Eurovision Rewatch: The Great British Song Contest 1997 AND 1998 (11:00 BST, 22/04)

[lolly]

Hang on, do we need to SYNC?

 

[win_the_game]

Yes please mine has gone straight into ASFE 1980

 

[lolly]

Oh BEANZ is back

 

[ButterTart]

I have to go to bed so you'll have to enjoy your homosexual flotilla without me. You may even enjoy it more.

 

[dmlaw]

Bedtime for me. I have a busy day tomorrow making the world a better place. Enjoy yourselves, though.

 

[Madíson]

Hang on, do we need to SYNC?

I think we all did the same thing.

 

[lolly]

Shall we do it now or hold off?

 

[Lucille]

Oh god Johnothan King again.

 

[Madíson]

I can’t resist listening to the other three.

 

[Suomi]

I’m just letting 1998 run

 

[win_the_game]

What time are we at?

 

[lolly]

This is so URBAN it hurts

 

[lolly]

What time are we at?

Six minutes in for me

 

[Raining on Me]

1998 selection is already far better than 97.

 

[Madíson]

Debbie Ffrench must have been pissed she recommended Imaani.

 

[win_the_game]

This is so URBAN it hurts

I've got a TIN WHISTLE

 

[ButterTart]

Bedtime for me. I have a busy day tomorrow making the world a better place. Enjoy yourselves, though.

Ditto. Keeping the country afloat while being so humble is a burden most of Moopy just don't understand.

 

[Suomi]

I think The Collective would have done quite well in 98 - they’d have been the only group

 

[Raining on Me]

Loving this whole SEXY OFFICE look by Imaani and co

 

[Madíson]

Her birth name was Melanie Crosdale. Did she convert to Islam?

 

[win_the_game]

First Eurovision-related song I ever purchased.

 

[lolly]

@Suomi, can you edit the thread title to show both please?

And if we're being totally about it ( I am), it's the Great British Song Contest, not A Song For Europe.

 

[Raining on Me]

Oh my god NO! I'd forgotten this altogether

Don't it MAKE YOU FEEL SO GOOD Why yes my dear!

 

[lolly]

Loving this whole SEXY OFFICE look by Imaani and co

I think Imaani's 'office' is on the street.

 

[Lucille]

I know it’s overused but this is such a SULTRY GEM!!!

 

[Lucille]

Where did our momentum go after 96-98???

 

[lolly]

Thank goodness we didn't send a one woman Musical Youth.

 

[Suomi]

@Suomi, can you edit the thread title to show both please?

And if we're being totally about it ( I am), it's the Great British Song Contest, not A Song For Europe.

okay done!

 

[win_the_game]

OMG I remember Alberta

 

[Raining on Me]

Fuck me I miss these shows. I know we tried it recently but it was all so restrained and cautious. In the 90s/early 00s you might end up with an accidental gem

 

[win_the_game]

Alberta had a short lived pop career including this #48 smash in 1999.

 

[Madíson]

Simon Cowell paid £50,000 of Jonathan King’s bail money.

 

[Suomi]

Alberta entered again in 1999 and came second AGAIN

 

[lolly]

Is that a career or a Saturday job?

 

[Raining on Me]

Whatever this frenetic mess is, it's still better than most of the UK in the last 20 years

 

[ButterTart]

Oh my god NO! I'd forgotten this altogether

Don't it MAKE YOU FEEL SO GOOD Why yes my dear!

No STOP! I want to go to bed and now you've reminded me I'm missing Alberta.

 

[Raining on Me]

The literal DEAD END to that song

 

[Raining on Me]

Oh that's it

 

[lolly]

I think she may have over egged this song in the build up.

 

[Suomi]

I like this too! This is a strong 4!