Members I Am A Swede Posted March 24, 2018 Members Share Posted March 24, 2018 Lys Assia, the winner of the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, has passed away 94 years old. https://eurovision.tv/story/lys-assia-dies-aged-94 Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphanguy74 Posted April 19, 2018 Members Share Posted April 19, 2018 Anything would be better than the Children's marching songs that dominated decades ago. I hated so many of those songs. I agree with this to an extent. I feel that the song is best sung in the language it was composed in, and yes, many times singers do NOT feel comfortable singing in English just to appease the larger concept of "English is always better". This is one of the better examples of that. Hebrew does NOT translate in any meaningful way, and the speech and singing patterns of Hebrew speakers sounds incredibly awkward trying to force it into English. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted April 21, 2018 Members Share Posted April 21, 2018 So you don't like what I once saw described as the "Boom-bang-a-puppet-in-a-box" type of songs? Please register in order to view this content It's not just that the singers feel uncomfortable, the lyrics in these songs often border on the ridiculous when written by someone for whom English is not the first language. Of course there are exceptions, but more often than not the lyrics in Eurovision songs make me cringe. That is if you can hear them through the singer's fractured English. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted April 22, 2018 Author Members Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) How fitting: Five of this year's singers were asked to sing or translate their songs – which will be presented in English at the Contest – into their native languages: – Lithuania: Lithuanian – Denmark: Danish – Belarus: Russian – Austria: German – Belgium: Dutch In the case of Belgium, the lyrics in Dutch obviously don't fit the melody of the song. Please register in order to view this content And then there's also this effort by Finland's Saara Aalto Please register in order to view this content Edited April 22, 2018 by Huntress 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted April 30, 2018 Members Share Posted April 30, 2018 30 years ago today (April 30th 1988) this young unknown Canadian singer won the ESC with this song. It's also the last time my personal favourite before the contest went on to win..... Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted May 8, 2018 Author Members Share Posted May 8, 2018 The 1st semi final just ended. The following countries have qualified for the Grand Final on Saturday: Albania Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Finland Ireland Israel Lithuania The following countries did not qualify: Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Croatia FYR Macedonia Greece Iceland Switzerland 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted May 9, 2018 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2018 (edited) Judging from last night's performances, I think we'll be heading to Cyprus next year. Estonia, Ireland, Austria, Finland and Lithuania were also flawless but none of them will win on Saturday. Israel was the biggest disappointment of the night. Official Recap: Please register in order to view this content Edited May 9, 2018 by Huntress 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 9, 2018 Members Share Posted May 9, 2018 I'm disappointed that Greece was eliminated. It was their best song in years and they deserved a place in the final. I would have eliminated Ireland instead. That song was so incredibly boring, and I really don't like falsetto singing. Other than that I can't argue with the results. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 10, 2018 Members Share Posted May 10, 2018 To Saturday's final from semi-final 2: Serbia Moldova Sweden Denmark Norway Australia Hungary The Netherlands Ukraine Slovenia Eliminated countries: San Marino Romania Russia Montenegro Latvia Georgia Poland Malta 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 10, 2018 Members Share Posted May 10, 2018 I still think that Australia has the best song this year. But Jessica Mauboy sounded quite nervous though, and she has to step up in the final. The second semi-final was clearly weaker than the first and I had trouble choosing 10 songs that I felt deserved to progress to the final. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 11, 2018 Members Share Posted May 11, 2018 EBU has banned the Chinese channel Mango TV from airing the remainder of this year's contest after they censored LGBT elements like the rainbow flag during the first semi-final. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44078305 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted May 11, 2018 Author Members Share Posted May 11, 2018 I'm (positively) surprised that Russia didn't go through – that performance was beyond awful. From semi 2, I only liked Denmark and Slovenia. So happy for Lea. Recap of the 2nd semi final: Please register in order to view this content All in all, this is going to be the most open final in years. Everyone from #13 to #26 could get the trophy. Running order for the Grand Final: Ukraine Spain Slovenia Lithuania Austria Estonia Norway Portugal United Kingdom Serbia Germany Albania France Czech Republic Denmark Australia Finland Bulgaria Moldova Sweden Hungary Israel The Netherlands Ireland Cyprus Italy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted May 13, 2018 Author Members Share Posted May 13, 2018 Israel has won the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest with Netta and her song "Toy". Full results: 1st semi final Israel won the jury voting, followed by Austria and Albania. Cyprus won the televote, followed by Czech Republic and Estonia. Iceland received the lowest jury score. Iceland also received the lowest televoting score – 0 points. Albania qualified thanks to the jury vote. Finland and Lithuania qualified thanks to the televoting. Had there been 100% televoting, Greece would have qualified (10th in the televote). Had there been 100% jury voting, Belgium and Switzerland would have qualified (9th and 10th in the jury vote). Combined results: 01. Israel (283) q 02. Cyprus (262) q 03. Czech Republic (232) q 04. Austria (231) q 05. Estonia (201) q 06. Ireland (179) q 07. Bulgaria (177) q 08. Albania (162) q 09. Lithuania (119) q 10. Finland (108) q --- 11. Azerbaijan (94) 12. Belgium (91) 13. Switzerland (86) 14. Greece (81) 15. Armenia (79) 16. Belarus (65) 17. Croatia (63) 18. FYR Macedonia (24) 19. Iceland (15) 2nd semi final Sweden won the jury voting, followed by Norway and Australia. Denmark won the televote, followed by Moldova and Norway. Georgia received the lowest jury score. Malta received the lowest televoting score. The Netherlands qualified thanks to the jury vote. Denmark, Hungary and Serbia qualified thanks to the televoting. Had there been 100% televoting, Poland would have qualified (10th in the televote). Had there been 100% jury voting, Malta, Latvia and Romania would have qualified (4th, 6th and 8th in the jury vote). Combined results: 01. Norway (266) q 02. Sweden (254) q 03. Moldova (235) q 04. Australia (212) q 05. Denmark (204) q 06. Ukraine (179) q 07. The Netherlands (174) q 08. Slovenia (132) q 09. Serbia (117) q 10. Hungary (111) q --- 11. Romania (107) 12. Latvia (106) 13. Malta (101) 14. Poland (81) 15. Russia (65) 16. Montenegro (40) 17. San Marino (28) 18. Georgia (24) Grand Final Austria won the jury voting, followed by Sweden and Israel. Israel won the televote, followed by Cyprus and Italy. Ukraine received the lowest jury score. Australia received the lowest televoting score. Combined results: 01. Israel (529) 02. Cyprus (436) 03. Austria (342) 04. Germany (340) 05. Italy (308) 06. Czech Republic (281) 07. Sweden (274) 08. Estonia (245) 09. Denmark (226) 10. Moldova (209) --- 11. Albania (184) 12. Lithuania (181) 13. France (173) 14. Bulgaria (166) 15. Norway (144) 16. Ireland (136) 17. Ukraine (136) 18. Netherlands (121) 19. Serbia (113) 20. Australia (99) --- 21. Hungary (93) 22. Slovenia (64) 23. Spain (61) 24. United Kingdom (48) 25. Finland (46) 26. Portugal (39) Official Recap of the Grand Final: Please register in order to view this content Israel's winning performance: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted May 13, 2018 Members Share Posted May 13, 2018 Not a particularly surprising outcome. Israel has been among the favourites all along. It's not a personal favourite, but neither was it among the worst songs last night. I don't usually watch the voting anymore (it's too boring) but last night I caught the end. Is it usual nowadays that there is such a discrepancy between the jury votes and the public votes? So many songs at the top of the scoreboard after the jury votes received very little points from the public and vice versa. I found it astonishing for instance that Australia only got 9 points from the public vote. I thought Jessica did a much better job in the final than in the semi-final and the song was worth much more than that. I don't know how true it is but I have read that there is some discontent that Australia is allowed to compete since it's not a European country, and judging by what happened last night I'm more inclined to believe that than I was before. It's a bit ironic though, since the public gave Israel the highest score and they're not in Europe either. Of course the big talking point was the idiot who jumped up on stage during SuRie's performance for the UK and grabbed her microphone. How about some security? He could have had more sinister intentions than simply interrupting a performance. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted November 23, 2018 Author Members Share Posted November 23, 2018 The 64th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel. The two semi-finals will take place on May 14th and 16th, and the Grand Final will be held on May 18th, 2019. In December, the new Eurovision season starts with the first national finals taking place. 42 countries have confirmed their participation: Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom 2018 participants that will not compete in 2019: Bulgaria Former participants that will not return: Andorra (last participation was in 2009) Bosnia & Herzegovina (last participation was in 2016) Luxembourg (last participation was in 1993) Monaco (last participation was in 2006) Slovakia (last participation was in 2012) Turkey (last participation was in 2012) --- This Sunday (November 25th), the 16th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Minsk, Belarus. Two countries will take part for the first time that have not performed in the adult ESC before: Wales and Kazakhstan. In the adult ESC, Wales competes as part of the United Kingdom (as do Scotland, England and Northern Ireland), but since the BBC doesn't want to participate in the JESC, Welsh broadcaster S4C decided to enter the competition on its own. Kazakhstan on the other hand has been eager to participate in the adult ESC for years, but have always been denied to do so "because they don't belong to the European Broadcasting Area" (all the North African countries and some countries in the middle East like Israel and Lebanon are within the Broadcasting Area, though). Full list of participants of the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Albania Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Belarus France Georgia Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Macedonia Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Russia Serbia Ukraine Wales Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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