2020...2021 Eurovision - Let's Go Dutch!

[allezfred]

Oh my god I remember that so well - i can probably do most of Terry Wogan's commentary over the top of that word for word

Well that's it for work for today, i know what i'm doing for the rest of this afternoon

“Soon you’ll know who’ll be the best
In the Eurovision Song Contest”

 

[allezfred]

Today (30 April) is also the 27th anniversary of a certain interval act.

Riverdance at the Eurovision Song Contest 30 April 1994, Dublin #Riverdance20

Where were you on 30 April 1994? Tell us on http://www.facebook.com/riverdance 20 years ago, on April 30th 1994 something happened during the interval of the...

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[Finnice]

I nearly always end a drunken night of Karaoke singing with J'aime La Vie.

I nearly always end a drunken night of Karaoke singing with J'aime La Vie.

I wish I could hear it! I miss drunken karaoke nights among so many other things.

 

[allezfred]

Americans, whether you like it or not you are getting your own song contest in 2022.

'American Song Contest' on screens in 2022

The Eurovision Song Contest is going stateside as NBC secures the 'American Song Contest' - a co-production between Propagate and Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group.

eurovision.tv

 

[my little pony]

Americans, whether you like it or not you are getting your own song contest in 2022.

'American Song Contest' on screens in 2022

The Eurovision Song Contest is going stateside as NBC secures the 'American Song Contest' - a co-production between Propagate and Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group.

eurovision.tv

I'm sure we will ruin it like everything else

as for real Eurovision, are we not voting because Cyprus is finally competitive? I put in years calling from Nicosia

 

[allezfred]

I'm sure we will ruin it like everything else

as for real Eurovision, are we not voting because Cyprus is finally competitive? I put in years calling from Nicosia

Cyprus was second in 2018.

As for the voting, I had suggested that we just do a straight vote on all 39 countries, but I haven't received any votes so

 

[my little pony]

oh I wasnt sure you were taking them yet. are we just giving you the top vote or top 10? pm or just post?

 

[Karen-W]

Americans, whether you like it or not you are getting your own song contest in 2022.

'American Song Contest' on screens in 2022

The Eurovision Song Contest is going stateside as NBC secures the 'American Song Contest' - a co-production between Propagate and Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group.

eurovision.tv

I'm sure we will ruin it like everything else

Well, it's NBC, so... My expectation is this is going to be some mash-up of how NBC approaches its Olympic broadcasting
and The Voice/American Ninja Warrior style reality tv competition production, with a dash of beauty pageant state/territorial pride. So, lots of state flag waving? Which won't be nearly as awesome as it is for Euros because so many US state flags are indistinguishable from each other. Granted, the same could be said for Europe but sovereign states > individual US states.

I'm really curious to see how they (Eurovision and NBC) structure the voting for this. I assume they want it to be something similar to how it's done with the real Eurovision. Can't wait to see the ringers that the Northern Marianas, Guam, South Dakota, Vermont, etc bring in for this - like, will we hear about how someone's granddad served on Guam during the 2nd World War or how their family moved to California from the Midwest during the Dust Bowl when we get the inevitable fluff/sob stories about each state/territory's contestants? /I might have suffered through a few too many Olympics/Voice "human interest" bits during my lifetime.

I have a feeling this might wind up being summer tv fare - The Voice is moving to one cycle per season next year (no fall cycle) so I'm expecting we'll see lots of commercials and ads promoting this show's debut next spring.

 

[4rkidz]

Cyprus was second in 2018.

As for the voting, I had suggested that we just do a straight vote on all 39 countries, but I haven't received any votes so

I gave my top ten on April 12 th, although maybe i should have waited to watch the official rehearsals? What format do you want?

 

[Ananas Astra]

With the restrictions getting less and less we'll be having a small ESC party with a couple of friends. I have already prepared the ESC-Bingo cards and the effects we are going to draw for the drinking game "effect drinking".
We'll also make nice snacks from all over Europe (okay, German bread with a special sausage from my hometown and Russian piroshki with chanterelles and rice-filling, maybe some little pizzas) and I am extremely looking forward to that.

 

[marbri]

So a member of the Polish delegation tested got a positive covid test yesterday and the whole delegation is in quarantine. Today a member of the Icelandic delegation got a positive test result and are in quarantine. Sharing the same hotel are Polish, Icelandic, Romania and Malta delegations. None of the four delegations will attend an event tonight and are all getting tested

eta to add link:

Daði & Gagnamagnið in quarantine: Icelandic delegation member tests positive for COVID-19

Daði & Gagnamagnið and the whole delegation from Iceland is now in quarantine and will undergo a PCR test. UPDATE: Iceland's Gagnamagnið all got negative results from the PCR tests

eurovisionworld.com

 

[allezfred]

Hoping the performers are all negative. It would be awful to get so close to the event and then not be able to perform on the actual nights.

 

[marbri]

I read in the Icelandic delegation is wasn't any of the performers but of course they all got tested again and are waiting for the results. Their spokesperson said the all whole delegation got the Janssen vaccine about 10 days ago before they left for Rotterdam but it takes up to two weeks of course to reach that 67% threshold. They are certain the person who tested positive picked it up there so but they are staying positive and hoping it will be fine to perform live. Said they all knew they were flying to a country on the red list so this was always a risk and say they have been following all the guidelines so it was still a surprise.

From the different forums I have looked at I don't think the contest has been has careful as some of the skating competitions we have seen. This is two countries in the same hotel in the same semi-final so somewhere that bubble has been burst.

Fingers crossed for Daði's wife as she looks quite far along in her pregnancy and it seems to hit pregnant women hard.

 

[MarieM]

Well I hope Italy and France won't catch it. And that Iceland will be able to perform at the jury show tonight but I think they won't. Oh well. Two out of three is good so far.

 

[MarieM]

Less than a month to go until the real thing and seeing as very few people are interested in doing our usual vote, I propose that we either:

1) Just vote for whoever you like out of all 39 songs and DM me in the usual 12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 format (Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmWYEDTNOGUIFKZpE5Z2uOA5i48KVfqju)
2) No FSU vote at all.

Let me know what you prefer.

Still time to vote ?

 

[allezfred]

Still time to vote ?

Yes. And for anyone else I will be accepting votes until Friday evening.

 

[marbri]

Well I hope Italy and France won't catch it. And that Iceland will be able to perform at the jury show tonight but I think they won't. Oh well. Two out of three is good so far.

Iceland is in semi-final 2 so their jury show is on Wednesday night. Same for Poland but they got their results back already and all are negative. Iceland still waiting for their results. The positive test was using the rapid tests on Sunday, then they got a PCR test and are waiting on those results.

 

[allezfred]

For the Americans here, apparently all the shows this week will be streamed on Peacock TV.

https://twitter.com/EuroWhat/status/1394263544917544961

 

[allezfred]

Eurovision 2021 Semi 1 is tonight (9pm CET). Will start a thread nearer show time.

 

[4rkidz]

Eurovision 2021 Semi 1 is tonight (9pm CET). Will start a thread nearer show time.

Planning on getting my votes in prior too

 

[4rkidz]

For the Americans here, apparently all the shows this week will be streamed on Peacock TV.

https://twitter.com/EuroWhat/status/1394263544917544961

If anyone comes up with a link for Canada please let me know. I will also try and use vpn as usually have to watch it the day after and would like to watch it live

 

[allezfred]

If anyone comes up with a link for Canada please let me know. I will also try and use vpn as usually have to watch it the day after and would like to watch it live

Can you watch it on the Eurovision YouTube channel?

 

[4rkidz]

Can you watch it on the Eurovision YouTube channel?

yes that is what I have been using but didn't know if they would show it live? That would be awesome but likely won't have commentary?

 

[allezfred]

yes that is what I have been using but didn't know if they would show it live? That would be awesome but likely won't have commentary?

They will show it live and yes, there will be no commentary.

In the meantime, here are this year's contestants all miming to "Love Love Peace Peace":

https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1394557661329432577?s=19

 

[4rkidz]

They will show it live and yes, there will be no commentary.

In the meantime, here are this year's contestants all miming to "Love Love Peace Peace":

https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1394557661329432577?s=19

I'm going to try and see if i can use one of the UK links with vpn so I can get commentary.

 

[Sylvia]

For the Americans here, apparently all the shows this week will be streamed on Peacock TV.

Thanks for the heads up - in 2022 as well!

Good news for Eurovision fans in the United States! 🇺🇸

Good news from American fans of the Eurovision Song Contest: both Semi-Finals and the Grand Final will be available to stream on Peacock from today.

eurovision.tv

(Johnny Weir didn't know but he does now! )

 

[miffy]

I just had a quick look at Thursday’s songs - Finland sounds good too! looking forward to it.

 

[4rkidz]

I don’t think the “big 5” should get a free pass to the final.. they should change that

 

[allezfred]

I don’t think the “big 5” should get a free pass to the final.. they should change that

The Big 5 are the biggest contributors to the EBU budget and also have large domestic audiences. It’s all about the

 

[Finnice]

I will PM my votes tomorrow after SEMI 2. The songs are quite different in the live performance.
This is absolutely something I need right now. And we are indeed having a party chez amis on Saturday night. Of course respecting the current **** rules.
I wish I had something very tasteless to wear. At least I can have high heels and lots of makeup. Lipstick, here we come!