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Evridiki - Ime Anthropos Ki Ego - Cyprus 🇨🇾 - Eurovision 1994

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Melsonian Arts Council @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io · 2h

Made in Excel, if you were wondering. It's a really good mapping tool imo

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Steph, Destroyer of Words @avwoman.bsky.social · 9h

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For my winner I've gone back to the 1990s, but it's more than just Mediterranean filler. It's a proper bathtub brew with real drama and some streaking strings zipping about the place.

Evridiki - "Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego"

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Steph, Destroyer of Words @avwoman.bsky.social · 9h

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This game gets harder as we hit the C21 accessions. Cyprus have not made much of an impact despite a strong start. Their best scores for me were in the '90s, which is no boast. In the '00s there was a brief spell of singing interesting non-qualifiers in French and in the '10s they struck sexy gold

Island, like extras from Blake's 7 in their blue blousy shirts and one shoulder dresses, say Monika a lot. 1982's entry, on the other hand was a haunted TV theme.

Alexandros Panayi with long black hair, orange striped waistcoat and red velvet jacket, encapsulating the '90s with a bit of Club Med relief from all the panpipes.

Hovig and two friends defy gravity by standing on one leg. All have short slick hair and stubble and wear black t-shirt and trousers. Hovig is identifiable by his black blouson jacket.

Eleni Foureira, all fiery hair and yellow sequins, plus Hovig's jacket. She won't feel the benefit. Her song is Fuego which has become something of a Eurovision favourite. I prefer "Diablo" if I'm honest...

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 20h

The Two Joes thinking like TV producers and that’s the key #TheTraitors

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Steph, Destroyer of Words @avwoman.bsky.social · 18h

Playing patience on the bed while wearing a glamorous 1930s kimono-esque art-deco dressing gown. Angle to reveal I'm playing with the Minor Arcana of the Rider–Waite–Smith Tarot.

Sophie Hell 😈 @sophlouisehall.bsky.social · 19h

What would your ‘brooding cutaway’ be on The Traitors? I think I’d like to be mournfully playing The Sims (by candlelight) #celebritytraitors

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Steph, Destroyer of Words @avwoman.bsky.social · 20h

Celia <3

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Una Stubbs touching Lionel Blair and Michael Aspel's noses because that's how right you are.

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Also, something about the position of that "e" behind Peter Kirk's head made me think at first glance that he was a Muppet.

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‘Enoch Powell helped turn Britain’s relationship with Europe into an all-consuming struggle for the soul of the body politic. Nothing became more frightening than the idea that the shadow play might be the new reality.’

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ABBA - Waterloo (Eurovision Song Contest 1974 First Performance)

Steph, Destroyer of Words @avwoman.bsky.social · 1d

Dodo is Ace.

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Of course, "Take Me To Your Heaven" is drawing from a deeper well: a history book repeating itself. I could be too cool for school and dismiss Abba (I certainly wouldn't put them first in '74), but come on...

ABBA: "Waterloo"
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Steph, Destroyer of Words @avwoman.bsky.social · 1d

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Sweden have a sheen of professionalism which hinders them somewhat for me. They have to really be delivering something good for me to buy it. Like the tight routines of the Herreys in 1984, or the Brummy glam stomp of 1999's "Take Me To Your Heaven".

The Herreys are three guys with matching blonde hair, white trousers, and golden boots. Their shoet-sleeved shirts and belts are all that differ: blue, red, and turquoise respectively. They stand mid-dancemove in front of three mic stands (which they'll engage with later). Behind are steps to some elaborate lightbox backdrop sculpture that forms two diagonal bars punctuated by a red triangle at the top. The best version of this song is the winning reprise with the English second verse. Cracking stuff.

Charlotte Nilsson with long straight blonde hair and a Denise van Outen smirk. She's in a pink and beige bodystocking and is singing a song that might as well be by Wizzard.

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Sweden are one of the two strongest Eurovision nations in terms of wins. Alas, Petra Mede's not able to qualify for my selection here. Also pictured are Lill-Babs with arguably the first onomatosingalong in Eurovision. Plus a couple of women looking for the lightswitch and finding only earworms.

Lill-Babs rocking the Jackie-O helmet hair but puncturing it with a cheeky pout. Her song is "April April", combining the joyous whistling of recent UK entries with the kooky bounce of the Scandinavian sound and certain internationally recognised word-forms such as "ring-a-ding".

Hold me closer, tiny Cornelia Jakobs. She stands in front of a large green disc. So we could put all sorts of things behind her with the magic of CSO. She has Jodie Whittaker's hair, a stringy silver croptop, and wide trousers. Her right arm points left to the nearest exit.

Loreen gets Euphoric on the latest series of The Traitors. The lighting is terrible but she's wearing some sort of floaty dressing gown in yellow and black.

Petra Mede in a white furry bolero and flower garland crown. Moose antlers poke in from the left, being held by a backing performer. All of Petra's musical contributions have been brilliant. She's the best thing about Sweden's recent flurry of form.

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On tonight's episode of #CallMyBluff was apparently Victoria Coren-Mitchell's dad, Nick Drake's sister, Oona King's auntie, and the Wife of Bath's fifth husband. Despite it being Tuesday.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 1d

I was on the internet back when AOL and MSN had chatrooms. Finding someone to talk dirty with on the internet has NEVER been that fucking hard a task!

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 1d

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 1d

What’s your favourite TV ident? It’s tough cos there are so many gorgeous ones but I love the rare Thames Television night time ident. 🦇👻

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Finland 🇫🇮 - Eurovision 1983 - Ami Aspelund - Fantasiaa

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That reminds me... I'm way overdue an update to my avatar...

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"Cha cha cha" is glorious. But pipped this morning by its spiritual mother: Ami Aspelund's "Fantasiaa" has a number of features echoed by Käärijä (albeit a tad more restrained). And it's also got that Crystal Maze bit. Mon Ami!

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I'd love to be able to select Juice Leskinen's "Ilomantsi" or Erika Vikman's "Cicciolina" (far superior to this year's still quite cracking "Ich Komme") but alas they didn't qualify. Not that Finland routinely deny us. They let through utterly batshit Käärijä: another serious contender today

Juice: bald on top with a cascade of blonde around the edges. He wears tinted glasses like an IT specialist, and an open white shirt beneath a black jacket. He's singing an absolute classic.

Erika Vikman sits on her low poly heart-shaped throne, petting her two tame bears. Her low poly heart scepter rests to her right. She has fringed dirty-blonde hair cascading down over her shoulders and wears a pink plastic bodystocking and a pink crystal crown. She's also singing an absolute classic.

It's crazy. It's party. Käärijä peers out of his Evri-delivered crate. He's got a severe Norman haircut with a short black basin of hair and a goatie. His green puffball bolero is decorated with spikes at the cuffs.

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Two further names synonymous with Finnish Eurovision need mention: perennial conductor Ossi Runne (who also penned Ann Christine's slinky "Playboy"), and, of course, Aspelund... Sisters Monica and Ami giving us two truly legendary performances. Either might win my selection today.

Anne Christine Nyström bears her teeth nervously. A tidy helmet of black hair is fringed above her eyes with slight ringlets at the cheeks. No other details to report from this close-up.

Monica screaming through 1977's haunting Lapponia. She has a bob of blonde hair and wears a white kaftan-esque poncho affair with dark blue stripe forming a V near its border. A chunky necklace and less chunky bracelet. Her right arm is up to her ear. Her left is held outwards. Her eyes are closed, beshadowed in silver-blue.

Ami Aspelund rocking out in front of the fireplace in 1983. She has a thatch of brown-blonde hair, centrally parted, and wears black opera gloves with a bracelet on the right arm which holds aloft a mic. She's in a black-piped white peplum dress, overstarched so that the unstrapped points of the bodice provide sufficient coverage. A black belt completes the look.

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Finland were quick to tag onto the Nordic trend of cheery songs with nonsense lyrics everyone in Europe can sing along to. Meet Marion Rung and her two glorious entries: 1962's "Tipi-tii" and 1973's "Tom tom tom". Also playing this game in style: Fredi & Friends with arse-bumper "Pump-pump".

Marion cosplaying as Barbara from Doctor Who with her Jackie O dome of brown hair. A sleeveless white dress with white corsage on the shoulder. A hand is raised to her ear as she pulls a listening face.

Marion again, now blonde with a fringe. She wears a crossover black dress with red trim and a stylised four petal flower on the sleeve. Flower garlands hang behind in vertical stripes along with an empty microphone.

Fredi, a square of a man in black jacket with sequin piping. He wears grey trousers, a black polo-neck and medallion. Either side are two female friends in salmon pink: the left, with black Winklefringe, has a black-piped strappy top and trousers; the right, who seems to be Jilly Goulden, has blonde curls and a choker. Her outfit is an all in one bodystocking with different black piping. A grand piano behind.