William Lee Adams
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🎙️ Senior Journalist @bbcworldservice 🇻🇳 My documentary "Vietnam: Return to Banana Garden Market" is available now on @BBCiPlayer ✍️ Author of "Wild Dances"
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🇻🇳 In July I carried my brother’s ashes to our family pagoda in Saigon — a final thank you for the life we shared. 🗺️ “Vietnam: Return to Banana Garden Market” is available now on @BBCNews. 📺 Watch it here: #TravelDocumentary #Vietnam #TravelShow
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🇺🇦 Ukraine’s #Eurovision commentator Timur Miroshnychenko is broadcasting from a bomb shelter this evening.
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🇮🇹 Damiano from @thisismaneskin is a MOOD at the #Eurovision winner’s press conference. 👠 🍾 🤣
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🇪🇸 I was tired and worn. But the Holy Chanel brought comfort and succour (and mango juice 🥭). #eurovision #esc2022 @ChanelTerrero
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📣 “I don’t recognise this…it’s like being from the wrong football club.”. 🇸🇪 #Eurovision’s long-time floor manager addresses the crowd after some pre-show booing. 😵💫 Tensions are high after a chaotic day that saw one act disqualified and multiple spokespeople withdrawing.
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😉 It was not 🇪🇸 . #BenidormFest #BenidormFest2023
¿Qué jurado creéis que le dio el 10 a La Blanca Paloma en el #Benidormfest2023 ?. Yo creo que fue la Wiwi… 🤔.
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🇫🇷 The climax of France’s #Eurovision performance comes when Slimane steps back from the mic and sings “Mon Amour” a cappella. But during today’s dress rehearsal, he decided to fill the silence with another message: one calling for peace.
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Love is not fireworks. Love is feeling. And @Amaia_ot2017 and @Alfred_ot2017 are definitely feeling each other. Beautiful. #ESP #Almaia #Eurovision #ESC2018
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#Eurovision 2018 has come to a close. I have to thank the #Almaia fandom for brightening up the journey this year. You’ve been such a joy to tweet with. It doesn’t matter where you are on the scoreboard. Love still wins 🇪🇸
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🇪🇸 Ocho grandes opciones, una decisión complicadísima. Nos vemos esta noche #BenidormFest . #eurovision2023 #BenidormFest2023
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🇸🇪 Knock Loreen off the top of the #ESC250 and she comes back for BLOOD. That was incredible. Memorable, emotional, avant-garde yet somehow mainstream. Drag me through that sandstorm whenever. Seems like #Eurovision2023 was just decided. #Eurovision #Melodifestivalen
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Nothing but love for Spain’s @Alfred_ot2017 and @Amaia_ot2017 🇪🇸 #ESC2018 #Eurovision #Eurovision2018
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My #OT18GalaEurovision winner is @mikiot2018 with "La venda". Miki absolutely owns it and clearly feels comfortable. It's crazy enough to make you sit up but not so "out there" that you turn away. Happy, optimistic, sunny, bright, passionate. This is the Spain I love! 🇪🇸
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You don’t have to speak Spanish to feel the power of “Tu canción”. Love is universal. And together Alfred and Amaia are magic. #IsraelCalling #Eurovision
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❤️ #Eurovision hopeful Rigoberta Bandini celebrates the importance and beauty of the nipple. 🇪🇸 One must keep abreast of developments at #BenidormFest.
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During #Almaia's jury performance, the entire audience lit up their mobile phones. It created a sea of stars and was so beautiful. Well done @Amaia_ot2017 and @Alfred_ot2017 #Eurovision
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It finally happened! So nice to meet Spain’s #Eurovision 2019 star @mikiot2018 ❤️🇪🇸 We talk about his staging, exercise regime, eating meat and more. Interview soon on @wiwibloggs #ESC2019
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I can't help but think Miki is underdressed. Natalia went to Balenciaga, he went to H&M. #OT18GalaEurovision #OT18 #Eurovision
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Such a kind soul 🇧🇬 Bulgaria's @KristianKostov_ came to thank @wiwibloggs for the support following a very emotional #eurovision. Love him 😭
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🇪🇸 So much about this screams #Eurovision winner 🤩 . 🔥 @ChanelTerrero ripped the roof off by getting down on the floor 😭 . #eurovisioninconcert #esc2022 @eurovision_tve
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🇫🇷 France’s @Babpravi has been working closely with the camera operator for two weeks. They exchanged fist bumps after her killer performance 😭 . #eurovision #esc2021
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🇺🇦 At the #Eurovision winner’s press conference, a Ukrainian journalist had just one question for Kalush Orchestra: “Can I please hug you?”. #esc2022 #eurovision2022
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Alfred and Amaia's production team really upped their game this morning. The lighting is more romantic and the shots more intimate and flowing. Fashion wise, the pair turned out and looked more glam 🔥 #Almaia at Madrid Fashion Week, please. #Eurovision
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Spain's Alfred & Amaia sound great during their first #Eurovision rehearsal. But the camera shows too much of the back and sides of their heads and it pans away too much. I want to see their beautiful faces, which convey so much emotion and passion, up close. Please Spain 🙏
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🇪🇸 El momento ha llegado: ¡Vamos a elegir al ganador o ganadora de Eurovision 2023!. #benidormfest #benidormfest2023 #eurovision2023
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In this screen grab I look like a proud father watching my daughter get married to her beloved 😂👫 #Almaia #ESC2018 #Eurovision #EiC2018 #Eurovision2018
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🇺🇦 Incredible and surreal that Ukraine is staging its #Eurovision 2023 national final live from an underground bomb shelter. They won’t be silenced 🙏🏻. #Vidbir2023 #vidbir
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Mother Teresa said “the smile is the beginning of love” 🇪🇸 Keep on smiling @Alfred_ot2017 and @Amaia_ot2017 😁😁😁 #ESC2018 #AllAboard #Eurovision #Almaia
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🇪🇸 Spain’s @BlancaPaloma_rb reaching out to her grandmother Carmen, making contact and using the power to slay the #Eurovision stage. 🕊️ The white dove just flew to the heavens and the arena is SHAKING. Get it girl!. #eurovision2023 #UnitedByMusic
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🇮🇹 It’s a beautiful sight! Congrats to @Mahmood_Music and Blanco!. #festivaldisanremo22 #Sanremo2022 #Eurovision
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🇬🇧 Spotted in the BBC atrium: A massive photo of @rinasawayama. 🥹 The Rina #Eurovision fantasy just won’t quit.
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Alfred & Amaia tell me they’re going to celebrate #Eurovision with a date night at the movies. They’ll watch Spider-Man. #ESC2018 #Almaia
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Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language, died in her sleep last night aged 46. She was a lifelong friend to her teacher and caregiver Penny Patterson, and an ambassador for her species. RIP dear Koko.
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How can a song about ugly plastic be so beautiful? 😭 🌎 Congratulations Spain, congratulations @_melaniofficial 🇪🇸 #JESC #JESC2019.
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Thank you to @Alfred_ot2017, @Amaia_ot2017 and the entire #Almaia fandom for reminding my sister that love exists. She enters #Eurovision stronger and ready for romance ❤️ Full reaction here: #ESC2018 #AllAboard
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Tens of thousands of artists would love to be in María and Natalia’s position. And now they’re acting like they’re above #Eurovision and #OT2018? Ima quote Ariana. BYE! 🇪🇸 #OTEurovision #OT
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🇬🇷 This is what Greece’s staging looks like in the arena. The crew rolls in a green screen staircase while the camera is turned away. #Eurovision #ESC2021
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Following their first #eurovision rehearsal, Spain’s Alfred & Amaia told me they have plenty of surprises in store. Stay tuned! 🇪🇸 #AllAboard #ESC2018 #Almaia
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Overall Spain’s #Eurovision pool is so-so. But there are definitely a few gems for the #OTEurovision gala 🇪🇸 Good luck amigos. Choose wisely! Full reaction video on the @wiwibloggs YouTube channel ➡️ 💥 #Eurotemazo2019 #ot2018 @DebanAderemi
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A man just snatched @surieofficial's microphone but our girl kept on slaying. Surely she'll be given the chance to perform again? #Eurovision #ESC2018
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It's rumoured that Russia's nuclear arsenal is hidden inside Mount Samoylova #ESC2018 #Eurovision #EuroSemi2 #Eurovision2018
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🇪🇸’s @amaiaromero is right: #Eurovision isn’t the most important thing in life. She’s encouraging a healthy approach to the song contest and easing the pressure on @mikiot2018. ESC is obviously huge. But friendship, family, love. they matter more than three minutes on stage.
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Spain’s @Alfred_ot2017 and @Amaia_ot2017 give us so much ENERGY. Feel that FUEGO 🔥 @wiwibloggs interview coming soon 🇪🇸 #ESC2018 #Eurovision #Eurovision2018
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🇫🇮 Käärijä had the #Eurovision press room bouncing. First time all evening that I felt like I was at a cage fight. #esc2023 #UnitedByMusic
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She's got the tightest tuck in the business. And now @RuPaulsDragRace star @courtneyact is competing to sing for Australia at #Eurovision 🇦🇺 #AusDecides
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🇪🇸 Booty hypnotic…make you want more! . 😆 Thanks for the laughs @ChanelTerrero. #Eurovision #esc2022 #eurovisioninconcert @eurovision_tve @wiwibloggs
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🇪🇸 Hola, Spain! And hello #BenidormFest2023 . ✅ The international jury has now seen all of the performances ahead of tonight’s first semi-final. ❤️ This is going to be a SHOW!. #eurovision2023 #eurovision
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Love how Serbian pop diva @karleusastar supports her team at the #WorldCup This is how you do it!
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#Eurovision fans sneaking out of family commitments and social gatherings to go home and watch Spain’s #BenidormFest
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🇺🇦 Ukraine’s lead singer Kateryna sings of the coming spring. She understands rebirth and renewal: she grew up near Chernobyl. #Eurovision #ESC2021
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🇭🇷 #Eurovision favourite Baby Lasagna says cats and friends are more important than awards and trophies 🥹.
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The Wikipedia entry for #Eurovision 2017 says that @DebanAderemi and I will sing for San Marino. 🇸🇲 Not true. We don't have the money! 😂
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🤔 I’m guessing…. Semi-Final 1: 🇨🇾 Cyprus opens, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg closes. Semi-Final 2: 🇲🇹 Malta opens, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands closes. #Eurovision2024 #Eurovision.
The Running Orders of the Semi-Finals will be announced on our YouTube channel at 18:00 CET today!.
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🚨 SURPRISE! 🚨 Last summer Will Ferrell very kindly invited me to appear as myself in the #Netflix #EurovisionMovie 🎥 🍿 We didn’t have #Eurovision this year, but thankfully the movie is a silly, goofey burst of sunshine and heart ☀️😎 The Story of Fire Saga is streaming now!
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Yesterday I was walking to a pizza place in South London when a Spanish #Eurovision fan came up to me saying, "Excuse me, but I think you support #Almaia?" I couldn't believe it. They are connecting people everywhere! PS Love his Insta name: @amaiavibes
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"Lo Malo" isn't just an anthem of female empowerment — it's an empowering anthem for us all! Get it, girls! 👫👬🕺 #OTEurovision #EurovisionOT #Eurovision #AllAboard
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When they announced that the winner of #DragRaceUK gets no cash prize and no make-up from Anastasia Beverly Hills 🇬🇧
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Me congratulating @mikiot2018 after seeing that he is currently #1 in the annual @wiwibloggs #Eurovision rankings 🇪🇸❤️ #WiwiJury #ESC2019
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Inoffensive and mildly inspirational, #UnitedByMusic does the job as a #Eurovision slogan. But the real treat is the logo — an infinite series of hearts coming together, each one impacting the next. Will look great in motion as it morphs to reflect flags of various countries.
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🇭🇷 #Eurovision favourite Baby Lasagna visited us at our Emporia Rooftop Lounge…and the crowd did not fit in the tent. 🎤 Interview coming soon to the @wiwibloggs YouTube channel.
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First a spot at #Eurovision. Now the #OTFinal crown. #Amaia’s coronation is complete 🇪🇸 #AmaiaGanadora
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😆 Y’all, the Internet is wild. 🇭🇷 Thanks to Croatia’s Let 3 for all the memories. #eurovision #eurovision2023
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When #Eurovision fans tell me that Alfred and Amaia don't have chemistry I'm like. #OTFiesta 🇪🇸
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The brutal moment #Eurovision host Bar Refaeli says, “Germany, you received. I’m sorry. Zero points.” #DareToDream #ESC2019 Full reaction to the voting results on the @wiwibloggs YouTube channel ➡️
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Wow. Congrats to North Macedonia’s @TamaraTodevska for owning the #Eurovision jury vote 🇲🇰 You deserve this! #ESC2019
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This is @Madonna arriving at the #Eurovision venue in @TelAviv for rehearsals. Madame X is ready! #ESC2019
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Wow. @Babpravi just served Loreen-level chills! Grand song delivered with a magical intimacy. Bravo! #CVQD #Eurovision #EurovisionFrance
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Congrats to Dua Lipa for winning tonight's Champions League Final. You killed it! #UCLfinal
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#MissVietnam gave the most emotional opening statement. An ethnic minority who was meant to be married off at 14, she said NO, got herself an education and is now in the Top 20 of #MissUniverse POWERFUL STUFF! 🇻🇳 #MissUniverse2018
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Here come the Men in Black: @EquinoxBulgaria and #eurovision runner-up @KristianKostov_ throw down in Amsterdam 🇧🇬 #ESC2018 #Eurovision2018 #AllAboard
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Last year 1.5 million people watched Spain's #Eurovision selection. Last night nearly 3.1 million watched the #OTEurovision gala 🇪🇸 Audience share increased from 8.9% to 23.6%. Well done @OT_Oficial and @eurovision_tve 🔥 #OTDirecto30E
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@BelChi90 Alfred and Amaia EMBRACED Eurovision and have done very well afterwards. Give love, get love, ya know?
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#Eurovision is cancelled. But I can’t comfort eat because panic buyers took all the ice cream 😭🇳🇱
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🇬🇧 #Eurovision press room showing a lot of love for @bbceurovision’s @SamRyderMusic during his second rehearsal 🤩
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🇮🇹 Love how Amadeus literally shows the camera the #Sanremo2022 results card to avoid any and all speculation of a Steve Harvey, Miss Universe-style mix-up. 😭 Also loving Mahmood’s care and concern for runner-up Elisa. #festivaldisanremo22 #sanremo
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Sending buckets of love to #Eurovision winner @ConchitaWurst. Courageous, brave and in total control. Keep writing your own story! 🇦🇹❤️ #ConchitaWurst
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Ukrainian #Eurovision fans Iryna and Vitalii have arrived in Turin. Their suits commemorate the Ukrainian cities that have been most impacted by the war.
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