Eurovision 2022 news (Turin on the 10th-14th May)

[Soldi]

In other news Belgium will be the first country to confirm their act for 2022 this coming Wednesday (15th).

And it’s the French side too!

I wonder if they’ll be able to drag in a big name. I don’t think it’s beyond the realms of possibility that Stromae might give it a go.

 

[VoR]

Can they possibly top the glittering star quality of ELIOT?

 

[win_the_game]

@Soldi I’m going to have to ask you to provide sources for these possibly spurious rumours you keep spreading in this thread.

 

[Soldi]

@Soldi I’m going to have to ask you to provide sources for these possibly spurious rumours you keep spreading in this thread.

Which rumours?

I’m not saying it’s rumoured to be Stromae it’s JUST A THOUGHT

 

[Soldi]

Plus the Eurovision forum has been DEAD for months so there’s nothing wrong with a bit of edging anyway

 

[Soldi]

 

[Soldi]

AGOG if they came back but it looks like they just HATED Jon Ola

 

[Madíson]

They can fuck off. The EBU shouldn’t give an inch in any so-called ‘negotiations’.

 

[VoR]

I'm not terribly enthused by a Turkish comeback TBH. No other country benefits more disproportionately from the diaspora vote, and their last few entries were very much not to my taste.

 

[win_the_game]

''Reopened talks"

This is about participation in Eurovision, not negotiating a peace deal.

 

[Soldi]

Eurovision technically IS a peace deal

 

[ButterTart]

Something in the Manga mould would be much appreciated but they can fuck off if they think they can rock up with anything like the shite they bowed out on. "I'm Nick Grimshaw cosplaying as Borat cosplaying as a Jean-Paul Gaultier advert; look, we've made a shit boat."

 

[VoR]

Last one I particularly enjoyed was the half-arsed lip syncing frenzy that was Dum Tek Tek.




Give us nothing queen!

 

[Penelope]

Erdoğan is looking like he might be heading out in the next year, so if we could get a return to Turkey in ludicrous homosexual appeal mode that'd be JUST GREAT THANKS

 

[Penelope]

I'm not terribly enthused by a Turkish comeback TBH. No other country benefits more disproportionately from the diaspora vote, and their last few entries were very much not to my taste.

That diaspora vote that's worked such WONDERS for Romania lately

 

[VoR]

That diaspora vote that's worked such WONDERS for Romania lately

Fair, but I do wonder if we'd still have San Marino in the mix had Turkey been around in 2014 to inevitably block Valentina from scraping through.

 

[Penelope]

Who knows - maybe we'd have got Serhat either way

 

[Soldi]

At least they’d make up the numbers, I’m never against more countries joining and AFAIK no other country has announced they’ll return yet.

 

[Penelope]

BRING BACK MONTENEGRO!

 

[win_the_game]

BRING BACK MONACO!

 

[Penelope]

BRING BACK MONACO!

They literally can't come back - their broadcaster doesn't exist anymore or something like that

 

[Soldi]

BRING BACK MOROCCO

 

[VoR]

Yeah I definitely miss Montenegro more. A true wildcard. You never knew whether you were getting THIS




or THIS

 

[Kratz]

BRING BACK MONTENEGRO!

Knez feat H H H Hurricane

 

[Madíson]

BRING BACK YUGOSLAVIA

 

[Penelope]

Knez feat H H H Hurricane

*slutdrops and spins with arms out simultaneously*

 

[Penelope]

BRING BACK YUGOSLAVIA

Not after their war crimes

 

[Penelope]

BRING BACK MOROCCO

Actually possible again!!

 

[Madíson]

Not after their war crimes

Brazil wasn’t that bad.

 

[Penelope]

Oh YES IT WAS!

 

[Soldi]

Oh and LEBANON

MORE ARABIC COUNTRIES PLZ

 

[Penelope]

Oh and LEBANON

MORE ARABIC COUNTRIES PLZ

Probably NOT possible

 

[Madíson]

LIBYA PLEASE

EDIT: Oh wow, it’s in the qualifying area

EDIT 2: Oh wow, they have an active EBU member.

 

[Penelope]

Andorra back at some point would be nice, even if I half suspect their PM is just stringing Susanne Georgi along at this point saying they'll return

 

[Soldi]

I think SYRIA are in the broadcasting area too!

 

[Madíson]

I think SYRIA are in the broadcasting area too!

I suspect their broadcasters’ news reporting doesn’t meet EBU independence standards. (Surprised Turkey’s does tbh).

 

[win_the_game]

Erdoğan is looking like he might be heading out in the next year, so if we could get a return to Turkey in ludicrous homosexual appeal mode that'd be JUST GREAT THANKS

Now you're cheering for Turkish bangers! I brought TURKISH DISCO to ASFM and you didn't vote for it you absolute rotter.

 

[Penelope]

I think SYRIA are in the broadcasting area too!

They may be, but absolutely not

 

[Penelope]

I suspect their broadcasters’ news reporting doesn’t meet EBU independence standards. (Surprised Turkey’s does tbh).

I'm surprised Belarus's lasted as long as it did. Ditto Russia.

 

[Penelope]

Now you're cheering for Turkish bangers! I brought TURKISH DISCO to ASFM and you didn't vote for it you absolute rotter.