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The Eurovision Song Contest is a outdated and boring concept for the 21st century; it should be replaced with Eurovision Fart Contests where contestants have to fart into a microphone, whichever fart sounds the funniest wins.
With regards to the big 5 not taking the contest seriously: Italy is always sending the winner of San Remo and they take San Remo very, very very seriously
Yes, but we (Italy) withdrew from 1997 to 2011 because we weren't interested in the contest anymore, so when we returned we had to demonstrate that now we're taking it seriously
I love Eurovision, because it's the perfect combination of trashy, iconic and spectacular. Although politics are indisputably involved, you can actually find out some great underrated artists and discover new kinds of music, especially if you follow up the national finals as well
Yeah. My favourite thing to mild the post-Eurovision-week blues is to check out other songs by my that year's favourites. This is a great way to find some awesome music you would otherwise never discover. Some great indie rock from Latvia, or heavy industrial from Iceland, or maybe an alternative ambitious artsy pop from Serbia? I would have never discovered them if it wasn't for ESC.
Eurovision is frequently ridiculous, but that's actually exactly the thing I adore about it. Makes me laugh, sometimes there's awesome music and a common theme of many songs - due to the nature of what it is - is all about international peace and brotherly love, which is all very wholesale and heart-warming. And it's just overflowing with flamboyance and is as camp as all hell. Which, again, is just pure unadulterated fun to watch. Basically, it's always guaranteed to put a smile on my face, one way or the other. Even when the music's dreadful that year. The fact that it's a bit weird and not altogether deadly serious is what I find so awesome about it all. Essentially, it's just unadulterated fun. Like, never change, Eurovision. Never change.
While English was very trendy to use at Eurovision in the 2000s and 2010s I would argue that the 2020s already show a massive trend of sending home-language songs again.
I can definitely see a process of non-English songs (as non-native) scoring higher and getting top 10 results, including winning That's another reason why I wanted Finland to win this year, to keep on motivating people to send great songs in their languages! I mean - a Finnish song winning Eurovision?? I'm all in for it!
Fun fact: The winner of Eurovision does not get any money. They only get a trophy. But Eurovision win is a guarantee that the artist/band will get easy money by touring around the Europe. 😊
@@Meg-ts3kx exposure mostly, it would get way too expensive to have to pay 37 artists fully, on top of the standard prices of location, hosts, outfits, tech, etc
Isn't abbas song money money money about the fact they did not get any gigs after euvision since everyone thought they are too busy or something 😂 but yeah
Just a clarification on the English-language thing (for the nerds) - in the early years of Eurovision it was indeed customary to sing in your native language, until 1965, when Sweden sent a song in English. That resulted in an actual language rule, that was in place until 1973 and then brought back in 1977. ABBA was very lucky to perform in that short window of time in 1974. It is only allowed to sing in any language again since 1999, and since then only 4 songs fully in native languages (and 2 partially) won. During the 4 year window in the 70's 3 songs in English won (well, one was from UK). So... yeah, statistically English brings a big advantage. Besides the mishap with crediting Italy 2017 as Italy 2018 very nice video explaining the basics of the event. Eurovision is a truly fascinating spectacle of good meets bad, ambitious meets kitsch, combined with sociopolitical elements and crazy rivalry. I'm always along for the ride
@@wingracer1614 True. It should be said, however, that win was a statistical outlier from the historical norm. It may be that we'll see that change over time but, so far, it's still more likely than not for the winning song to be at least partially sung in English.
The trend seems to be turning around though. Both in 2021 and 2022, 4 out of the top 5 songs were sung i native languages. I think we are going to see a lot more native language winners in the upcoming future
@@ingvik3703 definitely. In the first semi this year all 4 songs that weren’t English at all qualified while only 3/7 completely English songs did and 3/4 mixed qualified.
A winning country doesn't _HAVE_ to host next year's contest. It just traditionally does so, and there are many examples of a winning country not hosting the following year with this year being but the most recent. And the first semi final of ESC 2023 is actually tonight, May 9th. The second is May 11th and the final is on Saturday May 13th. :)
@@PlanetoftheDeaf The Netherlands hosted in 1980 because Israel couldn't do it. The Netherlands also hosted because of the 1969 four way tie & the UK, Spain & France bowed out. That time the UK hosted for the Netherlands was in the 50s when NL was in "de wederopbouw" basically living on Marshall money & couldn't host again. The UK also hosted for Luxembourg in the 70s when they won in a row & that small state wasn't as rich as it is now. I think this might be the origin of the idea that countries don't want to win, but as it shows, when they cannot host another steps in & takes over, so that's just silly buggers.
@@PlanetoftheDeaf and in 1972 because the '71 winner Monaco didn't have any where big enough to hold the contest, the only available space being the smallish theatre at the casino. However contests were much shorter and smaller back then
Waterloo by ABBA was actually recorded in 4 languages: Swedish, English, French, and German. They used the Swedish version for the national competion and you can find it on YT. But the English version was used at the actual ESC. The German version (live performance on German TV) is also on YT.
Lots of songs are performed in their native language at their various country’s contests to find their winner to go to ESC and they are then rewritten in English if it is thought that it will appeal to more people/voters and also if the artiste can speak English. Charlotte Nilsson performed in Swedish at Melodifestivalen in 1999, winning with Tusen Och En Natt (One Thousand and One Nights) but won ESC with the English language version Take Me To Your Heaven. Also, many countries produce an English version of their song anyway, only sometimes they don’t make much sense - ‘Vrede’ by Ruth Jacott for Netherlands 1993 had this as its chorus in the English version of the song - We're sending spaceships on a journey to the moon We're turning nighttime into day when darkness lingers Tulips for Christmas and a mistletoe for early June We've turned the world into a hothouse Now we're bound to burn our fingers And of course the weirdest one is Ajda Pekkan - Petr’oil for Turkey in 1980 which became ‘Loving On Petrol’ in English and just to quote the first 2 verses and chorus - ‘Don't give me a diamond ring 'cause that's not what I need Just give me some gasoline and you fill up my dreams When I think I'm running out, my whole inside goes out So don't talk of precious gems, just give me liquid gold Caviar is not my style and champagne's not my game But I've had the taste of oil and it's flowing through my veins What good is a silver ounce when you don't have the gas? Let me have enough to go and our love is sure to last Loving on petrol, loving on petrol Flowing, blowing, rolling, going one way to heaven Loving on petrol, loving on petrol So hot, don't stop, come on, make me happy forever The wheels are turning, energy's burning If we found a well then we could share it all together Loving on petrol, loving on petrol Just step on the gas and watch the whole wide world go past us’ So you see what I mean !
Me: a Eurovision fan who already knows everything about this contest. Also me: watching this video Loved this video. As a fan it is always the best to get more people into this contest who have never heard of it before. Thanks for spreading the good word about Eurovision. It is really misrepresented in the media or just misunderstood by normal people. It is one of the best things about the year for me. This video was great, I loved it!
I'll never forget 2009 when Aleksander Rybak won for Norway ;D We were all extatic! He even set a new point-record that year. Fairytale is absolutely a great song that i still listen to!
I remember that too, except I am from Sweden and was living in Chengdu China at the time. One of my classmates was from Norway and when you won, she went crazy. Meanwhile, I cannot say I was overly impressed by our own performance.
new point record in the older system - though Loreen came along in 3 years and set a different record - the most 12 points received from most countries. Come 2016 the jury and televote were split apart creating a ewn system and old points records became a footnote.
it aged so well too! I remember all the girls in my class completely in love with this guy lol. I'm from Israel btw it was a smashing hit here. you had another magical violin win in the 90's right? it's your lucky charm! 🎻🎻🎻
Ukraine might have won last year as a show of support and sympathy, but "Stefania" is still a MASSIVE bop that 100% deserved it. I don't find as many stellar acts this year compared to last year, unfortunately. But I'm still having fun.
without political influence i think UK should've won last year, but at the very very least Ukraine deserved a 2nd place last year. This year Finland should've won... Sweden didn't even deserve to be in the top 5..
I want to like your comment because I really like "Stefania" and I do agree it deserved to win... but I really can't agree that this year haven't as many good songs. For me it is the edition I probably like the most, whit so many songs I added to my playlist ♥
@@snuffeldjuret it was not the *most* popular. In fact, it's the first country to have won without any country's public thinking it's the best song (it never received 12 pts. from televote). It was a good song, but I don't think it was the most deserving (as did ALL voting countries (incl. the "Rest of the World"-vote)).
I've said it before and I'll say it again: after Pink Floyd, mu favourite group is Los raperos muertos (a pun on the name of a Spanish band called Los toreros muertos--The Dead Matadors). The best thing about rappers is that they tend to pick each other off, ridding us of criminals who are musically loathsome in my book. There are other loathsome musical species such as autotuners and "calorreros", but you would have to live in Spain to catch the meaning of the latter (or just listen to any crap by the Gipsy Kings).
Eurovision began as a showcase for simultaneous live TV and radio technology standards which let national broadcasters operate together. Although it often doesn’t sound or look like it, throughout the Cold War era, Eurovision was an enabler for strategic technical collaboration between western European countries, many years before the EU or the Internet were built.
Even though it's nothing special today, the fact that I remember from back in the day how unique it was that you could watch a pan-european show live on tv still sort of makes me get the chills when they play that Eurovision anthem at the beginning, that used to mean: we're now all watching the same thing live all over (western) europe. And it's a great anthem, by the way. Come to think of it: do they actually still play that anthem at the beginning these days?
@@berendharmsen not just all over the western europe! All over the whole europe! I was born in 1978 in ex yugoslavia, become an adult in Bosnia and Herzegowina. All my life even in the bloody damn war we were aware of the first saturday in may and esc. Being able to participate in 1993, 1994 while we were under constant bomb shelling was SUCH A BIG PRIDE for us, just TO FEEL NORMAL, HUMAN and be a part of the normal world as before. It meant so much to us. ESC will forever be our/my family time with popcorn and ice cream and guessing which neighbour country gives 12 points to it's first neighbour and even with that, the winner is rather fair every year...and simply enjoying big bright world where we all are connected.
Being American, I'm only peripherally aware of Eurovision, so thanks for the history and insights. That was a great bunch of clips to illustrate everything.
As a German, I thank you for not specifically addressing Germany's sometimes harebrained contributions. As German music lovers, we were sometimes very ashamed of the contributions.
@@klaxoncow It's more about the last 10 years or basically since after Lena won in 2010. We had some good acts since then, like Michael Schulte, but other than that it always was kinda predictable, that we will not reach top 10. At least this years Lord of the Lost should get us some points, possible even top 10.
0:16 Fun fact. These guys were street singers. You could see them in the main square in Zagreb, singing evergreens and jazz. They actually entered the national competition a year or two before winning and placed second. Honestly, that song was better.
The major change for me, when comparing the contests of my childhood and the modern version, is between the contest being a fairly middle of the road affair, with live orchestras and small and sober live audiences to the modern visual spectacular held in large arenas with big and wild audiences.
I will always be grateful to Eurovision for introducing me to Mika! Apparently I was just too young to know any of his early pop hits and he hasn't been as big since - can't believe what I was missing out on. I wish Mika presented every year...
I was the same situation! I was born and raised in a non-European country but got into Eurovision in my late teens via the internet. I had European friends who are fans of MIKA since his early career while we were chatting in real time during last year's contest. Now I'm such a fan of his songs.
Italy definetly takes the competition very seriously. Their San Remo qualifying contest goes on for weeks on TV. I know that Norway and Sweden are about the same in that regard. And they usually have a lot of talent willing to compete. So there might be even 10 songs that are really good that didn't make the finals. Then some other European countries don't seem to care about Eurovision and they just send whatever they can find. Some rich countries just open up their wallets and get pro songwriters and singers to do the whole thing. Perhaps realizing that what ever they have in stock might not fit into this competition all that well. As for nations voting for each other: I think that is normal. Nations that share a language or tight bonds will have similar tastes in music. But the winner usually transcends all cultures and gets votes from all over.
Eurovision is literally the happiest time of the year for me it brings me so much joy to see how much effort in creativity and uniqueness are put to these songs. I might be dramatic but it has bonded me and my dad since we come from different cultures like he is from Kosovo and I'm born in Sweden it's natural that they crash with eachother and this is like the time I actually can get closer with my dad. Eurovision is literally like a holiday for me since I've watched eurovision since I was a baby thanks to my dad since he has been a fan starting from a young age as well. I'm so thankful of him and I should tell him that more often. Btw sorry for my dramatic daughter and father life story I am cringing at myself a lil bit💀 since absolutely no one is gonna be interested or see this but hey where else am I gonna put my feelings about this no one is intresserad anyway ✋🙄
In our household, Eurovision is always celebrated. Being in Canada, we didn't get to vote until this year. Our daughter is always in contact with people in Europe during the broadcast. In fact, its up on the television right now!
Sam Ryder was simply incredible last year! We all saw him smashing through amazing songs with his invincible chest voice in his garage on tiktok for a couple of years, he deserves the fame he got post the Eurovision! 💖
Cannot wait for Käärijä to win this year! Only got into it this year but enjoying myself. The amount of history/controversy to it should honestly be studied.
I’m an American fan of Eurovision. I got introduced to it by two Czech coworkers/friends who were here for university studies in 2015. They showed me clips from the 2015 and a few others and explained a lot of it to me. So when NBCUniversal’s LOGO cable channel announced they’d be streaming the final in 2016, I got to watch the full show live for the first time and have been hooked ever since. I literally make sure to ask for the days off work in order to be able to watch it. I’ve made friends with other Eurovision fans in online groups and have discovered other Americans who are fans, too, as well as shown my family and friends Eurovision in hopes of getting them interested (some have become full fans, some are more casual fans, and some still aren’t sure about watching the shows but do enjoy the performance clips and listening to the songs on music streaming services). In fact, I think Ukraine winning last year at least made more Americans aware of the contest since it was literally news on all our national news channels…..though none of them really explained what it was exactly that Ukraine had won. I had coworkers asking to explain it because they had read or heard on the news Ukraine had won Eurovision and they remembered me talking about it at some point (probably explaining why I wasn’t working that Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday). I’m definitely going to save this video to share with folks whenever they ask. I’ll use it alongside Geography Now’s video explaining Eurovision as I think that video plus yours will give folks who ask me about it (especially online) a good beginning reference point. If they want more details then I might use Alexandrumic’s channel’s history of Eurovision videos. I think you did a great job of explaining it for a beginner! I also appreciate that BBC/EBU created a short video explaining how voting works as well. While I thought I knew how it worked, I was wrong (I thought every country voted in both semifinals, but countries only vote in the semifinals they participate in; and I thought the reason for the drawing for the Big 5+ winner to select which semifinal they vote in was like a way to diminish their influence since they automatically qualify for the final). So I’m always learning something new about Eurovision. Great job!!! Thanks for making this video!!! Love your channel!
the White Stripes legal threat was absolutely baseless. it didn't have more merit than Marvin Gaye vs Ed Sheeran. but sadly, copyright lawsuits aren't determined on the basis of merit nowadays.
Just a note of appreciation for the composition and editing of this video. We are so used to slick presentation these days, that we just take it for granted, but this was superbly put together. Also, kudos for saying "drumeo, guitareo and singeo" with an (almost) straight face! What on earth were they smoking when they came up with those names??
Slight correction: a winning country isn't obligated to host the contest (though it is highly encouraged), especially after winning twice in a row. Israel for example won twice in a row, refused to host the second time, and after the chosen date fell on a national mourning day, even eventually refused to participate (making it the only time a winning country didn't participate next year).
thinking UK getting zero points in 2021 was for any other reason than having a mediocre song with lack luster staging in such a crazy strong year is pure delusion
Agreed, I remember me and everyone else I know who watches it thinking it was a garbage song. Brexit did not come up even once into our conversations of why we hated that song
It's one thing to get a 0 from the jury, there are probably politics involved there. But a public vote of 0 points means your song was completely awful
The song at 00:36 is not "Non mi Avete Fatto Niente" by Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro, it's "Occidentali's Karma" by Francesco Gabbani. The year is 2017 and not 2018. (I don't even like Eurovision, but the participants qualify by winning the much more popular Sanremo Festival).
Thanks for this one. I'm old enough to remember Abba, Cliff Richard and The Shadows (separately). My dad also bought the single of one time winner Anne-Marie David who won in 1973. I'm very impressed by the fact that a third of your subscribers are in the US. Well done mate!
A little surprised you didn't mention the Will Ferrell movie about Eurovision that was on Netflix a couple years ago. That was the first introduction to the contest for many Americans. Typical Will Ferrell movie, but it was obvious he has some real affection for the event
The "nonsense" song at 0:35 is actually not nonsense at all, it's critiqueing western people adopting elements from Asian cultures and religions without acknowledging the roots of those beliefs and activities, such as yoga, the concept of karma etc. It's actually a really good and meaningful song but just presented funny!
Exactly, and the artist (actually) Francesco Gabbani generally makes great, very Italian music. I've been listening to some of his songs since he apperared in Eurovision 2017 (same goes for Mahmood since 2019).
Talking as italian, the song "Occidentali's Karma" by Francesco Gabbani was not a no-sense, but a critique discussion on human evolution, as human being is called "The naked ape" in a famous scientifical book :)
i interpreted it as a song about how shallowly we understand eastern cultural concepts but still incorporate them in our lives. either way, a very meaningful song- even more so if it has multiple interpretations
THANK YOU for this wonderful introduction to my favorite song contest. Eurovision is, alongside soccer, one of the rare few things that has consistently brought Europeans together since the second world war. Against Putin and his fellow warmongers, this fabulous contest holds a core message of international peace and congeniality. 🌸
@@tomasolsson6493 well SOMETHING is needed to counter the evil and harm of the RUsso(globo)fascist Homophobic propaganda. Only hateful violent people have such a problem with queer folk that they have to try and extinguish them in any way or erase any evidence of their existence.
I left the UK many many years past, and the thing I miss the most, was watching Eurovision with my bestie. The jokes from both Terry Wogan and then Graham Norton coupled with Gin and Tonic always made a great evening!
Yes, tonight is going to be a great show with an atmosphere of unity.💖🎉 Peace and love will save our world. We can live in a *Creative* *Society,* where everyone's life and well-being are the highest value.
IGNORE THE ODDS.. THey are artificially created by oddsmakers based on how much money is being placed ona a given song. It indicates rabid interest ( to the point of PAYING MONEY) in a song, but cannot possibly indicate hoe the professional jury voting goes, fully half the final vote tally
as it literally refers to the word "Moon" in Danish that is close - but more like "moe". But since the A seems to override everyone's default, the band has given up and just deals with MAH-neh-skin [the word literally means moonshine, as in moonlight, not the alcohol]
We know it's a Danish word, but in Italy we pronounce it as it were an Italian word, so the "foreign" accents are just discarded, similar as in the video "Zitti e buoni" on the other hand is unrecognisable here lol
You forgot to mention that it is the most watched TV show in the world and holds the record for biggest world audience. So it is more popular than the Olympic games.
This year’s Eurovision audience was 160 million. I don’t know each year’s numbers but Super Bowl had 172 million viewers in 2017, according to Wikipedia. So they’re both up there at the top, fighting about it.
Just to clarify, Greece and Cyprus may be two different countries but for many it's not. Both countries love it's other, share the same language (only countries who speak Greek) fought next to each other in many wars and now many Cypriots live in Greece and vice versa. It's only logical to vote for each other, it's like voting for your sibling.
I'm going to a Eurovision show tonight (there are nine events and we're going to one that isn't screened live). Trying to describe it to someone who hasn't known about it forever is a very difficult task! I happened to be in the USA when they tried a copycat competition last year - sending an entry from each state. It just didn't work. I think you need the history and a good dollop of chaos for the joy to happen.
Estonia threw away the greatest eurovision song in 2013 for a tragically boring ballad. Look up "Meiecundimees üks Korsakov läks eile Lätti" by Winny Puhh and you'll understand our pain. It got second place in our domestic competition for eurovision.
I'm very excited for this year's eurovision since germany finally has an entry that is not that bad and it's actually my siblings' favourite band. Can't wait until saturday night!
Previously, there was a rule that the song had to be in the country's native language, which added to authenticity, in my opinion. Now that close to all acts use English, they have become indistinguishable. A sad 😔 development.
What I've always liked, though, is that France, being France, always insists on singing in French. No matter what. Well, there was one year where - very disappointingly - they broke that policy and sung in English. It didn't win. So they went back to French again. Thankfully, in my opinion. Because France just doesn't seem French, unless it's being pig-headedly stubborn, and looking down its nose at the English language. Never change, France. Never change.
Still, i dont think that's entirely true. Look at the top finishers in 2021: italy in italian, france in french, switzerland in french, ukraine in ukrainian, russia largely in russian. 2022 too, you had ukraine, UK (i guess), Spain, Serbia, Italy, Moldova...
I disagree. Since the Portuguese victory in 2017, the share of songs including lyrics partially or fully in the country's native tongue has significantly increased. This year's final will at the very least feature songs in English, Spanish, Italian, French, Finnish, Romanian, Czech, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Portuguese and Serbo-Croatian, + Israel whose song has a couple of verses in Hebrew. And depending on the Semi 2 result, we could also have Armenian, Slovenian, Albanian or Lithuanian
A little note on the zero points for the UK post-Brexit: The UK for a long time has been getting very bad scores mostly because the songs tended to be fairly.... forgettable, neither exceptionally good nor exceptionally wacky. Germany has been scoring very badly for the same reason most years. A lack of effort will reflect in a lack of votes - and because they are in the Big 5, that lack of votes tends to play out on the biggest stage in the world. I have yet to meet anyone who actually liked the 2021 UK entry, or even remembers it. Blaming it on Brexit seems like making excuses honestly. Political voting in Eurovision tends to play out in giving undeserved votes, not withholding them.
I never normally watch Eurovision because for many many years the UK did terribly. it was literally my brother who messaged me last year and told me to turn over and put on last years because we had seemingly done well (this was before the results of the jury vote) and I looked at the reactions on like Twitter and stuff and it looked promising and then when it was the jury vote and we were actually doing really well and then won the jury vote I was in literal shock. my brother and I were messaging back and forth and we couldn't believe what was happening. I deffo feel like the right person and the right song is key. yes a lot of countries go for gimmicks and all the flash but at the end of the day it is the substance that wins. Sam Ryder is a brilliantly talented performer and singer and is clearly able to attract audiences based on his Tik Tok following and Spaceman is a good song. It is solid, has all the components you need for a successful pop song and it feels like a good universal song that can be appreciated all over the world.
The best description of Eurovision was likening it to a ferry ride from one Scandanavian country to another. Since alcohol wasn't sold in this country, the purpose of the ferry was to allow the citizens to drink during the crossing. Since it didn't take long, they would tend to drink heavily in a short amount of time. Combined with the effects of being on a boat...or a ship, stomachs tended to be rather susceptible to upheavels. The passengers hanging over the railing of the ship puking their guts out, tended to be the ones that took Eurovision seriously. I think I will drink heavily and overfill my bathtub to get ready.
Great video, from the perspective of a eurofan you introduced the contest really well. If there’s anything you missed I’d say that 1. The “English Language makes better results” rule is generally not as true nowadays in 2021, 2022, and the betting odds in 2023, more than half of the top 5 featured a native language. 2. The gimmick songs of the contest are settling into a less ubiquitous role. In 2007, about 9 songs were so-called joke entries. In 2023, only two songs have the lyrics of joke entries. And even then they’re a lot more self-aware and with a deeper meaning behind the lyrics. 3. The selection of an entry can become a very big deal in a country. In Sweden, Italy and maybe Albania, the selection is like a mini-Eurovision and it’s arguably more popular than Eurovision for many people. Still a great video, but I’d prefer if it reflected the modern reality of the contest more.
There was a rule in place requiring you to sing in your country's official languages. It was abolished in 1973-1975, (both 74 and 75 winners were sung in English), and from 1999 onward.
Hilarious... I only saw that thing in 1974. I remember ABBA very well. I don't think I am going to see it again. But your information was really valuable and appreciated
UPDATE: Both Ireland and Sweden now hold the record for the most Eurovision victories, sharing seven wins each. 🇮🇪🇸🇪 Loreen from Sweden won Eurovision again in 2023. 🏆
That song from Ukraine was a banger tho. I think the points from the UK came from the popularity of the artist which was already massive on Tiktok (one of the sponsors)
I disagree with the UK votes, they had the highest votes from the jury rather than from the public/popularity, because it was honestly a good song and difficult to have such a good falsetto in the chorus
Yeah no, jury vote was huge on Ukraine but public vote ended up with UK and Spain for their banger performances. Politics influence a lot of the jury vote
@@slapperorange Judges were only brought in because Eastern Europe kept winning alot and it made Western Europe sad :( second it isn't going there way you can trust places like the UK France and Germany to change the rules and try to rig that thing in their favour.
Oof that you called the Italian entry literally based on a book "nonsense", in reference to your early video montage of songs. Occidentali's Karma, the one with the dancing gorilla costume. It's literally symbolic.
You tried it in 2022 - American Song Contest. But it was kinda turned into just another "reality" TV competition and only invited USA states and territories
OTI Festival used to be a thing for the Latin America back in the day but became dead by 2000. You should check it though, I think there should be a list of winners somewhere on TH-cam and the Wikipedia page.
To be honest, seeing as Israel's been in the contest for decades and Australia has joined, I think it should just be renamed "Terravision" or "Gaiavision", and then every country's allowed to enter, making it a world song contest. Why not? (Did the video cover why Australia is in the contest? Basically, they were invited as "special guests" for the 60th anniversary show. It was only meant to be a one-off temporary thing, as part of the celebrations for this big milestone. But, ah, everyone loved Australia's entry and they wanted to come back and do it again... so, ah, screw it, just join as a permanent member. I mean, Israel's been in the contest for decades, despite not being European, so it's not as if the rules were ever strictly enforced at any point. The "European" rule has been bent for Israel, since almost the beginning. It was never taken as a hard and fast rule, ever. So if Oz wants to send in a song, then why the hell not? The more songs and countries, the better, really.) Apparently, Eurovision is watched in Japan and they love it - as Australia did before it joined - so let's just invite Japan to send in an entry. I mean, it's Japan, so you know their performance is going to be weird, and it'll be a big pop hit. They'll fit right in with Eurovision, no problem. It's exactly their sort of jam and vibe already, without needing to change a thing. I'm in favour of just throwing open the doors to any and every country, and let's turn it into a big "world song contest".
Aussies may have indeed joined Eurovision after that one anniversary they got invited to back in 2015, however they did not join by the premise that they'll be permanent - they had a limited contract that I believe ends this year, and I'm not sure whether they'll move on to continue with Eurovision or they'll depart altogether. Personally I never minded Australia in, besides the geographical position, they never felt out of place in my opinion, at least musically. As for Israel, they've been around since 1973 solely because their broadcaster at that time was an active member in EBU, and well, EBU helps out heavily with Eurovision. Obviously whoever is in EBU can apply, it's not just Israel. Morocco participated in 1980 (when Israel withdrew), Lebanon attempted in 2005 (but could not because they could not maintain surely they'll broadcast the Israeli performance, Tunisia I think also showed interest way back too. Also the Worldvision concept you're trying to propose here is easier said than done. Eurovision has history behind it and many people would not resonate with it, besides the lots of attempted Eurovision spin-offs abroad that absolutely tanked. Eurovision Asia was supposed to be a thing but it was cancelled entirely, American Song Contest lasted only one edition before it got scrapped, in Africa there's a fanmade one called Afrivision with a handful of followers, while Oceania practically has nothing. The closest you can get is Vina Del Mar in South America but that's a festival and not a contest, as well as ABU Radio Song Festival or ABU TV Song Festival which again, only festivals but not contests per se.
Great introductory video, David. I hope Finland wins this year. The song is just pure joy and energy, or as the artist himself said it: "It's crazy, it's party"
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Veryy good video 👏 thanks for sharing all these information about ESC especially this year because not only the European countries will be able to vote for their favorite song but "the rest of the world" too Just a small mistakr at 0:35 actually the singer is Francesco Gabbani and the songs is called "occidentali' s karma" 😉
A funny fact from our university. Eurovision is an absolute tradition for our department of eastern european history. Pretty much every time someone will comment "and here come the Balkan states" and let's be honest it usually is a wild card what they bring to the stage at this point, but it is either amuzing, crazy, beautiful or sometimes all of that. I'm not sure what happened with sweden this year, sure it was an ok song with someone famous, but it wasn't the best song whatsoever, the local hosts are worth mentioning as well, sometimes they are absolute local legends who get to tell the world who gets the 12 points.
Even though my country (Germany) usually doesn‘t get any further than the last few places I really like Eurovision. It‘s just the perfect mix between trash, entertainment and positivity. I just hope that maybe our song next year performs better than this years Lord of the lost (which I think by far wasn‘t the worst act this year)
In Spain we have what you can call "Eurofans". Lots of girls and nerds who tend to be of a rather bland persuasion. If you're male and you're gay, more likely than not you will be a Eurofan. It is what it is. Last year I translated an interview with the Spanish designer Palomo Spain into English. He was responsible for designing the suit worn by the Spanish representative, a Cuban-born singer and dancer called Chanel. Just because of that, I bothered to watch it last year, because usually I tune in right before the voting begins. The Spanish song last year was not much in musical terms (but I would say the most of practically any pop tune) but the choreography and wardrobe design were good enough to have the act place third, only behind Ukraine and the UK. The one good thing I must say about Eurovision is that autotune is not allowed. There had to be something good about it :))
I remember the time with life orchest. Been a big fan since 1986 And it s a major celebration of love and respect. But some haters cant halp hating like always I love the deversaty
Such a good Eurovision slogan: united by music. Our world needs peace and love. We can build a wonderful *Creative* *Society* in which every person's life and well-being will be the highest value.💖
For those wondering why Israel is there it's because of the European Broadcasting Union. One of of the only requirements to compete at Eurovision was to be part of the European Broadcasting Area, which covers all of Europe and stretches out to both northern Africa and the northeast part of the Middle East, and be a member of the EBU. (There were some other requirements at the time but those are the main ones.) This is why Morocco has competed before and why several would-be competitors like Lebanon and Tunisia were given the all clear to perform before they ultimate decided not to. Eurovision is the name of a channel, not the contest. More or less wherever the channel reached 50 years ago was considered fair game. That said, I believe they've since softened on this rule because....well, it's not fifty years anymore. So associate members can join too if they jump through some hoops. That's why Australia can join for instance. Presumably there are about a dozen other countries that can join as well despite very obviously not in Europe. I think at this point the only country that would be too far for Eurovision would be the US. You'll see a Martian space colony compete at Eurovision before the USA does.
The thing is. Its the Jury votes that are political not the public ones. Those "professionals" are easily bought. As we just saw a few hours ago. By all means, the public vote should have more weight if they want to continue being an European competition
I used to be angry at the politis in the past (and voting for neighbours still irks me) but as I got older I realize that Eurovision can be a show of solidarity from people who can't do much. What can a typical John from i.e. Spain do to show support for Ukraine besides maybe donating some money? He can vote for Ukraine. What can a gay man do in a country that is anti LGBT apart from raising awareness? He can vote for a LGBT singer. I thought it was really beautiful to see Europe supporting Ukraine in something as trivial as a song contest. Conchitais an amazing singer on her own but it is still great to know that people support you as the person you are and you don't have to hide in order to do what you love. You are accepted. It all brings hope to people who are hurting that there is help, there is support and you're not alone.
There's also the 2020 movie, which sums the current state of Eurovision - it transformed itself into its own caricature... btw from past winners I'd also mention Brotherhood of Man with Save All Your Kisses For Me in 1976 - I'd say it's absolutely classic earworm :)
it is also important to know that you can't vote for the country you live in. This is helpful to avoid an unfair result based on a countries population.
great video omg. correction tho for 0:37 , the song on screen is italy's 2017 entry 'occidentali's karma' by francesco gabbani, not the 2018 entry as captioned
Baseless and needlessly brutal and inhumane Russian invasion of Ukraine fueled by the disillusions of a madman who's since been indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Commission. Yup, that's exactly the kind of scenario that wins you favours at Eurovision. The song was, however, bloody catchy and would have scored favourable points regardless.
@@andersjjensen it would have done very very well (better without that horrific jarring rap segment that did NOT fit the folky concept), but would never ever have beaten both Sam and Chanel. Redistribute all the sympathy voting for them to Sam and Chanel and who knows who would have won, since those two were SOOOOO close.
I avoided this video until after the contest, but I'm really happy that one of the more academic music TH-camrs that I watch is into this. BTW, Lord of the Lost's (Germany's) cover of Käärijä's (Finland's) "Cha Cha Cha" is the best song that didn't happen this year.
Guys let's appreciate how original Finland is this year and let this precious guy win with our votes, as Loreen doesn't necessarily has to take the second statue home: she already got one
in the beginning of the video you showed Francesco Gabbani's (Italy) performance of "Occidentali's Karma" but the label on the left was "Non mi avete fatto niente" by Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro
Funny thing: Lordi won in 2006, the judge votes were introduced in 2007 specifically to not let Finland win again But no, jokes aside, this compettion feels really rigged like the winner's been chosen way before the contest even starts.
Jury was brought back in 2009 Grand Final, not 2007. So if jury was brought back to stop some countries from winning, it would be Russia (Dima Bilan and his meh entry…)
One correction that I have: I don’t believe the the winning country is actually forced to host next year‘s contest, but they normally do, the UK for example have already hosted the ESC multiple times for the actual winner country even, tho they themselves did not win
Sorry, but Ukraine is going to win again. Obviously. The opportunity to rub it in Russia's face hard that we hate what they're doing will not be missed.
6:30 UPDATE: so since uploading this video, Sweden have now joined Ireland to tie for the nation to have won the most times, AND Sweden’s Loreen has also joined Ireland’s Johnny Logan as the only artists to have won twice!
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The Eurovision Song Contest is a outdated and boring concept for the 21st century; it should be replaced with Eurovision Fart Contests where contestants have to fart into a microphone, whichever fart sounds the funniest wins.
@@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO bro is obsessed with farts
@@Zinc2shape THATS IT!; NOW I'M GONNA GET PUTIN TO NUKE YOUR FART 😡😡😡
@@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO bud, its 2023 even south park is sick of farts.
Cool
With regards to the big 5 not taking the contest seriously: Italy is always sending the winner of San Remo and they take San Remo very, very very seriously
And Sanremo is the inspiration for the Song Contest itself, so whenever Italy wins, it comes full circle.
Non è assolutamente vero. E poi i primi anni era il vincitore di XFactor ad andare.
Non è assolutamente vero. E poi i primi anni era il vincitore di XFactor ad andare.
In France, most people agree that "Moustache" was a calculated attempt at losing.
Yes, but we (Italy) withdrew from 1997 to 2011 because we weren't interested in the contest anymore, so when we returned we had to demonstrate that now we're taking it seriously
I love Eurovision, because it's the perfect combination of trashy, iconic and spectacular. Although politics are indisputably involved, you can actually find out some great underrated artists and discover new kinds of music, especially if you follow up the national finals as well
Hell yeah, there are so many cool artists. France's submission last year was especially awesome.
Yeah sudden lights (latvia) this year are amazing!
Yeah. My favourite thing to mild the post-Eurovision-week blues is to check out other songs by my that year's favourites.
This is a great way to find some awesome music you would otherwise never discover. Some great indie rock from Latvia, or heavy industrial from Iceland, or maybe an alternative ambitious artsy pop from Serbia? I would have never discovered them if it wasn't for ESC.
Eurovision is frequently ridiculous, but that's actually exactly the thing I adore about it.
Makes me laugh, sometimes there's awesome music and a common theme of many songs - due to the nature of what it is - is all about international peace and brotherly love, which is all very wholesale and heart-warming. And it's just overflowing with flamboyance and is as camp as all hell. Which, again, is just pure unadulterated fun to watch.
Basically, it's always guaranteed to put a smile on my face, one way or the other. Even when the music's dreadful that year.
The fact that it's a bit weird and not altogether deadly serious is what I find so awesome about it all. Essentially, it's just unadulterated fun.
Like, never change, Eurovision. Never change.
@@Pingoping used to think we live in a world so beautiful..... You see, I think I don't believe in this stuff anymore 💔💔💔
While English was very trendy to use at Eurovision in the 2000s and 2010s I would argue that the 2020s already show a massive trend of sending home-language songs again.
i would hope so. having only english songs is getting boring
@@leeshapon agreed
I wouldn't really call it a trend beacause there was a rule in place between 1966-1973 and 1978-1999 that you had to sing in your language
I can definitely see a process of non-English songs (as non-native) scoring higher and getting top 10 results, including winning
That's another reason why I wanted Finland to win this year, to keep on motivating people to send great songs in their languages! I mean - a Finnish song winning Eurovision?? I'm all in for it!
@@leeshapon Still better than any French.
Fun fact: The winner of Eurovision does not get any money. They only get a trophy. But Eurovision win is a guarantee that the artist/band will get easy money by touring around the Europe. 😊
I wonder if all the broadcasters even pay the artists or are they riding on the exposure.
@@Meg-ts3kx exposure mostly, it would get way too expensive to have to pay 37 artists fully, on top of the standard prices of location, hosts, outfits, tech, etc
Isn't abbas song money money money about the fact they did not get any gigs after euvision since everyone thought they are too busy or something 😂 but yeah
@@Meg-ts3kx They want to go there
The ultimate "paid in exposure"
Just a clarification on the English-language thing (for the nerds) - in the early years of Eurovision it was indeed customary to sing in your native language, until 1965, when Sweden sent a song in English. That resulted in an actual language rule, that was in place until 1973 and then brought back in 1977. ABBA was very lucky to perform in that short window of time in 1974.
It is only allowed to sing in any language again since 1999, and since then only 4 songs fully in native languages (and 2 partially) won. During the 4 year window in the 70's 3 songs in English won (well, one was from UK). So... yeah, statistically English brings a big advantage.
Besides the mishap with crediting Italy 2017 as Italy 2018 very nice video explaining the basics of the event. Eurovision is a truly fascinating spectacle of good meets bad, ambitious meets kitsch, combined with sociopolitical elements and crazy rivalry. I'm always along for the ride
It doesn't matter what language it's in if it rocks the house. As Maneskin showed
@@wingracer1614 True. It should be said, however, that win was a statistical outlier from the historical norm. It may be that we'll see that change over time but, so far, it's still more likely than not for the winning song to be at least partially sung in English.
The trend seems to be turning around though. Both in 2021 and 2022, 4 out of the top 5 songs were sung i native languages. I think we are going to see a lot more native language winners in the upcoming future
@@ingvik3703 definitely. In the first semi this year all 4 songs that weren’t English at all qualified while only 3/7 completely English songs did and 3/4 mixed qualified.
@@ingvik3703 Yep. And a lot of people picking Finland this year. I don't recall hearing English in it. Though my pics would be Switzerland or Sweden
A winning country doesn't _HAVE_ to host next year's contest. It just traditionally does so, and there are many examples of a winning country not hosting the following year with this year being but the most recent. And the first semi final of ESC 2023 is actually tonight, May 9th. The second is May 11th and the final is on Saturday May 13th. :)
The UK has twice previously held the contest because France and the Netherlands didn't want to host it!
@@PlanetoftheDeaf The Netherlands hosted in 1980 because Israel couldn't do it. The Netherlands also hosted because of the 1969 four way tie & the UK, Spain & France bowed out.
That time the UK hosted for the Netherlands was in the 50s when NL was in "de wederopbouw" basically living on Marshall money & couldn't host again. The UK also hosted for Luxembourg in the 70s when they won in a row & that small state wasn't as rich as it is now.
I think this might be the origin of the idea that countries don't want to win, but as it shows, when they cannot host another steps in & takes over, so that's just silly buggers.
The UK also hosted in place of Monaco, who refused to host, in 1972.
@@LeafHuntress Israel couldn't host that year since it was it's 2nd win in a row and it became too expansive to also host twice in a row.
@@PlanetoftheDeaf and in 1972 because the '71 winner Monaco didn't have any where big enough to hold the contest, the only available space being the smallish theatre at the casino. However contests were much shorter and smaller back then
Waterloo by ABBA was actually recorded in 4 languages: Swedish, English, French, and German. They used the Swedish version for the national competion and you can find it on YT. But the English version was used at the actual ESC. The German version (live performance on German TV) is also on YT.
He wasn't talking about that, but what it was performed in at Eurovision.
That's very similar to Iceland 2020, where the version that won the national song contest was in Icelandic, but was performed in English in the ESC!
Lots of songs are performed in their native language at their various country’s contests to find their winner to go to ESC and they are then rewritten in English if it is thought that it will appeal to more people/voters and also if the artiste can speak English.
Charlotte Nilsson performed in Swedish at Melodifestivalen in 1999, winning with Tusen Och En Natt (One Thousand and One Nights) but won ESC with the English language version Take Me To Your Heaven.
Also, many countries produce an English version of their song anyway, only sometimes they don’t make much sense - ‘Vrede’ by Ruth Jacott for Netherlands 1993 had this as its chorus in the English version of the song -
We're sending spaceships on a journey to the moon
We're turning nighttime into day when darkness lingers
Tulips for Christmas and a mistletoe for early June
We've turned the world into a hothouse
Now we're bound to burn our fingers
And of course the weirdest one is Ajda Pekkan - Petr’oil for Turkey in 1980 which became ‘Loving On Petrol’ in English and just to quote the first 2 verses and chorus -
‘Don't give me a diamond ring 'cause that's not what I need
Just give me some gasoline and you fill up my dreams
When I think I'm running out, my whole inside goes out
So don't talk of precious gems, just give me liquid gold
Caviar is not my style and champagne's not my game
But I've had the taste of oil and it's flowing through my veins
What good is a silver ounce when you don't have the gas?
Let me have enough to go and our love is sure to last
Loving on petrol, loving on petrol
Flowing, blowing, rolling, going one way to heaven
Loving on petrol, loving on petrol
So hot, don't stop, come on, make me happy forever
The wheels are turning, energy's burning
If we found a well then we could share it all together
Loving on petrol, loving on petrol
Just step on the gas and watch the whole wide world go past us’
So you see what I mean !
Later they recordes some songs in spanish
Me: a Eurovision fan who already knows everything about this contest.
Also me: watching this video
Loved this video. As a fan it is always the best to get more people into this contest who have never heard of it before. Thanks for spreading the good word about Eurovision. It is really misrepresented in the media or just misunderstood by normal people. It is one of the best things about the year for me. This video was great, I loved it!
Yearly when Eurovision time gets closer, people get super focused on all the knowledge and trivia 😂 at least my friends and family 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮 🟢🟢🟢
Sorry couldn't resist! But normal people? Please explain!? Im guessing you can't because there ain't normal anything!
I'll never forget 2009 when Aleksander Rybak won for Norway ;D We were all extatic! He even set a new point-record that year. Fairytale is absolutely a great song that i still listen to!
I remember that too, except I am from Sweden and was living in Chengdu China at the time. One of my classmates was from Norway and when you won, she went crazy. Meanwhile, I cannot say I was overly impressed by our own performance.
new point record in the older system - though Loreen came along in 3 years and set a different record - the most 12 points received from most countries. Come 2016 the jury and televote were split apart creating a ewn system and old points records became a footnote.
It's one of my favorite songs of all time! Preety amazing and catchy song. All that comes from Alexander Rybak is preety cool.
it aged so well too! I remember all the girls in my class completely in love with this guy lol. I'm from Israel btw it was a smashing hit here. you had another magical violin win in the 90's right? it's your lucky charm! 🎻🎻🎻
@@Meg-ts3kx Indeed! Secret Garden - Nocturne from 1995 ;D
Ukraine might have won last year as a show of support and sympathy, but "Stefania" is still a MASSIVE bop that 100% deserved it.
I don't find as many stellar acts this year compared to last year, unfortunately. But I'm still having fun.
And the last year is nothing in comparison with the year before. 2021 was massive!
without political influence i think UK should've won last year, but at the very very least Ukraine deserved a 2nd place last year. This year Finland should've won... Sweden didn't even deserve to be in the top 5..
I want to like your comment because I really like "Stefania" and I do agree it deserved to win... but I really can't agree that this year haven't as many good songs. For me it is the edition I probably like the most, whit so many songs I added to my playlist ♥
@@Glyn-Leine Sweden deserved to win, it is a both a popular and a good song.
@@snuffeldjuret it was not the *most* popular. In fact, it's the first country to have won without any country's public thinking it's the best song (it never received 12 pts. from televote). It was a good song, but I don't think it was the most deserving (as did ALL voting countries (incl. the "Rest of the World"-vote)).
USA: What if instead of countries declaring war on each other, there was just a big rap battle?
Europe: Did you mean Eurovision?
thank f**King god it is NOT a Rap battle> THat would be horrific LOL
You are closer to the truth than you realise. Eurovision was created to promote peace and co-operation in postwar years.
@@ZakhadWOW That would mean we’d have to listen to germans rap and I’m not willing to risk that.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: after Pink Floyd, mu favourite group is Los raperos muertos (a pun on the name of a Spanish band called Los toreros muertos--The Dead Matadors). The best thing about rappers is that they tend to pick each other off, ridding us of criminals who are musically loathsome in my book.
There are other loathsome musical species such as autotuners and "calorreros", but you would have to live in Spain to catch the meaning of the latter (or just listen to any crap by the Gipsy Kings).
Love that the uk just continually loses (except last year sort of) 🤣
Eurovision began as a showcase for simultaneous live TV and radio technology standards which let national broadcasters operate together.
Although it often doesn’t sound or look like it, throughout the Cold War era, Eurovision was an enabler for strategic technical collaboration between western European countries, many years before the EU or the Internet were built.
Even though it's nothing special today, the fact that I remember from back in the day how unique it was that you could watch a pan-european show live on tv still sort of makes me get the chills when they play that Eurovision anthem at the beginning, that used to mean: we're now all watching the same thing live all over (western) europe.
And it's a great anthem, by the way.
Come to think of it: do they actually still play that anthem at the beginning these days?
@@berendharmsen Certainly! FYI, it's the opening of the _Te Deum_ by French Baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
@@berendharmsen not just all over the western europe! All over the whole europe! I was born in 1978 in ex yugoslavia, become an adult in Bosnia and Herzegowina. All my life even in the bloody damn war we were aware of the first saturday in may and esc. Being able to participate in 1993, 1994 while we were under constant bomb shelling was SUCH A BIG PRIDE for us, just TO FEEL NORMAL, HUMAN and be a part of the normal world as before. It meant so much to us.
ESC will forever be our/my family time with popcorn and ice cream and guessing which neighbour country gives 12 points to it's first neighbour and even with that, the winner is rather fair every year...and simply enjoying big bright world where we all are connected.
I’m American and absolutely love Eurovision. Seriously one of the coolest events out their
Same! I’ve been obsessed since 2019 and it’s great to find other Americans who are just as obsessed
out whose?
ah, an American saying incorrect "there", I see you lol
It is indeed.
Do you watch it live? 🙂
Being American, I'm only peripherally aware of Eurovision, so thanks for the history and insights. That was a great bunch of clips to illustrate everything.
There is an American version between the 50 states.
You can even vote despite not living in a participating country (a recent addition to the voting system).
@@dj71162 ... and "territories"
You should watch the grand finale this saturday :)
@@dj71162There _was_ an American version. It lasted only one season.
As a German, I thank you for not specifically addressing Germany's sometimes harebrained contributions. As German music lovers, we were sometimes very ashamed of the contributions.
Germany should have sent Electric Callboy, last year. This year, a Finnish rip-off of theirs is going to get a lot of points in the final.
German "Fremdschämen" (second hand embarrassment) is a word that could have been invented watching the ESC.
But surely not Guildo?
I mean, "Guildo hat euch lieb", right?
@@klaxoncow It's more about the last 10 years or basically since after Lena won in 2010. We had some good acts since then, like Michael Schulte, but other than that it always was kinda predictable, that we will not reach top 10.
At least this years Lord of the Lost should get us some points, possible even top 10.
I thought u guys didn't feel hate?
0:16 Fun fact. These guys were street singers. You could see them in the main square in Zagreb, singing evergreens and jazz. They actually entered the national competition a year or two before winning and placed second. Honestly, that song was better.
The major change for me, when comparing the contests of my childhood and the modern version, is between the contest being a fairly middle of the road affair, with live orchestras and small and sober live audiences to the modern visual spectacular held in large arenas with big and wild audiences.
I will always be grateful to Eurovision for introducing me to Mika! Apparently I was just too young to know any of his early pop hits and he hasn't been as big since - can't believe what I was missing out on. I wish Mika presented every year...
I was the same situation! I was born and raised in a non-European country but got into Eurovision in my late teens via the internet. I had European friends who are fans of MIKA since his early career while we were chatting in real time during last year's contest. Now I'm such a fan of his songs.
Mika ha avuto un grande successo mondiale.
me too. as a mika fan since childhood (his songs always played on the radio) i was so excited to see him presenting
Yes, I loved his medley performance last year. Especially "Happy Ending" - it's the most beautiful break up song I know.
Literally me!!! I knew a little of him as a child but I got obsessed after e22! Love Today is one of my favourite songs ever! 🤍
Italy definetly takes the competition very seriously. Their San Remo qualifying contest goes on for weeks on TV. I know that Norway and Sweden are about the same in that regard. And they usually have a lot of talent willing to compete. So there might be even 10 songs that are really good that didn't make the finals. Then some other European countries don't seem to care about Eurovision and they just send whatever they can find. Some rich countries just open up their wallets and get pro songwriters and singers to do the whole thing. Perhaps realizing that what ever they have in stock might not fit into this competition all that well. As for nations voting for each other: I think that is normal. Nations that share a language or tight bonds will have similar tastes in music. But the winner usually transcends all cultures and gets votes from all over.
Eurovision is literally the happiest time of the year for me it brings me so much joy to see how much effort in creativity and uniqueness are put to these songs. I might be dramatic but it has bonded me and my dad since we come from different cultures like he is from Kosovo and I'm born in Sweden it's natural that they crash with eachother and this is like the time I actually can get closer with my dad. Eurovision is literally like a holiday for me since I've watched eurovision since I was a baby thanks to my dad since he has been a fan starting from a young age as well. I'm so thankful of him and I should tell him that more often.
Btw sorry for my dramatic daughter and father life story I am cringing at myself a lil bit💀 since absolutely no one is gonna be interested or see this but hey where else am I gonna put my feelings about this no one is intresserad anyway ✋🙄
ahwww that's so cute
Nha stop this is so cute
Don't apologize! Stories like yours are exactly what Eurovision is all about for the majority of the viewers. Thank you for sharing it with us :)
it’s not cringe, that’s sweet
@@KedraIrke thank you so much I feel so heard
In our household, Eurovision is always celebrated. Being in Canada, we didn't get to vote until this year. Our daughter is always in contact with people in Europe during the broadcast. In fact, its up on the television right now!
Non potete votare a prescindere per regolamento
@@laveravitasemplice quest’anno sì
Never paid a whole lot of attention to it but any competition that brings us Abba and Maneskin is alright by me.
Sam Ryder was simply incredible last year! We all saw him smashing through amazing songs with his invincible chest voice in his garage on tiktok for a couple of years, he deserves the fame he got post the Eurovision! 💖
'A Song for Europe' epsode of Father Ted is excellent and very moving with the 'My Lovely Horse' song.
I, for one, am glad they dropped the sax solo
@@BrainSupper Just wish they released the full video. That table-tennis scene was intense!!
Cannot wait for Käärijä to win this year! Only got into it this year but enjoying myself. The amount of history/controversy to it should honestly be studied.
hahahahahahahahaha
I’m an American fan of Eurovision. I got introduced to it by two Czech coworkers/friends who were here for university studies in 2015. They showed me clips from the 2015 and a few others and explained a lot of it to me. So when NBCUniversal’s LOGO cable channel announced they’d be streaming the final in 2016, I got to watch the full show live for the first time and have been hooked ever since. I literally make sure to ask for the days off work in order to be able to watch it. I’ve made friends with other Eurovision fans in online groups and have discovered other Americans who are fans, too, as well as shown my family and friends Eurovision in hopes of getting them interested (some have become full fans, some are more casual fans, and some still aren’t sure about watching the shows but do enjoy the performance clips and listening to the songs on music streaming services). In fact, I think Ukraine winning last year at least made more Americans aware of the contest since it was literally news on all our national news channels…..though none of them really explained what it was exactly that Ukraine had won. I had coworkers asking to explain it because they had read or heard on the news Ukraine had won Eurovision and they remembered me talking about it at some point (probably explaining why I wasn’t working that Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday).
I’m definitely going to save this video to share with folks whenever they ask. I’ll use it alongside Geography Now’s video explaining Eurovision as I think that video plus yours will give folks who ask me about it (especially online) a good beginning reference point. If they want more details then I might use Alexandrumic’s channel’s history of Eurovision videos.
I think you did a great job of explaining it for a beginner! I also appreciate that BBC/EBU created a short video explaining how voting works as well. While I thought I knew how it worked, I was wrong (I thought every country voted in both semifinals, but countries only vote in the semifinals they participate in; and I thought the reason for the drawing for the Big 5+ winner to select which semifinal they vote in was like a way to diminish their influence since they automatically qualify for the final). So I’m always learning something new about Eurovision.
Great job!!! Thanks for making this video!!! Love your channel!
You're very lucky that 2016 was your first time watching it live. It's the best show of the 2000s and 2010s
I think should use this video instead of Geography Now’s because they doesn't get Eurovision at all imo.
This got me teared up, actually. Cute! 🩷 Love that you try to share your knowledge to others. United by music!
the White Stripes legal threat was absolutely baseless. it didn't have more merit than Marvin Gaye vs Ed Sheeran. but sadly, copyright lawsuits aren't determined on the basis of merit nowadays.
Jack White will use that money for good. I assure you of that.
Most lawsuits in America are determined based on who has more money to throw at their lawyers.
Just a note of appreciation for the composition and editing of this video. We are so used to slick presentation these days, that we just take it for granted, but this was superbly put together.
Also, kudos for saying "drumeo, guitareo and singeo" with an (almost) straight face! What on earth were they smoking when they came up with those names??
Probably smoking marijuaneo!
Fun fact, the first trans person to win Eurovision was Dana International from Israel in 1998.
🤮🤮
Why tf should we care if someone is trans? That's gross af
I’m not transgender or LGBT but stop being offended over peoples choices. It’s their lives live your own please!
Ewww.
@@hello-rq8kf cry about it
Slight correction: a winning country isn't obligated to host the contest (though it is highly encouraged), especially after winning twice in a row.
Israel for example won twice in a row, refused to host the second time, and after the chosen date fell on a national mourning day, even eventually refused to participate (making it the only time a winning country didn't participate next year).
I always wanted you to make an ESC video (but I was worried it was to far away from your usual content). Love it!
thinking UK getting zero points in 2021 was for any other reason than having a mediocre song with lack luster staging in such a crazy strong year is pure delusion
Agreed, I remember me and everyone else I know who watches it thinking it was a garbage song. Brexit did not come up even once into our conversations of why we hated that song
And it was not the only country to get nil points that year from the public. The song was trash, the performance was meh and the vocals were bad
agreed. fucking hate that song its so annoying
Yeah, they're are examples of poltical voting, UK 2021 is not one at all lol. James Newman couldn't sing live at all bless him
It's one thing to get a 0 from the jury, there are probably politics involved there. But a public vote of 0 points means your song was completely awful
The song at 00:36 is not "Non mi Avete Fatto Niente" by Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro, it's "Occidentali's Karma" by Francesco Gabbani. The year is 2017 and not 2018.
(I don't even like Eurovision, but the participants qualify by winning the much more popular Sanremo Festival).
Thanks for this one. I'm old enough to remember Abba, Cliff Richard and The Shadows (separately). My dad also bought the single of one time winner Anne-Marie David who won in 1973.
I'm very impressed by the fact that a third of your subscribers are in the US. Well done mate!
A little surprised you didn't mention the Will Ferrell movie about Eurovision that was on Netflix a couple years ago. That was the first introduction to the contest for many Americans. Typical Will Ferrell movie, but it was obvious he has some real affection for the event
His wife is from Sweden and Will traveled there often and that’s how he was first exposed.
This is how I was introduced! Now I’m obsessed
@@0hffs Yes, he and his wife even have a house here. They tend to spend the summers I believe.
The "nonsense" song at 0:35 is actually not nonsense at all, it's critiqueing western people adopting elements from Asian cultures and religions without acknowledging the roots of those beliefs and activities, such as yoga, the concept of karma etc. It's actually a really good and meaningful song but just presented funny!
Yeah, it's just an intro to eurovison so it's fine. there was alot good points but with inaccurate clips put behind them.
Exactly, and the artist (actually) Francesco Gabbani generally makes great, very Italian music. I've been listening to some of his songs since he apperared in Eurovision 2017 (same goes for Mahmood since 2019).
Talking as italian, the song "Occidentali's Karma" by Francesco Gabbani was not a no-sense, but a critique discussion on human evolution, as human being is called "The naked ape" in a famous scientifical book :)
Well said. I needed some explained videos to understand it. The lyrics are incredible meaningful.
I think the channel author saw only the fake gorilla and automatically closed his mind.
i interpreted it as a song about how shallowly we understand eastern cultural concepts but still incorporate them in our lives. either way, a very meaningful song- even more so if it has multiple interpretations
THANK YOU for this wonderful introduction to my favorite song contest. Eurovision is, alongside soccer, one of the rare few things that has consistently brought Europeans together since the second world war. Against Putin and his fellow warmongers, this fabulous contest holds a core message of international peace and congeniality. 🌸
Its globohomo propaganda
@@tomasolsson6493 well SOMETHING is needed to counter the evil and harm of the RUsso(globo)fascist Homophobic propaganda. Only hateful violent people have such a problem with queer folk that they have to try and extinguish them in any way or erase any evidence of their existence.
@@tomasolsson6493 says the parasitic troll
I left the UK many many years past, and the thing I miss the most, was watching Eurovision with my bestie. The jokes from both Terry Wogan and then Graham Norton coupled with Gin and Tonic always made a great evening!
True. I am German but love watching Graham Norton too. Great host with a very fine humor.
Eurovision is my favorite time of the year 🎉💃🏼 This Saturday 😍✨
Yes, tonight is going to be a great show with an atmosphere of unity.💖🎉
Peace and love will save our world. We can live in a *Creative* *Society,* where everyone's life and well-being are the highest value.
It's between Finland and Sweden this year! According to the odds. Exciting!
Yeah hopefully one year my native Sweden will acctually send a Swede and not a Maroccan to represent Sweden
IGNORE THE ODDS.. THey are artificially created by oddsmakers based on how much money is being placed ona a given song. It indicates rabid interest ( to the point of PAYING MONEY) in a song, but cannot possibly indicate hoe the professional jury voting goes, fully half the final vote tally
I think the "må" in Måneskin pronounced like mo (as in mock)
That's closer but the real sound of å doesn't really have an English counterpart.
as it literally refers to the word "Moon" in Danish that is close - but more like "moe". But since the A seems to override everyone's default, the band has given up and just deals with MAH-neh-skin [the word literally means moonshine, as in moonlight, not the alcohol]
æøå
We know it's a Danish word, but in Italy we pronounce it as it were an Italian word, so the "foreign" accents are just discarded, similar as in the video
"Zitti e buoni" on the other hand is unrecognisable here lol
You forgot to mention that it is the most watched TV show in the world and holds the record for biggest world audience. So it is more popular than the Olympic games.
This year’s Eurovision audience was 160 million. I don’t know each year’s numbers but Super Bowl had 172 million viewers in 2017, according to Wikipedia. So they’re both up there at the top, fighting about it.
Just to clarify, Greece and Cyprus may be two different countries but for many it's not. Both countries love it's other, share the same language (only countries who speak Greek) fought next to each other in many wars and now many Cypriots live in Greece and vice versa. It's only logical to vote for each other, it's like voting for your sibling.
I'm going to a Eurovision show tonight (there are nine events and we're going to one that isn't screened live). Trying to describe it to someone who hasn't known about it forever is a very difficult task!
I happened to be in the USA when they tried a copycat competition last year - sending an entry from each state. It just didn't work. I think you need the history and a good dollop of chaos for the joy to happen.
Estonia threw away the greatest eurovision song in 2013 for a tragically boring ballad. Look up "Meiecundimees üks Korsakov läks eile Lätti" by Winny Puhh and you'll understand our pain. It got second place in our domestic competition for eurovision.
I watched it, and now I am too in deep pain
tf did I just watch?
he sings about his friend who broke all his bones on his trip to latvia
His liver is through
I know exactly who you’re talking about! I couldve sworn they had made it through.
But yeah, you dont forget a song like that. 😂
"Johnny Logan is not only the only performer to have won twice"
Well that aged like fine milk didn't it
At minute 0:35 the song is Occidentali's Karma by Francesco Gabbani in the year 2017
One of my favorites that year.
Have loved Eurovision since as early as I can remember. Always entertaining and some surprisingly awesome songs have been born from its quirkiness :)
I can't believe you didn't include "My Lovely Horse"... 🤣
I love how to this day thousands of people still comment under Manga's (Turkish rock band) esc performance that they should have won in 2010
I'm very excited for this year's eurovision since germany finally has an entry that is not that bad and it's actually my siblings' favourite band. Can't wait until saturday night!
What is your favorite?
@@ioneltorac I enjoyed Finland of course, Serbia, Slovenia, Moldova, Austria and Australia
Wonderful thank you. I sometimes find it hard to explain Eurovision to my non-european friends. This will certainly do the trick.
You just unlocked a memory of France's Mustache song for me. I watched Eurovision back in 2014, but it was all in Spanish.
Previously, there was a rule that the song had to be in the country's native language, which added to authenticity, in my opinion. Now that close to all acts use English, they have become indistinguishable. A sad 😔 development.
What I've always liked, though, is that France, being France, always insists on singing in French. No matter what.
Well, there was one year where - very disappointingly - they broke that policy and sung in English. It didn't win. So they went back to French again.
Thankfully, in my opinion. Because France just doesn't seem French, unless it's being pig-headedly stubborn, and looking down its nose at the English language.
Never change, France. Never change.
@@klaxoncow Spain always sings in Spanish
@@klaxoncow France only send Africans to Eurovision so France has chaged. A LOT
Still, i dont think that's entirely true. Look at the top finishers in 2021: italy in italian, france in french, switzerland in french, ukraine in ukrainian, russia largely in russian. 2022 too, you had ukraine, UK (i guess), Spain, Serbia, Italy, Moldova...
I disagree. Since the Portuguese victory in 2017, the share of songs including lyrics partially or fully in the country's native tongue has significantly increased. This year's final will at the very least feature songs in English, Spanish, Italian, French, Finnish, Romanian, Czech, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Portuguese and Serbo-Croatian, + Israel whose song has a couple of verses in Hebrew. And depending on the Semi 2 result, we could also have Armenian, Slovenian, Albanian or Lithuanian
A little note on the zero points for the UK post-Brexit: The UK for a long time has been getting very bad scores mostly because the songs tended to be fairly.... forgettable, neither exceptionally good nor exceptionally wacky. Germany has been scoring very badly for the same reason most years. A lack of effort will reflect in a lack of votes - and because they are in the Big 5, that lack of votes tends to play out on the biggest stage in the world. I have yet to meet anyone who actually liked the 2021 UK entry, or even remembers it. Blaming it on Brexit seems like making excuses honestly. Political voting in Eurovision tends to play out in giving undeserved votes, not withholding them.
My intro to Eurovision was in high school when my friend showed me the party grannies from Russia lmfao
What an introduction! 😂
I never normally watch Eurovision because for many many years the UK did terribly. it was literally my brother who messaged me last year and told me to turn over and put on last years because we had seemingly done well (this was before the results of the jury vote) and I looked at the reactions on like Twitter and stuff and it looked promising and then when it was the jury vote and we were actually doing really well and then won the jury vote I was in literal shock. my brother and I were messaging back and forth and we couldn't believe what was happening. I deffo feel like the right person and the right song is key. yes a lot of countries go for gimmicks and all the flash but at the end of the day it is the substance that wins. Sam Ryder is a brilliantly talented performer and singer and is clearly able to attract audiences based on his Tik Tok following and Spaceman is a good song. It is solid, has all the components you need for a successful pop song and it feels like a good universal song that can be appreciated all over the world.
The best description of Eurovision was likening it to a ferry ride from one Scandanavian country to another. Since alcohol wasn't sold in this country, the purpose of the ferry was to allow the citizens to drink during the crossing. Since it didn't take long, they would tend to drink heavily in a short amount of time. Combined with the effects of being on a boat...or a ship, stomachs tended to be rather susceptible to upheavels. The passengers hanging over the railing of the ship puking their guts out, tended to be the ones that took Eurovision seriously.
I think I will drink heavily and overfill my bathtub to get ready.
Great video, from the perspective of a eurofan you introduced the contest really well. If there’s anything you missed I’d say that
1. The “English Language makes better results” rule is generally not as true nowadays in 2021, 2022, and the betting odds in 2023, more than half of the top 5 featured a native language.
2. The gimmick songs of the contest are settling into a less ubiquitous role. In 2007, about 9 songs were so-called joke entries. In 2023, only two songs have the lyrics of joke entries. And even then they’re a lot more self-aware and with a deeper meaning behind the lyrics.
3. The selection of an entry can become a very big deal in a country. In Sweden, Italy and maybe Albania, the selection is like a mini-Eurovision and it’s arguably more popular than Eurovision for many people.
Still a great video, but I’d prefer if it reflected the modern reality of the contest more.
There was a rule in place requiring you to sing in your country's official languages. It was abolished in 1973-1975, (both 74 and 75 winners were sung in English), and from 1999 onward.
Hilarious... I only saw that thing in 1974. I remember ABBA very well. I don't think I am going to see it again. But your information was really valuable and appreciated
UPDATE: Both Ireland and Sweden now hold the record for the most Eurovision victories, sharing seven wins each. 🇮🇪🇸🇪
Loreen from Sweden won Eurovision again in 2023. 🏆
🇫🇮 Finland is winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2023 ❤
To me he is already the winner, if he wins or not
That song from Ukraine was a banger tho. I think the points from the UK came from the popularity of the artist which was already massive on Tiktok (one of the sponsors)
I disagree with the UK votes, they had the highest votes from the jury rather than from the public/popularity, because it was honestly a good song and difficult to have such a good falsetto in the chorus
UKs wasn't really from tiktok they're public vote was good but they got 2nd thanks to the Jury vote
Yeah no, jury vote was huge on Ukraine but public vote ended up with UK and Spain for their banger performances. Politics influence a lot of the jury vote
@@raleo7466 Yeah no to you fella. Ukraine got 400+ from the public, and far fewer from the jury.
@@slapperorange Judges were only brought in because Eastern Europe kept winning alot and it made Western Europe sad :( second it isn't going there way you can trust places like the UK France and Germany to change the rules and try to rig that thing in their favour.
Yes this is pretty accurate since i watch it every year, it can be a magnific event with glorious amount of good music or a fucking freak show
Oof that you called the Italian entry literally based on a book "nonsense", in reference to your early video montage of songs. Occidentali's Karma, the one with the dancing gorilla costume. It's literally symbolic.
Damn... I wish we had something like this here in the Americas (North, Central, South, and Caribbean)
You tried it in 2022 - American Song Contest. But it was kinda turned into just another "reality" TV competition and only invited USA states and territories
OTI Festival used to be a thing for the Latin America back in the day but became dead by 2000. You should check it though, I think there should be a list of winners somewhere on TH-cam and the Wikipedia page.
Thanks to you both
To be honest, seeing as Israel's been in the contest for decades and Australia has joined, I think it should just be renamed "Terravision" or "Gaiavision", and then every country's allowed to enter, making it a world song contest. Why not?
(Did the video cover why Australia is in the contest?
Basically, they were invited as "special guests" for the 60th anniversary show. It was only meant to be a one-off temporary thing, as part of the celebrations for this big milestone.
But, ah, everyone loved Australia's entry and they wanted to come back and do it again... so, ah, screw it, just join as a permanent member.
I mean, Israel's been in the contest for decades, despite not being European, so it's not as if the rules were ever strictly enforced at any point. The "European" rule has been bent for Israel, since almost the beginning. It was never taken as a hard and fast rule, ever.
So if Oz wants to send in a song, then why the hell not? The more songs and countries, the better, really.)
Apparently, Eurovision is watched in Japan and they love it - as Australia did before it joined - so let's just invite Japan to send in an entry. I mean, it's Japan, so you know their performance is going to be weird, and it'll be a big pop hit. They'll fit right in with Eurovision, no problem. It's exactly their sort of jam and vibe already, without needing to change a thing.
I'm in favour of just throwing open the doors to any and every country, and let's turn it into a big "world song contest".
Aussies may have indeed joined Eurovision after that one anniversary they got invited to back in 2015, however they did not join by the premise that they'll be permanent - they had a limited contract that I believe ends this year, and I'm not sure whether they'll move on to continue with Eurovision or they'll depart altogether. Personally I never minded Australia in, besides the geographical position, they never felt out of place in my opinion, at least musically.
As for Israel, they've been around since 1973 solely because their broadcaster at that time was an active member in EBU, and well, EBU helps out heavily with Eurovision. Obviously whoever is in EBU can apply, it's not just Israel. Morocco participated in 1980 (when Israel withdrew), Lebanon attempted in 2005 (but could not because they could not maintain surely they'll broadcast the Israeli performance, Tunisia I think also showed interest way back too.
Also the Worldvision concept you're trying to propose here is easier said than done. Eurovision has history behind it and many people would not resonate with it, besides the lots of attempted Eurovision spin-offs abroad that absolutely tanked. Eurovision Asia was supposed to be a thing but it was cancelled entirely, American Song Contest lasted only one edition before it got scrapped, in Africa there's a fanmade one called Afrivision with a handful of followers, while Oceania practically has nothing. The closest you can get is Vina Del Mar in South America but that's a festival and not a contest, as well as ABU Radio Song Festival or ABU TV Song Festival which again, only festivals but not contests per se.
The monkey in Occidentalis Karma isn't nonsense if you'd actually understand the lyrics
My mom's dance teacher was in the group that won for Israel with the song abanibi
Great introductory video, David.
I hope Finland wins this year. The song is just pure joy and energy, or as the artist himself said it: "It's crazy, it's party"
The new national Finnish Tourism Board slogan! Hells bells even Helsinki has dressed it's iconic Train Station statues with modified shiny green bolero sleeves.. IT'S TRUE!! Go search for yourselves!
been there, seen that. cha cha cha..
This year almost every performer is great.
Veryy good video 👏 thanks for sharing all these information about ESC especially this year because not only the European countries will be able to vote for their favorite song but "the rest of the world" too
Just a small mistakr at 0:35 actually the singer is Francesco Gabbani and the songs is called "occidentali' s karma" 😉
A funny fact from our university. Eurovision is an absolute tradition for our department of eastern european history. Pretty much every time someone will comment "and here come the Balkan states" and let's be honest it usually is a wild card what they bring to the stage at this point, but it is either amuzing, crazy, beautiful or sometimes all of that. I'm not sure what happened with sweden this year, sure it was an ok song with someone famous, but it wasn't the best song whatsoever, the local hosts are worth mentioning as well, sometimes they are absolute local legends who get to tell the world who gets the 12 points.
Even though my country (Germany) usually doesn‘t get any further than the last few places I really like Eurovision. It‘s just the perfect mix between trash, entertainment and positivity. I just hope that maybe our song next year performs better than this years Lord of the lost (which I think by far wasn‘t the worst act this year)
I really liked Germany’s entry this year!
At least there's no stress or something because you already know the results for Germany.
Germany definitely didn't deserve last place. This year just had really strong entries (and favoritism with the juries).
In Spain we have what you can call "Eurofans". Lots of girls and nerds who tend to be of a rather bland persuasion. If you're male and you're gay, more likely than not you will be a Eurofan. It is what it is. Last year I translated an interview with the Spanish designer Palomo Spain into English. He was responsible for designing the suit worn by the Spanish representative, a Cuban-born singer and dancer called Chanel. Just because of that, I bothered to watch it last year, because usually I tune in right before the voting begins. The Spanish song last year was not much in musical terms (but I would say the most of practically any pop tune) but the choreography and wardrobe design were good enough to have the act place third, only behind Ukraine and the UK.
The one good thing I must say about Eurovision is that autotune is not allowed. There had to be something good about it :))
I'm really disappointed that you didn't play "My Lovely Horse" from Father Ted when you told the story about Ireland 😀
I remember the time with life orchest.
Been a big fan since 1986
And it s a major celebration of love and respect.
But some haters cant halp hating like always
I love the deversaty
Such a good Eurovision slogan: united by music. Our world needs peace and love. We can build a wonderful *Creative* *Society* in which every person's life and well-being will be the highest value.💖
When my interests come together 😂
RIIIIGHT NOOOOW
Ireland won four times in five years. However in the losing year, Norway won, with an Irish musician.
Secret Garden - Nocturne and composer of the song You Raise Me Up made famous by a irish band Westlife.
Great video! And not to be *that person* but if any of y'all can, vote for Latvia in tonight's semifinal!
Thanks so much for this, I always knew you would do it.
“Maybe the UKs entry that year just wasn’t any good” - it was ATROCIOUS😂
For those wondering why Israel is there it's because of the European Broadcasting Union. One of of the only requirements to compete at Eurovision was to be part of the European Broadcasting Area, which covers all of Europe and stretches out to both northern Africa and the northeast part of the Middle East, and be a member of the EBU. (There were some other requirements at the time but those are the main ones.) This is why Morocco has competed before and why several would-be competitors like Lebanon and Tunisia were given the all clear to perform before they ultimate decided not to. Eurovision is the name of a channel, not the contest. More or less wherever the channel reached 50 years ago was considered fair game.
That said, I believe they've since softened on this rule because....well, it's not fifty years anymore. So associate members can join too if they jump through some hoops. That's why Australia can join for instance. Presumably there are about a dozen other countries that can join as well despite very obviously not in Europe. I think at this point the only country that would be too far for Eurovision would be the US. You'll see a Martian space colony compete at Eurovision before the USA does.
“Eurovision” is the name of the channel, not the contest”.
Could you explain this part?
The thing is. Its the Jury votes that are political not the public ones.
Those "professionals" are easily bought. As we just saw a few hours ago. By all means, the public vote should have more weight if they want to continue being an European competition
I used to be angry at the politis in the past (and voting for neighbours still irks me) but as I got older I realize that Eurovision can be a show of solidarity from people who can't do much. What can a typical John from i.e. Spain do to show support for Ukraine besides maybe donating some money? He can vote for Ukraine. What can a gay man do in a country that is anti LGBT apart from raising awareness? He can vote for a LGBT singer. I thought it was really beautiful to see Europe supporting Ukraine in something as trivial as a song contest. Conchitais an amazing singer on her own but it is still great to know that people support you as the person you are and you don't have to hide in order to do what you love. You are accepted. It all brings hope to people who are hurting that there is help, there is support and you're not alone.
There's also the 2020 movie, which sums the current state of Eurovision - it transformed itself into its own caricature... btw from past winners I'd also mention Brotherhood of Man with Save All Your Kisses For Me in 1976 - I'd say it's absolutely classic earworm :)
Yes - "The Story of Fire Saga"! It was absolutely hilarious, and a beautyful and detailed bow and declaration of love to the ESC!
PLAY JAJA DING DONG
That movie is such a great tribute to Eurovision, love it! ❤
And acted as the unofficial ESC for 2020 as the contest in Rotterdam was cancelled due to the pandemic.
it is also important to know that you can't vote for the country you live in. This is helpful to avoid an unfair result based on a countries population.
My favourite to win this year is Finland!
great video omg. correction tho for 0:37 , the song on screen is italy's 2017 entry 'occidentali's karma' by francesco gabbani, not the 2018 entry as captioned
Not “Situation” in Ukraine❌
Russian invasion of Ukraine ✅
Fully agreed! However I didn't want the video to risk demonetisation by using the W word. 😅😅
Baseless and needlessly brutal and inhumane Russian invasion of Ukraine fueled by the disillusions of a madman who's since been indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Commission.
Yup, that's exactly the kind of scenario that wins you favours at Eurovision. The song was, however, bloody catchy and would have scored favourable points regardless.
@@andersjjensen seethe and cope
ukraine's entry was dogshit and they won a fitting pity vote for a dogshit country
I agree with you, but I think David has to be careful what he says - you never know who might be watching.
@@andersjjensen it would have done very very well (better without that horrific jarring rap segment that did NOT fit the folky concept), but would never ever have beaten both Sam and Chanel. Redistribute all the sympathy voting for them to Sam and Chanel and who knows who would have won, since those two were SOOOOO close.
I avoided this video until after the contest, but I'm really happy that one of the more academic music TH-camrs that I watch is into this.
BTW, Lord of the Lost's (Germany's) cover of Käärijä's (Finland's) "Cha Cha Cha" is the best song that didn't happen this year.
Guys let's appreciate how original Finland is this year and let this precious guy win with our votes, as Loreen doesn't necessarily has to take the second statue home: she already got one
in the beginning of the video you showed Francesco Gabbani's (Italy) performance of "Occidentali's Karma" but the label on the left was "Non mi avete fatto niente" by Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro
Funny thing: Lordi won in 2006, the judge votes were introduced in 2007 specifically to not let Finland win again
But no, jokes aside, this compettion feels really rigged like the winner's been chosen way before the contest even starts.
Jury was brought back in 2009 Grand Final, not 2007.
So if jury was brought back to stop some countries from winning, it would be Russia (Dima Bilan and his meh entry…)
@@shingfungliu6254 ah, I see, I apologize for my mistake
One correction that I have: I don’t believe the the winning country is actually forced to host next year‘s contest, but they normally do, the UK for example have already hosted the ESC multiple times for the actual winner country even, tho they themselves did not win
Italy would never give us a mediocre song
you're a genius for teaching and introducing.
Finland and Käärijä for the win this year~~💚
Toivottavasti ei niin huonolla kappaleella pärjää.
Sorry, but Ukraine is going to win again. Obviously. The opportunity to rub it in Russia's face hard that we hate what they're doing will not be missed.
Well we got out of the semi-finals
@@HenritheHorse Omasta mielestä helposti paras kappale UMK:sta
@@Allupertti Tjäreborin mainoksen halpa kopio eikä tuo äijä osaa edes laulaa nuottiin. Umk nyt on aina paskaa täynnä.