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This year's Eurovision may be over but it's never too early to start thinking about next year's festivities. And if you had a particularly good party this year, email us with your party tips so that we can add them to our guide.
Enjoy!
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It's best to invite people who you know are game for a laugh and who won't mind entering into the daftness of a good Eurovision party.
Before you seal the envelopes with the invitations in, write the name of all the competing countries down on some paper, cut these up and fold them so you don't know what's on them. Put one slip of paper in each envelope.
The ideal number of people for a Eurovision party is 26 (including yourself) that way you get one person to represent each country.
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| DÉCOR |
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If you're going to do this properly, you'll need to turn your front room into a veritable palace of kitsch.
Lots of European flags.
Posters of famous Eurovision stars of the past (e.g. Cliff Richard, Bucks Fizz, Sandie Shaw, Precious, Katrina and the Waves, Sonia…).
A small shrine to Wogan on top of your telly (which has been moved to a prime viewing position for the party).
A large map of Europe, balloons, glittery material and fairy lights to create atmosphere.
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| DRESS CODE |
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All the best Eurovision parties are fancy dress, this may seem like hassle but it's worth it! Here are some suggestions for themes…
National costume for the country you've been invited to represent.
Your favourite Eurovision star.
Dress only in the colour(s) of the country's flag.
"Eurotrash"
Dress in whatever first comes to mind when you think of a country. For example: Nokia (Finland), a Danish Pastry, a bottle of Becks (Germany), a Malteser (er...)
Everyone comes as Terry Wogan (wears Wogan masks etc.)
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| FOOD AND DRINK |
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This will surely be the make or break for your party - if everyone comes up with the goods you'll have one hell of a hangover in the morning!
Ask each guest to bring a tipple and a snack for the country that they're representing for the evening. This can be traditional but if this proves difficult (FYR Macedonia?!) ask them to use their imagination with this… Tempt them with a prize for the best or most obscure efforts.
If you're feeling flash, why not cook everyone a traditional Turkish meal before watching the competition?
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| GAMES TO PLAY |
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Games to play whilst watching the action: Be warned, this could get messy!! Don't go overboard or you won't be able to see the telly, let alone remember who won! Ooh, and remember to have Ceefax turned on for some unique translations of those Europop lyrics…
Before watching the competition, ask each guest to donate a pound to a sweepstake. The winner being the person representing the country that wins Eurovision.
If your guests have brought their respective spirits then you're laughing. Everyone must toast the acts by drinking a shot of the local drink whilst that act is onstage (you'll need lots of shot glasses or disposable cups to do this properly).
Interact with what's going on in Turkey by setting up your own scoring after each act has been on. You can do this either by giving your guests a copy of our fab Eurovision Score Card or by erecting a blackboard, giving all your guests cards labelled 1 - 12 and take the average from what they hold up for each act. Make your scoring more interesting by voting on the song, the costume, the dancing and the comedy value of each act.
Give face paints to your guests. Challenge them to represent their country on their face - painting a flag on their face for example, giving a prize for the best effort.
When the scoring takes place, you must drink a shot of your chosen drink every time the country you're representing gets 12 points or no points.
Or, every time your country scores 12 points you have to take a drink from the "Cup Of Europe" (OK, a hollowed out watermelon filled with a fearsome mix of pan-european spirits that your guest have brought!).
Or, when you selected country is giving its scores, you have to drink for all of that time. If your selected country is Sweden, you MUST be drinking vodka…
If you're gonna vote, move your telephone closer to your sofa. There is nothing as annoying as half sloshed people who jump out of the sofa and shout, "aaahm gunna vote, wherez da phone, man?!". Also, if you've got a mobile phone, keep it standing by.
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APRÉS EUROVISION ENTERTAINMENT |
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It's over for another year. How do you stop your guests from feeling sad?
Eurovision Karaoke
A Eurovision Quiz with prizes
Show the best bits from Eurovisions of the past.
Find 2 women and/or 2 men willing to help you and a friend re-create the Buck's Fizz skirt-pulling entry for the UK in 1981.
Thanks to everyone who has sent in ideas including: David Lloyd, Mike Rimmer, Mel, Ronnie, Fiona Molumby, Nat, Jonathan, Dennis Brandrick, Sovereign Dan and Paul!
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