Eurovision

**** off you killjoy. Piss off back to your birds.

 

That’s Lovejoy m8.

 

Incorrect m8.

 

OFF

 

Nobody.
It is watched entirely unseriously.

 

A heart of stone would be needed to resist this 1975 epic.

Bearded space cadet on the vibes with last note 'comic' gesture.
Band wearing clothes made from stuff found during Homes Under The Hammer 'before' shoot.
Beautifully adjusted minor/major 7tj chords in second verse surely nodding to their hero 1974 winners' incipient nordic melancholy.
What's not to like?

 

Or if you are receptive to a more carnal appeal...

Hello denmark

 

hello Poland...

 

hello, er, essex?!

 

in any event, all the hundreds of hours and millions of pounds expended on eurovision since the 1950s can be incontrovertibly justified by the existence of one goddess and her band via just one click

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kPzlIF14f...En4/tsmmTQLBonQ/s1600/2014062644_a0783079.jpg

"A-haaa!"

 

Hats off to a contest whose winning songs dared be entitled:
'La La La'
'Boom Bang a Bang'
'Ding Dange Dong'
and with a nod to knowing contestants
Austria, 1977: 'boom boom boomerang'
and Belgium's craven-yet-cutting 1980 entry 'Eurovision'
surely partly in tribute to The Rezillos?

 

You missed out 'Diggi-loo Diggi-ley'.

 

Given the success of such songs, I’ve never understood why the song I wrote and put forward in 1984, Toot on a Bong, was so casually rejected in favour of Belle and the Devotions Love Games.

 

You know full well that it was a rip-off of Nin Huugen and the Huugen Notes.

 

The band perished in 1976 plane crash m8.

 

1977 m8

 

Free as a bird but not as adept at flying !

 

The horror! The horror! Taylor Parkes WSC review of this ****'s book is no longer on Google's first page when you search his name.

I urge all forumites to quickly search for "Tim Lovejoy no love no joy" to rectify this.

 

And they are going to broadcast two semi finals. Surely if we want drudgery competitions on the telly they could rehash the Royal Tournament or It’s a Knockout.

 

Some French telly types are planning to remount a televised It’s a Knockout.
https://programmetv.ouest-france.fr...emission-cf2eed14-c4a6-11ed-93d7-4c4cd65beb9c
They still play the original games here in France (called Intervilles)

 

Or a comeback for the international version "Jeux avec une grosse frontière stupide".

 

https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2023-full-lineup

So had a chance to go through all of them.
Croatia and Moldovia are my personal favourites so they'll do badly.

It's an interesting mix of dancy pop, power ballads and rock this year.

The UK entry is commercial but I don't think catchy enough to do better than mid table. Sweden is the bookie's favourite, K first thought it's no Euphoria, but then listen closely and it is bloody Euphoria just heavily remixed.

 

Alternative Ukrainian entry?



Vanka Vstanka approximately translates into English as [APOLS]"T'ick Paddy"[/APOLS] it was also the brand name of the Soviet version of "Weebles". The lyrics then take on a very dark meaning...

EDIT: Just discovered that this was made by Zelenskiy's production company - somehow, that makes it even better.

 

I had no idea we had so many proud people on this forum, best wishes to all of you x.

 

My prediction/summary after running through them:

1st - Sweden - Tattoo
The staging is great, the performance should be top notch (although hopefully her enunciation is better than in the qualifiers), and Loreen already has a massive Eurovision following. She was kind of the catalyst that turned Eurovision from a gimmick to a platform for new artists breakthrough, so even if it's no Euphoria I think she'll hoover up the votes.

2nd - Finland - Cha Cha Cha
A fun, unique song about going out drinking after a hard week working. The audience and public voters will love it, however I suspect the judge vote will be its downfall. It has that Go_A - Shum appeal to it, which in my opinion is one of the best Eurovision performances in recent years.

3rd - France - Evidemment
The judges will love this, I think it'll be close run with Sweden at the halfway point but fall away in the public vote. In 2021 two french language songs did really well (Voila and Tout l'Univers) and personally I think this is better, it puts a modern beat on the classic french ballard and I think works well.

Best of the rest:

Israel - Unicorn - It's camp enough to get votes, but serious enough to not be discounted. She gives off Zara Larsson vibes, which commercially is no bad thing and will be popular. It doesn't hurt that she's also very attractive.

Austria - Who The Hell Is Edgar? - A bit gimmicky and honestly it grates on me a bit, but I suspect the staging will be good and the gimmicks will prove popular. It's also quite catchy, which makes the gimmicks a bit unnecessary.

Moldova - Soarele și luna - This one is certainly unique and will divide opinion, but I think it's catchy and will stand out. The best Moldovan entry since Sunstroke Project - Hey Mama.

Ukraine - Heart of Steel - Personally I don't like this one, it's a bit dull. But it's yet to be seen whether the public will come out in mass support of Ukraine again.

Serbia - Samo mi se spava - Very interesting staging and a completely different sound to anything in the contest, it's moody and dark electronica, which is quite the contrast to the rest of the show. It will either be lost in the semis and be forgotten, or will stand out in the final and surprise a few people.

Armenia - Future Lover - This is actually a good pop song in its own right, but I think too slow and mellow for Eurovision and won't score well.


That was longer than I'd expected... Got carried away.

 

Up to £17M according to reports. The UK Government has given £10M, I don't know if this is included on additional.

I've just had a look and it's not a whole week at all, it's the same stuff as every year the only difference being it's being promoted more and now they have a Podcast. The 2 semi finals are always shown, but usually on BBC 3 or 4 not BBC 1.

For reference, last year the BBC had an average of 8.9 million viewers for the final, with a peak of 10.6 million, making it the 4th most viewed programme of 2022.

The coronation, however, now that will be a week of terrible programming.

 

Top work from scummybear above.
Douze points from this Paris jury.

p.s. I don't think i have ever seen a sentence that starts:
"The best Moldovan entry since..."

scientia potentia est

 

p.s. scummy is right about the excellent french entry, which is trying to reprise the vibe around their runner-up from 2 years ago. however, media in Paris are worried about the singer. allegedly a nasty total diva nightmare - yes, even by a) french and b) eurovision standards. " she could quite easily not turn up, or storm off stage, " sighs one FranceTV exec.
"Things have been thrown," mutters another.

 

I regularly use Moldovan Eurovision entries as my reference point in conversation, I thought we all did?

Perfect, at least it will be memorable. One thing I respect about the French entries are how they're completely, unashamedly French every year - unlike the UK over the past 20 years, which chops and changes desperately seeking some glimmer of success and failing miserably. Except Sam Ryder, obviously.

 

Top marks to the unions calling a strike on the day of the final so Ukrainian refugee guests who’ve been given tickets can’t get there.

Killjoy cynical Union leadership action that won’t garner much public support but what do they care.