Michael Rice

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In The Absence of this year's Eurovision Song Contest , the Fans are the night live again the old contests every Saturday.

Eurovision Back to UK Time saw synchronous 8-watch on Youtube - connects-Fans in the whole of Europe online and The Top UK trend on Twitter was, every Time it was on.

"It brings a sense of togetherness and, let me with all My Friends every Saturday, the 20-year-old Nana-Ama Ewusi-Emmim says beat Radio 1 News.

"It's something to look forward to. "

Twitter says that it had 100,000 tweets about The Fan -organized-watch-a-long, the trends in broadcast, higher than shows such as Britain's Got Talent - at the same Time on TV.

most of The current competition was in 1997, that was The Last Time England won with Katrina and The Waves in the Eurovision Back online.

"I was not born in 1997," laughs Nana-Ama. "It was such a strange feeling to see what it's Like to win for the UK. "

The Student Social Worker from London says: "it is Like a lesson of history," each week, and helps you connect With Friends , stay on The Song Contest and distracting you from The News .

"I am focused on something that makes me happy, rather than something that upsets me. "

About 200 spectators watch Eurovision every year, and it has become a big hit for the young audience, with almost half of the under 24-year-olds in Europe to see up to the year 2019 Final .

Nana-Ama says it is a "nice alternative" to The Song Contest - which was to be held next month in The Netherlands after the Dutch artist Duncan Laurence , together with Nana Ama, won Last Year

The idea for the Eurovision came from British fan Rob Holley, who just wanted to Do Something to celebrate the competition.

"It is heart-warming that it is night on this Saturday-institution-in just five weeks," he says.

Rob - with three other Works on Video Clips , graphics, and a voting mechanism for The Show , to see if the Twitter indicator is differ from the original.

"There is a certain righteousness, we are in the situation to court," he says.

"the Fans have a lot to look forward to, because we will keep this going as long as the lockdown takes. "

Eurovision organizers support this fan-initiative and help to older competitions on Youtube for you.

Rob asks the audience to take part in a donation to "The Price of a beer or a good bottle of Wine " - with More Than £7,500 raised so Far For charities, including Stonewall, mermaids, and the Terrence Higgins Trust .

Fans usually pre-Eurovision parties across Europe in this period - such as the Pim was Last Year in Amsterdam, where he met with UK participants, Michael Rice

The 65-Eurovision song Contest was planned in Rotterdam in may, where the 22-year-old Pim Steenbergen.

"I live for the competition," he tells Newsbeat. "This year would be planned to have been amazing, as I was, voluntarily in The Arena , and had meet ups with international Eurovision Fans . "

The Rotterdam Ahoy arena was to help The Netherlands deal with its Covid-19-outbreak.

"the Eurovision is a distraction from all The Bad things," explains Pim. "We can still be in this moment with each other - Even if it's not in Real Life . "

Social limitations mean Pim can't have friends over, so he is grateful for "some Eurovision experience" to tweet to understand about With Friends and he is more The Second Time .

competitions re-Watched by Fans have included far, 2013, 2006, 2009, 2015 and 1997.

"I was eight in 2006-and now, because I understand the explains the English Language is so much more the lyrics have more meaning," Pim.

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