So that’s it for another Eurovision year! It’s been a strange one, but I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. Thanks so much for keeping me company this evening and adding your wit and wisdom in the comment box below. I have no idea if I’ll be back for Strictly in the autumn, but fingers crossed we’ll find something to keep us busy and entertained on a Saturday night, and I very much hope to be back in Rotterdam this time next year. Please stay safe and look after yourselves and each other, Hx Well this is entirely lovely. I’d have been happy with two hours of this superimposed over European landmarks. I’m singing along. Is everyone singing along? Hands in the air please, I’ve been on this sofa for four hours and have no blood flow in my fingers. To wrap up tonight’s show, this year’s contestants are going to sing a special version of Love Shine A Light, just to remind everyone in the UK that it’s been 23 years since we last won Eurovision. It’s the perfect message to share right now – ‘and we’re all gonna shine a light together, all shine a light to light the way.’ It’s easy to be cynical, but stuff like Eurovision feels like a beacon of solidarity and togetherness in a crazy world. Hooray, Graham Norton is live on the show! He’s got a bit tearful, and I know how he feels. Tonight has been quite the rollercoaster. ‘God that was awkward.’ Graham’s back in the room. Here’s a special message from Bjorn from Abba – we must be building up to grand finale if they’re wheeling out Eurovision legends of this magnitude. He has the most soothing voice and we need him reading the CBeebies bedtime story. Ooh Denmark was nice this year too, a good singalong/foot tappy number. Sad that they only showed 20 seconds of that performance of Fai Rumore in Verona. Worth a full watch. The good news is that quite a few artists have announced they’re coming back with a new song next year, which is just as it should be. Time to meet the final eight 2020 contestants, including Malta, another of my favourites from this year. Love a happy clappy banger. Aww, there’s a nice VT from some former Eurovision contestants. Bit dusty in here. Also loving Conchita celebrating not wearing underwear. Since we’re on a roll with former Eurovision winners hawking their new singles, last year’s winner Duncan Lawrence is now singing his new single ‘Someone Else’. The opening lyric appears to be ‘Lately I found myself on the crowded side of the street, eating in busy restaurants every night of the week’. Either Duncan is trolling us, or The Netherlands has gone completely rogue. This is a perfectly lovely song if bleak break-up ballads are your thing, but can we follow a general policy of ‘play the Eurovision hits’, just for one night? For everything else, there’s YouTube.
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