Is Eurovision getting more fun? Poll of the week

Yahoo UK's poll of the week lets you vote and indicate your strength of feeling on one of the week's hot topics. After 72 hours the poll closes and, each Friday, we'll publish and analyse the results, giving readers the chance to see how polarising a topic has become and if their view chimes with other Yahoo UK readers.

Slovenian's Raiven rehearsing Veronika during the rehearsals for the first semi-final of the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden. (Getty)
Slovenia's Raiven rehearsing Veronika during the rehearsals for the first semi-final of the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden. (Getty) (JESSICA GOW via Getty Images)

It's time to gather round the telly for a night of high drama, power ballads, and continental craziness as Eurovision 2024 has finally arrived. Croatia enters the competition as hot favourites to win, while Dizzy — the UK's entry from Olly Alexander — has been tipped to deliver another low-scoring night for the Brits.

However, where the UK places during Eurovision now seems to be of little concern to its fans across the country (it's been 27 years since we last won), with watchalong parties planned at homes, pubs, and clubs the length and breadth of Britain. The resurgent popularity of Eurovision is unmistakable, with many pointing to Lordi's win in 2006 as the moment Brits learned to stop worrying about winning Eurovision, and just enjoying it for what it is: a riotously entertaining night in front of the telly.

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Sam Ryder's epic performance in 2022 — placing second only to Ukraine — with Space Man cemented the competition as a national past time for many, with last year's contest in Liverpool proving that the UK loves Eurovision no matter what.

But have things really been getting better at Eurovision, or are we just paying more attention to it these days? Have your say in our polls below.

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