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Curious as to what the backstory was here with Tony’s initial appearance…

And here’s the graphic with running orders attached…

Speaking of the number 50, today is 50 days until the Grand Final! It’s all happening so fast.

I’m hoping to be in Turin itself for the actual contest!

I think that if you consider the American contest to be Eurovision-adjacent rather than a carbon copy of Eurovision, then it makes the experience much better. I have to say that I rather enjoyed the banter between Snoop and Kelly, and I believe it will improve over the next few weeks.

Better late than never…

And *finally*…

AZERBAIJAN  

That’s all of them, people! Now let the countdown begin… 50 days from today, it will be Semi Final 1!

Apparently on this day, Kristen Alderson debuted as Starr in 1998 on OLTL *and* wrapped up her role as Starr on GH in 2013. Geez, was she really in that role for 15 years??

Second last song to be revealed (and with it, the Semi Final 1 lineup is complete)…

ARMENIA  

The final song to be released will be Azerbaijan’s, that will happen on Monday! It  will also complete the Semi Final 2 lineup!

And btw, Israel has now done an update of their song, and Malta has changed their song to something else!

So the Heads of Delegation meeting has now occurred, and during that meeting, the draw was made for Italy’s position in the Grand Final…

They will perform in 9th spot in the Grand Final on May 14.

Nice! I like this one from Queen Carola as well… 

@I Am A Swede I thought you’d be listening to this… I’ve had this on repeat all day!

And another three coming from the last batch of national finals tonight…

SWEDEN

ICELAND  

PORTUGAL  

Armenia’s song will be released on 19 March. Azerbaijan’s song is imminent…

Guessing this was DAYS trying to recreate Ethan/Theresa?

And there’s more…

UNITED KINGDOM  

BELGIUM  

AUSTRIA  

GEORGIA  (And yes they decided to not upload the video on purpose, due to the invasion of Ukraine)

Songs for Cyprus and Greece are also out, however no videos as yet!

Here’s the next one…

SWITZERLAND  

On 3/4/2022 at 7:22 PM, I Am A Swede said:

US Eurovision: Michael Bolton, Sisqó and Macy Gray to compete

I’m tossing up whether to make a separate thread for this…

Thanks @Huntress for helping me out there with the updates - they’re coming thick and fast. Speaking of which, another FOUR got decided tonight…

FRANCE

DENMARK

ROMANIA  

SERBIA  

On 3/1/2022 at 10:16 PM, amybrickwallace said:

I was born the same year as you, @Khan. Now I feel old!!!

I only feel slightly less old - 1980 baby here!

Seriously though, time I made an actual contribution to this thread. 80s music is my go-to music and has been for a very long time. I’m also a music chart fiend so have almost obsessive fascinations with Top 10s from way back when - I still remember early 1987 as the time I started consciously remembering watching music videos and the like.

I count Xanadu and Flashdance as two of my all-time favourite soundtracks 

As an EU citizen, this warms my heart greatly!

Apparently Zelenskyy himself is not attending - his deputy Foreign Minister would attend in his place - he knows full well this could be a trap.

It will be 25 years next year for Arianne Zucker, if both she and DAYS make it there, that is…