Eurovision 2022

[jedi_master]

Sweden or Romania for me

[AwayClaret]

Sweden by far the best. WTF was the Serbian all about washing hands in a bowl

[AwayClaret]

Had a quid ew on Estonia as voted by the missus and daughter

[karatekid]

Uk by far. Come on .

[karatekid]

Sweden by far the best. WTF was the Serbian all about washing hands in a bowl

Covid?

[bobinho]

Ukraine won it yet?

[AwayClaret]

Covid?

Well I presume so but fecking hell

[timshorts]

1. Czechia
2. Netherlands
3. Uk
4. Estonia
5. Ukraine

But I liked Croatia best and it got knocked out in the semis.

Worst three Lithuania, Serbia and Australia.

[Goalposts]

Not as bonkers as previous years- which is the all point of Eurovision

[THEWELLERNUT70]

Save yer money ... Ukraine are nailed on

Hence I mentioned e/w

6 places

[boatshed bill]

Our singer was quite good, TBF.

[AwayClaret]

So much for Ukraine..atm

[AwayClaret]

Errrrm go UK

[Bosscat]

UK top of leaderboard so far

[Bosscat]

Hence I mentioned e/w

6 places

Hows Norway doing

Told ya save yer money

[ElectroClaret]

Ukraine wins it.

[Bosscat]

2nds not bad

[Milltown1882]

Ukraine’s horrendous song wins it. It’s not a political contest though.

[Burnley Ace]

2nds not bad

I’m having this as a win!!

[Burnley Ace]

Ukraine’s horrendous song wins it. It’s not a political contest though.

Tonight it was more humanitarian rather than political

[arise_sir_charge]

To be fair, the judges vote didn’t favour Unkraine, the UK won that so maybe not so political this year,

However the public gave them the sympathy vote.

[jedi_master]

Any other year, we basically win, which is great. All the talk over the years of “Hmph, all of Europe hates us, pointless entering” etc etc is finally proven to be ********.

I think we all knew tonight was an opportunity, however small, to show Ukraine all of Europe is with them. The result is no surprise at all.

I love Eurovision, absolute guilty pleasure! Me and my Wife have watched it together every year since we’ve been together. She forced me to watch it the first time, but I’ve been a willing participant ever since

[arise_sir_charge]

To be honest Jedi, I do think there is a huge political aspect to voting and always has been. Maybe now we aren’t part of Europe we get votes we wouldn’t have got before, oiling the wheels as they say!

[THEWELLERNUT70]

Hows Norway doing

Told ya save yer money

But I've only lost 2 quid out of 119 quids worth of winnings

[slw]

good effort from the uk, but tonight's contest was all too predictable.

[Devils_Advocate]

As winners the Ukraine now get the honour of hosting it next year which could be fun.

[wilks_bfc]

I’m having this as a win!!

Some bookies were offering odds to win excluding Ukraine

[Tricky Trevor]

As winners the Ukraine now get the honour of hosting it next year which could be fun.

Book your bunker now.

[CombatClaret]

As winners the Ukraine now get the honour of hosting it next year which could be fun.

At this rate will be hosted in the Ukrainian city of Moscow.

[THEWELLERNUT70]

To be honest Jedi, I do think there is a huge political aspect to voting and always has been. Maybe now we aren’t part of Europe we get votes we wouldn’t have got before, oiling the wheels as they say!

Don't over think things. The simple fact is that for the 1st time in absolutely years we've selected an artist who is relatively current,who's charted throughout Europe to a degree, is known to a very large extent throughout Europe due to a social media profile and not a has been or a nobody, coupled with (imo) the strongest UK song in many many years.

If you put the effort in, take things seriously you get rewarded

[Burnley Ace]

If you are looking at political sentiment, UK wins the Jury vote, third in the TV vote and gets 12 points from Eastern European countries that haven’t given us a point for years, France and Germany got nothing.

[Billy Balfour]

Ukraine’s horrendous song wins it. It’s not a political contest though.

Well, then you should blame those who actually watched the show and voted. Half the votes are from the judges, the other half are from the public. The 'political' judges made the UK by far the winner, and Ukraine wasn't in the top three, or five if I remember correctly. It was the voting public that made Ukraine the winner.

Anyhow, who cares - it's just a bit of entertainment with kitch acts and rubbishy music. Thing is though, if winning this TV show has made some of those hiding out in bomb shelters a bit happy for an evening, then all is good.

[Billy Balfour]

As winners the Ukraine now get the honour of hosting it next year which could be fun.

I think it will be hosted here in the UK.

[wilks_bfc]

The public vote was always going to effect the outcome. Ukraine got 431 points from a possible 468 from the public votes.
Moldova went from bottom 6th to top 7 following the public vote.

[bobinho]

If it has Russians, normal Russians - the Russians sat at home watching this “contest” on their TV’s questioning why the whole of Europe has backed Ukraine in this, maybe it will start them questioning the information put out by Putin and his government as well? That’s gotta be a good thing right?

[Billy Balfour]

We also got 10 points from the French judges and a maximum 12 from the German judges. Our song was good for a change, for this kind of show. Also, the guy can sing live and didn't mess up. Comes across as a likeable, and apparently he was well liked by the other acts too.

[arise_sir_charge]

If it has Russians, normal Russians - the Russians sat at home watching this “contest” on their TV’s questioning why the whole of Europe has backed Ukraine in this, maybe it will start them questioning the information put out by Putin and his government as well? That’s gotta be a good thing right?

If you watch Russian state tv, it was a landslide victory for their entry!

[martin_p]

We also got 10 points from the French judges and a maximum 12 from the German judges. Our song was good for a change, for this kind of show. Also, the guy can sing live and didn't mess up. Comes across as a likeable, and apparently he was well liked by the other acts too.

And nothing from the Aussie judges. Sometime the hatred runs too deep

[Devils_Advocate]

If you watch Russian state tv, it was a landslide victory for their entry!

Who Sam Ryder?