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I'd watch if Rachel Stevens was representing Britain
  • 4 months later...

Tonight we go back to 1976! Save all your kisses for BoM!

 

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Actually screw that, 12 points to Pump Pump :lol:

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Tonight, Eurovision Again goes back to Zagreb 1990!

 

Watching now and LOL, what happened with the first entry?
Oh nice, not often you hear Finnish-Swedish in Eurovision.
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Watching now and LOL, what happened with the first entry?

 

I find that fascinating in a way that shows just how much Eurovision's changed over the years. If a similar error happened today with the cueing of the backing track going wrong, I highly doubt any artist/s would just look annoyed at each other and storm off stage until it gets fixed - they'd stay on stage, make a joke about it, get the audience to cheer them on for the second attempt etc. In 1990 not only was there no phone voting but the studio audience was entirely made up of VIPs and delegates with no public tickets available, so you're essentially watching a closed-off jury contest that just happens to have some cameras pointed at it - making Azúcar Moreno's grumpy reaction a little more understandable to modern eyes.

 

In the 2016 dress rehearsal, Iveta Mukuchyan's earpiece completely failed to work and despite looking a bit shaken and frantically gesturing backstage during the opening instrumental build, she still completed the song and cheerfully apologised to the audience afterwards - even though she was still virtually perfect despite the circumstances. Similarly SuRie still completed her performance two years later despite the infamous stage invasion making her miss out most of a chorus.

I find that fascinating in a way that shows just how much Eurovision's changed over the years. If a similar error happened today with the cueing of the backing track going wrong, I highly doubt any artist/s would just look annoyed at each other and storm off stage until it gets fixed - they'd stay on stage, make a joke about it, get the audience to cheer them on for the second attempt etc. In 1990 not only was there no phone voting but the studio audience was entirely made up of VIPs and delegates with no public tickets available, so you're essentially watching a closed-off jury contest that just happens to have some cameras pointed at it - making Azúcar Moreno's grumpy reaction a little more understandable to modern eyes.

 

That makes sense - I think it's easy to forget how much the contest has changed over the years and yeah, that the audience was fall of VIPs and delegates makes their reaction more understandable. Still, it's funny to watch.

 

This weekend, 8PM CET. Very excited for it, although if Kate Ryan didn’t make it in for Belgium I’m gonna be :angry:
Most of these choices are shocking, Zibbz over Vampires Are Alive really? If Kate Ryan and Silvia Night don't make it I swear to Conchita.
Overall the choices were alright but 2008 being neglected entirely when Slovenia had a far better entry than what got picked for them. Expecting Verona to be called as the winner any minute now.
Most of these choices are shocking, Zibbz over Vampires Are Alive really? If Kate Ryan and Silvia Night don't make it I swear to Conchita.

 

About 16 songs in I was thinking "Lako je sve better be in this mix or Adam will NOT be pleased!"

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