SEEdog thinks the Eurovision contest is the biggest pile o’ shite he’s ever seen and - D’Ye know whit? - he’s right. HOOEVER... there have been a fair few good/ ultra surreal/ offensive/ comical events so ma request is that Ye post one or two YouTube clips o’ choice Eurovision moments and explain why Ye chose them and whit Ye thought when Ye first saw the occurrence. SEE YOU!
Eurovision Song Contest that used to be entertaining/watchable/unintentionally funny on a Saturday night with a load of drinks, food, some friends for a laugh about who-votes-for-whom...but is now a nasty piece of Euro-Political-one-upmanship-dogshit that somehow makes the Eastern 'mongrel nations feel part of the European 'union' by submitting typically cheesy and shitty Euro-Pop. Two important and unequivocal facts about it: a) Everyone else hates Britain b) Australia are now in it
The thread isnae aboot whit the contest is noo, Moostarda, it’s about giving SEEdog and anyone else a potted history or moments which have stuck in yer mind. As SEEdog is presently in Ireland, let’s start wi’ ‘Dana’ from 1970:
The above song is sickeningly sweet and will dooubtless make a jazz hardened SEEdog lose his breakfast.
AgREED re: Israel... they’ve won it twice noo, as well (which is double the amoont the UK has won in the last twenty years)! Here’s another classic from 1976, worth watching fer the dance moves alone. Quite a disturbing subtext in the lyrics too... Ah’ll let yeez work oot whit it is. Disturbingly, Ah dae quite like this song, God save ma soul:
You give me a bearded transv3stite, Ah give Ye Finnish zombies... Cannae believe this wiz 12 years ago noo.
Every country whose national radio and TV broadcasting is under EBU (European Broadcasting Union) or who shows their channels is invited. Thus, Australia is in, as is Israel, and even countries such as Egypt, Libanon and Algeria could take part. So even though it is called Eurovision, there has never been a rule that only Europeans could compete. However the rule is that if you participate, you have to show the whole competition and play all the songs in national TV and/or radio. This is why some countries don't want to paticipate: they don't recognize Israel as an independed country and refuse to let them perform, thus preventing the chance from themselves. Not that it matters much, since Eurovision has been pure crap since the 80s. Yes, even on that one year that Finland actually won
That night Finland won wiz the last time Ah truly enjoyed the comp. Cheers fer the info though, UGTBK - learnt some new facts.
Impossible to have a 'Best' of. It's a meaningless use of the adjective when discussing the Urinevision Song Contest.
