Eurovision 2015 Thread

[misspoptart]

Israel has been in it since 1973! All you need to do is be a member of the EBU. The "Euro" part of the name "Eurovision" comes from "European Broadcasting Union." I don't think geography matters as long as you bring the spirit of friendly competition eh?

Btw Monkeytennis, part of Turkey is geographically in Europe!

Lilja, I finally had a chance to watch the vid of that guy signing "Heroes" - I laughed and cried, it's so great. Thank you for sharing it, that's amazing. I 100% agree that the guys should sign for the whole show! He's wonderful.

[Cuthbert]

When is this on? I probably will watch it this year seeing as our song is half decent. I've watched it once before in 2006 but that was cos I was living in a hotel.

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Semifinals 19 and 21 May, final is on 23 May.

[Lilja]

Originally Posted by misspoptart

Lilja, I finally had a chance to watch the vid of that guy signing "Heroes" - I laughed and cried, it's so great. Thank you for sharing it, that's amazing. I 100% agree that the guys should sign for the whole show! He's wonderful.

He (the translator) is a genius. By the end of the show, everyone would know Swedish sign language (since sign is different from country to country).

I have to include his signed version of the song I wished had gone on to Eurovison. He did a great job of signing a joik...something I did not think could really be done. BTW did anyone else catch the Eurovision 60 year show from England. Actually quite good.

[misspoptart]

Originally Posted by Lilja

He (the translator) is a genius. By the end of the show, everyone would know Swedish sign language (since sign is different from country to country).

I have to include his signed version of the song I wished had gone on to Eurovison. He did a great job of signing a joik...something I did not think could really be done. BTW did anyone else catch the Eurovision 60 year show from England. Actually quite good.

The shoulders and the hands! OMG he is great. I love him. The combination of dancing and signing is legendary. It's like... a hwole new way to dance. I wonder what it's like to watch him sign as a deaf person. That song really would have been great at Eurovision, it's a shame they didn't send it! I will include it in a post I have with some great stuff that didn't make the cut this year

[misspoptart]

Last and very much least I will introduce you to the two songs that basically got left out of every other post. It's not that there is anything right or wrong about them, I am perfectly neutral about both pieces.

I will say that Germany's winner was quite scandalous, when the audience and televoting result chose a different candidate, he declined the win, passing his win onto Ann Sophie instead and saying that she was far more deserving of it. Very interesting and outrageous, Twitter went crazy. I think most of Germany still wishes that the other guy was going.



Fine, but not something that will get many votes. It's too similar to Germany's 2010 entry, I think.

Considering that Poland sent the most hypersexualized and atrocious song last year, I'm a bit surprised by this year's entry.



Surprised by how BORING it is, I mean! Oh well. And I thinkkkk that's everyone! In my next post, I'll give you guys a selection of near misses that would have been much more fun than what we actually got. Adios for now!

[misspoptart]

Here are a few tracks that I think should have made it into Eurovision this year. Most countries do a national final televoting selection nowadays, and generally these contests are also live streamed to the world, so I like watching those too. Sadly my favorites never win, which I think is a testament to my superior taste (too good for Eurovision). Just kidding. Not really!

The first is this genius work by Laing, an alternative and interesting German electronica trio. I love this group. Every since I saw the performance below I have downloaded their entire discography. They made it into the top 4 but were sadly beaten out by a creepy dude and Ann Sophie.



Laing is the classic example of "too good for Eurovision." Damn their show was cool. I thought Eurovision is ready for this kind of cool. What a shame! I would have loved to see this on stage in Vienna.

And don't get me wrong, not all my first choices were artsy and hip. I also fell for the cheesy and eurotrash Barrice from Greece. His song "Ela" was so catchy and danceable, I really wish we could have gotten at least one track like this in 2015! It's also got that obligatory ethnic interlude that turns me on so much:



Granted, the live performance was ****e, so I guess I should be glad Greece has at least an ear for singers who can hold a tune. Still. I would have rocked out to this! Isn't it better than a ballad?

We always need a little opera at Eurovision. And Finland delivered this year. But sadly, the voting public sent a monotone rock band instead. Honestly, anything would have been better than that. But I particularly liked this masterpiece:



De-pantsed!

And this hilariousness:



Oh Finland. You messed up this year! Oh well.

[Lilja]

I must say, what an exciting show! I was so sure that Russia was going to win for a bit (although you could hear the booing of any high number voting for Russia even from here). If she had represented any other country but Russia, I am sure she would have sailed her way into the top spot. Yes politics should not be a part of Eurovision but..honestly..Russia? Let's double check with the Ukraine...umm...no.

Congradulations to Sweden...wait..that is my country! Yippee! That means I am going to see it live next year!

Although I am never surprised that England gets so little points, I was a bit surprised that it was this little. It wasn't a bad song at all. But then Austria scored 0 along with Germany and their songs were just as good as Russia's..but thankfully not as good as Sweden's

[misspoptart]

It was awesome! I really really really wanted Belgium to win by the end, but I'm SO glad it wasn't Russia. That would have been a real tragedy for the Eurovision fandom.

Congrats to Sweden! maybe I'll see you there, Lilja!

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Welcome back miss p! We'll expect a full report...