Ireland’s Brooke Scullion (centre) on the Turquoise Carpet in Turin, Italy, for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 opening ceremony

This morning.

Fluffybiscuits writes:

This Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday coming see the first and second semi final and final of Eurovision respectively. Its all being played out against the back drop of one of the biggest theatres of Geo Politics since World War 2

Ukraine are favourites with their ethnic rap song Stefania. The public will vote for it but the juries will mark it down, this is a song contest after all .

Italy have chosen Brivdi, a sweet ballad based on a bromance. This is a fan favourite and may surprise .

Among the other contenders are the UK with Space Man by Sam Ryder, he’s definitely going to be in the Top 5, Sweden with their regular song by numbers and Spain who could be a dark horse with the song Slo Mo originally intended for Jennifer Lopez.

Others to watch are ethnic slut drop pop titled ‘Sekret‘ from Albania, Celtic influenced electronics from France and the marvelous ballad ‘River‘ from Poland and Netherlands singer songwriter S10 with “De Diepte” which is rumoured to be a favourite with juries.

Ireland should qualify. More so out of a decent stage performance but are in a tough semi final.

If I were a betting man..Spain Top 5, UK Top 5, Italy to win the Jury Vote, Germany bottom 5 and Ukraine to win public vote!

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    2. Clampers Outside

      From The Guardian :)

      “The real slutdrop is a move that, to get technical for a moment, is not dissimilar to Legally Blonde’s “bend and snap”.

      You fling one hand in the air to steady yourself while you squat, straight-backed. Despite inevitable anterior cruciate ligament injuries, go down as low as is possible, then pop back up immediately.

      If you’re wary of tearing your trousers, hoik them up, Harold Bishop-style.
      (If you don’t you may pay the price; one friend has unseated six pairs of trews). Oh, and keep your ankles together.”

        1. Clampers Outside

          LOL!… Is that ‘Maxi’ I see? :)… I believe I had a crush on her when I was ten :0)

  3. Kin

    Is this actually a song contest or an advert for pretty little thing
    And what’s with the turquoise carpet ?

    1. Slightly Bemused

      Is it a sign of my age that I had to look up ‘Pretty Little Thing’? Oh well, I still remember when Janet’s least favourite band won, a year after my Dad’s – Vicky Leandros, a Greek who won for Luxembourg singing in French in Scotland. Agh, good times!

      From a source on the net, the turquoise carpet came in in 2021 in the Netherlands. To wit:

      Forget the red carpet! The opening ceremony of Eurovision 2021 had everything over a new color, never seen before in such events. The carpet in Turkish color has nothing to do with the new summer trends, in fact, but with a completely different purpose.

      The bold color blue is set this year for this unusual festival to express the symbolism of water in the Netherlands – and is simply the identifying color of the Moroccanoil brand, the official partner of the Eurovision Song Contest.

      source: classlifestyle dot com

  4. bisted

    …hurray…over the years I’ve won money on Fluffys selection…also, he listens to all the entries so I don’t have to…

  8. Francois

    Fun fact: This the first contest to not feature a French language song. France sings in Breton. Wish we could send something Celtic like that again!

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