Eurovision Rewatch: 1997 18/04 (20.00 BST)

[Tisch]

HERE WE GO

 

[dmlaw]

Diana was 36 years old when she died.

Well, now I feel old. It's a good job that I was planning on drinking heavily already.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Countdown has begun

 

[Lucille]

Omg it’s so exciting having it on a big screen!

 

[octophone]

Free jazz has finished on time - Guiseppi Logan (RIP, passed on this morning). Onwards!

 

[Soldi]

You've already SEEN it? You born YESTERDAY!

There’s this thing called the INTERNET and YOUTUBE sweet cheeks

 

[AGinAg (37)]

She'd be almost 60

 

[octophone]

These countdowns are shit.

 

[Tisch]

Free jazz has finished on time - Guiseppi Logan (RIP, passed on this morning). Onwards!

No negativity please

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I like the YouTube countdown.

 

[Dark Carnival]

These countdowns are shit.

No negativity in here please !

 

[Tisch]

These countdowns are shit.

 

[OutSynk]

I will give it a TRY.

 

[Dark Carnival]

HERE WE GO!!

 

[octophone]

She'd be almost 60

She'd have died taking a dodgy pill at Glastonbury in 1999 if Phil hadn't got her in the car crash.

 

[Dark Carnival]

OMG

 

[Tisch]

Can mods ban other mods?

 

[COB]

Here we go

 

[dmlaw]

I believe that I have seen this before and that the first song is excellent. If this turns out not be the case, I think I'll blame VoR.

 

[Soldi]

ITS TIME

 

[VoR]

I love hating them as much I love loving them.

YOU'RE WELCOME

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Bjorn

 

[ButterTart]

Hi everyone, I've already had my tea (from the chippy) and now I'm drinking some shit purple WKD.

 

[octophone]

What's with the haunted intro?

 

[AGinAg (37)]

YOU'RE WELCOME

 

[Suomi]

I LOVE THEM ALL IN SOME WAY.

I love hating them as much I love loving them.

me too - I just felt like people’s expectations in the 2002 thread were very unrealistic, you can’t get the true joy of your 1999s, 2003s and 2005s without seeing THE OTHER SIDE

 

[Alla]

That was Celine Dion!

 

[AGinAg (37)]

What's with the haunted intro?

The ghost of Diana.

 

[Iguana]

Dafuq is this

 

[octophone]

No negativity please

Fuck up or I'll ban you until tomorrow.

 

[ButterTart]

This is quite futuristic and high spec considering it's a Eurovision that's over a decade old.

 

[Tisch]

It's like a big brother intro. BEFORE IT'S TIME

 

[Alla]

These countdowns are shit.

#bekind

 

[lolly]

Bugger, I'm going to miss the start

 

[OutSynk]

This is very SCI-FI. LOVE IT.

 

[COB]

Roman Keating? Oh NO!

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Ronan shitting Keating.

 

[Lucille]

The hideous stage

 

[Alla]

I didn't know it was Ronan K. hosting!

 

[ButterTart]

It's actually reminding me of the WRESTLING, both in the presentation and that cauliflower-eared old bruiser on the right.