With a standard Sky dish and Freesat box, are there any other feeds of the show I can tune into that are non-BBC? They opted out of so much brilliant material during the semis last time Sweden hosted which I'd rather not miss.
With a standard Sky dish and Freesat box, are there any other feeds of the show I can tune into that are non-BBC? They opted out of so much brilliant material during the semis last time Sweden hosted which I'd rather not miss.
I'd assume it will be live streamed on YouTube again by Eurovision
RS
Rob_Schneider
Last year I used my PVR to sync up BBC Three and the World Feed on YouTube, switching back and forth, so I'll probably do that again.
The BBC have praised Sir Terry Wogan for his "unique brand of humour", after the late star was shockingly accused of 'ruining Eurovision with his mockery'.
Swedish producer Christer Bjorkman singled out the much-loved presenter for criticism claiming his gentle mick-taking shattered the show’s credibility.
And he said if it had been up to him he would not have hired Sir Terry, who died in January aged 77, to host the competition.
But now the BBC has heaped praise on the late star, and a spokesperson said: "Sir Terry Wogan is and always will be part of the heritage of the Eurovision Song Contest.
BBCTerry WoganTerry Wogan has been praised
Read more : Eurovision chief accuses late Sir Terry Wogan of 'ruining the show with his mockery'
"His unique brand of humour brought millions of people to the competition and he unquestionably helped to establish the show as one of the TV highlights of the year to audiences throughout the UK and beyond."
It comes following Christer Bjorkman's shock comments, and asked why Eurovision was considered so frivolous in Britain, Bjorkman replied: “There are several reasons, one is Terry Wogan himself.
Read more: I'd hope Sir Terry would approve of me taking his job, says Michael Ball
“He did this for 28 years and his commentary always forced the mockery side and there is a grown-up generation in Britain that doesn’t know anything better.
I doubt much people were care about Christer Bjorkman in years to come if he just bad mouthing people
My views on STW's Eurovision performances here are well known. I have great sympathiy for Christer's comments the gist of which I agree with. Christer's record in the contest is legendary and by far exceeds that of STW.
My views on STW's Eurovision performances here are well known. I have great sympathiy for Christer's comments the gist of which I agree with. Christer's record in the contest is legendary and by far exceeds that of STW.
If it wasn't for 'STW' Eurovision would be dead in this country it's the Woganised coverage of Eurovision that means it's more than a minority BBC Four event but a national event.
People love Eurovision not for the reasons you want them to love it but they love it.
Personally, I found last year's contest thoroughly unentertaining because of how grounded the acts were, there was very little fun, eccentricity etc. I think looking at Eurovision as a "silly" tongue-in-cheek event works in its favour. Try to take it seriously and we end up with an even more ego-ridden X Factor.
Not just words that sum up DVB and the other contributor but also exactly what Eurovish without "STW"s legacy would be!!
And I'm someone who's going to all 6 shows in Stockholm, am a member of OGAE and will be spending thousands of pounds of my own money celebrating all that is great about Eurovision. Once more certain members of this forum demonstrate just how removed from reality they are.
RS
Rob_Schneider
To be fair, we've moved more towards the "knowing" type of humour Sweden are more famous for, as opposed to the rather bitter insults STW threw around in his later years.
It's not that I'm "boring", it's that I want the UK to do well. We are the world capital of pop music, but you just wouldn't believe that looking at our recent form!
A Swedish approach, tailored to the UK market, would be a much better attitude to take. If you look at the UK produced 60th show, with this year's host co-hosting with our commentator, the balance there was spot-on. And again, to be completely fair, we
are
taking baby steps in the right direction. The UK NF isn't going to win any production awards, and Mel isn't going to be the next Petra Mede any time soon, but if we could have a few more left-hand finishes we might be able to update, rather than reverse, the public's perception.
Ok we've gone around this loop annually. I'll re-iterate that you can have fun without denegrating participants and hosts which even if done in jest can be harmful, something some seem to want to detach themselves from. I'll move away from the thread for a while whilst those that disagree have their own version of 'fun' here.