From what I can remember the Brighton Belles punchline cut-and-pastes were so unsubtle they sometimes bordered on surreal. Just cross out Johnny Carson and put Terry Wogan, it's the same thing!

Yeah for proper context I want a breakdown, in each country's televote, of the average number of votes-per-caller for each country receiving. If the high point receivers are getting way higher proportion of x20 per phone than the rest, that's tangible evidence 20 is a problem.

Public Service Broadcasting forever

Definitive 80s schlager, a style of music that in the UK would mainly get used for daytime TV show themes. Can just imagine it leading in to Alan Tichmarsh coming on to interview Anneka Rice.

Actually surprised we didn't get a few more cameos but the name checks for Alpha Centauri and the Zygons were welcome.

This prompted me to go to the current Offical Chart and it's remarkable how much stuff from the past 10-20 years is knocking around. Mr bloody Brightside! No ESC in today's top 100 though.

Shame it isn't being hosted in Nice.

Anywhere but Malmö

"Got it! An upside down chandelier!"
'...and then?'
"They walk around it. There is also a small screen."
'Surrounded by escalating pyro, to show them emerging from the chaos, yes?'
"Sigh, OK, a pyro."

I'm half expecting a reveal that's her husband or something, but either she's getting better or I'm now tuning in to the deadpan side of swiss/german humour better..

Good setlist! Maybe swap 🇩🇪 and 🇲🇹 so we still get 🇬🇧 as the 'after party' vibe, but with a language mix?