So is it more about spectacle? I guess I'm not sure what makes something a popular Eurovision act.
Eurovision is the trashiest thing ever
So to win, you have to be trashy in a massively self-indulgent d-list pop star manner. You need to look like the kind of person who does the MC-ing at a shitty low-budget holiday resort in the med.
but at the same time you have to be into it. You have to look like your entire life before this moment was merely a prologue because this is fucking Eurovision.
Nobody ever won Eurovision for being any good. Not in our lifetypes.
No, typically a sneering contempt for the chances of any opposition, truly audacious (and entirely baseless) displays of charisma and as many sequins as you can stitch on whatever clothing you wear (a cape to swirl and some extremely questionable facial hair for the blokes and very, very low cut dresses for the ladies won't hurt either) will be the true deciders of the contest.
I used to hold out Iceland 1995 as an example of decent music winning the Eurovision
but turned out that was one of Secret Garden's only interesting songs, the rest is kind of ... Celtic pop-ballads.
I think I got this description from a previous Eurovision thread, but the best way to describe Eurovision is "what pop music would be if black people never existed"
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I like Eurovision because it seems so impossible that it actually exists.
Every space vampire, be-caped pop star, outrageously overpriced pyrotechnics display and sweaty barely-clad dancer brings me so much joy.
The music's not the point and honestly, I have so much fun I hope it never does become the point.
You're alright Eurovision, you're alright.
Fake edit: Oh, also the fact that some countries take it way too seriously and start acting like villains from a Family Channel Movie in order to swing votes away from their rivals.
I think 'Rise Like a Phoenix' was also pretty good
Of course it falls into the category of "songs which only really work in the context of Eurovision" (although in this case it would also work as soundtrack to a Bond movie)
how have I never seen it??
I legit can't remember what I was doing that year. I may even have been backpacking in Europe? which would explain why I missed it, actually.
I remember the early nineties, when we had 4 TV channels and pretty much everyone watched Eurovision and the UK almost always had a chance at winning. Now we send hot garbage every year.
Are any of this year's entries worth listening to in advance? I started the Danish one because I wanted to know what we're sending and turned it off halfway through because it was boring.
The US would never join Eurovision. The US is so statistics obsessed that the fact that the awards mean nothing would completely turn them off.
I don't know. With all this talk I keep hearing about bloc voting, I think Eurovision could provide a fascinating insight into European diplomatic relations from the viewpoint of the lowest common denominator.
If American joined Eurovision the UK wouldn't come last for once, because if there's someone Europe dislikes more than the UK, its America. So it'd be good news for the UK.
The UK has entered every year since 1959, and has won the contest a total of five times. Along with Sweden, the UK is one of only two countries with Eurovision victories in four different decades. Furthermore, the UK has finished as runner-up on a record fifteen occasions. ... Up to and including 1998, the UK had only twice finished outside the top 10.
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He won the first Australian Idol some years ago.
But he is not very representative of Australian music culture.
For that we have Iggy Azalea. Obviously.
Eurovision is the trashiest thing ever
So to win, you have to be trashy in a massively self-indulgent d-list pop star manner. You need to look like the kind of person who does the MC-ing at a shitty low-budget holiday resort in the med.
but at the same time you have to be into it. You have to look like your entire life before this moment was merely a prologue because this is fucking Eurovision.
Nobody ever won Eurovision for being any good. Not in our lifetypes.
No, typically a sneering contempt for the chances of any opposition, truly audacious (and entirely baseless) displays of charisma and as many sequins as you can stitch on whatever clothing you wear (a cape to swirl and some extremely questionable facial hair for the blokes and very, very low cut dresses for the ladies won't hurt either) will be the true deciders of the contest.
but turned out that was one of Secret Garden's only interesting songs, the rest is kind of ... Celtic pop-ballads.
I've missed the whole Iggy Azalea phenomenon from being overseas, so all I know about her comes from tumblr memes
... I think she might be some kind of alien?
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Every space vampire, be-caped pop star, outrageously overpriced pyrotechnics display and sweaty barely-clad dancer brings me so much joy.
The music's not the point and honestly, I have so much fun I hope it never does become the point.
You're alright Eurovision, you're alright.
Fake edit: Oh, also the fact that some countries take it way too seriously and start acting like villains from a Family Channel Movie in order to swing votes away from their rivals.
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... probably the rest of the Ukraine.
also crabwalk
Of course it falls into the category of "songs which only really work in the context of Eurovision" (although in this case it would also work as soundtrack to a Bond movie)
i somehow missed this one? what was I even doing in 2007
gay cross-dressing disco balls counting in German is the quintessential eurovision experience
edit: seriously that is fucking brilliant
(I actually legitimately like the song. Accordion in pop songs is my jam.)
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I legit can't remember what I was doing that year. I may even have been backpacking in Europe? which would explain why I missed it, actually.
We can't possibly risk someone else stealing Ireland's pity vote
there will be an Australian jury, they haven't confirmed whether the public can vote as well
there was much swooning
I still say Sonia was robbed.
not exactly. he was meeting with the real estate department and we're landlords for a bunch of big media companies and he is a big tv presenter guy.
he led our insanely popular summer sing-along thing for a few years.
Croatia hasn't qualified since they started doing the semifinal thing and has since taken their ball and gone home.
I don't know. With all this talk I keep hearing about bloc voting, I think Eurovision could provide a fascinating insight into European diplomatic relations from the viewpoint of the lowest common denominator.