# ![@JamesMartinTVR Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1420388033724043266.png) @JamesMartinTVR James Martin

James Martin posts on X about israel, sweden, sam ryder, ukraine the most. They currently have [---] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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**Social topic influence**
[israel](/topic/israel), [sweden](/topic/sweden), [sam ryder](/topic/sam-ryder), [ukraine](/topic/ukraine), [italy](/topic/italy), [copenhagen](/topic/copenhagen), [eurovision](/topic/eurovision), [vienna](/topic/vienna), [ireland](/topic/ireland), [countries](/topic/countries)

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Update on Birmingham - the NEC's cleared its diary for May [----]. On purpose. It's both an arena & convention centre: so tons of room for backstage press heck even Euroclub & village. Direct rail links to LON & MAN. Yes it was here last time but it's a no brainer. #Eurovision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1539422802691903491)  2022-06-22T01:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"It's all over - the bookies called Netta Duncan Mneskin & Kalush by this point. Question now is where do I book cancellable hotels Stockholm or Malm (or Copenhagen and commute across bridge.) #Eurovision2023 #Eurovision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1634988192452730880)  2023-03-12T18:42Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"How much for a big-ass LED Breville toaster"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1644074262917963776)  2023-04-06T20:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@PolitlcsUK It'll be fine you'll invent enough Tory hit pieces"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1661883517276418049)  2023-05-25T23:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@orrlidsky @willovision Ola is a legend And a true gentleman. The official website was up to the hosts in the early years of the WWW. This like many things only changed in Istanbul when the EBU took much more central control. Even the mighty BBC couldn't reinvent the wheel too much; many of the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1661884854609276937)  2023-05-26T00:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Yeah but what sort of Rejoin It's like saying what sort of Brexit. As before Will we have to take the Euro Shengen Then there's the army the risk of Westminster being made virtually impotent & the issue of unemployment as UK workers are jettisoned for cheap E Europe labour. Seeing the way the EU has played the jilted lover (example - Passport Control entering an EU airport when the UK allows EU people to use E Gates) leaves me uneasy about a rejoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1667914045591109633)  2023-06-11T15:17Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"I wonder if SVT will go outside the box like the BBC did. Apart from Graham nobody called any of the other three hosts. Controversially I think after Hannah Petra & Mns again would be a step backwards. Try something new. Plus Mns can still have his standard interval bit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1674482221283942411)  2023-06-29T20:45Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@mrjamesob If what he is saying is true James then it sets a worrying precedent. Especially as society becomes more + more cashless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1674487949440811008)  2023-06-29T18:40Z [---] followers, 18.1K engagements


"Stop with the fucking whataboutery of The Sun and Sam Fox's tits right fucking now. At the time it was legal to pose topless at age [--] although it isn't now. Sam Fox gave her consent to be photographed in a professional studio for which she was paid. Nothing like a BBC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1678024935913005056)  2023-07-11T07:07Z [---] followers, 15.2K engagements


"Outside of Eurovision Norton doesn't do anything for the BBC. The chat show is an indie and Eurovision coverage and in the case of this year production is BBC Studios - a commercial arm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1678151450193526787)  2023-07-09T21:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Green_Yogi If that's the case then it's basically Schofield again "unwise but not illegal." I'm nearly [--]. If I dated &/or slept with a 16yo female the law couldn't touch me. Is it a good look however. 🤢 Basically more closeted talent who like young but legal men"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1678680972651315201)  2023-07-11T08:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@vj140265 People dated/married/had kids etc. a lot earlier [--] years ago. Women especially. More people now not only do further but higher education whereas for the working class of [----] who read the Sun leaving school at [--] was the norm. Now even the lower classes are generally 21"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1678684155322806272)  2023-07-11T08:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"We have just witnessed three years of Trial By Media for Boris Johnson. Yet The Sun are the bad guys in the Huw Edwards scandal Give me a fucking break. If this was Johnson everyone from the SCUM Mirror to Channel [--] News would hound him into suicide"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1679285348386369537)  2023-07-13T01:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Huw Edwards is not a paedophile. He is a sexual deviant which is not a crime in this land. However I am not of the view that such sexual deviancy is compatible with the public position he holds & the trust required to be the most senior anchor of the BBC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1679288952287576066)  2023-07-13T01:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"What is Huw Edwards going to sue The Sun for Show me any article where a false allegation is made and Huw Edwards' name is used. You can't. Not once in anything The Sun have written have the words "Huw Edwards" been printed. The Sun are in the clear"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1679292315993530371)  2023-07-13T00:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@tom_spaceman @GaryLineker @DailyMailUK I'd argue that *is* a Nazi list"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1685809380069949440)  2023-08-01T03:38Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"This was inevitable. They hit gold with Sam Ryder but Mae Muller was a total disaster from her abrasive personality to the fact she can't cut it live. It was a stunning lack of due diligence both in terms of her lack of media training as well as her lack of technical ability"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1686349659017535488)  2023-08-01T12:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"I think in years when a major experienced broadcaster like the Dutch trio SVT or the BBC are in charge it's important to try and evolve things. I defended the qualifier reveal at the time because I was a huge fan of the X Factor when the franchise was at its peak in the UK. There's more they have in common than separates them not to mention Florian Wider stages The X Factor franchise has had a huge influence on taking Eurovision to a new level of production. Even the way in which the presenters have become a much bigger deal than in the past (arguably Petra Mede kicked this off ten years ago)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1689407021131390979)  2023-08-09T22:43Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@JoshWoogsLFC Seriously Scousers still have beef with The Sun after one front page from [--] YEARS ago yet you think this is acceptable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1689626276569530368)  2023-08-10T13:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@JoshxReid @ImStevan I believe you are correct although ARD had the LED wall disappear to reveal the Green Room ISTR complete with Stefan Rabb cosplaying Hasselhoff on the Berlin Wall 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1689703346477686785)  2023-08-10T18:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@97_Hayden You say that but Love Love Peace Peace was aired in the ad break window"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1690837459590897664)  2023-08-13T21:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ChrisSoren11 @GBNEWS @JimDOfficial @danwootton He's not on in the morning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1696683907549118709)  2023-08-30T00:39Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@jonadams1970 @coyley1 @Conservatives @Jacob_Rees_Mogg Sorry if you have to resort to GBeebies I'm not going to take you seriously. It's GB News"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1697277004373209554)  2023-08-31T15:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@addicted2newz Boris Johnson a master of the English language. Such a wonderful orator. He handed Labour their arse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1698672589130854672)  2023-09-04T12:21Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@jrpyhnn "Shit I have to perform again in [--] minutes" I imagine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1699217642731557187)  2023-09-06T00:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Sheilameadow Not really Huw Edwards delivered the news"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1700994567011762508)  2023-09-10T22:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Not surpised at the CB news the guy knows his stuff. With Twan going back to Avrotros & ASC being no more it was inevitable this would happen. I do think the GF has become bloated with the BBC of all people now having the record for the longest show. I'm still of the opinion [--] recaps can be boiled down to [--]. Also very few countries actually fill the entire [--] minute inventory in the main ad break where the BBC parked a lot of dispensable content. Would it not be better to have more but shorter opt out windows maybe bookending a single interval act with two optional VT packages Either way a 3h"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1701250207030079601)  2023-09-11T15:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"I also don't see any format changes simply because there's nothing that's been stress tested in Melodifestivalen that SVT might want to port over. They might give the BBC's semi reveal plans another go; SVT probably have the knowledge on how to do this better simply because of their Melodifestivalen experience. No offence to the BBC but they don't produce a mini ESC year in year out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1701251761929850956)  2023-09-11T15:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Yes I think a shorter show has to be a priority. I think the one thing the BBC got wrong was they could have shaved a good [--] minutes off the running time even if it meant putting Sam & the Bjrn VT in the ad break then have Julia's chat with the Ukranians where the highlights VT or Graham skits were. They obviously also had quite a bloated flag parade but with the lack of a Ukranian interval in the final I get they had to do it that way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1701256002148892872)  2023-09-11T15:26Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"So Russell Brand is a waste of good oxygen Sorry did everyone else sleep through Sachsgate [--] YEARS ago #Dispatches"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1702856170824728943)  2023-09-16T01:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"RAI get a lot of stick much of it from me however the interval was one thing they got right. Reigning champs perform new material nostalgia hit international celebrity guest. No messing about. The main change I'd have done in [----] is move Sam Ryder into the ad break and lose some of the filler in that bit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1704913546708963780)  2023-09-21T17:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Catching up on the Sam Ryder gig in Vicky Park. Is it me or is the sound mix just awful As a Radio [--] gig I would assume there would be a separate mix done for broadcast but it sounds like they've just taken a stereo out from the venue PA. Awful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1705374590766362787)  2023-09-23T00:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@sadietrent_92 @signedyourname_ @CastDefender Yeah I don't think Mae has had much success out of the UK whereas Sam Ryder has gone into space. man"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1705700816944758802)  2023-09-23T21:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"I mean I get the BBC has had an unusually expensive [--] months. The Queen's Jubilee. Coverage of her death & funeral will have been extortionate - add to that fines for not broadcasting sport etc. events they were contracted to do so plus [--] days' worth of programmes made but not transmitted. Then the Coronation and on top of all that Eurovision (which they'd committed to before HM died.) They must be running on fumes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1705761366907253009)  2023-09-24T01:49Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"BEJBA. Poland are the Sweden/Italy of JESC. However I don't see this as a winner. Give this to an adult singer at the big show & they would smash it. But the kids either gravitate to the fun songs (France's two winners) or RMW stuff like Quami Quami or Lose My Head"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1706279397777412172)  2023-09-25T12:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"We'd been teased by the fan press in the daytime that the revamp featured a Mercury-style guitar solo ending. The crowd went nuts and Sam was cheered warmly whenever he appeared or the UK was mentioned throughout the week. I will never ever forget being sat with UK fans on the Saturday and the whole section rising to their feet when we'd not been given a 1-10 then [--] after [--] coming in. I just hope it wasn't a fluke. Lee & Andrew will almost certainly be back. The experience gained from producing the damn thing will be invaluable plus what they learned from Turin Yerevan and hopefully Nice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1706341028045676910)  2023-09-25T16:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@darrengrimes_ Today free speech died. Fox was out of line but the way Wootton has gone under the bus is outrageous especially when he has been the victim of an establishment witch hunt to deflect from the depravity of Schofield & Edwards. I won't watch GB News again. And all the GBeebies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1707190110192570764)  2023-09-28T00:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"What's been the impact for @AvaSantina She's gone from being someone nobody had ever heard of working for a left wing political blog (which can't have paid that well certainly compared to her old gig at Global) to being all over the MSM and probably picking up decent bunce in the process. Yeah nah. She knows exactly what she's doing. She's gonna milk the whole cow. Also despite alienating a lot of fans by cancelling two of their highest profile talent GB News has never had so much free publicity especially if you believe the school of thought that says bad publicity isn't A Thing. The problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1707314403899502688)  2023-09-28T08:40Z [---] followers, 11.4K engagements


"Two takeaways from #Partygate on #C4. [--]. It's got "Channel [--] Production" writ large all over it. [--]. The acting is beyond fucking shit. Channel [--] deserves privatisation for the acting alone never mind the biased hit job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1709345461130121414)  2023-10-03T23:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"I struggle to knock Liverpool given the effort they laid on for Eurovision. I don't agree politically with 99.9% of Scousers or indeed 99.9% of British Eurovision fans. However they went above & beyond. But there's a bigger picture for Starmer here. The boycott of The Sun is a local issue a result of a front page published in April [----] some [--] years ago disparaging LFC fans in the wake of Hillsborough. The rest of the country for whatever reasons don't have as long a memory. But furthermore The Sun isn't a Tory Tabloid. It backed Labour between [----] & [----]. I believe it may do so again after"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1710078539964289196)  2023-10-05T23:44Z [---] followers, 14K engagements


"@MartinSLewis This is pretty crass by Labour. Doping up on credit is what caused the New Labour bubble to burst in the late 2000's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1710757759191289897)  2023-10-07T20:43Z [---] followers, 19.2K engagements


"@christopherhope Yeah because your lot organised a train strike"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1711009636042637790)  2023-10-08T13:24Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"No but everybody saw him invade Poland start a war then everyone saw what happened to the Jews. It's not like any of this came out after he died in [----]. Again I'm not saying Savile was innocent. I'm saying there is a 0.01% chance he was because this all only came to light after he died ergo Savile was no longer able to defend himself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1712788567871614994)  2023-10-13T11:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@back_the_BBC If they were serious about saving money they'd put Strictly out of its misery- it's had a good run it's only doing the numbers because neither the BBC or ITV have anything to even touch it. Ballroom dancing on a Saturday night is a bit 1967"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1714829564508037127)  2023-10-19T02:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@scottygb I'm not threatened with prison if I don't pay for Netflix though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1714935292300247109)  2023-10-19T09:23Z [---] followers, 33.4K engagements


"@wiwibloggs @willyleeadams Sam Ryder or Dami Im"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1715830187865120879)  2023-10-21T20:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Eurovoix The antisemitism currently on display is making me ask do I even want to be a Eurovision fan anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1718572328710197528)  2023-10-29T10:15Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@TheBalkanGuy It's a complicated situation & a lot of Eurofans on X are young left-wing idealistic & aren't really versed on how historical all of this is. There's people I know who went to Tel Aviv [----] or were cheerleading Noa in Liverpool who only now are anti-Israel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1719419274664558707)  2023-10-31T18:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@BRlVlDI That is indeed Erez Tal. A reminder that Hamas have done slightly more to their Israeli hostages than play novelty records like bum rape girls until they bleed from their asshole then parade them shouting "Allah Akbar""  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1719702559470895266)  2023-11-01T13:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Rewatching [----]. Production wise it's as good as Stockholm or Liverpool. Madonna aside obvs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1719884566985417186)  2023-11-02T01:10Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Very saddened to read that around half of OGAE UK's members have not renewed. Proud to be a TRUE Eurovision fan. I remain determined that Mae Muller was the fluke & not Sam Ryder. I still have faith in us as the old song sort of goes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1722407018093232193)  2023-11-09T00:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Rick Astley has the NYE Concert on BBC One this year after Sam Ryder outrated the [----] (ie. Captive audience) concert with Alicia Keys. Imma be honest. I'm not against him going to Malm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1724207866465145013)  2023-11-13T23:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@LoveLovePeaceP1 I think Cha Cha Cha is a nailed on Number [--]. If the fanwank that is SloMo could usurp Euphoria at a time Sweden were already bookies favourite to win Eurovision in Liverpool purely on the assumption Loreen would win Melodifestivalen the Krij stans will mob up no hassle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1724209648310313418)  2023-11-13T23:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Following the failure of Mae Muller in Liverpool the BBC has confirmed that the UK artist for the next and all future Eurovision Song Contests will be Sam Ryder"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1724444871799312391)  2023-11-14T15:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@jackhlawson @_Somitic_ Also asking. Seems like more antisemitism from the X fandom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1727353135377904000)  2023-11-22T15:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@dean_barney_ @LlZTRUSS Labour will do two terms and then the Tories will be back. But they seriously need to regroup and purge the dead wood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1727689445174816844)  2023-11-23T14:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Anyone getting Sam Ryder vibes yet A RMW banger epic staging OK it's on early-ish but I don't think that matters as much given the way the Televote works on #JESC. TT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1727847986636460224)  2023-11-24T00:33Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ESCinsight @bbceurovision Very interesting. I recall Ola Melzig talking about using AR on the non-competitive performances in Tel Aviv & musing whether it could be used in competitive performances. It's good that France TV & EBU have allowed it. Genuinely seems they've SERIOUSLY thought this through"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1728190068765126981)  2023-11-24T23:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Ewan @bbceurovision I think Top [--] is where we need to be aiming; this is an exceptional package in some aspects even better than Sam Ryder's. And how bold of the BBC to be the first to do AR in a competitive performance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1728404790760087674)  2023-11-25T13:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"No Eiffel Tower in tomorrow's show. I mean gosh. They could be in any random country. How will we know we are in France You'll be telling me next the hosts will only speak English"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1728498535677485261)  2023-11-25T19:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@LoveLovePeaceP1 It's giving Copenhagen [----]. Production is amazing so far"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1728794522996334989)  2023-11-26T15:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"The #JESC2023 Jimbo Jury. [--]. France [--]. Poland [--]. Netherlands [--]. United Kingdom [--]. Ireland [--]. Armenia [--]. Malta [--]. Estonia [--]. North Macedonia [--]. Portugal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1728814759821390013)  2023-11-26T16:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"I imagine RTVE will be invited with a view to giving France recognition a la this year's adult show. Armenia's only just done it & the UK won't want to take on another proxy hosting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1729078674987815074)  2023-11-27T10:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@EuroTripPodcast @roblilleyjones @MrJamesRowe you are very welcome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1729888395114193055)  2023-11-29T15:41Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@regina_wtf How's that boycott going"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1730255775874842689)  2023-11-30T16:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Hey-ho let's go Folklore and Rock N' Roll Across the bridge to see the show Copenhagen to Malm #Eurovision2024 #Eurovision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1730665245708894594)  2023-12-01T19:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Malna is singing for Armenia She's [--] at best. I'd love us to send Freya to the big show but not until she's got a [--] in front of her age. #Eurovision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1731288106236596546)  2023-12-03T12:23Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"The #Eurovision fandom on X disgusts me. The way some of you harassed BBC & EBU staff over a trial in a rehearsal back in Liverpool was absolutely vile but this is next level. The reaction to KAN's participation was as predictable as Greece & Cyprus' voting records however the disgusting manner in which so-called fans are now openly calling for harassment of EBU KAN & SVT personnel & premises is not in keeping with the Contest's values. Thankfully I believe most of the noise is being made by a lot of young far-left fans in their bedrooms who fail to understand the nuances and complexities of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1732118516361216327)  2023-12-05T19:23Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"You are welcome. Shalom. Remember X has a legacy of being a left wing safe space and with left wing politics comes antisemitism. "Nazi" is literally German shorthand for "National Socialism." State runs the show Jews please use our shower and have a wash. That's literally how all these subhuman people think and for the record I absolutely hate every single one of you and God will deliver your comeuppance. Most Eurovision X fans are very young & very immature with little idea of the real world. Very few of them actually attend the show. They have been told Israel are the baddies because Jeremy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1732188617215189219)  2023-12-06T00:02Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@jessphillips The thing is Brexit can work it's just that the softy wets on both sides don't want it to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1732198853225431366)  2023-12-06T00:42Z [---] followers, 13.1K engagements


"@esc_florin Hamas apologist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1732199529322029516)  2023-12-06T00:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@theipaper @adamsherwin10 BBC Two is 80% news or repeats anyway. This is like Elon Musk pleading poverty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1733197564290212342)  2023-12-08T18:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@LlZTRUSS San Remo was great. Turin less so. There were theories RAI asked them to throw it but the next day by the time I'd got back to Stansted they were volunteering to host [----]. Thank fuck the BBC got it 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1733609475590717631)  2023-12-09T22:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@redbullsvviings I'm not quite sure that's true as I recall KAN airing commercials when I visited in [----]. The IBA (1973-2017) was state funded but I don't think KAN (2018-pres) is. Indeed the Government dragged their heels over underwriting the cost of the Tel Aviv show"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1733610459901620430)  2023-12-09T22:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Ewan @MrJamesRowe This is it. As UK Gameshows reviews go to great pains to point out it's not countries competing it's broadcasters. Also KAN (unlike IBA) is at least partially ad-funded - IIRC Israeli govt dragged their heels over underwriting cost of staging 2019"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1733611666028281877)  2023-12-09T22:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@GaryLineker @walkers_crisps Lee costs me less to employ than you (and we have to stump up another tenner next year in order to keep you in employment) so I'll side with Lee this time thanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1734217389649150149)  2023-12-11T14:23Z [---] followers, 16.3K engagements


"@lizzieod1 @GaryLineker @walkers_crisps A random screenshot and a Palestinian flag. Grounds for blocking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1734341499129884959)  2023-12-11T22:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Answered your own question. [----] like [----] was one of those years where the production was the star. [----] & [----] were both awful productions but the songs compensated for it. Even in spite of Sam Ryder I have very little love for Turin. I certainly wouldn't go to another Italian Eurovision (and I have an Italian stepfamily)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1735107177700847995)  2023-12-14T01:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Apart from the controversial ones (eg. ISR/ABZ) is there a country who could win #Eurovision & you'd be like "nah not gonna go next year" Me I would probably sit another Italian contest out NGL. Wouldn't be in a rush to go back to Portugal either"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1735108936519311660)  2023-12-14T01:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"On the flipside there are countries I wish would win or win again soon. Iceland I'm desperate to go & they were robbed by COVID. I reckon Poland based on their JESC hostings would be something special. To have the modern #Eurovision in Dublin would be a week of liver abuse but I'd be totally there for it. Netherlands again always wanted to go & when their time came we couldn't. Cyprus would also be pretty cool. And finally France but more from a production PoV. Like Poland they've smashed JESC twice so I really want to see them do the big show now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1735111852533637192)  2023-12-14T01:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@97_Hayden Nah. We've got the proper team back. The lessons will have been learnt and due diligence processes will have been undertaken"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1736203076552278339)  2023-12-17T01:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"We're not gonna get another Mullergate. I mean he's been the lead in a Russell T Davies drama so they ain't gonna find new intel now. Also the lessons will have been learnt. What happened with Mae was a simple due diligence fail. The proper team are back in charge now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1736203710454202397)  2023-12-17T01:56Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Cazza_Writes I dunno with Israel I just got up later so the 10pm start didn't feel that late. Lisbon & Liverpool felt ridiculously early by comparison"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1736346500752413008)  2023-12-17T11:24Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@escmatt18 I got Gustaph at 100/1 at about 11pm on the Thursday night so post qualifying but pre half draw or running order. But I was convinced it'd be Sweden on Juries Ukraine on Televote and either Finland France or Belgium would sneak up the middle as a compromise winner"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1736959586987286960)  2023-12-19T04:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@redbullsvviings In terms of capacity I actually think Liverpool was smaller. Bigger venue but the BBC's decision to have an in-arena Green Room took the capacity down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1736967291814723856)  2023-12-19T04:30Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@r45745959 @wiwibloggs It's not like SVT - or indeed any Scandinavian broadcaster - to hire Wieder in but I guess Melzig & Bjorkman have worked with him on Lisbon & Tel Aviv and they *are* kinda getting the band back together for this one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1737109798708191436)  2023-12-19T13:57Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"I think we'll be OK. The lessons from Kyiv & Lisbon have been learnt + security will be seriously heavy due to both Swedish & international political issues. It's ballsy I agree but they're the most experienced host broadcaster in the network by a long way; they effectively stage a mini-ESC annually so they'll know where the speed bumps are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1737114373901205749)  2023-12-19T14:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"2023 has not been dull Working tonight but two days off on the 1st & 2nd - sadly nothing to do & nobody to be doing it with. TV schedules look so awful I'm going to rewatch Eurovision [----] at this rate Sadly [----] looks like it will bring a Labour government but one must remain positive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1741471736485335187)  2023-12-31T14:49Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@vaughangething Isn't Wales already Labour run"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1741831038349799773)  2024-01-01T14:37Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Looks like Royal Caribbean is replacing Moroccanoil. Don't think Barbados is about to compete"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1742221511266623494)  2024-01-02T16:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Here we go blame the Tories. Anyone from commercial radio will tell you the BBC saying they're unable to provide a local service on the funds they have is like Elon Musk pleading poverty. Budgets are still higher than ILR in its 80's heyday (real terms.) @SteveMiraverde @DavidLloydRADIO Of course this is what [--] years of hard right government does to all public servicesthe Tories want to privatise NHS utilities transport and yes our precious (to some) non-commercialised BBC Older listeners disregarded in favour digitisation & creeping privatisation @SteveMiraverde @DavidLloydRADIO Of course"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1742324699575586982)  2024-01-02T23:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@LouLouMach But Sharon's selling her old used tops at a loss. If Sharon bought a top for [--] in [----] & now sells it for [--] in [----] there's nothing to tax. Nobody sells used goods at a profit. This is only going to apply to new goods. Millionaires also pay tax who knew"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1742377307724005452)  2024-01-03T02:48Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@escmatthew I'll say it again. Eurofans who are generally politically left are merely leveraging the conflict in order to normalise their antisemitism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1742681265319407644)  2024-01-03T22:56Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Tell me left wing Eurofans aren't simply leveraging a complicated & historic situation they simply don't fully understand to normalise their antisemitism without telling me etc. Before everyone celebrates Morrocanoil potentially being replaced by Royal Caribbean as the main sponsor their CFO is Isr*eli and so there is definitely still money coming in from there https://t.co/hyLrvmPAj3 Before everyone celebrates Morrocanoil potentially being replaced by Royal Caribbean as the main sponsor their CFO is Isr*eli and so there is definitely still money coming in from there https://t.co/hyLrvmPAj3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742681814609584489)  2024-01-03T22:58Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@PicturesFoIder Clearly a WWE fan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1742846786866118767)  2024-01-04T09:53Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@AaronJBoucher Sort of agree but where do you draw the line The only time I've felt a song needed deramping - and it wasn't deramped whatsoever - was Kalush Orchestra. If Krij stans can get the hump at Loreen as a Brit I feel I'm allowed to call that one a sympathy vote"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1743306410379673860)  2024-01-05T16:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Eurovoix I don't get why when the big show is virtually a religion in Sweden Eurovision itself is much more a family thing in Sweden as opposed to say the UK where it's still superserving gay men. Now UK are back at the party Scandinavia has no excuse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1743610683730624669)  2024-01-06T12:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@esc_reykjavik Ukraine is Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1743642770370085359)  2024-01-06T14:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@__paulius The greatest set ever though still has to be Copenhagen [----]. Nothing has bettered that set. Ever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1743736175221739547)  2024-01-06T20:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@vDanDesign @__paulius They also used a LOT of AR which AVROTROS also did two years later to cover up Covid shortcomings (how AVROTROS made [----] look 95% normal on TV is still incredible.) I have a lot of love for KAN's production. The camerawork is even better than Stockholm IMO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1743738739854135558)  2024-01-06T20:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Absolutely tech has moved on massively. It's like comparing Malm [----] to Talliin. Turin was NOT a good production (by modern standards) but it's still a million times slicker than RAI's last attempt. Kyiv [----] was a big downgrade from Stockholm but still a better show than Vienna"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1743741930196832585)  2024-01-06T21:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Just catching up. BBC actually want to win Eurovision now Joey Barton is on that very fine line between genius and insanity and somewhere on X is an unauthorised picture of Mae Muller's tits. Standard Sunday night"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744122895939297489)  2024-01-07T22:24Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Are we still doing this You have to pull votes from both sides. That's the format. Loreen stormed the Jury vote but she pulled enough from the public to overtake Krij who didn't pull enough from the Jury. Sam Ryder won Jury but didn't pull enough Televote points - and we don't know where Kalush's landslide would have gone if it wasn't for the war. Chanel or Cornelia could have theoretically pulled enough from the public to overtake Sam. Televote Winner = Eurovision Winner You cant call a winner someone who got the trophy due to less than [---] persons while The Televote Winner was picked by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1744157677784109411)  2024-01-08T00:42Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@CatLaw75 "Tories out" in your bio though have a word x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1744169077457715635)  2024-01-08T01:28Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Fair enough. My mother who sadly died nearly a decade ago in her 50s used to talk about the working offices of the late 1970's and early 1980's and if you *didn't* get your bum pinched you worried that you were ugly. So I can believe all of it but the wanking window cleaner did seem like a stretch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1744331898799730768)  2024-01-08T12:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Nigel_Farage @Keir_Starmer Same reason he didn't get him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744332275183985124)  2024-01-08T12:16Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@LoveLovePeaceP1 @esc_fred It is to be fair. Was the song strong enough on its own Unsure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744462476823904343)  2024-01-08T20:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Morning Gen Z Eurovision fans. Quick point of order. Luxembourg using international writers and artists is really not a new thing. Artists & writers came from all over the Francophone world &/or the Benelux in their original stint"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744669549339803709)  2024-01-09T10:36Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@scottygb Iraq war. Maybe finally Tony Blair will get his comeuppance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1745521159544754526)  2024-01-11T19:00Z [--] followers, 17.3K engagements


"I can see this happening but there is a view Israel hasn't the right to defend herself unlike Ukraine who apparently do. Ukrainians are killing Russians as part of that defence strategy but y'all not ready to talk about that. (Abusive replies will be blocked.) Host of Eurovision [----] Assi Azar : "Many votes will go to Israel as they did because of the war as well as international solidarity as they went to Ukraine. No matter how good Israel's song is Israel will win #Eurovision2024". https://t.co/QPJLApJlAY Host of Eurovision [----] Assi Azar : "Many votes will go to Israel as they did because"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1745835834421518657)  2024-01-12T15:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"M69 Derby Day (#SOTSB #LCFC) *and* the start of MGP Norway (#NRKMGP) tomorrow. A heterosexual Eurovision fan's wet dream"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1745868877437788511)  2024-01-12T18:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Seriously will you lot just GTFO the Eurovision map #NRKMGP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1746263039001690272)  2024-01-13T20:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"But the other issue is the contest is between broadcasters not countries as those UKGameshows reviews try to point out to the effect that they're unfathomable. "SVT won for a 7th time but the BBC came second bottom." I'm not sure on what grounds KAN can be expelled. They're also very much not a state broadcaster with the Israel Broadcasting Authority being collapsed in 2017; the Kyiv show was the last programme aired. KAN who took over from [----] (Netta was their first entry) is advertising funded. There was an almighty ding dong between KAN and the Israeli Government over funding for the Tel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1746553190718296510)  2024-01-14T15:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@scottygb I'd go 80's and say Treasure Hunt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1746903908230766724)  2024-01-15T14:35Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@THENUNEATONFOX Interesting that the Telegraph predicted just that yesterday. I wonder if that was a deliberately placed "Rally the troops" story now we've more left leaning outlets saying "it's closer than that.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1747358380513988617)  2024-01-16T20:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"It's hard to pin down an absolute favourite Eurovision song but for me this is a contender. It's an overworked expression that a song is "too good for Eurovision" but this might just be. 💕"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1748034154359411067)  2024-01-18T17:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Controversially I would have preferred Sweden to win with this over Tattoo. It was so different to what you normally get from Sweden. It's not a classic year but the songs were good enough to cut through the shortcomings in production. Whereas in Liverpool the production did a lot of heavy lifting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1748039928548622678)  2024-01-18T17:49Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@swedenor @eurovisionfn As if Germany have the right to pile on Israel ffs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1748423617224851879)  2024-01-19T19:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@LoveLovePeaceP1 Happy birthday 1985's a good year just because it's *so* 80's in look-and-feel. The shows before still feel like they're from the late 70's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1749875951679258643)  2024-01-23T19:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Peston I think it was deliberately placed TBH. The way it pushed the narrative that [----] voters have pivoted to Reform not LAB was telling. Then the BBC release a poll suggesting it's a lot closer. They know they're losing vote share to Reform but that also gets LAB over the line"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1749918520689697014)  2024-01-23T22:14Z [---] followers, 33.1K engagements


"Ten years and nobody including SVT (twice) & the BBC has been able to better the Copenhagen [----] set. Seriously a decade & this is still an utter slay. #Eurovision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1749942686373548215)  2024-01-23T23:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@bosdovja92 "Everyone hates the UK nobody will vote for unpopular countries" The defence calls Sam Ryder & Noa Kirel. 🤔"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1749977827623960773)  2024-01-24T02:10Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@97_Hayden Well that looks fun. UK Italy and Sweden all recent hosts (plus I'd rather cut off my important parts than suffer another Italian Eurovision.) Then Israel. Let's see how well the boycott goes then 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1750150834321567944)  2024-01-24T13:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@vDanDesign I love Oslo [----]. Yes it was very scaled down from the Moscow show but production wise it was a very watchable show after the Eastern Invasion era. The interval act was divine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1750482101860741560)  2024-01-25T11:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"#Eurovision National Final weekends saving January since streaming services became A Thing. All eyes on Luxembourg now. Can confirm the RTL PLAY app works in the UK (I'm on an Amazon Firestick) so download it onto whatever you stream on; you'll need the RTL TODAY channel for English commentary although the original Luxembourgish soundtrack will also be on offer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1751071731265962201)  2024-01-27T02:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Before Hannah Waddingham before Petra Mede before Ulrika Jonsson before even Lill Lindfors was Dsire Nosbusch. The first #Eurovision host to present in an informal style. [--] years on she's still got it. What a treat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1751364522114179450)  2024-01-27T22:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Again for those at the back. If you have an issue with the manner in which Israel has responded to Oct [--] I get that. But it has been evidently leveraged by some - not all - to normalise their "natural" antisemitism. Everyone needs to take a hard look at themselves. TBH if it wasn't SVT hosting I'd seriously consider not going by this point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1751591293623365654)  2024-01-28T13:01Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@sadietrent_92 They do the girls are iconic PS: How has Ruslana been totally untouched by time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1751591690211578069)  2024-01-28T13:02Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Idontknow95D @VerhovskyDaniel @ImStevan You didn't watch or attend Lisbon [----] did you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1751599663382184316)  2024-01-28T13:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Farah is clearly being groomed to be the new Petra. Calling it now. She's going to host. #Eurovision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1752392634033643767)  2024-01-30T18:05Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@MrJamesRowe I feel she's being groomed for the gig especially with that VT. I'm now pretty certain it won't be Petra this time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1752399592719585640)  2024-01-30T18:33Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@joshuarona Ah I believed that to be in April which was why they couldn't defend their title when the Netherlands hosted on their behalf in 1980"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1752415605548835093)  2024-01-30T19:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@lhgluke @kinu_unik So what's Ukraine's response to Russia is that a genocide too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1752429099497263551)  2024-01-30T20:30Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Why is Nadine Dorries doing the #Eurovision allocation draw Also can we please ban Zoom chats on television now Pandemic is over"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1752430725452746847)  2024-01-30T20:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"My worry is that they masturbate in front of their kids behind closed doors. Not OK. Lots of family fun here. What were the parents thinking https://t.co/aSnEKQmq4D Lots of family fun here. What were the parents thinking https://t.co/aSnEKQmq4D"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1752432248509665478)  2024-01-30T20:43Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Sasha makes a fair point. It's why I don't think Melfest UK will ever be equitable. Melfest is the one event where families go & kids have glittery signs with their favourite singer on them. That relationship with Eurovision just doesn't exist elsewhere. re: there being a lot of men in the audience thats exactly what the majority of Eurovision events looked like up until very recently im so serious re: there being a lot of men in the audience thats exactly what the majority of Eurovision events looked like up until very recently im so serious"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1752498955613540529)  2024-01-31T01:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@SolidaritySteve @afneil Boris is no longer PM largely due to his behaviour during the pandemic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1753011336001290652)  2024-02-01T11:04Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@eSpotPod @ElliotRHarris I had to check this but it *is* a Holocaust Memorial Day. Even without the horrifying rise in antisemitism within the fandom the EBU are right to allow this. Also as I'm sick of saying similar requests for specific SFs have been granted before mostly to ARD & SRF/SSG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1753095459361480830)  2024-02-01T16:38Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Stephen_Neal In layman's terms is that the filmic effect I'm watching Norway (unsure if SVT Play is 50fps capable - they do impressively have [---] support)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1753859995685228679)  2024-02-03T19:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Wow Norway you have TASTE It's so refreshing to see countries taking risks with something different. That's a serious contender. Great evening & fab production by NRK. #NRKMGP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1753887895461470666)  2024-02-03T21:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Granted Sweden are worse than Norway for this but Scandinavia always gets bashed for sending cookie cutter pop. Fair play Norway for sending something with Nordic culture at its heart. It feels like the field could be very diverse & that's a good thing. #Eurovision #NRKMGP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1753896504287277089)  2024-02-03T21:41Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@mrjamesob I would back Mordaunt as PM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1754175165414486468)  2024-02-04T16:08Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@CinnamonCh15320 @mrjamesob So will many because they think Labour will be an improvement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1754177247823462728)  2024-02-04T16:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Aw man I wish the #Melfest heats had English commentary too. I know it's a huge ask to drag the girls away from their day jobs (Olivia works in a particularly volatile part of the world) but maybe there could be guest commentators given how widely English is spoken in Sweden"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1754290870180786252)  2024-02-04T23:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@THENUNEATONFOX I wonder if they'll save the "Thanks Liverpool" chat for the GF allowing Petra to do a "and Graham is here again tonight commentating for the UK" & a wee chat from his booth (a nod to Jerusalem [----] when the hosts chatted with Terry.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1754465145114292546)  2024-02-05T11:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Mr_Chris_Jones To be fair Richard Arnold and GMB always broadcast live from the city. Certainly they did in Lisbon & Tel Aviv Rotterdam probably not. Can't remember Turin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1754916169771876499)  2024-02-06T17:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Here's how I see it; banning Israel is analogous to kicking out Ukraine & reinstating Russia. There's no genocide. War yes. Genocide no. You don't think Ukrainian forces are killing Russians with civilian collateral damage Any Jew will tell you what genocide looks like"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1754986590139482478)  2024-02-06T21:53Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@ESCPifPaf @Ewan The Norwegian Lottery is surely the most iconic part of NF Season"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1754997707897229397)  2024-02-06T22:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@DizzyJB My views of Led By Donkeys are similar to those the citizens of the previous host city have of The Sun newspaper"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1755009318036910447)  2024-02-06T23:23Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@escbetting Maybe. I certainly wouldn't go to another Italian Eurovision. Turin was unbelievably dull. Sam Ryder aside I have very few happy memories of the week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1755009799857586589)  2024-02-06T23:25Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@CandiSpillard @MartinSLewis My favourite one is when you ring your broadband provider to report a fault. "Did you know you can do this online" WITH WHAT INTERNET YOU SPOON 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1755243721723924765)  2024-02-07T14:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@LoveLovePeaceP1 Agreed I just don't think it's got any sort of WOW factor at all. I don't get how anyone is talking it up as a winner"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1755253872275161294)  2024-02-07T15:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@beyrihlena @EBU_HQ Explain Italy and France then. And then France's two JESC hostings were half done in French. Singing in native tongue is such a non story seriously"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1755284420062261457)  2024-02-07T17:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Euro_Melfest I didn't know BEJBA and Fuego got it on and had an illegitimate song baby"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1755887959000203522)  2024-02-09T09:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"For those asking a lot of selection shows but especially the Scandinavian ones who take it exceptionally seriously mimic the real thing by having judging panels from [--] or [--] countries. These tend to mix and match nations but generally include this year's hosts (i.e. Sweden) & last year's hosts (i.e. the UK.) As a result a UK Jury is sitting on most selection programmes this year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1756002412857376871)  2024-02-09T17:09Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@JacksonMacmanus @CW_QPR_123 @bbceurovision Yep most shows have an international jury section to mimic the real Eurovision. Usually it's about [--] or [--] countries but usually it always includes the last hosts (the UK) and the next hosts (Sweden)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1756002976987332702)  2024-02-09T17:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@r45745959 @LeeSmithurst I would LOVE to see "Mersey Fest" as a legacy thing. One night annual show from the M&S. Something based on the Luxembourg Song Contest would be ideal; I feel if we do go back to NFs at any point it needs international juries scoreboard etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1756356690373394614)  2024-02-10T16:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@97_Hayden I've also noticed quite a few NFs really stepping up these last few years. Luxembourg Spain Norway etc. have all been very strong productions. It does feel like Melodifestivalen is no longer the only game in town"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1756360023024754861)  2024-02-10T16:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Disagree with this. What I'm mad about is the level of downgrade after coming 2nd last year. YLE clearly want Win No. [--] now but they've done whatever the Finnish equivalent of Sam Ryder Mae Muller is. It's so obvious that everyone who hates this either: -hates fun -is mad about their fave not winning When you have a strong NF like Finland this is bound to happen. But Europe will love this in May and I hope yall will stop being butthurt soon 🩶 #umk https://t.co/l7dalxxZhD It's so obvious that everyone who hates this either: -hates fun -is mad about their fave not winning When you have a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1756457789075984415)  2024-02-10T23:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Annalisa for the win. Come on Italy after the car crash in Finland what feels like [--] years ago now don't fuck this up. #SanRemo #UMK24 #Eurovision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1756483610893296110)  2024-02-11T01:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Between Italy & Finland the case for Juries has very much been made in one night. Time for bed. That's allora folks #UMK24 #Sanremo2024 #Eurovision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1756501763820011626)  2024-02-11T02:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Travis Kelce you need to calm down 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1756851562306027629)  2024-02-12T01:23Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@LJL_77 @villymentai Really I've been to four contests and Turin was the worst both in terms of the city's effort and the production itself by a long way. Even Lisbon wasn't that uninterested unaware & generally indifferent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1756862225896046677)  2024-02-12T02:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@villymentai I don't get the love for [----] Sam Ryder aside. Shocking production totally unenthusiastic host city. The one thing RAI got right to be fair was halftime in the GF. Mneskin Gigiola & Mika were all fantastic. But that doesn't excuse a broken stage & crap cinematography"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1756863404482916765)  2024-02-12T02:10Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@emilyhewertson @RishiSunak There's no point now Emily. Whoever takes over now would have to resign upon losing the election anyway; we might as well give Starmer the keys now and save the bother. I notice a lot of voters are switching to Reform not Labour. Vote Reform Get Labour"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1758447390976020886)  2024-02-16T11:05Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@emilyhewertson Low turnout and big gains for Reform. #VoteReformGetLabour"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1758447750784422107)  2024-02-16T11:06Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@cloudburstttt I think it's going to come from an internal as well. France seem the only genuine threat for the gold rn. Italy & Ukraine are good but not passing The End Credits Test. It's possible the UK will build momentum after March [--] but not convinced by what I've heard so far"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1759270237717889119)  2024-02-18T17:34Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@r45745959 @97_Hayden @EurovisionTom Yes that's the one ITV passed up on hosting in Manchester"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1759938987425202591)  2024-02-20T13:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ColinBrazierTV Even Egypt doesn't want them but nobody's ready to talk about that. Hamas could hand over the hostages and get their ceasefire any time. This is all - all of it - on Hamas now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1759978002866209179)  2024-02-20T16:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@escbetting Am I the only one that thinks Italy is a bit of a fanwank I.E. it's price is for no other reason than it's Italy Bit like Sweden 7-10 years ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1760305481422172299)  2024-02-21T14:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@doctor_oxford @ITV Still so many questions. I'm not a denier or anti vaxxer. However I do want to know why for most of [----] virtually every death was recorded as COVID If someone got run over by a No. [--] bus it would have still been COVID. Sod the fact they were run over. Why was this done"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1760699004831113377)  2024-02-22T16:12Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@GuillermElodie Yeah because Labour and the SNP are doing so well with the NHS in Wales and Scotland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1760804130887495839)  2024-02-22T23:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@SarahW_61 Nah half the fun is watching everyone else be surprised The satisfaction I got from making sure everyone watched Finland last year. 3m later I'm sat in the M&S & my phone going mental. "Well. That was a LOT." "This is the reason I watch ESC" "WTF have I just watched" 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1760835593053806828)  2024-02-23T01:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"So antisemitism on Big Ben is fine but Lee Anderson calling out Khan and is somehow Islamaphobic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1761339495264198731)  2024-02-24T10:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@LeeAndersonMP_ Shows the Conservative party isn't Conservative anymore. Christ knows what it stands for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1761468483965985088)  2024-02-24T19:09Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Croatia already 3rd in the betting behind two big fanwank countries. I can see this being Jury = Belgium Tele = Croatia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1761894106609995807)  2024-02-25T23:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@OfficialSpencr There's three locks in that first half now. Ukraine & Poland will both sail through on the UK diaspora vote and Croatia will probably win that semi by a landslide. I don't think it's an opener though. I'd say it'll be on 5th before the first commercial break"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1761899672535290300)  2024-02-25T23:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"My gut tells me Croatia has the Televote nailed. Finland is too far into novelty territory whereas this is more Cha Cha Cha v2.0. The Juries however will eschew it for France or Belgium question is will it be a decisive choice like Sam or Loreen. If it is they'll win by picking up just enough points from the other side. If it's a much closer result either Croatia could do it or we have a compromise winner. #Eurovision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1761904379970437241)  2024-02-26T00:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@97_Hayden Croatia and Finland are going to split the novelty banger vote. Both will sail through but Juries are going to torpedo them on Saturday night"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1762198402782155243)  2024-02-26T19:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@elainovision Bambie and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1762198530674798608)  2024-02-26T19:30Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"I can see it happening. Jury go for Belgium France or possibly Sweden if Dotter goes all the way. Televote go for Finland & Croatia. Possibly the UK if Olly goes big on provocative staging (trademark Olly) Italy sneak up the middle Somewhere in a RAI store cupboard a broken kinetic sun gently stirrs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1762259918994764187)  2024-02-26T23:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@songfestivalaze Grab your towels. It gon rain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1762261809245864357)  2024-02-26T23:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"What's your favourite type of rain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1762262003328909711)  2024-02-26T23:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@LBC @NickFerrariLBC Trying to honey trap a quote. Come on Global you're better than this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1762425706095468859)  2024-02-27T10:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@RussInCheshire They will make mistakes. They're human so therefore fallible. Let's not pretend it'll be 100% perfect. Personally I think it'll be a major downgrade for the country but I appreciate not everyone shares that view. What I can say with certainty is mistakes will be made"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1763257322380407203)  2024-02-29T17:38Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"feel like pure shit just want sam ryder back #eurovision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1763365324076855328)  2024-03-01T00:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Let's not get drunk on hype. We've had one second place our sole left hand finish of the last decade. Sam Ryder so far was a fluke. I do feel the fandom have got a bit of a blind spot. I think he's the first "out" contestant since one of the Scooch lads in [----] and I've no doubt that plays its own part but I do think we're getting just a little carried away"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1763576285765271839)  2024-03-01T14:45Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@KayBurley "Shalom" perhaps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1763602527939928537)  2024-03-01T16:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Reinstate Lee Anderson & make him party leader. Promise root & branch NHS reform. Get the planes to Rwanda in the air. Leave ECHR. Scrap Net Zero. Reinstate HS2 in full. Build more prisons; get the unemployed to build them. Ban social media for U16s. And finally do whatever it takes to get the pub industry going again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1763654628065829257)  2024-03-01T19:56Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Everyone saying it's been a shit year for #Melfest. I think it's just we've had really good NFs elsewhere San Remo is now the darling of NF season and ofc Hosting Curse. I think they're just biding their time it's not like Ireland will get Win [--] before them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1764041979745243600)  2024-03-02T21:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@cammyclare Ouch I feel that way about Italy again largely because I greatly dislike their approach to hosting. So I get it. Sweden might not be for everyone in the same vein but Melodifestivalen is dominating the Swedish charts this week. The locals clearly like it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1765122331687391399)  2024-03-05T21:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"I think it'll be a compromise winner. Belgium or France will top the Jury with either Croatia or Finland taking the Televote but neither will pull anywhere near enough from the other side. It's going to be a very polarised year in that respect. I can see a situation where Italy or Ukraine sneak up the middle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1765568952040661143)  2024-03-07T02:43Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@kateebuoni Bought Luxembourg back to ESC as well as bought the UK back to JESC. He's also overseen making sure we actually had a show to watch in [----] plus navigating the issues around the [----] win & [----] show"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1765782425525756012)  2024-03-07T16:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ImStevan @neurotwinkk What the Italians did and what the Swedes may or may not do are very different things"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1765798428922044922)  2024-03-07T17:55Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Gte (Norway 2024) - really want them to do well at #Eurovision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1766205796084322678)  2024-03-08T20:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Undo my skint. Undo my drunk. Tack @OGAESweden - a douze-points-no-notes night. My second time at #Melfest & not going to be my last. Never change Sweden. 💙💛 #Eurovision #MelfestWKND"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1766284561699283189)  2024-03-09T02:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"So that's what it was about. Given how heavily the kids invest in Melodifestivalen & by extension Eurovision I am *amazed* as in WTF amazed that SVT Barn are not all over JESC. During the Melodifestivalen final SVT announced a reboot of the Junior version of the show now titled HelloMello for singers aged 13-15 Whilst not confirmed fans have speculated this to be used as a potential selection for Junior Eurovision in the future #JESC #Melfest https://t.co/bKrv0ng9c4 During the Melodifestivalen final SVT announced a reboot of the Junior version of the show now titled HelloMello for singers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1766806068955378075)  2024-03-10T12:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@MartinDaubney @LeeAndersonMP_ @SkyNews @BethRigby She was being deliberately awkward. She deserved to be shut down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1767219585265107076)  2024-03-11T16:02Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Kensington Palace release new photo of Kate doing the Photoshopping #WhereIsKate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1767224911506895127)  2024-03-11T16:23Z [---] followers, 11K engagements


"@thereorderboard Interestingly despite the English bias for a time songs would win Melodifestivalen in Swedish but be translated for Eurovision. Interestingly the Swedish versions were the ones played everywhere at the weekend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesMartinTVR/status/1767715116143845575)  2024-03-13T00:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

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