I Am A Swede

Original Coronation Street cast member Alan Rothwell dies aged 89

No real surprises last night either. Even though some of the songs that qualified weren't that good, the ones who were eliminated weren't any better. This year feels weaker as a whole than last year in my opinion.

This is so disgusting. It really is an uphill battle when you have a totally corrupt Supreme Court fighting for the opponent. 😠

Of the already qualified songs I liked the Italian entry. It would have been even better with a better vocalist though. Sal Da Vinci really struggled with the higher notes. Germany's entry was waaay to derivative of the Cypriotic entry from 2018, "Fuego" with Eleni Foureira. Even the title ("Fire") was the same. Unfortunately for Germany it was nowhere near as good as "Fuego"

Results from the first semi-final: Qualified for the final: Greece, Finland, Belgium, Sweden, Moldova, Israel, Serbia, Croatia, Lithuania, Poland Eliminated: Portugal, Georgia, Montenegro, Estonia, San Marino Overall I wasn't impressed with the first semi-final. How Lithuania, Poland and Moldova could go through was a mystery, but at the same time I can't really say that the eliminated songs were any better..... 🫤 The highlight for me was the appearance of a true Eurovision Legend, Vicky Leandros. But poor Boy George looked like he wondered where he was and what he was doing there. (A question I asked as well)

You can't mention iconic moments and Emmerdale (Farm) without mentioning the moment when Kim stood over her dying husband Frank, took out her mirror and freshened up her makeup.

This is exactly what I'm experiencing. Sometimes it works for a little while, but then I'm logged out when I try to go to another thread or subforum. It's frustrating having to log in constantly. ETA: It took me several attempts to post this, because I kept getting logged out.

Martika

Indochine

^^ With this happening and the results in the UK elections my mind conjures up images I really don't want.....

No, that wasn't a dream. Lauren used the air vent in the jacuzzi to breathe when Sheila tried to drown her. Sheila thought she had killed her and while she was on the phone to Mike Lauren got up, hit Sheila over the head with a vase and escaped.

I would like to take some time to honour not just a man, but a giant of a man, a legend, an icon in the truest sense of the word. There's probably not a single corner on this planet he hasn't visited, and through his endless curiosity and enthusiasm he has made even the smallest, most unassuming plants and creatures into something interesting. I can't even begin to count the many, many hours I've spent watching his endlessly fascinating tv-series, learning about our planet and all its inhabitants. So, a very, very, very happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough, and hopefully there will be many more. The world would be an emptier place without him. ❤️

Kind of ironic, since "Gone with the Wind" is one of the few films from that era that actually was in colour....

My favourite big soap moment will always be the moment on B&B when years of tension and growing animosity between Brooke and Stephanie finally exploded during the BeLief story. That whole story was excellent, with Stephanie's hatred for Brooke being the cause of her own undoing. She was the driving force behind the attempt by the Forresters to trick Brooke into signing over her rights to the patent without her ever knowing the whole story. But the manipulations and dirty tricks backfired not once but twice during the story, and that was finally one time too many. Brooke confronted the Forresters and got slapped by Stephanie, not for the first time. But this time she didn't take it lying down and slapped Stephanie right back and had to be dragged out by Connor to stop things from escalating even more. All this ultimately ended with Brooke seizing controlling interest in Forrester Creations, and Stephanie and Eric only had themselves to blame for that. This was more than 30 years ago, and it's still the best story in B&B history, by far.