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Eurovision 2021

I'm an old queen haha. Was allowed to watch it by mum in 1991 and just something clicked. I've loved it ever since. It is, at heart, a wholesome programme which has had ups and downs and roundabouts over the years, and I try not taking it seriously, because it is complete nonsense if you step back. But it's great to have something so silly still carrying on, and people engaging in a contest that puts European music in a very unique setting.

I'll try to fill in the blanks by the end of the week. Today, incidentally, is the Heads of Delegation meeting where all the bigwigs are getting together to make sure everything is good to go for May.
 
Having rejected their first song for its political content, the EBU has rejected Belarus' second attempt for also being against the rules and regulations, so Belarus are effectively disqualified.
 
PR1Berske said:
Having rejected their first song for its political content, the EBU has rejected Belarus' second attempt for also being against the rules and regulations, so Belarus are effectively disqualified.
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Are you going to add the few songs that are missing? I see that one of them, Malta, is currently joint fav with the bookies - not that I like it much, but I can see why. Here's a link to the odds in case anyone fancies an early punt https://www.bet365.com/#/AC/B137/C20735028/D1/E57605661/F2/
 
PR1Berske said:
Denmark
"Øve Os På Hinanden"

You may have noticed that the English language dominates the modern Eurovision. Back in 1998, when the BBC held the show in Birmingham, there was a rule that ensured countries could only sing in their 'native' languages, which allowed for the UK, Ireland, and Malta to use English, and everyone else had to stick to their own. France occasionally wandered from this - they used Breton, Corsican, and in 1993 Antillean Creole - although this was very much exception, not the rule. All changed in 1999, when the language rule was abolished and since then, English has dominated. Since the 2010 contest onwards, English is 90% the Final running order.

..., so the national language rule was clearly not in force then
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Abba won with Waterloo in 1974 which was sung in English



Otherwise, we'd have got this,



If they'd sung this version, would the French have flattered or would they have seen it as a wind-up?

 
I've just gone through this thread and I have three songs outstanding, so once I get back from the Spar and get some breakfast on the go, I'll get that resolved.
 
Azerbaijan
"Mata Hari"

You've done it. It's the run-up to the 2020 Eurovision and you've got a banger. A real, unexpected, Internet smash, with an all-expenses paid video and a song that managed to turn up its powerpop sensibilities into a thumping club smash within 3 very tight minutes. It becomes known through social media that your television channel has had to ask for special permission to stage your song at Eurovision because the vision is something hitherto unseen.

And then 2020....did its thing. And everything fades to black. Your song, the video, the staging, it's all for nought. So you wait for a bit and here's what happens in 2021. Efendi has been given the Aldi version of her original song, to such an extent that the title of her 2020 song is mentioned throughout.

It's a shame that this song has been photocopied rather than re-created. It's fine. It's okay. But the difference between what she had, and what she has, is stark.

 
Georgia
"You"

When Tornike turned up last year, he shouted his way through a storming song where he sang from the bottom of his stomach. He's come back with a slice of pedestrian paced John Denver. And I fear the change from rock to ballad has taken everything interesting away. It's another photocopy of what could have been.

 
Malta
"Je Me Casse"

Having tried in the 1970s to join the Eurovision party in Maltese, and some of the corniest cheese I've ever heard, Malta vanished for decades, feared never to be seen again. They returned in 1991, finished in the top 5, and have twice threatened to win the thing. When they go big, they go with winning in their eyes. They've hosted two Junior Eurovision contests, as some kind of training for the big thing. All they need to do is actually win. And perhaps destiny will pick out Destiny as the woman to do it.

She's a young woman with a great voice, and is having fun aplenty with this slice of empowerment pop-frenzy. It's got a jazz/Charleston breakdown, which should attract the televoters. It's good fun, which should cut through the ballads. But is it a winner? Internet, it's over to you.

 
PR1Berske said:
Ukraine
"Шум"

So who wants three minutes of Slavic techno-rave-folk? Anyone?

It's a folk song which turns, with each verse, into a 90s revivalist rave moment, building and building into an all-out techno assault. It's utterly magnetising and unforgettable. It might win the thing. Remember to drink water and look out for your friends. And 'av it large, etc.


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Their entry has changed! I’m quite disappointed as I prefer this one
 
Dovydaitis said:
Their entry has changed! I’m quite disappointed as I prefer this one
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Ukraine’s rehearsal this week got some, er, rave reviews, although having seen a bit of it I didn’t think it worked so well on stage as on the vidz. But the bookies have taken note and it’s now in to 28/1
 
I'm convinced there's something wrong with the audio. A lot of the acts not sounding confident in their singing and straining. "Throat voices" rather than "chest voices", I believe.
 
Can someone confirm:

Are we going to see all the songs performed in full on TV on Saturday, or is it going to be similar to last years effort where I feel I should have listened to them all beforehand due to only getting small clips and a lot of chat?

(Last year's Eurovision was one of the points when I felt lowest during the whole COVID thing tbh, they could at least have shown the full videos and had phone in votes)
 
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Epona said:
Can someone confirm:

Are we going to see all the songs performed in full on TV on Saturday, or is it going to be similar to last years effort where I feel I should have listened to them all beforehand due to only getting small clips and a lot of chat?

(Last year's Eurovision was one of the points when I felt lowest during the whole COVID thing tbh, they could at least have shown the full videos and had phone in votes)
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I really haven't been following, but I'm pretty sure this year's is a 'proper' contest (as far as it can be) so it should be full performances, voting, the whole shebang.

<edit: sorry, that's not much of a 'confirm' :oops: But in the semi they're doing everything as normal, and talking about favourites and all that, so as I say, pretty certain it's business as (almost) usual this year>
 
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Lord Camomile said:
I really haven't been following, but I'm pretty sure this year's is a 'proper' contest (as far as it can be) so it should be full performances, voting, the whole shebang.

<edit: sorry, that's not much of a 'confirm' :oops: But in the semi they're doing everything as normal, and talking about favourites and all that, so as I say, pretty certain it's business as (almost) usual this year>
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Last year - I was already feeling really depressed about everything (in lockdown, both of us not working, furlough pay uncertain, future uncertain) and just watching videos of all the entries would have raised my spirits considerably - but I just remember it being really depressing, not getting to hear any of the songs all the way through, and feeling a bit tearful about everything.

I want a full on proper Eurovision final this year - socially distanced and safe, and tbh I don't mind too much if everyone isn't in the same location for safety purposes - but FFS at least let us hear the entire song for each entry
 
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