Before we can even dream of covering our joyous rekindling with Hugh a la Chicken Coop, we have an issue of great import that needs addressing ……..
……. to wit “the disaster” that was Eurovision 2021! Null points for Le Royaume-Uni? I don’t think we will ever, ever, ever, get over it. We know it’s happened once before in 2003, but that was, erm, sort of deserved and no surprise …….. and, admittedly, there was no way we thought we would win this year …….. BUT a resounding null points from both the esteemed Eurovision Judging Panel AND the European public vote? We were all left reeling …… and were still reeling when we woke up the next morning ……… could it all have been a spooky dream?
Sadly no, however our sense of disbelief wasn’t just confined to our null points, but also by what won ……. Italy had been the bookies favourite, but we’d them rejected straight away to a man, as, how shall I put it delicately? Pants. We’d gone for Iceland, Malta and Norway, how wrong we were …… even Hugh, who is perhaps a little more progressive than we are, had favoured France and Lithuania, but was just as shocked as we were by the result, saying that it had cast a memorable shadow over our first night together after sooooooo long apart, but for all the wrong reasons …………
……. and promised that questions WOULD be asked in Parliament! Our bedtime hot chocolate and Hobnob biscuits, he sighed, had never, tasted so bittersweet before …………
3 comments:
Great to have you all back, and blogging.
Boris Johnson ought to set up a public enquiry. This ought to include interviews with great British songwriters, including, first and foremost, Hugh's friend, Sir Elton of John. But also Paul McCartney, Kate Bush and Boy George, among others.
Maybe mum could interview Rod the Mod. She would like that.
A strange night indeedy! I was thinking of you all as I watched on....shocked in so many ways, not only by the lack of points but by the band that won and a certain presenter who shall remain nameless, but perhaps should be a bit more knowledgeable regarding foreign languages. A night to remember for sure. JantheFan x
Ah I agree with you completely! I loved Norway’s entry and really wanted them to win.
Next year I’ve decided I’m going to truly enter the spirit and dress up in costume with tapas and everything. I doubt it will make them vote for us but at least I’ll have done my bit!
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