Eurovision Rewatch: 1997 18/04 (20.00 BST)

[AGinAg (37)]

OMG WE WONNN

Still got oral herpes hun?

 

[ButterTart]

I'd like to thank Ronan Keating for having the presence of mind to limit his screentime tonight.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

God when was the last time anyone felt NATIONAL PRIDE?!?

2012

 

[Alla]

Oh wait, I JUST found out the Russian diva is called Alla I knew I was missing something

 

[octophone]

The order of this slightly troubles me

I'll wash my hands for the full 20 seconds, don't worry.

 

[Dark Carnival]

God when was the last time anyone felt NATIONAL PRIDE?!?

1977

 

[Soldi]

Still got oral herpes hun?

WELL

 

[win_the_game]

2012

This. There's been little to feel proud about since then.

 

[ButterTart]

I don't know if it's been mentioned already, but this really is a fucking incredible song.

 

[D5K]

Oh wait, I JUST found out the Russian diva is called Alla I knew I was missing something

 

[Lucille]

Oh wait, I JUST found out the Russian diva is called Alla I knew I was missing something

You must have found a lot of posts very confusing!

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Katrina struggling her way into the reprise.

 

[dmlaw]

Such a tune. Why can't we do this anymore?

 

[lolly]

I think Gary Barlow has been trying to recreate this song ever since

 

[ButterTart]

God when was the last time anyone felt NATIONAL PRIDE?!?

I will say I felt properly proud of Never Give Up On You in 2017.

 

[Soldi]

Katrina struggling her way into the reprise.

All that PROSECCO she’s been guzzling like she’s on a hen do in Liverpool

 

[Madison]

Such a tune. Why can't we do this anymore?

We prefer innuendo about sucking cocks on airplanes these days.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Not for the first time did we need Americans to win in Europe.

 

[D5K]

She's clearly pissed

 

[win_the_game]

Such a tune. Why can't we do this anymore?

The 1997-1998 era feels like a fluke when you consider what came before and after.

 

[lolly]

All that PROSECCO she’s been guzzling like she’s on a hen do in Liverpool

She's a MILK STOUT kinda gal if ever I saw one.

 

[Alla]

You must have found a lot of posts very confusing!

Yeah I didn't know why I was supossed to be that Russian diva but I was ok with that

 

[dmlaw]

We prefer innuendo about sucking cocks on airplanes these days.

That musical abortion was closer in time to Katrina than to the present day.

 

[octophone]

Not for the first time did we need Americans to win in Europe.

!

 

[ButterTart]

Such a tune. Why can't we do this anymore?

Seriously. Ginag (39), followed by this. We made it look so fucking casual.

 

[OutSynk]

Oh wait, I JUST found out the Russian diva is called Alla I knew I was missing something

https://www.moopy.co.uk/data/avatars/m/0/534.jpg?1586614309

 

[Soldi]

RIGHT is it 1981 loves?

 

[AGinAg (37)]

A weird lack of post show trauma.

 

[Dark Carnival]

I don't know why but this end has hurt my French pride and I'm NOT happy about it.

 

[Tisch]

Iguana's making me watch Englebert's entry now. IS THIS OKAY

 

[Alla]

Fact for our @octophone because the rest knows about it: Katrina tried for Eurovision 7 yeas later... in Melodifestivalen. She was in the Swedish preselection and didn't make it to the final. Very odd.

 

[Soldi]

I’ve just realised if we do 1981 it’s 2 U.K. victories in one night

 

[Soldi]

Iguana's making me watch Englebert's entry now. IS THIS OKAY

HOW?? WHY?!

 

[dmlaw]

Iguana's making me watch Englebert's entry now. IS THIS OKAY

As long as you are ready for 1981 at half eleven.

 

[Dark Carnival]

I’ve just realised if we do 1981 it’s 2 U.K. victories in one night

WHAT? NOT WATCHING!

 

[Soldi]

WHAT? NOT WATCHING!

France do well too (I’ve never watched it)

 

[ButterTart]

A weird lack of post show trauma.

It's nostalgic euphoria. This is the Eurovision equivalent of 1966, except with legalised homosexuality.

 

[Madison]

YouTube is making me watch the weirdass opening to ESC 2006.

 

[Alla]

Fact for our @octophone because the rest knows about it: Katrina tried for Eurovision 7 yeas later... in Melodifestivalen. She was in the Swedish preselection and didn't make it to the final. Very odd.

Actually it wasn't that odd, I think in the early years of they new format the invited some foreign "stars", like Alannah Myles (anyone remember her US #1 song in 1990 Black velvet?)

 

[OutSynk]

The UK song is now stuck in my head.