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Post by n1david on Feb 22, 2023 10:01:48 GMT
Just seen an Instagram post that says Graham Norton will be host and grand final commentator so I read that as he will be on stage hosting for the semi finals and in the booth commentating for the final. No, Rylan and Scott Mills are commentating the semi finals. Graham is splitting his time on final night between hosting and commentating - I assume he'll be onstage for the start of the show and maybe the voting, but in the booth for the songs. While Graham is onstage, Mel Giedroyc will be commentating for TV.
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Post by Nelly on Feb 22, 2023 10:35:38 GMT
Nice that, quite rightly, Hannah's musical theatre background is focussed upon in this. It's been great to see Hannah Waddingham's deserved rise to fame, I've been a fan of her since I saw her in Tonight's The Night at the Victoria Palace in 2003!
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Post by ladidah on Feb 22, 2023 11:16:54 GMT
Alex Quek is a weird choice, but I am just happy to have no Richie from Radio 2
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Post by mkb on Feb 22, 2023 12:44:57 GMT
I take it Alison Hammond was not available?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 22, 2023 12:46:19 GMT
I shall be in France so will miss the commentary.
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Post by mkb on Feb 22, 2023 12:55:39 GMT
I would have gone for someone like Michael Mcintyre over Graham Norton. From seeing him live, I'd say he's very skilled at finding the humour in unplanned occurrences and very sharp. Graham Norton is a bit predictable and his humour often relies on cattiness, and is not so good/clever off script.
Of course, Mcintyre is a white, heterosexual male, so probably that disqualifies him amongst those who decide these things. Or maybe he was approached and not interested.
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 22, 2023 13:00:18 GMT
Isn't there always a 'no commentary' option these days?
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Post by mkb on Feb 22, 2023 13:15:57 GMT
Did anyone else have to Google "Ted Lasso"? A subscription tv thing apparently. Who knew!
I don't know where people who pay for all these tv services find the time. After I take out the evenings for live events and cinema, I've barely got time for the little decent fare on Freeview and Freesat.
But good to see that Hannah Waddingham is doing well and getting recognition outside of the UK theatre world.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 22, 2023 14:02:26 GMT
I would have gone for someone like Michael Mcintyre over Graham Norton. From seeing him live, I'd say he's very skilled at finding the humour in unplanned occurrences and very sharp. Graham Norton is a bit predictable and his humour often relies on cattiness, and is not so good/clever off script. Of course, Mcintyre is a white, heterosexual male, so probably that disqualifies him amongst those who decide these things. Or maybe he was approached and not interested. Graham Norton is well known within Eurovision so he will be a familiar face to viewers throughout Europe. Michael McIntire would be completely unknown to most of Europe. Its an obvious choice.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 22, 2023 14:03:47 GMT
Isn't there always a 'no commentary' option these days? Or you just mute your TV between songs.
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Post by drmaplewood on Feb 22, 2023 14:22:49 GMT
Isn't there always a 'no commentary' option these days? Yes its broadcast live on YouTube without commentary these days.
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Post by barelyathletic on Feb 22, 2023 16:28:33 GMT
A new Eurovision comedy for London's Union Theatre. Not as batsh*t crazy sounding as Jonathan Harvey's A Thong for Europe, in Liverpool, but could be a fun night out. uniontheatre.biz/show/nul-points/
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Post by n1david on Feb 22, 2023 17:15:01 GMT
...and another being produced by Above The Stag, being presented at Wonderville, Haymarket. This was on before (last year?) - I didn't see it, but the one review I could find liked it. abovethestag.com/eurovision-your-decision
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Post by stuartmcd on Feb 22, 2023 17:44:01 GMT
I would have gone for someone like Michael Mcintyre over Graham Norton. From seeing him live, I'd say he's very skilled at finding the humour in unplanned occurrences and very sharp. Graham Norton is a bit predictable and his humour often relies on cattiness, and is not so good/clever off script. Of course, Mcintyre is a white, heterosexual male, so probably that disqualifies him amongst those who decide these things. Or maybe he was approached and not interested. I couldn’t think of anything worse than Michael McIntyre hosting Eurovision.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 22, 2023 17:51:33 GMT
I was worried it would be AJ Odudu after the draw. I just can't watch anything she does without muting the volume.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 22, 2023 18:23:34 GMT
I was worried it would be AJ Odudu after the draw. I just can't watch anything she does without muting the volume. Thank god. Nothing would stop me from watching Eurovision but if they had her and Alison Hammond I really would have to give it a miss.
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Post by karloscar on Feb 22, 2023 21:40:11 GMT
I would have gone for someone like Michael Mcintyre over Graham Norton. From seeing him live, I'd say he's very skilled at finding the humour in unplanned occurrences and very sharp. Graham Norton is a bit predictable and his humour often relies on cattiness, and is not so good/clever off script. Of course, Mcintyre is a white, heterosexual male, so probably that disqualifies him amongst those who decide these things. Or maybe he was approached and not interested. I couldn’t think of anything worse than Michael McIntyre hosting Eurovision. Or Michael McIntyre hosting anything else.
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Post by sph on Feb 23, 2023 16:19:41 GMT
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Post by bimse on Feb 23, 2023 22:17:53 GMT
I take it Alison Hammond was not available? I did worry they’d go for the ubiquitous, untalented and over indulged Alison Hammond. Ditto Rylan Clarke.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 2, 2023 16:02:31 GMT
Tickets go on sale next week. 9 different shows bookable. Anyone planning on trying for tickets? I am going to have a go but don't hold out much hope. I'm going to try for a rehearsal rather than the live televised show to give me a slightly better chance. I belive it will be impossible to get accommodation in Liverpool so will need to stay outside. As I have never been to that area before can anyone suggest a town thats nearby and accessible by public transport to stay?
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Post by vickyg on Mar 2, 2023 16:37:30 GMT
Tickets go on sale next week. 9 different shows bookable. Anyone planning on trying for tickets? I am going to have a go but don't hold out much hope. I'm going to try for a rehearsal rather than the live televised show to give me a slightly better chance. I belive it will be impossible to get accommodation in Liverpool so will need to stay outside. As I have never been to that area before can anyone suggest a town thats nearby and accessible by public transport to stay? I will also be trying for tickets to a rehearsal which is what I went to in Tel Aviv and it was great fun, but I also hold out very little hope! My mum lives on the Wirral so I don't need to find anywhere to stay, but Chester is easily reached via a cheap 45 minute Merseyrail journey and anywhere on the Wirral within walking distance to a Merseyrail station is probably worth considering, though harder to find accommodation. There's a nice marina at West Kirby, beachfront walk at Hoylake (which must have accommodation because of the Royal Open golf which is held there periodically) and Port Sunlight is pretty with a nice art gallery and museum. Merseyrail network map here www.merseyrail.org/_common/map/networkmap.htm
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Post by dontdreamit on Mar 2, 2023 16:40:00 GMT
Tickets go on sale next week. 9 different shows bookable. Anyone planning on trying for tickets? I am going to have a go but don't hold out much hope. I'm going to try for a rehearsal rather than the live televised show to give me a slightly better chance. I belive it will be impossible to get accommodation in Liverpool so will need to stay outside. As I have never been to that area before can anyone suggest a town thats nearby and accessible by public transport to stay? We will be trying to get 3 tickets for the final - I know we have absolutely no chance of getting them but youngest is desperate to go so I will at least try. I have no idea where we would stay if we got them, but have a vague plan of booking accommodation in Manchester and travelling over…
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Post by eulenspiegel on Mar 4, 2023 1:55:26 GMT
Tickets go on sale next week. 9 different shows bookable. Anyone planning on trying for tickets? I am going to have a go but don't hold out much hope. I'm going to try for a rehearsal rather than the live televised show to give me a slightly better chance. I belive it will be impossible to get accommodation in Liverpool so will need to stay outside. As I have never been to that area before can anyone suggest a town thats nearby and accessible by public transport to stay? We will be trying to get 3 tickets for the final - I know we have absolutely no chance of getting them but youngest is desperate to go so I will at least try. I have no idea where we would stay if we got them, but have a vague plan of booking accommodation in Manchester and travelling over… Germany (they will also be opening act… again…for Iron Maidon in England in June) Italy transl. Two lives We're the only ones awake in the whole universe And I don't know your desert well yet Maybe it's in a place in my heart Where the sun is always dull Where I sometimes lose you But if I want I'll catch you We are stuck in such a time That lifts up the streets With the sky one step from here We're the monsters and the fairies I should call you Saying to you the things that I feel But I've run out of excuses And I don't have defenses anymore We're a book on the floor In an empty house That looks like ours Coffee with lemon Against the hangover You look like a blurry photo And we screwed up another night Outside the club And thank godness we did If this is the last Song and then the moon will burst I will be there telling you that you're making a mistake, you're wrong and you know that The music doesn't get here And you don't sleep And where will you be Where do you go When the life, then, exaggerates All the rushes, the slaps and the mistakes you do When something stresses you out I know anyway, you never sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep What rounds make two lives We're the only ones awake in the whole universe Screaming some of the anger on a rooftop Because no one feels like that Because no one watches the movies anymore The flowers in your room My metal shirt We're a book on the floor In an empty house That looks like ours We're lost among people So many words Without ever getting an answer And we screwed up another night Outside the club And thank godness we did If this is the last Song and then the moon will burst I will be there telling you that you're making a mistake, you're wrong and you know that The music doesn't get here And you don't sleep And where will you be Where do you go When the life, then, exaggerates All the rushes, the slaps and the mistakes you do When something stresses you out I know anyway, you never sleep You turn the light off even if you don't feel like We sit in the dark shrouded only In the sound of the voice Beyond the madness that dances in all the things Two lives, look at this mess If this is the last Song (and then the moon will burst) I will be there telling you that you're making a mistake, you're wrong and you know that The music doesn't get here I know anyway, you never sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep What rounds mаke two lives Two liveѕ
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Post by eulenspiegel on Mar 4, 2023 2:05:39 GMT
Belgium
Sweden
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Post by eulenspiegel on Mar 4, 2023 2:21:10 GMT
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Post by alece10 on Mar 7, 2023 11:29:43 GMT
Good luck to those trying to get tickets in 30 minutes time. Its going to be fun.........................
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Post by mkb on Mar 7, 2023 12:13:23 GMT
They appear to have limited access to the queue to one per Ticketmaster account, so attempts to game the system with multiple Google accounts aren't working. Totally fair, and I'm surprised that isn't done by other companies. However, this being the hopeless Ticketmaster, there are server errors all over the place.
They only seem to be numbering queue positions up to 2000. Mine just has 2000+, so could be millions ahead of me. Don't rate my chances.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 7, 2023 12:21:05 GMT
They appear to have limited access to the queue to one per Ticketmaster account, so attempts to game the system with multiple Google accounts aren't working. Totally fair, and I'm surprised that isn't done by other companies. However, this being the hopeless Ticketmaster, there are server errors all over the place. They only seem to be numbering queue positions up to 2000. Mine just has 2000+, so could be millions ahead of me. Don't rate my chances. Same here. No idea how many ahead. I'm trying for the grand final preview rather than the live final. But I'm not expecting to get anything to be honest. Anyway passes a couple of hours doesn't it.
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Post by stuartmcd on Mar 7, 2023 12:25:49 GMT
Must have been lucky but got straight through and got tickets for the Saturday Grand Final preview at 1pm. Which works perfectly me for me as I won't need to find any accommodation in Liverpool and can be home in time to watch the actual live show that evening
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Post by alece10 on Mar 7, 2023 12:30:42 GMT
Must have been lucky but got straight through and got tickets for the Saturday Grand Final preview at 1pm. Which works perfectly me for me as I won't need to find any accommodation in Liverpool and can be home in time to watch the actual live show that evening Well done. Thats the one I'm trying for and the time bar is about half way along now. Can I ask, does it allocate you seats or can you choose your own?
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