Eurovision Song Contest, BBC1
“Graham Norton, on commentary, had a Eurovision of two halves. He was emotional and perky early on – thrilled to be back and genuinely impressed by the huge efforts the Netherlands had gone to in staging the contest (12 months ago the Ahoy Arena was a temporary Covid hospital). But Norton’s default setting is an irascible acerbity – not at all what was called for as it became clear Newman’s trumpet-splashed song, Embers, was going out without even a fizzle.”
“While other nations put on spectacular displays, with angels and demons, flames and smoke bomb explosions, we had a couple of dancers miming with trombones. That looked cheesy when Dexys Midnight Runners tried it on Top Of The Pops 40 years ago. It’s a good job that holidays in Europe are verboten right now because, after the abject humiliation of the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final (BBC1), none of us from Britain dare show our faces. What a disgrace.”
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