| Rob | Finland to win by the way. Smile | 10/05/2022 06:56 |
| Rob | Remember: forum rules are in effect at all times. | 10/05/2022 06:56 |
| Rob | It's semi final 1 day! Welcome to the TV Live Forum Eurovision Chatbox thing. It's now open for everyone to chat about Eurovision, and will close on Sunday morning. | 10/05/2022 06:56 |
| DavidWhitfield | Interesting year this year. I think both the UK and Irish entries are by far the strongest they've been for some time. | 10/05/2022 08:41 |
| mccanmat | I think Norway with “give that wolf a banana” will do very well | 10/05/2022 09:39 |
| Michael | Heja Sverige | 10/05/2022 11:18 |
| Rob | Looks like the word wrapping doesn't work... Will try and fix that tomorrow, I'm just about to start work. | 10/05/2022 11:23 |
| lepeterrr | Have to say I think this is the UK's best chance yet | 10/05/2022 15:08 |
| Blubatt | I mean, lets face it, last year's entry got 0 points. The bar is on the ground at this point, but I will be curious to see how we do | 10/05/2022 16:10 |
| TVNerd | Space Man is our best entry in years, and even though almost any outcome will be better than 2021, I think a lot of effort has gone into making a good performance in terms of staging | 10/05/2022 16:15 |
| TVNerd | Let’s see what the rest of Europe thinks | 10/05/2022 16:16 |
| ConorM98 | Imagine if it won | 10/05/2022 16:25 |
| ConorM98 | Like this whole forum would crash in seconds XD | 10/05/2022 16:26 |
| Juicy Joe | I think it'll all be a letdown as per usual, a lot of hype & glitz - for nothing, The entry isn't too bad tbh, however, just because the music video looks exceptional, the staging often falls short - especially in the UK's case. | 10/05/2022 16:30 |
| JetixFann450 | So uh, this is probably the only time I would actually watch BBC Three, apart from when I did when it launched... | 10/05/2022 17:57 |
| JetixFann450 | Although saying it, I am watching Press X to Continue, which isn't that bad to be on BBC Three. Hopefully Eurovision night's content is decent enough to tolerate. | 10/05/2022 17:59 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | good morning from beautiful northern california USA. semi finals are beingh shown live on peacock | 10/05/2022 19:07 |
| no1fanofthepals | Doesn't peacock belong to nbc or am i thinking wrong | 10/05/2022 19:16 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | yeah it belongs to NBC | 10/05/2022 19:22 |
| JAS84 | It's named after NBC's logo. | 10/05/2022 19:26 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | i think the UK has a good chance | 10/05/2022 19:49 |
| Lester | Anyone else thinking the UK might do it this year? Love the guitar ? solo he added... not sure if Ukraine will win by default though.... | 10/05/2022 19:49 |
| Josh | Still can't get over the fact they had RuPaul voice our Eurovision promo! | 10/05/2022 19:51 |
| Brekkie | Are BBC3 trying to out Eurovision Eurovision with this filler? | 10/05/2022 19:58 |
| Josh | New BBC logo on the microphone | 10/05/2022 19:59 |
| TVNerd | I wonder if people tuning in early think this is the opener? | 10/05/2022 19:59 |
| Brekkie | Assume that intro is pre-recorded otherwise ticket sales haven't gone well. | 10/05/2022 20:00 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | figure skater johnny weir is hosting the peacock coverage | 10/05/2022 20:00 |
| Josh | Thank you for getting off Grindr for a couple of hours | 10/05/2022 20:01 |
| Brekkie | Talking over the intro. Ridiculous and insulting. | 10/05/2022 20:01 |
| scottishtv | Hi all | 10/05/2022 20:01 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | the stage looks really cool | 10/05/2022 20:03 |
| Newshound47 | That intro really should not have been spoken over. Also Scott Mills gives the impression he doesn’t really like Sam Ryder’s song | 10/05/2022 20:03 |
| scottishtv | I keep forgetting we don't get BBC Three in HD on Freeview in Scotland... Ugh, have to fire up my iPlayer app and Chromecast. | 10/05/2022 20:03 |
| mrwish | Well we flipped into 5.1 (on BBC Three HD via Freeview in England), so it’s nice to see that survived the closure and relaunch of the channel… | 10/05/2022 20:04 |
| DeMarkay | There wasn’t much to the intro Brekkie. | 10/05/2022 20:04 |
| Brekkie | Well we couldn't hear it DeMarkey. There clearly was a piece put together but Scott and Rylan showed it no respect. | 10/05/2022 20:05 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | yeah i think mills thought he had to fill audio dead air or something | 10/05/2022 20:05 |
| Tony Lamezma | Stage looks great in the wide shots. But the LED light wall does look bare in the close up’s | 10/05/2022 20:06 |
| DeMarkay | As suggested, they probably thought it was dead air. | 10/05/2022 20:06 |
| JetixFann450 | Surreal to be watching Eurovision with the BBC Three DOG in the corner again. | 10/05/2022 20:06 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | i do like the water feature. shame it apparently messed with the motor for the sun part or so i heard | 10/05/2022 20:07 |
| JetixFann450 | At least they aren't using the same stage over and over sorta like what RND and Children in Need do | 10/05/2022 20:07 |
| TVNerd | The stage looks really good, as we’ve come to expect | 10/05/2022 20:07 |
| JetixFann450 | 2022 and BBC iPlayer is still delayed. | 10/05/2022 20:08 |
| Josh | Actual Mika!! | 10/05/2022 20:08 |
| scottishtv | That water feature is gonna do nothing for my bladder control on Saturday night! | 10/05/2022 20:08 |
| TVNerd | Having to watch via iPlayer as there’s no BBC Three HD on Freeview in Scotland, seems it’s about a minute delayed | 10/05/2022 20:09 |
| bkman1990 | The lower thirds showing the Facebook link,all | 10/05/2022 20:10 |
| DeMarkay | Lovely to see Mika! | 10/05/2022 20:10 |
| Brekkie | Guessing the BBC don't offer it commentary free nowadays. | 10/05/2022 20:10 |
| bkman1990 | Sorry. The Facebook link and app lower thirds only have small white text on it. You could barely see it on the lower left hand side of the screen. | 10/05/2022 20:12 |
| Josh | @JetixFann450 Italy and France vote in this one, UK, Germany and Spain on Thursday | 10/05/2022 20:13 |
| JetixFann450 | Virgin Media master race... :roll: | 10/05/2022 20:13 |
| JetixFann450 | Let the Eurovision Song Contest ... [buffering] BEGIN! | 10/05/2022 20:13 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | i wonder if peacocoki is gonna put johnny weir in a smaller box during every postcard like thye are doing for albania | 10/05/2022 20:13 |
| JetixFann450 | I imagine the big 5 aren't allowed to vote in the first semi-final I guess. | 10/05/2022 20:13 |
| Brekkie | The sun in the graphics then. | 10/05/2022 20:13 |
| DeMarkay | Well this is awful. | 10/05/2022 20:14 |
| scottishtv | Good voting info, thanks Josh | 10/05/2022 20:14 |
| JetixFann450 | Oh right, yeah, the home country gets to vote first, makes sense | 10/05/2022 20:14 |
| Josh | Are the song lower thirds are at full transparency? | 10/05/2022 20:14 |
| Juicy Joe | This is what the UK entry needs, some drums, a beat to it!! Haha, a bit X-rated though, hopefully the BBC don't take it off air!! | 10/05/2022 20:15 |
| PATV Scunthorpe | @JetixFann450 When the semi-final slots were drawn, the voting of the Big 5 was drawn as well. | 10/05/2022 20:15 |
| Tony Lamezma | Some terrible camera angles there! | 10/05/2022 20:15 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | that is so powerful johnny weir powerful is a word for it johnny... | 10/05/2022 20:16 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | wwe's bianco belare would be proud of that hair whip | 10/05/2022 20:16 |
| PATV Scunthorpe | Think the postcard theme is a little weaker this year, I really loved the houses, Leo is giving me UKHorizon vibes | 10/05/2022 20:17 |
| Josh | Really not keen on the postcards this year | 10/05/2022 20:17 |
| Brekkie | Should have swung the Sun round to the LED side if only one side is an option. | 10/05/2022 20:17 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | the poastcards may suck but the epic sax man in this song is good Tongue | 10/05/2022 20:19 |
| JetixFann450 | Eurovision's social media manager made a comment about them looking like Power Rangers... | 10/05/2022 20:19 |
| bkman1990 | Well this song is better than Albania's entry. The lighting effects on the saxophone is a nice touch. | 10/05/2022 20:19 |
| all new Phil | This is my winner ? | 10/05/2022 20:19 |
| scottishtv | Agree about postcards, I think the drone shot movements might get a little "samey" after a while. | 10/05/2022 20:19 |
| Josh | 19 minutes and we've got a strong language warning! | 10/05/2022 20:20 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | johnny pops up on screen after every song. hope he doesnt on saturday cause it'll be annoying | 10/05/2022 20:21 |
| TVNerd | Latvia are actually pretty good | 10/05/2022 20:21 |
| Brekkie | Not sure what the point of Scott Mills is - Rylan perfectly capable of commentating alone. Sara Cox was much better last year too. | 10/05/2022 20:22 |
| caseyref | Her act is so much better in the close up angles | 10/05/2022 20:22 |
| scottishtv | Is this the next James Bond theme? | 10/05/2022 20:22 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | i like how the country flag colors show up on the sun part of the backdrop | 10/05/2022 20:22 |
| bkman1990 | Oooh. I actually like Lithuania's entry. | 10/05/2022 20:22 |
| JetixFann450 | Lithuania is pretty trippy ngl | 10/05/2022 20:22 |
| caseyref | I don't mind Scott, Sara was quite funny last year | 10/05/2022 20:24 |
| Newshound47 | What happened to the plan that the presenters would introduce each act. Only in the final? | 10/05/2022 20:24 |
| JetixFann450 | I must be the only human being who can somewhat tolerate Scott Mills, but then again I'm in R1's demo... | 10/05/2022 20:24 |
| Josh | @Newshound47 Think that was a rumour proven to be false | 10/05/2022 20:25 |
| scottishtv | Is the animation with the country name/national colours part of the end of the postcard VT? Or live at the start of the song? | 10/05/2022 20:26 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | i saw it when the song name appeared on screen before it started | 10/05/2022 20:27 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | wow peacock's johnny weir" what got me at the end is he got a bit pitchy" | 10/05/2022 20:29 |
| caseyref | Got to say this is not the slickest camera work vs other years. Not bad but I expected Rai to be very slick | 10/05/2022 20:30 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | it jsut stuck me as odd he was doing that is all i;ll go away now | 10/05/2022 20:31 |
| DeMarkay | Johnny Weir* | 10/05/2022 20:31 |
| DeMarkay | @1stPlayerTokens we don’t need running commentary of what Johnny Peacock is saying, no offence. But we aren’t in the US. | 10/05/2022 20:31 |
| bkman1990 | Slovenia's entry was nice. It had a very positive vibe to it. | 10/05/2022 20:32 |
| Fanoftv | I feel like I’ve fallen asleep with the TV on and woken up in the middle of the night watching Disko! | 10/05/2022 20:32 |
| DeMarkay | You don’t have to go away 1stPlayerTokens | 10/05/2022 20:33 |
| TVNerd | I’ve switched back to SD Freeview as the delay on iPlayer was quite bad | 10/05/2022 20:34 |
| DeMarkay | Apologies 1stPlayerTokens | 10/05/2022 20:35 |
| Newshound47 | Ukraine’s song really doesn’t deserve to be anywhere near favourite. I honestly can’t see why juries will go for it. | 10/05/2022 20:35 |
| Fanoftv | Are there more songs in their native languages this year? | 10/05/2022 20:35 |
| all new Phil | Let’s be honest. This song would struggle to qualify if it was any other country. | 10/05/2022 20:35 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | guess i was wrong | 10/05/2022 20:35 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | apologies. i have autisdm so sometimes tone is hard to decipher for me in text i figured folks might appreciate how peacock is handling it | 10/05/2022 20:35 |
| scottishtv | @tvnerd Me too, back on SD. That said, BBC Scotland HD channel showing a football playoff match tonight so I don't really grudge them the HD space! | 10/05/2022 20:36 |
| JetixFann450 | Dig at the viewers who get ads | 10/05/2022 20:36 |
| DeMarkay | Oh we do get the sketches | 10/05/2022 20:36 |
| Fanoftv | A friend of mine (who doesn’t watch Eurovision) said that Ukraine will win | 10/05/2022 20:36 |
| DeMarkay | I got a very 2000s UK vibe from it | 10/05/2022 20:36 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | i cant either. if it wasnt ukrane it'd get 0 points i think | 10/05/2022 20:36 |
| Brekkie | Sentiment will carry Ukraine further than it should but I suspect Eurovision bosses don't want the headache of them winning. | 10/05/2022 20:37 |
| all new Phil | I think top 2 in the final will be UK and Italy. | 10/05/2022 20:37 |
| caseyref | Wow, what an awful ad filler | 10/05/2022 20:38 |
| Brekkie | Eurovision - the annual argument for the BBC to carry ads | 10/05/2022 20:38 |
| DeMarkay | Is Mika losing his British accent? I understand he was born in Lebanon but didn’t he grow up in the UK? | 10/05/2022 20:38 |
| Brekkie | Has anyone ever hosted for two countries. We could have Mika back next year. He seems to be leading the hosting team. | 10/05/2022 20:39 |
| telebox2001 | The one time the BBC stick with the world feed and it's dogshit lol | 10/05/2022 20:39 |
| DeMarkay | Finally, something livelier! | 10/05/2022 20:40 |
| DeMarkay | That’s if we win Brekkie, haha | 10/05/2022 20:40 |
| TVNerd | @scottishtv that’s fair enough, although if only we had both channels in HD in Scotland on Freeview | 10/05/2022 20:40 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | yeah something to break up the cure for insomnia | 10/05/2022 20:41 |
| caseyref | Their staging covers up the dead sun quite well | 10/05/2022 20:42 |
| JetixFann450 | Have to wonder when BBC One HD will be fully regionalised to have BBC Three in a competent place | 10/05/2022 20:42 |
| TVNerd | Bulgaria are my favourite so far | 10/05/2022 20:42 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | more camera cuts than a WWE show in this song | 10/05/2022 20:42 |
| Fanoftv | Is it wrong that I find Bulgaria’s entry quite catchy? | 10/05/2022 20:42 |
| DeMarkay | Haha, it does! I | 10/05/2022 20:43 |
| scottishtv | It sounds like a long Chris Moyles jingle from back in the day. | 10/05/2022 20:43 |
| bkman1990 | I'm loving the rock vibes from Bulgaria here. It's a real pity that I cannot vote for any of tonight's songs as I am an Irish viewer. I have to wait until Thursday 2nd SF to do it. | 10/05/2022 20:44 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | i just saw the netherlands intro and it's a graphic no stageefects | 10/05/2022 20:45 |
| DeMarkay | Someone let Nick Jr. out a little late | 10/05/2022 20:49 |
| JetixFann450 | DeMarkay, are you sure you're not watching Yo Gabba Gabba? | 10/05/2022 20:50 |
| bkman1990 | I guess the cult following will go to Moldova this year. G'wan lads do your stuff. | 10/05/2022 20:50 |
| DeMarkay | They have fantastic stage presence | 10/05/2022 20:51 |
| Newshound47 | Moldova is very enjoyable | 10/05/2022 20:51 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | i like how maldova's song beginning/chorus gives me "blitzkrig bobp" vibes | 10/05/2022 20:51 |
| DeMarkay | Definite Yo Gabba Gabba vibes | 10/05/2022 20:51 |
| JetixFann450 | Awe, gender reveal live on TV | 10/05/2022 20:52 |
| bkman1990 | Ah that was brilliant stuff from Moldova. I really enjoyed that. | 10/05/2022 20:52 |
| Josh | That's one way to announce your child's gender | 10/05/2022 20:52 |
| Brekkie | Second batch of songs seem much stronger | 10/05/2022 20:53 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | from a presentation side of things, i do love the sun based intro graphics for each co0untry | 10/05/2022 20:53 |
| scottishtv | Yeah, those country name/national colours aren't done live. Would be unnecessarily complex and you'd see silhouettes of the next act, which would look messy. | 10/05/2022 20:53 |
| ConorM98 | Shame about the sun not being able to spin. Hoping next year the stage is much simpler and less complex that Turin's attempt | 10/05/2022 20:54 |
| scottishtv | (just answering my own question there) | 10/05/2022 20:54 |
| 1stPlayerTokens | i get the feeling if the sun could rotate the intro graphics may have been done live | 10/05/2022 20:55 |
| Rexogamer | so far, this and Slovenia have been standouts to me | 10/05/2022 20:55 |
| TVNerd | Are we opting out of any filler segments tonight like last years Line of Duty thing? | 10/05/2022 20:56 |
| PATV Scunthorpe | @scottishtv The song titles aren't using the actual sun staging, it's just an on-screen graphic, it's generated over the live shots from the back of the arena. | 10/05/2022 20:57 |
| scottishtv | Thanks PATV | 10/05/2022 20:58 |
| bkman1990 | The typeface used for displaying the name of the countries postcards looks very similar to the promo material forSt Patrick's Festic | 10/05/2022 21:00 |
| Newshound47 | Scott just seemingly said they will be cutting out bits of the interval to show features | 10/05/2022 21:02 |
| TVNerd | Going by what they just said, I think there’ll be a opt out VT tonight | 10/05/2022 21:02 |
| bkman1990 | Jesus. Typing on a mobile is getting to become a real pain in the neck. I was going to say that the font used for the showing the countries names in the postcard scenes are like the ones used for St Patrick's Festival parade adverts used by RTÉ this year. | 10/05/2022 21:05 |
| Newshound47 | Looking at the odds most of the songs I am enjoying are looking like they will be going home p. | 10/05/2022 21:05 |
| Newshound47 | For example I quite enjoyed Denmark but the bookies are not giving it much of a chance. | 10/05/2022 21:06 |
| Josh | They did tease the interval earlier so I presume they will show them | 10/05/2022 21:08 |
| Brekkie | They'll probably skip both voting recaps with no UK vote tonight. Sadly suspect they'll skip at least one part of the interval too. | 10/05/2022 21:08 |
| scottishtv | There are uploading these performances quite quickly on to the ESC YouTube channel. | 10/05/2022 21:09 |
| caseyref | I suspect Diodato will be cut, it's a shame if they cut his performance out as it was really good from the jury show clips | 10/05/2022 21:09 |
| Newshound47 | They normally show at least one recap on the non voting semi | 10/05/2022 21:09 |
| DeMarkay | Their staging reminds me of the spinny-thing at the park | 10/05/2022 21:10 |
| Josh | Why do they keep cutting away to the audience ?? | 10/05/2022 21:11 |
| TVNerd | I’m really liking Austria | 10/05/2022 21:11 |
| Newshound47 | Really enjoyed Austria. Hope it sneaks through. Got a feeling I’m going to get one of my lowest scores in terms of who I want to go through vs who does. | 10/05/2022 21:12 |
| bkman1990 | It's the only song that has it's flag colours lit up on stage. | 10/05/2022 21:12 |
| Josh | Shouldn't the song name graphic be overlaid onto the stage? | 10/05/2022 21:13 |
| DeMarkay | Meet the 2022 version of The Carpenters | 10/05/2022 21:14 |
| telebox2001 | Theyve said theyre taking Diodato | 10/05/2022 21:14 |
| caseyref | Does something seem off in their timing? | 10/05/2022 21:16 |
| bkman1990 | Ok. Norway's entry is very unuaual for this year's contest. Their costumes are very weird however the beat to the song is not bad. | 10/05/2022 21:23 |
| scottishtv | (and STV) | 10/05/2022 21:24 |
| scottishtv | 100% more entertaining than The Games on ITV | 10/05/2022 21:24 |
| QuinnTFP | I love Norway's entry a lot. It's good to have something a bit different. I'm still pretty convinced its Ylvis in those costumes though | 10/05/2022 21:25 |
| scottishtv | Welcome @AxG! | 10/05/2022 21:26 |
| AxG | Oh I just found this. | 10/05/2022 21:26 |
| DeMarkay | This is a rip-off of Ho Hey by The Lumineers. | 10/05/2022 21:28 |
| AxG | So apparently the Astronaut DJ in Norway is last year's representative Tix | 10/05/2022 21:28 |
| scottishtv | I don't really understand the staging. Maybe I need to read the lyrics? | 10/05/2022 21:29 |
| AxG | How long is voting? Please don't let it be more than 15 minutes. | 10/05/2022 21:30 |
| bkman1990 | Armenia's entry was alright The staging is a bit unusual although the lyrics were nice. | 10/05/2022 21:31 |
| TVNerd | It finishes at 10:10pm so surely no longer than 15 minutes | 10/05/2022 21:31 |
| Josh | Looks like we're being shown the recap tonight | 10/05/2022 21:32 |
| Newshound47 | I hope Lithuania, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Moldova, Croatia, Denmark, Austria, Grecce, Norway and Armenia go through | 10/05/2022 21:33 |
| scottishtv | Quite refreshing the only Albania has so far gone for the rather blatant topless, muscly guys approach. | 10/05/2022 21:34 |
| Newshound47 | I found Ukraine the worst of the night | 10/05/2022 21:34 |
| Newshound47 | With Portugal, Switzerland and Iceland all just missing out for me. | 10/05/2022 21:34 |
| TVNerd | They’ve clearly taken last year’s feedback that their line of duty parody opt out left a lot to be desired | 10/05/2022 21:34 |
| Josh | They've blurred out the "Voting lines are open!" graphic in the corner | 10/05/2022 21:35 |
| Josh | I'd rather have the Line of Duty sketch that sit through the recap to be honest | 10/05/2022 21:35 |
| Newshound47 | The people I am with - One wants Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Portugal, Croatia, Denmark, Austria, Greece and Armenia. And the other wants Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Moldova, Portugal, Croatia, Denmark, Greece and Armenia | 10/05/2022 21:37 |
| AxG | Some really sloppy camera work, or crew timing | 10/05/2022 21:38 |
| TVNerd | For me Bulgaria, Austria, Croatia, Ukraine, and Armenia are my favourite 5 | 10/05/2022 21:39 |
| Josh | Is that Children by Robert Miles | 10/05/2022 21:39 |
| TVNerd | Glad they didn’t opt out of this | 10/05/2022 21:40 |
| DeMarkay | Really enjoying this. | 10/05/2022 21:40 |
| bkman1990 | That interval act was great. | 10/05/2022 21:41 |
| Ash101 | smudging something in the bottom left? | 10/05/2022 21:41 |
| Ash101 | Ah thanks! | 10/05/2022 21:42 |
| TVNerd | The voting is now open message is being blurred out | 10/05/2022 21:42 |
| bkman1990 | The voting lines are open message is not blurred out on RTÉ2 in Ireland. | 10/05/2022 21:43 |
| Brekkie | You'd think they'd have a clean feed for countries not voting | 10/05/2022 21:44 |
| Newshound47 | Opt out airing. | 10/05/2022 21:44 |
| AxG | I almost thought they were gonna wheel out Raffaella Carrà, and I've not had any drink and knew she died | 10/05/2022 21:45 |
| Brekkie | Aren't the opt outs usually live? | 10/05/2022 21:45 |
| TVNerd | I think the opt outs were pre recorded last year too, as I seem to remember Scott was posting Instagram stories from a different room when they were on | 10/05/2022 21:47 |
| TVNerd | They haven’t bothered to blur the vote now countdown timer | 10/05/2022 21:48 |
| scottishtv | I like Scott but he's a much better on radio than telly. | 10/05/2022 21:48 |
| Newshound47 | Last years didn’t look as pre recorded as this years. | 10/05/2022 21:49 |
| Josh | Audience singing along, lovely | 10/05/2022 21:51 |
| AxG | The crowd are loving this. | 10/05/2022 21:51 |
| Josh | The sun is rotating! | 10/05/2022 21:53 |
| bkman1990 | Oh this song is brilliant. There's a real power to it that is very soothing and beautiful. | 10/05/2022 21:54 |
| Brekkie | What are we missing now then? These VT inserts could be done as podcasts really. | 10/05/2022 21:55 |
| Josh | Just a greenroom segment I think | 10/05/2022 21:56 |
| scottishtv | I'm not sure 2-3 minute opts would make for a very engaging podcast... | 10/05/2022 21:57 |
| DeMarkay | Would be nice for us to take part in Junior Eurovision | 10/05/2022 21:58 |
| DeMarkay | What was a trip down memory lane? | 10/05/2022 21:59 |
| AxG | It was a trip down memory lane | 10/05/2022 21:59 |
| DeMarkay | Ah I missed it! | 10/05/2022 22:00 |
| Josh | Archive footage | 10/05/2022 22:00 |
| scottishtv | Between the twisty drone shots, the performance camera work and plenty of booze, my head will be spinning on Saturday night. | 10/05/2022 22:01 |
| bkman1990 | The staging looks very Irish in France 's entry this year. | 10/05/2022 22:01 |
| Josh | They just host again (provided they want to); Ireland won 4 times in a row in the 90s I think | 10/05/2022 22:02 |
| AxG | They host again (if they want). | 10/05/2022 22:02 |
| DeMarkay | A country can’t win twice can they? If so, what’s the protocol? | 10/05/2022 22:02 |
| Newshound47 | I can’t see Italy winning again. That Clip didn’t scream winner. | 10/05/2022 22:03 |
| AxG | 3 times in a row, then Norway, and then another Irish win | 10/05/2022 22:03 |
| scottishtv | That graphic that popped up about the next programme on BBC three suggest there's some over running! | 10/05/2022 22:04 |
| DeMarkay | Detecting a slight British accent from Martin, could be wrong though! | 10/05/2022 22:05 |
| scottishtv | Obviously this won't be concluded in 6 minutes | 10/05/2022 22:05 |
| AxG | Mika can't count. ? | 10/05/2022 22:05 |
| PATV Scunthorpe | Nice subtle movement of the sun in the background | 10/05/2022 22:06 |
| DeMarkay | I know Martin is Swedish but it threw me off slightly | 10/05/2022 22:06 |
| AxG | Martin is Swedish. | 10/05/2022 22:06 |
| Josh | Having all 3 presenters do the results is interesting | 10/05/2022 22:06 |
| AxG | That's its top speed. Big Grin | 10/05/2022 22:07 |
| Josh | Did someone just run past the camera? | 10/05/2022 22:07 |
| DeMarkay | They’re through | 10/05/2022 22:08 |
| Brekkie | ... or not | 10/05/2022 22:08 |
| AxG | I'm happy with these so far. | 10/05/2022 22:08 |
| Brekkie | Random order is leaving Ukraine till the end I guess. | 10/05/2022 22:08 |
| Fanoftv | I’m surprised at some of the qualifiers so far. | 10/05/2022 22:08 |
| Josh | Moldovia are through | 10/05/2022 22:09 |
| bkman1990 | Ukraine is through to Saturday's final. | 10/05/2022 22:09 |
| DeMarkay | I have three finalists through! Switzerland, The Netherlands and Moldova! | 10/05/2022 22:10 |
| Newshound47 | I have a bad feeling the UK is going to underperform quite badly in the final - just feel the hype is getting too much. | 10/05/2022 22:11 |
| AxG | People really tossing the salad in the compost heap. | 10/05/2022 22:11 |
| Brekkie | surely they could have put the UK credits under the video window rather than reducing the screen further | 10/05/2022 22:12 |
| Josh | That's interesting: credits and finalist recap side-by-side | 10/05/2022 22:12 |
| scottishtv | So... the Albania muscle guys and the Bulgarian Chris Moyles jingle didn't make it! | 10/05/2022 22:12 |
| AxG | *there | 10/05/2022 22:13 |
| Newshound47 | I think Switzerland, Lithuania and Iceland could all do quite badly with the televote on Saturday. | 10/05/2022 22:13 |
| AxG | No sponsorship logos their. | 10/05/2022 22:13 |
| Brekkie | do the semi finals usually have credits. guess they normally opt out. worth noting there has been no live in-vision presentation tonight | 10/05/2022 22:13 |
| Josh | I think they blurred them out @AxG | 10/05/2022 22:14 |
| scottishtv | Not too bad and overrun really, 4 mins-ish | 10/05/2022 22:14 |
| DavidWhitfield | Disappointed to lose Albania, Austria, and Croatia. | 10/05/2022 22:17 |
| Brekkie | Could a fairly safe selection of acts getting through tonight work in the UK's favour. Honestly would say nothing bettered Spaceman tonight. | 10/05/2022 22:19 |
| DavidWhitfield | If we don't beat Moldova, we've really let ourselves down. | 10/05/2022 22:20 |
| Josh | I think our only competition is Sweden and Ukraine really | 10/05/2022 22:21 |
| scottishtv | I liked the lounge suit Slovenian teenage band. Oh well... | 10/05/2022 22:23 |
| Brekkie | At least Moldova stood out though. | 10/05/2022 22:26 |
| TVNerd | I’m really happy with tonight’s results, Switzerland and Iceland getting through were nice surprises, I thought they would be overlooked | 10/05/2022 22:27 |
| Brekkie | Iceland really stood out. | 10/05/2022 22:28 |
| AxG | Switzerland was a big "what?" | 10/05/2022 22:28 |
| TVNerd | I was definitely expecting Latvia and Austria though | 10/05/2022 22:29 |
| Rexogamer | I was certain Slovenia was gonna get through | 10/05/2022 22:34 |
| natashajacobs | Latvia and Austria really surprised me. Netherlands, Moldova and Iceland I didn’t expect tbh. | 10/05/2022 22:35 |
| natashajacobs | Lithuania also was a surprise | 10/05/2022 22:36 |
| PATV Scunthorpe | I'm surprised by Austria, I thought they'd easily go through. Personally I'm not surprised by Latvia. | 10/05/2022 22:36 |
| telebox2001 | Have to say that was one of the better BBC productions of a semi but I could have smacked them for talking over that opening VT | 10/05/2022 23:06 |
| Rexogamer | Definitely - I wanted to hear what the story was :/ | 10/05/2022 23:19 |
| Rob | Just finished work, loved reading back on tonight's events. Thanks to you all for taking part. The chatbox will stay open for the duration of the contest, and I may even have time to make a few tiny alterations as well tomorrow. | 10/05/2022 23:21 |
| Brekkie | Can now rewatch on YouTube without the commentary | 10/05/2022 23:27 |
| Josh | Ukraine will be performing in the FIRST HALF on Saturday. | 10/05/2022 23:31 |
| Brekkie | Everything seems to be going the UKs way ATM. | 10/05/2022 23:39 |
| Newshound47 | Ukraine in the first half will be intrestinf | 10/05/2022 23:47 |
| Newshound47 | I do wonder if Ukraine will accept not hosting if the EBU decide it’s too much of a risk thst things could escalate next autumn onwards. | 10/05/2022 23:52 |
| DavidWhitfield | Really liked this year's Austrian entry when I first heard a recording of it. The live vocal seemed pretty dire, alas, and they failed to qualify. I admit to being quite surprised by Moldova and Iceland's qualification. | 11/05/2022 07:29 |
| no1fanofthepals | I think Moldova's song wasn't that bad but it definitely could have been stronger. | 11/05/2022 07:48 |
| Newshound47 | I do agree with the comments elsewhere about how flat the arena felt. Didn’t feel like the normal atmosphere | 11/05/2022 10:13 |
| EJnutz | Croatia stood out for me but did not make the cut. | 11/05/2022 10:39 |
| Newshound47 | #You Tube | 11/05/2022 11:09 |
| Newshound47 | Ukraine is domanting the You Tybe views. Clearest sign it will likely win the televote. | 11/05/2022 11:09 |
| Newshound47 | I think for the BBC Ukraine winning and the Uk flopping would solidify the main criticism of Eurovision and that’s risky. | 11/05/2022 13:18 |
| telebox2001 | Ukraine winning would fuel the "Policital!" Arguments. It would be V damaging for the brand in the UK | 11/05/2022 17:51 |
| lepeterrr | Lets be honest though, is Ukraine's lead because they have a great song and performance and stuff? Or is it because of what they are currently having to endure. | 11/05/2022 18:22 |
| Newshound47 | I don’t think they would be favourite but for what has happened | 11/05/2022 18:44 |
| Newshound47 | I don’t rate the song at all but many do. I suspect it would be between 6th and 13th in the odds otherwise going by where it was pre invasion. | 11/05/2022 18:45 |
| Josh | I think it will do extremely well in the televote, but the juries will be less likely. I think the first half placement won't help them (although recent winners have been placed there) but we'll have to see. | 11/05/2022 22:00 |
| Ash101 | I think the Ukraine odds are an interesting one. It’s not one of my favourite songs of the contest this year, but maybe it’s got more people paying attention to it (because of the awful situation) and as such grows in popularity? Can be very easily forgotten in the semi finals… but everyone is taking an extra interest in Ukraine this year | 12/05/2022 01:40 |
| Ash101 | That should’ve read, it can be very easy to be forgotten in the semis | 12/05/2022 01:41 |
| Classicnewcbbc | This is new | 12/05/2022 10:26 |
| DeMarkay | If you’re talking about the chat box, then no. It’s not new. | 12/05/2022 10:37 |
| Michael | The chat box has always been here, what you on about | 12/05/2022 18:38 |
| all new Phil | What chat box? | 12/05/2022 18:45 |
| Dog1818 | e | 12/05/2022 19:05 |
| NinjaBoi | Im sure they went live from the pre-recorded intro place during the one show? | 12/05/2022 20:00 |
| DeMarkay | Nobody was talking to you Michael. I was responding to the message underneath my original one. | 12/05/2022 20:02 |
| DeMarkay | Are they strong? | 12/05/2022 20:03 |
| AxG | Watch out for Serbia | 12/05/2022 20:03 |
| DeMarkay | Anyway, Semi Final 2. Let’s go! | 12/05/2022 20:03 |
| Josh | Looks like they listened to Brekkie, no speaking during the intro tonight | 12/05/2022 20:04 |
| DeMarkay | Nothing for us to worry about then | 12/05/2022 20:04 |
| AxG | I'd say odd | 12/05/2022 20:04 |
| scottishtv | I don't want to be rude to the hosts, but I really don't think the water feature is worthy of the amount of coverage it is constantly getting. | 12/05/2022 20:05 |
| DeMarkay | Haha, yes Josh | 12/05/2022 20:05 |
| AxG | At least it works | 12/05/2022 20:06 |
| bkman1990 | I switched over to Rylan and Scott on BBC Three. The wind is hitting off the aerial during RTÉ2's broadcast tonight. | 12/05/2022 20:06 |
| DeMarkay | I doubt it will happen but I would love to see Petra Mede hosting when Sweden win again | 12/05/2022 20:07 |
| AxG | It's the Finnish It clown. | 12/05/2022 20:10 |
| bkman1990 | I also watched GMB's interview with Rylan and Scott from Turin this morning. It was nice of them to give their support for Ireland during this 2nd SF. | 12/05/2022 20:10 |
| MrUdagawa | could someone remind me of the differences in production this year and previous years. Is RAI taking total control this year? | 12/05/2022 20:11 |
| scottishtv | Although, I'm not sure the black balloons against a black background for The Rasmus there really worked that well, seemed to block a few camera shots | 12/05/2022 20:13 |
| scottishtv | Crikey, that is a lot of strobe light effects. | 12/05/2022 20:13 |
| bkman1990 | Israel's performance has strobe effects too. | 12/05/2022 20:14 |
| DeMarkay | Vocals a bit weak, but I like the instrumental | 12/05/2022 20:15 |
| AxG | Not the vocals though. | 12/05/2022 20:15 |
| Newshound47 | Scott mentioning the Jury voting on the rehearsal. Commentators tend not to mention that is the case. | 12/05/2022 20:17 |
| AxG | The lighting rig looks way better than the sun. | 12/05/2022 20:17 |
| bkman1990 | Is the lighting strobe effects warning notice appearing on other broadcasters as well as the BBC. | 12/05/2022 20:18 |
| DeMarkay | Jesus Christ. What the hell is this. | 12/05/2022 20:18 |
| DeMarkay | Oh come on AxG haha | 12/05/2022 20:21 |
| AxG | Not gonna lie, that grew on me. | 12/05/2022 20:21 |
| scottishtv | @bkman1990 - no, from the style you can tell it's a BBC graphic. There's a bit of discussion in the main thread about the threshold for warnings being much stricter in the UK - where the broadcaster is unable to stop the effects occurring in the first place. | 12/05/2022 20:21 |
| Josh | Wash your hands for 20 seconds (or 3 minutes if you're in Serbia) | 12/05/2022 20:22 |
| Newshound47 | Serbia is a very weird song. | 12/05/2022 20:24 |
| bkman1990 | Azerbaijan's entry was really good. | 12/05/2022 20:25 |
| chaose | Is it just me or are the levels a bit off? Rylan and Scott seem quite a bit louder than the songs. | 12/05/2022 20:25 |
| scottishtv | *strobe effects graphic*: DRINK! | 12/05/2022 20:25 |
| AxG | Serbia has clean hands, but I don't think Georgia's beard has seen a lock of water. | 12/05/2022 20:26 |
| scottishtv | Tonight, so far feels more like classic Eurovision in terms of "unusual" performances... Smile | 12/05/2022 20:28 |
| MrUdagawa | The levels are always a bit off every year chaose. Worse on semis than the final | 12/05/2022 20:28 |
| all new Phil | Big fan of Malta. Love the dress. | 12/05/2022 20:30 |
| DeMarkay | Gorgeous staging for Malta but awful vocals. | 12/05/2022 20:30 |
| scottishtv | I'm glad she's wearing flat shoes, given she was standing on top of a piano on top of a platform on top of a stage on top of a waterfall... | 12/05/2022 20:31 |
| DeMarkay | Best staging of the completion so far, apart from Sam Ryder Wink | 12/05/2022 20:32 |
| chaose | MrUdagwa First time I notice it. Maybe my old rubbish telly never cared :-) | 12/05/2022 20:32 |
| AxG | Oh dear. | 12/05/2022 20:32 |
| bkman1990 | Malta's staging was really good. | 12/05/2022 20:36 |
| AxG | San Marino should be interesting. | 12/05/2022 20:36 |
| DeMarkay | What’s San Marino’s connection with Italy? | 12/05/2022 20:37 |
| DeMarkay | I wasn’t aware of that. | 12/05/2022 20:38 |
| AxG | Other than Italy totally surrounding it? | 12/05/2022 20:38 |
| bkman1990 | Great reaction from the audience there for San Marino. | 12/05/2022 20:41 |
| telebox2001 | Wow. Someone call the fire brigade | 12/05/2022 20:42 |
| AxG | Stobe drink! | 12/05/2022 20:42 |
| TVNerd | I loved San Marino | 12/05/2022 20:42 |
| bkman1990 | Is this the 1st time someone on Eurovision has sung on stage with a veil on their face? | 12/05/2022 20:43 |
| AxG | @Josh So wish i could like that comment. | 12/05/2022 20:43 |
| Josh | New rules this year: if two countries tie for first place, the one who stays the longest on San Marino's electrical bull wins | 12/05/2022 20:43 |
| Josh | One of the big 5 I think @DeMarkay | 12/05/2022 20:44 |
| AxG | @bkman I doubt it | 12/05/2022 20:44 |
| DeMarkay | If Australia wins, do we host? | 12/05/2022 20:44 |
| Josh | @AxG I'll put it in the thread if you want! Wink | 12/05/2022 20:45 |
| Newshound47 | It was said SBS wanted to co host with Germany if they ever win. | 12/05/2022 20:46 |
| Josh | Well they definitely won't want Italy to host! | 12/05/2022 20:47 |
| Newshound47 | I wonder if Eurovision has become too young leaning | 12/05/2022 20:47 |
| scottishtv | This drone projects very well in daylight | 12/05/2022 20:47 |
| AxG | Yeah I heard Germany rumours. | 12/05/2022 20:47 |
| Newshound47 | Not many of the songs appeal to the older audience so I am not sure how the final will go down on Saturday. I had promised the people I am with tonight was better than the first semi but they have hated all the songs so far tonight. And I haven’t really enjoyed any either to be honest. | 12/05/2022 20:48 |
| Josh | Cyprus falling a bit flat | 12/05/2022 20:48 |
| scottishtv | *superfluous waterfall shot*: DRINK! | 12/05/2022 20:48 |
| AxG | Cyprus not sounding good. | 12/05/2022 20:49 |
| AxG | Come on Ireland! | 12/05/2022 20:50 |
| bkman1990 | Cyprus was fine. But now it's Ireland next. I hope this goes well for Brooke and her crew tonight. Come-on Ireland. | 12/05/2022 20:51 |
| Josh | Ireland not getting a stage ready graphic | 12/05/2022 20:51 |
| AxG | Was their no artist and song graphic? | 12/05/2022 20:52 |
| scottishtv | Ádh mór, Éire! (Good luck) | 12/05/2022 20:52 |
| Brekkie | This vocal is abysmal. May be saved by the staging and lacklustre line up so far but Ireland's dire run is likely due to continue | 12/05/2022 20:53 |
| PATV Scunthorpe | Must have had a small graphics problem, the '10 Ireland #IRL' was a little late coming in | 12/05/2022 20:53 |
| bkman1990 | I hope the Stage audience remember the Irish entry. | 12/05/2022 20:54 |
| scottishtv | @AxG - you're right. I wound back on iPlayer and they had the flag logo but it didn't transition into the country name, song and artist name. | 12/05/2022 20:54 |
| Newshound47 | This semi has really disappointed me so far - remind me in the future to not trust people saying it’s meant to be the better semi. | 12/05/2022 20:54 |
| DeMarkay | Poor Ireland. | 12/05/2022 20:54 |
| scottishtv | I think Rylan's "awww" summed things up for Ireland. | 12/05/2022 20:55 |
| Josh | #WeWillGetBrookeScullionToQualifyForTheGrandFinalOfEurovision2022BecauseWeLikeThatSongActually | 12/05/2022 20:55 |
| Brekkie | Seen nothing all week which should worry Sam Ryder. | 12/05/2022 20:56 |
| bkman1990 | The on screen graphic has appeared for North Macedonia. | 12/05/2022 20:56 |
| Josh | For a song called Circles there aren't very many circles | 12/05/2022 20:58 |
| Brekkie | North Macedonia the best so far by a mile. | 12/05/2022 20:58 |
| DavidWhitfield | One for the TRUE fans. | 12/05/2022 20:59 |
| DavidWhitfield | #TurquoiseCarpet Reference | 12/05/2022 20:59 |
| DavidWhitfield | As long as she keeps a vice-like grip on any flags she may be holding... | 12/05/2022 20:59 |
| DeMarkay | Is Sam Ryder within a strong chance? Or should we not get our hopes up? | 12/05/2022 21:00 |
| Josh | I understood that reference! | 12/05/2022 21:00 |
| AxG | Wink | 12/05/2022 21:00 |
| Josh | I think it's one of the best songs, but that might be me being patriotic | 12/05/2022 21:01 |
| scottishtv | Many of these acts aren't scared at throwing all sorts of colours, effects, transitions, filters etc all at their one three-minute slot. | 12/05/2022 21:02 |
| Josh | Christ, he's brave jumping from the stage to the catwalk like that | 12/05/2022 21:02 |
| AxG | Support the UK, it ends last and say never again, then repeat every year. | 12/05/2022 21:02 |
| telebox2001 | For once BBC 3 more interesting than the world feed | 12/05/2022 21:04 |
| AxG | Nothing will ever beat Belarus in 2009, that camera shot was a beauty. | 12/05/2022 21:04 |
| DeMarkay | Ooh, big cheer for the UK when Mika mentioned us | 12/05/2022 21:06 |
| DeMarkay | Finally a song I can groove to. Love this already. | 12/05/2022 21:08 |
| bkman1990 | I like Romania's entry. It's lyrics are very catchy. | 12/05/2022 21:09 |
| Josh | @scottishtv Wait until you see Poland | 12/05/2022 21:09 |
| DeMarkay | Chorus in Spanish, Chanel should be worried Wink | 12/05/2022 21:09 |
| AxG | Romania likes to use Spanish for some reason, they did it 10 year's ago too. | 12/05/2022 21:10 |
| DeMarkay | Oops, meant to say love it | 12/05/2022 21:10 |
| DeMarkay | I’d use this music for the end credits, love orb | 12/05/2022 21:10 |
| Newshound47 | Random fact - Romania normally does well in the Spanish televote due to the Diaspora vote. | 12/05/2022 21:11 |
| DeMarkay | Love the piano and violin. | 12/05/2022 21:11 |
| DeMarkay | The first five seconds got me. | 12/05/2022 21:11 |
| DeMarkay | For those familiar with the producer Timbaland, it’s a very Timbaland-like beat | 12/05/2022 21:12 |
| DeMarkay | HUGE fan of strings in music. | 12/05/2022 21:12 |
| scottishtv | Who looked at this and thought - we need *more* water effects dripping down the screen? | 12/05/2022 21:13 |
| scottishtv | @Josh: you weren't wrong | 12/05/2022 21:13 |
| Josh | It's a good song but the overloaded graphics ruin it | 12/05/2022 21:16 |
| DeMarkay | “I bet she gets all the channels with that dish” haha Big Grin | 12/05/2022 21:18 |
| scottishtv | @DeMarkay: A classic bit of audience participation!! heh | 12/05/2022 21:19 |
| TVNerd | that was meant to be a laughing emoji | 12/05/2022 21:19 |
| TVNerd | ? “just call her Freesat” | 12/05/2022 21:19 |
| scottishtv | @TVNerd: If you do the old-school method of typing your emoji using letters, the Shoutbox seems to convert them | 12/05/2022 21:20 |
| DeMarkay | Do we know what position we’re going to perform in on Saturday? | 12/05/2022 21:20 |
| AxG | We're in the second half, but the running order should be released after this SF and press conference, probably after 12 ish | 12/05/2022 21:21 |
| Newshound47 | That shot of the crowd during Monternegro showing people looking bored was very poor | 12/05/2022 21:21 |
| DeMarkay | Now we head to the land of ABBA and IKEA | 12/05/2022 21:22 |
| TVNerd | @scottishtv ah ok Smile | 12/05/2022 21:22 |
| bkman1990 | Belgium's performance was good. | 12/05/2022 21:23 |
| AxG | Mamma Mia here we go again. | 12/05/2022 21:23 |
| Josh | @AxG Probably early hours tomorrow/early morning. There's a dress rehearsal before the jury final tomorrow I think | 12/05/2022 21:23 |
| Newshound47 | I think the people I am with are going to be disappointed. They have enjoyed most of the songs thst the bookies think have little to jo chance of getting through and have hated many of the favourites | 12/05/2022 21:25 |
| scottishtv | I did like Sweden | 12/05/2022 21:26 |
| Josh | Cornelia Jakobs there showing us a sun that can actually work | 12/05/2022 21:27 |
| scottishtv | I'm not sure why they are so fussy about the wired microphone though. I'm not sure it added much. | 12/05/2022 21:27 |
| DeMarkay | That is EPIC! | 12/05/2022 21:28 |
| DeMarkay | WOAH! | 12/05/2022 21:28 |
| all new Phil | Love this | 12/05/2022 21:29 |
| bkman1990 | The Czech Republic entry is actually a better entry than Sweden. | 12/05/2022 21:29 |
| DavidWhitfield | There was a tremendous Melodifestivalen track called Run To The Hills which was pipped by Cornelia. Great song. Very Eurovision. | 12/05/2022 21:29 |
| Newshound47 | The initial camera shots for Sweden make it look she is filming a green screen film. Very Distinctive voice but I’m not sure the song is winner worthy. | 12/05/2022 21:29 |
| AxG | That's the lighting budget gone. | 12/05/2022 21:29 |
| AxG | @no1 yes | 12/05/2022 21:30 |
| fusionlad | It did cut off (watching sky q) | 12/05/2022 21:30 |
| no1fanofthepals | Did the sound cut off quickly or was that just me just now? | 12/05/2022 21:30 |
| DavidWhitfield | #CZE have a strong entry this year. Cathy. | 12/05/2022 21:30 |
| Brekkie | #CZE still credited as Czech Republic - thought Czechia was standard now. | 12/05/2022 21:32 |
| DeMarkay | Who designs the graphics? | 12/05/2022 21:33 |
| Brekkie | For a few years around the turn of the century the BBC had responsibility for the graphics but doubt that has been the case for a long time. Scoreboards and voting graphics pretty much follow the same template from year to year now which is a bit boring really. | 12/05/2022 21:35 |
| DeMarkay | I wonder what Eurovision on ITV and ITV2 would look like | 12/05/2022 21:36 |
| scottishtv | @DeMarkay: I think if ITV had it, they'd show the semis and grand final all on the main channel. After all, *coughs* The Games *cough* is on this week. | 12/05/2022 21:39 |
| AxG | I think the scoreboard design hasn't really changed much since 2011. | 12/05/2022 21:39 |
| AxG | No ITV2 HD on Freeview or Freesat. | 12/05/2022 21:40 |
| Brekkie | And given the ad breaks are limited and we see what we're missing at the moment we know we wouldn't miss much. | 12/05/2022 21:40 |
| Brekkie | It's more what ITV or C4 would do with the selection show. I think both would show the full event on the main channel and it's ridiculous the BBC didn't move the semis to BBC2 at least when BBC3 closed initially. | 12/05/2022 21:41 |
| Newshound47 | I would like to see Finland, Malta, Ireland, North Macedonia, Estonia, Poland, Montenegro, Belgium, Sweden and the Czech Republic qualify. | 12/05/2022 21:41 |
| Newshound47 | One of the people I am with wants Finland, Malta, Ireland, North Macedonia, Estonia, Romania, Poland. Montenegro, Belgium, Sweden and the Czech Republic | 12/05/2022 21:43 |
| scottishtv | The host definitely had more creative control than the show we see these days. | 12/05/2022 21:43 |
| scottishtv | I loved the Norway VR scoreboard in 1996 (the first I can vaguely remember). It was a bit mad with bolts and chains floating around the screen in the background throughout the voting. | 12/05/2022 21:43 |
| Newshound47 | Actually I missed off Romania from my choices instead of Belgium. | 12/05/2022 21:44 |
| Newshound47 | And the other I am with wants Finland, Israel, Ireland, North Macedonia, Estonia, Romania, Poland, Belgium, Sweden and the Czech Republic | 12/05/2022 21:45 |
| DeMarkay | Mine are, 1. Israel - Michael Ben David 2. Azerbaijan - Nadir Rustamli 3. Georgia - Circus Mircus 4. San Marino - Achille Lauro 5. Australia - Sheldon Riley 6. North Macedonia - Andrea 7. Romania - WRS 8. Poland - Ochman 9. Belgium - Jérémie Makiese 10. Czech Republic - We Are Domi | 12/05/2022 21:45 |
| scottishtv | You'd have to be keen to be awake and voting in Australia | 12/05/2022 21:49 |
| DavidWhitfield | My qualifiers: Finland, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus, Ireland, North Macedonia, Estonia, Romania, Sweden, Czech Republic | 12/05/2022 21:50 |
| Brekkie | You've all got better short term memories than me! | 12/05/2022 21:51 |
| Josh | Israel, Serbia, Georgia, San Marino, Australia, Ireland, Romania, Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic for me | 12/05/2022 21:51 |
| MrUdagawa | Ditto Brekkie! | 12/05/2022 21:53 |
| DavidWhitfield | You compile your list during the phoneline recap! Come on, lads, that's basic! | 12/05/2022 21:54 |
| DeMarkay | No David, you compile your list during the performances Wink | 12/05/2022 21:55 |
| DavidWhitfield | I eat during the filler crap while Europe are watching adverts, Brekkie. Wink | 12/05/2022 21:56 |
| DavidWhitfield | Scandalous. | 12/05/2022 21:56 |
| DavidWhitfield | And take your attention off the spectacle, DeMarkay?!?!! | 12/05/2022 21:56 |
| Brekkie | That's when you eat David! | 12/05/2022 21:56 |
| Josh | It's been ears since we've had such excitement! | 12/05/2022 21:58 |
| scottishtv | *strobe warning*: DRIiinNnnkKkkk... | 12/05/2022 21:58 |
| DeMarkay | SAMMMM!!!!! | 12/05/2022 21:59 |
| scottishtv | @Josh: Not sure my ears were that excited Big Grin | 12/05/2022 21:59 |
| scottishtv | Did I hear the crowd singing along with Sam ?!! | 12/05/2022 22:01 |
| AxG | Nice of Chanel to lend him her suit. | 12/05/2022 22:01 |
| Newshound47 | And what was uo with the sounds | 12/05/2022 22:02 |
| DeMarkay | COME ON THE UK! | 12/05/2022 22:02 |
| Newshound47 | Chanel sounded like she was accepting an Oscar with all the training my whole life speech. | 12/05/2022 22:02 |
| DeMarkay | You did indeed Big Grin | 12/05/2022 22:02 |
| Josh | I don't get nervous, but I'm starting to get a bit shaky, you know what I mean? I'm a little bit wheyyy | 12/05/2022 22:03 |
| Brekkie | Collectively the best effort from the Big 5 in many years | 12/05/2022 22:03 |
| Newshound47 | In Spain’s preview? It sounded very quiet. | 12/05/2022 22:03 |
| no1fanofthepals | I actually think Germany's song will place quite low this year. Typical 'uplifting' song. | 12/05/2022 22:03 |
| Josh | Just referencing a video | 12/05/2022 22:04 |
| Josh | 12/05/2022 22:04 | |
| DeMarkay | A bit shaky Josh, why? | 12/05/2022 22:04 |
| scottishtv | #YoureGoodToGo | 12/05/2022 22:05 |
| DavidWhitfield | You're good to go! | 12/05/2022 22:05 |
| TVNerd | #teamSPACEMAN | 12/05/2022 22:05 |
| DeMarkay | Ohh haha | 12/05/2022 22:05 |
| bkman1990 | Well done CZE | 12/05/2022 22:06 |
| DavidWhitfield | Domiiiiiiiii | 12/05/2022 22:06 |
| bkman1990 | Belgium is through | 12/05/2022 22:06 |
| scottishtv | I quite liked Belgium... nice. | 12/05/2022 22:06 |
| no1fanofthepals | We're good to go!! | 12/05/2022 22:06 |
| bkman1990 | Poland is #4 | 12/05/2022 22:07 |
| scottishtv | Am I the only one saying this out loud in French as well... | 12/05/2022 22:07 |
| Josh | Is that the 2011 winner there in the Azerbaijani delegation? | 12/05/2022 22:07 |
| bkman1990 | Azerbaijan is #3 | 12/05/2022 22:07 |
| Josh | Good for you | 12/05/2022 22:07 |
| Newshound47 | Germany could be the lowest of the big five but maybe a qualifie will actually finish bottom this time for once.m | 12/05/2022 22:07 |
| bkman1990 | Finland is #5 | 12/05/2022 22:08 |
| DeMarkay | I have all four correct so far! | 12/05/2022 22:08 |
| Brekkie | Come on North Macedonia! | 12/05/2022 22:09 |
| bkman1990 | Australia is # 7 | 12/05/2022 22:09 |
| bkman1990 | Estonia #6 | 12/05/2022 22:09 |
| bkman1990 | Romania is #9 | 12/05/2022 22:10 |
| scottishtv | Squeaky bum time, Ireland | 12/05/2022 22:10 |
| DeMarkay | Oops! | 12/05/2022 22:10 |
| DeMarkay | Ireland* | 12/05/2022 22:10 |
| DeMarkay | Poor island | 12/05/2022 22:10 |
| bkman1990 | Sweden is #8 | 12/05/2022 22:10 |
| DavidWhitfield | Best Irish entry in years for me. | 12/05/2022 22:11 |
| bkman1990 | Serbia is #10 | 12/05/2022 22:11 |
| DavidWhitfield | Poor Brooke. | 12/05/2022 22:11 |
| scottishtv | The studio version wasn't too bad | 12/05/2022 22:12 |
| DavidWhitfield | Disagree DeMarkay. HARD disagree. | 12/05/2022 22:12 |
| DeMarkay | We all knew Ireland weren’t going to qualify. It was awful, sorry to be blunt. | 12/05/2022 22:12 |
| Josh | My heart was RACING | 12/05/2022 22:12 |
| AxG | Could have done without Belgium and Azerbaijan. IMO. | 12/05/2022 22:13 |
| scottishtv | #LoveYouBye | 12/05/2022 22:13 |
| Brekkie | Was a really poor vocal on the night too | 12/05/2022 22:14 |
| Brekkie | Agree DeMarkay - Ireland about 20 years behind the times with their act | 12/05/2022 22:14 |
| bkman1990 | Well I'm disappointed now. I thought Ireland had a chance but no it wasn't to be. | 12/05/2022 22:14 |
| Newshound47 | Serbia was shit. | 12/05/2022 22:15 |
| DeMarkay | Pre-Jemini and Post James Newman of course | 12/05/2022 22:15 |
| Brekkie | Ultimately though the semis have gone pretty well from a UK perspective. Sam Ryder should really stand out on Saturday - just hope he doesn't screw up the vocal tomorrow or Saturday | 12/05/2022 22:15 |
| aaron_scotland | Very surprised the likes of Serbia got through over San Marino! | 12/05/2022 22:15 |
| DeMarkay | They should take a leaf out of our book. | 12/05/2022 22:15 |
| Newshound47 | Why did they leave Serbia last. Really bumb note to leave it on. | 12/05/2022 22:16 |
| Newshound47 | I wonder if Ireland will withdraw. RTE are always in financial problems | 12/05/2022 22:16 |
| Newshound47 | I wonder why they left it last. I can’t imagine it was overtly popular | 12/05/2022 22:16 |
| scottishtv | @DeMarkay: haha, let's not get too cocky, we only took a leaf out of our own book a few months ago! Smile | 12/05/2022 22:16 |
| DeMarkay | Or Virgin Media Television | 12/05/2022 22:17 |
| DeMarkay | If they do withdraw then ITV on behalf of UTV should fund them. | 12/05/2022 22:17 |
| DeMarkay | From near Wembley Stadium, in North West London… GOODNIGHT! | 12/05/2022 22:19 |
| aaron_scotland | It’s going to be a very long dull final with the likes of Lithuania and Serbia through | 12/05/2022 22:19 |
| DeMarkay | © 2022 A TV Live Forum and BBC Studios Entertainment Co-Production | 12/05/2022 22:20 |
| Newshound47 | RTE is the only EBU member from Ireland. | 12/05/2022 22:20 |
| Newshound47 | I wonder if on Saturday AJ will be announced as coming from Salford or Manchester. I can’t imagine many people outside of the Uk have heard of Salford while everyone will know Manchester. | 12/05/2022 22:21 |
| DeMarkay | She’ll probably say Salford in Greater Manchester | 12/05/2022 22:22 |
| AxG | Is Hilversum that well known? | 12/05/2022 22:23 |
| scottishtv | Might they not just reference "the UK". I think it was the BBC that was a little more into the whole "London calling..." than anyone else. | 12/05/2022 22:24 |
| scottishtv | Gosh, imagine the cheer there will be when Ukraine present their results. | 12/05/2022 22:25 |
| DeMarkay | It’ll be a massive cheer | 12/05/2022 22:27 |
| natashajacobs | Sad for Ireland, I liked them. Definitely some surprises going through again, Belgiums vocal was awful. | 12/05/2022 22:28 |
| Newshound47 | I wonder if they have a back up plan in case the air raid sirens go off in Kyiv and the spokesperson has to shelter. | 12/05/2022 22:28 |
| AxG | I think the Ukraine commentator is already in a shelter, so maybe the spokesperson would also be. | 12/05/2022 22:33 |
| AxG | https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter...76108.html | 12/05/2022 22:35 |
| HarryB | Can we talk about anything here ? It just says "shout box" but everyones talking about Eurovision | 12/05/2022 23:40 |
| Josh | It was set up for Eurovision @HarryB | 12/05/2022 23:51 |
| Josh | https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/15...5623602191 | 13/05/2022 01:03 |
| Josh | Running order incoming | 13/05/2022 01:04 |
| Josh | INCOMING! | 13/05/2022 01:16 |
| Josh | https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/15...8042915847 | 13/05/2022 01:16 |
| Josh | The UK performs 22ND | 13/05/2022 01:21 |
| DavidWhitfield | 22nd for Sam Ryder. | 13/05/2022 01:21 |
| Newshound47 | Right between Australia and Poland. I think Ukraine in 12th probably means Ukraine are heading for a massive win (20 or more tele-vote 12’s) | 13/05/2022 01:28 |
| TVNerd | I’m pretty happy with our position this year | 13/05/2022 02:03 |
| DeMarkay | Is 22nd good? | 13/05/2022 08:41 |
| Newshound47 | It’s normally good but being in between Australia and Poland which are solo male singers is not the best. | 13/05/2022 10:10 |
| Brekkie | 22nd not a bad slot and actually wouldn't worry about the acts before and after being male singers as he stands out amongst them | 13/05/2022 11:17 |
| Brekkie | Indeed 5 of the last 6 are male performers | 13/05/2022 11:19 |
| DeMarkay | If Ukraine win Eurovision, who will host on their behalf? | 13/05/2022 11:59 |
| ConorM98 | sweden or possibly one of the big 5, markay | 13/05/2022 12:04 |
| Newshound47 | Well Jacob Rees-Moog has told people to vote for the Ukraine so if their do win I could easily see Boris Johnson urging the BBC to offer to host. | 13/05/2022 12:33 |
| telebox2001 | If we add to our silver cabinet, the BBC will probably step up. I would say it'll either be the BBC or SVT. | 13/05/2022 14:30 |
| telebox2001 | Gotta love JRM - it's the righties that mostly believe in the political voting myth ? | 13/05/2022 14:32 |
| Newshound47 | The streaming services are pointing to Ukraine winning the televote with Sweden, Netherlands, Spain and Italy also doing well. Sadly Sam is not doing that well which might point at not making the top 10 in the televote. | 13/05/2022 15:38 |
| Newshound47 | If he does flop through where will it leave the BBC. | 13/05/2022 15:39 |
| TVenthusiasm | I hope Ukraine wins the contest - they deserve it more than ever as a result of the war | 13/05/2022 15:53 |
| DeMarkay | Well sh*t, guess some of us got our hopes up | 13/05/2022 16:35 |
| DeMarkay | Myself included | 13/05/2022 16:36 |
| Newshound47 | Through to be fair in 2019 Norway topping the televote wasn’t predicted by the streaming services charts. | 13/05/2022 17:09 |
| scottishtv | The streaming services could easily just be showing people streaming their own entry in their own country, I'm not sure if read much into that. | 13/05/2022 17:37 |
| telebox2001 | Everyone slept on Portugal in 2017 | 13/05/2022 17:39 |
| telebox2001 | Italy were running away with it at the bookies | 13/05/2022 17:40 |
| DavidWhitfield | The song Portugal won in 2017 with was, in my opinion, horrendously boring. Evidently, I was in the minority with that thought, but I was astounded it won. | 13/05/2022 17:57 |
| telebox2001 | *him | 13/05/2022 18:28 |
| telebox2001 | I didnt mind it but Salvador's pretentiousness put me right off hin | 13/05/2022 18:28 |
| all new Phil | Portugal’s winning song was stunning. A proper timeless classic. | 13/05/2022 18:44 |
| Josh | ...the grand final dress rehearsal | 13/05/2022 18:48 |
| Josh | The UK have won! | 13/05/2022 18:48 |
| Newshound47 | Was Italy really the favourite by the day of the final. I was sure Portugal was. I loved the song but I am still amazed how it managed to win pretty much the same points from both the juries and televote. | 13/05/2022 18:53 |
| TVNerd | @josh is that just dummy votes or does it actually mean anything? | 13/05/2022 18:59 |
| telebox2001 | No it's just a dummy run to test the sat links etc etc | 13/05/2022 19:01 |
| Josh | They're just random numbers | 13/05/2022 19:01 |
| TVNerd | Thought so but I wasn’t sure, I’ve seen clips of it before | 13/05/2022 19:02 |
| telebox2001 | Allows the downlink studios to prep too | 13/05/2022 19:02 |
| Newshound47 | They often use big five countries as the fake winners | 13/05/2022 19:29 |
| Ash101 | Interesting interview on TalkTV just now with the Ukrainian Eurovision commentator! I'm unsure how many people will be able to watch it there though.. | 13/05/2022 19:44 |
| telebox2001 | Theyre showing it on an app, apparently | 13/05/2022 19:45 |
| Newshound47 | Sam’s performing in the jury rehearsal as I post this. Started at 21.56. I wonder what time it will start tommrow | 13/05/2022 22:00 |
| DeMarkay | If we don’t win, I’m happy with 2nd or 3rd place. Sam has been amazing. | 13/05/2022 22:05 |
| DeMarkay | Rylan is super pleased over on instagram | 13/05/2022 22:05 |
| Brekkie | Presumably around the same time given he's 22nd in the running order. | 13/05/2022 22:05 |
| Brekkie | Do the same hosts do all the jury shows too - guess it acts as a rehearsal. | 13/05/2022 22:07 |
| telebox2001 | Yes it's a full dry run | 13/05/2022 23:37 |
| Newshound47 | The Uk win the press poll of journalists who watched the Jury rehearsal. I can see a good jury performance but less certain of the televote. It’s been 11 years since a divorce | 13/05/2022 23:55 |
| Newshound47 | * a decent Uk televote so who knows what happen there. | 13/05/2022 23:56 |
| Brekkie | I'd give the voters more credit - more often than not the deserving songs come near the top - it's just been so long since we had a deserving song. | 14/05/2022 00:14 |
| Brekkie | I think it will go to one of the big 5 this year - Italy winning last year has done wonders for the confidence of the block as a whole. | 14/05/2022 00:15 |
| Brekkie | If the UK does do well with the jury and loses it on the Televote though expect the usual suspects in the press who don't understand anything, never mind the complexities of the Eurovision voting system, to cry "FIX" should we drop down the table | 14/05/2022 00:16 |
| Newshound47 | The final result was declared in the rehearsal at 23.58 and Norway were the fake winners this evening. | 14/05/2022 01:24 |
| Josh | If Subwoolfer win, do they have the stadia on the Moon to host 2023 or would another country (e.g. Norway) need to step in? Tongue | 14/05/2022 01:28 |
| telebox2001 | Does that mean the conrest would be held in space, man? | 14/05/2022 03:02 |
| DavidWhitfield | Ha. Lovely work, @telebox2001. | 14/05/2022 06:16 |
| Newshound47 | There is going to be political analysis of countries and their Ukraine scores. Imagine the reaction if the Uk jury didn’t give the song any points. | 14/05/2022 10:19 |
| Newshound47 | Malta is considering withdrawing from next year’s contest citing the politicalisation of the contest as result of Ukraine | 14/05/2022 10:29 |
| Newshound47 | I will be very surprised if they do | 14/05/2022 10:31 |
| DavidWhitfield | Sounds like sour grapes that they didn't get through if so. (And I liked the Maltese entry.) | 14/05/2022 11:01 |
| DavidWhitfield | I don't know what your source is, however. I've not seen any such suggestion. | 14/05/2022 11:03 |
| Newshound47 | https://escxtra.com/2022/05/14/press-pol...jury-show/ The Uk has won the press poll ahead of Sweden, Spain and Serbia. Ukraine joint 10th | 14/05/2022 11:44 |
| DeMarkay | Still not gonna get my hopes up, but well done to Sam. What an amazing guy. | 14/05/2022 11:46 |
| jonnie | Honestly trying to not get carried away with the idea of the UK winning - do we reckon if we ended up coming 2nd to Ukraine that we might volunteer to host in the event that Ukraine can't? | 14/05/2022 13:08 |
| DeMarkay | As said by someone previously, Rees Mogg has told Johnson to get on the phone and offer to host on their behalf with the BBC. | 14/05/2022 13:13 |
| Internationalman | This is NOT BBC One. This is ITV Two. | 14/05/2022 14:38 |
| DeMarkay | What? @Internationalman | 14/05/2022 14:49 |
| Newshound47 | The Uk is to give their votes 36th out of 40th tonight. | 14/05/2022 15:26 |
| telebox2001 | Malta won't withdraw, although given their advertising load makes US television look sparse, they probably don't care for the limited ad break opportunities. | 14/05/2022 15:40 |
| telebox2001 | *2022 | 14/05/2022 15:45 |
| telebox2001 | See the 2021 board is the same as 2017, 18 & 21 albeit with different skins. 2016 & 19 used a different board. | 14/05/2022 15:45 |
| telebox2001 | I think if Sweden or us come 2nd it's a done deal. I can't not see SVT offering, it's not like it's a challenge for them! | 14/05/2022 15:47 |
| Newshound47 | I don’t think Ukraine will give uo hosting easily thriugh. I think they will leave it as long as possible before a decision is made and the EBU will not want to be seen as being too harsh by making a quick decision against hosting, | 14/05/2022 16:25 |
| TV_Pres_Fan | If Ukraine win and are unable to host it themselves, they could do it in a neighbouring country such as Poland or Romania but have it branded as a Ukrainian show with Ukrainian presenters and performances in the interval etc. | 14/05/2022 16:54 |
| TV_Pres_Fan | As for our entry, I will happy just to be on the left side of the scoreboard! | 14/05/2022 16:56 |
| Newshound47 | I imagine the experience of 2017 will make the EBU nervous of sole control being given to the Ukrainian | 14/05/2022 16:59 |
| Newshound47 | Broadcaster. It wasn’t a smooth buildup at all. And looking at that Kyiv is only city in Ukraine that has most suitable venue. Lviv bid in 2017 was to put a roof on a stadium. There is a risk that stalemate occurs and we end up with Ukraine doing an Israel 1980 and withdrawing for next year. | 14/05/2022 17:05 |
| telebox2001 | The EBU havent exactly tried to deramp them though so I wonder if something is agreed behind closed doors. | 14/05/2022 17:08 |
| Newshound47 | I’m not sure the EBU have thought too far ahead. I imagine if they win tonight they will say see you next year in Ukraine/Kyiv | 14/05/2022 17:12 |
| DreamersTV | ukraine literally cannot afford to host next year.. | 14/05/2022 17:14 |
| Newshound47 | And then we will get weeks of articles before we know either way. | 14/05/2022 17:15 |
| Newshound47 | Having to contribute might be one reason that an alternative host is one of the big five or Sweden rather than Poland. | 14/05/2022 17:18 |
| DreamersTV | they wont host no matter the outcome | 14/05/2022 17:27 |
| telebox2001 | I wouldn’t want to be in BBC One pres right now! | 14/05/2022 17:41 |
| TV_Pres_Fan | Has something happened, or do you mean the general pressure of having the FA cup final and Eurovision on the same day? | 14/05/2022 17:44 |
| scottishtv | Seems easy enough to drop Pointless Celebrities should the football overrun. Can't see Eurovision being affected in any way. | 14/05/2022 17:47 |
| Newshound47 | I might be wrong but the FA cup final started at the somewhat odd time of 16.45 today which I think was to make sure it would all finish even with penalties by 8pm. Normally it’s 1700/17:15/17.30 | 14/05/2022 18:04 |
| Brekkie | BBC2 has clearly been scheduled to be able to take Pointless if the FA Cup overruns. The final was also bought foreard half an hour compared to previous years so evenvwith penaltiesshould be done by half 7. Indeed suspect BBC1 wouldn't mind that lead in at all. | 14/05/2022 18:05 |
| TIGHazard | Speaking of the FA cup, did anyone else suffer interference during the anthem? Picture was freezing and commentary was cutting out. (This was BBC One HD via Virgin) | 14/05/2022 18:09 |
| Newshound47 | I do hope the Uk doesn’t flop badly with the televote because that would led to a lot of toxicity. | 14/05/2022 18:27 |
| swaggyboi128 | Speaking of the Cup, did anyone else get a brief picture freeze around 83:40? Was watching One. | 14/05/2022 18:31 |
| telebox2001 | TBF that is a cracking lead in for BBC One | 14/05/2022 18:37 |
| telebox2001 | Looks like Extra Time, as you say I'm guessing Pointless to BBC 2 and the footy up to Te Deum at 8. | 14/05/2022 18:37 |
| swaggyboi128 | Going to extra time | 14/05/2022 18:39 |
| swaggyboi128 | *after the footy ends? | 14/05/2022 18:43 |
| swaggyboi128 | I was just about to compare the football to playoff hockey and then One cut to a man in a hockey shirt! Waiting to see if there's any mention of pointless being on 2, what happens o 2 | 14/05/2022 18:43 |
| TV_Pres_Fan | BBC Two are already showing a Eurovision programme at the moment, so moving the Pointless Eurovision special over there works quite well anyway | 14/05/2022 18:46 |
| swaggyboi128 | They mentioned Pointless Celebs just now but didn't direct viewers over to Two | 14/05/2022 19:21 |
| ConorM98 | The voting results are so intense | 14/05/2022 19:31 |
| ConorM98 | I'm legit gonna scream happy screams tonight if the UK wins | 14/05/2022 19:31 |
| tellyblues | Pointless is a repeat but it just shows you how irrelevant it is when it doesn't get a mention. | 14/05/2022 19:36 |
| tellyblues | a proper one that is | 14/05/2022 19:37 |
| Josh | Liverpool win the Eurovision Football Contest 2022 | 14/05/2022 19:42 |
| telebox2001 | RONNIE! | 14/05/2022 19:53 |
| telebox2001 | Can you hear me Ronnie? | 14/05/2022 19:53 |
| TVNerd | Here we go! | 14/05/2022 20:00 |
| scottishtv | Ah, so nice to hear Graham's voice. | 14/05/2022 20:01 |
| DeMarkay | If we win, I’m going to scream my house down | 14/05/2022 20:02 |
| TVenthusiasm | Great intro | 14/05/2022 20:02 |
| Newshound47 | that if the Uk ever hosts Liverpool must be a contention. | 14/05/2022 20:02 |
| DeMarkay | Beautiful opening. | 14/05/2022 20:02 |
| Brekkie | Is the Eurovision fanfare the oldest theme still in use on British TV? | 14/05/2022 20:02 |
| Newshound47 | I’ve always felt l | 14/05/2022 20:02 |
| brioalex | COME ON SAM! Get us to the left side of the score board at least! | 14/05/2022 20:02 |
| Josh | 3 minutes in and we have our first costume change | 14/05/2022 20:03 |
| Newshound47 | That opening was wonderful but it feels like it just further the idea that Ukraine should win | 14/05/2022 20:03 |
| Josh | 3 costumes in the space of 2 minutes | 14/05/2022 20:04 |
| DeMarkay | Pre-recorded opening it seems | 14/05/2022 20:04 |
| scottishtv | I've still a bit gruff from shouting at the football. | 14/05/2022 20:04 |
| TVenthusiasm | Brekkie - i think the fanfare may very well be the oldest theme on British TV, such an iconic theme | 14/05/2022 20:04 |
| TVenthusiasm | Costumes now yellow - performance may be pre-recorded so | 14/05/2022 20:05 |
| DeMarkay | Italy have done a fantastic job and it’s been lovely to see Mika again. | 14/05/2022 20:05 |
| Josh | Take a shot every time Laura changes her costume | 14/05/2022 20:05 |
| Josh | 4 costumes | 14/05/2022 20:05 |
| Newshound47 | Did anyone else have it buffer just then? | 14/05/2022 20:05 |
| TVenthusiasm | Man, they really love changing costumes on a constant basic | 14/05/2022 20:06 |
| Brekkie | She's no Petra Mede. | 14/05/2022 20:06 |
| brioalex | Having not watched any of the semi finals can I just say that waterfall stage is absolutely mental! | 14/05/2022 20:06 |
| Josh | 5 costumes | 14/05/2022 20:06 |
| Brekkie | Alessandro the best of the three for sure | 14/05/2022 20:07 |
| Josh | Recent = 10 years old next year | 14/05/2022 20:07 |
| Brekkie | Dodgy canera ahots there | 14/05/2022 20:07 |
| Josh | Bit of a camera wobble there | 14/05/2022 20:07 |
| scottishtv | @brioalex: don't worry, there will be no minute that goes by without the waterfall featuring in it! | 14/05/2022 20:07 |
| DeMarkay | BIG fan of Alessandro Cattelan too! | 14/05/2022 20:07 |
| DeMarkay | Indeed Brekkie, indeed. I LOVE Petra. | 14/05/2022 20:07 |
| scottishtv | I forgot they did an athletes parade. | 14/05/2022 20:08 |
| TVenthusiasm | Oh dear - a brief wobble with the camera just now. Countries walking out now | 14/05/2022 20:08 |
| AxG | Incredible staging with poor camera work. | 14/05/2022 20:08 |
| JetixFann450 | Didn't know a channel had a lead singer. | 14/05/2022 20:09 |
| Brekkie | Lead singer of 5Star. How relevant. | 14/05/2022 20:09 |
| DeMarkay | Graham is a bit too low | 14/05/2022 20:09 |
| TVenthusiasm | I think Brekkie may be referencing 5Star the band, not 5Star the channel | 14/05/2022 20:10 |
| Brekkie | No love there for Germany at all | 14/05/2022 20:10 |
| AxG | Chanel No 10 - the new fragrance from Chanel | 14/05/2022 20:10 |
| DeMarkay | In terms of? | 14/05/2022 20:11 |
| Brekkie | Iceland could be the wildcard here. | 14/05/2022 20:11 |
| AxG | Germany having the weakest song of the big 5 | 14/05/2022 20:11 |
| TVenthusiasm | *to | 14/05/2022 20:11 |
| Mike | I'm on the iPlayer feed, so usually a couple of minutes lag but the flag parade is going on | 14/05/2022 20:12 |
| AxG | Calm the f down people. Wink | 14/05/2022 20:12 |
| DeMarkay | Woop* | 14/05/2022 20:12 |
| Josh | How long does this opening sequence last usually? 12 minutes and we're only just finishing the flag parade | 14/05/2022 20:12 |
| DeMarkay | Woo0 | 14/05/2022 20:12 |
| TVenthusiasm | A big ovation for the UK | 14/05/2022 20:12 |
| Josh | Laura's changed her outfit again | 14/05/2022 20:13 |
| scottishtv | The v/o is no Peter Dickson, is he? | 14/05/2022 20:13 |
| TVenthusiasm | Presenters walking out now | 14/05/2022 20:13 |
| TVenthusiasm | Don't think it's Peter | 14/05/2022 20:14 |
| Brekkie | Laura the weak link amongst the hosts. | 14/05/2022 20:15 |
| Mike | This is the way you left me, I'm not pretending | 14/05/2022 20:15 |
| Mike | so that's what became of Mika | 14/05/2022 20:15 |
| DeMarkay | This will sound horrible but I hope Poland and Australia f*ck up | 14/05/2022 20:15 |
| AxG | At least we only have three. | 14/05/2022 20:16 |
| Josh | And we're off | 14/05/2022 20:16 |
| DeMarkay | I prefer Eurovision with two hosts | 14/05/2022 20:16 |
| scottishtv | *strobe effects* DRINK! | 14/05/2022 20:17 |
| DeMarkay | No strobe light warning | 14/05/2022 20:17 |
| Rexogamer | I think the two host setup works a bit better | 14/05/2022 20:17 |
| TVenthusiasm | The songs have started - Czech Republic on now | 14/05/2022 20:17 |
| scottishtv | I'm glad Graham find the drone a little contrived as well! | 14/05/2022 20:17 |
| DeMarkay | VERY weak vocals | 14/05/2022 20:18 |
| Mike | I don't like the postcards, they're weak and remind me of Watch Dogs | 14/05/2022 20:18 |
| DeMarkay | I’ve removed them from my top 10. | 14/05/2022 20:19 |
| TVNerd | I think the Czech song is marginally better than the semis | 14/05/2022 20:19 |
| Josh | The vocals aren't the best | 14/05/2022 20:19 |
| AxG | A real light show | 14/05/2022 20:19 |
| Rexogamer | loved the "lights off" effect | 14/05/2022 20:19 |
| Mike | reminds me of being wasted in Heaven at 3am, it's giving me hangover vibes | 14/05/2022 20:20 |
| Brekkie | Was better in the semis | 14/05/2022 20:20 |
| scottishtv | Yes, it's got Martin Garrix feel about it, if the vocal was stronger | 14/05/2022 20:20 |
| TVenthusiasm | The performance honestly looks like a light show | 14/05/2022 20:20 |
| TVenthusiasm | *now | 14/05/2022 20:21 |
| Rexogamer | Great line but this definitely works better with a co-host | 14/05/2022 20:21 |
| TVenthusiasm | Romania is onstage no | 14/05/2022 20:21 |
| Josh | The first example of the great Italian shirt shortage of 2022 | 14/05/2022 20:21 |
| Brekkie | When you're performing to hundreds of millions on Saturday night but put your shirts on too hot a wash in the morning. | 14/05/2022 20:22 |
| scottishtv | @Mike: I already feel drunk with the twisty drone shots in the postcards ... which I think will only get worse *opens wine* | 14/05/2022 20:22 |
| Mike | Not quite 'Yodel It' from 2017 | 14/05/2022 20:23 |
| Mike | I hope it gets better, sadly I've run out of booze so I'm on soft drinks | 14/05/2022 20:23 |
| scottishtv | They'll have glitter all over their bed sheets for weeks! | 14/05/2022 20:24 |
| Rexogamer | Much stronger performance, slightly worse song in my opinion | 14/05/2022 20:24 |
| Brekkie | Re: Postcards. They are what they are but thankful Eurovision have resisted the temptation to replace them with standard reality TV intros to each singer. | 14/05/2022 20:24 |
| AxG | Romania being in the death slot, so we shouldn't be worried. | 14/05/2022 20:24 |
| scottishtv | With the stages of being quite generic now, the postcards are probably even more important to the host countries these days for tourism reasons. | 14/05/2022 20:25 |
| AxG | It's glitter, but it looked like cling film to me. Smile | 14/05/2022 20:25 |
| Rexogamer | and yeah - say what you will about them, at least they're fairly plesant on the ears | 14/05/2022 20:25 |
| Mike | Imagine showering after? It would be like a unicorn's sneezed on you | 14/05/2022 20:25 |
| Rexogamer | Plenty of smoke though | 14/05/2022 20:26 |
| Mike | the postcards just come across as cheaply done | 14/05/2022 20:26 |
| TVenthusiasm | No water falling down form the stage for Portugal it seems | 14/05/2022 20:26 |
| DeMarkay | Do we go through all the songs at once or is there a break? | 14/05/2022 20:27 |
| AxG | @TVenthusiasm Good, it is noisy | 14/05/2022 20:27 |
| Mike | She sounds unwell | 14/05/2022 20:27 |
| Adam Till | Not sure about the staging of this performance. | 14/05/2022 20:27 |
| AxG | Chair to win! | 14/05/2022 20:28 |
| Josh | Nice shot of a chair there | 14/05/2022 20:28 |
| ethanh05 | They're getting a lot of usage out of that one crowd shot. | 14/05/2022 20:28 |
| AxG | @DeMarkay They'll be a couple of breaks for those who show adverts. | 14/05/2022 20:28 |
| Brekkie | This is even duller than the song they won with a few years back | 14/05/2022 20:28 |
| scottishtv | Our entry wanted nothing to do with the water feature either, which makes me love it all the more! | 14/05/2022 20:28 |
| TVenthusiasm | She sounds like she's not happy | 14/05/2022 20:28 |
| Rexogamer | Only just noticed that transition between the postcard and the performance - looks pretty nice but a bit of a contrast against the generally darker pres | 14/05/2022 20:29 |
| scottishtv | Haha, I don't have BEARS on my bingo card but it should be there... Smile | 14/05/2022 20:29 |
| Brekkie | Finland being Finland | 14/05/2022 20:30 |
| TVenthusiasm | OK the water has been switched back on | 14/05/2022 20:31 |
| scottishtv | We're not allowed to dislike Finland as I think it's @Rob's favourite! | 14/05/2022 20:31 |
| DeMarkay | Finland were very entertaining | 14/05/2022 20:33 |
| Newshound47 | I love Finland. | 14/05/2022 20:33 |
| Rob | Anyone disliking Finland gets a perma-ban from the forum. Just kidding. Smile Smile Smile Smile | 14/05/2022 20:33 |
| ethanh05 | Steady now - let's stop having fun with Switzerland | 14/05/2022 20:33 |
| AxG | Switzerland - toilet break me thinks. | 14/05/2022 20:33 |
| scottishtv | Haha, nice to see you @Rob! I think the camera work was far better on Finland tonight. The balloons blocked a few shots on Thursday night. | 14/05/2022 20:34 |
| ethanh05 | This is actually better than the semi performance | 14/05/2022 20:35 |
| Mike | Depression on tap from Switzerland | 14/05/2022 20:35 |
| TVenthusiasm | Finland rules! | 14/05/2022 20:35 |
| Brekkie | Finland easily the stand out of the first 5 | 14/05/2022 20:35 |
| ethanh05 | If only it was Boys Don't Cry | 14/05/2022 20:36 |
| Juicy Joe | You need some rhythm & drums to win this competition!! Just like Ruslana from Ukraine in 2004!! That was a winning performance! Not this miserable rubbish. | 14/05/2022 20:36 |
| Mike | What would happen if Ikea and JLP merged | 14/05/2022 20:36 |
| TVenthusiasm | Switzerland seems more sombre than Finland's up-beat music | 14/05/2022 20:36 |
| Mike | Never knowingly undersold | 14/05/2022 20:36 |
| Sky303 | Switzerland wants to you to have feelings | 14/05/2022 20:36 |
| scottishtv | John Lewis Christmas advert vibes from this | 14/05/2022 20:36 |
| scottishtv | *confusing Continental humour* DRINK! | 14/05/2022 20:37 |
| Adam Till | I liked Switzerlands song. Not sure it’ll do too well but a good song. | 14/05/2022 20:37 |
| Juicy Joe | Space Man could do with some drums, alas, it lacks these. | 14/05/2022 20:37 |
| AxG | @scottishtv Yes agree, John Lewis | 14/05/2022 20:37 |
| TVNerd | Switzerland was beautiful | 14/05/2022 20:37 |
| Meteor | Audio out of sync on virgin, is it ok for everyone else? | 14/05/2022 20:38 |
| Brekkie | That wasn't even covering ads! | 14/05/2022 20:38 |
| TVenthusiasm | @Meteor watching on RTE One in Ireland, seems in sync for me | 14/05/2022 20:39 |
| DeMarkay | This is what Ireland should’ve sent haha | 14/05/2022 20:39 |
| TVenthusiasm | Oh fire on stage for France | 14/05/2022 20:39 |
| fusionlad | @meteor seems ok on BBC One HD via Sky Q | 14/05/2022 20:40 |
| Juicy Joe | What the hell is this rubbish from France?? | 14/05/2022 20:40 |
| DeMarkay | How are France more Irish than Ireland | 14/05/2022 20:40 |
| Meteor | Thank you peeps. Probs just this box. With 5 min reboot I'll leave it | 14/05/2022 20:41 |
| DeMarkay | “There now follows a union sacrifice” | 14/05/2022 20:41 |
| AxG | I could Google it, but Britanny is considered Celtic, but is Bretton a Celtic language? | 14/05/2022 20:41 |
| scottishtv | Brittany is celtic according to Google, if that helps anyone?! | 14/05/2022 20:41 |
| TVenthusiasm | Absolutely cringing over France's performance | 14/05/2022 20:41 |
| TVNerd | in sync on Freeview too | 14/05/2022 20:41 |
| fusionlad | Love the mad camera work/direction | 14/05/2022 20:41 |
| scottishtv | @Meteor did you try going up one channel and back down again? That used to work on my old Virgin box. | 14/05/2022 20:42 |
| Brekkie | Graham is on fire tonight. | 14/05/2022 20:42 |
| TVenthusiasm | Marty Whelan just said he has a banana with him, Norway on now | 14/05/2022 20:42 |
| Brekkie | That was more Eastern European than Celtic. | 14/05/2022 20:42 |
| Adam Till | Definitely starting with the Eurovision weirdness now. | 14/05/2022 20:43 |
| fusionlad | G R A N D M A | 14/05/2022 20:43 |
| Newshound47 | It’s flicking badly for me on Virgin | 14/05/2022 20:44 |
| AxG | It annoys me that the middle dancer is wearing white shoes. | 14/05/2022 20:44 |
| Brekkie | Actually really like Norway | 14/05/2022 20:44 |
| ethanh05 | Decent moves for someone 3 million years old | 14/05/2022 20:44 |
| Mike | not sure how I feel about norway's | 14/05/2022 20:45 |
| Rexogamer | 4.5 billion* | 14/05/2022 20:45 |
| Juicy Joe | I should really grow up & stop watching this every year | 14/05/2022 20:45 |
| AxG | Hopefully the paper tears off properly this time. | 14/05/2022 20:46 |
| scottishtv | @Brekkie: it's my guilty pleasure too! I enjoyed that. Blush | 14/05/2022 20:46 |
| ethanh05 | Still don't know what the significance of 22nd June is | 14/05/2022 20:47 |
| DeMarkay | By the Lumineers | 14/05/2022 20:48 |
| DeMarkay | The ‘Hey-ho’ rip off | 14/05/2022 20:48 |
| Mike | It does seem a bit random | 14/05/2022 20:49 |
| Meteor | @scottishtv no it didn't but ta. Could be an audio delay set on this TV or Virgin box, it's not mine ? | 14/05/2022 20:49 |
| fusionlad | @josh yea but why that date? | 14/05/2022 20:49 |
| Josh | @Ethanh05 Her heart's been on fire since June 22nd, according to the lyrics of the song | 14/05/2022 20:49 |
| Brekkie | Are GB News producing this? | 14/05/2022 20:50 |
| Josh | Czech Republic just took over by turning the Lights Off | 14/05/2022 20:50 |
| ethanh05 | @DeMarkay Quite literally a rip-off in that case | 14/05/2022 20:50 |
| Josh | Has Laura got an obsession with changing her outfits? | 14/05/2022 20:50 |
| Mike | @Meteor - the delay from June 22nd | 14/05/2022 20:50 |
| scottishtv | I need to go and put my pizza in. | 14/05/2022 20:51 |
| Mike | must be a little cold in the arena | 14/05/2022 20:51 |
| Mike | I only came here for My Lovely Horse | 14/05/2022 20:51 |
| Josh | Is it just me that thinks Laura looks like Davina McCall? | 14/05/2022 20:52 |
| AxG | @scottishtv Hopefully it's not ham and pineapple, the Italians would be livid. | 14/05/2022 20:52 |
| scottishtv | @Mike: Some might say Ireland followed that strategy this year... | 14/05/2022 20:52 |
| Brekkie | Which song is it we're supposed to be pissed by? | 14/05/2022 20:52 |
| scottishtv | @AxG. Just some classic mozzarella and tomato..! | 14/05/2022 20:53 |
| Juicy Joe | Loving the hilarious banter between the hosts tonight | 14/05/2022 20:53 |
| Josh | Yes | 14/05/2022 20:53 |
| Newshound47 | Is this filler atm? | 14/05/2022 20:53 |
| Rexogamer | We're past-tha point of annoying them with our terrible usage of their food | 14/05/2022 20:54 |
| Brekkie | @Josh tgat's a bit harsh on Davina. This segment needs evicting though | 14/05/2022 20:54 |
| Newshound47 | How long is the Spanish set taking? | 14/05/2022 20:54 |
| ethanh05 | Wait until the Italians see what we've done with spaghetti... serving it with waffles, draining it in sugar and putting it in a tin | 14/05/2022 20:54 |
| scottishtv | If only Terry was still with us, he could arrive by boat in the water feature and we'd have the ultimate forum Eurovision X Children in Need crossover. | 14/05/2022 20:55 |
| ethanh05 | Isn't it glass raising time? | 14/05/2022 20:56 |
| Newshound47 | I get the impression Italy is Graham favourite. | 14/05/2022 20:56 |
| Josh | It sounds a bit off key | 14/05/2022 20:57 |
| AxG | I really think the crowd are ruining some songs singing along. | 14/05/2022 20:57 |
| Brekkie | That could win it again | 14/05/2022 20:58 |
| Newshound47 | I don’t get why Italy is such a high favourite. It’s a mid table song for me | 14/05/2022 20:58 |
| DeMarkay | Not a bit, Josh. They are off key lol | 14/05/2022 20:58 |
| TIGHazard | @josh agreed | 14/05/2022 20:58 |
| Brekkie | This sounds familar | 14/05/2022 20:58 |
| Juicy Joe | Yes, they are out of tune | 14/05/2022 20:58 |
| Mike | Not keen on Italy's entry | 14/05/2022 20:59 |
| DeMarkay | @Brekkie, you’re thinking of Another Love by Tom Odell. I was too. | 14/05/2022 20:59 |
| Juicy Joe | Surely not | 14/05/2022 20:59 |
| DeMarkay | Not Serbia. Never Serbia, ever. | 14/05/2022 21:00 |
| Newshound47 | My nightmare top 3 is Ukraine Serbia and Italy. | 14/05/2022 21:00 |
| scottishtv | *Strobes*: DRINK! | 14/05/2022 21:01 |
| TVNerd | I really like Spain | 14/05/2022 21:01 |
| scottishtv | How about some positivity, @Newshound47? Nothing we can do really, just enjoy the show! | 14/05/2022 21:01 |
| Mike | Since the pandemic supplies of lycra and polyester have been reduced | 14/05/2022 21:02 |
| Adam Till | Fabric rationing is continuing, I see. | 14/05/2022 21:02 |
| Rexogamer | is the watershed 21:00 <locla timezone> across the continent? | 14/05/2022 21:03 |
| Rexogamer | that raises a point i've been wondering about | 14/05/2022 21:03 |
| TIGHazard | Notice this came on just after the watershed Big Grin | 14/05/2022 21:03 |
| Juicy Joe | At least the Ceefax subtitles are translated tonight | 14/05/2022 21:04 |
| AxG | It's still early in Iceland, 8:04 | 14/05/2022 21:04 |
| DeMarkay | Well it’s 10pm in Italy | 14/05/2022 21:04 |
| Brekkie | Think it could be a relative low winning score tonight with a few front runners. Finland, Norway and Italy the top three of the first 10 for me. | 14/05/2022 21:04 |
| Josh | Each country will have their own | 14/05/2022 21:04 |
| DeMarkay | She is very beautiful | 14/05/2022 21:05 |
| Rexogamer | although then again I seem to recall Australia is looser in that regard (it's early morning) | 14/05/2022 21:05 |
| scottishtv | @Rexogamer, the Dutch and Belgians are tolerant of the F-word (in English) on their daytime broadcasts, which is quite shocking to us but probably loses some of its power because of the language difference | 14/05/2022 21:06 |
| Rexogamer | I'm certainly a fan of the more relaxed staging after quite a few instances of "over the top in a good way" | 14/05/2022 21:06 |
| TVenthusiasm | Ukraine on now | 14/05/2022 21:07 |
| Adam Till | Good song from Netherlands. | 14/05/2022 21:07 |
| Mike | I had to send one of my work colleagues a 'Let me google that' link for Sir Terry Wogan. How do I deal with this? I'm thinking taking him out to Epping Forest with a roll of carpet. | 14/05/2022 21:07 |
| Josh | Not necessarily | 14/05/2022 21:08 |
| DeMarkay | Here comes your winners for 2022 | 14/05/2022 21:08 |
| TVenthusiasm | Ukraine seems catchy | 14/05/2022 21:09 |
| Newshound47 | The best bit of Ukraine’s song is the opening. It loses something once the rap starts and the chorus is relatively weak however I did enjoy it a bit more than I did in the semi.Might be me but the crowd seemed quite flat during it. | 14/05/2022 21:10 |
| Adam Till | I have to admit that when I heard that Ukraine was favourites I did think it was just a reaction to the horrible suffering with the war but this is a really strong performance. | 14/05/2022 21:10 |
| scottishtv | If you switch on subtitles they're in English, by the way. | 14/05/2022 21:10 |
| Brekkie | This is the sort ofsong that finishes first or last. Not sure there is a middle ground | 14/05/2022 21:10 |
| DeMarkay | Why? | 14/05/2022 21:10 |
| Rexogamer | @scottishtv frankly I think some of our watershed rules could do with something of a review at this point but anyway | 14/05/2022 21:10 |
| Rexogamer | ahh, they're just a bit delayed | 14/05/2022 21:11 |
| Brekkie | Much better performance than the semi final | 14/05/2022 21:11 |
| Rexogamer | I didn'y see any subtitles last time I tried, let me check | 14/05/2022 21:11 |
| Brekkie | You can tell here who is the experienced presenter and who is playing the role of presenter | 14/05/2022 21:12 |
| Juicy Joe | Yes it makes it more enjoyable knowing what the lyrics are | 14/05/2022 21:12 |
| Sky303 | The Flute usage was awesome I loved that | 14/05/2022 21:13 |
| Adam Till | Germany is one of the few I’ve heard before the final and I really did like this song. | 14/05/2022 21:13 |
| Newshound47 | I gave up on the subtitles because the delay drives me mad. | 14/05/2022 21:13 |
| scottishtv | I think I've dressed up more than he has... and I'm in old clothes. | 14/05/2022 21:14 |
| ethanh05 | German Kid LAROI on now | 14/05/2022 21:14 |
| TIGHazard | @newshound47 same. Weirdly on the first semi final they were perfectly in sync (for the songs) | 14/05/2022 21:14 |
| TIGHazard | This sounds a bit like eminem | 14/05/2022 21:15 |
| Juicy Joe | This song is a health and safety nightmare for all epileptics out there | 14/05/2022 21:15 |
| DeMarkay | I’ll turn back to BBC One shortly | 14/05/2022 21:15 |
| DeMarkay | For the first time this evening, I’ve turned over to BBC Two | 14/05/2022 21:15 |
| scottishtv | Did they just delay the BBC Two schedule tonight? I noticed the football was continuing on Two. | 14/05/2022 21:16 |
| Newshound47 | Germany is a great song. I hope it does better than it is expected. | 14/05/2022 21:16 |
| Brekkie | I really like Germany but it's 500/1. Collectively though the best effort from the Big 5 in years. | 14/05/2022 21:16 |
| Josh | @Juicy Joe | 14/05/2022 21:16 |
| Josh | Not the most dangerous song for them | 14/05/2022 21:16 |
| Adam Till | I really do like Germanys song but I think staging lets it down a bit. | 14/05/2022 21:17 |
| scottishtv | Lithuania: this is the one that I think should be a James Bond theme. | 14/05/2022 21:18 |
| DeMarkay | Caro Emerald vibes for this one | 14/05/2022 21:18 |
| Mike | Lego hair | 14/05/2022 21:19 |
| Brekkie | I thought the semi finals were both quite weak but so far it's been a really strong Grand Final. | 14/05/2022 21:19 |
| TIGHazard | Get the feeling we're giving this 12 points | 14/05/2022 21:19 |
| DeMarkay | Caro Emerald would represent The Netherlands really well | 14/05/2022 21:19 |
| Newshound47 | Lithuania normally wins the Uk tele-vote but I honestly think Ukraine will this year. | 14/05/2022 21:21 |
| ethanh05 | Oh it's that Nadir bloke. Apt. | 14/05/2022 21:21 |
| Adam Till | While I’m not sure about the drone, I do like that Italy have made the most of advertising the beauty of the country. | 14/05/2022 21:22 |
| ethanh05 | It will do well with the juries, as will Switzerland | 14/05/2022 21:24 |
| Juicy Joe | So depressing | 14/05/2022 21:24 |
| Brekkie | This isn't bad either. Feels a bit Tom Walker. | 14/05/2022 21:24 |
| Mike | Oh very much Timberlake vibes | 14/05/2022 21:27 |
| Juicy Joe | Hopefully when Sam Ryder performs, his microphone will be loud & clear - on the preview during the semi final, his voice didn't seem as strong as on the music video I thought | 14/05/2022 21:27 |
| DeMarkay | Well hello Justin Timberlake | 14/05/2022 21:27 |
| scottishtv | JT danced better | 14/05/2022 21:28 |
| scottishtv | *Italian 'humour'*: DRINK! | 14/05/2022 21:29 |
| AxG | Didn't know they had CD and DVDs in 1956. Smile | 14/05/2022 21:30 |
| Newshound47 | As much as last night | 14/05/2022 21:30 |
| Brekkie | Eurovision again helping support tte cause of the BBC carrying ads | 14/05/2022 21:30 |
| Newshound47 | I didn’t like Belgium tonight as bad as last night | 14/05/2022 21:30 |
| scottishtv | @AxG: We barely do in 2022... haha | 14/05/2022 21:31 |
| Josh | Someone's raided the IKEA | 14/05/2022 21:33 |
| Brekkie | Is Graham getting a bung from Greece. This song is so dull by their standards. | 14/05/2022 21:33 |
| DeMarkay | That’s in a league of its own | 14/05/2022 21:35 |
| DeMarkay | Nope | 14/05/2022 21:35 |
| Brekkie | Not sure anyone has ever topped Heroes when it comes to staging | 14/05/2022 21:35 |
| bkman1990 | I have been watching BBC One's coverage with Graham so far. His quips in the commentary have been brilliant tonight. | 14/05/2022 21:36 |
| Josh | UK 2021 and our trumpets are the best of the best though | 14/05/2022 21:36 |
| Josh | Russia 2016 maybe? | 14/05/2022 21:36 |
| DeMarkay | Here come The Carpenters | 14/05/2022 21:37 |
| Josh | Girl in red looks a bit like Sarah Paulson/Adele | 14/05/2022 21:37 |
| AxG | Guitar - *drinks* | 14/05/2022 21:37 |
| DeMarkay | That Princess Beatrice line was gold | 14/05/2022 21:37 |
| DeMarkay | Graham is on fire | 14/05/2022 21:37 |
| Brekkie | For me this has the quirkiness of the winners who never were. It's like they've accidentally rewound the tape 50 years. | 14/05/2022 21:38 |
| DeMarkay | Oh god, we’ve had our first “Peace for Ukraine” | 14/05/2022 21:40 |
| DeMarkay | Finally Moldova! | 14/05/2022 21:41 |
| DeMarkay | Me too | 14/05/2022 21:42 |
| ethanh05 | Really hope we give our 12 to this | 14/05/2022 21:42 |
| TVNerd | Textbook Eurovision from Moldova | 14/05/2022 21:43 |
| Adam Till | Now this feels more like traditional Eurovision! | 14/05/2022 21:43 |
| JasonB | Hey Ho, Lets go! | 14/05/2022 21:44 |
| Brekkie | Some much needed fun | 14/05/2022 21:44 |
| Josh | The only country to use the drawbridges on the B stage | 14/05/2022 21:44 |
| Josh | It might be their 3rd winner... ...taking them up to number 7 | 14/05/2022 21:45 |
| DeMarkay | Anddd we’re back to depressing | 14/05/2022 21:45 |
| Newshound47 | In a normal year Moldova could well be on it way to wining the televote | 14/05/2022 21:46 |
| scottishtv | Oh... *strobe warning*... Drink etc.. | 14/05/2022 21:46 |
| DeMarkay | How does Ken Bruce’s show work then? | 14/05/2022 21:47 |
| JasonB | Does the position of the entry in the running order affect the voting or is it just on what people like? | 14/05/2022 21:47 |
| ethanh05 | ...not really | 14/05/2022 21:47 |
| Josh | No | 14/05/2022 21:47 |
| Josh | Now is Cornelia going to hit the note? | 14/05/2022 21:47 |
| TVNerd | Sweden will do very well I think | 14/05/2022 21:47 |
| Meteor | Hmmm she sounded rough! Nowhere near as good as in semi | 14/05/2022 21:48 |
| DeMarkay | Luckily it’s not | 14/05/2022 21:48 |
| Brekkie | If this was the UK entry we'd be predicting nul-point | 14/05/2022 21:48 |
| DeMarkay | Songs from 17-25 are the most memorable | 14/05/2022 21:48 |
| Josh | SHE DID IT | 14/05/2022 21:48 |
| ethanh05 | OH GOD IT'S ONE SONG AWAY | 14/05/2022 21:49 |
| JasonB | UK currently in 3rd place to win according to the betting odds. | 14/05/2022 21:49 |
| DeMarkay | I wonder who Mika is rooting for | 14/05/2022 21:49 |
| DeMarkay | ABBA *DRINK* | 14/05/2022 21:49 |
| Newshound47 | Sweden wasn’t as good tonight I thought | 14/05/2022 21:50 |
| Meteor | Yeah we've slipped back today | 14/05/2022 21:50 |
| DeMarkay | We have nothing to worry about with this. | 14/05/2022 21:51 |
| Josh | Fact: that dress weighs about 50kg | 14/05/2022 21:51 |
| scottishtv | lol, "His mask isn't a complicated Australian protocol". Smile | 14/05/2022 21:51 |
| DeMarkay | Weakest Link-esque lights there. Reminds me of the voting off sequence | 14/05/2022 21:52 |
| DeMarkay | 7th or 8th for Australia | 14/05/2022 21:52 |
| DeMarkay | COME ON SAM!!!!!!!!!!!! | 14/05/2022 21:53 |
| DeMarkay | OH GOD HERE WE GO | 14/05/2022 21:53 |
| Brekkie | This set looks like a H&S nightmare. Great vocal at times but patchy and needs a better song | 14/05/2022 21:53 |
| scottishtv | I think Annie would definitely have a withering comment! | 14/05/2022 21:53 |
| DeMarkay | Oh god he’s crying | 14/05/2022 21:53 |
| Newshound47 | Australia will do well with the juries but I think will come very low with the public vote. Australia have been doing badly with the public recently. | 14/05/2022 21:54 |
| DeMarkay | KNOCK IT OUT OF THE EFFING PARK | 14/05/2022 21:54 |
| Meteor | Some have been better than their semi performance and some have been... Worse | 14/05/2022 21:54 |
| TIGHazard | @DeMarkay our stage takes like 5 mins to set up | 14/05/2022 21:55 |
| JasonB | Here we go! | 14/05/2022 21:55 |
| DeMarkay | Oh, why’s that? | 14/05/2022 21:55 |
| brioalex | I’ve got everything crossed for this! | 14/05/2022 21:56 |
| DeMarkay | Listen to that roar for Sam | 14/05/2022 21:56 |
| Juicy Joe | Here we go!!! | 14/05/2022 21:56 |
| ethanh05 | Good luck Sam! (I bet a piano falls on his head halfway through or something) | 14/05/2022 21:56 |
| Adam Till | Ready for Sam now. Had the song stuck in my head most of the day. | 14/05/2022 21:56 |
| Juicy Joe | She's the best singer all night ? | 14/05/2022 21:56 |
| AxG | Did we change our song in the last minute? | 14/05/2022 21:56 |
| DeMarkay | Fuck yes! (Sorry for the language) | 14/05/2022 21:57 |
| DeMarkay | Microphone is loud and clear | 14/05/2022 21:57 |
| scottishtv | *UK performance*: Drink, Drink, DRINK!! (responsibly) | 14/05/2022 21:57 |
| bkman1990 | Good luck Sam. I hope you do well. | 14/05/2022 21:57 |
| Josh | I'M UP IN SPACE MAAAAAAAAAAAN | 14/05/2022 21:58 |
| scottishtv | Woohoo! | 14/05/2022 21:58 |
| Meteor | Can I just say: not a fan of the staging. At all | 14/05/2022 21:59 |
| tellyblues | Average | 14/05/2022 21:59 |
| Meteor | Amazing song though! | 14/05/2022 22:00 |
| Juicy Joe | I'd that's not in the top 5...well, what a nonsense the whole competition will be | 14/05/2022 22:01 |
| bkman1990 | That was excellent. That was the best performance from the UK for a while. | 14/05/2022 22:01 |
| scottishtv | I tried to get up and cheer after that!... but gravity kept pulling me down... | 14/05/2022 22:01 |
| Josh | Well at least it's not two trumpets made out of polystyrene | 14/05/2022 22:01 |
| Adam Till | It’s nice to have a proper good song representing us at Eurovision. And such a good strong live performance! | 14/05/2022 22:01 |
| no1fanofthepals | Staging is a bit weird but it does match the song so it isn't terrible. | 14/05/2022 22:01 |
| Newshound47 | I’m going to predict he will come 5th. | 14/05/2022 22:02 |
| Meteor | ? | 14/05/2022 22:02 |
| TIGHazard | Big Grin | 14/05/2022 22:02 |
| Josh | Is it? No, it's Poland | 14/05/2022 22:02 |
| Josh | This is Holland | 14/05/2022 22:02 |
| Brekkie | One of the few to hit their stride from the first note. Done himself proud though not sure enough to win. Sad thing is I think that might be the first time he got to sing it live on UK TV | 14/05/2022 22:02 |
| Langham | 'No POLAND' That was hillarious!! | 14/05/2022 22:03 |
| Brekkie | So much padding in the final stages - guess they're worried it'll clock in at less than 5 hours | 14/05/2022 22:03 |
| bkman1990 | This is Holland......This is POLAND. | 14/05/2022 22:03 |
| Adam Till | I’m sorry but if we don’t end up in at least the top half of the board this year, it will be criminal. | 14/05/2022 22:03 |
| Juicy Joe | Will he have to rely on our pals Ireland, Australia and Malta to vote for us? | 14/05/2022 22:04 |
| JasonB | Strobe warning....*gulps another drink* | 14/05/2022 22:04 |
| TVNerd | That was Sam’s best performance I think | 14/05/2022 22:04 |
| JasonB | One for the blooper reel this year! | 14/05/2022 22:04 |
| Brekkie | Pretty certain we'll do better than last years 26th place. | 14/05/2022 22:04 |
| scottishtv | Phew, they waterfall is still there. I was starting to worry for a moment. | 14/05/2022 22:05 |
| scottishtv | @JasonB: I'm shaking the last drops out of an empty wine bottle here. | 14/05/2022 22:06 |
| Langham | Well you'll be getting one vote from the emerald isle right here | 14/05/2022 22:06 |
| Mike | how long is the gap between the final song and the results? Need to caluclate if I have enough time to run to Tesco to get more alcohol | 14/05/2022 22:07 |
| Juicy Joe | Enlarged spleens anyone? | 14/05/2022 22:08 |
| Adam Till | I don’t know why but Serbia is terrifying me. | 14/05/2022 22:08 |
| Brekkie | At least half an hour Mike | 14/05/2022 22:08 |
| Brekkie | Talking of votes from Ireland can NI viewers vote via both the BBC and RTE? | 14/05/2022 22:08 |
| Mike | I've got time then, failing that it's the over priced offy which I'd rather not. | 14/05/2022 22:09 |
| Meteor | This is another one which was better in the week | 14/05/2022 22:09 |
| scottishtv | @Mike: Up here in Scotland you learn to stock up because of licencing laws stopping sales at 10 pm!. | 14/05/2022 22:09 |
| Josh | I know during the national selection for Ireland they could, but this is a different ballpark Brekkie | 14/05/2022 22:09 |
| Brekkie | Do subtitles count as staging now? | 14/05/2022 22:10 |
| Newshound47 | I think the Australia, UK, Poland run will damage all three sadly with the public vote., | 14/05/2022 22:10 |
| scottishtv | Is this Jordan North?! | 14/05/2022 22:11 |
| Josh | Hope: we've got some at the moment, let's hope it lasts | 14/05/2022 22:11 |
| QuinnTFP | Apparently | 14/05/2022 22:11 |
| scottishtv | @Brekkie: Good point | 14/05/2022 22:12 |
| Brekkie | More Giovanni | 14/05/2022 22:12 |
| scottishtv | *seductive wink* DRINK! | 14/05/2022 22:13 |
| Brekkie | I think its been the best final song wise in a few years. Look forward to the UK hitting the heady heights of 21st place. | 14/05/2022 22:13 |
| TVNerd | lol | 14/05/2022 22:14 |
| TVNerd | @scottishtv so that’s why he’s been off Radio 1 this week | 14/05/2022 22:14 |
| Adam Till | Good song but not sure about the filter over some of the shots. | 14/05/2022 22:15 |
| Newshound47 | I just don’t get Serbia | 14/05/2022 22:15 |
| DeMarkay | Has anyone lost hope for Sam? | 14/05/2022 22:15 |
| Brekkie | That could do things in the Televote | 14/05/2022 22:15 |
| Mike | All is not lost, Mika and the other host could share a kiss at the end | 14/05/2022 22:16 |
| Josh | Hopefully the delegation chose a good recap clip for us | 14/05/2022 22:16 |
| scottishtv | I miss San Marino! (Voted out in semis). Same-sex kiss is left on my bingo card, and they did that. | 14/05/2022 22:16 |
| scottishtv | @Mike: good point, the country presenters can also do wacky things! | 14/05/2022 22:17 |
| Mike | maybe not in the spirit of your bingo card but the Italians love a bit of affection | 14/05/2022 22:17 |
| Brekkie | So app voting is still just a prompt to vote by phone in the UK. Eurovision about the only thing now where you have to pay to vote. | 14/05/2022 22:18 |
| Mike | I've guessed we'll come in at 7th, maybe 6th | 14/05/2022 22:18 |
| Mike | The UK must be one of the few nations that pays twice then, once with TVL and via the BBC and once with the televote #DailyMailReader | 14/05/2022 22:19 |
| Mike | @Brekkie - I noticed that too, it is literally a link to call the voting number, poor | 14/05/2022 22:19 |
| scottishtv | They've got to pay for that lighting bill somehow | 14/05/2022 22:19 |
| TIGHazard | @mike in other countries it opens a text. It's not really 'app' voting. | 14/05/2022 22:20 |
| Mike | begs the question, if Ukraine do win - where do they host it? I doubt the current war will be over in a year | 14/05/2022 22:21 |
| Op4bridge | UK and Ukraine will do good. | 14/05/2022 22:21 |
| Brekkie | And lets leave that question till after we know the winner. | 14/05/2022 22:22 |
| scottishtv | Sam's such a happy and enthusiastic guy! | 14/05/2022 22:22 |
| Meteor | Czechia, Norway, Spain, Netherlands, Poland for me | 14/05/2022 22:22 |
| Brekkie | So who here has ever tried to vote for us just to see what happens? | 14/05/2022 22:22 |
| scottishtv | *strobe effects*: *opens another bottle* | 14/05/2022 22:23 |
| Brekkie | I somehow ended up voting for Azerbaijan. I think it really is wide open though. | 14/05/2022 22:23 |
| Juicy Joe | How many bottles have you had @scottishtv | 14/05/2022 22:24 |
| Josh | Moldova and Serbia have gotten my 15p + network access charge | 14/05/2022 22:24 |
| ethanh05 | Err, that guitar riff is Smells Like Teen Spirit, isn't it? | 14/05/2022 22:24 |
| Josh | He's not even playing the guitar! | 14/05/2022 22:24 |
| DeMarkay | This would’ve won Eurovision this year | 14/05/2022 22:25 |
| Brekkie | Guess even the guest acts have to mime the instruments. Maneskin though one of the best acts to come out of Eurovision since ABBA. | 14/05/2022 22:25 |
| TIGHazard | @brekkie considering a regular vote is just graham saying "you have voted for X", then surely voting for the UK would just be him saying you cant vote for your own country. | 14/05/2022 22:26 |
| Meteor | Yeah it's better than their entry | 14/05/2022 22:26 |
| Joe | I mean the easiest way to find out is to just try. I did. It’s as TIGHazard says. | 14/05/2022 22:27 |
| Brekkie | No chatter from BCastCornwall tonight. Guess he's too busy setting up all the threads for next year. | 14/05/2022 22:27 |
| Brekkie | Can't they just not open the line? | 14/05/2022 22:28 |
| Joe | Why? It’s advising you you can’t vote. If there was no line, you might not know that. | 14/05/2022 22:29 |
| Meteor | Maybe they're looking at tractors | 14/05/2022 22:30 |
| ethanh05 | Getting less and less certain of Ukraine winning to be honest. | 14/05/2022 22:30 |
| Brekkie | Maneskins appearance kind of screamed "contractual obligation" | 14/05/2022 22:32 |
| Josh | @Brekkie I presume we'll get another recap just before the voting closes | 14/05/2022 22:33 |
| scottishtv | @Juice Joe: To be fair, the first was an already-open fridge door white. | 14/05/2022 22:33 |
| Josh | Does it actually DO anything? | 14/05/2022 22:33 |
| Brekkie | Would have preferred Graham to go AWOL through this recap so people can actually hear the songs | 14/05/2022 22:33 |
| Josh | Has anyone ever tried voting for our own country? | 14/05/2022 22:33 |
| TVNerd | Realistically where we do expect the UK to come, I’m going for third | 14/05/2022 22:33 |
| ethanh05 | Interesting point - who do we think would host it in the highly, highly unlikely event of us winning? | 14/05/2022 22:34 |
| Brekkie | Scroll down @Josh - just discussed. @TVNerd I'll predict a cautious 6th. | 14/05/2022 22:34 |
| Newshound47 | I think 5-8th. Higher in the jury lower in the public | 14/05/2022 22:34 |
| scottishtv | Oh geez *continental humour*: DRiinkkk! | 14/05/2022 22:35 |
| Josh | Oh dear what is this | 14/05/2022 22:35 |
| Joe | Deja vu here reading this | 14/05/2022 22:35 |
| Meteor | What just happened ? | 14/05/2022 22:36 |
| Brekkie | Well we know who got the short straw on the outfits. | 14/05/2022 22:36 |
| Josh | Another costume change for Laura, shot | 14/05/2022 22:36 |
| Josh | Someone chromakey him now | 14/05/2022 22:36 |
| Brekkie | Is it 3 recaps nowadays. Thought they'd cut the votingcwindow again. | 14/05/2022 22:36 |
| Josh | @Brekkie I'd presume there's 3 recaps during the final because it's a longer voting window | 14/05/2022 22:37 |
| ethanh05 | Didn't know Laura was a fan of Mr Benn with all these outfits | 14/05/2022 22:37 |
| Newshound47 | Uk odds are lengthening. Spains are dropping. I didn’t think Spain came across as good as it could have but the bookies think otherwise. | 14/05/2022 22:39 |
| Blubatt | And Lithuania was my personal favourite, because I am a special bat who likes to be different | 14/05/2022 22:40 |
| Blubatt | I have to say I actually liked our entry for once. | 14/05/2022 22:40 |
| Brekkie | Italy have somewhat unashamedly done what the hell they like with the interval acts.. | 14/05/2022 22:40 |
| Josh | Are odds lengthening good? | 14/05/2022 22:41 |
| Newshound47 | Nope. Lengthening means less likely to win. | 14/05/2022 22:42 |
| Brekkie | No. But not surprising in the UK given for most viewers tonight is their first exposure to other songs, so no surprise that is where the money is going. | 14/05/2022 22:42 |
| Josh | We deserve better hosts full stop | 14/05/2022 22:44 |
| Brekkie | Yes Josh. | 14/05/2022 22:44 |
| Brekkie | Alessandro deserves better co-hosts | 14/05/2022 22:44 |
| scottishtv | Did you prepare a speech? Neither did I! | 14/05/2022 22:44 |
| Josh | It's worth noting that the odds only reflect what OUR country thinks what will happen, surely? | 14/05/2022 22:44 |
| Brekkie | Still hate the Swedish voting system. Although the UK will benefit from the jury tonight I wish they'd go back to Televote only. | 14/05/2022 22:45 |
| JasonB | UK 8% chance of winning according to the latest odds, | 14/05/2022 22:45 |
| DeMarkay | Would Mika have won for the UK? | 14/05/2022 22:46 |
| DeMarkay | Woooo | 14/05/2022 22:46 |
| scottishtv | @Brekkie: The bit I dislike about it is you don't know how many points are remaining when they announce the televote, so you don't have any real idea how close it is | 14/05/2022 22:47 |
| Brekkie | Is Mika performing a medley of both his hits? | 14/05/2022 22:47 |
| DeMarkay | Why did they change the voting system? | 14/05/2022 22:48 |
| Newshound47 | Very poor quality of some of the clips. | 14/05/2022 22:49 |
| Brekkie | I don't like that we don't see how the viewers of each country vote. Or the votes of 5 individuals having equal weight to tens of thousands of viewers. | 14/05/2022 22:49 |
| Josh | Adds more tension and makes it less likely for people to get 0 points (unless you're The Netherlands, Spain, Germany or the UK) | 14/05/2022 22:49 |
| Newshound47 | @dispora | 14/05/2022 22:49 |
| Newshound47 | Televote only would kill the contest. The disposal and neighbourly voting would be extremely obvious again. The juries are a a lot more objective. | 14/05/2022 22:49 |
| TVNerd | They do always reveal the UK televote during the credits so I assume it’s the same for all countries | 14/05/2022 22:50 |
| Joe | I know there were issues with the stage but that black archway really dominates the stage and not in a good way I think. It feels like we are seeing the back of an LED screen | 14/05/2022 22:50 |
| scottishtv | 'Mika - Grace Kelly ' also playing tonight in your local Yates for a hen party. | 14/05/2022 22:50 |
| Brekkie | It doesn't add tension though - it's all done for instant gratification at the end. The slow reveal country by country can be much more dramatic. | 14/05/2022 22:50 |
| Newshound47 | The Uk would have withdrawn sometime after 2008 if the juries didn’t return, | 14/05/2022 22:50 |
| Josh | @scottish That is of course, unless you're calculating the points yourself (which some people do bizarrely) | 14/05/2022 22:50 |
| DeMarkay | 14/05/2022 22:51 | |
| Josh | Besides | 14/05/2022 22:51 |
| Brekkie | No they wouldn't have Newshound47 | 14/05/2022 22:51 |
| Brekkie | 40 countries voting so max anyone can get in each half of the vote is 39x12 so 468. | 14/05/2022 22:52 |
| Josh | They're publicly released after the contest for everyone to see | 14/05/2022 22:52 |
| DeMarkay | Mika bumped into Graham earlier, lovely photo | 14/05/2022 22:52 |
| Newshound47 | They would have. Terry quitting was one of the main reasons the juries returned. If | 14/05/2022 22:52 |
| Brekkie | And if my maths is right total points in each half is 40x58, so 2320. | 14/05/2022 22:53 |
| Josh | @Brekkie There's the 3rd recap | 14/05/2022 22:53 |
| Josh | So what's the drinking procedure for the voting? 12 points for us = drink? | 14/05/2022 22:54 |
| scottishtv | *maths*: DRINK! | 14/05/2022 22:54 |
| all new Phil | No way is this going to be off by midnight | 14/05/2022 22:55 |
| Josh | It only needs to overrun until 12:13 to become the longest contest yet | 14/05/2022 22:56 |
| Brekkie | Odd there is seemingly no points to take ads during tge entire voting window. | 14/05/2022 22:56 |
| Adam Till | My only flaw with Eurovision. Every year is | 14/05/2022 22:56 |
| DeMarkay | I’m gonna say 12:07am | 14/05/2022 22:56 |
| scottishtv | @Brekkie: the ad minutage does seem pretty low doesn't it? (If you go by the stings) | 14/05/2022 22:57 |
| Brekkie | Wasn't there a period when they did one of the recaps in reverse order? | 14/05/2022 22:57 |
| DeMarkay | When and why did we get a short voting number for mobiles? | 14/05/2022 22:57 |
| JasonB | *4th | 14/05/2022 22:57 |
| Adam Till | My only flaw with Eurovision every year is that it think there is too much waffle between end of performances and votes. | 14/05/2022 22:57 |
| JasonB | UK Now slipped down to 4 place to win in the betting odds. | 14/05/2022 22:57 |
| Meteor | Loving that Norton doesn't understand zero gravity | 14/05/2022 22:59 |
| DeMarkay | Oh, no Laura. Thank his | 14/05/2022 22:59 |
| TIGHazard | Get Sam Ryder up there if we win | 14/05/2022 22:59 |
| Josh | Already going into the voting, Christ | 14/05/2022 22:59 |
| DeMarkay | That should work in our favour Wink | 14/05/2022 22:59 |
| DeMarkay | In space, no one can hear you screaming at your hairdresser haha | 14/05/2022 22:59 |
| Josh | We're quite literally up in space man | 14/05/2022 22:59 |
| scottishtv | #YoureGoodToGo | 14/05/2022 23:00 |
| Newshound47 | It’s some technical reason as to why the short number is given. | 14/05/2022 23:00 |
| Brekkie | It's always light on ads but seems odd to have a chunk of filler with no ads within them | 14/05/2022 23:00 |
| DeMarkay | God* | 14/05/2022 23:00 |
| scottishtv | Almost felt like we weren't good to go for a second there | 14/05/2022 23:01 |
| Josh | No turning back now | 14/05/2022 23:01 |
| Newshound47 | I do vaguely remember that reverse recap | 14/05/2022 23:01 |
| Joe | @meteor, yes, Norton isn’t known for joking around | 14/05/2022 23:01 |
| Josh | 4 POINTS | 14/05/2022 23:02 |
| Josh | And we're off | 14/05/2022 23:02 |
| ethanh05 | I'm going to have a guess, just a guess, that we'll have at least one point | 14/05/2022 23:02 |
| Adam Till | Good luck Sam! | 14/05/2022 23:02 |
| DeMarkay | Where is Laura? | 14/05/2022 23:02 |
| Brekkie | @DeMarkey - the short mobile codes came in a couple of years after text voting was scrapped due to over reactions to some votes not being delivered on time in the wake of the various TV phone in scandals | 14/05/2022 23:02 |
| Josh | 8 POINTS | 14/05/2022 23:03 |
| Meteor | Well it's not Ukraine | 14/05/2022 23:03 |
| Newshound47 | Well better than last year already | 14/05/2022 23:03 |
| scottishtv | No coveted Pointless trophy for us this year! | 14/05/2022 23:03 |
| DeMarkay | LEFT HAND SIDE. OH MY GOD | 14/05/2022 23:03 |
| Josh | LEFT SIDE | 14/05/2022 23:03 |
| DeMarkay | Phew | 14/05/2022 23:03 |
| scottishtv | @Brekkie: this js the best bit! | 14/05/2022 23:04 |
| Joe | Nah Brekkie - this bit is always super fun | 14/05/2022 23:04 |
| Newshound47 | I hope we get two ie more 12’s that has happened since 1998 | 14/05/2022 23:04 |
| ethanh05 | EIGHT! | 14/05/2022 23:04 |
| Josh | ANOTHER 8 POINTS | 14/05/2022 23:04 |
| Adam Till | Already better than last years results. | 14/05/2022 23:04 |
| Brekkie | Considering it's only jury votes nowadays I'd be happy to do away with the satellite link ups and just have the hosts reveal the top scores | 14/05/2022 23:04 |
| AxG | Sweet sweet points. | 14/05/2022 23:04 |
| DeMarkay | OH MY GOD!!! | 14/05/2022 23:04 |
| DeMarkay | 8 POINTS!!!!!!! | 14/05/2022 23:04 |
| ethanh05 | EIGHT! | 14/05/2022 23:04 |
| Adam Till | 8 seems to be our lucky number. | 14/05/2022 23:05 |
| DeMarkay | Second place! | 14/05/2022 23:05 |
| Newshound47 | Sadly the public vote could be so transformative | 14/05/2022 23:05 |
| Brekkie | God, the Spanish bloke needs to get a grip. | 14/05/2022 23:05 |
| Josh | EIGHT | 14/05/2022 23:05 |
| ethanh05 | EIGHT! | 14/05/2022 23:05 |
| Joe | Also, assuming we’re all watching the programme - do we need 100 people recapping our points each time? ? | 14/05/2022 23:05 |
| DeMarkay | I wouldn’t be so sure but fingers crossed | 14/05/2022 23:05 |
| Juicy Joe | We've got it in the bag | 14/05/2022 23:05 |
| PATV Scunthorpe | YESSSSS! | 14/05/2022 23:06 |
| DeMarkay | Thank you so much Ukraine | 14/05/2022 23:06 |
| scottishtv | Wow!! | 14/05/2022 23:06 |
| DeMarkay | YESSSS!!!! | 14/05/2022 23:06 |
| Josh | YESSSSSSSSSS | 14/05/2022 23:06 |
| ethanh05 | TWELVE!! | 14/05/2022 23:06 |
| Newshound47 | Before. It’s meant tk be totally random | 14/05/2022 23:06 |
| scottishtv | Poland maybe? | 14/05/2022 23:06 |
| DeMarkay | I wonder who gets the 12 points | 14/05/2022 23:06 |
| Brekkie | Was the voting order determined before or after the jury voted? | 14/05/2022 23:06 |
| JasonB | Well blow me. 20 points so far! | 14/05/2022 23:06 |
| Brekkie | Top. | 14/05/2022 23:07 |
| AxG | On top, take a picture! | 14/05/2022 23:07 |
| Newshound47 | Does that mean Ukraine will ask us to host if they can’t? | 14/05/2022 23:07 |
| Brekkie | Thanks Newshound. | 14/05/2022 23:07 |
| ethanh05 | TEN! | 14/05/2022 23:07 |
| Josh | WE'VE GOT POINTS WE'VE GOT POINTS | 14/05/2022 23:07 |
| Newshound47 | Unlike the old years just before the change when it was dynamic voting. | 14/05/2022 23:07 |
| DeMarkay | We did a lot to help them | 14/05/2022 23:07 |
| Meteor | Weapons means points | 14/05/2022 23:07 |
| Adam Till | Can we end the results here. Top of the leaderboard. | 14/05/2022 23:08 |
| Josh | It's Estonian Ronan Keating | 14/05/2022 23:08 |
| JasonB | How far behind is the iPlayer stream? | 14/05/2022 23:08 |
| TV_Pres_Fan | Stop the count here! | 14/05/2022 23:08 |
| Mike | iPlayer is around 2 mins behind realtime | 14/05/2022 23:09 |
| Josh | YESSSSSSSSSSSS | 14/05/2022 23:09 |
| DeMarkay | YESSS!!!!! | 14/05/2022 23:09 |
| ethanh05 | YEESS!! | 14/05/2022 23:09 |
| Josh | Oh this is different | 14/05/2022 23:09 |
| scottishtv | STOP THE COUNT!! as someone once said | 14/05/2022 23:09 |
| Brekkie | Ukraine not doing much with the jury. Do think though the top points will be spread around. | 14/05/2022 23:09 |
| scottishtv | lol@ Portugal man | 14/05/2022 23:10 |
| AxG | This alone makes me happy. | 14/05/2022 23:10 |
| Josh | 20 POINT LEAD | 14/05/2022 23:10 |
| Brekkie | Told you they should award the points from within the arena. | 14/05/2022 23:10 |
| scottishtv | Oh SAMUEL! | 14/05/2022 23:10 |
| Mike | because I'm seeing the updates here before they appear on my tv | 14/05/2022 23:10 |
| Newshound47 | I think Ukraine can win with as low as 7 in the jury. | 14/05/2022 23:10 |
| JasonB | Sam IS a space man! | 14/05/2022 23:11 |
| Brekkie | Nothing for the UK on the initial scoreboard is good news for once. | 14/05/2022 23:11 |
| Meteor | Well. | 14/05/2022 23:11 |
| DeMarkay | YES!!!!!! | 14/05/2022 23:11 |
| ethanh05 | YOU BEAUTY | 14/05/2022 23:11 |
| DeMarkay | Maybe our support for Ukraine has helped us massively? | 14/05/2022 23:11 |
| Josh | We might be getting 12 from Germany | 14/05/2022 23:11 |
| Josh | STOP THE COUNT! | 14/05/2022 23:11 |
| Josh | Love the delayed reaction from the delegation as they realise Royaume Uni in French us us | 14/05/2022 23:12 |
| DeMarkay | No doubt Brekkie! | 14/05/2022 23:12 |
| scottishtv | Is Mike back from Tescos yet? He's missing this! | 14/05/2022 23:12 |
| AxG | triple figures! | 14/05/2022 23:12 |
| Brekkie | No DeMarkey - it's a decent song winning votes. We've done no more for Ukraine than others in the EU. | 14/05/2022 23:12 |
| DeMarkay | 100 points!!!!! | 14/05/2022 23:12 |
| CantGetIn | I don’t believe it | 14/05/2022 23:12 |
| DeMarkay | I liked that she said Great Britain | 14/05/2022 23:12 |
| scottishtv | I think it was all down to Sam to be honest | 14/05/2022 23:12 |
| scottishtv | So... will it be "Salford calling" or "the UK calling" from our host? | 14/05/2022 23:13 |
| Adam Till | Really hope public bite | 14/05/2022 23:13 |
| Mike | I'm not missing it | 14/05/2022 23:13 |
| JasonB | DVB Cornwall's fingers must be hurting. | 14/05/2022 23:13 |
| Newshound47 | Slain will finish above the Uk. Will do better with the public | 14/05/2022 23:13 |
| Brekkie | Long time since gearing "Royaume-Uni" | 14/05/2022 23:13 |
| TVNerd | I’m happy so far | 14/05/2022 23:13 |
| scottishtv | @Mike, that's good to know! Thanks for picking me up the Monster Munch btw. | 14/05/2022 23:14 |
| Tom | Great scores for the UK so far | 14/05/2022 23:14 |
| Brekkie | I'm betting on Manchester if we do it, assuming their new arena is open by then. | 14/05/2022 23:14 |
| Meteor | Nil point for DE. Wasn't that bad | 14/05/2022 23:14 |
| Adam Till | Really hope the public vote love us s | 14/05/2022 23:14 |
| DeMarkay | Not sure about that one from Israel | 14/05/2022 23:15 |
| AxG | Cyprus... Oh wait? | 14/05/2022 23:15 |
| Mike | I'm guessing one of the nations if we do get it; too much is made of English levelling up that devolved nations will want/need to be shown investment | 14/05/2022 23:15 |
| Josh | Greece points incoming? | 14/05/2022 23:15 |
| scottishtv | Fair enough, Poland. | 14/05/2022 23:15 |
| Brekkie | No surprise Poland vote for Ukraine | 14/05/2022 23:15 |
| DeMarkay | We are dreaming | 14/05/2022 23:16 |
| TVNerd | Are we all dreaming or what? | 14/05/2022 23:16 |
| Brekkie | Wonder how many will still be fans of the Swedish system if it crushes our dreams in the final minutes | 14/05/2022 23:16 |
| Adam Till | 145 and next up is 112! | 14/05/2022 23:17 |
| Mike | How much has russia's absence shifted things? | 14/05/2022 23:17 |
| DeMarkay | Do public votes kick straight in after? | 14/05/2022 23:17 |
| Brekkie | Again some neighbourly voting - due to shared culture rather than anything political. | 14/05/2022 23:17 |
| TVNerd | @demarkay yes | 14/05/2022 23:18 |
| Josh | Surprised nobody got that reference to 10 Years | 14/05/2022 23:18 |
| Meteor | Worth remembering 24 years ago we were bombing Serbia... | 14/05/2022 23:18 |
| Mike | let's not pre-empt things Newshound | 14/05/2022 23:18 |
| Newshound47 | Spain or Ukraine will win. | 14/05/2022 23:18 |
| Josh | I think so at least | 14/05/2022 23:19 |
| Josh | 12 points from Cyprus go to Greece | 14/05/2022 23:19 |
| Brekkie | Germany still on nul-point as predicted. Unlike James Newman that feels undeserved. | 14/05/2022 23:19 |
| AxG | Greece! | 14/05/2022 23:19 |
| TV_Pres_Fan | The public vote will be very tense for us! | 14/05/2022 23:19 |
| Adam Till | That’s some headwear from Latvia. | 14/05/2022 23:20 |
| ethanh05 | France as well - I think getting one point is more of an insult than none | 14/05/2022 23:20 |
| Brekkie | Where did Sweden come from? | 14/05/2022 23:20 |
| AxG | Good to see it says '21st' and not '21th' | 14/05/2022 23:20 |
| DeMarkay | Moment of silence for Germany | 14/05/2022 23:20 |
| watchingtv | Public voting will crush us all | 14/05/2022 23:20 |
| scottishtv | Can we take a moment to think of Germany... We've been there... | 14/05/2022 23:20 |
| TVNerd | It’s definitely narrowing | 14/05/2022 23:21 |
| Josh | Germany has 0 points bless them, not their lucky number | 14/05/2022 23:21 |
| Brekkie | Seem to be slipping back now | 14/05/2022 23:21 |
| Brekkie | Do the juries watch live in the arena in tge Jury Final? | 14/05/2022 23:22 |
| Meteor | Worth remembering the jury vote on different performances than we do | 14/05/2022 23:22 |
| thebigdog2022 | @demarkay this is jury then televotes after | 14/05/2022 23:22 |
| CantGetIn | So these are just judge votes. Ha | 14/05/2022 23:22 |
| thebigdog2022 | United Kingdom getting points, what is happening | 14/05/2022 23:22 |
| Newshound47 | I feel like this is ukraines to lose | 14/05/2022 23:22 |
| DeMarkay | Are the jury and televotes combined for an overall score? | 14/05/2022 23:22 |
| ethanh05 | Can we just take a moment to contemplate what the hell is going on? | 14/05/2022 23:23 |
| DeMarkay | They have! | 14/05/2022 23:23 |
| scottishtv | Oh, there we go! | 14/05/2022 23:23 |
| DeMarkay | I felt a sense of pride from Mika when he said we were top | 14/05/2022 23:23 |
| scottishtv | Why don't they cut to Sam? | 14/05/2022 23:23 |
| Josh | Ad break time | 14/05/2022 23:23 |
| thebigdog2022 | yes indeed @demarkay | 14/05/2022 23:23 |
| Josh | Alessandro has been killed off | 14/05/2022 23:23 |
| Meteor | Videos I think | 14/05/2022 23:23 |
| DeMarkay | I know it’s the jury votes, I’m just asking if both votings are combined | 14/05/2022 23:23 |
| Joe | Yes, where is she? | 14/05/2022 23:24 |
| scottishtv | What a great guy! | 14/05/2022 23:24 |
| Brekkie | So Laura not doing the green room then. Has she gone home? | 14/05/2022 23:24 |
| Josh | WE HAVE A GREEN ROOM INTERVIEW | 14/05/2022 23:24 |
| Newshound47 | Ukraine to win. Hoeofully we will keep top 5 | 14/05/2022 23:24 |
| scottishtv | Vive la France ! | 14/05/2022 23:25 |
| Adam Till | It’ll be Spain | 14/05/2022 23:25 |
| Josh | Sweden or us | 14/05/2022 23:25 |
| Brekkie | Moldova not doing well with the juries then. | 14/05/2022 23:25 |
| Newshound47 | But Ukraine will win it | 14/05/2022 23:26 |
| Newshound47 | I think Spain will beat Sweden in the public vote | 14/05/2022 23:26 |
| DeMarkay | Thanks Spain! | 14/05/2022 23:26 |
| Meteor | Wow just wow | 14/05/2022 23:26 |
| Adam Till | Wow! Thanks Spain! | 14/05/2022 23:26 |
| Mike | To be fair, that early push to a lead was good | 14/05/2022 23:26 |
| TIGHazard | 12 from France | 14/05/2022 23:26 |
| Brekkie | Love France refusing to speak English | 14/05/2022 23:26 |
| Josh | Full statement in the ESC thread | 14/05/2022 23:27 |
| Brekkie | Nearly over 200 | 14/05/2022 23:27 |
| Josh | 6 countries have been given substituted votes after irregular voting patterns were spotted in SF2 and the GF | 14/05/2022 23:27 |
| Ash101 | Where’s Laura? She’s on the auto cue so must be a last minute change | 14/05/2022 23:27 |
| TVNerd | Merci beaucoup France | 14/05/2022 23:27 |
| JasonB | What is the maximum point to be the winners? | 14/05/2022 23:28 |
| scottishtv | If their results were dodgy | 14/05/2022 23:28 |
| scottishtv | Do you think that's why they pulled the plug on speaking in the final? | 14/05/2022 23:28 |
| Josh | The second failed link-up tonight | 14/05/2022 23:28 |
| DeMarkay | 203!! | 14/05/2022 23:28 |
| Adam Till | I was talking about this with my dad earlier that I was hoping we’d do well with jury vote (and less so with public vote) but this is better than I thought! | 14/05/2022 23:28 |
| Brekkie | 27 votes in and the first congratulations to the hosts | 14/05/2022 23:28 |
| Newshound47 | Wow. Irregular | 14/05/2022 23:28 |
| Brekkie | 39x12x2 JadonB, so 936. | 14/05/2022 23:29 |
| Newshound47 | Maybe Putin has hacked the links p. | 14/05/2022 23:29 |
| DeMarkay | 8 from Ireland, how lovely! | 14/05/2022 23:29 |
| Newshound47 | I don’t feel confident of the public voting | 14/05/2022 23:30 |
| Josh | These must all be the 6 countries | 14/05/2022 23:30 |
| Brekkie | We seem to be keeping a lead without picking up many points now | 14/05/2022 23:30 |
| Newshound47 | Countries have given their votes before when their votes have been suspended see Belarus 2019. | 14/05/2022 23:31 |
| DeMarkay | Excuse the language! | 14/05/2022 23:31 |
| Mike | Look at some of the countries affected too | 14/05/2022 23:31 |
| Meteor | Martin getting a lot of airtime | 14/05/2022 23:31 |
| Brekkie | Never seen tge links drip in the modern era of Eurovision and now 3 times | 14/05/2022 23:31 |
| scottishtv | I think these countries are in a huff! | 14/05/2022 23:31 |
| DeMarkay | Fuck yes! | 14/05/2022 23:31 |
| TIGHazard | @scottishtv if there are 6 dodgy links, then i suspect yes | 14/05/2022 23:31 |
| Brekkie | Norway and Finland not foing tgat great either | 14/05/2022 23:32 |
| Newshound47 | Sadly people did predict Sweden could just snatch the jury | 14/05/2022 23:32 |
| Newshound47 | Say if all 6 withdraw and next year only has a bout 32-33 entries. Will it be worth a semi | 14/05/2022 23:32 |
| DeMarkay | So, will Sweden creep ahead? | 14/05/2022 23:32 |
| Josh | Laura has returned | 14/05/2022 23:33 |
| DeMarkay | YESSSSSS | 14/05/2022 23:33 |
| TIGHazard | What does irregular mean when it comes to this. Bribed? | 14/05/2022 23:33 |
| Josh | Philip and his EQUALITY. shirt, national institution | 14/05/2022 23:33 |
| Meteor | Baltics voting for Ukraine | 14/05/2022 23:33 |
| scottishtv | The wolves will do well with the televote surely | 14/05/2022 23:33 |
| DeMarkay | I wonder why it isn’t I’m alphabetical order | 14/05/2022 23:34 |
| Newshound47 | Who have been been the six countires. Azerbaijan is the only one I can remember | 14/05/2022 23:34 |
| Adam Till | So many 12 points for Sam! This is amazing. | 14/05/2022 23:34 |
| scottishtv | I wonder if James Newman is watching this... eek | 14/05/2022 23:34 |
| Newshound47 | Is it a substitute vote for both juries and public vote | 14/05/2022 23:34 |
| Josh | UK will be after this next country | 14/05/2022 23:34 |
| scottishtv | I've always loved Austria | 14/05/2022 23:34 |
| Brekkie | What is encouraging here is the UK maintaining a lead with lower positions in the vote. If the 12s are as spread around the televote as they are the jury they've every chance. | 14/05/2022 23:34 |
| DeMarkay | She looks gorgeous | 14/05/2022 23:35 |
| TVNerd | I still think I’m dreaming | 14/05/2022 23:35 |
| Brekkie | This is Salford calling | 14/05/2022 23:35 |
| UTVLifer | I don't think that we'll be going to the news in 25 minutes time | 14/05/2022 23:35 |
| Joe | Think she was rigging the vote, Brekkie | 14/05/2022 23:35 |
| DeMarkay | AJ* | 14/05/2022 23:35 |
| DeMarkay | Hey Am | 14/05/2022 23:35 |
| Meteor | Salford | 14/05/2022 23:35 |
| Josh | We'll be linking up with AJ now | 14/05/2022 23:35 |
| Brekkie | Did Laura pop out for a kebab? | 14/05/2022 23:35 |
| DeMarkay | We will definitely get to 300 | 14/05/2022 23:36 |
| DeMarkay | 265! | 14/05/2022 23:36 |
| Tom | Salford quays looks good tonight. | 14/05/2022 23:36 |
| scottishtv | *Being Northern*: DRINK! | 14/05/2022 23:36 |
| Josh | Nice to see Courtney Act | 14/05/2022 23:37 |
| Newshound47 | 300 means top 7 confirmed even with a terrible public vote | 14/05/2022 23:37 |
| Meteor | Germany still 0... | 14/05/2022 23:37 |
| Josh | Is it because we axed Neighbours? | 14/05/2022 23:38 |
| DeMarkay | And that’s how you do that! | 14/05/2022 23:38 |
| Adam Till | I just hope that I’m proven wrong and that the public love us as much as the jury do! | 14/05/2022 23:38 |
| Mike | That'll be funny, Putin has hacked it to make it look like we're cheating | 14/05/2022 23:38 |
| Meteor | Well stuff you Aus :-D | 14/05/2022 23:38 |
| Brekkie | And damn Australia. | 14/05/2022 23:38 |
| Newshound47 | I’m suorised they haven’t just scrapped the voting for the 6 countires and announce that | 14/05/2022 23:38 |
| scottishtv | Was that because we cancelled Neighbours? | 14/05/2022 23:38 |
| Brekkie | By "irregular voting patterns" do they mean the UK getting 12 points? | 14/05/2022 23:38 |
| Newshound47 | We might have beat Sweden but not Ukraine or spain | 14/05/2022 23:39 |
| Josh | for us, even. | 14/05/2022 23:39 |
| Josh | 283 jury points from us. | 14/05/2022 23:39 |
| Brekkie | Surely we beat Sweden in the public vote. Thought she wasn't that great tonight. | 14/05/2022 23:39 |
| DeMarkay | Josh, that is definitely the reason | 14/05/2022 23:39 |
| DeMarkay | 277! | 14/05/2022 23:39 |
| Meteor | Thank you Czechia | 14/05/2022 23:39 |
| scottishtv | I love that Martin Garrix song | 14/05/2022 23:39 |
| Brekkie | OK - I'm good with axing the televote with immediate effect. | 14/05/2022 23:40 |
| TVNerd | We won the Jury Vote | 14/05/2022 23:40 |
| DeMarkay | Oh god I hope it doesn’t go wrong | 14/05/2022 23:40 |
| UTVLifer | This feels monumental | 14/05/2022 23:40 |
| Newshound47 | Sounds like the suspicious vote was revealed in the semi | 14/05/2022 23:40 |
| Brekkie | What's the tie breaker - most 12s from both votes? | 14/05/2022 23:40 |
| PATV Scunthorpe | We've won the jury vote! That's something | 14/05/2022 23:40 |
| Josh | @Brekkie Essentially: Most 12s, most 10s, then most 8-1s and if it's still tied, then whoever performed first (which puts us at a disadvantage if we get to it) | 14/05/2022 23:41 |
| Meteor | @brekkie No it's something obscure, however I've forgotten | 14/05/2022 23:41 |
| bkman1990 | I am really stunned that the UK has been leading the contest tonight in terms of points. It is a wonderful outcome for the UK so far. Whatever happens with the public vote now. I hope the UK does well with it. Good luck Sam. | 14/05/2022 23:42 |
| AxG | Then 12s, 10s etc | 14/05/2022 23:42 |
| DeMarkay | What did Mika say? | 14/05/2022 23:42 |
| AxG | No no, it's the points from the most countries, | 14/05/2022 23:42 |
| Meteor | @josh not what Mika said in an interview in the week | 14/05/2022 23:42 |
| Josh | We're going to be the last | 14/05/2022 23:42 |
| TV_Pres_Fan | Here we go... | 14/05/2022 23:42 |
| scottishtv | Numberwang time!! | 14/05/2022 23:42 |
| UTVLifer | HERE WE GO | 14/05/2022 23:43 |
| Adam Till | Whatever the result, I am so proud of Sam! | 14/05/2022 23:43 |
| Josh | I WANNA GO HOME I DON'T LIKE THISSSSS | 14/05/2022 23:43 |
| DeMarkay | If we win, Graham has to get on stage | 14/05/2022 23:43 |
| Brekkie | Shame Laura came back. The half hour without her was far easier on the ears | 14/05/2022 23:43 |
| Meteor | They got through the jury votes very fast | 14/05/2022 23:43 |
| brioalex | I don’t think I can take this ? | 14/05/2022 23:43 |
| Josh | Last place for Germany but they get points | 14/05/2022 23:44 |
| JasonB | *DVB Cornwall | 14/05/2022 23:44 |
| ethanh05 | No nil points! | 14/05/2022 23:44 |
| scottishtv | Well done Germany! | 14/05/2022 23:44 |
| JasonB | I wonder how many times DVD Cornwall has changed next years thread title? | 14/05/2022 23:44 |
| DeMarkay | If it is Sweden, I won’t be mad. I just hope we get Petra Mede again | 14/05/2022 23:44 |
| brioalex | I’m actually sweating! | 14/05/2022 23:44 |
| scottishtv | *fetches more wine* | 14/05/2022 23:44 |
| Adam Till | Germany do not deserve 0 points. I really did like that song. | 14/05/2022 23:44 |
| DeMarkay | Oh I don’t like this | 14/05/2022 23:44 |
| Joe | I think you literally are | 14/05/2022 23:45 |
| Adam Till | Maybe I’m alone in liking Germanys performance. | 14/05/2022 23:45 |
| TVNerd | Fingers crossed | 14/05/2022 23:46 |
| brioalex | This is actually awful! | 14/05/2022 23:46 |
| Brekkie | Didn't they used to have a graphic with the points left to award? | 14/05/2022 23:46 |
| Newshound47 | They sued to go in order of the jury scoreboard | 14/05/2022 23:46 |
| Newshound47 | Have they changed it now | 14/05/2022 23:46 |
| bkman1990 | Fair play Moldova | 14/05/2022 23:46 |
| scottishtv | Eeek | 14/05/2022 23:46 |
| Brekkie | Go Moldova | 14/05/2022 23:46 |
| Josh | 239 from Moldova takes them into 3rd. Not enough to overtake | 14/05/2022 23:46 |
| DeMarkay | How many points could we get? | 14/05/2022 23:46 |
| Brekkie | I find this bit dull, not dynamic | 14/05/2022 23:46 |
| DeMarkay | Alex* | 14/05/2022 23:47 |
| scottishtv | (to the casual observer at least) | 14/05/2022 23:47 |
| DeMarkay | Why is it awful Alec? | 14/05/2022 23:47 |
| scottishtv | @Brekkie: they've never had that which makes it so confusing | 14/05/2022 23:47 |
| Newshound47 | I mean order of the public vote. Now it goes in order of jury scoreboard | 14/05/2022 23:47 |
| Brekkie | I'd rather go round all the countries again so they get their 12 point moments | 14/05/2022 23:48 |
| DeMarkay | Oh indeed Alex haha | 14/05/2022 23:48 |
| Newshound47 | It’s not the best way of votinnt | 14/05/2022 23:48 |
| scottishtv | This more stressful than waiting for your exam results! | 14/05/2022 23:48 |
| brioalex | Awful painful in suspense Smile | 14/05/2022 23:48 |
| Josh | The UK and Spain received the same number of 12 points, in case we get to that point | 14/05/2022 23:48 |
| JLav25 | Not sure what to expect | 14/05/2022 23:48 |
| Brekkie | Public vote feels more logical but thinkcwhen they did it that way we thought this way would be better. It isb't | 14/05/2022 23:48 |
| DeMarkay | WHAT?! | 14/05/2022 23:49 |
| Josh | Serbia have overtaken us for now | 14/05/2022 23:49 |
| UTVLifer | Anyone else got really shaky hands right now? | 14/05/2022 23:49 |
| DeMarkay | My stomach is actually hurting | 14/05/2022 23:49 |
| Sky303 | Anticipation is painful | 14/05/2022 23:49 |
| Brekkie | This might topple us | 14/05/2022 23:49 |
| scottishtv | *adds Swiss chocolate to his shopping list* | 14/05/2022 23:49 |
| bkman1990 | Oh dear Oh dear Switzerland. | 14/05/2022 23:49 |
| JetixFann450 | This is REALLY TENSE | 14/05/2022 23:49 |
| JetixFann450 | This really hurts. | 14/05/2022 23:49 |
| Josh | Poor Switzerland | 14/05/2022 23:49 |
| DeMarkay | Oh god I’m getting palpitations | 14/05/2022 23:50 |
| AxG | We in the top 10 | 14/05/2022 23:50 |
| bkman1990 | Serbia is ahead lads for now. But don't worry...it could change for the UK. | 14/05/2022 23:50 |
| brioalex | REALY!! | 14/05/2022 23:50 |
| UTVLifer | OH GOD | 14/05/2022 23:50 |
| Meteor | Highest wins | 14/05/2022 23:51 |
| Adam Till | It always amazes me how contrasting the jury votes can me towards the public votes. | 14/05/2022 23:51 |
| TIGHazard | We're guaranteed left hand side at least | 14/05/2022 23:51 |
| Meteor | So tiebreakers are decided by the televote vote | 14/05/2022 23:51 |
| Brekkie | Shockingly low for Australia. | 14/05/2022 23:51 |
| Josh | I've never been more nervous about a silly little singing contest | 14/05/2022 23:51 |
| Sky303 | I did like Serbia's song but wow I'm surprised | 14/05/2022 23:51 |
| Brekkie | Harsh for Azerbaijan. Lost the 12 from Russia. | 14/05/2022 23:51 |
| Brekkie | Thats top 10 secure | 14/05/2022 23:52 |
| Brekkie | I hate this reveal as it is so unnecessarily cruel and negativecwhen the traditional reveal celebrates small wins | 14/05/2022 23:52 |
| Josh | The late news is definitely not starting on time | 14/05/2022 23:52 |
| DeMarkay | So glad Australia and Poland scored low | 14/05/2022 23:52 |
| JLav25 | rather surpised with the Aussie points total | 14/05/2022 23:52 |
| scottishtv | At least we won't have to see that waterfall again | 14/05/2022 23:53 |
| UTVLifer | The news is deffo not starting in 7 minutes | 14/05/2022 23:53 |
| Newshound47 | Maybe they should simply let each country give 24 points | 14/05/2022 23:53 |
| scottishtv | Ooohh | 14/05/2022 23:53 |
| UTVLifer | I'm going to need an ambulance if we make Top 5 | 14/05/2022 23:53 |
| JLav25 | Looking forward to the "Late News" pressenter greeting us with Good Morning | 14/05/2022 23:53 |
| Josh | At least we're on the left hand side | 14/05/2022 23:53 |
| Juicy Joe | Ukraine.... | 14/05/2022 23:54 |
| brioalex | Right now we only need 30 points to win! But a lot could change before we get there | 14/05/2022 23:54 |
| Josh | Ukraine is next | 14/05/2022 23:54 |
| CantGetIn | The unnecessary pause is really annoying | 14/05/2022 23:54 |
| Brekkie | Top 6 at least | 14/05/2022 23:54 |
| scottishtv | Ukraine to be revealed very shortly!! | 14/05/2022 23:54 |
| DeMarkay | Indeed we are | 14/05/2022 23:54 |
| Brekkie | I think we're seeing quite a spread of the top points | 14/05/2022 23:54 |
| Juicy Joe | 439 points... | 14/05/2022 23:55 |
| scottishtv | Wooooahh | 14/05/2022 23:55 |
| brioalex | Ukrainian has won then! | 14/05/2022 23:55 |
| Brekkie | Game over. | 14/05/2022 23:55 |
| DeMarkay | Wow | 14/05/2022 23:55 |
| Meteor | Crikey | 14/05/2022 23:55 |
| Josh | 439 points | 14/05/2022 23:55 |
| Meteor | Deep breath... | 14/05/2022 23:55 |
| scottishtv | Just drink | 14/05/2022 23:55 |
| scottishtv | *DRINK!* | 14/05/2022 23:55 |
| Adam Till | That’s what I was expecting | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| bkman1990 | Wow. That is a massive result for Ukraine. But it's not the end of the contest yet. | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| Juicy Joe | Time to put the drinks down | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| DeMarkay | Time to go to bed | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| Newshound47 | Sorry but voting scandal and Ukraine winning will | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| Juicy Joe | Time to head to bed | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| Newshound47 | This will kill the contest. | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| Newshound47 | Ukraine is | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| Juicy Joe | Right it's all over | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| Brekkie | Bloody Putin denying our Eurovision redemption. | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| scottishtv | Oh man, it's the hope that gets you! | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| ethanh05 | Well then | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| DeMarkay | Well we haven’t won | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| Juicy Joe | What? | 14/05/2022 23:56 |
| Joe | Get off the fence about the voting Brekkie, say what you really think | 14/05/2022 23:57 |
| QuinnTFP | Are there enough points left for anyone to beat that? | 14/05/2022 23:57 |
| scottishtv | Felt like they were going to reveal that no one else could win! | 14/05/2022 23:57 |
| Newshound47 | I bet we have a shit song next year. Jack how Jessica and Jade were followed by low votes | 14/05/2022 23:57 |
| Josh | I don't think we can overtake | 14/05/2022 23:57 |
| Juicy Joe | It's all over now | 14/05/2022 23:57 |
| Brekkie | This is why this system isn't as exciting as made out as just like the traditional system you can know thexwinner with 5 results to go | 14/05/2022 23:57 |
| brioalex | Ahh damn! If it wasn’t for the war we maybe could’ve won… | 14/05/2022 23:57 |
| Newshound47 | I mean the Ukrainian Judy gave sam 12th | 14/05/2022 23:58 |
| Brekkie | This is so dragged out | 14/05/2022 23:58 |
| Newshound47 | Will the UK offer to hose for Ukraine | 14/05/2022 23:58 |
| Adam Till | Really hope we can get 2nd which will will top my expectations | 14/05/2022 23:58 |
| JasonB | I hope Sam's million subscribers have european phone numbers to vote! | 14/05/2022 23:58 |
| DeMarkay | How many did Spain get? | 14/05/2022 23:58 |
| Brekkie | Are you BM11 Newshound47? | 14/05/2022 23:58 |
| Meteor | So we'd need 349 | 14/05/2022 23:58 |
| bkman1990 | Well Spain are not winning it either. | 14/05/2022 23:58 |
| Meteor | Still in it.... | 14/05/2022 23:59 |
| Newshound47 | I hope one day the Uk will win but sadly I suspect it be another 5 years or more until we in such a good position again | 14/05/2022 23:59 |
| Josh | I don't think we can overtake Ukraine. Nobody can | 14/05/2022 23:59 |
| Juicy Joe | Let's close the Shoutbox for another year and be resigned to our fate | 14/05/2022 23:59 |
| brioalex | We definitely should get second! I’d be happy with that because it would basically mean a win | 14/05/2022 23:59 |
| scottishtv | The final split screen. Wow! | 15/05/2022 00:00 |
| Brekkie | Means the voting ends on a downer too. | 15/05/2022 00:00 |
| Newshound47 | Sweden will love to host ir. And the EbU love them more than the bbc | 15/05/2022 00:00 |
| Adam Till | Came on Sam! Whatever the result, we are proud of you! | 15/05/2022 00:00 |
| brioalex | And that’s a win in my books | 15/05/2022 00:00 |
| brioalex | Top 5 though is great! | 15/05/2022 00:00 |
| bkman1990 | 180 extra points for Sweden. | 15/05/2022 00:00 |
| DeMarkay | We all know why they won | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| Juicy Joe | Would you believe it? | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| brioalex | Yay we’re second! | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| Newshound47 | It’s a dull ending to do it like thsr | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| TVenthusiasm | And Ukraine is the winner! Slava Ukraini! | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| TIGHazard | 2nd | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| Juicy Joe | Oh dear | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| DeMarkay | Well | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| DeMarkay | Ahh | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| Meteor | Oh | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| Brekkie | You're sucking the joy out of this Newshound47. So much to celebrate all round. | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| Newshound47 | Might be easier for Ukraine to announce only 26 are entering | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| Newshound47 | I wonder if they will have semis next year if six counties get banned | 15/05/2022 00:01 |
| Juicy Joe | We have 12 points to Ukraine, we've knocked ourselves out | 15/05/2022 00:02 |
| Newshound47 | The EBU refused to answer if Ukraine can host | 15/05/2022 00:02 |
| bkman1990 | Ah well. Congratulations to Ukraine. | 15/05/2022 00:02 |
| Josh | 12 points from our televotes go to Ukraine | 15/05/2022 00:02 |
| Brekkie | 2nd place is our historic place in the contest | 15/05/2022 00:02 |
| ethanh05 | That's basically victory | 15/05/2022 00:02 |
| scottishtv | Incredible - could you even imagine this to a couple of weeks ago? | 15/05/2022 00:02 |
| Meteor | Still, Kyiv next year! | 15/05/2022 00:02 |
| Josh | 2nd place! I'll take that | 15/05/2022 00:02 |
| Langham | Congratulations to Sam Ryder and to Ukraine, a great contest! | 15/05/2022 00:03 |
| DeMarkay | Sympathy vote definitely | 15/05/2022 00:03 |
| thebigdog2022 | 2nd place amazing finish | 15/05/2022 00:03 |
| JasonB | Cue the complaints to change the voting. | 15/05/2022 00:03 |
| Sky303 | 2nd place is a strong result | 15/05/2022 00:03 |
| Adam Till | 2nd is an amazing result imo | 15/05/2022 00:03 |
| Joe | Ukraine’s song is amazing. I’m really happy with the result | 15/05/2022 00:03 |
| Mike | Sympathy votes but still a good show from the UK | 15/05/2022 00:03 |
| no1fanofthepals | Well done Ukraine for winning and Sam for getting second. | 15/05/2022 00:03 |
| scottishtv | We gave 12 to Ukraine so we can't complain! | 15/05/2022 00:03 |
| JasonB | Sympathy votes | 15/05/2022 00:03 |
| Newshound47 | I wonder what countires gave votes to us | 15/05/2022 00:03 |
| Brekkie | Do we just keep sending Sam till he wins now? | 15/05/2022 00:04 |
| ethanh05 | Just saying - if Ukraine can't host and it gets passed down to second... | 15/05/2022 00:04 |
| Newshound47 | Oddly I I love a lot of Maneskin’s ither songs but still can’t abide their winning entry. | 15/05/2022 00:04 |
| scottishtv | Can we have Sam back next year?! Smile | 15/05/2022 00:04 |
| Newshound47 | Maybe next year I will actually like the winning entry. I didn’t enjoy last year or this year. Oddlya lot of Maneskin’s other material | 15/05/2022 00:04 |
| UTVLifer | I wonder what will happen next year should Ukraine be unable to host themselves | 15/05/2022 00:05 |
| Meteor | It'll be Kyiv. Mark my words | 15/05/2022 00:05 |
| UTVLifer | 2nd place - that's amazing !! | 15/05/2022 00:05 |
| CantGetIn | I prefer the old way they announced votes | 15/05/2022 00:05 |
| Rexogamer | but well done Ukraine and Sam | 15/05/2022 00:05 |
| Rexogamer | I find it unlikely that they'll be able to host | 15/05/2022 00:05 |
| Adam Till | Was hoping for second half of leaderboard. That result blew me hope into the stratosphere. | 15/05/2022 00:05 |
| Newshound47 | So forth or fifth I think | 15/05/2022 00:06 |
| Newshound47 | Serbia was above in the public vote | 15/05/2022 00:06 |
| Joe | Feels a tiny bit odd hearing Norton promoting Radio 2! | 15/05/2022 00:06 |
| Newshound47 | I can’t see the ebu being able to announce A | 15/05/2022 00:06 |
| Brekkie | Where were in the televote - third after Ukraine and Moldova? | 15/05/2022 00:06 |
| Newshound47 | travel advice is still avoid Ukraine they can’t offer it | 15/05/2022 00:07 |
| channel4squares1 | Well done UK | 15/05/2022 00:07 |
| scottishtv | If they can't host it should be a neighbour, in my view, so Ukrainians can at least attend in some numbers. But if course the EBU will sort it out. | 15/05/2022 00:07 |
| Newshound47 | Normally September for the city. If the UK home office says | 15/05/2022 00:07 |
| JasonB | No thread from DVB Cornwall yet | 15/05/2022 00:07 |
| DeMarkay | When do the EBU announce the location? | 15/05/2022 00:07 |
| agentsquash | Wouldn’t be surprised if we saw Eurovision in Salford next year if Ukraine is still in conflict… Big 5, and second place! | 15/05/2022 00:08 |
| Newshound47 | Ukraine won the Spanish vote | 15/05/2022 00:08 |
| Newshound47 | We got 8 in the televise from Spain. | 15/05/2022 00:08 |
| scottishtv | I quite like this song, to be fair | 15/05/2022 00:09 |
| Newshound47 | I think London could be the reserve host. If the bbc was chowing Manchester for sure but London maybe is more international | 15/05/2022 00:09 |
| Brekkie | The song has really grown on me. | 15/05/2022 00:10 |
| DeMarkay | © 2022, a BBC Studios Entertainment and TV Live Forum Co-Production. All rights reserved. | 15/05/2022 00:10 |
| Joe | Bore off Newshound. | 15/05/2022 00:10 |
| Brekkie | If it is in the UK it would be good to incorporate one Ukrainian host if possible into the presenting team. | 15/05/2022 00:10 |
| Newshound47 | The people I am with are fuming. They hated the Ukraine son | 15/05/2022 00:10 |
| ethanh05 | I don't think you can complain when we literally gave Ukraine 12 points in the televote | 15/05/2022 00:11 |
| JetixFann450 | To be fair though, the Ukraine song isn't that bad. Pity votes, but at least it was sorta worth it I guess. | 15/05/2022 00:11 |
| Josh | Not like them to play the song out in full, usually they cut out when the sponsors appear in the graphics | 15/05/2022 00:11 |
| Newshound47 | I hope next year we send a BAME contestant. It’s shocking it’s been all white singers for a decade when the Uk has such a diverse music industry. | 15/05/2022 00:12 |
| scottishtv | I could kindof tell when they were on the news last week and said that they wanted to use ESC to send a signal of the European support for Ukraine. | 15/05/2022 00:12 |
| scottishtv | Well said @Brekkie | 15/05/2022 00:13 |
| Mike | I hope we send a talented singer, regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability status, gender identity or sexuality next year. | 15/05/2022 00:13 |
| Newshound47 | Graham clearly | 15/05/2022 00:13 |
| LTSC1980 | Let UK host 2023 | 15/05/2022 00:13 |
| Brekkie | I'd rather lose to Ukraine than Sweden or Serbia. | 15/05/2022 00:13 |
| agentsquash | And now the News with some good news from Ukraine at least | 15/05/2022 00:13 |
| ConorM98 | Meteor, they can't do it in Kyiv as their exhibition centre they used for 2017 is now a refugee center | 15/05/2022 00:14 |
| DeMarkay | Goodbye Newshound | 15/05/2022 00:14 |
| Newshound47 | Graham admitted the other year the commentators get the public vote a while before the result | 15/05/2022 00:14 |
| Josh | And it's good morning from Martine Croxall | 15/05/2022 00:14 |
| Sky303 | that was fun, night folks! | 15/05/2022 00:15 |
| Juicy Joe | Goodnight folks, good Eurovision chat & banter tonight!! | 15/05/2022 00:15 |
| Newshound47 | Spain won’t offer I don’t think. | 15/05/2022 00:15 |
| JasonB | Oh dear @ Newshound47 | 15/05/2022 00:15 |
| ConorM98 | Either them or Spain | 15/05/2022 00:15 |
| ConorM98 | Here's hoping the BBC says yes to hosting | 15/05/2022 00:15 |
| agentsquash | Why would Spain be first choice anyway? I’m just glad that Ukraine won and we got back into Eurovision | 15/05/2022 00:16 |
| scottishtv | Thanks all, was fun. Good night! | 15/05/2022 00:16 |
| scottishtv | I'm sure the EBU will collectively come to a decision about next year! It's their contest after all! | 15/05/2022 00:16 |
| Brekkie | Maybe Skin from Skunk Anansie @Newshound47? ? | 15/05/2022 00:16 |
| JetixFann450 | Seeing Ukraine win and then BBC News going to a "War in Ukraine" segment saying Russian forces have moved away... hopefully they can rebuild. | 15/05/2022 00:17 |
| Mike | Good night all | 15/05/2022 00:19 |
| TVNerd | I’m so happy that we came seeing and I’m sure the BBC are too Big Grin | 15/05/2022 00:19 |
| TVenthusiasm | What a night - good night everyone and GLORY TO UKRAINE! | 15/05/2022 00:19 |
| TVNerd | *second | 15/05/2022 00:20 |
| Brekkie | The UK has history of finishing 2nd then hosting when the winner opts out so it's the most likely outcome. | 15/05/2022 00:20 |
| Brekkie | And as much as we joke about it bankrupting broadcasters it's an entity in it's own right now. The BBC put on multiple music events per year so Eurovision wouldn't he a problem and I suspect post-Brexit cities bidding would get government support. | 15/05/2022 00:21 |
| JetixFann450 | I was sorta surprised, and not really at the same time considering they need some sort of good news. | 15/05/2022 00:22 |
| JetixFann450 | Again, 2nd place means a multitude of things and UK could still host it if Ukraine are unable to. | 15/05/2022 00:23 |
| ethanh05 | Hang on, 'voting irregularities being investigated'? They can't knock us down anymore surely. | 15/05/2022 00:24 |
| TVNerd | I assume it was the countries they “couldn’t connect to@ | 15/05/2022 00:25 |
| Brekkie | UK getting 12 points broke the system | 15/05/2022 00:27 |
| JasonB | What happens to the points if suspicious activity was found? | 15/05/2022 00:31 |
| Newshound47 | The points were already removed. Aggregated votes replaced them in the final. It was very clear when Romania and Moldavia didn’t swap record. | 15/05/2022 00:36 |
| DeMarkay | When did this happen? | 15/05/2022 00:36 |
| DeMarkay | So what does this mean? Will Ukraine’s score drop? | 15/05/2022 00:38 |
| TVNerd | The points won’t change they were removed before being announced | 15/05/2022 00:41 |
| Newshound47 | The lowest televote for Ukraine appears to be a seven from Serbia. The Uk one got one televote 12 from Malta. | 15/05/2022 00:49 |
| tellyblues | ⑫ | 15/05/2022 00:54 |
| TVNerd | Is this shoutbox going to be archived somewhere? I’m sure people would want to look back on this in future as there were no posts on the thread until afterwards | 15/05/2022 00:54 |
| Blubatt | I am happy we got that far. I didn't think we would be in the top 10 songs for a good few years. Coming second is a big step up for the UK. While I am upset that we didn't win, it was Ukraine's night. They are all in the hearts and minds of Europe, and if this is one nice thing that they can have amidst all the suffering, then good on them. Our song won the judge's vote, we were second overall. That is amazing for us, and I think it has restored a lot of faith in Eurovision amongst people. | 15/05/2022 00:55 |
| TV_Pres_Fan | I really enjoyed tonight's final. Would have been nice to win but second is a great result for us and Ukraine are deserving winners. | 15/05/2022 01:02 |
| Josh | Martin Österdahl stated that all the donations and incomes for Eurovision 2022 will be given and rewarded to Ukraine as a financial & moral support | 15/05/2022 01:30 |