[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I really liked Austria, it was well out the ordinary and he has an incredible voice.
It is a really good winner in my view anyhow.

I loved Lithuania, it's a kind of music I like and hoped it would do better.

I actually enjoyed the whole thing, there were very few I didn't like at all.
Looking forward even to watching it all again, being able to fast forward over all the chatter

no, he just needs to sing with a normal guy voice

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

no, he just needs to sing with a normal guy voice

No.I disagree.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was good to go out and do something totally different.

Music has many styles, plus he needs to sing where he feels is at his best, that certainly was a big success last night for him.
His vocals were superb throughout.

Very worthy winner in my view, I agree with Mock, the best performance on the night won.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

No.I disagree.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was good to go out and do something totally different.

Music has many styles, plays he needs to sing where he feels is at his best, that certainly was a big success last night for him.
His vocals were superb throughout.

Very worthy winner in my view, I agree with Mock, the best performance on the night won.

doing something different, just a copycat of the 2024 winner, a similar freak show


this is the death of eurovision we have witnessed

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

No.I disagree.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was good to go out and do something totally different.

Music has many styles, plays he needs to sing where he feels is at his best, that certainly was a big success last night for him.
His vocals were superb throughout.

Very worthy winner in my view, I agree with Mock, the best performance on the night won.

Omg his voice was phenomenal!

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I really liked Austria, it was well out the ordinary and he has an incredible voice.
It is a really good winner in my view anyhow.

I loved Lithuania, it's a kind of music I like and hoped it would do better.

I actually enjoyed the whole thing, there were very few I didn't like at all.
Looking forward even to watching it all again, being able to fast forward over all the chatter

I agree with you on Austria and Lithuania.

It was nice to see that to some extent that the public and the Juries were trying to make sure that the talented acts were getting at least some points this year.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Did Graham Norton say that the Polish performer is 52 years old?

Between her and Andrea Corr on the last series of The Masked Singer, there'll be a lot of younger women praying that they look like that when they're in their 50's.

Meanwhile I think that a lot of men wouldn't complain looking like the Armenian singer.

And I do personally think that the best performance on the night won, but I would've been happy for Lithuania, Albania, or Estonia too.

Although having said that, the third year in a row where the public vote was disrespected.

They should simply remove the public vote as they are obviously irrelevant !!

I would let JUST the actual performers vote as they all seem to get on so well you may actually get some fair voting

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Zizu

They should simply remove the public vote as they are obviously irrelevant !!

I would let JUST the actual performers vote as they all seem to get on so well you may actually get some fair voting

I don't think there's ever really been fair voting in Eurovision.
Not from the years I've been watching it.

I mean immaterial of songs or performances, if both are in, it's generally 12 points from Greece to Cyprus..
Plus 12 points from Cyprus to Greece.

I could see the merits however to removing the public vote.
I just treat it as a nights TV.
Although I did vote for Lithuania and Finland.

I loved it though.
It's a Eurovision I'll watch again for sure.
Austria definitely deserved the win too.
Strong performance.

[Cherie]

The mystery is why the BBC pay hundreds of thousands to the EBU every year so their act can be widely humiliated

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Cherie

The mystery is why the BBC pay hundreds of thousands to the EBU every year so their act can be widely humiliated

All the other countries sent people who are famous. We send three unknown girls who, although they were decent singers, did irritating selfie poses all the way through the quite average song. Either send another Sam Ryder or let us withdraw gracefully.

[Mystic Mock]

Classical Music is divisive tbf.

But I would argue that he was really good at his style of Music.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Classical Music is divisive tbf.

But I would argue that he was really good at his style of Music.

The winning song was excellent and he was clearly the best singer .. I just didn’t like his Kate Bush in the verses.. but loved the operatic chorus

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Zizu

The winning song was excellent and he was clearly the best singer .. I just didn’t like his Kate Bush in the verses.. but loved the operatic chorus

I agree with you tbh.

[Maru]

Also:

Spain risks major fine from Eurovision Song Contest by persisting with political message
https://metro.co.uk/2025/05/17/spain...sage-23105265/

Spanish broadcasters risked facing the wrath of Eurovision Song Contest organisers by persisting with a political message, despite a previous warning.

Representing Spain this year is singer-songwriter and dancer Melody with her upbeat tune, ESA DIVA, which has proven a huge hit among Eurovision 2025 viewers.

However, her own country could now be fined after defying the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) with a statement displayed ahead of the Grand Final.

[Vanessa]

Yay 5th place! I'm really happy with that! Lucio
Israel 2nd. Brilliant result.
Finland robbed

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

Yay 5th place! I'm really happy with that! Lucio
Israel 2nd. Brilliant result.
Finland robbed

Italy's song was well made tbh.

Congratulations on the high placing.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Italy's song was well made tbh.

Congratulations on the high placing.

He's a bit like a modern day Ziggy Stardust

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

He's a bit like a modern day Ziggy Stardust

I hadn't thought of that until just now.

But yeah you're right, he really does have that kind of sound.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

Yay 5th place! I'm really happy with that! Lucio
Israel 2nd. Brilliant result.
Finland robbed

I love Italy as a Country and generally always like their Eurovision entries.
I really liked this one too.
It was really good seeing them doing so well in the voting.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The "winning" song has to be one of the weakest in living memory to be honest

[Vanessa]

Absolutely loved Israel song, I thought it was beautiful.
Also loved the winning song, that guys voice is spectacular. I was amazed.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

The "winning" song has to be one of the weakest in living memory to be honest

Yeah. Such a disappointment.

[Crimson Dynamo]

when you ignore the screaming minority kids...

[Crimson Dynamo]

BBC presenter and Eurovision stalwart Graham Norton has caused
controversy among viewers thanks to his remarks about Israeli singer Yuval
Raphael.

The 24-year-old singer, who survived the Hamas attack on the Nova music
festival on October 7, 2023, was fourth up on Saturday and sang her ballad
New Day Will Rise, which was inspired by the ordeal.

Raphael was one of just 11 survivors from a group of around 50 people who
took refuge in a concrete bomb shelter during the attack, using dead bodies as
a shield for eight hours until she was rescued.

Meanwhile introducing her Norton said: "She only began singing professionally in 2023, and you can see why; she has an extraordinary voice, and it's a big, powerful ballad. Also, very nicely staged."


no mention of her ordeal or what inspired her -

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Cherie]

We flipped over and watched the snippets of the songs just before the vote opened, I am unsure how anyone sits though hours of this dirge, as for the Spanish Beyonce lookalike ... appalling no originality at all