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Germany also revealed their artist for 2021 yesterday (and it’s not Ben Dolic who was meant to represent them last year). It’s a ukulele-playing man from Hamburg by the name of Jendrik Sigwart...

Yes I watched Melodifestivalen tonight as well (I’m a hardcore Eurovision fan)! A very interesting set-up they’ve got down at Annexet, but it seems to have worked so far. And can I just say how much I *love* Lena Philipsson? ❤️ Seriously, I think the right songs went DTF tonight, but I was disappointed that Jessica Andersson got knocked out as she had an amazing song. The next few weeks will be interesting, especially with some more big names coming (Charlotte Perrelli, Eric Saade, Dotter, The Mamas, just to name a few). One of the heaviest big-named line-ups for Melfest in several years...

Lithuania have officially selected The Roop for the second year in a row, with their song Discoteque. Their national final Pabandom is Naujo still went ahead, but with The Roop getting a wildcard directly into the final which was tonight. That’s now 5 songs out of 41 officially confirmed and released.

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is due to be held on 18/20/22 May in Rotterdam (as it was supposed to be last year before the contest was cancelled due to the pandemic). And despite said pandemic still raging, the EBU and Dutch broadcasters are better prepared this time, with a few fallback scenarios. Originally all 41 countries that were due to compete in 2020 were all confirmed for this year, however a couple of major developments have subsequently occurred: Armenia withdrew from the contest on 5/3/2021 due to domestic political issues. Belarus were disqualified from the contest on 26/3/2021 due to a song submission that did not meet the EBU guidelines and threatened to bring the contest into disrepute. The semi-final lineup will be exactly the same as was drawn last year, minus the above-mentioned withdrawals: At best, there will be a *very* limited audience in the Ahoy Arena. We now know that it will be a “Scenario B”, ie. most/all acts will perform live in Rotterdam in the Ahoy arena. The size of the audience (if any) will be determined in the coming weeks. In the meantime, here is the lineup for 2021... Albania 🇦🇱: Israel 🇮🇱: France 🇫🇷: Ukraine 🇺🇦: Lithuania 🇱🇹: Croatia 🇭🇷: Czechia 🇨🇿: Norway 🇳🇴: Finland 🇫🇮: Spain 🇪🇸: Cyprus 🇨🇾 : Germany 🇩🇪: Ireland 🇮🇪: Slovenia 🇸🇮: Belgium 🇧🇪: Romania 🇷🇴: Netherlands 🇳🇱: Moldova 🇲🇩: Australia 🇦🇺: Serbia 🇷🇸: Estonia 🇪🇪: Denmark 🇩🇰: Portugal 🇵🇹: Italy 🇮🇹: San Marino 🇸🇲: Russia 🇷🇺: Austria 🇦🇹: Greece 🇬🇷: Switzerland 🇨🇭: Bulgaria 🇧🇬: United Kingdom 🇬🇧: North Macedonia 🇲🇰: Poland 🇵🇱: Latvia 🇱🇻: Sweden 🇸🇪: Iceland 🇮🇸: Azerbaijan 🇦🇿: Georgia 🇬🇪: Malta 🇲🇹:

The same Jameson Parker who played Brad Vernon on OLTL?

The man who helped raised millions of pounds for a struggling NHS in the UK last year during the pandemic has died of COVID himself today...

This is the man who singlehandedly raised millions of pounds for the NHS in the UK last year while they were struggling with the COVID pandemic. Ironically, he died of COVID today... 😢

Went down a rabbit hole of watching some late 2000s and early 2010s GH on Youtube last night, and I have a random question... Did Olivia and Brenda ever share scenes together during 2010-11? I know Olivia would have been indirectly involved because of Dante and Brenda’s “child”, but I didn’t seem to find anything of them interacting directly together.

Geeez how much gel did Steve Burton have in his hair????

Even though it was somewhat tamer compared to the above, I would also say Enid Nelson for the way she actively conspired with Liza Colby to keep Greg and Jenny apart back then...

Speaking of vaccines, on Tuesday I actually became part of the Phase 3 trials here in the UK for the Janssen vaccine. Officially I don’t know whether I received the vaccine or a placebo, but judging from the way my body reacted within 24 hours of the jab, I suspect I got the real deal. The whole study is meant to last up to 2 years and 3 months.

It’s official...

This is really cool. I’ve come to enjoy this Twitter account. Three major characters debuted on this day back in 1982...

I work in the UK Civil Service over here and we are under so much pressure from all sides due to Brexit and the pandemic. In fact, the government department that I work for is buckling under the strain so badly that it’s going to take years to fully recover from the damage that’s been caused.

I was today years old when I learned that these two were *married* at one point! 😳

Oh I’d say the UK has come pretty close. Our government here has been reactive the whole time, and usually does not take the appropriate emergency measures until it’s too late. Add the Brexit chaos on top of that, and you can visualise the complete s**tshow we’re in right now.

I’ve said this before on these forums... but definitely bring Alex Donnelly’s Diane back (I’m sure they can retcon her death somehow). She has chemistry and history with both Jack and Victor, bitchy rivalries with both Nikki and Phyllis, and it would more importantly give Kyle an actual meaty storyline!

Funnily enough, Eileen Davidson resumed playing Ashley at the tail end of that triangle. In fact, there used to be a juicy scene from 2000 floating around on YouTube where ED’s Ashley confronts Heather Tom’s Victoria at the GCAC, culminating in an almighty slap from the former.