The 25 most embarrassing Eurovision performances ever
From tone-deaf grannies to uncomfortably sexual siblings, behold the most cringe-worthy acts the song contest has ever seen
22 May 2021 • 7:28am
Amazingly, not all of the most embarrassing Eurovision acts have been sent by the UK - but a vast majority of them have been
Eurovision is back again for 2021 after a year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, exhibiting some of Europe s most eccentric pop talent.
This year, the UK s hopes ride on the shoulders of 2014 Brit Award-winner James Newman, with earnest single Embers .
The first semi-final took place on May 18, and the preview of Newman’s performance at the second Semi-Final on May 20 looked promising. You can see how the London singer-songwriter fares by tuning in to the Grand Final on Saturday, May 22, which will be broadcast live on BBC One from Rotterdam from 8pm.
The 25 most embarrassing Eurovision performances ever
From tone-deaf grannies to uncomfortably sexual siblings, behold the most cringe-worthy acts the song contest has ever seen
20 May 2021 • 7:29am
Amazingly, not all of the most embarrassing Eurovision acts have been sent by the UK - but a vast majority of them have been
Eurovision is back again for 2021 after a year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, exhibiting some of Europe s most eccentric pop talent.
Despite only 10 countries competing at this year s event in Rotterdam, compared to the usual 26 finalists, the competition will be watched not only across the continent, but around the world, being broadcast on TV and streamed online by millions.
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH â City employees will receive a 3% raise that was postponed by COVID-19 uncertainties.
In a unanimous vote on first reading, the Indian Rocks City Commission agreed to the raise for 23 non-contract positions at its Jan. 12 regular meeting in City Hall. According to a spreadsheet from City Finance Director Dan Carpenter, the $23,000 budget increase for non-contract workers raises the cityâs annual payroll from $1.217 million to $1.249 million. The commission, in a second motion, also approved 3% pay raises for City Clerk Deanne Bulino O Reilly and City Manager Gregg Mims, who are contract employees.
The raises require a second reading and approval by the commission; the money should appear on paychecks as early as Feb. 17, Carpenter said. The pay increase is not retroactive to October 2020, the beginning of the fiscal year.
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Developer McCauls plans to create 89 homes and 8,000 sq ft of workspace at the grade two-listed 32-34 Laystall Street, just off Manchester’s Great Ancoats Street.
Designed by OMI Architects, the plans will see the restoration of the 1879 building into commercial space. The building was initially constructed as the offices, showroom and workshops of John Armitage & Son’s terracotta and fireclay manufacturing company.
The building will be extended to the corner of Laystall Street and Pigeon Street, “with a contemporary addition to provide a new vertical circulation system for the building”.
To the rear of the showroom, the intention is to build a nine-storey residential development configured in a horse-shoe around a landscaped courtyard. Deloitte is advising on planning, with Stephen Levrant Heritage Architecture also on the team.
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH â The City Commission on Dec. 8 gave Nicholas Rapisardi, owner of the popular VIP Mexican American Cuisine in Treasure Island, permission to sell beer, wine and liquor at a second location heâs opening at 213 Gulf Blvd. in Indian Rocks Beach. He must now apply to the state of Florida for a liquor license at that location.
Set to open in March, the new restaurant will be larger than the one his family has owned since 1994. Rapisardi, who grew up in Seminole, told commissioners he began running the Treasure Island restaurant in 2002 after his father died. Though that original location seats 85 customers, on some nights they have to take the phone off the hook to keep up with the carryout orders in the kitchen, he said.