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[Fikri]

Gearing up for our party. I drew Spain in our sweepstake and part of the rules of the party is you have to dress up in some way and bring related food/drink with you, so I've spent a lot of the morning putting final touches to a flamenco dress and making tapas.

 

pics or gtfo.

 

i think i'm gonna take a short nap before waking up at 2.30am for the show. urgh, i hate timezones.

[Ali]

pics or gtfo.

 

i think i'm gonna take a short nap before waking up at 2.30am for the show. urgh, i hate timezones.

Haha, maybe later so you get the full effect.

 

The Boy is due home from Paris any second now.       I am hoping he has brought obscene amounts of wine and cheese. Perhaps a baguette.

[Frizzle]

I have to admit I do love a bit of Eurovision, we know we're never going to win so it's all for shits and giggles.

When they replaced Terry Wogan (RIP) with Graham Norton I was a bit skeptical, but he's doing a fine job with the sarcasm and dry wit.

[Waser Lave]

I have a sudden and inexplicable urge to wear a dress made from toilet roll and cotton wool balls.

[Fikri]

ok, i just woke up and made coffee. let's do this!!

 

link to the live stream

[Bee]

I'm taking a break from studying to watch this. It had better be worth it.

[Fikri]

I'm taking a break from studying to watch this. It had better be worth it.

 

yay! i sure hope the same. i'm still a little groggy. zzz...

 

this year there will be a new voting system. i'm very excited to see it in action!

[Ali]

"You will howl at the moon at the injustice of it all" - First excellent Graham quote of the night.

[Fikri]

azerbaijan is one of my favourites!

[Ali]

The Boy did not produce the score cards in time for us to score the first three acts. Bad egg.

 

Loving Hungary.

[Fikri]

ok i take it back... girl can't sing to save her life.

hungary now... why hello there. *drools*

[Ali]

Dancing Tibetan drumming monk. Classic Hungarian culture.

[Waser Lave]

Guarantee when Hungarian guy gets home his mother will be telling him off for not dressing up for the occasion.

[Fikri]

Dancing Tibetan monk. Classic Hungary.

 

cultural appropriation. hmph!

 

the overall performance is good but i don't know what the hell he's singing lol.

there's semen on my screen during italy's performance.

[Ali]

The Boy: "She's singing in foreign. I'm not giving her points for the song category."

 

Why is she standing in a lake?

 

Ali's scorecard - ITALY

Song: 2

Execution: 2

Costume: 2

Spectacle: 4

Sex Factor: 2

[Waser Lave]

Oh, now you start singing in English...

 

Edit: Bugger, back to foreign.

 

Also, can't find subtitles.

[Bee]

@Ali, are your ratings out of 10?

[Fikri]

hovi star... singing "made of stars".

 

israel is really into astronomy.

[Ali]

@Ali, are your ratings out of 10?

5. Also I haven't seen you around in ages! Hello there!

[Waser Lave]

Israel is as dull as his chin is momentous. Bonus points for hoop sex acrobats though.

[Fikri]

two people are fighting over one hula hoop at the back there. surely they can afford one more?

[Bee]

5. Also I haven't seen you around in ages! Hello there!

 

Hi! Uni's been kicking my arse so I've not had much time to come on. This is me guiltily sneaking away from the books for a bit.

[Fikri]

"if love was a crime, then we would be criminals"

 

so using this as my pick-up line.

[Bee]

How many times did he say stars in that song?

[Ali]

Bulgaria is catchy and she's dressed as some sort of leather-robot-vampire. I obviously love it.