Eurovision Rewatch: 1997 18/04 (20.00 BST)

[Lucille]

Quite a good year, there’s songs I’d actually LISTEN TO AGAIN.

Obviously it’s no 1999, but WHAT IS.

 

[win_the_game]

I'm APPALED on their behalf

No wonder they left for 14 years.

 

[COB]

Still time for a Maltese upset, girls

 

[Soldi]

What a brutal face on this Irish one. She looks like she applies her make up with a tyre iron.

She’s part of the Birmingham Six

 

[Dark Carnival]

We're getting points, I'm shocked.

 

[OutSynk]

Trying to follow the scoreboard is a NIGHTMARE.

 

[ButterTart]

Bosnia & Herzegovina - fucking up the scoreboard design since 1993.

They should just call them B&H.

 

[Lucille]

MALTA REALLY.

 

[Soldi]

Italy not even top 5

 

[D5K]

So confused by the rest of the top five.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Turkey not in the top 5 is a travesty!

 

[ButterTart]

She’s part of the Birmingham Six

She looks like she didn't get out of the pub in time.

 

[Soldi]

We're getting points, I'm shocked.

Not as much as us

 

[Tisch]

Still time for a Maltese upset, girls

These rewatches have made me feel a great big affinity for poor little Malta. Hopefully Destiny will finally....oh

 

[Soldi]

She looks like she didn't get out of the pub in time.

 

[ButterTart]

I might have another one of them ciders.

 

[win_the_game]

MALTA REALLY.

I suppose this was the era of SHADY BACKROOM DEALS for votes.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Not as much as us

 

[Soldi]

These rewatches have made me feel a great big affinity for poor little Malta. Hopefully Destiny will finally....oh

I genuinely heard that they spent too much money on Destiny and couldn’t afford to take part next year

 

[Lucille]

Yeassss Slovenia!!!

 

[OutSynk]

@Alla 12 points

 

[Tisch]

Ireland booing 1 point when this year theyd KILL to even qualify

 

[dmlaw]

She looks like she didn't get out of the pub in time.

I'm just astonished that Soldi knows who the Birmingham Six were. Do they teach that in schools these days?

 

[Lucille]

CHAMPAGNE FOR ALLA!

 

[ButterTart]

Oh hello, Swiss woman.

 

[Alla]

 

[Madison]

You've all been spoilt by modern scoreboards.

Try the 1960s and 1970s ones where they announce scores in performance order rather than ascending order.

 

[Iguana]

Is that coronavirus behind Mrs Switzerland?

 

[COB]

Switzerland brought to us by BBC CHOICE

 

[octophone]

It's interesting to see UK not getting high scores, rather being upper-mid table with everyone and thus accruing the points.

 

[octophone]

Is that coronavirus behind Mrs Switzerland?

Too soon

 

[Soldi]

I'm just astonished that Soldi knows who the Birmingham Six were. Do they teach that in schools these days?

It’s as if they burned all the books on everything in history ever at the turn of the millennium

 

[Suomi]

What is this NOTHINGY Spanish song doing getting so many floater votes?

 

[AGinAg (37)]

You've all been spoilt by modern scoreboards.

Try the 1960s and 1970s ones where they announce scores in performance order rather than ascending order.

I think I've only seen 1967. It was weird and amazing.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Oh hello, Swiss woman.

She's 84 now

 

[Lucille]

THE LONG TOOTHED LEZ!

 

[COB]

OMG it's GINA GOLD from The Bill

 

[Madison]

Corry Brokken died in 2016.

 

[Dark Carnival]

What is this NOTHINGY Spanish song doing getting so many floater votes?

I was about to say! Stop giving Spain points!

 

[Soldi]

She’s so famous she can’t remember where she won

 

[Tisch]

You've all been spoilt by modern scoreboards.

Try the 1960s and 1970s ones where they announce scores in performance order rather than ascending order.

DRUNK 1967 REWATCH STARTING SOON. Where's @Penelope ?