Eurovision Song Contest 2022

genres are not important and genre thinking is not the way to think

good songs win and the standard last night was very high

to begin the return to glory we need to cough up and pay our way to the finals like the uk

we need some diversity

we need to be two years ahead in the song selection and get them out to the clubs of Europe

we should be looking at bands that are about to break on their own such as Maneskin

we need to take control from rte , they don’t know anything about winning

I’m no expert but I don’t believe you can win a World Cup via public vote

I suppose the players from countries around the world should just let them score and win.

Should be held in Ukraine no matter what

Personally I thought the Ukrainian song was muck, let's be Frank here, even if they didn't enter they've had won.

Brooke did an excellent job and I still can't believe she didn't at least make it to the final when up against the Tripe alongside her.

Fair play to the Brits in fairness.

Ffs

Leo would want to be careful or we could end up hosting!

Everyone. It's showing Ukrainians they have solidarity from Europe, not just from politicians but from the people. Likewise it's showing that in Europe there's strong support and solidarity for Ukraine.

Every little helps, it's just a song context, but like any international event, it's important for Ukrainians to feel support and that they are on the right side (which they are) because they are enduring the brunt of this. It's also important for Europeans to keep as much solidarity as possible because we are in this for the long haul.

Be interested to see if ireland actually submitted a great song and performance how we would do in the public vote. The UK can at least considered themselves less hated the Germans in Europe.

:)

People are going on like there were good songs denied some opportunity by Ukraine.. ALL of the songs were poor.

Good article here on the BBC about how the BBC producer met his Spanish counterpart for a drink after the final last year and they both made a pact to do better this year after performing so dismally, and then how they went about getting their act to represent them.

Good on the UK, I really hope they do run with this new thinking and get a lot of success for themselves and for the unknown artists who need a leg up.

The more serious they take it, the more credible it becomes, and the more this might filter into our decision making here as well.