Eurovision 2014 Thread
 

Hi guyssss! It's that time of year again and I'm here to keep you updated about all the Eurovision goodness our lovely eardrums will have the pleasure of listening to this season!

Most of the songs have already been announced, so bear with me as I present them in groups. If you want to post songs you've heard or like (or are from your country or whatever), I welcome you to. I understand that that is probably not going to happen though.

Let me preface this thread with a warning that Eurovision seems to be heading in two prominent directions this year: those with a love for baked goods and those with a taste for bringing folk back in a way that only compares to...well every other Eurovision competition ever.

So let's begin with what I think are the most "folky" sounding songs this year, from Malta, Ireland, and Switzerland.



So, Malta's "Coming Home" by Firelight, eh? One word for this: boring. Not bad, but it really shouldn't be at Eurovision. I'm not even mildly interested. But like I said. Not a bad song.



Can-linn's "Heartbeat" for Ireland is rather formulaic. It sounds like a winner. It's not bad, either, I won't be mad if it wins. It has the uplifting celtic chorus thing, the bad lyrics, the poppy single-singer ballad thing going for it. She's not a great singer though, so it might not do that well. Toss-up.



From Switzerland, Sebalter - Hunter of Stars. Well this is surprisingly addictive actually. Aside from the singer's lack of keeping tempo (or is that intentional), I really enjoy this track. I've been jamming to it all week.

In my next post, we'll talk about baked goods!

Lol I read the title and said to myself is it that time again so soon.

I know! I'm actually late though. I should have started this up months ago!

When does it actually start up?

There are three days of Eurovision, DJ. Two semi-finals (May 6 & 8), and the final is on Saturday, May 10.

However, the national competitions (often more fun than Eurovision itself) start in December. :)

As promised, I present you Eurovision 2014 songs about cake.

The first is one of my favorites this year: it's Latvia, with Aarzemnieki's "Cake To Bake." I find it so adorable when he says "I even learned Latvian! I know, it's so hard to believe!"

Also: "Mix some dough, add some love, let it bake, wait fo' it..." is so sweet and pronounced so cutely! Awww those Latvians. <3



The second song is Teo's "Cheesecake" from Belarus. If you listen to just one Eurovision song this year, let this be it. It's absolutely hilarious all around, and the lyrics make no sense whatsoever (if you can even figure out what he's saying). That makes it all kind of genius.



"Just not to meet you on my way don't stay on my way HAAAAAY"

Also, it's just weird. Weird in a fresh and embarrassing way all at once. Genius. Oh, Belarus.

Enjoy!

Interesting thread. :) These are nice songs so far, I like the Latvians, too!

Did you listen to Austria's entry for the Song Contest?
I'd like to hear your opinion on Conchita Wurst!

"I look over Google Maps trying to escape, because I'm tired of being your sweet cheesecake"

An amazing lyric! I genuinely like this song haha.

I'm looking forward to more Eurovision posts from you.

They're just so painfully cute and genuine. I like it when the song isn't trying to win.

I have, I have. She'll be grouped with other sexually ambiguous acts this year. :)

Coming right up. :)

I present you the ballads of Eurovision 2014!
Let's begin.

Azerbaijan's "Light A Fire" by Dilara Somethingova is boring, flat, and not interesting.



It would be entertaining for me if she doesn't make it through to the final because Azerbaijan has been involved in a possible vote bribery ring and I'm really sick of their act.

Albania is sending "One Night's Anger."



With a voice kind of like Shakira, poor Hersi feels a bit held back by this slow, twisty-melody song. Not to mention that the Albania version was so much better, English does not do her voice justice! I have to say, if there's one country where the entries sort of have coherence over the years, it's Albania. I feel like their entries from 2010-2014 go together well. I really like their work, but I wish this song could be in Albanian!

Albania was perfectly ROBBED last year when this amazing rock/balled song did not make it to the semi-final. So much more energy than most of the crap that got through. Anyway, I have high hopes for them this year.

Belgium is sending Axel Hirsoux, with his sort of embarrassing song, Mother.



Okay, I'm not sure if I should actually post this in a different group (which would be for 'out-there' entries), but it's such a perfect ballad I think it needs to be here. Uhhh...I don't actually have anything to say about though and I don't recommend watching it.

I'm pretty pleased with Spain this year. "Dancing in the Rain" by Ruth Lorenzo is nice. Her voice is great, hearing Spanish here and there is refreshing, and the song is uplifting!



My favorite ballad of the ones in this group. Definitely. I think Spain has a chance to make it in the top 10 this year, which will basically be a first. We can hope! Spain is used to coming in the bottom 5 (and usually with pretty good songs), but what can they do. This song was not a bad idea.

I thinkkkk there are actually more ballads but I don't want to post very many at once. Enjoy! (or not)!

Well, bad news guys. Youtube is blocked in Turkey so I'll have to put this on hold for a while. I hope it's back up before Eurovision actually happens.

*sigh*

Do you know how to proxy?

www.hidemyass.com

Then just use that as your browser and go to Youtube via that. Does it work for you?

yeah I heard about that. They were mad because of a youtube video talking about their corrupt government that wasn't being taken down.

Yeah I proxy all the time for porn but it's effing slow and I usually hang out on MB at work so it would take more time than it's worth. My boss is planning to hook up our office to VPN so maybe I'll be back sooner rather than later.

Thanks for the support :)

Aaand DJ, yeah the government was pissed about a leaked security vid. Problem is there's usually a legal process before blocking stuff but the government here also "adjusted" that legislation in February so that they could block stuff without any bureaucracy. Ha.

First they pull out of Eurovision completely and now they block YouTube? Dude Turkey is making this damn hard!!!

Luckily there are local elections today and lots of people are expecting a big change. :)

Well, I'm finally on a server that allows me to use YouTube, and just in time, too, because Eurovision is just 9 days away!

Today's post will feature the most WTF entries of Eurovision this year. In reality every Eurovision entry is a WTF entry but these are especially hard to digest. All brought to you by Austria, Moldova, Poland, and Lithuania.

Enjoy!

First we have Austria's Conchita Wurst, with "Rise Like a Phoenix."



Weird spy music + bearded lady + bathtub of rose petals is I dunno, very intense. Her voice is great and I love her attitude but this is really, really, weird to watch. The song is forgettable. Good luck? I will say I am curious about the live show.

Moldova presents Cristina Scarlat with "Wild Soul."



What am I? Am I human? (Uhhh....) Ok, frankly this song gets a WTF from me because her sing-screaming and the totally serious and not funny tone of this song kills the energy that Moldova usually brings to the show. I'm massively disappointed with this year's entry. Song is lame, key change is lame, all is LAME and leaves me totally... :confused:

I'm really not sure where Poland is going with "We are Slavic" by Donatan & Cleo.



Song is--- BOOOOOOBS. Performance should be excellent.

With lyrics like: We're Slavic girls/we know how to use our charming byuuuuuty/now shake what yo mamma gave ya/clap yo hands to this myuuuusik

You just KNOW the song is absolutely without a doubt a huge WTF. I cannot believe this song is representing a country. Who runs this sh*t in Poland?

Last, and totally least is Lithuania's trainwreck "Attention" by



I'm sorry but WHAT THE FAAAAACK IS THIS? Worst songwriting ever, and terrible production. Everything about this is hateable. She sounds like she's being strangled. I cannot even begin to imagine who wrote this line: "I'm gonna make you make you fall d-d-d-d-down on your knees."

JUST WTFFFFFFFFFf


Anyway I can't wait until May 10th! AND I sincerely hope that none of these songs are there at the final. Hahaha.

I completely forgot one of my favorite WTFs this year:

Georgia!

I really don't know what to say about this. I want to like its weirdness or enjoy it's yodeling bits but, I just can't. All I find myself saying after watching it is really, WTF. Revel in the strangeness of The Shin and Mariko's, "Three Minutes to Earth."



I think this is about that did the crazy jump last year. I think.

More coming up!

What's the criteria for this? Do they have to be unsigned or unknown? I'm sure one year we had an act who'd charted with a very well known band who I've forgot the name of, try to enter.

And how do they pick the song to enter for said country? All of these songs are usually a bit gimmicky to me, like you say Miss P they're all WTF entries. They're all a bit samey if that makes sense.

Can we get the Arctic Monkeys to enter for us? Or Dizzee Rascal?

Each country has their own criteria; some countries have a vote among candidates who submit to Eurovision themselves, others have a vote among candidates hand-selected by committees in each country; some countries have a panel of judges who select their representative after an American Idol-type forum, and some countries just have fascist systems where like one guy just picks the representative.

I don't know about the UK, but I'm pretty sure you have to apply.

Actually good bands would never risk their reputation at Eurovision -- going to the contest or even winning it is a stigma of complete trashiness for most, if not all the winners (with the exception of maybe Celine Dion and ABBA).

I'll be posting a review of last night's semi-final soon :)

Well I definitely got too busy for reviews of the semi-final this week but I just want to post today to remind ya'll that the Eurovision final is TONIGHT at 8pm British time (or 10pm Turkey time). Hope you get a chance to watch it so we can poke fun at the contestants and winner tomorrow!!

Also I'm like 99% sure I'll actually just GO to Eurovision next year so I really hope a good, nearby, easy-to-access country wins! Haha.

Eurovision 2014, Who you do you think should have won ?
 

Hey Guys.

I was a bit bummed at Austria winning Eurovision, I was really hoping the Netherlands would get it. Anyway I am just wondering who you think should have won it. Do you think the voters made the right choice or would you have voted differently. Anyway let me know.

None, it was terrible :c

The first batch of tickets for eurovision 2015 in Stockholm go on sale tomorrow (thursday) at 1000 (swedish time). Prices range from 11 us dollars to 300.

Lilja!! It's gonna be 2016 already. Maybe you meant to post in here? http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...15-thread.html

hehehe, either way, I'm so excited again already :)

Woops sorry. Anyways tickets go on sale tomorrow for 2016. Some of them anyways.