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MY
MY83
Lindsay Dracass has a new single out.
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tightrope78
42 countries will compete in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.



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ethanh05
tightrope78 posted:
42 countries will compete in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.




So basically, the same as last year.
JM
JamesM0984
No. Last year was 43 but Bulgaria are out. Or as Ian Weaver would say, BRT are no longer competing.

This does mean balanced semis.
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AxG
JamesM0984 posted:
No. Last year was 43 but Bulgaria are out. Or as Ian Weaver would say, BRT are no longer competing.

This does mean balanced semis.

*cough* BNT *cough* Wink
JM
JamesM0984
Sorry. To be fair, he's the only person I know that still thinks this is a competition between broadcasters - he hates the flag parade and any sort of flag being on screen for that reason. If he got Sand's job the flag parade would be of TV logos. Which would go down well here to be fair...
MY
MY83
Who is Ian Weaver?
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JAS84
If it was a competition between broadcasters, then the UK would have at least three entries - BBC, ITV, and S4C. I bet it's the same in other countries, multiple broadcasters being EBU members.
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Jon
JAS84 posted:
If it was a competition between broadcasters, then the UK would have at least three entries - BBC, ITV, and S4C. I bet it's the same in other countries, multiple broadcasters being EBU members.

The Champions League is a competition between football teams from within UEFA however there are hundreds of teams that aren’t in.

Of course it’s a competition between nations, but each entry is put forward by a broadcaster. So it’s both a competition between countries and broadcasters. Of course using the nation is an easier way of selling something to an international audience than the name of a TV brand they’ve never heard of.
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DE88
MY83 posted:
Who is Ian Weaver?


He's been doing a weekly column on UKGameshows.com for nearly 18 years. Wink
NG
noggin Founding member
JamesM0984 posted:
Sorry. To be fair, he's the only person I know that still thinks this is a competition between broadcasters - he hates the flag parade and any sort of flag being on screen for that reason. If he got Sand's job the flag parade would be of TV logos. Which would go down well here to be fair...

How did he cope in the years when two broadcasters were involved in Germany with the semifinal/final split ?
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deejay
Haven’t Switzerland always sent multiple broadcasting delegations to represent the various official languages of the country? And I think Belgium used to alternate between French and Dutch broadcasters?

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