Junior Eurovision 2016 - My Top 17

Junior Eurovision 2016 - My Top 17

Finally, it's time for Europe to don their flags and (mini) feather boas, as Junior Eurovision is only 5 days away!

Laat year, my favourite was The Netherlands' Shalisa, who slayed behind her piano with her ballad "Million Lights" (undeservedly) ending 15th. Now, let's go from 17th to 1st of my top 17.

17) Miriam Mamadashvili - Mzeo/მზეო

Don't get me wrong, Miriam's voice definitely packs a punch, hitting every note flawlessly, however, the orchestral hit belongs somewhere in a forgotten Georgian musical, not on the junior eurovision stage. Amongst all of the other ballads this year, this is my least favourite, and i fear that it will be forgotten, even if it does close the show.

16) Netherlands - Kisses - Kisses and Dancin

Again, Stefania, Kymora and Sterre, members of the band Kisses are not to blame, but as a 16 year old, I do find the whole idea of "kisses and dancin" just a tad cringy, despite the song wanting to appeal to my age group. I would understand if the juries, made up of kids and adults were to rank this high, perhaps even high enough to win the contest, but this is not for me.

15) Malta - Christina Magrin - Parachute

Christina's voice feels somewhat misplaced throughout the song for me, and it overall just doesn't sound together to me. The chorus sounds a bit lazy, repeating "you", which we've seen too many times before (i'm looking at you Robin and Amir!). Being the host country however, i do expect this to do well.

14) Armenia - Anahit and Mary - Taber

Taber sounds a bit forced in my opinion, and it looks as if someone has been watching the winning Maltese entry fro last year, with the impressive vocal solo at the beginning coming out of nowhere. The tune of this is modern, but forgettable.

13) Israel - Shir and Tim - Follow My Heart

I'm predicting some classic eurovision cheese on stage Sunday from Shir and Tim. I'm not a hater of "Follow My Heart", but the MIDI sounding instruments are not to my liking, and Shir doesn't appear, in the first rehearsal to have much stage confidence, which damage the performance.

12) Australia - Alexa Curtis - We are

Again, not a hater, i just feel like there are better songs this year. This song appeals to an audience of all ages, meaning it has potential to do well with the juries, whos vote will count for 100% of the score, as there is no televote this year,

11) Bulgaria - Lidia Ganeva - Magical Day/Вълшебен ден

"Magical Day" is a song for kids made by kids. It is authentic, and has a strong beat to it. It will be interesting to see how this one is staged, but i have the feeling a globe will be present..

10) Poland - Olivia Wieczorek Nie Zapomnij/Don't Forget

Another classic Eurovision ballad, with a slight modern twist, with the almost trance dubstep bass and drum accompaniment in the second chorus, enhancing Olivia's powerful pipes. A definite grower for me, with potential to be staging gold.

9) Fiamma Boccia - Cara Mamma/Dear Mom

Oh how cute, a little girl singing a pretty song to her mum!..except you'd expect such incredible vocals to belong to a grown up girl, not a 12 year old. The juries will go mad for this one, and i expect it to reach top 5 with no sweat.

8) FYR Macedonia - Martija Stanojkovic - Love Will Lead Our Way

I bet Martija is the definition of cool back in the Balkans, slaying with her fresh-with-a-hint-of-ethnic pop number. Is this in the charts? If not, it definitely should be, and i think i could be looking at the winner of Junior Eurovision 2016.

7) Serbia - Dunja Jeličić - U La La La/У ла ла ла

I wonder if Dunja has brought her hoverboard along to Valletta? I certainly hope so, because I have a terrible vision of Dunja being forgotten behind FYR Macedonia in the battle for ultimate Summer song of JESC. Dunja's growls add an extra layer to the song, which will hopefully help it to glide up the scoreboard.

6) Ukraine - Sofia Rol - Planet Craves For Love

Controversial, but i'm a sucker for a good ethnic song. A week after I heard it, I found myself humming the chorus, thinking I came up with it myself. A critique I have for this song is that it doesn't really seem to go anywhere, and I understand why it doesn't appeal to most.

5) Ireland - Zena Donnelly - Brice Ar Bhrice

100% a grower for me, as about 5 days ago I would have ranked this about 15th. Last year, Aimee's song sailed across the sea, and this year, Zena's song takes me to the beach. An incredible song to be written by a 14 year old, and puts my 4 chords acoustic messes to shame.

4) Russia - Water Of Life Project - Water Of Life

Do you hear the ethnic flute sound at the start? because i do, and i'm lovin' it; Water of Life Project, aptly named after the song, slay the chorus of this contemporary number, showing pace and control.

3) Klesta Qehaja - Besoj

I can remember watching about 10 minutes of Festivali i Këngës për Fëmijë and just by chance watching Klesta. Unbeknownst to me, she turned out to be the eventual winner, which i was more than pleased about. Although slightly old fashioned, Klesta's pipes never fail to blow me away, though i fear, like "Dambaje", Klesta will be too scripted, and structured on stage.

2) Cyprus - George Michaelides - Dance Floor

Haha, i was ahead of the game of liking "Dance Floor" before George showed off his sick moves in the first rehearsals. The song stands out amongst the ballads and contemporary songs this year, and i'm putting Cyprus down as my dark horse.

1) Alexander Minyonok - Musyka Moih Pobed/Музыка моих побед

You look up the definition of rad in the dictionary, what do you get? A picture of Alexander Minyonok, that's what you get. Not only does Sasha slay the vocals giving a eastern European twang to English words such as "Reggae" and "Country", but he does this whilst gliding seamlessly on a hoverboard. I know already this is going to be ridiculously underrated by the juries, but for me, this song is perfection, and I can hope and pray that we're off to Minsk in 2017.

Jamala 1944 Review

On 21st September 2016 the long anticipated music video to the Eurovision Song Contest winning song "1944" was released. As flawless as the performance on the night of the final was, a high production video to the studio vocals can not be undermined.

The video begins with Jamala in what seemed like a winding tunnel, with people emerging from the white light at the end of the tunnel, possibly from death. This in itself is so precious and symbolic, especially when she sings the line "they kill you all and say we're not guilty".

For me, the moment that made my heart stop was when the beat drops, and we are left with Jamala's stunning vocals over a drone, and all but two are frozen, Jamala and a young girl. I don't personally understand who the other person is who is not frozen.

But that's the point.

The whole song and video is Jamala' s personal family story, and no one but her really knows what this song means for her, and what her family went through. I feel the point of it is for us to interpret it how we feel appropriate, and appreciate and enjoy Jamala's art.

5 Biggest Live TV Blunders Of The 10's

5 Biggest Live TV Blunders Of The 10's

We all know that when you switch on that camera, anything can happen, from stage invasions, script errors and wardrobe malfunctions, and there's no going back. Here's our list of the 5 biggest live TV blunders of the 00's.

The Wrong winner is crowned at the Miss Universe competition 2015

We're diving straight into this, with a truly iconic mistake made by experienced host and producer Steve Harvey, in which he announced Colombian entrant Ariadna Gutiérrez as the winner, when his cue card clearly said that Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines had won.

This catastrophic mistake was only corrected AFTER Ariadna had been crowned and given the winners bouquet, leaving this poor women the job of swapping the bouquets and crowns of Ariadna and Pia. CRINGE!  

Olly Murs announces the X Factor results... Before they're in

In 2015, Simon Cowell trusted Olly Murs, former X Factor contestant, with little to no presenting experience, to present one of the nations most popular TV shows (well, it was..). Doomed from the beginning, viewing figures sunk to an all time low, and just to put the cherry on top, he mistakenly announced that a contestant would be leaving the competition before it had actually been confirmed!

Nick and Simon chose to send Monica home, whilst Cheryl and Rita chose to send Anton, her opposition home, meaning that the vote with then revert to the public vote, the one with the least heading home.

Somehow, don't ask me how, but somehow, Olly managed to miscount the votes by the judges, announcing that Monica would be sent home. Although she did end up being the one with the fewest votes from the public, therefore heading home, Olly Murs stated this just a bit too early, causing one of the most awkward moments on the X Factor UK.

BOTS is taken off air as a fight erupts between panelists/ Chelsea's live eviction plagued with technical difficulties/ Lateysha's twerking fail on BOTS

I've decided to whack 3 together on this one, as they are all from the same program family. Our first error came in 2015 during the summer edition of the series, advertised as "USA VS UK", during an episode of Big Brother's Bit On The Side, in which Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, Farrah Abraham, Vicki Michelle and Jenna Jameson were guests, a fight erupted between Aisleyne and Farrah, after Farrah had referred to Aisleyne as a "hag". Aisleyne then appeared to reach for her glass as if to throw it. Transmission was then cut, and the panel was removed.

Vicki Michelle was reportedly taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Our next fail occurred during a live eviction in the civilian version of this year, in which housemate Chelsea Singh was evicted from the main house, and sent to what was called the "other house", a smaller house where inhabitants were not counted as proper housemates. All seemed to be going well at first, until after the first ad break, where Chelsea was seen entering the house. Fellow "other" Jayne, who knew Chelsea before entering the house then said "Hello Chelsea" before the transmission then cut to ANOTHER ad break, which then began a wave of ad breaks and transmission, with a touch of test card. This pretty much ruined the live episode, as no one had a clue what was going on half the time.

Our last Big Brother blunder is by far the funniest, and happened when Rylan Clark-Neal asked the newly evicted Lateysha Grace how to twerk during Big Brother's Bit On The Side in 2016. It sounds somewhat tame, perhaps a PG, until Lateysha's dress splits right at the crack, showing pretty much her entire behind, bringing the rating up to about 15. Luckily, Lateysha was able to have a laugh about it afterwards, just as we were.

Jimmy Jump stage invades Eurovision

During the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest held in Oslo, Spain's Daniel Diges was unfortunate enough to be the victim of a seriously funny stage invasion during his performance of Algo pequeñito. about a minute into the performance, Jimmy enters the stage and begins copying what the dancers around him were doing. He was then chased off stage by security. He was then fined €2,000 and arrested.

Britain's Got Talent's eggtraordinary egg thrower

Contestants on popular talent show Britain's Got Talent hosts a range of different skills, including sing, dancing, magic and stunts, but some people will try and blag anything off as a talent these days, including egg throwing. The live final of the 2013 edition of BGT was turned on it's head during duo Richard and Adam Johnson's performance, when Natalie Holt, disguised as a member of the orchestra ran forward on the stage and began pelting Simon Cowell with eggs, which provided us with some mega LOLs, as well ads the question - Why?

After the two had finished, Ant and Dec were quick to point out that the egg thrower was not part of the act, even though i'm sure most of us already knew that, because why would two singers have an egg thrower as part of their act?

These are just a few of the many live blunders we've seen throughout the years unfold on our screens, but i'm sure we'll have many more in the future!

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Bear - Deserving Winner, Or Fix? #CBBBLOGS

Bear - Deserving Winner, Or Fix? #CBBBLOGS

Once again the summer edition of Celebrity Big Brother is over, and we have a winner. Whether it was chosen by public vote, or by production, I'm going to be deciding whether or not bear is a worthy winner of CBB, and whether CBB is as honest as we think it is. In true journalistic style, i will try to remain unbiased, and look at both sides of the story.

Bear leaves as the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2016

Let's begin by talking about the complete INJUSTICE it is that Bear was not removed for his continually bad and somewhat reckless behavior, which has included damaging the house by throwing a mug at a glass pane, wasting food on numerous occasions, and just generally disobeying rules of the task and Big Brother. In previous years, housemates have been removed for far less major incidents, examples being Daley in 2013, for threatening a housemate, Emma from 2016 for repeatedly escaping and Biggins in the same edition, for something that wasn't even aired.

I'm not excusing the behavior of the housemates i mentioned because obviously threatening someone is not OK, however, what i am saying is that in some of the cases, what they did was only a single or double occurrence, however Bear was given a total of 4 on screen "Final Warnings", as well as a few unaired warnings, which leads to the question: Is Big Brother fixed?

This series has been one of the most insightful into what goes on behind the 1 hour of footage we at home are shown. During "Celebrity Big Brother - Live From The House", housemates were seen going to bed, with Big Brother saying "Good night finalists" The lights then went out for a minute, with housemates pretending to sleep, before the lights switch back on and housemates proceed to get up, with Ricky telling housemates "good take". 

Video of Scripted scene (Source - Metro)

http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/26/watch-is-this-proof-celebrity-big-brother-is-scripted-viewers-left-fuming-over-clip-of-fake-scene-6091907/

Yes, this doesn't prove that the whole series is fake, but it does technically prove that that scene was fake, so who knows what other scenes CBB has faked....

There's also the Whatsapp controversy, in which Chloe Kahn claims to have messaged Renee before entering the house, which kind of defeats the point of Big Brother which is for the celebrities to have no contact with each other prior to entering the house. This was also kind of broken by Lewis and Marnie, which have been photographed with each other prior to the show.

Censorship has also been an issue this series, with many of Bear's other warnings being hidden from viewers, including Bear "nearly blinding" Samantha Fox. The reason why Biggins was removed from the house has also been withheld from the viewers, and also Katie by the looks of it who was unaware that the apparent reason he was removed was because of comments made towards her, which absolutely makes sense (NOT).

The way i see it, Biggins was either only booked in for a week, and they needed a way to get him out, whilst grabbing headlines as well, or, Biggins was bound to win the show, when producers had promised Bear the win, so had to get him out. 

Either way, this really stops Big Brother from being the people's show that so many people love to hate, and rather a scripted, pre-planned reality TV show.

Going back to whether Bear deserved to win, you cant deny that he has provided some good entertainment, my favorite moment of the series being when he smashed a pie into Aubrey's face, prompting her to wreck his bed. I can't deny, without him, the series would have been fairly dull without him, even if he did take things too far.

Saying that, do i think he is a deserving winner? no, no i don't, but these days, a large proportion of people that watch reality shows like Love Island, Ex On The Beach, or Geordie Shore watch Big Brother. The content of these reality shows is for people to get absolutely obliterated, and then either get with whoever is the closest to them, or argue with everyone, which is exactly what Bear did, hence why i think he got the votes. 

That is, if the winner was decided by public vote....

#BBBLOGS - The Housemates: Hit or Miss?

#BBBLOGS - The Housemates: Hit or Miss?

About a month ago Big Brother returned to UK screens. We were promised drama, we were promised entertainment, we were promised there would be "a dark force" taking over the house, but did it really work?

The simple answer to this is no. The series has been a bit of a train wreck, from the fame seeking z listers cast to be on the show, to the ridiculous "other house" concept, we have all been left wondering whether this series really is going to be the death of big brother.

Despite this, I would like to share my thoughts and opinions on every housemate, because what else do I have to do with my life. I have listed my favourites from least favourite to my favourite, and given a reason, much as they would have to in Big Brother.

Marco Pierre White JR

This poor boy's father. This boy been quite a disgrace to himself from day one. Pretty much from the start, he displayed that he has nothing going for him, other that a "hall pass" from his then girlfriend, who has since broken up with him after his antics with Laura, and a bad temper. It was no surprise to anyone but the house that he was first evicted, and to be honest, no one really seems to have missed him..

Natalie Rowe

Just a very angry woman really. She seemed to love the thrill of starting arguments for no reason, and not giving anyone the chance to argue their point of view. Her favourite sparring partners were Hughie and Jayne, but which two of the three are still in the house?

Her exit interview with Emma was beyond awkward, as she remained true to her personality, starting an argument over....yes, you guessed it, nothing!

Georgina Leigh-Cantwell

 It was so, so clear from the start that Georgina was only using Jackson as he was popular with the audience (which he isn't now thanks to her!). She had a good start and she was funny, but she was just too jealous, which was inevitably her downfall.

Jason Burrell

Controversial, I expect, but I just don't think Jason is a nice person. He said a lot of stuff about Charlie to other housemates before she went into the main house, which made the other housemates presume the worst of her. 

Charlie is right when she says the woman always comes off worse. For the first week, he almost seemed to be teasing her, not directly giving her an answer as to whether there is a future for the two of them. He is also the biggest game player in there, and provides little to no entertainment whatsoever.

Andy West

I don't really dislike Andy as I do the previous 4 housemates, I just do not like the way that he can't let go of something. What even was his argument as to why he was offended when Ryan and Hughie pretended to be engaged? He also just seems to be a bit of a moaner, constantly sharing his thoughts and complaints on others in the diary room.

Despite this, he at least does have an IQ, and was very funny at his fake history task.

Alex Cannon

Who is this again?  Oh yes, Alex. Thing is, we've barely seen him, we've only heard his low murmur of a voice. I don't really understand why so many people like him, yes he's got his looks, but he just seems to have very little personality. 

Perhaps he will perk up in the weeks to come, but now, if he were to leave, I don't think it would make much of a difference.

Charlie Doherty

I think Charlie had potential to be a great housemate, but she just couldn't seem to stop her feelings for Jason. I think her best moment was on launch night, when Big Brother forgot to tell her to take her mask off, leaving poking a but of a numpty.

Andrew Tate

Andrew was the only housemate who was actually playing the game smart, suggesting to the others that they put the most popular housemates in th  other house, on the first "eviction". It was however right that he was removed, due to his behaviour outside of the house. 

I think he would of been a great housemate if he was still there, however, he cannot get away with tweeting the things he tweeted, therefore good riddance!

Ryan Ruckledge

On his own, I can't say I like Ryan much. I knew of him from X Factor, when he was booted off for being drunk at bootcamp, and controversially tweeting a few nasty things about Luke A (and not being removed despite Andrew was).

He does provide a lot of entertainment with his Nikki Grahame style tantrums and double act with Hughie, and will probably get to the final.

Jackson Blyton

Gangsta Jackson met a girl called Georgina. Gangsta Jackson got told he wasn't allowed to even look at other girls whilst with Georgina. Gangsta Jackson had a funny tantrum and cried a bit when Georgina left.

Man is getting angry a lot now innit especially over the lickle tings, and perhaps man should cool down a bit.

Chelsea Singh

The self made millionaire is rich, and he's not shy to tell anyone. Chelsea can be very funny, and played the role of CEO of BBCorp well, but is just a little bit too self conceited.

The public seem to hate him, because of the way he treats Jayne, I would guess. I think he is very patronising towards her, and just needs to stop talking about her as if she were some obsessed fan. We all know you both got together, so just admit it Chelse.

Laura Carter

Laura has definitely given me some chuckles, yet everyone still sees her as a bit of a b*tch. I can't forget her "thing" with Marco, although she did believe that they were in an open relationship.

Even so, I would never go with someone asked partner, especially not on live TV.

Sam Giffin

Sam can come up with some great one liners, as well as the unforgettable pink boxers doorknob-hold picture.

He's quite sly with the way he talks about people, choosing only the people he trusts to b*tch to. 

 Jayne Connery

I actually really like diva Jayne, especially when she explodes in the diary room (she just wants bread and tea!)

She's also being very civil to Chelsea despite the way he is treating her. I would love to see her in the final, although I think he will be next out.

Lateysha Grace

She is definitely one of the funniest ones in there, and is almost definitely a finalist already. She does seem to have an opinion on almost Everything, but somehow manages not to get into trouble for b*tching?

Hughie Maughan

Loudmouth Hughie has been entertaining from day one, shouting his way though life in the big brother house. I don't think there's one person in the house he hasn't had an argument with, yet I still like him. 

His bromance (or more?) With Ryan is providing great entertainment, and I'm thinking they're both going or go to the final.

Emma and Victoria Jensen

When Emma and Victoria first when in, they had a lot of energy (although committed a fashion crime with those matching leotards) however, when Victoria chose to leave, Emma got a bit boring. 

Before she was a bit selfish, having an extra night with her boyfriend, I really liked her, as she seemed to be the most calmed person there, not really getting involved in anything, yet remaining true to herself (until she cracked, and broke the door for a second time, leading to her removal)

Evelyn Ellis

Why am I alone here? I think Evelyn is awesome, yet NO ONE else seems to like her! She has some great one liners, and I feel like she  being slightly led on by Alex, who clearly doesn't like, yet will happily snuggle with her. I really want her to make it to the final, but the way things are heading, I don't think she will :(

Who do you like/dislike in the house?

Eurovision 2016 - The Review

Eurovision 2016 - The Review

Yesterday unfortunately marked the end of the 6 month camp fest that is Eurovision. As we all cry into our flags and start the countdown to Festival I Këngës, it's time to go back and review the best moments of this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Let's start of by taking a look at my personal top 23:

Let's also bear in mind that I made this the day after Albania released their revamp, because Përallë was easily my 2nd favourite. I was so disappointed when they revamped it, and THEY LOST THE VIOLINS. 

I was also in the minority of people that really liked Belgium even before the staging saved it. Yes, it may sound like a rip off of a few songs but she brought energy to her performance in the Belgium NF. As well as that, there was nothing bad about the song at all, she can sing, and it was a great beat. What was the problem?

It may come as a shock to some the Austria was my top, but there's just something about the song that's so simplistic, yet so sophisticated. The pounding beat underneath the pizzicato violins sounds vintage but in a good way, and Zoë is such a nice person, and the fan favourite. If I were to nit pick, I would have made the stage more mystical and dreamy (BUT NOT STARS), rather then cute fantasyland. I knew this would not be the winner, however much I enjoyed it, it just wouldn't fare well across Europe. Don't fret though Zoë, I bought your CD, and have become a big fan :)

Yes, I put Bosnia and Herzegovia in my 2nd place. I can already see the "WTF?" Faces from everyone reading, but I really, really love every part they've put into it, especially the "battle" between Ana on Cello and Jala rapping. Even though I don't really understand what they're talking about, I can understand enough just through their voices, which I think is an achievement. For me, it's just such a shame that their staging ruined the effect. The barbed wire just looked a bit cheap and tacky, which I believe is also where Cyprus fell down. They were In my third place until they preformed in cages. What does being behind poles of metal have to do with life being a miracle? Being restricted to a box isn't living the life of Rock and Roll, but mind you, nor is doing Eurovision!

Next I put Italy with "No Degree Of Separation", mainly because I have a soft spot of Italian entries, and because the song is just so pretty. There was a bit of head scratching by fans when she put one chorus into English, but I was fine with that, as long as it didn't turn out like Albania's, which luckily it didn't. I did, however, have a problem with the staging. 

What the heck is that?

This probably gets the award for worst stage of them all, going by the rule of if you can't think of anything to put on your stage, put a tree in there. If she'd have had a stage like in her music video, it would have been so, so much better.

Why did she give the camera a plum?

Let's take a look at my bottom 20

I'll say that since I made this, United Kingdom have moved up a lot in my list. I guess I was still annoyed they won the selection, but the song really is a grower, and even if the staging was dull, believe (in) me, the Children Of The Universe really should have voted this higher. It goes to show us how much Europe really does hate us, but then again, maybe we shouldn't decide whether we want to leave it's union a month after..

Now, you may notice something different on my list. Have you?

I made this list before Romania were forcibly withdrawn from the contest, for continuous non payments to the EBU. Because of this, TVR lost the rights to participate and broadcast Eurovision, as well as broadcast European sporting events, and potentially the Olympics if they aren't careful. All I can say on this matter is how sorry I feel for Ovidiu, the singer of Romania's entry this year "moment of silence". The poor guy won his national selection, and went on the promotional tour, why can't they just let 'em off once more so this guy can live his dream? I know SVT have nothing to do with this, but it seems quite anti "Come Together" to me..

I also put Australia rather low in my ranking, mainly because the song is so dull. Even the staging was terrible, with Dami sitting on a box for the majority of her 3 minutes. It amazes me how she came second with such a beige performance. 

Now, let's chat about the most shocking moments of this year! 

Iveta shows the Nagorno-Karabakh flag

It seems as though some choe to rebel against the "restricted flags" recommendations this year, Joe wearing a Welsh scarf in the grand final, and Agnete waving a Sami flag, but some took it a step further, with Armenian singer Iveta Mukuchyan displaying the flag of disputed territory Nagorno-Karabakh during the recap of her performance, an action which caused Azerbaijani journalists to call for the EBU to take serious actions against the Armenian delegation during the qualifiers press conference. Samra, Azerbaijan's entrance this year responded simply with "The Eurovision Song Contest is about music". 

Belarus' IVAN is naked with wolves

It wouldn't be Eurovision without a jokey act wanting to be taken seriously. It didn't stop IVAN when his proposal to sing naked surrounded by live was stopped by the EBU, as his song began with a hologram of him doing just that. Luckily for Europe, this didn't qualify for the grand final.

Michal Szpak becomes a meme

Well, it had to happen to someone, right?

Petra and Måns' hosting skills

SVT definitely raised our expectations when they announced that last year's winner Måns, and Swedish treasure Petra would be hosting, and boy, did they smash it! Bringing both humour and sophistication to the evening, Petra and Måns exchanged witty remarks, and completed interviews flawlessly, with the exception of the Carola-Loreen interview, where they must have been tight for time, as Måns pretty much cut off each former winner as they were singing "Hallelujah" and "Waterloo".

Lynda Woodruff slays us all
Lynda woodruff has become something   Eurovision Icon, with her mispronounced country names and over excitement.

New voting system - Hit or Miss?

2016 saw SVT introduce a new voting system, in which each act got two scores juries and public each got a separate set of points to allocate to their favourite. Whilst Austrialia won the jury vote, Russia won the televote, yet neither of them won..

Malta gives 12 points to The UK

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Ukraine's Jamala wins

It came as a shock go a lot of people when favourite Sergey Lazerav could not get enough points from the televote to overtake Jamala, giving Ukraine their second win since 2004.

I loved Jamala's performance, and how she puts so much of her soul into this song, especially as it tells a very personal story. Jamala won with 534, achieving to date the highest point total in the history of Eurovision, however with the new voting system, this wasn't difficult. I'm now going to count Ann-Marie David as the ultimate Eurovision champion, with the highest percentage of a vote ever. That way, all Is kept fair.

The moment Ukraine realise they've won

It truly was an amazing Eurovision season, and I'm very glad to watch Eurovision 2017 in Ukraine! 

I will also write a full review for Jamala's 1994, which will be up sometime this week :)

http://youtu.be/B-rnM-MwRHY

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