The DS Eurovision Thread (Part 8)

9th. Not bad :) submitted next weeks song but having to use my poor phone internet. Think i'll be using the work pc to be getting my fix this week lol.
 
oh dear...this song is on my i-pod.:o I know I need to sit down and delete a hell of a lot of crap at some point.....hell, even Sukis pops up from time to time.
 
There are some really classy Yugoslav entries from back in the day. As BBAnne said try listening to 1990 Tajci, the Marilyn Monroe lookalike who I would have thought should have been in contention for victory in a great year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e25_3FuQWHg


I am also partial to Zeljo moja in 1986 and of course old Doris reappeared in 1999 with Marija Magdalena, a song that was deducted points because they used too many vocalists on the chorus! If you are interested listen to 1984 Ciao amore and the preview video which was controversial because it shows both singers naked on daytime sunday afternoon tv! His voice is the hoarsest ever heard on a ESC stage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr-uMXc_0H4

As mentioned 1968 and the Robin Hood costumes of Jedan dan is another classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjBLXBBuGcg

And the 1987 entry Ja zam sa ples as BBAnne says could be renamed The Hiccup Song but another good song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reN8ZYnFS3s

It was quite a feat for a Communist country to participate in Eurovision during those years.

Sbrum let me know if you like any of them. Ciao amore especially.
 
Um, excuse me?! There's no need for that kinda talk! :p

Seriously though, I think it can be difficult to compare older songs to newer ones. A lot of Eurovision songs don't age particuarly well, but those that did - Yugoslavia 1990, Croatia 1998 - did well tonight. The staging at Eurovision is so much more spectactular nowadays that it used to be as well, meaning even mediocre entries can look amazing. But truthfully I don't think there's anything that can be done about it in regarRAB to our competitions. :)



Simon Cowell's was nothing compared to mine! ;)


EDIT: There's a bit of drama in the XF forum about Dermot's "Sophie's Choice" remark. Apparently it was in "bad taste".
Bit worried I get found out and get witch-hunted out! :o
 
Ah, that would be me then. Yours was the only profile I've seen with a Blog entry and a link, so I followed it.




I also wanted to check to see if you were a bloke. After all, it would be perfectly normal for a girl to take an Abba Gold CD to Uni.
:D
 
Anybody remember the Estonian entry from 2003? That was a classic, called "The 80's coming back"

And Ruslana (Ukraine), obviously.

...Really hoping I haven't got the wrong end of the stick with this thread...
 
There's definitely hope! Were you booing at YCNY? Otherwise, there's no real reason to be there :p

EDIT: Sorry, realised who this was aimed at. You love everything British don't you Nathan? :D
 
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