Eurovision Rewatch: 1995 Dublin (20:00 BST, 22/04)

[Lucille]

Oh great a crowd full of SCRATCH CARD JUNKIES.

 

[Soldi]

I presume they RAN OUT of opening/interval acts by this point

 

[win_the_game]

The Point Depot

AN AUDIENCE OF NATIONAL LOTTERY SCRATCHCARD WINNERS

Makes a change from a year's supply of potatoes.

 

[Penelope]

Was that a snatch of noted Cucumber death song LA LA LA?

 

[Kala]

Im just finishing hosting an online Eurovision Quiz and will join in a bit

 

[Alla]

Can he SHUT UP?

 

[COB]

Oh great a crowd full of SCRATCH CARD JUNKIES.

Rosie Banks from Brookside rubbing her hands in glee.

 

[Madison]

CLOWN WARNING

 

[Penelope]

OMG TU TE RECONNAITRAS

 

[Lucille]

Omg SPOILERS.

 

[Dark Carnival]

ABBA

 

[Penelope]

Oh great a crowd full of SCRATCH CARD JUNKIES.

Oh don't act like you get your coke in anything FANCIER

 

[dmlaw]

This is the shortest distance between Eurovision venues in consecutive years (0 miles).

What's the second shortest? Malmo to Copehagen?

 

[win_the_game]

Im just finishing hosting an online Eurovision Quiz and will join in a bit

OMG WHY WERE WE NOT INVITED?

 

[Penelope]

Fuck scratchcards - where are the PADDED BAGS?!

 

[COB]

OMG TU TE RECONNAITRAS

Does anyone know where I could find songs that sound like that, and also like Abba?

 

[Lucille]

Oh don't act like you get your coke in anything FANCIER

Actually it comes in BETTING SLIPS!

 

[Penelope]

Does anyone know where I could find songs that sound like that, and also like Abba?

Youtube.

 

[Kala]

Where are we up to?

 

[Penelope]

WHY HER INDEED

 

[Penelope]

Where are we up to?

6 minutes in

 

[dmlaw]

Where are we up to?

They've just finished their silly recap.

 

[Kala]

Mary just took the stage?

 

[Soldi]

Ooh the stairs DISAPPEAR

 

[Penelope]

An ASCENDING STAIRCASE!!!

 

[win_the_game]

Mary just took the stage?

Yes Mary. Mother of FOUR.

 

[COB]

Thanks for letting us know she's FERTILE, Tel.

 

[Lucille]

Better stage than 1997

 

[Penelope]

This doesn't sound like FRENCH TO ME

 

[Soldi]

LOVELY LANGUAGE

 

[Raining on Me]

I think this was my first Eurovision. I was 12 and I remember nothing

 

[lolly]

Nasty outfit

 

[Dark Carnival]

TeleFISH?

 

[Penelope]

Thanks IN PARTICULAR to the delegates but not the Taoiseach

 

[Dark Carnival]

HOW SMUG! You just wait!

 

[COB]

So smug about it! QUEEN

 

[Soldi]

Excellent music soirée

 

[Penelope]

Would you THROW IT UP HER?

 

[Kala]

This was the first one I recorded on our BRAND NEW VHS player. The old one had broke the month before and I BEGGED my mum to buy us one in advance of ESC 1995, and we got it THAT day.

 

[Soldi]

Oh shut up about it love WE KNOW

 

[Penelope]

Oh you CLAP NOW but the CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT RTE WON'T BE PLEASED