Eurovision 2018

No point in putting Austria's artist in the split screen of the final 4 and final 3 when by that stage it was mathematically impossible for them to win.

Wow, what a finale. Literally down to the wire.

We explain the poor UK performance because once again we sent a poor song (despite having a fantastic performer with amazing guts and charisma).

Are the BBC going to pull out of the credits early like they always do?

France 2 played the credits, then cut to a static caption of credits for the France Télévisions team over the Eurovision ident.

Seems to often be the case with defending champs.

Still not a fan of this voting system - putting so much weighting on the final minute of revealing the results just makes the preceding hour a fairly pointless chore. Much more satisfying seeing the winner build their tally gradually country by country than have it revealed at the end, and as is often the case the winner was the Televote winner anyway. Indeed the jury vote being so different shows how irrelevant they are.

I should have put a bet on after posting this.

Event Runtime was 3hrs 49mins 11secs.

I don’t know what your problem is with it. It’s a lively creative, commanding performance and entertaining to boot.

So the theory about going in with a different type of song that won the previous year proves true. Next year we send a ballad.

I think it's a step forward that the UK has come away the last two (or three!) years with its head held up, but we really need a better song selection process. Maybe it would be better at ITV.

They did, they were definitely still scrolling - and too damn fast to read - when it cut to the Eurovision ident.