Eurovision 2020 (now featuring Eurovision 2021)

Yes. 30 seconds per song and it still takes 2 hours.

“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

Prison
Release Me
My Last Breath
Still Breathing

"In these difficult times" performed by a continent's worth of artists.

Still I guess it'll do. Now they're teasing ABBA too

It's either Benny or Bjorn.

"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!

Benny has been on TV a lot in the last few years as well.

I wish they'd explain why there's not Eurovision this year

Graham Norton's either been stockpiling fake tan or he's got a sunbed in his lockdown house.

Release Me sounds like that Sheryl Crow Bond theme with Portishead Live in NYC backing

(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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvaeu6Oxzc

I'm team finland

UK Eurovision 2021 news: Same guy as last year. New song. No you can't hear it yet. No-one cares.

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

love this

«Шум» is great, didn’t know it was another Eurovision entry! “Solovey” was my favourite last year.

"Solovey" was great, this is decent, don't think I could make it through a full Go_A album though

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

won’t get thru the semis probably tho. the Solovey love wasn’t very wide-spread last year

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.

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?

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.

https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2021-determined-yet-realistic-plans-for-may

(this was early Feb, but the socially-distanced audience option is going to be ditched sooner or later)

Thanks, bc.

out of the rest of the entries that are out now I like Israel’s “Set Me Free” by Eden Alene best - it’s one of several Duannabees (who’d have thunk?):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opmTs9uvENI

favourite line so far: “there ain’t no Apocalypse as long as you’re here on my lips” (© Benny Cristo, Czech Republic, 2021)

worst by some considerable distance is the German entry, which pre-emptively out-Danishes the Danes with the offensively twee “I Don’t Feel Hate” (good for you, I do). it’s probably all very wink-wink ironic, which makes it all the more punchable. here’s hoping the Danes will withdraw in admiration. they couldn’t possibly bottom this.

as we’re preparing to redo the 2020 edition in 2021, the ghost of the 2019 edition is still with us as well:

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-56210143

welcome to the contest... Flo Rida:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRAN7AzEKak

UK's entry: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-56349129
Not totally shit but it couldn't hold my interest for it's entire running time. The horns make it sound like an Olly Murs song.

Why don't they get people or songs with personality for the UK entry, ever. I can't remember the last time. This is going to get some random votes here and there and otherwise people will have forgot about it after listening to 15 other tracks and artists that pop more.

ain’t half bad as UK entries go. it at least sounds like some run of the mill, slightly outdated UK pop instead of like some shit like it usually does

valiant effort by Daði Freyr to catch lightning in a bottle twice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORDK1XQToAY
Daði og Gagnamagnið • 10 Years

yeah :(

I know Eurovision 2020 didn't really happen, but new thread?

in many ways it’s the same edition: same host city, most of the artists are the same.

I could ask une mod to adjust the thread title accordingly, “Eurovision 2020 —-> 2021” or something.

should have added a question mark there, it’s a suggestion after all. hope snoball, the thread starter, can shine their light on the matter

I can change the title to that if you want, I guess it might make sense? I don't have strong feelings either way.

I found 'Think About Things' fairly cloying, I think this one might be more so.

ESC enthusiasts, cast your votes or vetoes before douze heures or yours is losing game, I say!

I don't have strong feelings either way.

Adding 2021 to the thread title is fine by me. Most countries seem to be sending the same acts, just different songs.

what's another year?

thanx emil.y!

solid post-Netta effort from Russia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l01wa2ChX64

France really really reminds me of something else - either that or it got stuck in my head already after two listens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9t_SwPN31s

“Шум/Shum”, “Russian Woman” and Azerbaijan’s “Mata Hari” are sort of triangled in my mind:

“Шум/Shum” and “Russian Woman” are connected through their use of folk melodies, “Russian Woman” and “Mata Hari” through their Arabic/Anatolian elements, and “Mata Hari” connects back to “Шум/Shum” through the metal-like noise (шум means exactly that, and just listen to the final 20 seconds of “Mata Hari”!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSiZmR1c7Q4
Efendi • Mata Hari
(my current favourite)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7-dxzp6Jvs
Go_A • Shum
(this is the official ESC version, shorter and somewhat toned down from the 4’ version emil.y posted upthread)

the triangle works geographically as well:

RUS
^
- -
- -
- -
v v
UKR <- - - - - - - - - - > AZE

(it does in Zing anyway lol)

all 39* entries in 14 minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6FU4wPI-ng

(Belarus was disqualified for being too political, twice,
Armenia decided to withdraw its entry because of the political crisis in the country)

audiences (Dutch only) will be allowed (unless conditions deteriorate):

https://www.escdaily.com/dutch-government-allows-reduced-amount-of-audience-at-eurovision-2021/

Lithuania overdid the quirky but the song was good.

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".

“1944” has a strong hook tho:

Yaşlığıma toyalmadım
Men bu yerde yaşalmadım

(this is not snark btw)

'1944' is an awesome song, didn't remember it being unpopular on here?

yes, it is awesome

it is awesome! I just couldn't remember how it goes

Nah. I hated Germany with a passion but not as much as I hated Portugal.

https://scandipop.co.uk/norways-eurovision-2022-song-subwoolfer-give-wolf-banana/

We have a new thread!

Eurovision Song Contest 2022

ah, ty