Eurovision 2025 Sweepstakes [SHAUN wins with Austria!]

[Benjamin]

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You know the score with a sweepstake. If you want to join let me know in here. Nearer the time I’ll randomly assign countries out for the event.

Benjamin - France 🇫🇷, Greece 🇬🇷
Kate - Norway 🇳🇴, Slovenia 🇸🇮
Ammi - Azerbaijan 🇦🇿, Netherlands 🇳🇱
joeysteele - Armenia 🇦🇲, Israel 🇮🇱
Vanessa - Belgium 🇧🇪, Denmark 🇩🇰
MTVN - Finland 🇫🇮, Latvia 🇱🇻
Barry - Australia 🇦🇺, Italy 🇮🇹
Ray - Germany 🇩🇪, Czechia🇨🇿
LT - Albania 🇦🇱, Ukraine 🇺🇦
Niamh - Estonia 🇪🇪, Luxembourg 🇱🇺
Mystic Mock - Croatia 🇭🇷, San Marino 🇸🇲
ithinkiloveyoutoo - Spain 🇪🇸, Sweden 🇸🇪
Nicky91 - Malta 🇲🇹, Montenegro 🇲🇪
Jones89 - Cyprus 🇨🇾, Lithuania 🇱🇹
Black Dagger - Ireland 🇮🇪, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Shaun - Austria 🇦🇹, Georgia 🇬🇪

[Kate!]

Me please love x

[Ammi]

…#13 please, Ben…:love:..

[joeysteele]

Definitely me please.

[Vanessa]

Yes please

[MTVN]

Sign me up

[Benjamin]

Added you all :love:

[Benjamin]

Can this and the Eurovision thread be stickied for now until it’s over, please?

[Barry.]

Me

[Benjamin]

Me

:clap1:

[Ray.]

Put me in, coach

[Crimson Dynamo]

me of course

:dance2:

[Niamh.]

Me :hee:

[Benjamin]

Put me in, coach

me of course

:dance2:

Added. :clap1:

Me :hee:

Blocked. :hehe:

[Niamh.]

Added. :clap1:



Blocked. :hehe:

:oh:

[Mystic Mock]

I'll join please.

[Benjamin]

I'll join please.

:clap1:

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

No idea how this works but me!

[Ray.]

Gimme Nicky's country.

I want to feel like a conqueror.

[Benjamin]

No idea how this works but me!

Added.

Basically you’ll get drawn a random country. That’s yours to support with hope they win.

[Nicky91]

add me

[jones89]

Ok add me plz

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Added.

Basically you’ll get drawn a random country. That’s yours to support with hope they win.

Oh ok got it. Hoping for Estonia :laugh:

[Black Dagger]

Yes

[Shaun]

well yes!

[Benjamin]

add me

Ok add me plz

Yes

Added you all :clap1:

well yes!

Hi are you new? :love:

[Benjamin]

Cheeky bump

[Benjamin]

Thinking everyone may get two countries this time. :dazzler:

[Benjamin]

Any last takers?

[Nicky91]

i better get Israel as my sweepstake hopefully, any other i won't accept

[Benjamin]

i better get Israel as my sweepstake hopefully, any other i won't accept

You’ll get what you’re given. :idc:

[Benjamin]

Sweepstakes drawn

Benjamin - France 🇫🇷, Greece 🇬🇷
Kate - Norway 🇳🇴, Slovenia 🇸🇮
Ammi - Azerbaijan 🇦🇿, Netherlands 🇳🇱
joeysteele - Armenia 🇦🇲, Israel 🇮🇱
Vanessa - Belgium 🇧🇪, Denmark 🇩🇰
MTVN - Finland 🇫🇮, Latvia 🇱🇻
Barry - Australia 🇦🇺, Italy 🇮🇹
Ray - Germany 🇩🇪, Czechia 🇨🇿
LT - Albania 🇦🇱, Ukraine 🇺🇦
Niamh - Estonia 🇪🇪, Luxembourg 🇱🇺
Mystic Mock - Croatia 🇭🇷, San Marino 🇸🇲
ithinkiloveyoutoo - Spain 🇪🇸, Sweden 🇸🇪
Nicky91 - Malta 🇲🇹, Montenegro 🇲🇪
Jones89 - Cyprus 🇨🇾, Lithuania 🇱🇹
Black Dagger - Ireland 🇮🇪, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Shaun - Austria 🇦🇹, Georgia 🇬🇪

[Ammi]

…thank you…:love:..waving the flag for Netherlands with Nicky91….

[Benjamin]

…thank you…:love:..waving the flag for Netherlands with Nicky91….

No worries. :love:

[Kate!]

Yay!

[jones89]

Ok i’m not mad at mine

[Niamh.]

Are either of mine good?

[Nicky91]

NOOO i'm not happy with mine, but as its drawn randomly


tough luck for me :sad:

[Benjamin]

Are either of mine good?

You better judge :p


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[Niamh.]

Oh yes, Estonia is a winner for sure :p

[Benjamin]

Oh yes, Estonia is a winner for sure :p

It’s grown on me.

[Barry.]

I’m ok with mine, at least I’m in the finales lol

[Nicky91]

i notice one flaw in your sweepstakes Benjamin

you forgot to allocate Serbia to someone?

[Benjamin]

i notice one flaw in your sweepstakes Benjamin

you forgot to allocate Serbia to someone?

Not all country’s got allocated as not enough people. There was 5 countries which didn’t.

[Benjamin]

I’m ok with mine, at least I’m in the finales lol

Hahaha true. I think Australia will make it through too.

[Barry.]

Hahaha true. I think Australia will make it through too.

It’s a acquired taste but it should do well

[jones89]

It’s a acquired taste but it should do well

Yeah Australia has grown on me alot recently

[Benjamin]

Yeah Australia has grown on me alot recently

I think the judges will hate it. The public may love it.

[Benjamin]

Any chance this and the Eurovision thread can be stickied until next Sunday when it’s over, please?

Niamh.AnnieK

[Niamh.]

Any chance this and the Eurovision thread can be stickied until next Sunday when it’s over, please?

Niamh.AnnieK

Yes'sir :douf:

[Benjamin]

Yes'sir :douf:

Thank you. :love:

[Kate!]

Listened to my sweeps a few times now and both have grown on me. Not sure they are strong enough to be major contenders but you never know. Team Norway and Slovenia.

[jones89]

Listened to my sweeps a few times now and both have grown on me. Not sure they are strong enough to be major contenders but you never know. Team Norway and Slovenia.

Oh Norway’s great. I think they should do pretty good !

[Nicky91]

Oh Norway’s great. I think they should do pretty good !

qualifying easily to the final yes, but more like bottom 3 material there

[Benjamin]

qualifying easily to the final yes, but more like bottom 3 material there

Nah I think 14-10 position for it.

[jones89]

Nah I think 14-10 position for it.

I would tend to agree. But i thought Norway would get a decent position last year and well… that definitely didn’t happen :joker: i still can’t believe they came last

[Barry.]

Listened to my sweeps a few times now and both have grown on me. Not sure they are strong enough to be major contenders but you never know. Team Norway and Slovenia.

Norway should do well, Slovenia is more likely to NQ but it could be the surprised qualifier

[Nicky91]

Norway should do well, Slovenia is more likely to NQ but it could be the surprised qualifier

surprising qualifier in SF1 could be Azerbaijan me thinks

[Barry.]

surprising qualifier in SF1 could be Azerbaijan me thinks

Idk, I mean it could be but they haven’t had a great track record these past few years

[jones89]

Hoping for Iceland to squeeze through in semi-final 1 :dance:

[Shaun]

Oh I'm winning then :fan:

[Benjamin]

Oh I'm winning then :fan:

I reckon Georgia will do it for you ;)

[Benjamin]

Updated the first post with the countries eliminated.

[Ammi]

…so I’m all in with Netherlands now…?…

[Ammi]

…not Ben giving me an eliminated country…reported for bullying…

[Benjamin]

…not Ben giving me an eliminated country…reported for bullying…

Lucky you didn’t get two eliminated. :idc:

[Ammi]

Lucky you didn’t get two eliminated. :idc:

…Netherlands was always going to come through for Nicky, so that was never going to happen…:smugsmilie:…

[Benjamin]

Updated with the eliminated in semi finals 2

[Ammi]

…Ireland out…?…wow I’d thought that I’d read that was one of the favourites this year…

[Benjamin]

…Ireland out…?…wow I’d thought that I’d read that was one of the favourites this year…

They were initially but dropped quite quickly in the odds.

[Ammi]

They were initially but dropped quite quickly in the odds.

…was that a political thing or the song or…?…it’s often never clear with Eurovision…

….I notice that Malta is still in and that’s such a bad song, I think…

[Niamh.]

Both mine still in :hee:

[Benjamin]

…was that a political thing or the song or…?…it’s often never clear with Eurovision…

….I notice that Malta is still in and that’s such a bad song, I think…

I think the novelty of it wore off pretty quickly once other songs came out.

[Nicky91]

Congratulations Joeysteele having the winner, Israel :)

[Ammi]

I think the novelty of it wore off pretty quickly once other songs came out.

…yeah, I mean if you’re going to controversy that Eurovision walk as Mama Ru might say…the song really has to have charisma and talent added as well to complete it and it really doesn’t…I’m surprised that it hasn’t been eliminated, it’s just not a good song for me…

[Barry.]

Shockers were Cyprus, Australia, Belgium and Czechia going out

[Benjamin]

Good luck all.

[jones89]

Shockers were Cyprus, Australia, Belgium and Czechia going out

Czechia especially. But yeah i expected them all to make the final

[bots]

my sweepstake is the winner!

[Vanessa]

I'll watch the performances then go to bed.

[Benjamin]

Our sweepstakes winner is Shaun. :dazzler:

[Barry.]

Congrats Shaun

[joeysteele]

Well done Shaun.

[Mystic Mock]

Well done Shaun.

[Ammi]

…of course it is, who else would it be…I’m calling FIXXXX…!!!!!!….

[Ammi]

…well done though, Shaun…:love:…sauntering in/grabbing the win…cool as a cool cucumber …

[Ammi]

…thank you Ben for your efficient sweepstake updating etc…:love:..

[Maru]

Great time to buy a lotto ticket, Shaun, just sayin

[Crimson Dynamo]

The UK entry received zero points from the voting public across Europe for the second year in a row.

:rolleyes:

[Benjamin]

The UK entry received zero points from the voting public across Europe for the second year in a row.

:rolleyes:

Last year was deserved, this year though it’s a shame we didn’t get any.

[Shaun]

:hee:

[Mystic Mock]

Last year was deserved, this year though it’s a shame we didn’t get any.

This year was more deserved imo.

What were we thinking sending the girls out with such awful lyrics?

[Nicky91]

This year was more deserved imo.

What were we thinking sending the girls out with such awful lyrics?

no, as Olly's entry was more filthy trash



WTHJH? is very nice west end inspired, not for everyone but it was very british


the lack of harmonies was more bothering me, more like 3 solo singers

[joeysteele]

This year was more deserved imo.

What were we thinking sending the girls out with such awful lyrics?

The UK's was just a song I couldn't take to sadly.

I found the performance more a mess, there was no continuity to it.
The stopping and starting of the song with the what became absurd changes in tempo too.

For me it just went nowhere, even if I could have voted for it, I wouldn't have.
It was one of about 5 on the night, I just really didn't like at all.

[Nicky91]

i only couldn't take to Israel, Lithuania, Ukraine


everything else was good

[Mystic Mock]

The UK's was just a song I couldn't take to sadly.

I found the performance more a mess, there was no continuity to it.
The stopping and starting of the song with the what became absurd changes in tempo too.

For me it just went nowhere, even if I could have voted for it, I wouldn't have.
It was one of about 5 on the night, I just really didn't like at all.

I 100% agree with you Joey.