One angry viewer called it a “cluster f**k” and others were left disappointed as the final performance was abruptly cut short
Looking back at 2019, EUROVISION’s semi-final was thrown into chaos tonight when the show crashed live on air following a technical blunder.
BBC Four announced they had technical difficulties after almost a minute of dead air towards the end of the show and fans were furious it was cut short.
An image said: “We are sorry for the break in this programme and are trying to correct the fault”
Viewers were left scratching their heads as one said: “What happened @bbceurovision? BBC Four crashes minutes before the end of the #Eurovision semi final concludes”
One more said: “”Hey @bbceurovision@BBCFOUR you coming back?”
Another fan remarked: “”Omg. Cut to anthem at end. Wtf @bbceurovision?!? Serious clusterf***.
“Are we just pretending that didn’t happen??? @Channel4 you guys want to broadcast next year?”
BBC Four’s Eurovision Twitter account is yet to tweet an explanation for the technical failure.
Meanwhile, others fans warned that it had “better not happen on Saturday” during the final and hit out at the BBC.
One person moaned: “Omg. Cut to anthem at end. Wtf @bbceurovision?!? Serious clusterf***.”
Another said: “Are we just pretending that didn’t happen??? @Channel4 you guys want to broadcast next year?”
The Eurovision semi-final’s first half opened with last year’s winner Netta performing her electronic track, Toy.
Fans were delighted with the return of the “weird chicken dance” and raved about the “amazing stage” on Twitter.
Seventeen countries then competed in Tel Aviv for a place in Saturday’s final.
Ten countries made it through and the second semi-final will take place on Thursday also from 8-10pm on BBC4.
Rylan Clark Neal and Scott Mills will form the same commentary team for both shows.
This year’s UK representative, Michael Rice, is automatically entered into Saturday’s final, with Rylan explaining that it is one of the Big Five – countries that are the biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcast Union.
It has been 20 years on since Israel hosted the Eurovision. Portugal’s capital Lisbon hosted the classic show in 2018.
