Eurovision 2022

It could be held in Moscow once Ukraine conquer Russia

Wasn't there talk of the US entering at one point? can you imagine the logistics of televising the the thing if Australia win?

(13-05-2022 21:43 )Doddle Wrote:  Better still, just give them the bloody thing and let everyone save themselves 4 wasted hours?!

Whether they'll have anywhere to host it in 2023 is another matter...

whether there WILL be anywhere safe in Europe in 2023 if Putin has
his way...bet he will try to hack the transmisiion somehow tomorrow and what's the betting security will be tight to stop any Russian yltra attempt to sabotage it

(14-05-2022 03:28 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  Wasn't there talk of the US entering at one point? can you imagine the logistics of televising the the thing if Australia win?

think always said that should Austrailia win would be staged in a European Country of there choice think said would prob be here but i could see Ireland to if they won

(13-05-2022 21:53 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Current betting on chance of winning
Ukraine on 60%, UK on 11%, Sweden on 10%

gb news already have england winning it, they were giving it the usual "It's coming home!" crap on the tv this morning...

(12-05-2022 08:48 )Charlemagne Wrote:  It's always interesting to see the politics of Europe unfolding.
Who will the Serbians vote for now that Russia have been refused an entry.

These are the Serbian votes given last year.

22 France
20 Italy
17 Finland
12 Iceland
8 Ukraine
6 Bulgaria, Greece, Russia
5 Portugal
4 Azerbaihan, Sweden
2 Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland

Russia got 204 votes in total, which works out to an average of 8.16 per country. So the votes given to them by Serbia (6) was below average.

The previous contest saw a smilar outcome. On that occasion Serbia gave Russia 8 votes, but Russia's total vote was 370 (an average of 14.80).

The time before that saw Serbia gave Russia 12 votes, but Russia did well that year and reached 491 votes in total, an average of 19.64 per country. So the 12 votes they got from Serbia was still way below average.

We have to go back as far as 2015 to find the last time Serbia gave Russia an above average number of votes, so the assertion made above that Serbians vote for Russia does not appear to have any basis in fact.

^ Well to make you happy, I'll predict that they won't be giving Russia any votes tonight

(14-05-2022 05:55 )HannahsPet Wrote:  think always said that should Austrailia win would be staged in a European Country of there choice think said would prob be here but i could see Ireland to if they won

I don't know how it was decided, but if Australia win the next contest will be held in Germany.

(14-05-2022 03:33 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  whether there WILL be anywhere safe in Europe in 2023 if Putin has
his way...bet he will try to hack the transmisiion somehow tomorrow and what's the betting security will be tight to stop any Russian yltra attempt to sabotage it

You seem to have more confidence in his abilities than anyone at the BBC, Sky, CNN, etc, etc

I don't know much about Eurovision, but it must be important, as the FA Cup Final kick off time was changed to avoid a clash with the contest. If the match were to finish in 90 minutes there wouldn't have been any problem with the original time, but given the possibility of extra time and penalties it was decided that the kick off should be brought forward to the unusual match time of 4:45.