In Eurovision you only vote for your favourites, not against your least favourites, so a lot of the time the last place isn't necessarily the worst but the least memorable. Nowadays only the top 10 from every country gets points so you could technically be ranked 11th by every country and end up with zero points
This video also only showed the last place of the finals, not including whoever came last in the semi-finals, so toward the end it wasn't really the real last place of the contest.
most people also vote for their favourite country. its mostly political. You can almost always predict to which country another country will give 8,10 or 12 points.. And the people are the lesser evil here. The judges who are supposed to be neutral very often vote for neighbouring countries or political allies, even if these countries barely get points from other judges. It is so stupid, just an embarrassing competition Cyprus giving 10/12 points to greece Belgium giving 10 points to the netherlands Finland giving 8/6 points to norway/sweden Sweden giving 10/7 points to norway/finland Denmark giving 10/8 points to sweden/norway Romania giving 12 points to moldova Moldova giving 10 points to romania Portugal giving 12 points to spain Latvia giving 10 points to lithuania Lithuania giving 8 points to estonia It is just so predictable...every year. Even if a country gets almost zero point, they usually have some neighbours to back them up
@@becker1264 Everyone does it so it doesn't really affect things too much, everyone has neighbors so everyone are likely to get some neighbor points. In order to win you actually have to be good/entertaining/stand out, neighbor votes is not enough to give anyone the win. If it was just about neighbor votes then Germany should be higher every year, they have a lot of neighbors who doesn't vote for them despite having good relationships and liking each other, the songs just hasn't been good enough.
@@alftuvik3820 You have to consider which kind of people actually take up the phone to vote. It certainly is not the average person. Germany received a lot of hate for letting in refugees in 2015, and recently for being to defensive about ukraine. And generally for being influential and "bossy" in the EU. Every county usually enters with bad songs. But suddenly in 2015 there was a switch and germany always ends last? This is not a coincidence anymore. 6/7 times germany ended place 25-27. The only exception was a song that was on ed sheeran/james arthur level. Yes, the other german songs were bad, but so are usually the songs of 85% of all other countries. I am 100% convinced of the countries/flags were hidden this year, the german entry would not have finished last. The song is nothing mindblowing, but dozens of songs were just as if not worse. Year after year there is more focus on politics and less on music
@@becker1264 Which kind of people would pick up the phone to vote? I don't know of anyone who watches without voting, whether they are huge fans or just casually watching, but that might differ from country to country, depends how much people care in general. Germany is one of the most liked countries in Europe by people in general, there has been some political backlash this year, but way more political backlash in recent years towards countries like Italy, UK, Poland, Belarus, Hungary, Russia or Israel, without that affecting these countries results. In the last almost 20 years where I have been watching there's no winners besides Ukraine where you could make an argument about it being political and even then, they would not have won if people didn't like their songs. Israel even managed to win while being one of the most controversial and least popular countries in the contest, Russia only has 1 placement below the top 10 in the last 10 years despite being the most unpopular country in ESC by far politically and Azerbaijan used to be a regular in the top 10 when nobody knew who they were and they barely had any friends.
You should probably have picked the video "All Last Places of the Semi-Finals in Eurovision Song Contest (2004-2022)" instead to get the worst, because those who made it into the Grand Final were top 10 in their grandfinal, so they were among the best. (Unless they were Big 5 countries or host of course, they never have to go through the semis.)
The 1974 song may have been last at Eurovision but it remains one of the most important songs in Portugal's history. It was used as the first radio signal for the military to start a revolution that ended the dictatorship in Portugal on April 25, 1974. Very special for us. =)
I think a lot of people (me included) look forward to the bad bad stuff and actually enjoy it because it’s bold and different so they get votes for that reason too. A lot of the losers are only last because they’re generic and forgettable. People love the unique stuff that makes them laugh or want to dance no matter how bad it is so the really bad songs do a lot better than the generic stuff
I think the problem with most of these entries is not that they're "bad", they just don't stand out. The first 10 entries I was like "oh, same song again". (Exaggeration, but you get my point) A few of them are bad indeed.
I think the way to view it is think of it like the Miss Universe competition. Everyone there is prettier than most, but someone still has to lose. Doesn't mean they're bad at what they did.
There was so much love in the room for James Newman when he got nil points because he didn’t deserve it, and the next year Sam Ryder was the first to console Malik Harris when he came last because of how James had been looked after
At Eurovision, some years are "meh" and some years are strong, but 2021 dialled strong up to 11. Both semis were a blood bath. Every country sent a good song. I felt so bad for James Newman because he didn't deserve nil-nil. He was such a good sport about it though. And Sam is just a stellar human being.
It wasn't Malik who got zero from the televote it was Switzerland's Marius Bear - people were effing horrible to him on anti-social media too - I blame bitter Albania and Austria fans because they effed up and didn't Q whereas he did. Sam gave him a big hug too though.
People forget that ESC is mainly about the song itself, hence the title "song contest". Of course they can sing they have been picked, they are not just random people of the street.
Except for Ireland. Last 20 years they pick a random pub, pick the least beligerant person, and OF YOU GO. To not win Eurovision. But even then, they sing great.
the finn who played the flute recently passed away. he was one of the most beloved cultural figures in finland! he was an actor, musician and a comedian.
There can be a ton of reasons why a song comes in last place, maybe it just doesn't leave that big of an impression, the performance/vocals/song could be a lot better, but it still also comes down to individual taste, when you vote and some decent songs might get low places because a lot of people might only vote for their absolute favorite. And after the semi got introduced in 2004 and turned into two semis in 2008, there are the last place of their respective semi finale, so there they failed harder, even if you may still like them.
Guys, even though these are last places, you don't need to carp every single moment from this recap just to justify their coming last. It's not always 100% deserved and can be easily explained. Moreover, it's last places in finals which means it's not the worst song of whole contests. To see actual last places since 2004 when the semi finals were introduced, you need to watch the video Last places in Semi Finals.
The Swedish band "Forbes" weren't singing about insects, unfortunately... it's the most embarrassing Swedish entry to date. They are singing about Beatles and that they still remember who they were (The Beatles split up in 1970, so this is just 7 years after, but they act like it was 50 years ago and sing lines like "We still have their records" and "Great grandpa can tell you who they are". I'm happy this was in Swedish so people can't tell what they were singing, because this was really, really bad. Our other entry on this list, 8:18 Monica Zetterlund's "En gång i Stockholm" (Once in Stockholm) it's the exact opposite, it's is so beautiful, she was a very famous singer in Sweden and the lyrics of that song is amazing, I really love that song! The lyrics are like "The first silent snow of winter is falling, summer is over. I have a sailboat in Lake Klara, come my friend, let's sail." and "For you and me it's still summer, where you and I are, the summer is, and it's never ending, because I love you, hold my hand, hold my hand". I can't explain it, in Swedish it's really beautiful picture she is painting.
Michael Schulz with "You let me walk alone", was such an amazing song. Thank you Germany for that absolute gem of a song! Still makes me emotional whenever I hear it. ❤️🇩🇪
@@GeoNeilUK It does indeed. The public broadcaster that organizes the german part of the ESC wants to avoid winning at all costs so they don't have to host but just participating is very lucrative so they deliberately send complete garbage every year to make sure
You might be surprised this year. Lord of the Lost won the German National Final, with a huge televote score. It's my winner this year, & in my top 5 ever in Eurovision history. It wasn't written for Eurovision specifically but is the title track for their album that came out just after Xmas. Eurovision needs more metal.
@@teo_heel their win was political yes, but I don't think it's a bad (Eurovision) song. I could easily see it end in the top 3 even if Russia had not invaded.
Okay, repeat after me: Eurovision is NOT A SINGING COMPETITION! It's not to find the best voice. It's about the song writing and performance which is why you get some truly wild results some years. Having a good voice helps, but the competition is, as I said, not about who is technically the best singer. I really eppreciate all the eurovision content though. I'd love to see you react to some of the most bonkers (and fun) competitors over the years.
Eurovision is a song contest, not a singing contest! Especially in the early years it was all about the song, not the singer. The singers were all established artists in their home countries and it was an honour if you were selected to participate.
Like you commented about the boy band meets Spice Girls, not seldom Eurovision contestants tried to emulate what was popular on the charts, but often a year or more too late. The Alanis Morrissette-wannabee is a great example. It's also very common to copy the format of the previous years winner. And sometimes a popular actor or actress or old artist beloved by the older generations wins the national contest and is sent to the big contest.
As far as where you go from here, if you wanted to do countries, you could do UK or Ireland and avoid most of the language barriers, or you could check out Norway and see some of the more unusual songs they've got. Whatever you decide to do, I'll be sure to check it out. Keep up the good work!
Ok, I'll just try to clear something up, since apparently a lot of people actually believe it: Sending a bad song on purpose to not win isn't actually a thing. Yes, there are a few examples of purposefully bad or weird songs but even for those, it was definitely not out of fear that they have to host or anything like that. It's a common misconception that the winner is somehow forced to host the competition the next year. What it actually means to win is that you get asked first and if you're incapable of hosting it on your own, there's ways around it (like, co-hosting abroad or just choosing not to). A good example would be Monaco winning in 1971 and the BBC taking over the hosting in 1972, since they couldn't find a suitable venue in Monaco; Luxembourg and Israel have also declined to host in following years. It's just that usually the countries/national broadcasters that end up winning are also financially stable enough and have a venue for it. For that reason, it has only very rarely happened that the winner didn't host the next year. The reason why smaller and/or poorer countries who might not be able to host often also don't have the best songs is just because they have less funding and less people applying, meaning a lower a chance that there's a good song/artist among them.
@@uztre6789 Yes, but you also completely fail to consider the shitstorm not hosting would cause in their countries. You know cause people would feel like it makes their country look bad. Just because nobody is forced to host, doesn't mean they aren't pressured to.
Norway 1978 had Jahn Teigen in last place. He was a beloved folk singer with long success and respect in his home country. His song, Mil Etter Mil, is a low-key and lonesome ballad he ordinarily sang very well. For some reason, the arrangement for Eurovision made it much more dramatic and had Jahn singing out of his range. I'm not surprised the poor guy made a bad impression in the contest.
He planned to annoy the president of the entertainment department on NRK by ruining his performance and did it too well. Luckily, he was quickly forgiven by the Norwegian public and was even allowed to represent Norway again in 1982 and 1983 with much better results.
Coming from one of the countries with most last places (Finland), I now see how utterly, utterly unfair Eurovision has been towards us over they years!! I've always known it, we never got the placings we deserved, but this is really... Utter shock. :( But anyway, please react next to "weirdest entries/eurovision wtf moments" videos, or then the 3rd places ;)
I mean, to be fair, the loser of Eurovision is not necessarily the worst, because I guarantee some people vote for the worst one because it is bad. The loser is honestly often the blandest or most boring. The most forgettable.
Please react to all of the UK entries. We’ve sent some absolutely horrendous entries in recent years, I honestly think once we became part of the Big 5 we really stopped giving a shit about the quality of our entries until this year where we actually made an effort to send a pretty decent singer and song. Having said that, I did actually like the song James Newman entered, it just wasn’t particular very good live unfortunately.
You should react to one of the most memorable esc moments/weirdest entries/eurovision wtf moments videos. There's been plenty of oddities, fail moments and simply things which I'm sure would make you say WTF?!?! Like to see you react to those.
Poor old Gemini they made ONE fatal mistake: singing when you can't hear the backing track and then when it does quietly start, you can't hear the key to correct yourself!
Much of that Eurovision sounded terrible with the technical issues, the winner didn't even sound great. It might have been the worst Eurovision production.
Yeah Turkiye sounded a bit pitchy and the framing was bad (someone else pointed out one of the dancers arms got cropped out of frame) but that said Beth for Spain and Urban Trad for Belgium sounded great - maybe it was just the early acts that suffered. Were Russia suffering sound issues? It was tATu who was ever gonna know the difference? Or based on the fact they were third and within ten points it wouldn't appear many cared?
Easier to understand those scores if you think about scoring system - if there was a good song ten juries voted for that song, leaving small amount of points to give to next countries. That's why there is so many 0 pointers here and its smaller amount later (more countries voting, more juries etc.)
More importantly: If you come 11th in every country, you won't get any points. Another entry might place 20th in every country except one, where they place 10th. The first one will place last while the second one, even though it's the worse song, will place second to last. Sometimes it's just the scoring system. Not always though. Some songs are just bad.
RIP Vesa-Matti Loiri (he died last year). He was very famous actor, comedian, singer. Real life multitalented. I´m not sure, if playing fly was his hobby or did he us it on his works. But I know his voice got better and better by years to come. Sadly cancer did take him away only 77 years old.
Most countries have a national competition to determine who will represent them at Eurovision, so that means that virtually every entry already is a winner - at the national level. Thus there shouldn’t really be any truly crappy entries, yet sometimes there are. But especially in the early years thls was a prestigious contest and all countries sent their very best singers.
A little late here, but as a Norwegian we are the proud owners of the most last places and nil points in Eurovision history! And a lot of them are actually legends in our music history. Just not popular with anybody else 😂 We love most of them though
About Finland's Vesa-Matti Loiri in 1980, you commented how he was just holding the flute there; he also played it a bit, it just wasn't in this clip. Or at least he appeared to play it; I don't know what the Eurovision rules were back then, but nowadays, all instruments have to be pre-recorded. Only the singing is live. When performers appear to be playing instruments on stage, they aren't actually mic'd or plugged in. But yes, Loiri knew how to play the flute. An interesting factoid about him: in 1993, he voiced the part of the Genie in the Finnish version of Disney's Aladdin. Disney named the Finnish version the best foreign-language dubbing of the film and gave Loiri special recognition for his "exceptionally unique" performance. I haven't actually heard the original English soundtrack with Robin Williams so I can't compare them, but since Disney themselves said that Loiri did the part exceptionally well... well, I'll take their word for it. His career spanned six decades and whenever someone has such a long career, it usually has both high and low points. ....let's just say that this Eurovision performance was one of those low points.
Turkey joined the contest in 1975 for the first time, a year ago Turkey had invaded North Cyprus so it was a very political voting, otherwise that song was not that bad compared to others, politics have always been part of Eurovision.
Holy shit... I just thought I recognized the face of the singer from 1989... what??? That guy went from zero (in this Eurovision) to hero (of clubhouses). I love him as the singer of Gus Gus!!! He must have been ahead of his time. 🤯
You may have noticed everyone switched from singing in their native language or French and started singing in English... Coincidentally that was about the 90's too.. a lot changed back then politically, socially, economically - a lot of big changes in Europe...
I think they had rules at some point where you had to sing in own language.then it changed and many sang english but they tend to sing in own language again
Yeah I watched this a few weeks ago and your reaction was mine. They aren't bad just meh, it become background music half the time. The truly weird/bad acts get either eliminated in the semi finals or get enough points for shear nerve to bump them up from dead last
I have to feel a little bit for Jemini. It was never a winning song, but their in ear monitors were not working so they had no idea what note they were singing, causing it to sound like a record played at slow speed. UK were not exactly inviting votes with that song, but if they had been able to hear their own vocals they might at least been able to escape with some dignity.
Yeah. The song was a bit dated but had sounded a lot better than it ended up doing on the night.A few years earlier and with functioning equipment, it might have done quite well.
No, so some countries (France, Italy, Germany, Spain and UK) are made to participate in the finals each year. These are the countries that purposefully, sometimes, send bad entries to avoid hosting it the next year. The rest of the countries compete in two semi-finals to access the grand final event, but they can choose to not participate at all. They don't need to send bad entries to avoid hosting. The one from Ireland in 2007 went through the semi-finals I assume
Actually no - before 2008, there was one semi but the top ten countries of the previous year automatically qualified for the final the next year in 2006 Ireland were in the top ten so they didn't need to battle through the semis.
13:58 - I thought he reminded me of Joe Pesci :) Malta is the longest waiting country to win - 49 years. They've never won since entering the competition in 1971 with the above act. Between 1973-1977 and since 1999 countries can sing in English. All other years had to be their native tongue.
Loving these videos -- they bring back so many memories of my childhood and teenage years! (First winner I can actually remember was Udo Jürgens for Austria in 1966; I was ten at the time.) What you have to keep in mind for the early years is that there was no public voting yet; the entries were judged by "expert" juries, solely on lyrics and musical content, NOT voice or performance. Also, fun fact: Israel's first winner (1980s or 90s; I forget) was actually transgender, long before Conchita Wurst (the Bearded Lady) won for Austria in the 2000s!
The ESC is originally a competition for songwriting. The Songwriters get the trophy. Not the singers if they are not the writers as well. So I guess especially in the beginning where there was only a jury and no Televoting it was really about Songwriting quality and not about Singing and the Show.
The 2015 German entry was runner-up in the national song contest. But the winner cancelled just before the esc final, to which Ann Sophie still represents Germany
I'm absolutely stunned about 2007, because Dervish is my one of my favourite bands. They're legendary. One of the most famous current Irish folk groups. Cathy Jordan is an amazing singer. Check out their albums midsummer's night, Live at Johnny Fox's, Playing with Fire and Traveling Show. They're so awesome, and I'm really sad that this had to be your first encounter with Dervish. It's like hearing the Beatles sing a Rebecca Black song.
Abraham Linkond , excuse my bad spilling, but I agree. He looked like hun, that finish guy😂I am norwegian. Loved Eurovision from the 70s up till 2010. Best before 2000.
I'm not a fan of Eurovision, but it's very interesting seeing you guys trying to make sense of this. I hope you'll start the compilations with every entry for every country. One of the most interesting ones is Belgium, my country. Because we are split down the middle and speak 2 different languages (Dutch and French), the entries alternate every year between a singer from the French speaking part and a singer from the Dutch speaking part. Don't get me wrong, they are equally bad. 1 winner, several last places (including the ones in the purple jumpsuits) and a whole lot of mediocre songs :D
It's a song competition, not a singing competition, especially back in the day, before televoting. Can't believe Nicole et Hugo came last. They were amazing.
Hi guys! I'm from Israel. I liked your Eurovision reactions! My favorite last places are 1987 (legendary 80s gym track!), 2007 Semi Final Last place ("Mala Dama" by Czech band Kabat! Loved that!!!) and 2008 Semi Final Last place (The only great song San Marino ever sent to the competition! Only sent crap since then)
1978 Norway was a hit for the singer back home and it’s even cited by the the former prime minister of Norway, I believe current head of NATO as his favorite entry
The reason you’re seeing Norway, Finland and such so much in the last few years is because of the semifinals. The song in last place has at least made it to the finals. Unless it’s last years winner or one of the big 5. Then they go straight to the finals which also means voters don’t hear those songs as often and you really need to hear some of these songs more than once to appreciate them.
6:15 That's nothing but an unfounded conspiracy theory and not based in reality. People who tell this nonsense always say that countries don't want to host the contest because of the costs, however these people unfortunately don't know how the costs are covered: It's not the country that hosts the contest that has to pay, the costs are covered by the membership fees of the EBU, the European Broadcasting Union. The vast majority of the costs are covered by the Big Five countries (Spain, the UK, France, Italy and in particular Germany which alone pays about 30 % of the costs). The hosting country pays only it usual share and not much else. Especially in the early years things like that didn't even come to people's minds. Eurovision was started as a way to help healing the wounds of the war through culture and music. People didn't think about costs or stuff like that at all.
Given your reaction to 1999, You should react to every Barbara Dex Award winner. Its an award thing hosted online and given to the worst dressed contestant of every year. Its named after the last place singer from 1993, who wore a beige dress she made herself
1978 Norway, Janh Teigen, famous norwegian artist. Great singer and performer, songwriter. Died too young. He got known for getting 0 point in the final. We got 0 point several times but won 3 times. Revenge😂
having a live orchestra makes the contest exclusive to only certain types of music. it's 2022, not all music is just instruments. this is very clearly showcased in Sanremo where most songs sound much more underwhelming live with the orchestra compared to the respective studio versions. so I heavily disagree that Eurovision should ever go back to the live orchestra.
@@amerbegovic4755 Doesn't have to be live orchestra, but live music might be nice. It's kinda ridicolous when you can see (sometimes) that they are not playing live or making moves where you never could play properly.
It’s interesting how Scandi-Nordic Eurovision was back in the early days. They all sing better than most megastars now! It’s an older style of music, I guess, but that was the time. I love that you gave them their due too, they hopefully went on to have great careers❤️ Edit: For some reason the 1966 guy reminded me of Manuel in Fawlty Towers! From around 1967 it went a bit batshxt🤣
The guy you called Greg Davis, was actually a national treasure here in Finland! Everyone loved him, but sadly he just died a couple months before y'all posted this :C.
Poor old "Gemini" sounded so out of tune singing CRY BABY because they couldn't hear the music - which is an absolute nightmare and sometimes done deliberately to make people sound bad - I experienced that myself playing guitar in a band at our first quite big gig as a support band ... the first song was sounding great, we were really enjoying it - I could hear everything crystal clear through the monitor speakers ... then some person deliberately switched them off completely so then i could hardly hear ANYTHING of the other band members because they were all much further away from me than usual, on such a big stage - I could see the singers lips moving but couldn't tell what he was singing ... so it was a nightmare from then on, having to desperately concentrate on where we must be in the song, rather than play along with them ... all I could hear was my own guitar ... it's VERY disconcerting, especially when it comes to your solo's and you HOPE you;re not playing over the wrong part!!! - the guys at the desk obviously did it on purpose to try to make us sound bad. they didn't even need to try - we WERE bad anyway! That was the first time we were sounding good ... for about 1 minute - until they turned the monitors off. "Bar stewards".
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In Eurovision you only vote for your favourites, not against your least favourites, so a lot of the time the last place isn't necessarily the worst but the least memorable. Nowadays only the top 10 from every country gets points so you could technically be ranked 11th by every country and end up with zero points
This video also only showed the last place of the finals, not including whoever came last in the semi-finals, so toward the end it wasn't really the real last place of the contest.
most people also vote for their favourite country. its mostly political. You can almost always predict to which country another country will give 8,10 or 12 points.. And the people are the lesser evil here. The judges who are supposed to be neutral very often vote for neighbouring countries or political allies, even if these countries barely get points from other judges. It is so stupid, just an embarrassing competition
Cyprus giving 10/12 points to greece
Belgium giving 10 points to the netherlands
Finland giving 8/6 points to norway/sweden
Sweden giving 10/7 points to norway/finland
Denmark giving 10/8 points to sweden/norway
Romania giving 12 points to moldova
Moldova giving 10 points to romania
Portugal giving 12 points to spain
Latvia giving 10 points to lithuania
Lithuania giving 8 points to estonia
It is just so predictable...every year. Even if a country gets almost zero point, they usually have some neighbours to back them up
@@becker1264 Everyone does it so it doesn't really affect things too much, everyone has neighbors so everyone are likely to get some neighbor points.
In order to win you actually have to be good/entertaining/stand out, neighbor votes is not enough to give anyone the win. If it was just about neighbor votes then Germany should be higher every year, they have a lot of neighbors who doesn't vote for them despite having good relationships and liking each other, the songs just hasn't been good enough.
@@alftuvik3820 You have to consider which kind of people actually take up the phone to vote. It certainly is not the average person. Germany received a lot of hate for letting in refugees in 2015, and recently for being to defensive about ukraine. And generally for being influential and "bossy" in the EU. Every county usually enters with bad songs. But suddenly in 2015 there was a switch and germany always ends last? This is not a coincidence anymore. 6/7 times germany ended place 25-27. The only exception was a song that was on ed sheeran/james arthur level. Yes, the other german songs were bad, but so are usually the songs of 85% of all other countries. I am 100% convinced of the countries/flags were hidden this year, the german entry would not have finished last. The song is nothing mindblowing, but dozens of songs were just as if not worse. Year after year there is more focus on politics and less on music
@@becker1264 Which kind of people would pick up the phone to vote? I don't know of anyone who watches without voting, whether they are huge fans or just casually watching, but that might differ from country to country, depends how much people care in general.
Germany is one of the most liked countries in Europe by people in general, there has been some political backlash this year, but way more political backlash in recent years towards countries like Italy, UK, Poland, Belarus, Hungary, Russia or Israel, without that affecting these countries results.
In the last almost 20 years where I have been watching there's no winners besides Ukraine where you could make an argument about it being political and even then, they would not have won if people didn't like their songs. Israel even managed to win while being one of the most controversial and least popular countries in the contest, Russia only has 1 placement below the top 10 in the last 10 years despite being the most unpopular country in ESC by far politically and Azerbaijan used to be a regular in the top 10 when nobody knew who they were and they barely had any friends.
let's be honest most of us were here for your Spain 2017 reaction. THAT failed note...
the amount of memes we made in spain with that guy... it was pure gold.
I was hoping they'd put that part in.
At the same time though, I feel bad for the guy. Imagine failing that hard on a world stage like that. Ouch.
Doesn't poor Manuel still have the most downvoted video on the official site because of that.
Switzerland 1967 too, that's may be first song with horrible sound.
That one still hurts my ears just by remembering
You should probably have picked the video "All Last Places of the Semi-Finals in Eurovision Song Contest (2004-2022)" instead to get the worst, because those who made it into the Grand Final were top 10 in their grandfinal, so they were among the best. (Unless they were Big 5 countries or host of course, they never have to go through the semis.)
That would be an amazing shitshow!
Well also before 2 semis, top 10 from previous year auto qualified too, so you get dogshit like Ireland's Cannot stop spring in a grand final
Well, that hasn't happened since 2013...
I'd love to see that as well lol
in their semifinal*
The 1974 song may have been last at Eurovision but it remains one of the most important songs in Portugal's history. It was used as the first radio signal for the military to start a revolution that ended the dictatorship in Portugal on April 25, 1974. Very special for us. =)
I had no idea! thanks for sharing, that's really cool
Usually, the truly bad and «so bad its good» gets a lot of sympathy points. So the last places usually are the most «meh» ones
*cough* Serhat, both times.*cough*
@@angelaburrow8114The music videos saved him
I think a lot of people (me included) look forward to the bad bad stuff and actually enjoy it because it’s bold and different so they get votes for that reason too. A lot of the losers are only last because they’re generic and forgettable. People love the unique stuff that makes them laugh or want to dance no matter how bad it is so the really bad songs do a lot better than the generic stuff
@@angelaburrow8114Still slightly ashamed I voted for that one 😂
I think the problem with most of these entries is not that they're "bad", they just don't stand out. The first 10 entries I was like "oh, same song again". (Exaggeration, but you get my point)
A few of them are bad indeed.
Strange how 'euro-pop' has developed over the years.
A good eurovision song is the whole package. The melody, the lyrics, the voice, the stage.
The glove puppets...
I think the way to view it is think of it like the Miss Universe competition. Everyone there is prettier than most, but someone still has to lose.
Doesn't mean they're bad at what they did.
There was so much love in the room for James Newman when he got nil points because he didn’t deserve it, and the next year Sam Ryder was the first to console Malik Harris when he came last because of how James had been looked after
At Eurovision, some years are "meh" and some years are strong, but 2021 dialled strong up to 11. Both semis were a blood bath. Every country sent a good song. I felt so bad for James Newman because he didn't deserve nil-nil. He was such a good sport about it though.
And Sam is just a stellar human being.
It wasn't Malik who got zero from the televote it was Switzerland's Marius Bear - people were effing horrible to him on anti-social media too - I blame bitter Albania and Austria fans because they effed up and didn't Q whereas he did. Sam gave him a big hug too though.
The worst blood bath was semi 1 in 2018 - that was a very strong year in general but semi 1 killed a lot of good songs.
He deserves it with that song, staging, AND fxcking Jacket.
It’s not about the voices, it’s about the whole performance. Are you bored..than it’s not a good one 🙂
1966 Italy is the original singer of “Volare” one of the not covered songs and first Grammy winner full Italian title “Nel blu dipinto du blu”
People forget that ESC is mainly about the song itself, hence the title "song contest". Of course they can sing they have been picked, they are not just random people of the street.
I think they mentioned songwriting strength
true
“There not just people of the streets”
You start to wonder some times 😅😂
Except for Ireland. Last 20 years they pick a random pub, pick the least beligerant person, and OF YOU GO. To not win Eurovision.
But even then, they sing great.
Not anymore 😂 it’s all political af now 😂❤
the finn who played the flute recently passed away. he was one of the most beloved cultural figures in finland! he was an actor, musician and a comedian.
And a competent flutist, in this song, of course!
There can be a ton of reasons why a song comes in last place, maybe it just doesn't leave that big of an impression, the performance/vocals/song could be a lot better, but it still also comes down to individual taste, when you vote and some decent songs might get low places because a lot of people might only vote for their absolute favorite. And after the semi got introduced in 2004 and turned into two semis in 2008, there are the last place of their respective semi finale, so there they failed harder, even if you may still like them.
Guys, even though these are last places, you don't need to carp every single moment from this recap just to justify their coming last. It's not always 100% deserved and can be easily explained. Moreover, it's last places in finals which means it's not the worst song of whole contests. To see actual last places since 2004 when the semi finals were introduced, you need to watch the video Last places in Semi Finals.
The Swedish band "Forbes" weren't singing about insects, unfortunately... it's the most embarrassing Swedish entry to date. They are singing about Beatles and that they still remember who they were (The Beatles split up in 1970, so this is just 7 years after, but they act like it was 50 years ago and sing lines like "We still have their records" and "Great grandpa can tell you who they are".
I'm happy this was in Swedish so people can't tell what they were singing, because this was really, really bad.
Our other entry on this list, 8:18 Monica Zetterlund's "En gång i Stockholm" (Once in Stockholm) it's the exact opposite, it's is so beautiful, she was a very famous singer in Sweden and the lyrics of that song is amazing, I really love that song! The lyrics are like "The first silent snow of winter is falling, summer is over. I have a sailboat in Lake Klara, come my friend, let's sail." and "For you and me it's still summer, where you and I are, the summer is, and it's never ending, because I love you, hold my hand, hold my hand". I can't explain it, in Swedish it's really beautiful picture she is painting.
It was meant as a tribute to the Beatles. Actually I think it is a pretty good song.
Forbes got 2 points from Germany that year, but thanks to the Swedish queen from germany :)
I still still still want you to check out “Give that Wolf a Banana” freaking awesome and crazy and wild!! xx
Please 🙏🏻
Thank you guys for that reaction. Made me realise again how bad Germany always ends up 😂 But we take it with a grain of salt 🇩🇪❤️
Michael Schulz with "You let me walk alone", was such an amazing song. Thank you Germany for that absolute gem of a song! Still makes me emotional whenever I hear it. ❤️🇩🇪
It does help that you're one of the Big Five (or maybe explains why you do so badly)
@@GeoNeilUK It does indeed. The public broadcaster that organizes the german part of the ESC wants to avoid winning at all costs so they don't have to host but just participating is very lucrative so they deliberately send complete garbage every year to make sure
You might be surprised this year. Lord of the Lost won the German National Final, with a huge televote score. It's my winner this year, & in my top 5 ever in Eurovision history. It wasn't written for Eurovision specifically but is the title track for their album that came out just after Xmas. Eurovision needs more metal.
Same with Austria..it's a Wonder if we win...with a good Song instead of stupid cheesy ridiculous Songs
Great reaction! Just remember it's a SONG contest, so it's supposed to be about who has the best song, not necessarily the best singing voice.
Unless there name is Ukraine
@@ben31uk They had a good song though
@@hfjvilu962 Come on. Their 2016 and 2022 wins have nothing to do with the song quality. Both wins were political. 2004 one wasn't, that's for sure.
@@teo_heel their win was political yes, but I don't think it's a bad (Eurovision) song. I could easily see it end in the top 3 even if Russia had not invaded.
@@hfjvilu962 If not for Russia "invading" Stefania would've not been that high for sure. 10th place at most.
Okay, repeat after me: Eurovision is NOT A SINGING COMPETITION! It's not to find the best voice. It's about the song writing and performance which is why you get some truly wild results some years. Having a good voice helps, but the competition is, as I said, not about who is technically the best singer.
I really eppreciate all the eurovision content though. I'd love to see you react to some of the most bonkers (and fun) competitors over the years.
Clap your hands and do it for your lover.
It's not even a song writing contest really, the voting is mainly political
@@bmxerqf882 if it was political, the same countries would win over and over again. What was the political reason for Portugal to win in 2017?
@@liul Guy needed money for heart illness
@@liul The only non political winners since 2016 are 2019 and 2021
1978 Norway -- the first-ever entry to "win" zero points!
Eurovision is a song contest, not a singing contest! Especially in the early years it was all about the song, not the singer. The singers were all established artists in their home countries and it was an honour if you were selected to participate.
I think you both need to watch a few full shows to grasp what Eurovision is. Eurovision is full of colour, big costumes and dramatic performances.
Like you commented about the boy band meets Spice Girls, not seldom Eurovision contestants tried to emulate what was popular on the charts, but often a year or more too late. The Alanis Morrissette-wannabee is a great example. It's also very common to copy the format of the previous years winner. And sometimes a popular actor or actress or old artist beloved by the older generations wins the national contest and is sent to the big contest.
Remember: It’s a song WRITING contest, not a singing contest. ;)
As far as where you go from here, if you wanted to do countries, you could do UK or Ireland and avoid most of the language barriers, or you could check out Norway and see some of the more unusual songs they've got. Whatever you decide to do, I'll be sure to check it out. Keep up the good work!
Forbes: "o George, O paul, O John"
Dan, one second later: I hope they're singing about the insects! :-)
Ok, I'll just try to clear something up, since apparently a lot of people actually believe it: Sending a bad song on purpose to not win isn't actually a thing.
Yes, there are a few examples of purposefully bad or weird songs but even for those, it was definitely not out of fear that they have to host or anything like that. It's a common misconception that the winner is somehow forced to host the competition the next year. What it actually means to win is that you get asked first and if you're incapable of hosting it on your own, there's ways around it (like, co-hosting abroad or just choosing not to). A good example would be Monaco winning in 1971 and the BBC taking over the hosting in 1972, since they couldn't find a suitable venue in Monaco; Luxembourg and Israel have also declined to host in following years.
It's just that usually the countries/national broadcasters that end up winning are also financially stable enough and have a venue for it. For that reason, it has only very rarely happened that the winner didn't host the next year.
The reason why smaller and/or poorer countries who might not be able to host often also don't have the best songs is just because they have less funding and less people applying, meaning a lower a chance that there's a good song/artist among them.
So you're saying "Father Ted" was fiction...
Except when Ireland sent that turkey...
Nah deliberatly throwing is definetly a thing. It's not for financial reasons mostly, more so for all the hassle organizing a big event is.
@@GodzThirdLeg Did you even read what I said? Nobody is forced to host.
@@uztre6789 Yes, but you also completely fail to consider the shitstorm not hosting would cause in their countries. You know cause people would feel like it makes their country look bad. Just because nobody is forced to host, doesn't mean they aren't pressured to.
Personally, Germany's 2015 song was amazing, I would have given her top 12 at least
So sweet!
its the same for me! i loved it
Norway 1978 had Jahn Teigen in last place. He was a beloved folk singer with long success and respect in his home country. His song, Mil Etter Mil, is a low-key and lonesome ballad he ordinarily sang very well. For some reason, the arrangement for Eurovision made it much more dramatic and had Jahn singing out of his range. I'm not surprised the poor guy made a bad impression in the contest.
The sound mixing at the even was weird too, the brass was way way too loud and he had to sing louder to get over it.
He planned to annoy the president of the entertainment department on NRK by ruining his performance and did it too well.
Luckily, he was quickly forgiven by the Norwegian public and was even allowed to represent Norway again in 1982 and 1983 with much better results.
Coming from one of the countries with most last places (Finland), I now see how utterly, utterly unfair Eurovision has been towards us over they years!! I've always known it, we never got the placings we deserved, but this is really... Utter shock. :( But anyway, please react next to "weirdest entries/eurovision wtf moments" videos, or then the 3rd places ;)
If it helps, Norway is actually the ones with the most losses at 11. 4 times we got 0 points so we win most 0 points as well 👍😂
I mean, to be fair, the loser of Eurovision is not necessarily the worst, because I guarantee some people vote for the worst one because it is bad.
The loser is honestly often the blandest or most boring. The most forgettable.
Please react to all of the UK entries. We’ve sent some absolutely horrendous entries in recent years, I honestly think once we became part of the Big 5 we really stopped giving a shit about the quality of our entries until this year where we actually made an effort to send a pretty decent singer and song. Having said that, I did actually like the song James Newman entered, it just wasn’t particular very good live unfortunately.
Finally a video where my country is big 😂😂😂 🇩🇪
You should react to one of the most memorable esc moments/weirdest entries/eurovision wtf moments videos. There's been plenty of oddities, fail moments and simply things which I'm sure would make you say WTF?!?! Like to see you react to those.
Poor old Gemini they made ONE fatal mistake: singing when you can't hear the backing track and then when it does quietly start, you can't hear the key to correct yourself!
Much of that Eurovision sounded terrible with the technical issues, the winner didn't even sound great. It might have been the worst Eurovision production.
Yeah Turkiye sounded a bit pitchy and the framing was bad (someone else pointed out one of the dancers arms got cropped out of frame) but that said Beth for Spain and Urban Trad for Belgium sounded great - maybe it was just the early acts that suffered. Were Russia suffering sound issues? It was tATu who was ever gonna know the difference? Or based on the fact they were third and within ten points it wouldn't appear many cared?
Easier to understand those scores if you think about scoring system - if there was a good song ten juries voted for that song, leaving small amount of points to give to next countries. That's why there is so many 0 pointers here and its smaller amount later (more countries voting, more juries etc.)
More importantly: If you come 11th in every country, you won't get any points. Another entry might place 20th in every country except one, where they place 10th. The first one will place last while the second one, even though it's the worse song, will place second to last.
Sometimes it's just the scoring system. Not always though. Some songs are just bad.
Apparently no one noticed that Corry Brokken had the fewest points in 1958, but was the winner of the festifal one year earlier
RIP Vesa-Matti Loiri (he died last year).
He was very famous actor, comedian, singer. Real life multitalented.
I´m not sure, if playing fly was his hobby or did he us it on his works. But I know his voice got better and better by years to come. Sadly cancer did take him away only 77 years old.
Most countries have a national competition to determine who will represent them at Eurovision, so that means that virtually every entry already is a winner - at the national level. Thus there shouldn’t really be any truly crappy entries, yet sometimes there are. But especially in the early years thls was a prestigious contest and all countries sent their very best singers.
A little late here, but as a Norwegian we are the proud owners of the most last places and nil points in Eurovision history! And a lot of them are actually legends in our music history. Just not popular with anybody else 😂 We love most of them though
About Finland's Vesa-Matti Loiri in 1980, you commented how he was just holding the flute there; he also played it a bit, it just wasn't in this clip. Or at least he appeared to play it; I don't know what the Eurovision rules were back then, but nowadays, all instruments have to be pre-recorded. Only the singing is live. When performers appear to be playing instruments on stage, they aren't actually mic'd or plugged in. But yes, Loiri knew how to play the flute.
An interesting factoid about him: in 1993, he voiced the part of the Genie in the Finnish version of Disney's Aladdin. Disney named the Finnish version the best foreign-language dubbing of the film and gave Loiri special recognition for his "exceptionally unique" performance. I haven't actually heard the original English soundtrack with Robin Williams so I can't compare them, but since Disney themselves said that Loiri did the part exceptionally well... well, I'll take their word for it.
His career spanned six decades and whenever someone has such a long career, it usually has both high and low points. ....let's just say that this Eurovision performance was one of those low points.
Turkey joined the contest in 1975 for the first time, a year ago Turkey had invaded North Cyprus so it was a very political voting, otherwise that song was not that bad compared to others, politics have always been part of Eurovision.
Name a more iconic duo than Germany and United Kingdom hanging out at the bottom of the list. I'll wait.
Holy shit... I just thought I recognized the face of the singer from 1989... what??? That guy went from zero (in this Eurovision) to hero (of clubhouses). I love him as the singer of Gus Gus!!! He must have been ahead of his time. 🤯
My top3
Denmark 2002
Germany 2016
United Kingdom 2021
Black Smoke by Ann Sophie im from Greece and still listen to the song its beautiful idnt deserve last place...
You may have noticed everyone switched from singing in their native language or French and started singing in English... Coincidentally that was about the 90's too.. a lot changed back then politically, socially, economically - a lot of big changes in Europe...
I think they had rules at some point where you had to sing in own language.then it changed and many sang english but they tend to sing in own language again
The semi finals are even worse
Some of them for political reasons, there was a while where countries were basically voting for their neighbouring fuel suppliers!
Yeah I watched this a few weeks ago and your reaction was mine. They aren't bad just meh, it become background music half the time. The truly weird/bad acts get either eliminated in the semi finals or get enough points for shear nerve to bump them up from dead last
It's generally worse to be meh, than to be bad. Because come voting time, people are more likely to remember the bad songs
All the different facial expression during some of the songs made this even more fun to watch. 😅
I have to feel a little bit for Jemini. It was never a winning song, but their in ear monitors were not working so they had no idea what note they were singing, causing it to sound like a record played at slow speed.
UK were not exactly inviting votes with that song, but if they had been able to hear their own vocals they might at least been able to escape with some dignity.
Yeah. The song was a bit dated but had sounded a lot better than it ended up doing on the night.A few years earlier and with functioning equipment, it might have done quite well.
And their lives were destroyed by that, always felt sorry for them, they never deserved that much hate.
Fair comment guys! Love you! Thanks xx
Finland 1968 is so good! BTW Portugal 1974 was used as a signal to begin a coup to take down their dictatorship.
The performers in the purple jumpsuite from Belgium performed till 2 years ago and they have succes in Belgium.
No, so some countries (France, Italy, Germany, Spain and UK) are made to participate in the finals each year. These are the countries that purposefully, sometimes, send bad entries to avoid hosting it the next year. The rest of the countries compete in two semi-finals to access the grand final event, but they can choose to not participate at all. They don't need to send bad entries to avoid hosting. The one from Ireland in 2007 went through the semi-finals I assume
Actually no - before 2008, there was one semi but the top ten countries of the previous year automatically qualified for the final the next year in 2006 Ireland were in the top ten so they didn't need to battle through the semis.
13:58 - I thought he reminded me of Joe Pesci :)
Malta is the longest waiting country to win - 49 years. They've never won since entering the competition in 1971 with the above act.
Between 1973-1977 and since 1999 countries can sing in English. All other years had to be their native tongue.
Great reaction.
Loving these videos -- they bring back so many memories of my childhood and teenage years! (First winner I can actually remember was Udo Jürgens for Austria in 1966; I was ten at the time.) What you have to keep in mind for the early years is that there was no public voting yet; the entries were judged by "expert" juries, solely on lyrics and musical content, NOT voice or performance.
Also, fun fact: Israel's first winner (1980s or 90s; I forget) was actually transgender, long before Conchita Wurst (the Bearded Lady) won for Austria in the 2000s!
I can't wait for you to see San Marino 2022 performance!!!
Oh I love these!Thanks xx
What's worth noting,
in 1999 they lifted the language restrictions,
And shortly after, all the last place songs are in English.
The ESC is originally a competition for songwriting. The Songwriters get the trophy. Not the singers if they are not the writers as well. So I guess especially in the beginning where there was only a jury and no Televoting it was really about Songwriting quality and not about Singing and the Show.
1980's last place singer was actually mainly a comedy actor in Finland. Loved his Uuno Turhapuro movies he did a lot of them.👍
The 2015 German entry was runner-up in the national song contest. But the winner cancelled just before the esc final, to which Ann Sophie still represents Germany
Tor Endresen who sing "San Francisco" in 199X is one of my closest friend. An amazing singer.
you should react to the video "the ultimate guide to Eurovision (2022 update)"
You guys should react to this years esc! The finale was yesterday and it is a great real view of the current state of the contest, bribery and all.
Sometimes the worst song / performance gets last, sometimes the most boring song / performance gets last, it really depends on the year :)
I'm absolutely stunned about 2007, because Dervish is my one of my favourite bands. They're legendary. One of the most famous current Irish folk groups. Cathy Jordan is an amazing singer. Check out their albums midsummer's night, Live at Johnny Fox's, Playing with Fire and Traveling Show. They're so awesome, and I'm really sad that this had to be your first encounter with Dervish. It's like hearing the Beatles sing a Rebecca Black song.
Abraham Linkond , excuse my bad spilling, but I agree. He looked like hun, that finish guy😂I am norwegian. Loved Eurovision from the 70s up till 2010. Best before 2000.
Do the 3rd places first and certain countries next!
As a Swede I have to give a shout out to Finland and Norway, man you really owned this chart haha ;)
Yes, that´s right: Last places Top 5 are: Norway 11, Finland 9, Germany 9, Belgium 8, Austria 7. Sweden only has 2 (one of the lowest).
I'm not a fan of Eurovision, but it's very interesting seeing you guys trying to make sense of this.
I hope you'll start the compilations with every entry for every country. One of the most interesting ones is Belgium, my country. Because we are split down the middle and speak 2 different languages (Dutch and French), the entries alternate every year between a singer from the French speaking part and a singer from the Dutch speaking part.
Don't get me wrong, they are equally bad. 1 winner, several last places (including the ones in the purple jumpsuits) and a whole lot of mediocre songs :D
It's a song competition, not a singing competition, especially back in the day, before televoting.
Can't believe Nicole et Hugo came last. They were amazing.
Spain 1983 = love!
Hi guys! I'm from Israel. I liked your Eurovision reactions! My favorite last places are 1987 (legendary 80s gym track!), 2007 Semi Final Last place ("Mala Dama" by Czech band Kabat! Loved that!!!) and 2008 Semi Final Last place (The only great song San Marino ever sent to the competition! Only sent crap since then)
2008 Andy Abraham was actually the runner-up on "The X-Factor".
1978 Norway was a hit for the singer back home and it’s even cited by the the former prime minister of Norway, I believe current head of NATO as his favorite entry
Jahn Teigen is legendary, and so is the song home in Norway. We love him. RIP Jahn.
You guys are so awesome! You might enjoy reacting to compilations from the same LucasSchlager channel, but of a given country through the years
The guy in blue seems very sensible and knowledgeable!
The reason you’re seeing Norway, Finland and such so much in the last few years is because of the semifinals. The song in last place has at least made it to the finals. Unless it’s last years winner or one of the big 5. Then they go straight to the finals which also means voters don’t hear those songs as often and you really need to hear some of these songs more than once to appreciate them.
You MUST check out the Polish entery of the Milkmaids. How they got away with it I'll never know?
I still think I dreamt that
That was one hell of a awkward moment sitting there with the whole family watching 😂
Stuff like that in Europe is not a big deal, they are way less conservative about sex than America.
Great Video! You should do the 3rd places next, in my opinion they are even better than the runner-ups
The best to watch now is all the songs of each country compilations
The reason I watched TESC was for the tongue in cheek commentary from Grahame Norton.
6:15 That's nothing but an unfounded conspiracy theory and not based in reality. People who tell this nonsense always say that countries don't want to host the contest because of the costs, however these people unfortunately don't know how the costs are covered: It's not the country that hosts the contest that has to pay, the costs are covered by the membership fees of the EBU, the European Broadcasting Union.
The vast majority of the costs are covered by the Big Five countries (Spain, the UK, France, Italy and in particular Germany which alone pays about 30 % of the costs). The hosting country pays only it usual share and not much else.
Especially in the early years things like that didn't even come to people's minds. Eurovision was started as a way to help healing the wounds of the war through culture and music. People didn't think about costs or stuff like that at all.
untill socialist Yugoslavia have joined . Then "it's knock out" and Eurosong have become political problem.
Given your reaction to 1999, You should react to every Barbara Dex Award winner. Its an award thing hosted online and given to the worst dressed contestant of every year. Its named after the last place singer from 1993, who wore a beige dress she made herself
1978 Norway, Janh Teigen, famous norwegian artist. Great singer and performer, songwriter. Died too young. He got known for getting 0 point in the final. We got 0 point several times but won 3 times. Revenge😂
It's a shame there isn't a live orchestra anymore, would make many songs much better in my opinion.
having a live orchestra makes the contest exclusive to only certain types of music. it's 2022, not all music is just instruments. this is very clearly showcased in Sanremo where most songs sound much more underwhelming live with the orchestra compared to the respective studio versions. so I heavily disagree that Eurovision should ever go back to the live orchestra.
@@amerbegovic4755 Doesn't have to be live orchestra, but live music might be nice. It's kinda ridicolous when you can see (sometimes) that they are not playing live or making moves where you never could play properly.
My budgie and I liked them. He is singing with them too.
It’s interesting how Scandi-Nordic Eurovision was back in the early days. They all sing better than most megastars now! It’s an older style of music, I guess, but that was the time. I love that you gave them their due too, they hopefully went on to have great careers❤️
Edit: For some reason the 1966 guy reminded me of Manuel in Fawlty Towers! From around 1967 it went a bit batshxt🤣
The guy you called Greg Davis, was actually a national treasure here in Finland! Everyone loved him, but sadly he just died a couple months before y'all posted this :C.
There’s always got to be someone that comes last despite being a good vocalist. You’d have to watch the whole contest to make your mind up 😂
More eurovision reactions please ❤
Do some of the semi finals next
1999 dress was done by a really famous clothes designer in Spain who always do this kind of things 😂
I spent most of this video watching Daniel's face react to the songs lol
It's not about the Voice, it's about the song and pavormance
I' d like to see Celine Dions' reaction on your comment :-)
Poor old "Gemini" sounded so out of tune singing CRY BABY because they couldn't hear the music - which is an absolute nightmare and sometimes done deliberately to make people sound bad - I experienced that myself playing guitar in a band at our first quite big gig as a support band ... the first song was sounding great, we were really enjoying it - I could hear everything crystal clear through the monitor speakers ... then some person deliberately switched them off completely so then i could hardly hear ANYTHING of the other band members because they were all much further away from me than usual, on such a big stage - I could see the singers lips moving but couldn't tell what he was singing ... so it was a nightmare from then on, having to desperately concentrate on where we must be in the song, rather than play along with them ... all I could hear was my own guitar ... it's VERY disconcerting, especially when it comes to your solo's and you HOPE you;re not playing over the wrong part!!! - the guys at the desk obviously did it on purpose to try to make us sound bad. they didn't even need to try - we WERE bad anyway! That was the first time we were sounding good ... for about 1 minute - until they turned the monitors off. "Bar stewards".
Such a shame... Sounds like a horrible experience. And all that the viewets think is "man are they bad" not knowing the issues behind 😓