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The now generic slogan feels out of place with that. Could have gone with something light related - "Let in the Light" or something equally meaningless.
Also do wish they'd ditch the flag in the heart logo - the one in the heart icon looks better and TBH with the UK hosting for Ukraine situation is should have gone this year too.
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Olly Alexander representing us next year, as revealed on Strictly. That's the best booking in decades.
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Olly Alexander (wearing an Abigail’s Party-style flowing garment) appearing on Strictly to announce he’s the UK Eurovision entrant may be the campest bit of breaking news ever
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The last time we sent a big name was Blue in 2011, but that was kind of a group imo that were in the latter stages of their career and it came off the back of a poor run of results.
Olly is an artist whos at the peak of his career, and its off the back of a positive run, and he will already have a huge fanbase in Europe, im just so exicted for Malmo now.
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“At the peak of his career” might be pushing it. His top 10 hits were all between 2014 and 2018. But he’s certainly a lot closer than anyone else they’ve entered in a while. Blue were actually about the same distance in time from their commercial peak but they’d split up for several years in the interim.
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I’m very excited for this - Olly Alexander is an great artist and I can’t wait to see how Lee Smithurst and the team help bring the song to life on stage in Malmo - a song that has been co-written with Danny L Harle (who recently co-produced Houdini by Dua Lipa)
And doing the reveal during the Strictly final, instead of a random Thursday in March on R2, is a sign that the BBC really want to maintain the momentum that is building for the UK at Eurovision
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Everybody we've got a stage! Wow!
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(14-12-2023, 03:19 PM)DavidWhitfield Wrote: Golly. It's certainly colourful. Some might say bordering on garish...
It's right on-trend; personally I love it. We need more colour in our lives. And if Eurovision isn't the place to be garish and colourful and loud, then where is?
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What?!?
(I’ve just checked the official ESC TikTok account and this is legit)
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I suspect (given participating countries are already confirmed) it’s a partnership deal. Probably Malibu or something as a sponsor. We don’t tend to notice it here given a lot of it is hidden (cos Beeb) but they do have commercial partners - Moroccan Oil for last year I think.
