Eurovision Rewatch: Birmingham 1998 - 20.00 GMT tonight (25/3)

[COB]

Oh my! Do the wig next!

 

[Penelope]

Bloody straights. Eurovision is no place for football.

Allez allez ola BEGS TO DIFFER

 

[Lucille]

There is!!!!

 

[Tisch]

This is the same tune as "Sweetener"

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I kinda like this. Very... French.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Come through with that reveal mama!

 

[lolly]

Handography

 

[Generic Account]

Yaaaaaaaaaas reveal

 

[lolly]

Truly SIMPLER TIMES

 

[octophone]

That is one heroically underwhelming reveal.

 

[Generic Account]

Like a different woman in white

 

[Penelope]

Quite a STODGILY DELIVERED REVEAL in a post-Drag Race world

 

[AGinAg (37)]

A reveal. Lovely. She's looks GREAT to be fair. Bullet wounds are well hidden.

 

[Penelope]

Handography

Like a CAT IN HEAT

 

[Madison]

I fucking love that.

 

[Raining on Me]

Is this Katy Grin in an early appearance?

 

[lolly]

I'm fairly sure her eyebrows are illegal in half the world's nations now.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

.

 

[Generic Account]

What was this song about?

Vor?

 

[octophone]

Fawlty Towers theme? Is it Germany next?

 

[straightorbroken]

She looks like the Gavin and Stacey girl meets the wheelchaired Drop Dead Gorgeous beauty talent contestant.

 

[Madison]

What sitcom was that the theme tune to?

 

[Generic Account]

Quite a nice bum on this Victorian beach boy.

 

[VoR]

Like many Balkan entries of the 90s, the reveal was loaded with symbolism. Croatia throwing off the shackles of Yugoslavia etc.

Bit of a classic that one.

This Greek one, is not...

 

[Penelope]

The SHAVEN ARMPIT had made its way to Croatia by 1998 I see

 

[VoR]

What was this song about?

Vor?

See above

 

[Dark Carnival]

Oh this is very similar to the previous entry

 

[Lucille]

10 drachma hooker come through!

 

[octophone]

Oh, that hanging thread is a bit obvious, poor love.

 

[COB]

Did the entries still have to sing in their own language at this point, or have the first two entries just chosen to?

 

[AGinAg (37)]

She looks like Polly from Eastenders for those actually old.

 

[Penelope]

My god, this Greek intro sounds like a WINDOWS 95 CLOSING THEME

 

[straightorbroken]

What other Brit Pop delights shall feature? Spice Girls, surely, but imagine if we get Eternal or, gasp, Louise.

 

[Penelope]

Did the entries still have to sing in their own language at this point, or have the first two entries just chosen to?

Yes, this was the last year of own-language

 

[lolly]

Look at that hair. I've not seen anything like it since O-Level home economics.

 

[win_the_game]

Greece has got her glad RAGS on. Quite literally.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Those EYEBROWS.

You can say what you want about the current, but at least they look good.

 

[octophone]

Jeez, what's with the Meat Loaf chorus? Grim.

 

[Penelope]

Good lord, this sounds like something MACEDONIA would've sent until not too long ago

 

[Lucille]

Yes, this was the last year of own-language

I wish I knew that before I committed to the whole 3 hours!