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Good night, Europe - good morning, Australia [Eurovision 2015]

PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
edited May 2015 in Social Entropy++
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Welcome and bienvenue to Eurovision 2015! This year's contest will be held on the 19th, 21st and 23rd of May in Vienna, a city of former imperial glory and statues of dudes who punch horses.

If you clicked on this thread, you probably know what this is all about (that is, aluminium costumes and giant rotating hamster wheels), but here's a quick summary: the Eurovision Song Contest is a song competition held annually by the European Broadcasting Union, a union of European public service broadcasters. Each member country is eligible to enter one song to be performed live on television and radio. Generally these songs are considered to be of questionable quality or they're songs which would work in no other context.

Here's a map of all participating countries, courtesy of Wikipedia user Sims2aholic8:

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red - countries in the first semi-final (19 May)
pink - finalists voting during the first semi-final
dark blue - countries in the second semi-final (21 May)
light blue - finalists voting during the second semi-final
violet - This year's special guest and Eurovision debutant, Australia!

Where can I watch the contest, you might ask? Everything will be streamed under http://www.eurovision.tv/. Various national TV stations will also offer commentated broadcast, with various degrees of outright disdainfulness or patriotic fervour. If nothing has changed, all shows will begin at 19:00 GMT/20:00 BST/21:00 CEST.

Participants in the first semi-final, 19 May

Albania - Elhaida Dani - I'm alive
Armenia - Genealogy - Face The Shadow
Belarus - Uzari & Maimuna - Time
Belgium - Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside
Denmark - Anti Social Media - The Way You Are
Estonia -Elina Born & Stig Rästa - Goodbye To Yesterday
Finland - Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät - Aina mun pitää
Georgia - Nina Sublatti - Warrior
Greece - Maria-Elena Kyriakou - One Last Breath
Hungary - Boggie - Wars For Nothing
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Daniel Kajmakoski - Autumn Leaves
Moldova - Eduard Romanyuta - I want your love
The Netherlands - Trijntje Oosterhuis - Walk Along
Romania - Voltaj - De la capăt / All Over Again
Russia - Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices (Praying for Peace And Healing)
Serbia - Bojana Stamenov - Beauty Never Lies

Participants in the second semi-final, 21 May

Azerbaijan - Elnur Huseynov - Hour of the wolf
Cyprus - John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done
Czech Republic - Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta - Hope Never Dies
Iceland - Maria Olafs - Unbroken
Ireland - Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
Israel - Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy
Latvia - Aminata - Love Injected
Lithuania - Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila - This Time
Malta - Amber - Warrior (the second song of this name this year)
Montenegro - Knez - Adio
Norway - Mørland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
Poland - Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love
Portugal - Leonor Andrade - Há um Mar que nos Separa
San Marino - Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola - Chain of Lights
Slovenia - Maraaya - Here For You
Sweden - Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes
Switzerland - Mélanie René - Time to Shine

Countries which already qualified for the final through excellence in beards, novelty or spending power, 23 May

Australia - The Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again
Austria - The Makemakes - I Am Yours
France - Lisa Angell - N'oubliez pas
Germany - Ann Sophie - Black Smoke
Italy - Il Volo - Grande Amore
Spain - Ruth Lorenzo - Edurne - Amanecer
United Kingdom - Electro Velvet - Still In Love With You

So please enjoy the contest and use this thread to post videos of your past favourites!

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Platy on
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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    A superior thread for a superior contest

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    DaMoonRulzDaMoonRulz Mare ImbriumRegistered User regular
    Australia is in Eurovision?

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    ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    I have heard that next year the Moon will be participating in Eurovision.

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    ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    what's europe

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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    DaMoonRulz wrote: »
    Australia is in Eurovision?

    Israel is too!

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    DaMoonRulzDaMoonRulz Mare ImbriumRegistered User regular
    Chincymcchilla wrote: »
    what's europe, Precious?

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    DaMoonRulzDaMoonRulz Mare ImbriumRegistered User regular
    If you're going to include Israel and Australia just invite EVERY country and call it Globalvision.

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    ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    who would america send to eurovision

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    DaMoonRulzDaMoonRulz Mare ImbriumRegistered User regular
    William Hung

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    DaMoonRulz wrote: »
    If you're going to include Israel and Australia just invite EVERY country and call it Globalvision.

    Well no

    we don't want riff raff turning up now do we

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    We got let in because we are super cool.

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    Satans..... hints.....
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    Crimson KingCrimson King Registered User regular
    i'm still so angry that we're a) in this b) sending guy sebastian

    play my twine game about dracula IF YOU DARE
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    DaMoonRulzDaMoonRulz Mare ImbriumRegistered User regular
    Solar wrote: »
    DaMoonRulz wrote: »
    If you're going to include Israel and Australia just invite EVERY country and call it Globalvision.

    Well no

    we don't want riff raff turning up now do we

    Sure, may as well close the barn door now that the horse is out

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    FyndirFyndir Registered User regular
    DaMoonRulz wrote: »
    If you're going to include Israel and Australia just invite EVERY country and call it Globalvision.

    This is awkward, didn't really think the rest of you would hear about it.

    We uh...only invited our friends, you see?

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    scherbchenscherbchen Asgard (it is dead)Registered User regular
    Fyndir wrote: »
    DaMoonRulz wrote: »
    If you're going to include Israel and Australia just invite EVERY country and call it Globalvision.

    This is awkward, didn't really think the rest of you would hear about it.

    We uh...only invited our friends, you see?

    .... and Russia

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    DaMoonRulzDaMoonRulz Mare ImbriumRegistered User regular
    Fyndir wrote: »
    DaMoonRulz wrote: »
    If you're going to include Israel and Australia just invite EVERY country and call it Globalvision.

    This is awkward, didn't really think the rest of you would hear about it.

    We uh...only invited our friends, you see?

    Uh-huh.

    Yeah.

    OK.

    *removes Europe from Moonvision invitation list*

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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    I want to see, oh-oh
    I want to see, oh-oh
    I want to see Lasha tumbai

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    JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    What are the rules about who can be sent? Do more famous acts not want to be included in this?

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    FyndirFyndir Registered User regular
    scherbchen wrote: »
    Fyndir wrote: »
    DaMoonRulz wrote: »
    If you're going to include Israel and Australia just invite EVERY country and call it Globalvision.

    This is awkward, didn't really think the rest of you would hear about it.

    We uh...only invited our friends, you see?

    .... and Russia

    Look, sometimes you fall out with old friends for a while, but deep down you know that you still love each other.

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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    I'm not aware of any rules

    Having a following outside Eurovision usually doesn't really translate into success

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    tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I'm not sure the venn diagram of "type of people who watch Eurovision" and "type of people who care about music" overlaps that much.

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    Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    The BBC should stop funding this rubbish and give all licence fee payers a refund.

    /obligatory

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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    edited April 2015
    Many of the more famous acts in places like Germany sing in the local language and are generally more rooted in the local culture than typical Eurovision fare

    There is sorta its own culture to Eurovision

    Platy on
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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    JoeUser wrote: »
    What are the rules about who can be sent? Do more famous acts not want to be included in this?

    Nobody who is actually a successful popular musician would touch Eurovision with a barge pole, at least in the UK

    Besides you don't win Eurovision for actually being any good

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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    When countries try to play it safe, they usually pick entries which appeal to the lowest common denominator

    But that is sorta the area where the market is dominated by American and British artists

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    JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    So is it more about spectacle? I guess I'm not sure what makes something a popular Eurovision act.

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    honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    edited April 2015
    I don't think anybody really knows. It swings wildly between solemn ballads and ridicoulus spectacles.

    honovere on
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    FyndirFyndir Registered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xzwimcXdJ4

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    ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    I think what makes a good Eurovision act is epic sax guy

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    YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    when they declared Australia was competing I called it the most important event in Australian history

    then they picked Guy Sebastian and it was the equivalent of running the Declaration of Independence through a shredder

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    StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    I'm so excited

    I wish I could get other people in America excited about this thing

    I would have a big ol' party and we'd all get drunk and laugh and laugh and laugh

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    tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    The easiest way to get people excited about Eurovision is to just throw the damn party and make them watch it.

    Ideas:
    - everyone comes as a previous year's entry.
    - everyone comes as the 2011 Moldovan entry
    - play exploding darts with a photo of Jedward
    - invent a new national drink for every entry, you have to the end of the song to finish it
    god I could do this forever

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    StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    My friends are total flakes, but that's pretty much the current plan, yeah

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    StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    Oh shit I almost forgot

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    GOOD MORNING EUROVISION THREAD

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    StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    My roommate and I have two of those, obviously

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    ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    who is guy sebastian

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    tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    A man with far more interesting hair than he deserves.

    phots on my flickr pics on my tumblr
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    mageormikemageormike Registered User regular
    Okay, this year for sure we're gonna have that Eurovision party.
    Might not happen until it's all over though. The plan is to watch everything in one sitting.

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    VivixenneVivixenne Remember your training, and we'll get through this just fine. Registered User regular
    edited April 2015
    Crimson King wrote: »
    i'm still so angry that we're a) in this b) sending guy sebastian

    I'm not mad Australia is in it, just baffled.

    But yeah Guy Sebastian is an embarrassing option.

    Clearly the right choice is Hilltop Hoods.

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    VivixenneVivixenne Remember your training, and we'll get through this just fine. Registered User regular
    edited April 2015
    Blake's doppelganger was in last year's Eurovision.

    Singer in the Switzerland act.

    HTTP://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys88XX7QMco

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