Eurovision Bingo 2022

Eurovision Bingo Cards 2022

Are you ready for the greatest show on earth? You are? Well this bingo card isn’t for you then because it relates to the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. (just kidding)

Yes Eurovision 2022 is upon us – the most celebrated, reviled and lampooned song contests on the planet. Our continental cousins take the competition very, very seriously, while here in the UK most of us watch through the cracks between our fingers.

Residing in the ‘so good it’s bad’ file, the Eurovision Song Contest is something of a Spring time viewing staple on this side of the English Channel. The show airs on the BBC and is presented by the one and only Graham Norton. And to help you enjoy the clichés and tropes that will invariably pervade this bizarre extravaganza, we’ve created Eurovision bingo cards.

Top 5 Most Notorious Eurovision Moments of All Time

Where to begin? The competition has been lerching from one year to the next since 1956. In amongst the numerous gems (Abba, Loreen, uh, Bucks Fizz, Dana International, Conchita Wurst) have been an awful lot of wardrobe malfunctions and some utterly abominable performances. Here are five of the worst/best.

Ireland’s Turkey – 2008

Marking a low point in Irish musical history is Dustin’s Turkey. Yes, that’s correct. Ireland happened upon the idea of using a puppet to represent the country at the 2008 event. ‘Where oh where did it all go wrong’ asked Dustin before his warbling intro morphed into a bizarre electro number. Where indeed. We’ve got an idea.

Flying the Flag – 2007

The UK has had its fair share of ‘bad luck’ at Eurovision, despite entering some decent songs from the likes of Gina G and Cliff Richard. Rest assured, that ‘Flying the Flag’ isn’t one of them. The song’s flight attendance theme was sprinkled with some appalling innuendos which we won’t go into here. To top it all off, the song just wasn’t very good.

Cry Baby – 2003

Another atrocity from the UK. Jemini’s alright-ish ditty was ruined on the night by the scouse duo who were about as off-key as you can get. In fairness, their monitors weren’t working but yeesh – what a shocker. By the time the song was over, most of Europe was in tears. The pair also failed to score a single point.

Remedios Amaya – 1983

This rock-flamenco hybrid was inflicted upon continental Europe by some Spanish woman called Remedios Amaya. Backed by a plodding bass guitar and not a whole lot else besides, the meandering verse was frantically delivered by a feverish Remedios who sounded a lot like Yoko Ono singing on a good day. Nuff said.

Tune about a Treaty – 1990

Toto Cutugno (us neither) sang about the Maastricht Treaty back in 1990. Oh the excitement. Naturally, Eurovision voters loved it and awarded the drab number first place. Bedecked in a white suit and sporting an alarming mullet, Cutugno’s clench-fisted ode to the EU’s foundation treaty has aged very, very badly.