Eurovision Rewatch: Lisbon 2018 (06/06, 20:00 BST)

[Penelope]

Nah. I'm here for LED.

I am too normally, but it was nice to have a year off that forced a bit of CREATIVITY from performers.

 

[dmlaw]

Correct. This is the year of Mall and Viszlat Nyar, when all previous contests officially became irrelevant.

It was a shame that VoR got beaten up by Victor Orban at the 2019 contest but I think his sacrifice was worth it.

 

[Penelope]

Also god the week in Lisbon was just absolutely fantastic. I'd take Portugal winning in a heartbeat again, any year.

 

[GNL]

HIM AGAIN.

 

[COB]

Oh yeah RYBAK

 

[ButterTart]

I don't ever need to see or hear Salvador again.

And Fado is a fucking terrible genre of music.

What's Fado? Is it just this generic, sub-Spanish shit they've been assailing us with for the past 10 minutes/3 hours?

 

[Soldi]

Oh I forgot RYBAK

 

[ButterTart]

Poor, dead SuRie.

 

[GinAg (39)]

Oh it's Surie year!

 

[lolly]

Oh God, I'd forgotten it was SluRrie

 

[Soldi]

Fresh from PIZZA EXPRESS

 

[COB]

DENMARK

 

[win_the_game]

Reserva Pra Dois is a SULTRY GEM

Have you given her recent album 'Manga' a listen? It's a fave at CASA DI WTG. I nearly entered 'Tan Kalakatan' into ASFM.

 

[ButterTart]

Oh it's the year of that French song that wasn't as good as people seem to think it is.

 

[GinAg (39)]

Forgotten quite a few of these.

 

[Penelope]

Lea Sirk! MINUS THE SPANIEL

 

[GNL]

Oh I saw Finland's entry at pride. She did Your Disco Needs You. QoL.

 

[lolly]

Fresh from PIZZA EXPRESS

Fresh?

Barely fucking defrosted

 

[COB]

Fuck, EQUINOX ARE MY FAVOURITES

 

[Soldi]

Have you given her recent album 'Manga' a listen? It's a fave at CASA DI WTG. I nearly entered 'Tan Kalakatan' into ASFM.

Well if it’s a favourite of yours then I MUST give it a listen. Tomorrow afternoon sounds about right.

 

[win_the_game]

These artist introductions really highlight that 2018 was a mix of HEIGHTS and DEPTHS.

 

[ButterTart]

Oh my God, My Lucky Day! Stop it now, this is all too much.

 

[dmlaw]

What's Fado? Is it just this generic, sub-Spanish shit they've been assailing us with for the past 10 minutes/3 hours?

It's Portuguese word which means 'shouting, but sadly'.

 

[Tisch]

Rybak, Surie, Ingrosso, Netta, it really is the year of annoying faces isn't it?

 

[GinAg (39)]

Oh I saw Finland's entry at pride. She did Your Disco Needs You. QoL.

Yeah I saw her support Steps. I was quite impressed. Wall to wall gay anthems.

 

[lolly]

ALL THESE FLAG MEN IN ME NOW

 

[Penelope]

Fuck, EQUINOX ARE MY FAVOURITES

QUEENS!

 

[ButterTart]

Crashing back down to Earth with the reminder that squeaking man-ferret Benjamin Ingrosso is here to bore us into submission.

 

[dmlaw]

Lea Sirk! MINUS THE SPANIEL

And, most importantly, with the kids back in Slovenia.

 

[win_the_game]

It's Portuguese word which means 'shouting, but sadly'.

The term is SAUDADE.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Oh I saw Finland's entry at pride. She did Your Disco Needs You. QoL.

I was meant to see her at Manchester Pride last year. but my friend's awful girlfriend ruined it for us all by being late and dramatic. I also missed Ariana Grande because of her too. (Not as big a loss)

 

[GinAg (39)]

Better line up than I remember.

 

[D5K]

Wonder which version of Surie we’ll get? I think in the “official” version they replaced it with her dress rehearsal performance

 

[Penelope]

2018 really did have a lot of depth I find. 2016-2019 was a hell of a run. Just a shame about THIS year really

 

[lolly]

Crashing back down to Earth with the reminder that squeaking man-ferret Benjamin Ingrosso is here to bore us into submission.

More tolerable knowing what's coming, though.

 

[GinAg (39)]

I was meant to see her at Manchester Pride last year. but my friend's awful girlfriend ruined it for us all by being late and dramatic. I also missed Ariana Grande because of her too. (Not as big a loss)

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Never knowingly underhosted.

 

[Penelope]

Wonder which version of Surie we’ll get? I think in the “official” version they replaced it with her dress rehearsal performance

Honestly it'll be the most po-faced thing in the world if they run the dress rehearsal version of the SuRie performance here.

 

[COB]

A cast of thousands of hosts!

 

[GNL]

Wonder which version of Surie we’ll get? I think in the “official” version they replaced it with her dress rehearsal performance

FASCISTS OF THE UK MEDIA man had a point in retrospect.