Eurovision Rewatch: 1997 18/04 (20.00 BST)

[Alla]

I need a really awful song to get dinner ready, do we have some real shit coming up?

 

[COB]

Liking this ESC, but we didn't have anything as memorable as DON'T PANIC so far.

That's true of all events in LIFE though, to be fair.

 

[octophone]

The Bosnian keyboardist looks like Paula Yates AFTER she OD'd.

Oh FUCKING OUCH!

 

[AGinAg (37)]

The Bosnian keyboardist looks like Paula Yates AFTER she OD'd.

I thought more Surie after a 12 hour shift.

 

[Tisch]

Not the only singer tonight that tried years later in Melodifestivalen. Those who don't know who I'm talking about might be a bit shocked when they find out.

YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE ANSWER!!

 

[octophone]

Were zoot suits with giant colourful collars the fashion for women in 1997?

Yes. I deliberately delayed my transition to avoid them.

 

[win_the_game]

Were zoot suits with giant colourful collars the fashion for women in 1997?

She looks like a Katrina and the Waves impersonator.

 

[octophone]

Oh, CREEPY VICARS.

 

[VoR]

If you take away the stupid distracting backing singers, this is actually properly lovely and I have a lot of feelings about what happened.

 

[Alla]

YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE ANSWER!!

Probably even our @Soldi knows.

 

[Tisch]

Yes. I deliberately delayed my transition to avoid them.

 

[ButterTart]

I'm frightened to look back at the 1996 contest thread to see what we said about her then, in case we have to go to prison.

Oh fuck. I daren't say anything about this Portuguese one now either, especially since they just showed her doing some key stage 1 homework during the VT.

 

[OutSynk]

I love how CLASSY the women look. THOSE WERE THE DAYS.

 

[COB]

The backing singers give this an extremely sinister air.

 

[D5K]

Oooh spoken word

 

[Iguana]

This suffers from being the 7863th sultry woman in a row

 

[AGinAg (37)]

The creepy backing singers!

TEN!

 

[Tisch]

An entire song in the HONK register, interesting!

 

[Zu]

I need a really awful song to get dinner ready, do we have some real shit coming up?

LO AND BEHOLD

 

[dmlaw]

I think Portugal might be going to do rather well. In boobs rate.

 

[Alla]

Anyone else vey annoyed because we don't have the country on screen? Which one is this?

 

[Beverley]

I like this. She's gorgeous

 

[Dark Carnival]

If you take away the stupid distracting backing singers, this is actually properly lovely and I have a lot of feelings about what happened.

what happened?

 

[Alla]

Oh Portugal of course.

 

[Beverley]

WHO ARE THE CREEPS IN THE BACKGROUND? HER CAPTORS?

 

[octophone]

Hey, @Zu-Klara , is that DEVO on backups?

 

[Soldi]

I know this Portuguese song and love it

 

[win_the_game]

What's with the 90s NEIL TENANT CLONES?

 

[Dark Carnival]

Anyone else vey annoyed because we don't have the country on screen? Which one is this?

Portugal! YOU should know!

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Fun fact: she went on to grab Maddie.

 

[Iguana]

How many entries are there?

 

[Madison]

Out of the decades of utter sewerage entered by Portugal, I can't understand why this is the one that does the thing it does.

 

[ButterTart]

Portugal's unwavering dedication to being the shittest part of every year they participate in is actually quite impressive.

 

[Tisch]

I love how CLASSY the women look. THOSE WERE THE DAYS.

Back when WOMEN WERE WOMEN AND MEN WERE MEN. You don't know what you're getting these days.

 

[Bumptious]

I love how CLASSY the women look. THOSE WERE THE DAYS.

Never forget Austria

 

[octophone]

How many entries are there?

I think we're on number 87 right now.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

10 Cyprus
08 Turkey
01 Norway
03 Austria
01 Ireland
05 Slovenia
04 Switzerland
08 Netherlands
10 Italy
05 Spain
07 Germany
07 Poland
07 Estonia
06 Bosnia
02 Portugal

 

[ButterTart]

Fucking horrible.

 

[Alla]

The backing singers arriving from a funeral is a bit sinister.

 

[Suomi]

Out of the decades of utter sewerage entered by Portugal, I can't understand why this is the one that does the thing it does.

me neither!