October 2Oct 2 On 30/09/2025 at 18:49, PeteFromLeeds said:Think About Things, despite your description Julian, was definitely a 'Eurovision song' in that it was a country's entry for Eurovision regardles of the fact it was never performed there!How can a Eurovision song have been never performed at Eurovision? It never appeared in the final, a semifinal, a dress rehearsal or an afternoon preview. Wikipedia says “Iceland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 37 times since its debut” and 2020 isn’t one of them.And surely if it’s open to interpretation, as the phrase “Eurovision song” without any clarification is, you’d give the benefit of the doubt in Pointless.
October 2Oct 2 So if I hadn't stupidly given two incorrect answers (and assuming I'd have given pointless answers to both of those questions), I'd have finished on a mere 7 points, and won this by a country mile?! FFS 🤦♂️Congrats to gasman & Jordan though
October 2Oct 2 8 hours ago, Spiceboy said:Great... is that what we are calling it? 🧐 😘Yes. Yes we are.
October 2Oct 2 Wow!! I don't win quizzes very often and was just happy to avoid any wrong answers. Congrats Gasman on winning with me Thanks Pete for hosting! This actually ended up being quite competitive with how many low-scoring answers there were! Yay for only 27 entrants so everyone starting out with leaderboard points
October 3Oct 3 Thanks for hosting this!!That stupid answer for #2 where the question itself threw me cost me a potential win😄.
October 3Oct 3 Oh MY at matching someone with Cody Wise of all people on Q7 🤣Happily take 5th out of this bloodbath though, so I just needed to spend more time thinking of someone more obscure for Q8 and that might have sealed the win but nevermind.Thanks Pete for hosting!
October 3Oct 3 Author 20 hours ago, Julian_ said:How can a Eurovision song have been never performed at Eurovision? It never appeared in the final, a semifinal, a dress rehearsal or an afternoon preview. Wikipedia says “Iceland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 37 times since its debut” and 2020 isn’t one of them.And surely if it’s open to interpretation, as the phrase “Eurovision song” without any clarification is, you’d give the benefit of the doubt in Pointless.I think whenever someone goes with loophole answers, they have to recognise that they're chancing a bit on whether the host is willing to accept the answer or not (I know in the past I've had decisions not go my way, and as a result I steer clear of them when i take part myself). 'Eurovision Song' is naturally something without a clear definition (you could argue that Mountain is incorrect for example), but if asked for clarification I would have gone down the route of it being a country's selected entry for the contest, which is what the majority of people inferred from the question.We'll probably just have to agree to disagree on this one - I'm sure there are decisions that won't go my way this season as well!
October 3Oct 3 Author Whilst I'm here - a reminder to take part in Calum's Album Cover quiz in The Lounge!
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