Continental Europe – and for some reason Australia – on Saturday, 3.
The song contest brings together dozens of countries, each offering an original song for review and ranking, both by multiple expert judges and by popular vote. The extended broadcast consists of artists from each country performing songs, followed by a long scoring ceremony in which each country awards its scores: 12 for best selection, ten for number two, and various distributions from one to eight. The country with the most points will win and will be the host next year.
Like the geopolitically important UN Security Council, the Eurovision Song Contest final has five permanent seats reserved for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. The UK is notorious, often late in this rivalry, but not all of the Big Five value their positions.
Italy, for example, is hosting Maneskin this year after winning the 2021 glam rock song contest that led to his worldwide success.
2021 is unique because the competition was canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic in China, so countries have two years to prepare, which greatly improves the quality. The comeback of the competition is also considered a worldwide celebratory event, meaning that countries send out genuinely entertaining songs instead of the usual excitement of moody, forgettable ballads, most of which interact via phone.
Ballads will definitely return this year, and there will also be direct violations of the “no politics” rule – with some countries denouncing the hypochondrial coronavirus culture, others choosing to destroy it by scolding the world for climate change. Eurovision’s perennial villain, Russia, was banned completely this year in response to the recent invasion of Ukraine (though Russia earned the right to participate in 2015 without Ukraine submitting a song due to the Russian invasion).
Below are the best and worst entries from this year’s competition: probable winners, default winners, and too bad you’ll want to hate them, which can confuse the audience.
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Eurovision’s “no politics” rule prohibits countries from submitting songs with overtly political lyrics, but it certainly doesn’t prevent political voting. In 2005, Greece won with relatively moderate inflows as the debt crisis intensified Europe’s feelings towards Germany and financially struggling Athens. In 2004, Russia invaded Ukraine, spearheading the 2005 Kyiv Eurovision Song Contest. In 2017, nothing of truly significant historical significance happened in Ukraine, but he presented a secret anti-Russian song, so Europe recognized him as the winner that year.
Ukraine’s outstanding 2021 bid should have won this competition, but bookies are quite hopeful that this year’s offer will make up for it. It’s a bit of a shame because GoA’s video “Noise” shot in the Chernobyl exclusion zone will likely win in any year without a famous band performing at Coachella, and this year the Ukrainians have decided to surrender. .. “folk rap”.
Eurovision rap is always a mistake, this performance includes Jamiroquai’s hat and the geometric patterns are quite appropriate but nice enough when they stop rapping here and maybe next year in Ukraine, so there won’t be a particularly tragic outcome if the country wins.
Serbia is clearly breaking the “no politics” rule, but who cares, it’s time someone laughed at the cleanliness fanaticism caused by the coronavirus. The chorus of the song is “Be healthy” and ends with “a sick mind in a healthy body/sad soul in a healthy body/a helpless mind in a healthy body/a frightened mind in a healthy body”. /Now what?”
Ana Đurić’s stage name Konstrakta more or less implies that the meaning of the song is to ask what kind of harm can be done to mental health and well-being of humanity in order to prevent coronavirus infection. To mention Meghan Markle seems like a mockery of mainstream left-centre European culture as well as spending the entire performance of the song washing their hands.
Zdob şi Zdub are Eurovision veterans and perfectly express those who are stupid, shameless, lightly but not particularly committed to the traditional/indigenous spirit of the event. The concept song looks like a dance party with locals and lots of accordions on a train from Moldova to Romania. It doesn’t matter if you laugh at this song – the main thing is to smile – and that should be the goal of the Eurovision song.
Spain is usually scary at Eurovision – lots of stale ballads or really scary attempts at humor – but this year they cheated (joke, not really against the rules) and sent a Cuban entry, so the song is really good. good. It doesn’t even have a European sound, but instead uses the reggaeton dance rhythms made famous by Puerto Rico, but the advantage of “SloMo” is like a song produced and promoted by a major label, it’s right at home. says New York Hispanic Radio. Bonus points for the song written in the country’s native language, excluding Chanel’s clear Caribbean accent.
These records, like the big labels, are a double-edged sword, but when they work, they work. Maneskin won the Eurovision Song Contest last year because it was clear that they looked like a group that would shine in their own right. We Are Domi brings that energy – the record has a clear Calvin Harris influence, but is original, uplifting and entertaining. The music video has a true story that is fun and doesn’t scare you when you watch it.
To avoid being too discriminatory in ballads – which should be banned from Eurovision for this record (it should be a party!) – this is the best ballad ever. Highlighting same-sex relationships is now a Eurovision gimmick, eight years after the bearded transvestite won the trophy, but whatever the video, Italians know how to write and play the love song from the heart.
Norway – Subwoolfer, “Give that wolf a banana”
You might think it’s a weird, moving dance song, but why does it deserve the last row of the more catchy ballad?
Because we’ve already done that as a planet. Ilvis seriously called him ‘The Fox’ and should have stayed in the position in 2013.
The UK is a permanent member of the Eurovision Big Five Secunda, so they don’t have to bother developing something truly successful. To be fair, the chorus of the song isn’t scary, but the falsetto “If I were an astronaut” wasn’t really successful. And then there are the deep words: “I’m in space, man/In Space, man” and “Nothing but space, man, no/Oh, I’m in the wrong place, man/Nothing.” But, nothing but space, man. Nothing but nothing, nothing but nothing, man. ”
You know you can’t send anything, right England? Can you not send the song?
A completely shameless copy of Ukraine’s 2021 hit song “Noise”, in both neon green hues and post-apocalyptic use, one hundred-style clothes. The reason “Noise” works is because it is based on a Ukrainian folk song and the video was actually recorded in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Eurovision desperately needs a “no plagiarism” rule.
Iceland often skips the note and sends Eurovision sad songs that are overly boring, almost not melodic. Last year was an exception – although Iceland sent a happy song, that’s how you know it’s been a good year! — but they’re back to their usual sleepy vacation. This song serves as atmospheric background noise for a dramatic montage in a prestigious TV series, but not as much as a gorgeous song from a Eurovision winner.
Georgia didn’t make it to the finals and I can’t call it “beautiful” but my life got better after watching it. Thanks Georgia.
Source: Breitbart
