Eurovision 2024

[Jonnas]

I's Eurovision week! And today's the first Semi-Final.

The odds are all over the place this year, and no clear favourite yet. Personally, I just like the variety on display.

France and the UK are sending potential hits. Italy and Luxembourg are sending catchy themes. Portugal and Serbia are sending sombre performances.

And then there's the... unique stuff:

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(That Croatian entry is catchy)

So yeah, do you have any favourites this year?

Edited May 7 by Jonnas

[WackerJr]

I do like me a bit of Eurovision!  I have to admit I thought Baby Lasagna was going to romp this (& I did find I had it in my head the following day).  Everything ended up a little odd and strained this year, what with all the backstage issues, and acts coming out after the show to say they had suffered over the week.  I know public affairs seem to affect the show each year, but this year it really did overshadow much of the show.

Despite liking Croatia, I’ve no issue with the winner, who I thought was very good.  Mr Windows95 made me laugh, although I thought there would be more ‘Eurovision-style’ acts this year.  I liked Ireland’s Bambie Thug did something different, but we weren’t fans in our household.

Shame that Olly Alexander didn’t do that great.  While the act looked impressive on the TV, I didn’t think much of the song, and even thought the mics weren’t working at one point as his signing was so quiet.  

Plenty to talk about at least this year. What about everyone else?

[Jonnas]

The Eurovision drama was nuts this year. Still hard to believe they literally disqualified a contestant mid-festival, while making it look like it was for political reasons. Kinda proud that the Portuguese broadcaster was among the first to file a complaint regarding the whole clusterfuck.

Our Iolanda finished 10th, which is pretty good! That song grows on you. By the end, I was rooting for France, but Switzerland was a respectable winner as well (so would Croatia, or even Ukraine, honestly)