Eurovision Song Contest 2026

Have to say that's great fun, really enjoyed it!

Rip off of the Phillie Phanatic from baseball (MLB).

Personally, I don’t see what all the love is for Finland and Denmark who are current favourites in the odds.

Nowhere near as memorable/catchy as ‘My System’, ‘Bangaranga’ or ‘Mother Nature’ (Luxembourg knocking it out of the park two years in a row!).

Speaking of which, that ‘pizzicato’ intro of ‘Mother Nature’ reminds me of a song by a female Irish singer-songwriter (not a criticism)…Wallis Bird, maybe?

I asked about this a few weeks back, and from what I've seen in recent days, I believe Boy George will not be credited on San Marino's song. While I'm less engaged with Eurovision this year, I was glad to hear it. Allowing a featured artist to pre-record their vocals would have seen the contest go even further down the slippery slope. By not being credited, it's just background vocals and within the rules.

Just to add, the song is dreadful anyway. What sort of vote boost does Senhit expect to get from 10 heavily autotuned words from someone whose heyday was 40 years ago?

Just watched and listened to all the songs in this year’s contest. Absolutely dreadful- the only one that’s just about ok is Finland. Apart from that forget it. No Eurovision nights for me this year.

I'm not so sure that he was…but he did a good job of pretending to be a fan. Along with Rylan, there sometimes appeared to be shocking gaps in his knowledge, even at the contest happening right in front of him.

In my opinion, there were two Scotts who commentated for the BBC at Eurovision: a pre-2020 one, who was enthusiastic, funny and did seem to love the contest; and a post-2020 one, who didn't seem that bothered and came across as weary of the whole thing. I posted earlier this year that the BBC commentary team badly needed a refresh, and it appears we're getting one, just not the way we thought.

While I was never really a fan of Scott, and never listened to him on the radio when I living in the UK, I never had him down as a bad egg. Like many people, I initially assumed he's been sacked over drink and drugs, or something like that. It now appears it's the almost standard BBC "historic relationship with someone underage."

Sweden in the ‘cursed’ second place slot.

Possibly as punishment for speaking out against you-know-who. 😁

I don't think the r/o positions mean as much in the semi-finals, with one exception…you don't want to be the first act on after the commercial breaks. I think this is no longer an issue as the EBU tends to place the automatic qualifiers in those slots now.

Seems to be a lot of people very annoyed at Montenegro not being given the closing slot. Good to see Germany on after Israel, the atmosphere always goes flat after Israel has been on, so only fair that position goes to their biggest cheerleaders.