Eurovision

[vernonk]

Why are most Eurovision songs so bad? It gets an enormous audience and s a fantastic showcase for songwriters as well as singers, so why do all these nations churn out such tosh? It doesn't even represent what's in the charts

[waterboatman]

yawn

[vernonk]

The key for me is: would I buy any of these songs, and the answer for years now has been "no". Last Eurovision song I loved was the German winner by Lena

[vernonk]

The vast majority of Eurovision songs are bland and instantly forgettable. No amount of costumes, lights and performance can cover over a poor song

[andy-hughes]

Buenchicho - in defence of the UK vocalists, who are clearly badly out of tune - do I recall that there was a techno-glitch whereby the couldn't hear their backing track?

[agchristie]

Andy, not sure about that but I do recall the opening song from Spain in 1990 started off disastrously for the same reason. The confused faces of the two female vocalists was priceless!

[agchristie]

Here's a thought, Sir Cliff failed to win twice in 68 and 73. Mind you, the 73 winner by Anne-Marie David was excellent.

[Bazile]

I haven't watched the Eurovision Song Contest for yonks .

Has the format changed then - i.e. countries compete in heats to get to a final ?

[Arksided]

I haven't watched Eurovision for years but the late Sir Terry Wogan with his dry and dead-pan wit made it watchable.

[elliemay1]

Ireland didn't make it through. What was the song like?

[agchristie]

Brotherhood of Man won in 1976 but I give you a much better song technically. This is the Greek entry from Mariza Koch called 'Panaghia mou, Panaghia mou'.

Media URL: https://youtu.be/qK9m6d5Hbb4
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[agchristie]

https://youtu.be/qK9m6d5Hbb4

[vernonk]

That is truly awful!

[vernonk]

Nil points

[vernonk]

Brotherhood of Man won by the biggest margin in Eurovision history, and Save Your Kisses For Me is the biggest selling Eurovision single ever

[agchristie]

Vernonk - :) No accounting for taste!

That song was called 'Death of Cyprus', a protest against Turkey's invasion in 75 and their foreign policy in general.

Ok,back to the drawing board then, I'll try and convince you of another :)

[agchristie]

Beaten by Celine Dion! Stunning ballad this one...

https://youtu.be/syEkR-fMhdM

[vernonk]

I like some of Ms Dion's songs, but not that one. Sorry

[agchristie]

Here's Tajci, a Yugoslav entrant...

https://youtu.be/PSA8r9XRgzc

[vernonk]

Zzzzzzz

[Xeronema]

Buenchico: That song by Jemini is terrible. She can't sing for ****. She's flatter than a witches tit.