Eurovision: No one likes us...

...unfortunately leaving is unlikely to get us out of the Eurovision Song Contest; if it did, it might be the first valid example of "a price worth paying".


 

If UKIP had leaving Eurovision as their manifesto, I would have voted for them.

UKIP are working on their immigration policy I've read. They're planning on employing nightclub bouncers at all entry/exit points with a one out, one in policy. No shell suits or trainers,

The LibDems want to eradicate avocado hand by making the correct pronunciation of Quinoa part of the national curriculum.

Labour are still working out the difference between policemen and sleeping policemen.

The conservative are looking for a strong and stable countryside pastime between pubs. Fancy dress, horses and dogs optional but Theresa may change her mind on how optional.

Portugal won with a pretty decent ballad sung in their own language.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/may/13/eurovision-portugal-gorilla-suit-uk-europe-lucie-jones

Yes, WDB, you're correct. It would be nice to have everyone sing in native languages, but the unintended consequence of that rule, as you pointed out, was too big a price to pay.

I really liked the Portugal song and was delighted it won. Other excellent entries IMHO were Belgium, Croatia and Ukraine. UK's was pretty good but a bit formulaic and finished about halfway in the voting, giving the lie to any anti-Brit theories completely. We were well voted for from across the continent.

I watch it and enjoy it every year, and this year it seems to have 'grown up' a bit, for want of a better word. There was good variety in the entrants, some high quality stuff, and very little daft novelty stuff, apart from the silly Italian gorilla gimmick. The children were of course delighted with the pitch invader who mooned 200 million people and got bundled off the stage by security in pretty short order.

The European Championship of Beer which my friend and I held as we watched was won by La Gondole IPA from Belgium. A 7.2% beer but didn't taste that strong at all. Which is dangerous. Alarmingly easy to drink and moreish. This surprised me as I'm not a great fan of IPA generally. Last place to Iceland, with a sharp, over-hopped wheat beer whose name escapes me. Some ordinary stuff in the middle from Greece, Germany and Spain.

I'll look that Breton one up, Brompters. Must have missed it that year. France often present something interesting, even if they seldom win.

Cheers.

Smelling pistake on my winning beer - it was La Goudale IPA.

www.lagoudale.com/index.php/en/goudale-ipa

Glorious.