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...) Hmmm. Iiinteresting.
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... Well, if we're going to lose abysmally ANYWAY, I guess it's a way of saying 'I don't care' ahead of time.
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. Funnily enough I remember this being an issue with Nocturne? As in, there was very little 'song' and mostly music and people were cross because surely it was about the SONG.
These days it's all about the show, and hey, it's fun and entertaining. As a formula it works.
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 ;-) Hahahahaha. Accurate though.
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. Don't think I remember that one, although songs from Eurovisions past tend to vanish after the event. Apart from a golden few.
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 :-) Well it's called Eurovision. The 'song' part tends to be left out. When i grew up, it was always called 'Melodi Grand Prix' (this is the Danish name). It changes with the times I guess...
And yet, you can have something as simple as just a singer on stage with no effects, and presuming the singer and the song are good enough, you might just win.
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Hmmm. Iiinteresting.
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...
Well, if we're going to lose abysmally ANYWAY, I guess it's a way of saying 'I don't care' ahead of time.
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.
Funnily enough I remember this being an issue with Nocturne? As in, there was very little 'song' and mostly music and people were cross because surely it was about the SONG.
These days it's all about the show, and hey, it's fun and entertaining. As a formula it works.
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 ;-)
Hahahahaha. Accurate though.
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.
Don't think I remember that one, although songs from Eurovisions past tend to vanish after the event. Apart from a golden few.
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 :-)
Well it's called Eurovision. The 'song' part tends to be left out. When i grew up, it was always called 'Melodi Grand Prix' (this is the Danish name). It changes with the times I guess...
And yet, you can have something as simple as just a singer on stage with no effects, and presuming the singer and the song are good enough, you might just win.