I'll be raising a glass this evening to the late Colin Berry, UK #Eurovision vote announcer for many years, who passed away in April and whose funeral was this week. This screenshot from his last appearance in 2002.

I cannot deny that what I'm looking forward to tonight the most is Topo Gigio announcing the Italian jury 12. He was huge when I was a kid (a long time ago it was). 🐁🇮🇹 #Eurovision

"Taking fun as simply fun and earnestness in earnest shows how thoroughly thou none of the two discernest". Wise words by Piet Hein quoted by the lovely Karin Falck fifty years ago tonight, and a philosophy that still holds true. #Eurovision

Good to see this app on here. #skircle

Very sad to hear about Moldova withdrawing from #ESC2025. It has to be concerning that we've had five recent pullouts from pretty much the same part of Europe. Whether economics or politics it's still sad. 🇲🇩 🇲🇰 🇷🇴 🇲🇪 🇧🇬

How Eurovision was this? 😆 #traitors

Spent most of the afternoon deliberating and this is my 2024 selection for #ESC250 ☺️

That JESC scoreboard reminded me (a bit) of the 1965 ESC one: