What’s another year
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 05:46 (four years ago) link
shit got real :(
― kinder, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 08:23 (four years ago) link
New acts but artists invited back? Sounds contradictory
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 08:27 (four years ago) link
this is really dumb, it's a song contest not a performer contest, should have found a way to move it online
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 08:28 (four years ago) link
Xpost obviously not all this years acts will want to do it again next year
― Mark G, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 08:55 (four years ago) link
As compensation to the Dutch organisers, Afrojack and DJ Tiesto to remix all songs for next year.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 09:05 (four years ago) link
Is this certain? The Eurovision account itself hasn’t tweeted anything. The cancellation wouldn’t surprise me but the idea that the same artists with new songs will compete next year is a bit strange.
― monotony, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 10:31 (four years ago) link
I think we could have some good fun with an online-only contest, come on now
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 10:42 (four years ago) link
I imagine something like plug.fm, with dancing bears avatars.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:14 (four years ago) link
I think it's more like the artists are not banned from entering again, but the songs each year have to be written the year of the contest, so even if they enter the same artist it can't be the same song. Some of you seem to be reading it as mandatory that the same artists appear, which isn't what the tweet says. (NB I could be wrong myself, but this is how I read it.)
― emil.y, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:20 (four years ago) link
I don't know what "supertv" is, but there's no official report about it being cancelled.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:33 (four years ago) link
(yet, I s'pose)
It's off officially now btw
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 13:34 (four years ago) link
were there going to be any good songs this year?
― coptic feels (seandalai), Sunday, 3 May 2020 01:49 (four years ago) link
Of the ones I‘ve heard (admittedly, not a whole lot) I liked Iceland, Switzerland, and Ukraine most.Bulgaria had a credible Billie Eilish facsimile, but forgot to bring in the Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares choir as backing vocalists to make it truly special. Also have a soft spot for the Czech entry.
Relistening to these now, I’m giving my 12 points to Ukraine, no question (plus a bonus point for reminding me of Die Wilde Jagd’s “2000 Elefanten” with that flute motif).
You’ll probably be able to hear snippets of the entries (hopefully all 41 of them!) during this placeholder event on 16 May: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision:_Europe_Shine_a_Light
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 3 May 2020 09:27 (four years ago) link
Portugal should have chosen this one instead of the insipid ballad it chose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5znBj_mg10
― Nourry, Sunday, 3 May 2020 11:12 (four years ago) link
Ukraine performance on Youtube has massive Eurovision Bingo energy. Good song too.
― coptic feels (seandalai), Sunday, 3 May 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
The way she pronounces "Like CleopatRRRRRa" is pretty cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0VzBCvO1Wk
― coptic feels (seandalai), Sunday, 3 May 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
Q. Is Denmark's "entry" as hatefully smug as every year? [except for the walking Viking dudes, they were fine]A. Why yes it is
― coptic feels (seandalai), Sunday, 3 May 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
That Ukrainian entry is a hacked and stitched together weird beast of things which don't fit at all, and I love it.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 3 May 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link
thanks to this revive I've become totally smitten with Switzerland's francophone operatic ballad. I already posted a link to the studio version, this is him singing it live with just piano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPWeARr2M3MGjon's Tears • Répondez-moi (Acoustic Version)
A solid dix points from me.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
Happy Eurovision day :(
To keep me company I made a playlist of my own favourites over the years, if you too agree that "I Love You Mi Vida" and "Lost and Forgotten" are all-time classics you may find something to enjoy here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL17189D58E7546917
― coptic feels (seandalai), Saturday, 16 May 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
good list!watching this warming-up show from last December - the amazingness of “Fuego” (at the end, just before the “Euphoria” finale, but upstaging Loreen) remains undiminished.it hurts not to have the real thing this year...
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 16 May 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
oops, here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHOezYTDpEY
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 16 May 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
anyone watching?
― kinder, Saturday, 16 May 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
Yes. 30 seconds per song and it still takes 2 hours.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 16 May 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link
“former Eurovision participants offer their thoughts on coronavirus” is not the absolute pinnacle of entertainment but I guess I’ll take what I can get
― coptic feels (seandalai), Saturday, 16 May 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
PrisonRelease MeMy Last BreathStill Breathing
― kinder, Saturday, 16 May 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
"In these difficult times" performed by a continent's worth of artists.
Still I guess it'll do. Now they're teasing ABBA too
― abcfsk, Saturday, 16 May 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
It's either Benny or Bjorn.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 16 May 2020 20:32 (three years ago) link
"They don't show up much these days" -- I think Björn shows up whenever anyone asks. He could've given us some news about the new ABBA tracks at least!
― abcfsk, Saturday, 16 May 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
Benny has been on TV a lot in the last few years as well.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 16 May 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
I wish they'd explain why there's not Eurovision this year
― kinder, Saturday, 16 May 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
Graham Norton's either been stockpiling fake tan or he's got a sunbed in his lockdown house.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 16 May 2020 20:52 (three years ago) link
Release Me sounds like that Sheryl Crow Bond theme with Portishead Live in NYC backing
― kinder, Saturday, 16 May 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
(Belgium)
Had a joint watching party over FB but we hadn't realised the TV show wasn't going to be the actual songs, had to hurriedly move to youtube. Ukraine won our 12 points, but Azerbaijan were really close behind.
― emil.y, Sunday, 17 May 2020 12:39 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvaeu6Oxzc
I'm team finland
― nxd, Saturday, 27 February 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
UK Eurovision 2021 news: Same guy as last year. New song. No you can't hear it yet. No-one cares.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 27 February 2021 16:33 (three years ago) link
From the still I was expecting Finland to be proper metal, not crabcore revival. Not particularly into it, but it is fun.
Ukraine are also entering the same act again, I think last year's song was a bit better but I don't see any other country topping this for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDeMfL8Ib9A
― emil.y, Saturday, 27 February 2021 16:47 (three years ago) link
love this
― nxd, Saturday, 27 February 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
«Шум» is great, didn’t know it was another Eurovision entry! “Solovey” was my favourite last year.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 27 February 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
"Solovey" was great, this is decent, don't think I could make it through a full Go_A album though
― Bignefs Proportionable (seandalai), Sunday, 28 February 2021 02:19 (three years ago) link
I’m all in for this one as well. imagine this mashing (and moshing!) up the place in a live situation - that wail at the end takes it next level
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 February 2021 10:50 (three years ago) link
won’t get thru the semis probably tho. the Solovey love wasn’t very wide-spread last year
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 February 2021 10:51 (three years ago) link
You reckon? Difficult for me to tell as everyone I know adored that one, but I realise my friends probably do not make up the bulk of the Eurovision audience.
― emil.y, Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:28 (three years ago) link
Also, I'm guessing the plan is for Eurovision proper to go ahead this year? Most places seem to be doing better than the UK and even we seem to be managing to roll out vaccinations, so I guess it may be doable?
― emil.y, Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:31 (three years ago) link
it will def go ahead, but most likely scenario will be performances without audience, either in Rotterdam or (more likely) beamed in from all the participating countries.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:39 (three years ago) link
https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2021-determined-yet-realistic-plans-for-may
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link
(this was early Feb, but the socially-distanced audience option is going to be ditched sooner or later)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
bill bailey barred for using the detestable phrase "throw my hat in the ring"
― mark s, Sunday, 23 May 2021 14:25 (two years ago) link
Yes, even the 'rock' songs on EV, like the Finnish song, don't usually have much in the way of rock guitar.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Sunday, 23 May 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
the portuguese song had more of a guitar solo (= unusually much of a guitar solo in this context) (but not in a horrible "the darkness" way) (i did not take the portuguese song to be camp and retro-winky btw)
there's no good reason to like graham continuity-wogan in this role obv but his irritating repeat joke abt metal as "angry music" was especially smug and dullardish (i enjoyed how crestfallen and disgusted he was at the outcome for the UK, it quite took the joy out of his perky-cheeky shtick lol) (good)
― mark s, Sunday, 23 May 2021 14:32 (two years ago) link
Norton sounding crushed was almost as fun as the Swiss lad looking crushed
― Chickpeas, Scamps and Beeves (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 May 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
swiss lad had a genuinely gorgeous impressive voice spoiled by an over-fey (tho probably sincere) performance and a not-great song gussied by by production melodramatics
probably unrepeatable but the points reversals as the popular vote came in were genuinely amazing theatre (as well as a sustained passage of rubbing salt into the uk wound lol lol lol)
― mark s, Sunday, 23 May 2021 14:40 (two years ago) link
i'd like to think if you could vote for your own nation the UK would still have finished nul point
― Chickpeas, Scamps and Beeves (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 May 2021 14:45 (two years ago) link
there are 39 juries and 39 countries of popular vote. That means that in 78 different races, the UK didn't manage to score 10th place or better in any of those. That's actually quite an achievement.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 23 May 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
xpost Waiting for the first negative points entry from them.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 23 May 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
the uk entry had colossal entireled and yet half-assed will-this-do energy
this is why it was so much worse than the german entry, which was skilled and laser-focused trolling (and knowingly achieved its intention)
― mark s, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
that's right
― Chickpeas, Scamps and Beeves (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
yes, but I would prefer to watch something half-arsed, bland and crap than be trolled with some of the most deliberately awful music / visuals I've ever encountered.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
https://i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/article20658489.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_2.jpg
― Chickpeas, Scamps and Beeves (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:13 (two years ago) link
this is my favourite post-mortem take, if we really want to display our contempt to Europe let's have JHB take over next year.
https://i.imgur.com/7ztJK9e.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
hangover or still pissed? you decide
― Chickpeas, Scamps and Beeves (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
germany got its points from juries [2 from austria, 1 from romania] which is to say from professional game-recognise-game acknowledgment of the deliberate deliver of the intended effect
televoters agreed across the board with camaraderie ("it may be a skill but fvck it it offends me")
― mark s, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
I suspect the Austrian / Romanian judges may have thought "hey this isn't for me but it's the kind of shit the idiotic public seem to like" -whereas
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:28 (two years ago) link
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length)
Nah. I hated Germany with a passion but not as much as I hated Portugal.
― emil.y, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:28 (two years ago) link
UK needs to go drill or go home, imo.
― emil.y, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:30 (two years ago) link
Closest UK came to a point was Polish jury (11th). Managed to clock up twenty-one 25th+26th finishes across the 78 polls. EVERY juror on the Israel panel placed UK last, as did the Israel public vote.
Two points from Austrian jury for Germany mostly because of "Juror A" (is that you, Arnie?) and their lunatic 5th-place vote.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
We need a deep dive on how the various juries are made up -- i'm guessing it's approached differently by different countries -- but if they do vote so as to prdict and accord with the popular voter then they are not doing their jobs IMO. The divergence is a strength: it amplifies and dramatises the gulf between how those within the craft (music-biz ppl including musicians) assess music and how the general public asssesses it.
― mark s, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:44 (two years ago) link
also divergence makes the reversals of the final stretch super-exciting
― mark s, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
UK panel on Lithuania: 22nd, 13th, 21st, 20th, 25th. UK televote: 1st.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
― mark s, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
lithuania was one of my faves.i always enjoy the switcheroo with the public votes, it looked worryingly like that wasn't going to happen last night at the start
― kinder, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
Lithuania was the best but I'm not shocked Gary Barlow didn't get it
― Chickpeas, Scamps and Beeves (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
Lithuania overdid the quirky but the song was good.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Sunday, 23 May 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
Don't have strong feelings about Italy either way, but if feels like one of the least catchy winners in recent memory? I can hum a line or two of pretty much every song that won in the past 15 years (ok maybe not Jamala) but yeah I have nothing for "Zitti e Buoni".
― Bignefs Proportionable (seandalai), Sunday, 23 May 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
“1944” has a strong hook tho:Yaşlığıma toyalmadım Men bu yerde yaşalmadım
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 23 May 2021 16:12 (two years ago) link
(this is not snark btw)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 23 May 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
'1944' is an awesome song, didn't remember it being unpopular on here?
― emil.y, Sunday, 23 May 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
yes, it is awesome
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 23 May 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
it is awesome! I just couldn't remember how it goes
― Bignefs Proportionable (seandalai), Sunday, 23 May 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 23 May 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
https://scandipop.co.uk/norways-eurovision-2022-song-subwoolfer-give-wolf-banana/
― nxd, Sunday, 20 February 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link
We have a new thread!
Eurovision Song Contest 2022
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 20 February 2022 16:36 (two years ago) link
ah, ty
― nxd, Sunday, 20 February 2022 16:54 (two years ago) link