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    TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!

    Biggest betrayal since they backed Hitler.
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,948
    Next year can we send Boris, Mogg and Farage singing 'tomorrow belongs to me' just to troll them! We are clearly going to get barely any votes anyway
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    There is nothing about this voting that either makes sense or I understand.
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    HYUFD said:

    Next year can we send Boris, Mogg and Farage singing 'tomorrow belongs to me' just to troll them! We are clearly going to get barely any votes anyway

    F*ckers.
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    AnneJGP said:

    tlg86 said:

    SuRie not getting any sympathy votes so far.

    This is the jury votes is it not? They were cast last night.
    Oh yeah
    Is that true? Not combined yet?
    Yeah, jury vote first, public vote second.
    What happens if the public vote gets the wrong result?
    We’ve had quite enough of experts, thank you.
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,213
    Freggles said:

    Jonathan said:

    Is tonight's Eurovision worse than Brexit ?

    It highlights why Brexit happened.

    Would you seriously vote to join a political union with this?
    Every Eurovision turns me into a Federalist.
    My basic rule is this: I couldn’t ever vote to join up with a country that can’t master basic banter.

    I cringe into my hands annually at the hosting.
    Imagine the Americans running it. WWE meets Superbowl and "commercials" every other song
    Eurovision does have breaks - the BBC just show the "green room" interludes!
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    JonathanJonathan Posts: 20,901

    There is nothing about this voting that either makes sense or I understand.

    Like Brexit, Trump and Corbyn for leader. We live in a topsy-turvy world.
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    TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Uk still have more points that Scott P has funny retweets.
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    Jonathan said:

    There is nothing about this voting that either makes sense or I understand.

    Like Brexit, Trump and Corbyn for leader. We live in a topsy-turvy world.
    Maybe it could be about the music and performers for once, eh?

    Y’know.. a fucking song contest??
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    Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
    HYUFD said:

    Next year can we send Boris, Mogg and Farage singing 'tomorrow belongs to me' just to troll them! We are clearly going to get barely any votes anyway

    Just think how a Zio victory this year is going to enrage the Corbynistas. For me that outweighs the national humiliation.
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    tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,187
    I really hate the French.
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,213
    3 points for UK from the French! 3 more than from the Irish!
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    JonathanJonathan Posts: 20,901

    Jonathan said:

    There is nothing about this voting that either makes sense or I understand.

    Like Brexit, Trump and Corbyn for leader. We live in a topsy-turvy world.
    Maybe it could be about the music and performers for once, eh?

    Y’know.. a fucking song contest??
    Farage sings, Boris on the bongos ,cover of road to nowhere.
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    FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,544

    Jonathan said:

    There is nothing about this voting that either makes sense or I understand.

    Like Brexit, Trump and Corbyn for leader. We live in a topsy-turvy world.
    Maybe it could be about the music and performers for once, eh?

    Y’know.. a fucking song contest??
    Mrs Foxy voted Austria.
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    tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,187
    Italy! :angry:
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    GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 20,793

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!


    Irish have got very unreliable in recent years...
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    Vive la France.

    Go Italia!
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,299
    Italy
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,213
    Italy give us 6 points!
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    Jonathan said:

    Jonathan said:

    There is nothing about this voting that either makes sense or I understand.

    Like Brexit, Trump and Corbyn for leader. We live in a topsy-turvy world.
    Maybe it could be about the music and performers for once, eh?

    Y’know.. a fucking song contest??
    Farage sings, Boris on the bongos ,cover of road to nowhere.
    You sad, sad, politically obsessed man.
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,299
    tlg86 said:

    I really hate the French.

    I see I've had a positive influence on you.
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,948

    Italy give us 6 points!

    Well they are about to elect a Eurosceptic PM
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,299
    GIN1138 said:

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!


    Irish have got very unreliable in recent years...
    After the way we treated Ireland over the last few centuries we're lucky to get owt of them.
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,213
    tlg86 said:

    I really hate the French.

    Why? The Irish gave us zip!
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,948
    Ishmael_Z said:

    HYUFD said:

    Next year can we send Boris, Mogg and Farage singing 'tomorrow belongs to me' just to troll them! We are clearly going to get barely any votes anyway

    Just think how a Zio victory this year is going to enrage the Corbynistas. For me that outweighs the national humiliation.
    Austria now ahead though
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    JonathanJonathan Posts: 20,901
    edited May 2018

    Jonathan said:

    Jonathan said:

    There is nothing about this voting that either makes sense or I understand.

    Like Brexit, Trump and Corbyn for leader. We live in a topsy-turvy world.
    Maybe it could be about the music and performers for once, eh?

    Y’know.. a fucking song contest??
    Farage sings, Boris on the bongos ,cover of road to nowhere.
    You sad, sad, politically obsessed man.
    Handbags .

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    tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,187

    tlg86 said:

    I really hate the French.

    Why? The Irish gave us zip!
    I've backed us to come last. The Irish jury gave Portugal some votes which I am grateful for.
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    FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,544
    HYUFD said:

    Ishmael_Z said:

    HYUFD said:

    Next year can we send Boris, Mogg and Farage singing 'tomorrow belongs to me' just to troll them! We are clearly going to get barely any votes anyway

    Just think how a Zio victory this year is going to enrage the Corbynistas. For me that outweighs the national humiliation.
    Austria now ahead though
    Ken Livingstone will be happy :)
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,948

    GIN1138 said:

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!


    Irish have got very unreliable in recent years...
    After the way we treated Ireland over the last few centuries we're lucky to get owt of them.
    It was London and Manchester and Belfast which took the brunt of the Troubles, not Dublin
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    tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,187

    tlg86 said:

    I really hate the French.

    I see I've had a positive influence on you.
    Have you seen The Good Place? Ted Danson says that just being French is enough to get you into the Bad Place.
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    tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,187
    Not funny from Greece...
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,299
    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!


    Irish have got very unreliable in recent years...
    After the way we treated Ireland over the last few centuries we're lucky to get owt of them.
    It was London and Manchester and Belfast which took the brunt of the Troubles, not Dublin
    So how many people died in London, Manchester, and Belfast compared to how many died in the potato famines?
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    TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633

    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!


    Irish have got very unreliable in recent years...
    After the way we treated Ireland over the last few centuries we're lucky to get owt of them.
    It was London and Manchester and Belfast which took the brunt of the Troubles, not Dublin
    So how many people died in London, Manchester, and Belfast compared to how many died in the potato famines?
    Re the potato famine - why didn’t they grow carrots ?
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,213
    2 points from Montenegro
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,299
    tlg86 said:

    tlg86 said:

    I really hate the French.

    I see I've had a positive influence on you.
    Have you seen The Good Place? Ted Danson says that just being French is enough to get you into the Bad Place.
    It is on my to watch list.

    Apparently Hawaiian pizzas are served in hell.
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,213

    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!


    Irish have got very unreliable in recent years...
    After the way we treated Ireland over the last few centuries we're lucky to get owt of them.
    It was London and Manchester and Belfast which took the brunt of the Troubles, not Dublin
    So how many people died in London, Manchester, and Belfast compared to how many died in the potato famines?
    Ireland has been an independent nation for nigh on 100 years. Are you a Tory or a Shinner? :lol:
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    Austria totally passed me by. I had at least 10 songs ahead of that.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,658
    tlg86 said:

    tlg86 said:

    I really hate the French.

    I see I've had a positive influence on you.
    Have you seen The Good Place? Ted Danson says that just being French is enough to get you into the Bad Place.
    And that stealing a baguette gets you more negative points than stealing a regular loaf of bread, because it is more french.

    Brilliant show.
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    nunuonenunuone Posts: 1,138
    TGOHF said:

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!

    Biggest betrayal since they backed Hitler.
    H A R D B O R D E R
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,948

    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!


    Irish have got very unreliable in recent years...
    After the way we treated Ireland over the last few centuries we're lucky to get owt of them.
    It was London and Manchester and Belfast which took the brunt of the Troubles, not Dublin
    So how many people died in London, Manchester, and Belfast compared to how many died in the potato famines?
    An overreliance on potatoes is slightly different from terrorist bombings
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,658

    GIN1138 said:

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!


    Irish have got very unreliable in recent years...
    After the way we treated Ireland over the last few centuries we're lucky to get owt of them.
    If historical treatment were a factor in eurovision voting then blocs of countries next to each other would never give each other votes, but they usually do.
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    These are music industry “experts”, right? Rating the ISRAEL CHICKEN SONG near first?
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    rpjsrpjs Posts: 3,787
    TGOHF said:

    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!


    Irish have got very unreliable in recent years...
    After the way we treated Ireland over the last few centuries we're lucky to get owt of them.
    It was London and Manchester and Belfast which took the brunt of the Troubles, not Dublin
    So how many people died in London, Manchester, and Belfast compared to how many died in the potato famines?
    Re the potato famine - why didn’t they grow carrots ?
    #accidentalpartridge
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    tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,187
    Fuck off Israel.
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,948
    8 points from Israel for the UK!
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,213
    Israel gave 8 points to the UK!!!
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,299
    TLG86 is going to go all Corbynista on Israel.
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    tlg86 said:

    Fuck off Israel.

    Traitor.
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,948

    These are music industry “experts”, right? Rating the ISRAEL CHICKEN SONG near first?

    Austria still ahead
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    Israel 1st up for a trade deal.

    No wonder they react so strongly to a Corbynista invading the stage.
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    tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,187

    TLG86 is going to go all Corbynista on Israel.

    In reality, whilst these jury votes are irritating, the bet would probably win or lose on the public vote.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,658
    Scott_P said:
    Politics aside, while I get an event like Eurovision is a big platform for any 'activist' invasion, being an event that is supposed to be cheesy fun, there have to be other events more suited to such an invasion which are still easy to disrupt.
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    Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981

    These are music industry “experts”, right? Rating the ISRAEL CHICKEN SONG near first?

    Gove right all along.
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    Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    kle4 said:

    Politics aside, while I get an event like Eurovision is a big platform for any 'activist' invasion, being an event that is supposed to be cheesy fun, there have to be other events more suited to such an invasion which are still easy to disrupt.

    https://twitter.com/MatthewWells/status/995428070633783297
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,658
    I've not actually been watching - I cannot sit through the truly terrible songs, so wait for the repeat to zip to the good ones and the hilariously bad ones - but were there actually a number of good ones, and are they doing well?
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,658
    Scott_P said:

    kle4 said:

    Politics aside, while I get an event like Eurovision is a big platform for any 'activist' invasion, being an event that is supposed to be cheesy fun, there have to be other events more suited to such an invasion which are still easy to disrupt.

    https://twitter.com/MatthewWells/status/995428070633783297
    I'm most interested that the first person running on stage to stop an invasion is not some kind of guard or bouncer.
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    AnneJGPAnneJGP Posts: 2,869

    Israel 1st up for a trade deal.

    No wonder they react so strongly to a Corbynista invading the stage.

    I thought that was a joke, it contained so many box-ticks.
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    tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,187
    And I've lost.
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    rpjsrpjs Posts: 3,787
    TGOHF said:

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!

    Biggest betrayal since they backed Hitler.
    They didn’t. They gave us lots of under-the-table help, such as letting interned Allied airmen walk over the border into NI
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,213
    edited May 2018
    23 points for the UK from the televoting!!!!!!
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    tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,187
    I think the public got Sweden right. It was very average.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,658
    Is Eurovision like the World Cup where special courts are arranged to deal with transgressions? You can get some fast justice that way

    https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/sports/soccer/21iht-wcsoccer.html
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    tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,187
    And I think the public got Denmark wrong.
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,948
    edited May 2018
    Looks like it will be Israel or Cyprus thanks to the viewers
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    Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
    Must be Israel now
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    FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,544
    Ishmael_Z said:

    Must be Israel now

    better than Cyprus
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,299
    edited May 2018
    Christ that's Kensi Blye from NCIS LA
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    AnneJGPAnneJGP Posts: 2,869
    Ishmael_Z said:

    Must be Israel now

    Is this the one where the winner has to host next year's event?
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    TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Eurovision hates Corbyn.
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,213
    Israel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,948
    Israel has won on the viewers vote
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,299
    edited May 2018
    I did tip Israel as the winner the other day (as well as Estonia)
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    TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Zionist plot ...
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,658

    I did tip Israel as the winner the other day (as well as Estonia)

    I don't think you get points for it if you top more than 1. Next someone will say they tipped Israel as the winner (as well as Estonia, and Austria). And so on and so on.
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    FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,544
    My top 10 seemed to do well with Italy and Czech. Should see me in the Green.
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,213
    AnneJGP said:

    Ishmael_Z said:

    Must be Israel now

    Is this the one where the winner has to host next year's event?
    Israel won 20 years ago
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,658
    TGOHF said:

    Zionist plot ...

    Please tell me there will be someone out there right now saying this for real.
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    I don’t want to live on or anywhere near this continent anymore.
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,299
    kle4 said:

    I did tip Israel as the winner the other day (as well as Estonia)

    I don't think you get points for it if you top more than 1. Next someone will say they tipped Israel as the winner (as well as Estonia, and Austria). And so on and so on.
    I made a net profit, I'll cope.
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    I want to vote Leave again.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,658
    AnneJGP said:

    Ishmael_Z said:

    Must be Israel now

    Is this the one where the winner has to host next year's event?
    Yes, and frankly other organisations should adopt the same method for such things - its how they should decide who gets to head the European Council.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,658

    I don’t want to live on or anywhere near this continent anymore.

    The Brexit tugboat fleet is doing its best to pull us further into the Atlantic as we speak.
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    Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
    TMay to kick off pmqs with "whole house will join me in congratulating Israel..."
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    FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,544
    Foxy said:

    My top 10 seemed to do well with Italy and Czech. Should see me in the Green.

    Moldova sneaked in at 10 too. Thanks Shadsy!
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,948
    AnneJGP said:

    Ishmael_Z said:

    Must be Israel now

    Is this the one where the winner has to host next year's event?
    Yes it will be in Jerusalem next year (which I am also visiting in February).

    Netanyahu will be pleased

    https://mobile.twitter.com/netanyahu/status/995415117176147973
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,299

    I want to vote Leave again.

    Why do you hate Israel? Are you a Corbynista?
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    Seriously, what the f*ck is this?

    People and judges of Europe: how can you live with yourselves?
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    philiphphiliph Posts: 4,704
    kle4 said:

    I don’t want to live on or anywhere near this continent anymore.

    The Brexit tugboat fleet is doing its best to pull us further into the Atlantic as we speak.
    We'll run into Australia pretty quickly, according to the map posted earlier.
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    viewcodeviewcode Posts: 18,635

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!

    Why should it?

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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,280
    kle4 said:

    I don’t want to live on or anywhere near this continent anymore.

    The Brexit tugboat fleet is doing its best to pull us further into the Atlantic as we speak.
    At least it will annoy Corbyn and Ken Livingstone.
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,213

    Seriously, what the f*ck is this?

    People and judges of Europe: how can you live with yourselves?

    "I'm not your toy
    You stupid boy!"
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    AnneJGPAnneJGP Posts: 2,869
    kle4 said:

    AnneJGP said:

    Ishmael_Z said:

    Must be Israel now

    Is this the one where the winner has to host next year's event?
    Yes, and frankly other organisations should adopt the same method for such things - its how they should decide who gets to head the European Council.
    Let's all vote for Australia?
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    FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,544
    edited May 2018
    Ishmael_Z said:

    TMay to kick off pmqs with "whole house will join me in congratulating Israel..."

    I don't think Tessy will want to remind the House that we came 24th of 26...
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,213
    viewcode said:

    Irish don't give any points to the UK!

    Why should it?

    Why not?
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,658
    AnneJGP said:

    kle4 said:

    AnneJGP said:

    Ishmael_Z said:

    Must be Israel now

    Is this the one where the winner has to host next year's event?
    Yes, and frankly other organisations should adopt the same method for such things - its how they should decide who gets to head the European Council.
    Let's all vote for Australia?
    I meant with an equivalent competition restricted to EU members, but honestly it sure would shake things up!
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    CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758

    My problem with Eurovision is this: the songs from Finland and Israel are crap, and very camp. Cyprus is only marginally better, and way too short. So I don't want to back any of them. But they are also very Eurovision. So I am probably wrong.

    Songs I think are actually good: Finland, Bulgaria, Norway and Australia. And the UK isn't awful.

    Germany and France aren't bad either. But I don't think the German one is distinctive enough, and the French sign in French, which doesn't help them much.

    Signing is an innovative approach to a music contest
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