Eurovision 2022

[PR1Berske]

A coda to the Eurovision story for this year (or maybe?)

The EBU has confirmed that votes from a number of countries showed evidence of collusion and swapping. Their scores were replaced by a set of aggregated votes.

The countries involved were Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, and San Marino.

 

[PR1Berske]

As many people predicted, a statement about Eurovision 2023

 

[xsunnysuex]

As many people predicted, a statement about Eurovision 2023

And all the costs that come with it.

 

[ska invita]

As many people predicted, a statement about Eurovision 2023

Its Coming Home, Its Coming, Shit Songs Coming Home!

 

[PR1Berske]

And all the costs that come with it.

It'll be a co-production, and the EBU helps with funding, don't worry!

 

[ska invita]

fair comment

 

[xsunnysuex]

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fair comment

Totally this!

 

[PR1Berske]

And right on cue

 

[PR1Berske]

A development

 

[scifisam]

It's ludicrous. How can they plan such an enormous event when they can't even be sure the actual venue will still be standing in 11 months' time? And one of the main benefits for the host country is tourism - Ukraine is not going to exactly going to be a tourist destination next year.

The UK makes most sense since we came second and we have plenty of venues that could be used, and I don't think many people here - certainly not Eurovision fans - would object to it having Ukrainian hosts, Ukrainian postcard segments etc. We'd get some of the tourism boost by virtue of hosting it, but, well, somewhere has to host it, Ukraine can't, and why would anywhere else be fairer than it going to the runners-up? Man, even the country names are similar!

 

[platinumsage]

Why can’t Ukraine host it? I’m sure they wouldn’t be doing it primarily for tourism purposes, and if Macron and Schulz can go to Kiev now I don’t see why a few bands can’t manage it next year.

 

[Chz]

The EBU's primary concern will be the safety of the acts and the visitors. It's the sort of event that needs to be planned far in advance, and there's currently no location in all of Ukraine that's proven to be safe right now.

It may well be that there's somewhere perfectly safe by the time the event rolls around, but you can't plan on it now which is what matters.

Best they could do is have the main hosts broadcast from Ukraine and have the acts and fans in the UK. It would be a right pain on the arse, but I reckon it's their right to insist on.

 

[WouldBe]

Its Coming Home, Its Coming, Shit Songs Coming Home!

Next year's winner.

 

[weltweit]

I just wanted to remember what it was like :

 

[srb7677]

Speculation about a rival bid by Brussels as symbolic capital of Europe,eh?

Get ready for much foaming at the mouth by the likes of the Daily Mail and Sun, as the gammonocracy rage their indignation.

Should be entertaining, seeing all the usual suspects emote rather than actually think. As usual.

 

[srb7677]

Why can’t Ukraine host it? I’m sure they wouldn’t be doing it primarily for tourism purposes, and if Macron and Schulz can go to Kiev now I don’t see why a few bands can’t manage it next year.

And if the Russians lob missiles at the venue?

We cannot now be sure whether Ukraine will remain undefeated and unoccupied, and in any case the entire country is in a war zone. Hosting an event such as this in a war zone is highly questionable.

The best solution is to let the runner up country - the UK - provide the venue but have the Ukrainians running the show here.

 

[Raheem]

London's perfect. The Ukrainian entry will be able to have a look at some of the houses bought by Russians with their mining profits.

 

[Epona]

Why are people so keen to see the UK host it? Seems like a massive expense to me. And it's not as if the likes of me are going to get tickets or anything.

If the UK does end up hosting it, there need to be some restrictions. The extravagance of the Jubilee celebrations irked many of us who are going through price rises for food and energy and suffering hardships, so I propose the following so it isn't rubbing our faces in it (especially those living within 5 minutes of wherever it is hosted):

Due to energy price increases, no-one will be allowed more than 3 lights on stage.
A repeat of whichever song it was where they used every lighting rig in the place will not be acceptable.
Focus will have to be more on costumes and songs than expensive lighting and pyrotechnics.

 

[gosub]

And if the Russians lob missiles at the venue?

Might not be anything specific in the rules but pretty sure they'd be disqualified

 

[WouldBe]

Perhaps Ukraine could annex part of Poland for a couple of weeks and hold it there.

 

[T & P]

Liverpool it is! 13 May 2023.