Dean

Someone tell the boy who fell in love with this contest to get 12 years ago that one day dreams really do come true ❤️

Slovenia has withdrawn from Eurovision.

🇸🇮 BREAKING: Slovenia will not take part in #Eurovision 2026, following the results of today's General Assembly.

Ireland has withdrawn from Eurovision.

Spain has withdrawn from Eurovision.

The EBU conditioned a vote on Israel’s participation on rejecting the new rules. The contest’s own integrity held to ransom. And that tells you all you need to know.

The Netherlands withdraws from Eurovision.

Middlesbrough fans making their feelings known on Rob Edwards 👀

WE ARE THE BORO! 😍

He knows what it means.

MORGAN AGAIN!!!!!

British.

A moment to savour for Morgan Whittaker 😍

Let's make hope normal again.

You’re a racist, a criminal and a sexist thug. You pretend to “protect women” while spewing misogyny. We won’t let you or any fascist divide our communities. An attack on one is an attack on all. We won’t allow your politics of hate to win.

One month before her 95th birthday, Patricia Routledge wrote words that still echo softly today: “I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.” Her life didn’t truly take shape until her forties. She had worked steadily — in provincial theatres, radio plays, and West End productions — yet often felt adrift, searching for a home within herself. At 50, she accepted a television role she assumed would be small: Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances. To her surprise, it carried her into living rooms around the world. That role, she later reflected, helped her embrace her own quirks. It healed something in her. At 60, she began learning Italian — not for work, but so she could sing opera in its native tongue. She also discovered how to live alone without being lonely. Each night, she read poetry aloud, not for diction, but to quiet her soul. At 70, she returned to Shakespeare’s stage, no longer burdened by the need to prove herself. She performed with stillness — and audiences felt that she was no longer acting, but simply being. At 80, she took up watercolor painting. She painted flowers from her garden, old hats from her youth, faces she once glimpsed on the London Underground. Each painting was a memory made visible. Now, at 95, she writes letters by hand. She bakes rye bread. She breathes deeply each morning. She cherishes laughter but no longer seeks to make anyone laugh. The quiet is her dearest companion. And with that quiet came her message to us all: Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again. Let these years be your treasure years. You don’t need fame. You don’t need perfection. You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours. With love and gentleness, — Patricia Routledge

RIP to a true meme queen

🚨🚨🚨 ANOTHER BROADCASTER LIKELY TO WITHDRAW Norway the latest to go!

📡 Contrary to what Israeli broadcaster Kan claims in its statement below, the EBU has confirmed to The Times of Israel that for November's vote a simple majority (>50%) is needed to remove Israel from #Eurovision 2026, not 75%.