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The thing is though, Eurovision.tv lists the countries as follows:
Yugoslaviafirst entry 1961, last entry 1992 (NOT 1991).
Serbia & Montenegrofirst entry 2004 (NOT 1992), last entry 2006 (withdrawn that year).
Serbiafirst entry 2007
If you scroll to the very bottom of the page, you'll see the EBU/UER logo and copyright notice "Copyright EBU 2004-2008 All rights reserved.". Therefore Eurovision.tv is the official Eurovision web site of the European Broadcasting Union, and must be the official source for details of past Eurovision Song Contests. Surely as far as the EBU are concerned, the 1992 Yugoslavia entry was Yugoslavia's last ever entry, even if the geographical area represented was smaller than 1961-1991, whereas Serbia & Montenegro's first ever entry was 2004.
Serbia first entered as an independent country in 2007, and won that very same year, making them the first ever country to win with its very first song entered. I say that because in the very first contest, Switzerland won with its second song of the night, not its first.
If the Eurovision.tv "History by country" had been politically correct, as you put it, what should the year ranges have been for:
1) SFR Yugoslavia
2) FR Yugoslavia
3) Serbia & Montenegro
4) Serbia
Yes I know its the official site, but it doesn't mean to say its totally politically correct, however its not vital for the readers to know.
Politically correct, it would be:
1) SFR Yugoslavia 1961-1991
2) FR Yugoslavia (aka Serbia & Montenegro) 1992, 2004-2006
4) Serbia (2007-)
However since the average joe watching Eurovision won't be bothered by that fact, the official Eurovision site would not go into such intracate information.
Most people would not know the difference between SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia, so its not totally important to the Eurovision site I shouldn't imagine.
Also worthy of note is that the flag used on the Eurovision.tv page for Yugoslavia was only used up until 1991. In the 1992 contest, FR Yugoslavia competed using the Tricolour devoid of the red star of Socialism.
Tumble Tower posted:
The thing is though, Eurovision.tv lists the countries as follows:
Yugoslaviafirst entry 1961, last entry 1992 (NOT 1991).
Serbia & Montenegrofirst entry 2004 (NOT 1992), last entry 2006 (withdrawn that year).
Serbiafirst entry 2007
If you scroll to the very bottom of the page, you'll see the EBU/UER logo and copyright notice "Copyright EBU 2004-2008 All rights reserved.". Therefore Eurovision.tv is the official Eurovision web site of the European Broadcasting Union, and must be the official source for details of past Eurovision Song Contests. Surely as far as the EBU are concerned, the 1992 Yugoslavia entry was Yugoslavia's last ever entry, even if the geographical area represented was smaller than 1961-1991, whereas Serbia & Montenegro's first ever entry was 2004.
Serbia first entered as an independent country in 2007, and won that very same year, making them the first ever country to win with its very first song entered. I say that because in the very first contest, Switzerland won with its second song of the night, not its first.
If the Eurovision.tv "History by country" had been politically correct, as you put it, what should the year ranges have been for:
1) SFR Yugoslavia
2) FR Yugoslavia
3) Serbia & Montenegro
4) Serbia
Yes I know its the official site, but it doesn't mean to say its totally politically correct, however its not vital for the readers to know.
Politically correct, it would be:
1) SFR Yugoslavia 1961-1991
2) FR Yugoslavia (aka Serbia & Montenegro) 1992, 2004-2006
4) Serbia (2007-)
However since the average joe watching Eurovision won't be bothered by that fact, the official Eurovision site would not go into such intracate information.
Most people would not know the difference between SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia, so its not totally important to the Eurovision site I shouldn't imagine.
Also worthy of note is that the flag used on the Eurovision.tv page for Yugoslavia was only used up until 1991. In the 1992 contest, FR Yugoslavia competed using the Tricolour devoid of the red star of Socialism.
Though it'll never happen I'd love to see televoting ditched altogether. I've been rewatching a few old contests recently and even well into the 1990s when the Eastern European countries started trickling in, it's very noticeable how much fairer and unpredictable, and much less neighbourly, the voting was. Indeed, in 1990 even Greece and Cyprus only swapped six points!
