Dobbo

That's crazy that streaming is now his weak point, you could never ever have imagined that one upon a time.

Amorim is 100% getting sacked by Christmas.

And this will continue to happen until ACR is fixed or scrapped altogether.

Alpine: Colapinto vs Gasly Q+R Aston Martin: Alonso Q+R vs Stroll Ferrari: Leclerc Q+R vs Hamilton Haas: Ocon vs Bearman Q+R McLaren: Norris vs Piastri Q+R Mercedes: Antonelli vs Russell Q+R Racing Bulls: Hadjar Q+R vs Lawson Red Bull: Verstappen Q+R vs Tsunoda Sauber: Bortoleto Q+R vs Hulkenberg Williams: Albon Q+R vs Sainz Jr Pole Position: Verstappen Winner: Piastri Fastest Lap: Norris

Not bad, definitely learned a few of these today!

I wonder why De Dekker chose Evander Holyfield's nickname?

Grinding shame tennis players aren't paid well eh...

Can't see Palace getting battered but hopefully they put up a strong fight. No team will probably ever have a better opportunity to beat Pep's City in a final given their current demise.

Austria will eat this song alive with a spoon going straight afterwards.

I didn't think Messy initially sounded like a big hit tbf!

Becky wins easily

Where's the traditional list of countries who competed last time yet to confirm this time...

+5 Jack Black - Steve’s Lava Chicken +4 Ed Sheeran - Azizam +3 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club +2 Tate McRae - Sports Car +1 WizTheMc & Bees & Honey - Show Me Love -1 Doechii - Anxiety -2 Sombr - Undressed -3 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not -4 Alex Warren - Ordinary -5 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

Aston Villa 3Vs1 Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea 3Vs0 Manchester United Everton 2Vs0 Southampton West Ham United 2Vs0 Nottingham Forest Brentford 4Vs2 Fulham Leicester City 1Vs1 Ipswich Town Arsenal 0Vs2 Newcastle United Brighton & Hove Albion 2Vs1 Liverpool Crystal Palace 0Vs2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Manchester City 1Vs0 AFC Bournemouth

Abs

Quite like the Hero version before they became overdone each year.

I find it quite dull myself unfortunately. The summery production is nice but the vocalist sounds too much like Swae Lee to me, which is not a good thing.

Both good but Scooter are legendary

Yeah having now actually listened to all the main contenders I can't see France winning whatsoever.

It is interesting that Gareth Gates has #1 versions of both Unchained Melody and Spirit In The Sky. 2 of the only songs which went to #1 in 3 or more different iterations!

I actually see big parallels between Sweden/Austria this year as I do Croatia/Switzerland last year. Upbeat, fun "meme" song more akin to typical Eurovision versus more serious and vocally impressive piece. Be interesting to see which way the public swing this time around.

I first remember having a vague interest in the charts around 2003 (I would say around the time Where Is The Love? was dominating) and being someone who enjoyed reading/learning lists I kept an eye on the top 10s at least thereafter (of course the big Xmas #1 battle that year was an interesting one to follow) but it wasn't until 2004 that I actively started listening to the Chart Show (it was the week Lola's Theme went to #1, still such a vivid memory!) After that I would tune in and out of shows but would never generally tend to listen to the entire show until 2014 when I also began to comment along on this forum's weekly threads and since then I've always tried to listen to every show in full although very rarely live as I work on Fridays. Nowadays I download the chart shows and usually listen to them in bits across the following week. When I do miss a week because of holidays etc. I tend to just fast forward to interesting parts or new entries. I feel at this point it's an interest I'll never let go of.

I've put money on France and Austria based solely on the fact that they are short, snappy titles which the winning songs tend to be. (In fact I was curious and it turns out that of the last 17 winners, 12 of them were one-worded titles (11 if you don't count The Code)). So based off of that completely useless information, France are my pick.

DJ Sammy landslide please.

No, nothing is beating Ariana Grande - positions for me.