United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM 2024 - Olly Alexander - Dizzy

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Sammy]

Judging only from the short clip, this is a fabulous staging. Very keen to see the rest.

 

[han-g]

I'm sorry you're gonna hate me for this but this is not OK. This is a family show and not a sex club. I used to watch Eurovision as a child with my parents. A performance like this is a turn off for more conservative people and entire countries.

We are a few years away from celebrities flashing their genitalia and bee holes in public for the sake of art. When everyone has seen everything, we become completely desensitized and lose our humanity. I am not keen on what's next.

I really liked this song. It was catchy but I called it out right away what it sounded like. It's a certain kind of party song. I feel sorry for Ollie. I hope he will see the light one day and find true joy. This is an ecstatic fever dream invoking demonic spirits.

It's not like the other acts this year are holier but this is the cherry on the cake.

I wonder how you've been feeling about quite a few performances this year... I've probably missed a few.

 

[PolarFoxxie.]

Olly is already a winner. If I get to have leg of that dancer around me, I wouldn't need anything else, i would be validated.

Btw betting odds are reacting very positive after that snippet. He is in green. It is besides flawless staging and he will be awarded for that. Like it already stands out, I like the song, it is catchy. And I like rings in melody.

 

[Neely]

I was resigned to us finishing second last but surprise of the season with this staging...and yes I don't think it's hyperbole at all to say this looks to be one of the best ESC stagings ever.

Sport shorts aren't a fetish of mine but I am partial to a bit of grungy shower room tile horror/porn aesthetic so all praise to Olly.

There's the potential for a top ten finish with juries now even if not with the eventual combined result but looks like Olly can give a performance he and the UK can be proud of.

 

[ArmpitOfEurope]

The staging is gonna be amazing. Im gonna make a controversial guess: UK will do better than all the other big 5 countries this year, including Italy

 

[0scar]

Really cool staging but I'm not really digging the outfits tbh
Curious to see how this looks on TV though.

 

[HarryUK]

Wait Eurovision is a family show? Is it not the biggest gay convention of the year lol

 

[Rocket man]

Best tweet I've seen so far on this.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1786052904064778724

Rylan's response

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1786064051975434289

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

I love the staging and I'm a straight woman. Is it any worse than Chanel walking around in a thong?

 

[Rocket man]

This Eurovision legend from 1997 started to break down the barriers for Eurovision and Olly is going to progress it even further. Shout-out to Iceland's Paul Oscar and his performance that was way ahead of its time.

 

[Leydan]

Obviously the staging came from Olly and his team, but I'm surprised the BBC has gone along with something so blatant. It's giving gay porn vibes. Usually the BBC are a bit more... prudish, for want of a better word. Mary Whitehouse (Google her if you don't know her) would have a heart attack if she saw it. I don't think any staging reveal has ever shocked me like this one did and I love it.

 

[han-g]

Wait Eurovision is a family show? Is it not the biggest gay convention of the year lol

I definetley remember watching it as a kid. I also remember so pretty sexy choreo being present back then too.

 

[Chrisiam]

The ghost of Mary Whitehouse hasn't seen it, but she has been told that it is very naughty.

 

[Sammy]

Rightwingers be like (as usual):
- violence: no problem
- guns: no problem
- naked women: yeah!
- naked men: booooooooooooo! Think about the chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiildrreeeeeeeen!

Internalized homophobia at its best.

Don't care about those bigots Olly! Go for it!

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

This Eurovision legend from 1997 started to break down the barriers for Eurovision and Olly is going to progress it even further. Shout-out to Iceland's Paul Oscar and his performance that was way ahead of its time.

I remember being mesmerised by this, and was only a kid at the time.

Still love the 1997 winner though.

 

[Rocket man]

I remember being mesmerised by this, and was only a kid at the time.

Still love the 1997 winner though.

I discovered it because I wanted to watch the contest in full on Youtube when the UK last won, and when this came on it totally blew me away at how progressive and modern it was compared to the vibe of Eurovision in those days.

 

[crashworld]

Are we getting an OnlyFans version of the performance after the GF?

 

[Zeus]

I had nobody else to flirt with on here

Excuse me???

 

[HarryUK]

I had nobody else to flirt with on here

Maybe I need to come on a wee bit stronger

 

[HarryUK]

I still can’t get over the BBC agreeing for soft gay porn to represent us on stage but tbh I’m living for it