTraitors

The Traitors is the most tense programme anyway but knowing there might be a Eurovision artist hiding in Claudia’s walk-in wine cellar tomorrow is absolutely killing me.

can't share the post here, but Sam Ryder just got nominated for Song of the Year at the #BRITs

jumpscare looking up that one Samantha Mumba hit

I hope people are ready for me to be insufferable about DK Enerhetyk, Ukraine have a gothic shoegaze song at Vidbir that's part-Sisters of Mercy, part-Slowdive and I'm losing my mind

there's one every year, a style of song I've never heard before, with an instrument I'm not sure about, that only Portugal could pull off at FdC A Cantadeira – Responso à Mulher is going to be amazing live

welcome back bulgaria (no but this is the one FdC)

jumped into an FdC lyric video totally at random because the band in the thumbnail looked cool (NAPA – Deslocado) shut my eyes and just had a beautiful moment sat at my desk at work, I love you Portugal

controversial maybe, and having the odd big name from a long time ago is a healthy thing, but Ireland should steer clear of picking Samantha Mumba at Eurosong just because ✨famous✨ they absolutely do not need to copy UK 2011-2013 when they're on course doing their own thing.

Charlotte, please (fail to) murder Leanne for the 1000 IQ move, thanks #TheTraitors

I love this show so much, that Charlotte vote was just #TheTraitors

said this on the other side, but I still refuse to believe that the Moldovan auditions had dropped so radically in quality that S*sh* B*gn*b*v jumped from last place in 2023 and 2024 all the way to the final. They were bad, but they're always bad. I think a rogue juror wanted to prove a point.

Eurosong before and after Sweden got their 7th win

thing is known 🔮🇬🇧 🍟📅

from a UK perspective I can confirm people throw around 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚™️ too quickly, but Bobbi Arlo would absolutely keep Ireland in the final, the Irish Eurovision renÉiressance is alive and well.

🚨 15 minute warning for Moldova auditions, Tudor Bumbac, two songs that actually sound kinda interesting, a load of AI slop that may or may not actually show up, it's all here

me on #TheTraitors: "so anyway I would like to pay off BHRT's debt to the EBU and bring Bosnia and Herzegovina back to Eurovision"

-the first of two trips to Eurovision for Tudor Bumbac -the DNA song singer from last year, back again with a song written by the writer of Denmark 1987 again for some reason -at least two AI slop artists -an ESC youtuber -POOPS

Eurofest ✅

Fozia is absolutely the one, thank you for bringing her back #TheTraitors

if you actually knew the how, when and why, you would know that it's not as simple as your post suggests. 👎

Finland failed me with no Poets of the Fall but I somehow missed the Erika Vikman rumours (were there any?) so I'm back to being excited again #UMK