Eurovision drinking games rules for your 2024 final party – play along if you dare…  -Jack Slater and Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro

Graham Norton, Rylan Clark and Scott Mills will be commentating on Eurovision 2024 (Picture: Rex/Getty/BBC)

If you want to make the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 a whole lot livelier, look no further than our drinking game.

Look it would not be the Eurovision without partaking in a bit of silly fun alongside the campery and the pageantry – but of course, please drink responsibly.

Eurovision-inspired drinking games have been a part of the tradition for many years now, almost as much as Graham Norton’s exasperated, brutal commentary (and Sir Terry Wogan’s before him) -although this year new commentators Rylan Clark and Scott Mills could give him a run for his money.

So, without dragging this out any longer, as we know you’re all raring to crack open the vino, let’s crack on with the perfect drinking game for tonight’s finale…

During the performances

Okay, there are many, many acts to get through so this will test your endurance. Whatever you’re slurping on, we’ve suggested a very unofficial swig amount for each Eurovision bingo moment below.

Bad joke: one finger

The most inevitable of all the rules. This can be a bad joke from the presenters or a skit that just doesn’t land.

Croatia’s Baby Lasagna is the hot favourite to win the Eurovision (Picture: Jaimie/Backgrid)

‘It was better in rehearsals’: one finger

Graham Norton will have seen all of the performances in the jury rehearsals, so will inevitably remark that a country was a bit crapper than they were before. Also, take a sip if you utter ‘it was better in the semi-final’. 

We get to song nine: two fingers

The late, great Sir Terry Wogan always waited until song nine to have a drink, so it’s time to raise your glass.

Innuendos: one finger

What would Eurovision be without a painfully unsubtle innuendo? Be it from one of the hosts or one of the songs itself, you will be drinking.  

Some serious hair: one finger

Sam Ryder might not be representing us this year, but he’s far from the only Eurovision act known for their luscious locks.

Graham compares an artist to a celebrity: two fingers

Maybe it’s an Irish thing, but similar to Louis Walsh’s famous comparisons on The X Factor, where he’d compare someone to a celebrity they bore next to no resemblance with, Graham is often making lofty claims of performers looking like other celebs.

We cannot wait for who he compares tonight.

If you want to mix things up, we also suggest the group take a shot when:

A song from the Balkan contains the word ‘Balkan’ (apparently something they always do)

Someone in the audience is shown with a flag face painting

The rainbow flag is shown

They deploy a wind machine

Someone does a costume change mid-song.

Bookies have also given favourable odds for Ireland’s Bambie Thug (Picture: Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty Images)

During the voting

Right, you’ve made it hours in. If you’re still with us after the first round of drinks, you’re made of sturdy stuff.

The jury votes call for the need for some new drinking rules, and, if history is anything to go by, you might need a drink to get through this portion.

Technical difficulties: one finger

We’ve put a man on the moon, yet getting Estonia to dial in without a delay or awkward silences is beyond the pale.

Catherine Tate appears: Two fingers

Take an extra shot if our official spokesperson tonight, Dame Joanna Lumley, says ‘absolutely fabulous, darling’ in the style of her iconic character Patsy.

Dame Joanna is the UK’s official spokesperson at Eurovsion (Picture: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Burberry)

Graham Norton correctly predicts neighbours swapping douze points: two fingers

Ah, the voting bloc, you never fail to add fuel to the ‘it’s all about politics!’ fire. It’s not real, people, some cultures are just alike!

A spokesperson decides to sing or play an instrument: one finger

Perhaps this should be called the Amanda Holden effect. A minor pop star/singer/actress/actor from our neighbouring countries usually decide to make this their moment. Time restrictions be damned.

The UK gets 12 points: down your drink

We’d normally say this would be a rarity, but after Sam Ryder nearly took us all the way to glory in 2022 -and Olly Alexander is a bonafide pop superstar with former band Years & Years – we might just see some points thrown our way…

Switzerland’s Nemo will be performing in the grand final (Picture: Jaimie/Backgrid)

Somebody’s gracious face slips: one finger

This, in tribute to 2019 Swedish entry John Lundvik, is bound to happen as the televote points are totted up. Somebody who excels in the jury vote can absolutely tank with the public and immediately rocket down the leaderboard. Cruel? Yes. Funny? Also yes. 

Somebody gets nul point (either in the jury or televote): two fingers

It used to be us, but it doesn’t mean it’s always just us.

The last time a country scored nil points was, naturally, us in 2021 with James Newman’s song Embers.

The UK wins: open a bottle of champagne

It probably won’t happen. But if it does, you want to be prepared.

Eurovision’s grand final starts at 8pm tonight on BBC One and iPlayer.

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