2 hours ago, Huntress said:

The entry from Belarus will most likely be disqualified because of its political lyrics.

 

United Kingdom:

 

 

I've been hearing much about Belarus today as well... looks like the axe is about to fall. Then again, as much as Eurovision claims to be non political, you have things like Turkey getting ONE point in 1975 after it's invasion of Cyprus in 1974. You'd think that composers would have learned by now to give political lyrics a WIDE berth in regards to the contest.  The UK song is not bad... it would be much better without that nasty autotune on his voice. 

Edited March 11, 20214 yr by alphanguy74

And here’s North Macedonia...

 

 

I’ve also just done a quick refresh of the first post with all the official videos for the songs from the Eurovision Youtube channel, so they’re the latest up-to-date version of the songs.

17 hours ago, OzFrog said:

And here’s North Macedonia...

 

 

I’ve also just done a quick refresh of the first post with all the official videos for the songs from the Eurovision Youtube channel, so they’re the latest up-to-date version of the songs.

Oh. My. GOD!!!! This is amazingly beautiful, Beautifully crafted song, amazing singer... this is EVERYTHING. This song made me cry. Long time since a new song did that to me. 

Edited March 12, 20214 yr by alphanguy74

Poland is here! And Latvia will be out within the next couple of hours...

 

 

1 hour ago, OzFrog said:

Poland is here! And Latvia will be out within the next couple of hours...

 

 

Sounds like something striaght out of 1982. 

5 minutes ago, alphanguy74 said:

Sounds like something striaght out of 1982. 

 

Don't knock 1982! It was a good year for Eurovision.   

Israel, Portugal, Cyprus, Sweden, UK, Austria all had very good songs.

Nicole's winning song for West Germany is no personal favourite of mine though. It's very competently written and performed, but it's just too saccharine.

1 hour ago, I Am A Swede said:

 

Don't knock 1982! It was a good year for Eurovision.   

Israel, Portugal, Cyprus, Sweden, UK, Austria all had very good songs.

Nicole's winning song for West Germany is no personal favourite of mine though. It's very competently written and performed, but it's just too saccharine.

 

Germany, Belgium, Sweden, UK and Portugal were my personal favourites from 1982. And while everyone has different tastes (of course), it was quite the memorable win for Germany that year, being their first of two victories at Eurovision. It is indeed one of my favourite winners to listen to.

 

Tomorrow night we finally get Iceland’s song, and also Sweden will have their final of Melodifestivalen! @I Am A Swede who are you picking to win?

 

Meanwhile, here’s Latvia...

 

 

1 hour ago, I Am A Swede said:

 

Don't knock 1982! It was a good year for Eurovision.   

Israel, Portugal, Cyprus, Sweden, UK, Austria all had very good songs.

Nicole's winning song for West Germany is no personal favourite of mine though. It's very competently written and performed, but it's just too saccharine.

Oh... in my world, sounding like the past is the best thing you can do! LOL

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1 hour ago, OzFrog said:

 

Germany, Belgium, Sweden, UK and Portugal were my personal favourites from 1982. And while everyone has different tastes (of course), it was quite the memorable win for Germany that year, being their first of two victories at Eurovision. It is indeed one of my favourite winners to listen to.

 

Tomorrow night we finally get Iceland’s song, and also Sweden will have their final of Melodifestivalen! @I Am A Swede who are you picking to win?

 

Meanwhile, here’s Latvia...

 

 

That song is utterly awful. She's got a hell of a voice, though!

I'm still sifting through Eurovision back catalogue, it's a formidable task... as I just got into it about 5-6 years ago. I ran across this for the first time. Good Lord, my mind is blown. 

 

Hahaha!!! I knew that SUGAR song would be over here. 

 

Wow. This list/thread looks like fun and I'm always looking for new music.

5 hours ago, alphanguy74 said:

I'm still sifting through Eurovision back catalogue, it's a formidable task... as I just got into it about 5-6 years ago. I ran across this for the first time. Good Lord, my mind is blown. 

 

 

In case you don't know, Malena is the mother of Greta Thunberg.  

11 hours ago, OzFrog said:

Germany, Belgium, Sweden, UK and Portugal were my personal favourites from 1982. And while everyone has different tastes (of course), it was quite the memorable win for Germany that year, being their first of two victories at Eurovision. It is indeed one of my favourite winners to listen to.

 

Like I said, there's nothing really wrong with "Ein Bisschen Frieden", it's just not my cup of tea. I think both Katja Ebstein's "Theater" and Lena Valaitis "Johnny Blue" are better German entries from that era. (All of them of course written by Ralph Siegel  )

2 hours ago, Taoboi said:

Hahaha!!! I knew that SUGAR song would be over here. 

 

Wow. This list/thread looks like fun and I'm always looking for new music.

 

YAAAAS!! This is exactly why I created this thread. Eurovision is not really something that’s publicised or much known about outside of the US, so I found an opportunity to expose it to a new audience here. And the great thing is, it happens every year. If you have a chance, take a look through some of the back catalogue like alphanguy has been doing - you would be extremely surprised at some of the gems you will find.

2 hours ago, I Am A Swede said:

Like I said, there's nothing really wrong with "Ein Bisschen Frieden", it's just not my cup of tea. I think both Katja Ebstein's "Theater" and Lena Valaitis "Johnny Blue" are better German entries from that era. (All of them of course written by Ralph Siegel  )

 

And don’t forget this Siegel classic from that era either 😉...

 

 

Swedish final tonight - arguably the frontrunners seem to be:

 

Eric Saade - Every Minute (came third in Eurovision 2011 with Popular previously):

 

Charlotte Perelli - Still Young (previously won Eurovision 1999 with Take Me To Your Heaven; finished 18th in 2008 with Hero)

 

The Mamas - In The Middle (won last year with Move, obviously didn't represent Sweden because co-vid):

 

Tusse - Voices (new to the competition, has had cross-over appeal in airplay):

 

 

Betting odds are heavily favouring Tusse at the moment for tonight’s Melodifestivalen final, with Eric Saade a very distant second. Tusse was also the winner of Swedish Idol in 2019, which is why he has a lot of popularity within Sweden currently. 

 

Will be interesting to see who comes out on top, especially with all the returnees (Eric Saade, The Mamas, Charlotte Perrelli, Danny Saucedo, Anton Ewald, etc).