Profile avatar
deejaycrox.bsky.social
Tv Director. Coffee and parkrun obsessive. Also love Lego and the Eurovision Song Contest
232 posts 286 followers 135 following
Prolific Poster
Conversation Starter

A plod around the lanes

A bit of entertainment news calls for some entertainment in the studio

What an absolutely lovely morning at Fire Service College parkrun. Results are out - 302 finishers! Well done - and thank you our wonderful volunteers who made it happen.

Doesn't matter how long I stare at it, this reunion pic of the High Life cast doesn't get any less wonderful. I love that Patrick Ryecart's in character already. Unless that's just what he's like.

A bit late responding to the Tea Alarm but I’ve come up to the cool 8th floor to get a bit of daylight #BroadcastingHouse

Their re-recording of the full theme to Live From Her Majesty’s is FANTASTIC

No, I didn’t press the wrong button coming out of a Liverpool victory bus tour into the countdown to the top of the hour, and therefore did so with a Breaking News sting instead of a nice slow mix …

How WONDERFUL to welcome 262 participants back to the Fire Service College parkrun! Did you join us? We’d love to see your photos. Want to join us next week? Run, Jog, Walk or Volunteer - all the details on our website along with this week’s full results.

🏃 🏃‍♀️ == WELCOME BACK == 🏃‍♀️ 🏃 We are delighted to announce the return of Fire Service College parkrun on 24th May 2025! Gates open at 0820 and not before. NO DOGS. Keep warm-ups to the football pitches and please don’t wander around the site. Thank you - we can’t wait to ring the fire bell again!

A project I’ve been working on for the last few months!

*why* do I still have to book a slot to turn up at the tip?

Right so what gives Bluesky? All night I’ve been posting on here, Threads and Facebook, in synch with the acts appearing at Eurovision and I’ve had almost zero engagement except on Facebook. It seems that really is where the chat is these days.

ALBANIA 🇦🇱 Shkodra Elektronike - Zjerm Powerful lead singer, but it’s the malevolent looking rapper at the back hitting things with a hammer I’m worried about. By the end you’ll be scared too.

SAN MARINO 🇸🇲 Gabry Ponte - Tutta L’Italia Little San Marino often get douze points from Italy and I’m sure this will help again. The Michelangelo chewing gum is hilarious.

FRANCE 🇫🇷 Louane - maman Song in a sandpit. Classic chanson francaise.

SWEDEN 🇸🇪 KAJ - Bara Bada Bastu Everything is better after a sauna right? Of course it is. This is the first time in over 25 years Sweden have sung in Swedish, except this lot are Finnish. But whatever, let’s have a Sauna!

DENMARK 🇩🇰 Sissal - Hallucination Like a telly on the blink at the start, this relies heavily on zoom lenses and creepy men behind net curtains.

PORTUGAL 🇵🇹 Napa - Deslocado This is the surprise qualifier for me and is, like most Portuguese entries, 100% pure Portuguese.

MALTA 🇲🇹 Miriana Conte - Serving A glitter ball in a giant pair of lips and a woman in a massive yellow frock sings about ‘Serving’. And that’s not even close to how rude this was before it was censored.

SWITZERLAND 🇨🇭 Zoë Më - Voyage The home team have decided not to bother using the stage and are just singing in the dark with one lamp on at the back and one at the front, twisting the camera around like a hosepipe.

ARMENIA 🇦🇲 Parg - Survivor Director: “How many lighting and video effects would you like to use in this one?” Armenian delegation “Yes.”

GREECE 🇬🇷 Klavdia - Asteromáta Strong Nana Mouskouri vibes for this (a Greek who sung for Luxembourg in French in 1963.). Watch out for the surprise burning bush forfeit later on.

GERMANY 🇩🇪 Abor & Tynna - Baller Dancing with your phone screen on, around random illuminated industrial metalwork. All very odd.

POLAND 🇵🇱 Justyna Steczkowska - Gaja Poland have gone downhill since they stopped sending milkmaids in my opinion but there’s a lot of Wild Dances influences in this Game of Thrones epic.

ITALY 🇮🇹 Lucio Corsi - Volvo Essere Un Duro This guy came second in Italy’s selection show, the winner deciding not to even bother doing Eurovision. So here we have a Bowie tribute act. Is that piano getting longer in each shot?

FINLAND 🇫🇮 Erika Vikman - Ich Komme You wouldn’t mess with this bird. Watch out for this year’s biggest love length disguised as a microphone, spurting fireworks at the … erm … climax.

NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱 Claude - C’est La Vie I quite like this one, it reminds me of Voila that France sent a few years ago.

LATIVIA 🇱🇻 Tautumeitas - Bur Man Laimi Skintight suits, spiky headdresses, close harmonies. Giant beaded curtains and growing tails. Gloriously unhinged.

ICELAND 🇮🇸 VÆB - Róa Tinfoil aplenty in this Jedward tribute, which should absolutely get things moving again after Austria’s ship-opera. Although another boat makes an appearance at one point. A key change and an Irish fiddle solo too - TWO bonus drink forfeits!

AUSTRIA 🇦🇹JJ - Wasted Love Opera. In black and white. On a pile of cardboard boxes that looks like a boat. Obviously. Peak Eurovision.

UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 Remember Monday - What the Hell Just Happened? Well, we can’t vote and position 8 isn’t great. But this is the first girl band in ages and while they can sing, can they deliver any votes?

UKRAINE 🇺🇦 Ziferblat - Bird of Prey Flared trouser jump suits making a big comeback in this song at least. Bonus points for a massive brooch. And there’s a bit where it seems to stop, but unfortunately starts again.

LITHUANIA 🇱🇹 Katarsis - Tavo Akys I just don’t get this song. Everyone wearing grey, great backgrounds, wind machine. Shouting. Curtains.

SPAIN 🇪🇸Melody - Esa Diva Spain haven’t won since 1969 so have sent an early 2000s dance banger.

ISRAEL 🇮🇱 Yuval Raphael - New Day Will Rise Spiral Staircase to nowhere, inspiration taken from the News studio.

ESTONIA 🇪🇪 Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato What the cup of coffee does to this guys legs is nothing short of weird. Then he has another. Watch out for the ‘stage invasion’.

LUXEMBOURG 🇱🇺 Laura Thorn - La Poupée Monte Le Son Brilliantly retro start with a fab Eurovision geek nod to Luxembourg’s past glories.

NORWAY 🇳🇴 Kyle Alessandro - Lighter Chainmail armour vibes, though he might grow into his trousers by next term.

Standing by for Eurovision 2025. Flying the Flag