Eurovision time

[kiki1982]

My hubby was right all along. He said Denmark, it was bl**dy well Denmark. He said France would get stuck in the low regions because it was too good, it did. That was Amandine Bourgeois, by the way. My God, was she nervous. When the camera caught her hand, she was shaking!

Hubby was wrong about Finland, because he thought it was a contender. Maybe it was let down by the lesbian kiss.

We are happy for Malta, Hungary (better performance than the first time), Greece and the Netherlands. We thought they were going to be forgotten.

On the whole I found the quality also very good. Maybe it's the semi-finals that filter out the inevitable crap (or let it through sometimes...).

I found the presentation and the in between act a breath of fresh air. No mindless pomp, just mindless fun. And I think they aggravated the conservatives a bit extra by this 'you may now kiss the groom'. What a wonderful country we are. GAYS CAN MARRY PEOPLE. Take that, Baku. . As Graham Norton said when Finland's song came up, 'And if you get offended by a lesbian kiss, then you need to grow up.'
I did think the opening act of semi-final 2 was better than the in-between act yesterday, but I just think they liked the lack of seriousness of it. Semi-final 2's act had a bit of the Olympic opening with a certain concept attached. It was more imaginative than yesterdays.

The presentation proved that you only need one good presenter, not 2 or 3 mediocre ones. That said, I thought they could have briefed the green room one a bit better. But it was his first time, so it's OK. Oh, and it was without auto-cue, with cards!

[prendrelemick]

The big surprises were Azerbaijan 2nd and Georgia nowhere, I think.




Ho-hum back to being a dour farmer for another year.

[kev67]

I didn't watch it, but Bonnie's song did not seem so bad. It was not as good as her 70s stuff, but it was a lot better than the Danish song.

[cacian]

I didn't watch it, but Bonnie's song did not seem so bad. It was not as good as her 70s stuff, but it was a lot better than the Danish song.

Agreed the other thing that I find incorrect is that the UK has to give 8/10/12 to different countries but then it does not necessarily mean it will get it back the same way from other countries. It feel rather unjust to expect England to give out the points and in return gets nothing. There is a fault in the system I reckon it is not right.

[kev67]

Agreed the other thing that I find incorrect is that the UK has to give 8/10/12 to different countries but then it does not necessarily mean it will get it back the same way from other countries. It feel rather unjust to expect England to give out the points and in return gets nothing. There is a fault in the system I reckon it is not right.

Quite!