I started to lose the avid interest I used to have when the live orchestra rule was removed. Last great year was 1998; coincidentally the last year it was held in the UK (because of an American...) ~ is it ironic that the UK is also the only country that seems to take pride in never failing to take the piss out of Eurovision? *asking for a Canadian friend...
That was also the last year I watched it live; since then I've tried to listen a couple of times (only managed it once this year) before I watch a song, because the performances on the night tend to overwhelm the songs; SONG contest, but the songwriters don't even get their awards on stage anymore.
Now it IS ironic that my favourite Eurovision winners won more because of their performance than their song, though Waterloo was so far in front of the rest of the entries they should have given the awards at the start and then had a 'and here's the rest of the very plucky entries' evening ;-)
Last year I actually listened live was the year Belgium entered a song with the band's own constructed language *which on checking I find was 2003.
Stiil a (nostalgic) fan, but stopped being a fanatic a long time ago. Frankly they should stop calling it a song contest, because the image/gimmickry/performance seem to matter more ~ again spot the irony :-)
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That was also the last year I watched it live; since then I've tried to listen a couple of times (only managed it once this year) before I watch a song, because the performances on the night tend to overwhelm the songs; SONG contest, but the songwriters don't even get their awards on stage anymore.
Now it IS ironic that my favourite Eurovision winners won more because of their performance than their song, though Waterloo was so far in front of the rest of the entries they should have given the awards at the start and then had a 'and here's the rest of the very plucky entries' evening ;-)
Last year I actually listened live was the year Belgium entered a song with the band's own constructed language *which on checking I find was 2003.
Stiil a (nostalgic) fan, but stopped being a fanatic a long time ago. Frankly they should stop calling it a song contest, because the image/gimmickry/performance seem to matter more ~ again spot the irony :-)
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