That’s what EuroVision was lacking… American tastes and sensibilities! On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 9:30 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
> The annual festival of glorious musical overkill is happening this week in > Liverpool (since last year's winner the Ukraine has other things on its > mind besides a song contest) and is seen for the third year in the U.S. on > Peacock. The first semi-final was yesterday, with the second semi tomorrow > at 3 p.m. ET and the finals Saturday at 3 p.m. ET. For the first time, you > do not have to live in a European Broadcasting Union member country to vote > for the entries--you can download the Eurovision app or go to the URL > displayed on screen to vote and click "Rest of the World." This gives the > viewers votes a slight edge over the alleged music/broadcasting industry > panels of judges that also vote for the entries, since there is no "Rest of > the World" panel. > > The onstage hosts this year include "Ted Lasso"'s Hannah Waddingham and > they will be joined by Graham Norton for the finals Saturday, the first > time onstage for him after several years as BBC1 host, where he continued > the tradition of snark of the late longtime host SIr Terry Wogan. Last > year, NBC Sports commentator and Eurovision geek Johnny Weir hosted the > Peacock coverage, but this year he is only hosting the finals Saturday--and > I assume hosting from either Universal City, 30 Rock or Stamford instead of > being in Liverpool. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/bdd30288-ae87-4f51-b8ab-a78d5cd21f65n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/bdd30288-ae87-4f51-b8ab-a78d5cd21f65n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CLbAbG6Zp9RacqHRe0x%3Dm84YPi7_RE4zCSevEXQw-FfA%40mail.gmail.com.
