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

[Madison]

what a WEIRD instrument

It’s called a kvinnaböske.

 

[Soldi]

How do we end up watching such dry years at 8pm and piss away absolute joy at 11pm?

Can we stop pretending 1990s Eurovision was any good!

We watched Jemini THREE TIMES last night

 

[Madison]

Didn’t Russia enter last year with Judipth?

 

[Kala]

QUEEN alert!

 

[Lucille]

Although it was FABULOUSLY MISERABLE!

 

[lolly]

04 Poland
04 Ireland
05 Germany
06 Bosnia and Herzegovina
07 Norway

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Nocturn was of course absolutely STUN.

 

[dmlaw]

I was barred from going into a gay club in Stockholm called Secret Garden. He thought I was going in to start trouble, when in fact I could hear Lena Philipsson.

I'm sure he'd have let you in if you'd told him that.

 

[Penelope]

It’s called a kvinnaböske.

 

[Kala]

Didn’t Russia enter last year with Judipth?

Youddiph, yes.

 

[Penelope]

Didn’t Russia enter last year with Judipth?

You expect the BBC commentator to have some element of professionalism?

 

[ButterTart]

That's where I always go when I go to Stockholm. It's GREAT.

We were in the Hilton over the water from it. I've been in TWICE, the first time I had no idea it was a gay bar. I just thought all Swedish bars played Eurovision songs and rimming was a traditional greeting.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

We watched Jemini THREE TIMES last night

Well that's not MY FAULT!

 

[COB]

Why do I recognise his name?

 

[Soldi]

Oh what a QUEEN

 

[Dark Carnival]

03 Poland
01 Ireland
02 Germany
00 Bosnia
04 Norway

 

[Kala]

I loved that they had the captions in Cyrillic changing to Roman letters.

 

[win_the_game]

Why do I recognise his name?

He's the one that LUSTS after Sergey Lazarev

 

[Madison]

Youddiph, yes.

Oh those Russians and their wacky transliterations.

 

[Kala]

This is probably my least favourite year of the 90s, to be fair.

 

[lolly]

Fucking hell. Even Slade would have laughed him out.

 

[ButterTart]

What a terrifying man.

If Meatloaf and Julian Clary had a child.

 

[Soldi]

03 Poland
00 Ireland
05 Germany
00 Bosnia
10 Norway

 

[Penelope]

Philipp Kirkirov is strangely some kind of bad boy heterosexual icon in Russia. Despite also being behind some of the gayest Eurovision entries ever (cf. You Are The Only One)

 

[COB]

Oh, he was in the original lineup of Creme Brulée before they hit the big time with Voodoo Lady.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Oh what a QUEEN

First time entering and already COURTING the pink vote

 

[dmlaw]

Russia seem to have entered the Beast from Beauty and the Beast after he'd changed back.

 

[Kala]

Oh, he was in the original lineup of Creme Brulée before they hit the big time with Voodoo Lady.

 

[Suomi]

Sorry for absence - had a phonecall. God, anyone would think VoR was the first person in intensive care

 

[Penelope]

Why do I recognise his name?

He's basically masterminded a shitload of entries since, including DoReDos - Lucky Day and Sergey's attempts

 

[Penelope]

Sorry for absence - had a phonecall. God, anyone would think VoR was the first person in intensive care

 

[Kala]

First time entering and already COURTING the pink vote

It's their second, Wogan knew fuck all!

 

[Raining on Me]

IS IT?! WHAT before this was remotely like this?!

I'm getting my Eurovisions mixed up thanks to THIS PLACE. But 1996 was similar, ish.

It just taps into LOVELY SOUNDS and emotion, and popular instruments of the time, I mean she doesn't even sing for half of it!

 

[Lucille]

That hair is making me ITCH.

 

[ButterTart]

Russia seem to have entered the Beast from Beauty and the Beast after he'd changed back.

I don't think even the thirstiest Moopists would enter the Beast after he changed back.

 

[Madison]

Cheat

 

[win_the_game]

Phil's had a right GLOW UP I see.

 

[Penelope]

07 Poland
04 Ireland
08 Germany
04 Bosnia
10 Norway
02 Russia

 

[Dark Carnival]

It's their second, Wogan knew fuck all!

Fucking hell this is supposed to be my Eurovision education! FUCK YOU WOGAN!

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Philipp Kirkirov is strangely some kind of bad boy heterosexual icon in Russia. Despite also being behind some of the gayest Eurovision entries ever (cf. You Are The Only One)

Oh its HIM!