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Saturday night’s final was watched by average of 7.64m as Britain’s entry, Olly Alexander, finished in 18th place

Archived version: https://archive.ph/XqsDS

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Ah, that was me, I was at the pub. Glad to hear the other 3 people are still watching though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

UK hosted Eurovision in 2023, it would be very hard to top those numbers this year.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

I mean it was a bit of a shit entry to be honest

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

They’ll be quoting that figure in reports on increasing antisemitism in the UK.