Eurovision 60th anniversary Show

[lilka]

1)Our next performers are a group from my homeland, Sweden. No, no. It is not ABBA. They begged to come, but with such a packed show we just couldn't fit them in. Benny, please stop texting me.

2)Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson seems to be a recipe for success here at the BBC. A slightly older Irish host together with a young Swedish model.

 

[Leydan]

The ratings in the UK were not as good as was hoped, acccording to ESCnation it only got 1.8m in the overnights, less than the 2.9m overnight for the UK's national final in 2010 which was shown in a similar Friday night slot. I thought the show was great, hopefully the official rating will be alot higher!

That is such a shame. I didn't think so few people would actually watch it, but i did say the British public are bit touchy when it comes esc spin offs and shows like this which are not actually eurovision itself.

 

[esc87fan]

Someone posted a YouTube link for the show in a Facebook group I belong to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJFmX4OXM9k

 

[Leydan]

Someone posted a YouTube link for the show in a Facebook group I belong to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJFmX4OXM9k

I will probably rewatch it all again later.

 

[CPV4931]

Thanks for sharing the link :-) I missed it yesterday so it´s a great opportunity to watch it finally.

 

[Leydan]

Thanks for sharing the link :-) I missed it yesterday so it´s a great opportunity to watch it finally.

Germany will be showing it, they finally made their mind up. So you will be able to watch it on television as well.

 

[Carrie]

Someone in my family said Loreen sounded like an old sow sucking on a stone .

Oh and I would love to see Petra on UK TV some more. She's a brilliant hostess.

 

[Leydan]

Someone in my family said Loreen sounded like an old sow sucking on a stone .

My mum kept commenting on her hair and nose ring. She was not impressed at all.

 

[Leydan]

Latvia are now going to be airing the show as well.

http://eurovoix.com/2015/04/04/latvia-to-broadcast-eurovisions-greatest-hits/

 

[Carrie]

My mum kept commenting on her hair and nose ring. She was not impressed at all.

In all honesty I've never liked Euphoria and that performance didn't help my appreciation for the song.

As Conchita came on, one of them said 'I wonder if ___ is watching' to a reply of 'I doubt he has a TV, he's probably thrown something at it' 3 They did not like Conchita.

 

[Romeo]

according to the viewing figures... I am confused. Is that just for BBC1 or BBC1 HD and the red button combined?

 

[EscGeek]

they all look worse than they did on eurovision stage...except Natasha St-Pier who looks better and Emellie,Conchita and Lordi who look exactly the same

to Natasha...the years have been good to her

 

[EDC0708]

according to the viewing figures... I am confused. Is that just for BBC1 or BBC1 HD and the red button combined?

I'm hoping it's excluding the red button, as that presumably counts as a different channel. I'm hoping the official rating will go quite a bit higher, the peak was at 2.2 million, which is slightly better.

 

[lilka]

Someone in my family said Loreen sounded like an old sow sucking on a stone .

Oh and I would love to see Petra on UK TV some more. She's a brilliant hostess.

I couldn't agree more. They should hire her to do some talk shows, or something like that, because that way the whole Europe (well, at least the people who speak English) could enjoy her humour and her brilliantness. And her accent shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Leydan]

I couldn't agree more. They should hire her to do some talk shows, or something like that, because that way the whole Europe (well, at least the people who speak English) could enjoy her humour and her brilliantness. And her accent shouldn't be a problem.

She understands British humour, and think in general Swede's tend to get it as well. Plus she sounds very british-ish.

 

[lilka]

She understands British humour, and think in general Swede's tend to get it as well. Plus she sounds very british-ish.

So maybe a petition to BBC?

 

[Leydan]

So maybe a petition to BBC?

Someone else can do it.

 

[GRE]

they all look worse than they did on eurovision stage...except Natasha St-Pier who looks better and Emellie,Conchita and Lordi who look exactly the same

to Natasha...the years have been good to her

Actually, i liked more the german lady now, than back then in 1982.

 

[lavieenrose]

When Denmark won in 2013, I thought it was an obvious and not-great decision (although the best placement for a song that I preferred to Denmark that year was 4th, so I could be placated by how I preferred Denmark to the alternative), but the performance from Greatest Hits was pretty great; I'd like the decision a lot more if they'd arranged it like that at Eurovision.

I love, love, love "Tu te reconnaîtras," and Anne-Marie did not disappoint; the English version had me worried, but it was actually really sweet.

The English translation of "Diggi-loo, diggi-ley" made me thankful for the language rule, but who can complain about that performance with a straight face?

"Diva" is one of Eurovision's best winners, non-existent range on DI's part be damned.

I sense some lukewarm-ness whenever talking to people about "Fly on the Wings of Love." That's thoroughly undeserved. My evidence? That performance.

Brotherhood of Man weren't as impressive as Herreys, but…still. It confuses me how crazy people go for that song, but it's still a joy.

Who would've thought Rosa López would be that good?

Awwww Nicole. Ralph On that note, V-MONEY Should've kept it all in German, but it was a nice allusion to her reprise.

Oh my god Riverdance.

Lordi can teach all of us a lesson about what happens when a group from Finland that gets universal condemnation brings a genre previously unfamiliar to Eurovision. Love them, love them, love them (although the new backing vocalist isn't as good as the old one).

I didn't understand the appeal behind Natasha St.-Pier until that - what a gorgeous performance.

Overall, huge fan so far. I'll watch the others later.

 

[Bench]

Just watched it. What a great show! Petra was awesome, I really love her, a pity she didn't do a song
I liked also almost every performance. Herreys was very funny to see them dance like that. I loved Brotherhood of man, Dima, Lordi, the Olsen Brothers, Ann-Marie...
And of course, Loreen. Euphoria is just so a big hit. But I do have to confess I'm not a fan of her nose ring (and like our belgian TV-host said: her hair looked like they melted a rocket ice pop over it) But she stays amazing

Now I'm so ready for Eurovision 2015 but its stil one and an half month :'(