as i mentioned earlier, the main reason i dislike the competition is because it doesn't represent anything about the music in my country and has just turned into a new way for the BBC to make money.
if the competition allowed normal bands and groups to perform then it would gain alot more credibility around the world, not just europe.
I'm not sure what countries you guys are from but if someone came up to you and asked what the music was like in your country, would you play them your eurovision entry as your example?
It does, and many European countries do send some of their better acts. Its just that Britain doesnt, for whatever reason.
A lot of the acts who entered Eurovision have had their songs reach #1 in their own country's charts - or if not #1, at least high up in the Top 5, Top 10.
The British song will be lucky to make the Top 40 in our charts.
maybe i'm just looking at this from a british viewpoint. most of the songs i heard sounded like they came out of britain in the early 90's.
none of the songs i saw last night would make it anywhere near the top 20 of the british charts. well, maybe these days seeing as anything can make it to number one with downloads being counted.
and yes, it is only a bit of fun, but it would be even more fun if the songs were decent
ringo182 wrote:
none of the songs i saw last night would make it anywhere near the top 20 of the british charts.
It is a possibility that the european music industry doesn't revolve around the British Charts but thats just a guess.
The British Charts certainly arent the be all and end all. I know I never bother paying any attention to them - its not really an accurate scale of how good a song is. Plenty of really good songs will never make the Top 20 of the charts, because theyre not 'mainstream' enough or some crappy Dance/R&B song.
And anyway, last years winner did actually make it to #10
Immortal wrote:
here are my few cents about how the final will unfold:
1. The presenters will keep with the ongoing tradition ever since the first Eurovision with being 5 IQ points below the previous years hosts.
In the break, when Nadia Hasnaoui (the light-skinned female presenter) was walking from person to person warning them that there were nuts in the cake.
Then we saw Erik Solbakken (the male presenter) asking Lena if there were nuts in the cake because he was allergic.
...
I am shure it must have been a hilarious moment for those seven people in all of Europe who laughed. I wonder what kind of twisted person wrote that. Bit of a waste really, despite the fact that Eric normally works in a childrens gameshow, he is actually a pretty good comedian.
Immortal wrote:
2. Germany will probably win.
Well, it was cainda meant to be. When was the last time someone got a naked picture of them released a couple of days before a competition, and then lost? Never happened.
Immortal wrote:
3. For about the tredecillionth time Greece and Cyprus will both allocate each other 12 points.
Yeah, it happened
I actually became uncertain for a second when Greece were presenting their votes. It was about half-way through the voting. Greece had only 12 points left to give. Cyprus was second to last with 4 points, whereas Turkey was in second place and Greece hadn't allocated them any points.
Then about a millisecond before the Greek lady announced it, I suddenly remembered that the relationship between Greece and Turkey is similar to that between a snake and a mongoose.
Anyway, since I seam to be on a streak in making obvious predictions about the future right now:
The sun to raise tommorow, Spain to win the World Cup and Contador to win the Tour.
Also, the oil-leak in the Mexico-gulf won't be fixed in at least another month.
Germeany was btw my 3 favourites for the 3 first but I think RomanÃa or Denmark should have recieved more votes.
And the same history of each year the classic trade-voting for neighbour countrys from the East of Europe somerhing weird, because I think that there were countries like Iceland or Ireland deserved more votes.
Jimmy Jump was something fresh for the contest in the Spanish song
Edited by JMURB on 30-05-2010 20:39
Id have been worried over the sanity of anyone who did buy the British song individually.
And as Ive only just seen doddy's post about the German song's potential to chart, I disagree.
The fact is that Fairytale was the biggest Eurovision winner ever, in terms of points tally, so a lot of people clearly liked the song. Plus, Britain gave Norway 10 points last year. This year for Germany, we only gave 4. Maybe Satellite willl make Top 20, but it wont match Fairytale.
3 - German can't chart high here, partially because it's not been released here yet for some reason. EDIT: OK, it's been released this afternoon. Already number 21.
Edited by doddy13 on 31-05-2010 20:34
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
I wonder what kind of twisted person wrote that. Bit of a waste really, despite the fact that Eric normally works in a childrens gameshow, he is actually a pretty good comedian.
