What’S This About A Stage Invasion?

[chrissa1]

https://news.sky.com/story/stage-invader-grabs-mic-during-uk-eurovision-performance-11369893

Do you think it’ll get us some more votes?

[tonyav]

I don't know, chrissa. I would have thought that security would have been pretty tight, but obviously not.

[Buenchico]

He wasn't carrying a ladder ;-)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-43898535

[tonyav]

I noticed that he wasn't pushing a shopping trolley either, Chris.

[Baldric]

///Why don’t they have better security?///

As someone who has worked in Security, I thought the Security Team did very well, neutralised him and got him out of the way rapidly.
How would you do better?

[Zacs-Master]

Security guards at every access point to the stage ie wings, any steps and bottom of each aisle.

[Cloverjo]

I'd forgotten it was on. Isn't there usually much more publicity for the poor sap who will end up with nul points?

[Cloverjo]

What a funny list of banned items! Why can't I bring my trolley in?

[soliloquy]

I said earlier that she was miming - which was contradicted. However, if you look at the video, after the man has snatched her microphone, she can still be heard singing. Others - probably all - were miming. It is impossible to sing and dance at the same time.

[Buenchico]

Soliloquy:
She wasn't singing solo. She was accompanied by backing singers and it's their voices which continued to be heard when she was deprived of her microphone.

[chrissa1]

I agree, Chris. She wasn’t miming.