Gooseberry Crumble 5,205 Posted August 10, 2022 I wonder which UK cities will be shortlisted to possibly host next year's Eurovision? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GEMINEYE 184 Posted August 10, 2022 22 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: I wonder which UK cities will be shortlisted to possibly host next year's Eurovision? I dunno, maybe there is a Eurovision forum you can wonder about that shit on. Come back to us when Cheryl Baker croaks... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,205 Posted August 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, GEMINEYE said: I dunno, maybe there is a Eurovision forum you can wonder about that shit on. Come back to us when Cheryl Baker croaks... Well people have discussed the songs from this years contest on this thread so I say a small amount of speculation on who will be hosting the cursed eurovision contest next year is well within order. . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,011 Posted August 14, 2022 Zvika Pick, co-writer of Dana International’s winning entry Diva along with other entries, reportedly dead: https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-714668 Quentin Tarantino’s father in law. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted August 14, 2022 3 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Zvika Pick, co-writer of Dana International’s winning entry Diva along with other entries, reportedly dead: https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-714668 Quentin Tarantino’s father in law. If they put his corpse in the rubbish he will be the Pick of the litter. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,019 Posted August 14, 2022 3 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Zvika Pick, co-writer of Dana International’s winning entry Diva along with other entries, reportedly dead: https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-714668 Quentin Tarantino’s father in law. Could have sworn he was a DDP pick for that team that usually has a bunch of aging Israeli celebrities in its roster a few years back, but apparently not. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 584 Posted August 14, 2022 5 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Zvika Pick, co-writer of Dana International’s winning entry Diva along with other entries, reportedly dead: https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-714668 Quentin Tarantino’s father in law. A legend of Israeli pop for decades. Sad news. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Father Brown 86 Posted August 20, 2022 John Allison (not his real name), 1/2 of UK 1961, has been complaining about pavements. In his 80s now - looking well https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/former-uk-eurovision-contestant-angered-7439307 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,011 Posted August 21, 2022 On 30/12/2018 at 02:02, YoungWillz said: Marianna Toli, part of the quartet of singers of Greece's 1977 entry, has died: http://esctoday.com/170680/greece-marianna-toli-1977-participant-passes-away/ Mathima Solfege finished in 5th place. Robert Williams from the above group reportedly dead aged 72. He's the one on the extreme right as you look at them. https://www-news-gr.translate.goog/ellada/article/3004584/pethane-o-tragoudistis-rompert-ouiliams-se-ilikia-71-eton.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,118 Posted September 5, 2022 Topi Latukka of Softengine (Represented Finland in 2014) diagnosed with adamantinoma, a rare bone cancer at 28. However the survival rate for it is pretty high. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,205 Posted October 6, 2022 On 09/08/2022 at 12:20, YoungWillz said: Samantha Womack reveals breast cancer diagnosis: https://www.itv.com/news/2022-08-09/samantha-womack-reveals-own-breast-diagnoses-in-olivia-newton-john-tribute Sam Womack starts chemotherapy tommorrow. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 1,612 Posted October 7, 2022 On 10/08/2022 at 20:29, Gooseberry Crumble said: I wonder which UK cities will be shortlisted to possibly host next year's Eurovision? Liverpool shall host in 2023. That's Liverpool, Ukraine, obviously. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,011 Posted October 7, 2022 11 minutes ago, Summer in Transylvania said: Liverpool shall host in 2023. That's Liverpool, Ukraine, obviously. I'm really glad that, in the United Kingdom, the contest will be held for the umpteenth time in England. (And if you can't detect the sarcasm in the above statement....) Once again, the three other parts of the Kingdom are second rated. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,000 Posted October 7, 2022 Waiting for @YoungWillz to declare Sassenach stitch up. Supposedly Susan Aitken, SNat head of Glasgow Council was briefing the Scottish media that Glasgow had won it. Silly bint. EDIT: Didn’t have to wait. He beat me to it! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,000 Posted October 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: I'm really glad that, in the United Kingdom, the contest will be held for the umpteenth time in England. (And if you can't detect the sarcasm in the above statement....) Once again, the three other parts of the Kingdom are second rated. Glasgow had the Commonwealth Games and COP26 only recently. You can’t have it all sunshine! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,011 Posted October 7, 2022 Just now, Ulitzer95 said: Waiting for @YoungWillz to declare Sassenach stitch up. Supposedly Susan Aitken, SNat head of Glasgow Council was briefing the Scottish media that Glasgow had won it. Silly bint. I don't think there's any political machinations as such. I'm just disappointed. Vastly disappointed. My medical condition might have allowed me to attend a hometown contest, Liverpool out of the question. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,011 Posted October 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Ulitzer95 said: Glasgow had the Commonwealth Games and COP26 only recently. You can’t have it all sunshine! Didn't want COP26 - for the all the good it has done anyway (Truss says bring on the fracking and the extra oil and gas exploration). I'm not hugely into sport. But I have a love and a special place for Eurovision. Shame. Alas. Egad. etc etc. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,205 Posted October 7, 2022 52 minutes ago, Summer in Transylvania said: Liverpool shall host in 2023. That's Liverpool, Ukraine, obviously. Liverpool England will do a fantastic job and I see lots of random gays all over the UK are putting out feelers and requests for fellow gays to put them up for a couple of nights as hotels for that week suddenly very expensive!! I am now weighing up my options and deciding how hospitable and welcoming I should next May!! Should I let them stay for free if I say yes to the idea? Almost certainly I can't imagine charging anybody but I would have to have terms and conditions all the same.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,205 Posted October 7, 2022 36 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Didn't want COP26 - for the all the good it has done anyway (Truss says bring on the fracking and the extra oil and gas exploration). I'm not hugely into sport. But I have a love and a special place for Eurovision. Shame. Alas. Egad. etc etc. I loved watching the mens diving in the Commonwealth games on the tv!! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny 282 Posted October 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Summer in Transylvania said: Liverpool shall host in 2023. That's Liverpool, Ukraine, obviously. Cheaper for the BBC with loads of staff in Manchester. The upside is that Liverpool's hotels are crap and the locals will burgle the rooms. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,118 Posted October 9, 2022 On 24/04/2021 at 21:38, arghton said: Alive pre-2000 eurovision contestants for Finland are (no bands included): 1962 - Marion Rung (b. 1945). 1963 - Laila Halme (1934-2021). 1965 - Viktor Klimenko (b. 1942). 1966 - Ann-Christine (b. 1944)... Ann-Christine Nyström (wiki) who represented Finland in the 1966 Eurovision, being reported dead at 78. https://www.tanssiin.fi/60-luvun-iskelma-ja-viisutahti-ann-christine-on-menehtynyt/ Died in Sweden this year 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 58 Posted October 18, 2022 Franco Gatti, has died at the age of 80, a member of Ricchi e Poveri who represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 . Franco Gatti, morto il cantante dei Ricchi e Poveri - la Repubblica 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,011 Posted October 18, 2022 17 minutes ago, MarkF said: Franco Gatti, has died at the age of 80, a member of Ricchi e Poveri who represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 . Franco Gatti, morto il cantante dei Ricchi e Poveri - la Repubblica Best version I could find. Sadly, the full splendour of Franco's moustache isn't fully realised. Are those flared leather trousers? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,035 Posted October 20, 2022 Three countries not competing due to cost of entry: Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,011 Posted October 20, 2022 1 minute ago, ladyfiona said: Three countries not competing due to cost of entry: Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro. If only we had a weaker Pound... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
