I really enjoyed your video. I'll be sure to check out some Lena Phillipsson after your recomendation. I find it really funny that in Sweden coming 5th could be seen as a big disapointment and 12th is a disaster. Just goes to show how big the swedish pop market is and how big the expectations were (and are) as a result. I come from Portugal and it took 53 years to get a single top 5 result (which ended up winning). My country takes a very different approach to Eurovision because the music scene is much smaller and focused on more traditional stuff. I gotta say that from 1980 until 82, the Portuguese entries were probably the most fun we ever got. I don't know if you remember them. It came at point where the conservative dictatorship had ended, the democracy was stable and the country was looking to modernize and blend in with the rest of the European countries, which was seen at the entries to Eurovision. Fair to say that it didn't last very long (the results weren't great even for the lower expectations, and pop music was pretty frowned upon back then). My favourite swedish representative from the last couple years was Cornelia Jakobs. I think that sometimes Sweden are guilty of "style over substance", and I really enjoyed the rawer and earthier approach. From 2024, I also really enjoyed Italy, but I usually do every year. My favourite from this year was the Ukrainian song. I just really enjoyed the ethereal, religious sound scape they were going for
Thank you for the comment. Glad that you enjoyed the video. Really interesting reading the backstory on the Portuguese entries for Eurovision. I couldn't remember on top of my head the entries in the early eighties, so I had a watch and listen to them here on TH-cam. I do remember the 1981 act, Carlos Paião, probably mostly for the colorful clothes, but also the chorus "Play-back". Most of all I recognised Doce with Bem Bom from 1982. Once again because I thought the clothes were really cool at the time, but most importantly, it is a really catchy, disco flavored song. Also found the surreal video for the song here on TH-cam. Thank you for reminding me of the early eighties Portuguese entries. 😊 I do like the approach of the traditional elements in the Portuguese entries nowadays. And I totally agree with your comment on the Swedish entries, Cornelia Jacobs is a stand out entry from last couple of years, but we are certainly guilty with style over substance at times as well.
I really enjoyed your video. I'll be sure to check out some Lena Phillipsson after your recomendation. I find it really funny that in Sweden coming 5th could be seen as a big disapointment and 12th is a disaster. Just goes to show how big the swedish pop market is and how big the expectations were (and are) as a result. I come from Portugal and it took 53 years to get a single top 5 result (which ended up winning). My country takes a very different approach to Eurovision because the music scene is much smaller and focused on more traditional stuff. I gotta say that from 1980 until 82, the Portuguese entries were probably the most fun we ever got. I don't know if you remember them. It came at point where the conservative dictatorship had ended, the democracy was stable and the country was looking to modernize and blend in with the rest of the European countries, which was seen at the entries to Eurovision. Fair to say that it didn't last very long (the results weren't great even for the lower expectations, and pop music was pretty frowned upon back then). My favourite swedish representative from the last couple years was Cornelia Jakobs. I think that sometimes Sweden are guilty of "style over substance", and I really enjoyed the rawer and earthier approach. From 2024, I also really enjoyed Italy, but I usually do every year. My favourite from this year was the Ukrainian song. I just really enjoyed the ethereal, religious sound scape they were going for
Thank you for the comment. Glad that you enjoyed the video.
Really interesting reading the backstory on the Portuguese entries for Eurovision.
I couldn't remember on top of my head the entries in the early eighties, so I had a watch and listen to them here on TH-cam.
I do remember the 1981 act, Carlos Paião, probably mostly for the colorful clothes, but also the chorus "Play-back".
Most of all I recognised Doce with Bem Bom from 1982. Once again because I thought the clothes were really cool at the time, but most importantly, it is a really catchy, disco flavored song. Also found the surreal video for the song here on TH-cam. Thank you for reminding me of the early eighties Portuguese entries. 😊
I do like the approach of the traditional elements in the Portuguese entries nowadays. And I totally agree with your comment on the Swedish entries, Cornelia Jacobs is a stand out entry from last couple of years, but we are certainly guilty with style over substance at times as well.