As ever when reviewing Eurovision it's more a case of where to start!
Well done to Liverpool first and foremost, who hosted in great fashion, with enough nods to Ukraine (who should have been hosting) to make them feel involved.
The acts themselves were the usual rag tag bunch of the good, the bad and the just plain weird. Guess who did better than the other - exactly.
For whatever reason it was back to business as usual for the UK, with our act not really being anything other than 'ok'. Sam Ryder would have been a better choice.
In terms of our hosts, while Graham Norton seemed very assured as ever, the real stand out was Hannah Waddingham, who you would imagine will find her phone very busy after such exposure.
Alesha Dixon looked lost - I'm still haunted by her rapping in the semi - and as for the always woefully unfunny Mel Giedroyc I can only say that I don't know why the BBC keep bothering.
All in all, it was the usual fun and chaos.
Well done to Liverpool first and foremost, who hosted in great fashion, with enough nods to Ukraine (who should have been hosting) to make them feel involved.
The acts themselves were the usual rag tag bunch of the good, the bad and the just plain weird. Guess who did better than the other - exactly.
For whatever reason it was back to business as usual for the UK, with our act not really being anything other than 'ok'. Sam Ryder would have been a better choice.
In terms of our hosts, while Graham Norton seemed very assured as ever, the real stand out was Hannah Waddingham, who you would imagine will find her phone very busy after such exposure.
Alesha Dixon looked lost - I'm still haunted by her rapping in the semi - and as for the always woefully unfunny Mel Giedroyc I can only say that I don't know why the BBC keep bothering.
All in all, it was the usual fun and chaos.