heather 💟

she/her | this is an ESC classic ✨

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

get yourself a guy who creates a Eurovision Guess Who? for v day ❤️

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

My professional self has been on Bluesky for a while, so I thought it made sense to have my Eurovision self over there as well - come say hi (anyone in the starter packs will have already had a follow from me)! 💙

https://t.co/28saOgxwZK

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

Went to the pub quiz
Someone requested Europapa for the playlist
It wasn't me, promise
The kids are alright

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

I've got Pointless on for the first time in forever and it's a Eurovision final question? With people giving competent answers?! What world are we living in?

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

Something tells me that Celine won't be going from this to a 10 minute slot in a Swiss multi purpose indoor arena #OpeningCeremony

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

Logging on for the first time in 1.5 months to simply point out the Zero Gravity parallels #OpeningCeremony

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

of course I'm being a bit hyperbolic and there were loads of good indie songs around this time, but Dance reminds me of being young and fun

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

this is your off-season reminder that Dance by Facelift Deer (which is now 11 years old 👀) is one of the best songs to not have made it out of an NF, and would have caused the esc indie band revolution several years earlier than we eventually got it

https://t.co/jt0hlmmCmC

[eesti laul archive 🇪🇪 @eestiarchive]

Rasmus Rändvee & Facelift Deer - Dance

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

Have just walked out of my front door and heard Luktelk blasting out (I forgot it was our pride parade and now want to follow along to see when they get to the full on niche hits)

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

Shockingly have not had to take on the role of Official Eurovision Nerd until tonight in the pub... who'd've thought a week on I'd be outlining an hourly play-by-play of 11th May ...?

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

@nigelw92 Absolutely! The Dons humble pie that people have had to swallow has been glorious to listen to! (okay even as a Hollow stan I also thought it would NQ but it's still fun to hear people acknowledge the song qualified for a reason!)

[sophia ✨🌷 @sophiaxlights]

the ebu is not what eurovision is. they are what eurovision is🫶🏻

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

Prediction v reality, final edition (I didn't share this yesterday for obvious reasons if you see who I thought the winner would be...)

Underestimated: 🇱🇺🇨🇾🇦🇲
Overestimated: 🇳🇴🇦🇹🇬🇧

Only 1/2 off for a chunk of the others though, not a bad showing for me!

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

Have woken up wanting to do my usual "here are the moments that have stayed with me" thread but honestly the sheer relief I felt as that country dropped down during the final televote scores trumps almost anything I've ever felt after ESC

(and also, of course, screw the EBU)

[Bernardo Santos 🇵🇹 @bres_santos]

Isn't it poetic that the far right wasted all that money to then have to see a non binary person win?

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

Just who was voting for Luxembourg all this time (especially in this SF where there was not a certain other country voting)? We don't want them thinking outdated graphics and half-arsed dance songs are the way to keep on going

[ESC Discord @ESCdiscord]

#Eurovision Semi-Final 1 results:

Croatia: 177
Ukraine: 173
Ireland: 124
Lithuania: 119
Luxembourg: 117
Cyprus: 67
Finland: 59
Portugal: 58
Slovenia: 51
Serbia: 47

Australia: 41
Poland: 35
Moldova: 20
Azerbaijan: 11
Iceland: 3

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

Cyprus getting Greece back this year with a 7 in the jury vote

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

Greece only giving Cyprus 4 points #Eurovision

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

@euro_pete Have been thinking about this and my glass half full answer is Ukraine would have won; the crossover between 🇳🇱 and 🇺🇦 is way less than 🇳🇱/🇭🇷/🇨🇭

(let's not think of the alternative)

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

my body doesn't want to stay up for stats but my mind will not rest until I know who Malta gave their 12th place to (insert your own country and position for comedic effect)

[kjet 🇬🇪 visionarydream.bsky.social @VlSl0NARYDREAM]

the worst has been avoided. does this mean we're gonna pretend everything is fine? absolutely not. the higher-ups of the EBU HAVE TO resign. the way they've handled this year is atrocious, allowing the artists to be harassed relentlessly, repeatedly exposing their incompetence

[heather 💟 @ESCHevs]

Can't wait for the UK Dons stadium tour ♥️🇱🇻