In 2001, originally, countries which finished in the Top 15 were the ones who would be able to take part in the 2002 contest, thus allowing 22 participating countries : they would eventually add the 7 countries which didn't take part in the 2001 edition (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Macedonia, Romania & Switzerland).
But then the EBU decided to increase the number of participating countries from 22 to 24. So they allowed 2 more countries : the ones which finished 16th and 17th in the 2001 contest to take part in the 2002 contest. These countries were the following : Israel (16th) and Portugal (17th).
Israel accepted the invitation but Portugal didn't, so that opened a spot and the country which was awarded the invitation was Latvia - which finished tied-18th. Latvia was able to participate and eventually win the whole thing in 2002. How lucky they were ! First, with the extension of participating countries by the EBU and then had Portugal and RTP decided to participate, Latvia would have never been able to send Marie N and thus win.
I'm actually a long time fan of the ESC so seeing this made me extremely excited!
Now I'm curious what your thoughts are about it (as I don't expect too many ESC fans in this sub).
You can watch their announcement here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8LSngVNBw8
Everyone already got the news that Eskimo Callboy wants to represent Germany in Eurovision 2022, but meanwhile the Czech metalcore outfit Skywalker actually qualified for the national finals! Wouldn't it be sick to see them both (or one of them at the very least)?
Luckily, the voting is international, so the boys need all the help they can get. You can drop a vote once per e-mail address here: https://escz2022.com/
The song is great by the way, check (Czech?) out the music video and live performance.
This may be the best kept secret Iโve ever had.
So, as many die hard Eurovision fans know, the full television broadcast of the 1964 contest is lost (presumably forever) and there have only been short glimpses of video footage from the contest.
I have spent months contacting each countryโs broadcasting companies that aired the contest back in 1964 and asked if they had any footage remaining in their archives. Most of the companies responded with no luck, however a few months ago I was able to purchase a copy of a 3 minute long video of the actual TV broadcast from Finland.
The footage contains Gigliola Cinquetti being presented as the winner, the host introducing the award presenter, a shot of the Grand Prix medal, a shot of the audience, and about a minute and a half of Gigliola singing.
The issue I have is that after contacting Danmark Radio, I am not able to upload the footage to YouTube due to rights issues. This is something I really want the ESC community to see, but I do not know how this can be done.
I personally feel like an Entente+Reichspakt victory would be the best result for the ESC being created
edit: Sorry I botched the title. The question was supposed to be: Was there any outrage across the French populace to a song celebrating the fall of Napoleon winning a contest intended to promote European unity?
I just watched the movie for the first time, and am honestly shocked. This movie was an absolute masterpiece and is much better than ratings show. I will say that you can not go into it thinking of it as a comedy, because it is not a comedy. It is a movie with comedic tones. If you watch the move with this mindset, it plays as a charming, heartwarming, and truly masterful work of art.
Good evening Europe! Welcome to the Grand Final of the Junior Eurovision Fantasy Song Contest 2021, held here in Berlin! We wish everyone the best of luck, and I ask the winner to please PM me after they have seen this.
Good luck!
Viel Glรผck!
The Galaxie Amnรฉville in Metz! We are excited to have you there! Sign ups will open on an undetermined date in the near future. Happy new year!
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I don't know what inspired me to make this post, but I kept thinking about this today. It's no secret that France was one of the most successful countries in the early days of the contest. They won five times in the contest's first 22 years, the most of any country at that time. But since their last win in 1977, France has entered a 45 year drought, the second longest of any country in the contest (only Spain, who last won in 1969, has gone longer). Just last year, however, France put up their best finish in years, taking second place with Barbara Pravi's "Voila". Whatever happened to France? Why weren't they able to maintain their Eurovision supremacy? Was 1980 really the turning point that some people think it is? And does France have a win in their future? I don't have the answers to all these questions, but to attempt to give us an idea, we need to look at France's history in the contest.
Eurovision began in 1956, a time when the French language held more sway across Europe and the world than English did. English was only just beginning to establish itself as the new "Lingua Franca". Eurovision also began as a very strict and serious contest. It was an event where people would dress up in suits, sit in rows of seats, and listen to an orchestra. It was seen as a place for refined music. Not surprisingly, the "French Ballad" dominated the early contests. France themselves won the contest three times in six years with the songs "Dors mon amour", "Tom Pilibi", and "Un premier amour", all of which could be described as ballads. Even when France themselves did not win, often another French-speaking country won with a ballad, such as Lys Assia with "Refrain" for Switzerland in 1956 or Jean-Claude Pascal with "Nous les amoureux" for Luxembourg in 1961. Even when another country, such as Netherlands or Italy, won in their own language, it was done in the style of the French ballad.
Most people mark the end of the French ballad's supremacy to be 1965. That was the year that Luxembourg won with the song "Poupee de cire, Poupee de son". It was performed by budding superstar France Gall and written by the genius songwriter Serge Gainsb
... keep reading on reddit โกEurovision Song Contest is amazing for me and helps me so well. It can really calm me down and when I feel at my lowest, watching ESC is the only thing I can manage doing. Yesterday evening I was feeling really unwell and agitated, but then I put on the Grand Final 2015 and it soothed me. I don't know what it is about ESC, it's pure magic.
r/AmericanSongContest exists for all of your ASC questions, discussions, and info!
Enjoy!
Hello Armenia! :) Congratulations on winning Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021, you really deserved it :)
Greetings from Poland
SIGN UPS ARE CLOSED
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Junior Eurovision Fantasy Song Contest (JEFSC) 2021. I am aware of the late nature of this contest's organisation, and as such, the rules will be slightly more lenient than it will be in future years.
This year's contest will be held in Berlin, and we are very exited to see you there!
The Grand Final will be held on the 29^(th) of December, and voting will begin on the 15^(th) of December.
Rules for JEFSC 2021
- Songs must be at least 75% in an official language, recognised minority language, or a dialect of either from the country they represent. There may be exemptions, a good example of what would be permitted is Georgia 2008, as these are classed as sounds, and not words.
- Songs have a maximum running time of 4:00. This includes any parts pre-song.
- Songs may not be purely instrumental.
- The deadline for submitting a song is the 14^(th) of December. In normal years, the deadline would be further before the show, however due to the last minute nature of this show it has been extended to ensure there is enough time.
- The song must have been released after 1^(st) of March, 2021.
- Singers must be 16 years or younger.
Preferences
- It is preferred, but not mandatory, for the song to be of a live performance video.
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| Country | User | Song |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | u/nmetlicic | Marina Daka - Shoqja Ime |
| Australia | u/jordan_keel | Jordan Anthony - Firing Line |
| Austria | ||
| Azerbaijan | ||
| Belgium | u/Lukebot24 | DQ |
| Belarus | u/shoorelse | ะัะธะฝะฐ ะะตั ัะตัะตะฒะฐ - ะ ััะพั ะดะตะฝั ะบะพะณะดะฐ ะฟัะธัะปะฐ ะฒะพะนะฝะฐ |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | ||
| Bulgaria | u/pac258 | ะฟะฐะบ ะปะธ |
| Croatia | u/MarioESC | Monika Jukiฤ - Najveฤa snaga |
| Czech Republic | ||
| Denmark | ||
| Estonia | ||
| Finland | ||
| France | u/rigyyy | |
| Germany | u/AsyncronousCoder | Pauline - Hausboot |
| Greece | ||
| Iceland | ||
| Ireland | ||
| Italy | ||
| Kazakhstan | ||
| Kosovo | ||
| Latvia | ||
| Luxembourg | ||
| Moldova | u/Palaeontologists | Adela Borศ - E Primavara |
| Montenegro | ||
| Netherlands | u/BoukeMarten | UNITY - We Staan Aan |
| North Macedonia | u/xavier0512 | Marija Spasovska - Broj eden |
| Norway | u/Ignat_Channel | [Arish |
FINALE!
Dove guardare:
Televisione: Rai1 (attenzione che non รจ piรน Rai4 come le altre serate)
Streaming con commento in italiano: RaiPlay (disponibile anche l'audio originale).
Streaming ufficiale con commento in inglese: YouTube
Radio: Rai Radio 2
Quando inizia:
La diretta Rai con commento italiano inizia alle 20:35, dopo il telegiornale.
Lo streaming ufficiale invece partirร alle 21.
Per l'Italia gareggiano i Maneskin, con lo stesso brano vincitore di Sanremo 2021: Zitti e Buoni.
Quella di stasera sarร la loro prima esibizione completa di questa edizione, in quanto rappsesentando uno dei paesi "big" sono entrati direttamente in finale.
Quando finisce:
La trasmissione dovrebbe finire poco prima dell'una di notte (dilettanti).
CLASSIFICA FINALE
- ITALIA: Mรฅneskin con 'Zitti e Buoni' - 524 punti (di cui 318 dal televoto)
- Francia: Barbara Pravi con 'Voilร ' - 499 punti (di cui 251 dal televoto)
- Svizzera: Gjonโs Tears con 'Tout l'univers' - 432 punti
- Islanda: Daรฐi og Gagnamagniรฐ con '10 Years' - 378 punti
- Ucraina: Go_A con 'Shum' - 364 punti
- Finlandia: Blind channel con 'Dark side' - 301 punti
- Malta: Destiny con 'Je me casse' - 255 punti
- Lituania: The Roop con 'Discoteque' - 220 punti
- Russia: Manizha con 'Russian Woman' - 204 punti
- Grecia: Stefanรฌa con 'Last dance' - 170 punti
- Bulgaria: Victoria con 'Growing Up Is Getting Old' - 170 punti
- Portogallo: The black mamba con 'Love Is On My Side' - 153 punti
- Moldavia: Natalia Gordienko con 'Sugar' - 115 punti
- Svezia: Tusse con 'Voices' - 109 punti
- Serbia: Hurricane con 'Loco loco' - 102 punti
- Cipro: Elena Tsagrinou con 'El diablo' - 94 punti
- Israele: Eden Alene con 'Set Me Free' - 93 punti
- Norvegia: Tix con 'Fallen Angel' - 75 punti
- Belgio: Hooverphonic con 'The Wrong Place' - 74 punti
- Azerbaigian: Efendi con 'Mata Hari' - 65 punti
- Albania: Anxhela Peristeri con 'Karma' - 57 punti
- San Marino: Senhit con 'Adrenalina' - 50 punti
- Paesi Bassi: Jeangu Macrooy con 'Birth Of A New Age' - 11 punti
- Spagna: Blas Cantรฒ con 'Voy A Quedarme' - 6 punti
- Germania: Jendrik con 'I Donโt Feel Hate' - 3 punti
- Regno Unito: James Newman con 'Embers' - 0 punti*
^(*No, non รจ un errore. Zero punti dalle giurie nazionali e zero punti al televoto. Anche altri brani hanno
... keep reading on reddit โกI mean basically a central portal for content from RTร, RUV, RAI, ARD etc. Like iPlayer for all the broadcasters combined.
RTร Player is AWFUL so having a centralised system would be a huge improvement. And Netflix has already shown people will watch stuff with subtitles.
And they can call it "Eurovision", that's not just the name of the song contest.
Welcome, welcome to Eurovision 2021! We're as excited as ever for this year's competition and hope we all have fun in the live thread.
Drinks and snacks ready? Friends and family ready? Let's get cracking.
Running order below. The chance to win is a combination of all bookies odds put into a percentage which was found here.
All kicks off at 8pm on BBC 1 here in the UK!
#Bangers Not Ballads!
#RUNNING ORDER
| Order | Country | Act | Song | Banger or Ballad? | Note | % chance to win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ๐จ๐พ Cyprus | Elena Tsagrinou | El Diablo | Banger | Mediterranean Bad Romance | 1% |
| 2 | ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania | Anxela Peristeri | Karma | Weak Banger | This is exactly what you'd expect, really | <1% |
| 3 | ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel | Eden Alene | Set Me Free | Banger | Highest note sung ever in Eurovision | <1% |
| 4 | ๐ง๐ช Belgium | Hooverphonic | The Wrong Place | Honestly neither | It's just shit. Oldest contestants this year. | <1% |
| 5 | ๐ท๐บ Russia | Manizha | Russian Woman | Banger | Babushka Beats | 1% |
| 6 | ๐ฒ๐น Malta | Destiny | Je Me Casse | Certified Banger | Mediterranean Lizzo | 13% |
| 7 | ๐ต๐น Portugal | Black Mamba | Love Is On My Side | Ballad | At least someone is on their side | 2% |
| 8 | ๐ท๐ธ Serbia | Hurricane | LOCO LOCO | Banger | Sugababes are really scraping the barrel | 1% |
| 9 | ๐ฌ๐ง UK | [James Newman](https://e |
This movie makes me so happy. Will Farrell and Rachel McAdams have such good chemistry! The music is great! I don't understand why this movie has had such underwhelming reviews. Honestly, makes me wonder what people are looking for in movies.
>Play Ja Ja Ding Dong!
Everyone's probably already got the news that the partycore legends Eskimo Callboy want to represent Germany in Eurovision 2022, but meanwhile the Czech post-hardcore/melodic hardcore/metalcore outfit Skywalker actually qualified for the national finals! Wouldn't it be sick to see them both (or one of them at the very least)?
Luckily, the voting is international, so the boys need all the help they can get. You can drop a vote once per e-mail address here: https://escz2022.com/
The song is great by the way, check (Czech?) out the music video and live performance.
