Eurovision Song Contest 2022

yes it was a great song but its very much 'of its time' a song like that wouldn't get a look in these days..its all about the pyrotechnics and the costumes the song is secondary imo - its just gone too silly now, a parody of itself😐️

I think Rock & Roll Kids could still do well. It would be a real curve ball entry against all the glamour.

It would win again. This thing that good songs can’t win and it’s all about the show is not true, look at when Portugal won, totally low key performance and they get none of the block booking.

We did badly because we sent a rip off of that Israeli chicken song that won a couple of years ago. It was too recent to rip it off and get away with it. The fake accent was too much also, I’m sure all of Europe could tell that wasn’t an Irish accent. No authenticity.

Have to agree with you. The quality of songs this year is very poor. None of them are what you call really good. Very very disappointing.

Ah, it's always been political. We take for granted that the UK gives Ireland a decent score evey year. Is that because they just happen to find our songs good? Or maybe their culture likes the kinds of songs our culture likes so they happen to like our songs. Or maybe there's been a lot of migration between the UK and Ireland and they are favourably predisposed to whatever songs we enter.

And it works the same for other countries. Some Eastern European countries like each other and they vote for each other. And we suddenly notice that they're voting for each other and we think it's unfair. As Brooke would say...

But ultimately I have no faith in it. And I don't need faith in it because it's just a bit of craic. There's absolutely nothing at stake, do who gives a shiny shyte about if it's political?

I didn't know any of that

Irelands song was fairly decent by eurovision standards and she put on a good performance but most of the upbeat songs didn't do that well during the semis. I do think Sweden wins it

I'm watching a Eurovusion thing on TG4. It's hilarious how formal the audience was back then!

I really like Netherlands and Portugal, also Poland..

HAPPY EUROVISION DAY!!

Ukraine have won, that’s beyond doubt.

I don't think it beyond doubt. I think they'll do very well and finish innthe top few. The public will be inclined to vote for them. But I doubt the organisers will allow their judges to vote so blatantly politically. They'll be told to vote according to the normal criteria. Last year's ukranian song fininged 5th ot 6th. So it's not an unattractive style of music, but indount it'll actually win.

I would have thought the opposite, that the judges would have to vote for them and the public would not be quite as predictable. It would be pretty controversial for any country not to give them top scores.