Eurovision 2023 News (1 Viewer)

[VoR]

The Press Centre having its very own RED WEDDING might not be the worst thing to be fair...

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Tell Martin Österdahl. I want him to know it was me!

 

[auretz]

Fans of interminable selections of questionable quality will be pleased to hear that San Marino are planning 60 semi finalists and Malta 40 for next year

 

[GNL]

Fans of interminable selections of questionable quality will be pleased to hear that San Marino are planning 60 semi finalists and Malta 40 for next year

San Marino in hot water after the ECHR warns that forcing the entire population to audition for Eurovision is a human rights violation.

 

[VoR]

I imagine there's a small entry fee for both

 

[Soldi]

Fans of interminable selections of questionable quality will be pleased to hear that San Marino are planning 60 semi finalists and Malta 40 for next year

Can’t wait for Malta to inevitably change the song in the end anyway

 

[auretz]

I imagine there's a small entry fee for both

A mere €100 (or €150 if you apply after the 29th September for some reason)!

Still, it's worth it for the gems that appear



The last time Malta went this big, we got this

 

[funky]

Funky, please don't take this personally but I have obtained a court order to prevent you from running this Eurovision.

It’s not running Eurovision, just the comms!

I’d be putting out press releases every 5 minutes taking about how the poofs are ruining Eurovision because they complain about everything

What fun!

(Where’s the LIE though…)

 

[Soldi]

Are u still bitter that Portugal didn’t win funky

 

[Soldi]

Found out at work (the MEN) tonight that the organisers will be visiting on Monday!

 

[AlgoAlex]

Found out at work (at the MEN) tonight that the organisers will be visiting on Monday!

If Manchester doesn't win we'll blame you

 

[dmlaw]

Just BULLDOZE the ring road! Even if Leeds doesn't get Eurovision do it anyway

I support your plan to bulldoze Leeds. Nothing to do with Eurovision. We should just do it anyway.

 

[Diddy]

ESC official channel tweeting about Liverpool’s bid, the home of The Beatles, Mel C and Sonia

Well that de-escalated quickly

 

[Soldi]

ESC official channel tweeting about Liverpool’s bid, the home of The Beatles, Mel C and Sonia

Well that de-escalated quickly

They’re tweeting about a different city every day.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

They’re tweeting about a different city every day.

And Glasgow got LULU

 

[Diddy]

They’re tweeting about a different city every day.

I wasn’t calling BIAS, I just liked the orders of magnitude they had to descend to get 3 names

 

[Soldi]

And Glasgow got LULU

Well it’s Manchester today, I’m sure we’ll get Oasis

 

[Madison]

And Glasgow got LULU

It is important to own up to historical crimes.

 

[GNL]

Well it’s Manchester today, I’m sure we’ll get Oasis

Manchester, the home of Morrissey and Liam Gallagher's High Flying Birds!

 

[Madison]

Manchester

Manchester is one of 7 cities in the United Kingdom on the Eurovision Song Contest Host City shortlist.

eurovision.tv

New Order, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Blossoms, Chemical Brothers, Oasis, M People, The Hollies, 10cc, Take That, Autechre, Hurts, The Smiths, and Lisa Stansfield.

 

[Soldi]

The Sheffield one mentions LINDSAY DRACASS

 

[VoR]

New music flows through Leeds with young talent engaged in courses across four universities. Students come from across Europe, including Italian rapper Blackson and Czech-Norwegian electropop Eurovision finalists, We Are Domi, who formed while studying at the Leeds Conservatoire.

Other acts from the city include Goth rockers The Sisters of Mercy, Spice Girl Mel B and The Kaiser Chiefs, and let’s not forget that Live at Leeds by The Who is possibly the most famous live album in the world.

 

[funky]

Manchester

Manchester is one of 7 cities in the United Kingdom on the Eurovision Song Contest Host City shortlist.

eurovision.tv

New Order, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Blossoms, Chemical Brothers, Oasis, M People, The Hollies, 10cc, Take That, Autechre, Hurts, The Smiths, and Lisa Stansfield.

Most of them are not from Manchester but the surrounding counties

REACHING

 

[funky]

Mind you Mel C isn’t scouse even though she likes to claim it

 

[Madison]

I never realised The Hollies were from Greater Manchester - I’d assumed they were from your neck of the woods.

 

[Madison]

Most of them are not from Manchester but the surrounding counties

REACHING

Which ones do you dispute? I hope you’re not saying Greater Manchester boroughs other than weirdly-shaped Manchester don’t count.

 

[funky]

Well I don’t see Rochdale and Bolton as being Manchester in the same way as I don’t see St Helens and Southport as being Liverpool, but I guess it depends on who you’re speaking to!

 

[Lucille]

I hope if Manchester gets it several acts consider submitting an ode to AUTECHRE.

 

[Iguana]

8 countries from 2022 have yet to confirm if they're entering:

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Moldova

Montenegro

North Macedonia

 

[Soldi]

8 countries from 2022 have yet to confirm if they're entering:

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Moldova

Montenegro

North Macedonia

I think the ones to worry about there are Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Montenegro. Armenia I suppose may be dependant on how the next few months pan out..

There doesn’t seem to be anyone looking likely to return/debut does there? Praying for Bosnia ofc

 

[Iguana]

Belarus surprise comeback

 

[VoR]

Slovakia have had a change of management, so there’s a sliver of hope there, but still unlikely.

 

[GNL]

The ESC negotiating to get the Czech Republic back on board.

 

[AlgoAlex]

They just need to send Mikolas Josef again

 

[Penelope]

They just need to send Mikolas Josef again

Oh please NEVER AGAIN!

 

[Penelope]

North Macedonia were looking a bit peaky around the aftermath of Turin/the flag 'scandal' () weren't they? Or have they chilled the fuck out and got over themselves a bit?

 

[Soldi]

North Macedonia were looking a bit peaky around the aftermath of Turin/the flag 'scandal' () weren't they? Or have they chilled the fuck out and got over themselves a bit?

From Wikipedia, the bastion of truth:

“In June 2022, MRT's editor of artistic and cultural programming and head of the Macedonian delegation, Meri Popova, proposed a series of recommendations to improve the country's future results in the contest, and MRT's programming council unanimously agreed to the proposals.[126] However, an official confirmation of participation in 2023 is still pending.”

 

[AlgoAlex]

Oh please NEVER AGAIN!

Okay a performance involving a BACKPACK will suffice !

 

[Penelope]

I confess my biggest fear around Armenia until a few days ago wasn't even them pulling out, it was them resending ROSA LINN

 

[Marina Salty]

From Wikipedia, the bastion of truth:

“In June 2022, MRT's editor of artistic and cultural programming and head of the Macedonian delegation, Meri Popova, proposed a series of recommendations to improve the country's future results in the contest, and MRT's programming council unanimously agreed to the proposals.[126] However, an official confirmation of participation in 2023 is still pending.”

The most useful recommendation would be to replace her with someone new but I doubt she proposed it.