Eurovision Song Contest 2022

delboy85

Duplicate post.

LordBasil

I tried that sorter, surprisingly accurate. My top 40

1. Poland

2. Serbia

3. Ireland

4. Austria

5. Italy

6. Armenia

7. Czech Republic

8. Iceland

9. Sweden

10. Norway

11. Cyprus

12. Romania

13. Portugal

14. Netherlands

15. France

16. Finland

17. Estonia

18. Greece

19. Spain

20. Lithuania

21. UK

22. Ukraine

23. Germany

24. Latvia

25. Albania

26. Georgia

27. Belgium

28. Slovenia

29. Denmark

30. San Marino

31. Croatia

32. Malta

33. Azerbaijan

34. Montenegro

35. Switzerland

36. Israel

37. Bulgaria

38. North Macedonia

39. Moldova

40. Australia

yerwanthere123

I originally had Czech Republic as a top 5 contender, but pretty much everything I've heard about her live vocals have been atrocious 😬

LordBasil

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118914059#Comment_118914059

Yeah, I fear for both Austria and Czech Republic. The live vocals have not been great alright.

captbarnacles

 Italy

 Poland

 Portugal

 Sweden

 Norway

 Netherlands

 Greece

 United Kingdom

 France

 Spain

 Australia

 Bulgaria

 Latvia

 Lithuania

 Belgium

 Iceland

 Slovenia

 Azerbaijan

 Finland

 Armenia

 Denmark

 Estonia

 Serbia

 Romania

 Austria

 Cyprus

 Albania

 Czech Republic

 San Marino

 Switzerland

 Ukraine

 Malta

 Moldova

 Germany

 Montenegro

 Georgia

 Croatia

 Israel

 North Macedonia

 Ireland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118913321#Comment_118913321

1. Portugal
2. Netherlands
3. France
4. Iceland
5. Czech Republic
6. Georgia
7. Sweden
8. Italy
9. Lithuania
10. Greece
11. Croatia
12. Estonia
13. Serbia
14. Cyprus
15. Armenia
16. Slovenia
17. San Marino
18. Germany
19. Switzerland
20. Ireland
21. Poland
22. United Kingdom
23. Finland
24. Ukraine
25. Australia
26. Moldova
27. Bulgaria
28. Belgium
29. Denmark
30. Albania
31. Norway
32. Romania
33. Spain
34. Azerbaijan
35. North Macedonia
36. Montenegro
37. Austria
38. Latvia
39. Israel
40. Malta

gmisk

This story about The Roop and Brooke Scullion is pretty bizarre.

They seemed to attack her for daring to play a gig in the Kremlin........the kremlin being the gay club in belfast..... they have since apologized seemingly

yerwanthere123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118940390#Comment_118940390

I think they made the mistake of thinking she was performing in the actual Kremlin 😅 Either way, pretty embarrassing for them!

gmisk

https://eurovoix.com/2022/04/24/brooke-reworked-eurovision-performance/

jaffa20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118970977#Comment_118970977

Anything has to be better than pyjamas. Maybe some cardboard trees...

LordBasil

Intrigued to see Ireland's staging. Rehearsals start next Saturday 30th April. Ireland's first rehearsal will be on Tuesday 3rd May. The rehearsals I'm most looking forward to seeing, along with Ireland's, are Netherlands, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Austria, Greece, Finland, Cyprus, Poland and the UK.

Getting close now 😁😁😱

delboy85

Have never been a huge fan of Brooke's song but I really like this version (the Eurovision House Party version). I think it's much stronger than the original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4KuLYWVBnU

KathleenGrant

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118976907#Comment_118976907

I love this.

yerwanthere123

Rehearsals start at 9am! Here's the schedule for the two weeks ahead:

So it's the first nine songs of Semi-Final 1 up later today with Ukraine and The Netherlands probably being the main highlights of day 1.

Can anyone see an unheralded song shooting up the odds during rehearsals a lá Rise Like A Phoenix, Fuego etc? Nobody immediately jumps out at me, but I do think both Armenia and Croatia are being overlooked and have top ten potential.

CruelSummer

Saw a clip of Brooke on the Late Late Show, her vocals are ok but did they go and change the backing music and ruin the song? Only saw around 30 seconds of it.

johnire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118996254#Comment_118996254

A truly awful song. Once again we haven’t a hope of getting out of the semi finals.

jaffa20

Watched the late late performance on youtube, it was not great at all. I much prefer below version

https://youtu.be/s4KuLYWVBnU

El_Duderino 09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118970977#Comment_118970977

Ah here. Lads, I'm all for supporting Ireland and I'm quite sure ths singer hard worker and a lovely person. But this is shyte. The stagecraft and dancing cg is really, really poor. If this is anything like the finished product, then we'll be lucky to qualify.

Why is there absolute no change in pace throughout the song? No story, no catchy start and step change to a banging tune and lyrical crescendo.

I'm looking forward to the event but I'm not expecting anything from this song. Maybe it will resonate with some Europeans and manages to qualify, but i'd be surprised. Maybe there are some worse songs, who knows.

captbarnacles

It's highest odds to qualify from Semi final 2.

jaffa20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118999841#Comment_118999841

Definitely not a good sign

yerwanthere123

Yeah Ireland aren't qualifying. We're more of a contender to finish last than in the top ten. Make peace with it and enjoy some of the decent songs! 🙂

jaffa20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118999935#Comment_118999935

For me, i would prefer if we qualified and came last in the final. At least it would highlight that we need to up our game. I'm interested to see how the UK do this year though and if the favourite, Ukraine, will actually win.

pnott

Was looking forward to seeing Brooke perform in Turin but after they butchered it not so much. Now i am interested to see if we manage to finish last three years in a row! One consolation is that despite our poor record of late we still haven’t gotten null points. The UK entry is the one I am most interested in.

johnire

I’d be mortified to attend the contest and admit I’m Irish to be represented by that singer(?) and song(??)

yerwanthere123

Not much footage of the first rehearsals being released this year, with the brief ten-second or so clips are being uploaded to Tiktok.

However the big drama from rehearsals is the stage isn't functioning properly.

The stage has a 'sun' feature in the middle which is supposed to look a little something like this

One side of it is fully black with a lighting rig and the other side is full LED. Basically it meant delegations could choose which side of the sun they wanted to use. However, the feature is stuck on the black side with the lighting rig and apparently can't be moved, meaning that it's messing up the staging for various acts who'd planned to use the LED screen.

Check out Croatia's first rehearsal footage

They were clearly going for some type of forest LED background, most of which is now blocked by a feature that seemingly can't be moved. Not quite what you'd expect from Italy, I wonder what side of the sun Brooke had planned to use 😬

El_Duderino 09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119002425#Comment_119002425

Ah, I wouldn't go that far. Its just a bit of craic.

As competitions go, it's the one I enjoy the most without being at all upset about ireland not being any way competitive. It's a bit like Great British Bake Off. I might support one competitor over a other but there's no animosity towards the other competitors. It's just good clean fun. It's a pity Ireland hasn't put together any good entries in a while, but shur, it'll be a great occasion anyway.

I'm hosting a Eurovision Party in my house for the lads and I'm really looking forward to it.

El_Duderino 09

Is anyone else doing a Eurovision Party? Were just using it as an excuse to get the mates together but everyone has picked a country and they'll cook a dish from that country.

We've got food coming from Greece, Italy, England, Belgium and Netherlands so far.

johnire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119003530#Comment_119003530

Mmmmm. I don’t know. I suppose it depends on your view of the pride you have of your country.

El_Duderino 09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119003667#Comment_119003667

I have lots of pride in my country but I don't invest any of it in the Eurovision. How much of your national pride do you invest in the Eurovision?

johnire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119003760#Comment_119003760

Just to explain…..I’ve been at Semi Finals and Finals and have been increasingly embarrassed year on year having to try to explain to our European neighbours (that includes Australia!) why Ireland are submitting such c**p songs. I can honestly tell you in the Eurovision world at ground zero we’re a laughing stock and was one of the reasons I decided not to go to Turin this year.