Humor Eurovision Song Contest 2025

[Notebook]

Don't panic, its still two months away.

UK has decided on this.
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It's cowboy boots on the ground from the UK this year.

Remember Monday, who all met at sixth form college, are a country trio, and it seems country really is sweeping the globe.

Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter won best album at the 67th Grammy Awards.

What The Hell Just Happened - the song the group will be performing at this year's Eurovision - is a country inspired pop number which is very good fun. It's got more key changes than the total number of years that The Archers has been on air."

Country trio Remember Monday to represent UK at Eurovision 2025 - live updates

The group will perform their new single What The Hell Just Happened at the 69th song contest in Basel.

www.bbc.com

 

[Urwumpe]

We sent a full country song to Eurovision in 2006 and people complained about it not being authentic German (despite the rather large German country subculture, and the song is actually still good after nearly 20 years). Here, its business as usual. Feuerschwanz got removed by the jury for metal not being attractive enough to women. (That said to a band with three women on stage for years), we selected a rather contemporary sounding pop song without soul from an Austrian band, have the annual "its breaking the rules" and "its copied from another artist" discussion.

No idea what to make from this song. It is a bit catchy, but more of the kind that you don't want to be catchy at all. Also the current stage design contains everything best buried at ESC. So, maybe the ideal song for it.

 

[Notebook]

Interesting, good ESC fodder.
Don't know where the UK entrant came from. We have a folk music tradition as most European countries, but no Country heritage.
Line dancing stories pop up on regional news progs when there's not much going on.

 

[Notebook]

Well not long now.
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The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place in St. Jakobshalle, Basel, on Saturday 17 May with Semi-Finals on Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 May, after it was selected by Host Broadcaster SRG SSR and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to host the 69th edition of the Contest.​

Never been to Basel, looks rather lovely.

https://eurovision.tv/event/basel-2025

 

[Urwumpe]

Not if Kosmos 482 hits the venue first.

 

[Sunhillow]

No idea what to make from this song. It is a bit catchy, but more of the kind that you don't want to be catchy at all. Also the current stage design contains everything best buried at ESC. So, maybe the ideal song for it.

I hate autotune since Cher made a song using it. Well, she CAN sing in tune, has a good voice and only used it for the sound effect. These contemporary TikTok stars can not sing in tune and have no voice. This is the result

Not if Kosmos 482 hits the venue first.

Sounds too good! An object designed to survive on Venus should be able to crash through the roof St. Jakobshalle

 

[Urwumpe]

Never been to Basel, looks rather lovely.

https://eurovision.tv/event/basel-2025

I can only recommend you to go there, its really a nice place. Maybe not in ESC week. But especially carnival season could be interesting.

BTW, if you know the Edinburgh Tattoo, the recurring guests of the Top Secret Drum Corps come from there.

 

[Notebook]

I do know it and that Drum Corps are the best act on it, IMHO.

 

[MaxBuzz]

Misha's wife forced him to get dental implants

in 2009 the Korol i Shut won eurovision did not participate in it
original

Eurovision 2009 winner

 

[Notebook]

UK BBC broadcaster is promoting its Audio Description and Subtitling production for the ESC .
How are other European countries handling the presentation?
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Eurovision Song Contest 2025 – Basel, Switzerland
Live coverage on 13, 15, and 17 May from 8pm (UK time)
BBC One, Red Button & iPlayer

This year's coverage is set to be the most inclusive Eurovision broadcast ever on the BBC, with three full streams catering to a range of access needs:

LIVE Audio Description – A First for UK Eurovision!
For viewers who are blind or have low vision:

Available live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer

Just press [AD] on your remote or activate via the Accessibility menu

On iPlayer: tap the speech bubble icon once the stream starts and select “Audio Description”

Applies to all 3 live shows:
• Semi-Final 1 – Tuesday 13 May
• Semi-Final 2 – Thursday 15 May
• Grand Final – Saturday 17 May

British Sign Language (BSL) Interpretation – Year 3
For viewers who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing:

Watch via Red Button 1/HD or BBC iPlayer

On BBC iPlayer:

Open the app or website

Search for Eurovision Song Contest

Look for and select the following streams:

Signed: First Semi-Final 2025 (Tues 13 May)

Signed: Second Semi-Final 2025 (Thurs 15 May)

Signed: Grand Final 2025 (Sat 17 May)

On Red Button 1/HD:

Virgin Media: Channel 991

SkyQ/Freesat: Channel 970

YouView/Freeview/EE/TalkTalk: Channel 601

Each signed stream goes live at 8pm and features full BSL interpretation from start to finish.

Subtitles
As standard, live subtitles will be available on BBC One and BBC iPlayer across all three nights.

This marks an enormous step forward in accessible entertainment broadcasting, building on the success of BSL trials for Eurovision in 2023 (via iPlayer) and 2024 (via Red Button), and now joining VE Day 80’s commemorative broadcasts in showing what inclusive public service broadcasting really looks like.

Huge credit to the BBC’s Accessibility and Production teams for ensuring Eurovision 2025 is one for everyone."

BSL is British Sign Language.

 

[jedidia]

Feuerschwanz got removed by the jury for metal not being attractive enough to women.

That statement in and of its own kinda sounds misogynistic...

 

[Notebook]

Still on tonight...

Eurovision semi-final live: Voting opens in second Eurovision semi-final after UK's Remember Monday take the stage

Tonight, 10 more countries will qualify for the grand final and six will be sent packing.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Notebook]

Hope all Orbinauts are enjoying tonight's presentation.

https://eurovision.tv/event/basel-2025

 

[Urwumpe]

Iceland has me already, not my usual music, but you can't be too drunk to not dance to it.

 

[Notebook]

For some reason the blonde lady in the leather boots is my favourite so far.

 

[Urwumpe]

For some reason the blonde lady in the leather boots is my favourite so far.

Many agree. But I must say, it misses my frequency. Italy does Brit Pop? That really has something.... A great song for cruising in your cabrio...

 

[Notebook]

Either way, I think its a remarkable production. Something the EBU was designed for.

 

[Urwumpe]

Tough decision this time, I am torn between Iceland and Italy... But from the musical perspective, Italy was at least playing one instrument live.... (The playback is a crime in itself. Music should be played and songs should be performed!) And Iceland sounds a bit too much like "Diggy Diggy Hole".

 

[Urwumpe]

If they now manage to get Celine Dion (Won the ESC with "Ne partez pas sans moi" in 1988 for Switzerland) for the voting time show, I'd be impressed.

(And no, I don't pay twenty cents for getting only a half vote. Then I'd rather not vote at all and just buy the songs I like...)

 

[Urwumpe]

You know the quality of this years ESC, if a intermission song performance is better than all contestants performances. Käärijä and Baby Lasagna really killed it.