95% of Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, a large part of Russia (geographically, much less so population-wise), Tunisia (only entered once), Lebanon (ditto), and Israel aren't really in Europe either. Hell, I think most geographers consider Cyprus to be Asian as well.
They also got buffed up, because literally everyone and their mother voted Loreen that year. So mediocre songs got pushed down and memorable and cute ones got the points she didn't get.
yes, and by looking at the years, you can see that that comment during 1968 was a "message in advance" for the NEXT year that the video skipped: 1970 directly followed 1968 since the second, third and forth "other 1st places" from 1969 were only shown in the winner compilation. thus Cliff had a true 2nd place in 1968.
@@paddystrongjaw9995 1968 : first place spain with Massiel "la, la, la", second place UK with Cliff Richards "Congratulations". or are you denying spain the first place because of politics like dictatorship, language, exchanged singer, alleged vote buying, etc ?
Sam got us to second place for the first time in YEARS so yes he was the best we had.....and considering he started by making videos on tik tok through lockdown all the way to the eurovision stage 👏
2009 Norway blew it out of the water. They got the most points under the old point system making that 169 even more wild. I still remember the song " I'm in love with a fairytale even though it hurts, because I don't care if I lose my mind I'm already cursed" cue violin
Your "nightmare inducing" act was sung by Katja Ebstein, who is a German music legend, and this song is still very popular. She actually placed third in Eurovision on two other occasions.
Yes, "Eres tú" by Mocedades of Spain is the song of the movie you mentioned. It had a great success in the US (and worldwide) back in 1973 and they sold more than 1 million copies of it just there. They are legends in the hispanic world.
@@quizzina-50They also did a version in their native language, Basque. If Spain had not been under Franco back then the song would have likely been sent to Eurovision in Basque. But link to the Danish version?
2003 - that was my favourite song that year, I really loved it! 2009 - the winning song just set a major points record, which was held until they next changed up the points system 2012 - the Russian grandmothers were ADORABLE and we really loved them 2017 - another favourite of mine that got stuck in second place *pouts* 2021 - France went from the most French song ever to their least French song the following year (which was among my favourites, but sadly ended up at the bottom)
I really hope they don't watch it and pretends to like it just because lots of Brits in the comment section has been trying to convince them to like it.
His song, his voice, his attitude pure winner…..the set, his costume, awful. This is why I fear what the BBC will bring to the mix for 2023, they have lost their creativity.
Cliff Richard in 1968 lost by just one point to Spain. In 1969 however there were 4 joint winners so for this list there was no runner up, cause as you say they actually only came 5th. So far the UK has come 2nd 16 times
Love the stunned look of baffled incomprehension and occasional horror that frequently settles on the face of the guy in the hat. Yep, that's the Eurovision Look.
you should definitely watch last places for the funsies but I also recommend third places since they can be just as eurovisiony as the second places and as good as the winners, I always say that if you want to introduce someone to Eurovision you should show them the winners, runner-ups and third places
Better to watch entries per country...just to get an idea what the various countries are about (or in case of some, how broad their selection is genre-wise).
Michael Ball is an absolute legend. He was the original Marius in Les Miserables amongst many other things. Also, Sam's song is amazing & his vocal control is insane. Yeah, the outfit was out there, but the music was fantastic.
Ironically if you around to 5th places - there's the original Jean Valjean competing for Ireland, equally ironically the contest was in Paris and the song, which he wrote, is called Born to Sing.
The moment he asked "What am I watching?" I wanted to say "yeah, some countries that didn't wanna win but actually scored higher than expected :p" I love when your faces went confused with my country's (belgium) entrance "Sanomi by Urban Trad" (2003). Fun fact about the song, it is a made-up language with Celtic sounds/tones and we still don't know what it meant. But it was to avoid a choice, in which of our three official languages they would sing. (our three official languages Dutch (Flemish), French and German).
You really need to watch Sam Ryder's SPACE MAN full performance, nay, watch the Queen's Platinum Jubilee performance as Sam Ryder is a national hero. He brought the contest back to the UK public with his devotion, his honesty and his pure love for Eurovision. Do not rule him out as you have heard a chorus. Watch the whole song! Do it, and do it now!
Schlager Lucas has done compilation to the last place (all 10 places actually), so easy find. As you will see first 5 years having just 10-15 entrees showed even last place being just as strong. You will see A LOT of zero point winners from mid-sixties onwards, in particular Norway and Turkey.
1964 runner-up, Matt Monro for the UK was, wait for it Spenser, a London bus driver before becoming a singer. Leaving school at 14, he tried a succession of jobs without remaining in any of them for very long, before National Service beckoned in 1948. Monro became a tank driving instructor in the British armed forces and was posted to Hong Kong. His recordings include the UK Top 10 hits: "Portrait of My Love", "My Kind of Girl", "Softly As I Leave You", "Walk Away" and "Yesterday" (originally by The Beatles). He also recorded several film themes such as "From Russia with Love" for the James Bond film of the same name, "Born Free" for the film of the same name and "On Days Like These" for The Italian Job, original with Michael Caine.
what do you meeeeeeean was that our best foot forward? yes... yes it was, did you hear that man? we have flopped in the euros for a while now till this angelic british viking stepped up and brought us back from limbo
When you asked 'Do you think these people get asked in their everyday was that you'? The act you were on was 1988.I know for a fact Scott Fitzgerald says 'YES'!!! He was in first place till the last votes came in and an unknown Canadian called Celine Dion beat him by 1 point for Switzerland! Also Cliff did not come 5th! he cam 2nd in '68. the following year '69 they did not show due to 4 way tie for 1st and skipped to '70.
It's always fun to see an "outsiders'" reaction to Eurovision, I thought you were respectable and understanding in both the videos! There's so much to unpack when it comes to understanding the meaning, politics and progression of Eurovision throughout its history. I'd highly recommend you watch the 2023 contest if possible, that's how you get an idea of what it really is nowadays
When you comment about the number of points between 1st and 2nd, remember that the number of available points increases as the number of entries does - in the early years there were only around a dozen entries and these days there are well over 40. Also there was the change to the voting system in the mid-2010s where each country announces the jury points and the televote points, so that instantly doubled the number of available points.
The German musicians that got runner up are in some cases still pretty popular amongst some generations and fill big stadiums, others only had that one hit song and tour mall openings now.
Yeah, they let Australia in the competition in 2016…much to everyone’s surprise as clearly it’s very much not in Europe 🤣 I’m a Brit living in Australia and was surprised how into Eurovision Aussies are, so it’s nice for them to be included. I used to have Eurovision drinking parties back in the UK during Eurovision…doesn’t really work here in Australia as it’s 4am when the live show is on 🤦🏻♀️ Have you guys done the Eurovision winners countdown? That’d be good to see.
Sam came first after the judges vote, and Ukraine was fourth or fifth. When the public votes came in, Ukraine then won, which had been anticipated by many.
Yeah, UK was the jury favorite, while Ukraine was the televote favorite. UK was 5th in the televote, while Ukraine was 4th in the jury vote. No country that has been 5th in the televote has ever won.
This is a poor argument. Winners often have nothing to do with the jury vote. I would love for us to have won but sometimes you just need to suck it up and move on. What if we had lost to someone else, there would be another sob story here in it’s place. Ukraines situation just made the sob story easy to write.
@@hjt091 Since Spain was 3rd in both jury vote and televote it seems like a possibility. We will never know, it was very close between UK (466 p) and Spain (459). "Stefania" is still a good song, war or no war, so it would have been in the top and might have won anyway, but perhaps not getting 12 p from almost every televote and winning by 165 p over the runner up. Those 12 p would probably been spread out more, to UK, Spain, Ukraine, but also Serbia and Sweden would have got a larger share or those perhaps. If Russia had been in the contest, perhaps they would have been there in the top too getting some of those points.
Verka is legendary in Eurovision, I was is Poland a month ago and there was a poster for her show 15yrs after they were on Eurovision. Australia is a shock (as an Aussie I can say this) but we have been a huge supporter of Eurovision so we were invited to compete in 2015 and came 2nd the next year. You guys need to watch all of it, Sam Ryder has an amazing voice and that's the best UK have done in 25yrs (they have been a joke of Eurovision for years).
Your Eurovision reactions are cool! Imo you should react to 2022 songs or even the grand final (but that's like 4 hours long so requires a lot of editing.
My overarching memory of Eurovision will always be Sir Terry Wogan and his commentary. Graham Norton who took over after him is really good with those cutting comments but I'll always remember Tel and his sharp quips.
Well, I don't know about the movie Tommy Boy, but what I CAN tell you is that "Eres tú" was, I believe, the first song without a single bit of English in it to hit the billboard list. It was at the very least the first song entirely in Spanish to do so. *For the record, I cannot at the moment for the life of me remember if Kyu Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki" (As the English title came to be) was earlier or later, because that was also not in English and MAY have been earlier.
Im a swede but i always prefered Islands Selma with "All out of luck'(so catchy!!) insted of swedish winner Charlotte Nilssoms "Take me to your heaven" which is a typicle Abba pastich schlager pop from that time ..
As for Sam Ryder you need to watch his whole performance. He was great. Also you don't realise how big Eurovison is around Europe. It's a whole week long event with heats for the countries that aren't in the founding 5 who put up the money and created the competition and went straight through. So all week there is tv coverage showing performances and interviews. Sam Ryder is also a really lovely bloke and he will have got votes for that too. Not to underestimate how much Europe hates the United Kingdom right now. We basically told them to f**k off.
If it is correct, it is the song that plays in the movie Tommy Boy. It is also one of the best songs in Eurovision history and was the first song in Spanish to be number one on the United States billboard chart. in addition to being number one in all of Europe and Asia. sometimes the important thing is not to win but to succeed
18:45 it's because in that year israel still didn't have couler TV, while the rest of the eurovision countries had. So they (the government) wanted the viewers to feel the celebration and enjoy the colorful event (eurovision). (Yellow, on a black and white TV, look more colorful, and it's unique and can be identified easily as not white clothes, but colorful clothes.)
1969 when we had 4 winners isn't the same year as 1968 when Cliff Richard took 2nd place. Sweden won in 1991 because we had a handful more of 10 points than France. We had the same number of 12 points, thus they went down the line to see who had more 10, 9 , 8 and so on. 2009 Norway was Ryback, he had the highest score ever up until that point. So he blew it out of the water. 2007, 2012 and 2023 runner ups are all epic, fun songs that are still, and will always be, fan favorites.
Last places in the Grand Final, or Last Places in the semifinals? All Last Places in Eurovision Song Contest (1957-2022) All Last Places of the Semi-Finals in Eurovision Song Contest (2004-2022)
@@ben31uk I agree, because the ones ends up last in the Grand Final has at least been able to be in the top 10 in the semis (unless they're Big 5). The last places in the semis are the _real_ last places.
I've forgotten most of these, Sir Cliff Richard is still very around and working think he's sold well in excess of 200 million over his career and he's most associated with The Shadows again forgotten that they entered, many from the UK have stayed within the industry,Michael Ball is a big West End and Broadway theatre Star, although ventured into albums and works quite a bit with Alfie Boe who's known mainly for Opera
The first five notes of the chorus to Malta 2005 (Angel) is the same as/copied from Jennifer Rush's "The Power Of Love" (which Celine Dion made a famous cover of). I think that's what makes you think that you've heard it before...
Tad hurt by your comments about Sam atvthe end there, you need to remember between 1997 and 2022, we had a win in 97 a 2nd place and a 3rd place before this year, all the rest struggled to be middle of the score board and were usually bottom 3 if not dead last. Sam getting second was the uk saying, "you know what, we will actually take this seriously for once".
@embracethesuck21 Eurovision is to us what the Super Bowl is to you in the US, but with music. Abba were the first to win with a song not sung in their native language. Would love to translate the swedish songs for you guys.. they are hysterical😄 especially when you read the text in english.. love from a proud Swed❤️❤️
1975's 2nd place The Shadows were a instrumental group that backed Cliff Richard then got a record contract of there own and have had some great tunes which you should listen to
In the entire Eurovision history UK has had 16 runner-ups/2nd places including this years runner-up, no other country has that many 2nd places in a singing contest. 🤗
@@sergi_esc I was thinking 16, but I didn’t know whether that was before this year runner-up or not, just skimmed through google on that earlier and didn’t really see if it included this years contestant. But Ive edited the number.
I love how people are arguing about the points and rankings in comments…we’re all so passionate about Eurovision! It’s the music Olympics! Australia, yes, we were gonna end up in there, we drive everyone nuts about Eurovision😂
Oooof you’re going to get in trouble with your Sam Ryder comments. He’s a national treasure and his performance was absolutely brilliant. The full beaded Eurovision jumpsuit was absolutely essential 😂 Some of these seconds really really should of won - Dancing Lasha tumbai is probably one of the most famous performances ever. If you are feeling brave do the last places and watch the UK at its very very worst in 2003 - you may need some stiff drinks.
In the 60s and 70s the UK fielded established performers including some of the biggest names in the business. Probably the peak of this was Cliff Richard who came in second with 'Congratulations'. Cliff is (he's still recording) one of the highest selling artists in the UK behind only Elvis and the Beatles. He's had releases and hits in every decade from the 1950s onwards. In the 60s we had Matt Monro, Sandy Shaw, Cliff Richard and Lulu. The 70s gave us Cliff again, Olivia Newton John, The New Seekers, Lyndsey de Paul and The Shadows. However, after the constant string of losses top names were no longer willing to risk their reputations on what was becoming seen more and more as a kitsch parody of the contemporary music scene and later entrants were either relative unknowns or groups put together specifically for the contest.
Seriously guys. The U.K. 2022 was the best entry we’ve sent in over a decade and Sam did the country proud. Yes the costume is out there. But that’s Eurovision. Last year this guy was singing covers in his garden shed on TikTok. ( millions of followers btw ) That got him a chance to compete at Eurovision and he had the best voice of the night. Remember, all vocals are 100% live. Even backing vocals.
Cliff was 1968 Uk came first in 1969 with France, Netherlands and Spain, if Morden voting rules counted Netherlands would be 1st UK 2nd France 3rd Spain 4th Netherlands had 1, 6 points from france Uk had 1, 5 points from Sweden A draw of ballots was chosen for the 1970 competition.
"she could make it in Nashville, I think" She kinda did. She went to Nashville and worked with producer Barry Beckett to record her album "World of Hurt". Her name is Ilse DeLange.
Yes, you can find these (on the same channel, Schager Lucas) All Last Places in Eurovision Song Contest (1957-2022) All Last Places of the Semi-Finals in Eurovision Song Contest (2004-2022)
So glad you did this after the winners video. UK hasn’t competed well for years until this year. Didn’t want you to miss out on it. My daughter was finally able to see what it was like for us UK fans years ago when we had a chance of winning.
for the past ten years or so there have been semifinales because there are 41 entries. So there are two semifinales. I would like you to rate them from 2000 - present compilations are available for all years
The Dutch entry from 2014 was amazing, over the years Eurovision had almost become a parody of itself, with the emphasis on seemingly more ridiculous outfits amd gimmicks. I don't know what the rest of Europe thought but people in the UK were generally pretty stunned at how good that song was, there was almost an instantaneous reaction of 'wtf is that song doing in Eurovision, it's far too good!'. And it still didn't damn well win! 🙄
Matt Monroe came second but sang the theme to "From Russia With Love", "On Days Like These" from The Italian Job, Born Free, The Impossible Dream...... he's a well known singer. The "Angel" song has the same structure as "The Power of Love", including the big note jump on the line "cause I'm your lady and you are my man."
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“Australia… interesting…” 😂 Yes, we’re not meant to be there, but we make such a big deal about the event that they now let us compete in it.
@@philjones45 Israel is because of political landscape. Israel is also Europe in sports to avoid classes with the muslim world.
95% of Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, a large part of Russia (geographically, much less so population-wise), Tunisia (only entered once), Lebanon (ditto), and Israel aren't really in Europe either. Hell, I think most geographers consider Cyprus to be Asian as well.
@@ericforsyth morocco entered once as well(in 1980) but they got a low place and therefor they decided not to return.
You originate from us anyway 😂 so you’re more than welcome
🤣🤣 so true
Russia 2012 (the old ladies) was SUCH a huge hit that year, it was one of the songs of the summer on the dance floor. For real!
Cute grandmas.
I vote for them that Year from Portugal.
They also got buffed up, because literally everyone and their mother voted Loreen that year. So mediocre songs got pushed down and memorable and cute ones got the points she didn't get.
@@mjm3091Their mother? Loreen was class though.
@@carlosmpsenyorcapitacollon6977 I mean a lot of people watch it with their families, lol.
Cliff came 2nd in 68, it was 69 that 4 people tied for 1st place.
yes, and by looking at the years, you can see that that comment during 1968 was a "message in advance" for the NEXT year that the video skipped: 1970 directly followed 1968 since the second, third and forth "other 1st places" from 1969 were only shown in the winner compilation.
thus Cliff had a true 2nd place in 1968.
@@Anson_AKBnot true, Cliff had a true FIRST PLACE in 1968
@@paddystrongjaw9995 1968 : first place spain with Massiel "la, la, la", second place UK with Cliff Richards "Congratulations".
or are you denying spain the first place because of politics like dictatorship, language, exchanged singer, alleged vote buying, etc ?
@@Anson_AKB the Vote Buying by Spanish officials
Sam Ryder is amazing!!! You guys need to watch that entire song. The clip didn’t do him justice,at all.
It’s terrible
@@DustySmith1 Each to their own ☺️
IN 2006 RUNNER-UP WAS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA!!! HARI MATA HARI - LEJLA
@@Account-br9kc No it wasn't, what are you on about? 😂Bosnia and Herzegovina was third. Russia came in second.
@@DustySmith1 I'm guessing you're not THE Dusty Smith.
Sam got us to second place for the first time in YEARS so yes he was the best we had.....and considering he started by making videos on tik tok through lockdown all the way to the eurovision stage 👏
And he was my winner.
Great song!!
Yes don't knock Sam, he is our saviour in eurovision x
It wasn't that good of a song. Imo it's still better than winner, but nah
First time in nearly 20 years where UK didn't send an embarrassment that didn't challenged for being last
2009 Norway blew it out of the water. They got the most points under the old point system making that 169 even more wild.
I still remember the song " I'm in love with a fairytale even though it hurts, because I don't care if I lose my mind I'm already cursed" cue violin
“We didn’t realise it was going to be so political” WELCOME TO EUROVISION 😂
in Alexander Lemtov voice: There are no political opinions in Eurovision.
Your "nightmare inducing" act was sung by Katja Ebstein, who is a German music legend, and this song is still very popular. She actually placed third in Eurovision on two other occasions.
It actually describes scenes in a theatrical play, and one of them is a nightmare so to speak.
Yes, "Eres tú" by Mocedades of Spain is the song of the movie you mentioned. It had a great success in the US (and worldwide) back in 1973 and they sold more than 1 million copies of it just there. They are legends in the hispanic world.
We have a danish copy of that song too, which became very popular :)
@@quizzina-50 Oh really? I'd love to hear that!
Best song in eurovision ever.
@@quizzina-50They also did a version in their native language, Basque. If Spain had not been under Franco back then the song would have likely been sent to Eurovision in Basque. But link to the Danish version?
You guys should watch Eurovision live from start to finish next year
2003 - that was my favourite song that year, I really loved it!
2009 - the winning song just set a major points record, which was held until they next changed up the points system
2012 - the Russian grandmothers were ADORABLE and we really loved them
2017 - another favourite of mine that got stuck in second place *pouts*
2021 - France went from the most French song ever to their least French song the following year (which was among my favourites, but sadly ended up at the bottom)
2009 was Alexander Ryback. Amazing song
2017 I was messaging all my Bulgarian friends. To think that kid was 17
Poland tried to mimick the Russia in 2012 and babusha band won the theme song for EURO 2012 Football championship
Verka Serduchka - the greatest Eurovision Moment ever 🤩🤩
That was also a fantastic year - so many great acts!!
Guys you need to watch the whole uk 2022 performance. Its brilliant and think you would appreciate it more. 👍
yep definitely need to correct the absolute slander. Sam Ryder is absolutely phenomenal
Yes, do it! He is amazing.
Sam Ryder is a nice guy 🇬🇧❤️
I really hope they don't watch it and pretends to like it just because lots of Brits in the comment section has been trying to convince them to like it.
His song, his voice, his attitude pure winner…..the set, his costume, awful. This is why I fear what the BBC will bring to the mix for 2023, they have lost their creativity.
The Sam Ryder disrespect 😂😂, he is truly amazing, you should absolutely listen to his cover compilations or even that song in full, he's so good.
Alexander Rybak won in 2009. I think Daniel mentioned in the previous Eurovision reaction that he followed him on Instagram or You tube ☺️.
Cliff Richard in 1968 lost by just one point to Spain. In 1969 however there were 4 joint winners so for this list there was no runner up, cause as you say they actually only came 5th. So far the UK has come 2nd 16 times
Ahh Cliff....one of the last great mysteries.
@@kernowchris He is still a Bachelor Boy.
I don't think Cliff is Gay but it is rumoured that his live in Male Secretary, Boyfriend is...
Love the stunned look of baffled incomprehension and occasional horror that frequently settles on the face of the guy in the hat. Yep, that's the Eurovision Look.
But he does have an expressive, interested face for the ones he likes.
The 4 way tie was 1969, Cliff Richard competed in 1968, he did get second
you should definitely watch last places for the funsies
but I also recommend third places since they can be just as eurovisiony as the second places and as good as the winners, I always say that if you want to introduce someone to Eurovision you should show them the winners, runner-ups and third places
Better to watch entries per country...just to get an idea what the various countries are about (or in case of some, how broad their selection is genre-wise).
@@swanpride true but it can be a bit too much for newcomers imo
Also it's where Volare finished.
Absolutely! And see how Norway in 1990 was ROBBED! Sure, they may not have deserved the win, but they definitely deserved more than last.
@@Northfan42 Frankly, there is rarely a song in Eurovision which "deserves" last.
Michael Ball is an absolute legend. He was the original Marius in Les Miserables amongst many other things.
Also, Sam's song is amazing & his vocal control is insane. Yeah, the outfit was out there, but the music was fantastic.
Michael Ball is not a sir lol
@@maxfraser1259 I honestly thought that he was. Changed it now.
Ironically if you around to 5th places - there's the original Jean Valjean competing for Ireland, equally ironically the contest was in Paris and the song, which he wrote, is called Born to Sing.
The moment he asked "What am I watching?" I wanted to say "yeah, some countries that didn't wanna win but actually scored higher than expected :p"
I love when your faces went confused with my country's (belgium) entrance "Sanomi by Urban Trad" (2003). Fun fact about the song, it is a made-up language with Celtic sounds/tones and we still don't know what it meant. But it was to avoid a choice, in which of our three official languages they would sing. (our three official languages Dutch (Flemish), French and German).
A Made-up language from a Made-Up Country,My Friend:)
You really need to watch Sam Ryder's SPACE MAN full performance, nay, watch the Queen's Platinum Jubilee performance as Sam Ryder is a national hero. He brought the contest back to the UK public with his devotion, his honesty and his pure love for Eurovision. Do not rule him out as you have heard a chorus. Watch the whole song! Do it, and do it now!
Schlager Lucas has done compilation to the last place (all 10 places actually), so easy find. As you will see first 5 years having just 10-15 entrees showed even last place being just as strong. You will see A LOT of zero point winners from mid-sixties onwards, in particular Norway and Turkey.
1964 runner-up, Matt Monro for the UK was, wait for it Spenser, a London bus driver before becoming a singer. Leaving school at 14, he tried a succession of jobs without remaining in any of them for very long, before National Service beckoned in 1948. Monro became a tank driving instructor in the British armed forces and was posted to Hong Kong.
His recordings include the UK Top 10 hits: "Portrait of My Love", "My Kind of Girl", "Softly As I Leave You", "Walk Away" and "Yesterday" (originally by The Beatles). He also recorded several film themes such as "From Russia with Love" for the James Bond film of the same name, "Born Free" for the film of the same name and "On Days Like These" for The Italian Job, original with Michael Caine.
what do you meeeeeeean was that our best foot forward? yes... yes it was, did you hear that man? we have flopped in the euros for a while now till this angelic british viking stepped up and brought us back from limbo
When you asked 'Do you think these people get asked in their everyday was that you'? The act you were on was 1988.I know for a fact Scott Fitzgerald says 'YES'!!! He was in first place till the last votes came in and an unknown Canadian called Celine Dion beat him by 1 point for Switzerland!
Also Cliff did not come 5th! he cam 2nd in '68. the following year '69 they did not show due to 4 way tie for 1st and skipped to '70.
It's always fun to see an "outsiders'" reaction to Eurovision, I thought you were respectable and understanding in both the videos! There's so much to unpack when it comes to understanding the meaning, politics and progression of Eurovision throughout its history. I'd highly recommend you watch the 2023 contest if possible, that's how you get an idea of what it really is nowadays
When you comment about the number of points between 1st and 2nd, remember that the number of available points increases as the number of entries does - in the early years there were only around a dozen entries and these days there are well over 40. Also there was the change to the voting system in the mid-2010s where each country announces the jury points and the televote points, so that instantly doubled the number of available points.
The comments you guys made in this video really made me laugh, really enjoyed this reaction 😄
The German musicians that got runner up are in some cases still pretty popular amongst some generations and fill big stadiums, others only had that one hit song and tour mall openings now.
Spaceman 🇬🇧❤️
My most favourite Eurovision song ever has to be “Give that Wolf a Banana” brilliant tune, the lyrics are hilarious and I love it!! xx
The 4 that tied was in 1969, not 68. Cliff came 2nd 🤗
Daniel Beddingfield.
@@5Rays true but I still see it as a Lulu win 😉
You really need to listen and watch the UK entry in its entirety. Sam is amazing
You need to watch the full performance of uk 2022 entry then your opinion will change
Now you know what euro vision is you should react to father Ted euro vision episode
Sam Ryder is an absolute legend that kept us all sane through Lockdown, incredible Falsetto voice and nails it live every time.
Just watch the full show this year. 2024 will be an amazing and very competitive year.
The Icelandic song from 2009 is my favourite Eurovision song ever.
Yeah, they let Australia in the competition in 2016…much to everyone’s surprise as clearly it’s very much not in Europe 🤣 I’m a Brit living in Australia and was surprised how into Eurovision Aussies are, so it’s nice for them to be included. I used to have Eurovision drinking parties back in the UK during Eurovision…doesn’t really work here in Australia as it’s 4am when the live show is on 🤦🏻♀️
Have you guys done the Eurovision winners countdown? That’d be good to see.
Australia entered in 2015 with Guy Sebastian- Tonight Again 😉 And as I remember Australia was one of the interval acts in 2014.
You should also react to 3rd position songs at Eurovision. A lot of gems there!!
Sam came first after the judges vote, and Ukraine was fourth or fifth. When the public votes came in, Ukraine then won, which had been anticipated by many.
Yeah, UK was the jury favorite, while Ukraine was the televote favorite.
UK was 5th in the televote, while Ukraine was 4th in the jury vote.
No country that has been 5th in the televote has ever won.
I maintain that, had the war not happened, Spain would have won
This is a poor argument. Winners often have nothing to do with the jury vote. I would love for us to have won but sometimes you just need to suck it up and move on. What if we had lost to someone else, there would be another sob story here in it’s place. Ukraines situation just made the sob story easy to write.
@@hjt091 Since Spain was 3rd in both jury vote and televote it seems like a possibility.
We will never know, it was very close between UK (466 p) and Spain (459).
"Stefania" is still a good song, war or no war, so it would have been in the top and might have won anyway, but perhaps not getting 12 p from almost every televote and winning by 165 p over the runner up.
Those 12 p would probably been spread out more, to UK, Spain, Ukraine, but also Serbia and Sweden would have got a larger share or those perhaps.
If Russia had been in the contest, perhaps they would have been there in the top too getting some of those points.
Verka is legendary in Eurovision, I was is Poland a month ago and there was a poster for her show 15yrs after they were on Eurovision. Australia is a shock (as an Aussie I can say this) but we have been a huge supporter of Eurovision so we were invited to compete in 2015 and came 2nd the next year. You guys need to watch all of it, Sam Ryder has an amazing voice and that's the best UK have done in 25yrs (they have been a joke of Eurovision for years).
Your Eurovision reactions are cool! Imo you should react to 2022 songs or even the grand final (but that's like 4 hours long so requires a lot of editing.
You should laugh!!!! This why we love it in Europe, it’s the funny artists that we love
Please check out Guildo Horns Eurovision entry from 1998, worth a watch. He came 7th from Germany and has everything Eurovision should have. 😀
The bass player of the Germany 2nd place in 1987 was actually later one of the two Milli Vanilli!
It is funny how you mention Milli Vanilli in 1990, and didn't notice how one of them (Pilatus) was a backup singer in 1987.
Loved this, for Eurovision find the worst outfit you can (Glitter is a must )grab a bottle, head to a party and let the drinking game commence. 😃
My overarching memory of Eurovision will always be Sir Terry Wogan and his commentary. Graham Norton who took over after him is really good with those cutting comments but I'll always remember Tel and his sharp quips.
Well, I don't know about the movie Tommy Boy, but what I CAN tell you is that "Eres tú" was, I believe, the first song without a single bit of English in it to hit the billboard list. It was at the very least the first song entirely in Spanish to do so.
*For the record, I cannot at the moment for the life of me remember if Kyu Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki" (As the English title came to be) was earlier or later, because that was also not in English and MAY have been earlier.
THIS IS INCORRECT!!! IN 2006 RUNNER-UP WAS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA!!! HARI MATA HARI - LEJLA
Im a swede but i always prefered Islands Selma with "All out of luck'(so catchy!!) insted of swedish winner Charlotte Nilssoms "Take me to your heaven" which is a typicle Abba pastich schlager pop from that time ..
Space Man is an anthem if you listen to more than 5 seconds people were singing along to it.
As for Sam Ryder you need to watch his whole performance. He was great. Also you don't realise how big Eurovison is around Europe. It's a whole week long event with heats for the countries that aren't in the founding 5 who put up the money and created the competition and went straight through. So all week there is tv coverage showing performances and interviews. Sam Ryder is also a really lovely bloke and he will have got votes for that too.
Not to underestimate how much Europe hates the United Kingdom right now.
We basically told them to f**k off.
If it is correct, it is the song that plays in the movie Tommy Boy. It is also one of the best songs in Eurovision history and was the first song in Spanish to be number one on the United States billboard chart. in addition to being number one in all of Europe and Asia. sometimes the important thing is not to win but to succeed
18:45 it's because in that year israel still didn't have couler TV, while the rest of the eurovision countries had. So they (the government) wanted the viewers to feel the celebration and enjoy the colorful event (eurovision). (Yellow, on a black and white TV, look more colorful, and it's unique and can be identified easily as not white clothes, but colorful clothes.)
You are wrong guys, Cliff Richard was runner up in 1968. As mentioned in the subtitles there was no runner up in 1969 because of the four winners.
1969 when we had 4 winners isn't the same year as 1968 when Cliff Richard took 2nd place. Sweden won in 1991 because we had a handful more of 10 points than France. We had the same number of 12 points, thus they went down the line to see who had more 10, 9 , 8 and so on.
2009 Norway was Ryback, he had the highest score ever up until that point. So he blew it out of the water.
2007, 2012 and 2023 runner ups are all epic, fun songs that are still, and will always be, fan favorites.
You should look at the ones that came last. That would be much more interesting to watch
Last places in the Grand Final, or Last Places in the semifinals?
All Last Places in Eurovision Song Contest (1957-2022)
All Last Places of the Semi-Finals in Eurovision Song Contest (2004-2022)
@@Asa...S either I guess the semifinals would be funnier
@@ben31uk I agree, because the ones ends up last in the Grand Final has at least been able to be in the top 10 in the semis (unless they're Big 5). The last places in the semis are the _real_ last places.
I've forgotten most of these, Sir Cliff Richard is still very around and working think he's sold well in excess of 200 million over his career and he's most associated with The Shadows again forgotten that they entered, many from the UK have stayed within the industry,Michael Ball is a big West End and Broadway theatre Star, although ventured into albums and works quite a bit with Alfie Boe who's known mainly for Opera
The first five notes of the chorus to Malta 2005 (Angel) is the same as/copied from Jennifer Rush's "The Power Of Love" (which Celine Dion made a famous cover of). I think that's what makes you think that you've heard it before...
Tad hurt by your comments about Sam atvthe end there, you need to remember between 1997 and 2022, we had a win in 97 a 2nd place and a 3rd place before this year, all the rest struggled to be middle of the score board and were usually bottom 3 if not dead last. Sam getting second was the uk saying, "you know what, we will actually take this seriously for once".
Three out of 25 because of the Tories, and it’s shows how bad it was
The older songs are so wholesome :)
Love the comment about the Netherlands 2014. Absolutely true. "Pure" Dutch country song. Love it, though.
Space Man is an absolute JAM!! And the best entry the UK have had in a long time! When that guitar solo started, I really thought he’d done it!!
@embracethesuck21 Eurovision is to us what the Super Bowl is to you in the US, but with music. Abba were the first to win with a song not sung in their native language. Would love to translate the swedish songs for you guys.. they are hysterical😄 especially when you read the text in english.. love from a proud Swed❤️❤️
1975's 2nd place The Shadows were a instrumental group that backed Cliff Richard then got a record contract of there own and have had some great tunes which you should listen to
Ahhhh Eurovision! My favourite time of year. I love it the acts are so wild and some of the songs have been incredible roll on May!!
In the entire Eurovision history UK has had 16 runner-ups/2nd places including this years runner-up, no other country has that many 2nd places in a singing contest. 🤗
16, not 17
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I was thinking 16, but I didn’t know whether that was before this year runner-up or not, just skimmed through google on that earlier and didn’t really see if it included this years contestant.
But Ive edited the number.
I love how people are arguing about the points and rankings in comments…we’re all so passionate about Eurovision! It’s the music Olympics! Australia, yes, we were gonna end up in there, we drive everyone nuts about Eurovision😂
Well, unlike the Americans, you are good sports, hence you are very welcome to bring your particular brand of crazy.
Oooof you’re going to get in trouble with your Sam Ryder comments. He’s a national treasure and his performance was absolutely brilliant. The full beaded Eurovision jumpsuit was absolutely essential 😂 Some of these seconds really really should of won - Dancing Lasha tumbai is probably one of the most famous performances ever. If you are feeling brave do the last places and watch the UK at its very very worst in 2003 - you may need some stiff drinks.
Everyone voting for Ukraine in 2022 regardless of song was a beautiful expression of European Unity.🙏
In the 60s and 70s the UK fielded established performers including some of the biggest names in the business. Probably the peak of this was Cliff Richard who came in second with 'Congratulations'. Cliff is (he's still recording) one of the highest selling artists in the UK behind only Elvis and the Beatles. He's had releases and hits in every decade from the 1950s onwards.
In the 60s we had Matt Monro, Sandy Shaw, Cliff Richard and Lulu. The 70s gave us Cliff again, Olivia Newton John, The New Seekers, Lyndsey de Paul and The Shadows. However, after the constant string of losses top names were no longer willing to risk their reputations on what was becoming seen more and more as a kitsch parody of the contemporary music scene and later entrants were either relative unknowns or groups put together specifically for the contest.
I had more fun watching Daniel's reactions 😂😂
Seriously guys. The U.K. 2022 was the best entry we’ve sent in over a decade and Sam did the country proud. Yes the costume is out there. But that’s Eurovision. Last year this guy was singing covers in his garden shed on TikTok. ( millions of followers btw )
That got him a chance to compete at Eurovision and he had the best voice of the night.
Remember, all vocals are 100% live. Even backing vocals.
Backing vocals are very often playback now though
@@achnix3167 yes I forgot that they have recently been permitted
Since you like graham norton, you should react to a mix of his commentary of eurovision, pure british humour
She went up against Alexander Rybek, that’s what was happening. 32:59
Cliff was 1968
Uk came first in 1969 with France, Netherlands and Spain, if Morden voting rules counted Netherlands would be 1st
UK 2nd
France 3rd
Spain 4th
Netherlands had 1, 6 points from france
Uk had 1, 5 points from Sweden
A draw of ballots was chosen for the 1970 competition.
I like that as Die Troubadour as by far my fav winner that year.
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@@eevee2411 Fair enough, I'm smart but British and not linguistically gifted.
@@EmoBearRights no worries at all! Don't think I could ever learn a language besides my native language & English lol.
2014: she actually was in a few episodes of the final season of the tv show Nashville!
Great reaction :) Please do all 3rd places in Eurovision. They are so much fun, lots of upbeat stuff there as well.
"she could make it in Nashville, I think"
She kinda did. She went to Nashville and worked with producer Barry Beckett to record her album "World of Hurt".
Her name is Ilse DeLange.
noooo don’t do sam ryder like that, watch the whole performance
1987 Germany, the guy on the right "playing" guitar: that's Rob Pilatus from Milli Vanilli
Russia 2012... so that's the song that echoes in my head every now and then.
Please please please watch the father ted episode where they enter Eurovision 👍
If you look at the guy on the left in the 1975 clip (The Shadows) he is John Farrar who later wrote You're The One That I Want from the film Grease.
Oh, it gets crazier if you watch the videos for 3rd, 4th, etc. places :D But doing these per year would be the wisest. Starting from 2022 songs.
You guys need to watch and stream live the 2023 Eurovision.
It's You was chosen the 5th best song in Eurovision history. It is a song that is on the same level as Let It Be , by the Beatles
Is there a compilation of all the last places? I'd really be interested in that...
Yes, you can find these (on the same channel, Schager Lucas)
All Last Places in Eurovision Song Contest (1957-2022)
All Last Places of the Semi-Finals in Eurovision Song Contest (2004-2022)
you should watch Eurovision the movie.
So glad you did this after the winners video. UK hasn’t competed well for years until this year. Didn’t want you to miss out on it. My daughter was finally able to see what it was like for us UK fans years ago when we had a chance of winning.
Yes Eres tú is the song of the movie :) Famous song all over the world on the radio in the 70s.
for the past ten years or so there have been semifinales because there are 41 entries. So there are two semifinales. I would like you to rate them from 2000 - present compilations are available for all years
The Common Linnets (2014) are awsome and... funny that you said it, but Ilse was actually in the Netflix show called Nashville :)
It is a well known fact that the Eurovision jury hates fun.
The Dutch entry from 2014 was amazing, over the years Eurovision had almost become a parody of itself, with the emphasis on seemingly more ridiculous outfits amd gimmicks. I don't know what the rest of Europe thought but people in the UK were generally pretty stunned at how good that song was, there was almost an instantaneous reaction of 'wtf is that song doing in Eurovision, it's far too good!'. And it still didn't damn well win! 🙄
To be fair, the winning song was very amazing too. It was overall a very strong year.
@@swanpride but would Conchita would have won without the beard?… I would have loved for Netherlands to win
@@saraa7841 We will never know for sure, but the song itself stood out too, with its James Bond vibe.
Matt Monroe came second but sang the theme to "From Russia With Love", "On Days Like These" from The Italian Job, Born Free, The Impossible Dream...... he's a well known singer.
The "Angel" song has the same structure as "The Power of Love", including the big note jump on the line "cause I'm your lady and you are my man."
Frank Sinatra's favourite singer.
How THE FUCK can you forget that beddingfields name was DANIEL!??? 😳😳🤔🤔🤔🤔🙈…….😬😬😬