And Bosnia's "Call Me" had loads of Eurovision references in it's national version - though they were ditched for the contest. The video had loads of clips of B&W Eurovision voting and stopped mid way with a "Hello - Copenhagen" bit on the phone.
And not forgetting Belgium's 1980 entry "Euro-Vision"!
And Bosnia's "Call Me" had loads of Eurovision references in it's national version - though they were ditched for the contest. The video had loads of clips of B&W Eurovision voting and stopped mid way with a "Hello - Copenhagen" bit on the phone.
And not forgetting Belgium's 1980 entry "Euro-Vision"!
And here is the Bosnian video with the Eurovision overtones from 2005 - in fact the song sounds like a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the contest.. Love the "Hello - Copenhagen" bit halfway through, and again at the end. (Love the sequence with the Abba album cover rip-offs as well - in fact the whole song and video have an Abba rip-off feel)
I'm sure that, for example, Wild Dances or Lordi would have won had it been judged on the songs - I doubt many men voted for Ruslana Lyzhichko because of the tune
Just remembered, this is Eurovision.... I should have said 'I doubt many *straight* men voted for Ruslana Lyzhichko because of the tune'. Mind you I can see she'd have a certain gay appeal too
I'm sure that, for example, Wild Dances or Lordi would have won had it been judged on the songs - I doubt many men voted for Ruslana Lyzhichko because of the tune
Just remembered, this is Eurovision.... I should have said 'I doubt many *straight* men voted for Ruslana Lyzhichko because of the tune'. Mind you I can see she'd have a certain gay appeal too
Indeed.
There were lots of very disappointed ladies in Kiev hanging round the hotels and the Euroclub who were hoping to bag themselves a nice rich visiting western boyfriend (or "client") during the contest in 2005... Not sure they realised that most of the blokes at Eurovision were "unlikely to marry"...
Ireland would have more chance with My Lovely Horse. It got the same reaction from the audience as well ... sounded like a lot of booing.
Guaranteed no points.
Worringly it reminds me of Louis Walsh...
I wouldn't say "guaranteed of no points" - the UK would vote for it - but I don't know if we can vote in the semis, and if the semi the BBC have to show will be the one with Ireland in. (I'm hoping the BBC show both semis - but they haven't said yet AFAIK. Sweden will be)
Ireland would have more chance with My Lovely Horse. It got the same reaction from the audience as well ... sounded like a lot of booing.
Guaranteed no points.
Worringly it reminds me of Louis Walsh...
I wouldn't say "guaranteed of no points" - the UK would vote for it - but I don't know if we can vote in the semis, and if the semi the BBC have to show will be the one with Ireland in. (I'm hoping the BBC show both semis - but they haven't said yet AFAIK. Sweden will be)
We can only vote in one of the semi, but we are voting in the second, and Ireland are in the first so.
I've lost track of what happens with the semi-finals, but is the event not normally shown on BBC3 with the same opportunity to vote in it?
Raising two questions of course: a) the semi is probably shown in a prime slot elsewhere in Europe, so the UK will have a smaller influence; and b) how does this programme fit in with BBC3's new mission statement of only attracting 12-year-olds?
Raising two questions of course: a) the semi is probably shown in a prime slot elsewhere in Europe, so the UK will have a smaller influence; and b) how does this programme fit in with BBC3's new mission statement of only attracting 12-year-olds?
The UK influence would be the same as it uses the same scoring system, voting is kept secret except for who goes through to the final. I'm sure 12 year olds love Eurovision and its only a one off event!
I've lost track of what happens with the semi-finals, but is the event not normally shown on BBC3 with the same opportunity to vote in it?
In recent years, since the semi final was introduced in Istanbul 2004, the BBC have shown the single semi on BBC Three - with Paddy O'Connell commentating (last year with the very misconceived pairing of Sarah Cawood - who doesn't have a commentary voice)
This year there are TWO semi finals for the first time. The BBC only have to show one of them - though I'm not aware that an announcement has been made as to whether this will be on BBC Three (it can't be on a press Red service but can be on a digital only channel AIUI) and who will be commentating (I may have missed an announcement though).
We will be able to vote in the semi final we HAVE to show - the second. However we won't be able to vote in the first semi final - and there is no requirement for the BBC to show it, though it would be quite odd not to. (Sweden are showing both semis)
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Raising two questions of course: a) the semi is probably shown in a prime slot elsewhere in Europe, so the UK will have a smaller influence; and b) how does this programme fit in with BBC3's new mission statement of only attracting 12-year-olds?
Both the semis and the final start at 2000 UK time I believe - or they have historically. The two semis are on Tuesday 20th May, Thursday 22nd May with the final on Saturday 24th May.
Not sure what point you are making in terms of voting - the UK has the same influence whether 100,000 people watch and vote or 10,000,000 - the semi works just like the final - with 12,10,8 etc. votes being awarded - you just don't know which country gave what to which country until after the final (so that you can't see early voting patterns etc.) All you know on the night is that 10 are going through and the rest aren't - there is never any order, the announcement is random and not based on popularity.
Every country voting in the semi or the final has the same influence - with only Serbia able to vote in both semis AIUI?
There are 43 countries entering, 5 are guaranteed places in the final (France, Germany, Spain and the UK and Serbia, who are hosts). This leaves 38 countries to fight for 20 places - 10 from each semi final of 19 countries if my maths is right.
I don't think Eurovision has ever directly fitted into the BBC Three remit - though they had a bit of fun with it for a couple of years in the early 00s - with Liquid Eurovison for a couple of years, and then Eurovision a Little Bit More until 2005.
The BBC have also been spicing up the semi coverage a bit since 2006 when Paddy has been in-vision during the ad breaks, doing interviews and linking into short VTs, and last year they didn't show the interval act at all (in 2006 it carried on as a small Picture-in-Picture effect)
AIUI all countries with the possible exception of Serbia themselves will only get to vote in one of the semis. I assume it's an attempt to stop the bloc voting.
After all, if all the Eastern countries could vote in both semis, they'd be able to push their neighbours through whichever semi they happened to be in- which is what the powers that be are quite rightly trying to avoid this year...
