Eurovision 2010: LIVE BLOG

Refresh for updates, new updates added to the top of the page. 23:13 Germany wins, and all the songs we like got nowhere. And the UK ended up finishing BOTTOM OF THE ENTIRE CONTINENT, meaning we weren’t even right about that. Mind you, in a roundabout way, Wales beat England...

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Aah! That’s Who Ed Miliband Reminds Us Of.

Or is it just us? - LIVE EUROVISION BLOG TOMORROW EVENING! It’s like the World Cup of bland tunesmiths!...

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Why Did We Never Get A Flashback Episode For Vincent The Labrador?

First update for a while (hey, the weather’s been really nice lately), so we’d better get something together to prove we’re still alive. In one of the most thrilling scheduling moves in the history of television, Sky One are showing the two-and-a-half-hour series finale of...

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Pop Video Of The Year!

Is the mysterious 'tykylevits' the hottest new pop sensation of 2010? We say: yes! More of his brilliantly demented offerings here. (Discovered via Robert Popper's websit...

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Possibly the last update of the night

Well, it’s past 3am, and it really does look like we’re a long way from a clear result actually happening. And, going by the latest pictures on the BBC, we’re not even going to get the enthralling spectacle of (a) a fleet of tinted-windowed Sports Utility Vehicles circling around...

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Hung Parliament Latest

Despite us really suspecting the election is going to end in a slender Conservative majority, the BBC are still reporting that it’s looking like a hung parliament. And, indeed, the swingometer is suggesting this could well be the case. With that in mind, one of our operatives...

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Fashion Trends LATEST from ITV News

The results are in! Gerry Adams and Ming Campbell are both The New Black. Out: tweed, and spinning bow ties. Meanwhile, it seems that Gordon Brown is BACK. Yes, in capitals. ...

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Cross-Broadcaster Disparity Update

It’s a bit of an eye-opener, this “watching two different channels at once” thing. While the BBC have cut to results from Putney… ITV seem to have already decided who’s won that one ages ago, and are concentrating on Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath… While ITV presumably know...

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That Cross-Broadcaster Disparity In Full

Yes, we’re a bit slow on the uptake, but we’ve just thought of putting the web stream of ITV’s coverage up on our second monitor while we watch BBC One on our proper telly. This means that for the first time ever, we’re actually watching ITV’s coverage of the election results!...

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New Low For BBC One’s Election Coverage

They've now resorted to Jeremy Vine taking us on a guided tour of his Second Life house, along with the funny LOL animal pictures he uses to decorate it. (By which we mean, it’s actually us who are rapidly running out of ideas.)...

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Election Night in Screengrabs: Part Two

[23:32] Interesting times at the BBC, with Peter Mandelson being told off for “Tweeting” by Paxo, in the manner of a schoolmaster spotting one of his unruly charges chewing some Wrigleys during a double period of history. PAXO: “Are you Twittering?” MANDY, GESTURING TO THE...

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Daily Show Edit News [Election Night 2010]

On April 29th, The Daily Show took its second glance at the 2010 UK General Election, wittily adapting a running joke of theirs in order to name the segment “Clustershag To 10 Downing” (omitting ‘Street’ for some reason. Those Americans, eh?), mentioning the second leader’s...

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