The grand traditions laid down by Terry Wogan and Graham Norton mean we
drink whilst watching the Eurovision Song Contest. If you like a little
competitiveness around it, then here is our list. When anything in the
list below happens, we all drink.
Going to print these out?
Don't bother. You don't need to remember the list. Which is handy because if you play along, towards the end of the night you'll be unable to. Instead, give us a follow on social media and we'll tell you when to drink and why.
You can follow the game and other chatter on Bluesky. As opportunities to drink occur, there'll be a post about it pretty sharp-ish. And some new rules get made up on the day.
(But if you must have it on paper, just hit print now, and this webpage should comfortably fit on one sheet. No need to copy and paste.)
Level up! — notifications To get a notification on your phone whenever it's time to drink, follow the "rules-only" feed account @feed and use an app like BlueNotify to get almost real-time drinking notifications. Drinkifications.
(It's not exactly convenient, sure, but we do what we must because we can.)
Level up! — data feed
Are you a nerd and want to program your lights to flash when you should
drink, or something equally crazy? Well, you can get a
JSON data feed!
Write some code that fetches
/2025/drinking.json
every few seconds and go to town! A working example of what you'll get
on the day can be found at
/2024/drinking.json —
an array of objects, sorted most-recent first.
Remember to drink responsibly…
- Always refresh the glass of your guests before your own.
- Always have copious snacks available.
- A true Eurovision Drinking Game fan knows to stay hydrated, and to pace themselves. Nobody likes a sloppy drunk.
- No belching.
No more than once per performance
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Crazy dancing
Only one person singing? Why not add some crazy dancers to distract the audience!
One finger.
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Innuendo
Sorry, what did they just sing? What are they doing?
One finger.
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Key change
A dramatic Westlife-esque key change in the middle of the song.
One finger.
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Language change
Switching from one language to another, that's just trying to curry favour with the judges.
One finger.
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Pyrotechnics
Pyrotechnics fire at some point during the song.
One finger.
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Removing a part of the outfit
"And try to look as if you dont care less, but if you wanna see some more..."
Two fingers.
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Shapes
Geometric shapes instead of a captivating performance.
One finger.
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Singer from another country
You're not from around these parts are you?
Two fingers.
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Smoke machine
"We all came out to Montreux..." Smoke on the water, er, stage.
One finger.
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Strobes
Lights flashing quickly enough to erase how bad the song is from your brain.
One finger.
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Too many pyrotechnics
Something is actually on fire! Accidentally?
Down your drink.
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Using text
"And when I get that feeling, I want textual healing…" Use your words!
One finger.
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Virtual performers
Let's get more two-dimensional performers involved!
One finger.
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Wearing colour
Black, beige, grey, and white are not the only colours they sell clothes in.
One finger.
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Wind machine
WHOOSH!
One finger.
During the jury scoring
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Douze Points
The United Kingdom gets top marks from a country. Huh?
Down your drink.
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Milking it
The spokesperson for the country in question makes too big a meal out of their short time on screen.
One finger.
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Pregnant pause
The spokesperson for the country in question doesn't realise they're live on air.
One finger.
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Top points to your neighbours!
A country gives maximum marks to a neighbouring country.
One finger.