The Loose Women ladies were left lost for words today after Janet Street-Porter poked fun at Eurovision star Mae Muller. The final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in Liverpool on Saturday night (May 13), saw Sweden's entry Loreen take the crown whilst the UK's entry Mae Miller came second to last.
Singer-songwriter Mae, 25, entered the contest with her self-written hit I Wrote A Song, but sadly it failed to impress the rest of Europe after scraping together a total of 24 points, putting the UK just ahead of Germany who came in last place.
Following her performance, the gutted Eurovision star tweeted: "I just want to say thank u x I know I joke a lot but we really put our all into the last few months, not the result we hoped for but so proud of everyone & what we achieved on this journey. Congrats to all the countries, I’ll never forget this journey and I love you all."
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On Monday's edition of Loose Women (May 15), the panel made up of Janet Street-Porter, 76, Ruth Langsford, 63, Brenda Edwards, 54 and Judi Love, 42, gave their views in the aftermath of the singing contest.
It then appeared that Janet had a firm opinion on the UK's act as she made a remark which seemed to shock her co-hosts.
The four panellists were debating the topic of 'Should we take Eurovision more seriously?' when Janet said: "Here in Britain we've got the best technicians, the best lighting, the best costumes.
"The whole package was good and all the little films were really, really good, but then when we came to our song, it was like Lily Allen from about 10 years ago."
A shot then cut to Brenda Edwards as she pulled an awkward face as Judi Love exclaimed: "Wow, wow, wow." The audience could also be heard reacting to Janet's remark.
She then continued: "I mean I'm sorry but...", as Ruth asked: "you didn't think it was Eurovision-ey enough?".
Janet then added: "No, even my dog went and had a lie down and turned his back the other way," as the audience laughed.
And viewers appeared to agree.
@escmacrae wrote: "I’ve been watching Loose Women today just to get their reaction to Eurovision. Now, when it came to Janet Street-Porter I got worried and then, she hit the nail on the head with the UK, harsh but accurate.
"Styling wasn’t it for Mae and looking like Lily Allen from 10 years ago."
Janet then went on to talk about some of the other Eurovision acts including Sweden winner Loreen.
"Her fingernails were kind of like five foot long and she had a plastic nappy on," she said, before Brenda added: “It’s called a jumpsuit.”
Janet also said: "All the men on the show I think felt they had to be more feminine, they had to go a bit more gender neutral, a bit more transient. There were lots of bugle beads, ruffles, frocks and that was just on the blokes."
Viewer @popnvibes tweeted: "Janet street porter moaning that the blokes were feminine on Eurovision…It’s Eurovision… this is when I don’t like wfh #LooseWomen."
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