Esmerelda

Got to the front of the queue twice and was then promptly kicked off both times. Somehow still managed to get a decent ticket on third attempt. Looks like there are still a few available

Much as I can't stand Trump, I feel the left could learn a lesson or two from how he managed to revive the Republican party- who were basically a dying and dwindling political force until he showed up. He did so by consistently ignoring the Republican establishment who wanted to "keep the centre round" and were only interested in the views of the donors. Perhaps next time the Dems should spend less time trying to appeal to Liz Cheney and her 20 fans and more time trying to appeal to actual left of centre people so they come out and vote.

I don't think Katy cares anymore and it shows in this collection of B-sides and leftovers.

Dance Monkey perhaps. Song by a relatively obscure unknown busker from Australia with no big record label or push becoming the most streamed song by a woman ever- a record it still holds. SNAP by Rosa Linn. Armenia's somewhat forgettable Eurovision entry that finished 20th becoming a worldwide hit months after the contest.

Oh dear. Just had to switch off Shania she sounded so bad. What a shame.

I thought it was really good- forgot how much I like Electricity and Be the One. I was surprised Dance the Night wasn't performed, but according to Setlist.FM she has never performed it live so maybe she doesn't like it.

Regardless of all the drama, I thought the quality of songs at Eurovision this year was extremely poor. Probably my least favourite edition.

Reset Mr Brightside and Unwritten too for a proper early 00s comeback please. :cheeseblock:

The robot song has been stuck in my head since I first heard it- feels like someone asked an AI to write an Aqua song. :lol:

Can't believe it has been 6 years since Sigrid won this. :o

Emmelie de Forest went top 15 with her winning Eurovision entry and had one further top 75 hit with Rainmaker. Of Monsters and Men also had a further top 75 hit after Little Talks. Maren Morris went top 10 with The Middle and her Taylor Swift colab reached number 52.

Dua Floppa's career has gone Houdini :cry:

Tracklist isn't bad but personally would have preferred a 2nd song from Wonderful Wonderful instead of Dustland Fairytale if they had to limit it to 20.

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Cher still t̶o̶p̶ 6̶5̶ top 45 :cheeseblock:

Best: The Nordics and the Baltics are always worth checking out. Have also been enjoying Festival da Cancao the last few years. Worst: Ukraine (often good quality songs, but there is always drama) Malta (usually too many songs and the winning song often doesn't end up being the entry anyway) Germany (usually overly complicated and with low quality entries) Italy (some quality entries, but virtually impossible for a woman to win or do well)

FusedMarc was a very random winner. They then meant the baffling decision to "revamp" it and remove all what was good about it. Evelina has always been a bit of a guilty pleasure for me though.

I was expecting all 22 Taylor songs to be top 20. What a disappointing flop. :(

The audience was livelier than most concerts I've been to. Most people were on their feet after 20 mins.

Ed's relentless, non stop exposure might finally be catching up with him. Always makes me laugh when artists release an album implying they didn't expect many people to listen to it anyway. Sure Jan.

Kylie should shift at least 900k. Anything less would be a huge underperformance. Hopefully it will be enough to beat Drake,Doja Cat and Anastacia.

First Aid Kit- 3 top 10 albums, regular TV and radio appearances in the UK and a gold certified single, but no top 100 hits.

Carrie Underwood Within Temptation

Cover of the Rebecca Black smash follow up to Friday?

Cassette Queen Selena returning to show us how it's done. :cheer: