@aduantas8609 I still think the changes were necessary even if they had some funny side effects. As much as I love Eurovision in the mid 90s, I think the contest would have just fizzled out if it had continued as it was.
THANK YOU, literally apart from france everything else that year was absolutely dogshit (and so i get why latvia won lmao there was legit nothing good to vote for)
@@pn2360 Malta was great though! And also Cyprus and Israel. Denmark was good too. I was 7 years old when I watched that contest on tv and well... I remember saying how 2001 was much better
@@fyr_og_flamme_vasil Yeah malta were decent, but unspectacular, and weren't denmark the favourites to win or something? and i was -5 years old in 2002 so yeah 😅
@euroboy4 It's a great example of how funny the televoting can be. Estonia and Denmark would never win a fan poll for this year, but somehow they beat out the heavyweights of Greece and France. (And I say this as someone whose winner is Estonia all the way)
Years 2000, 2001 and 2002 were the absolute rock bottom of ESC. 2002 is my least favorite of all time bc not a single song is a winning material IMO and there are about 5 or 6 songs that are last place worthy
agree, as well as Slovenia and France being quality too. I also have a soft spot for the Icelandic entry, so wonderfully early-2000s I can just grasp it. The stretch from Lithuania to Ireland in the middle of the show is pretty grim though
Yes, it was. When evaluating the entries some years ago, I realized that I only liked 10 entries out of the 23. The winning song from Estonia was out of those 10 songs I really liked. Indeed, I still think that France, Slovenia, Spain and very especially Greece should have won. This must be one of the most notable examples of an ESC won by the wrong entry, and I hope Estonians don't get me wrong. I love most of Estonian entries in ESC, but "Everybody" should have never ever won.
To me, a truly bad Eurovision year needs to have mostly bad songs (or at least mostly forgettable songs with some really bad stinkers) and poor/annoying hosts. And 2001 definitely has both. First of all, the random draw was abhorrent. While the songs from Spain onwards are actually at least decent (and some of them are actually pretty good), everything before is just plain terrible. But h my god, the hosts manage to drag it down even more. The year 2000 didn't have much better songs, but it was hosted so much better, which makes me not mind it too much. And while I think Terry Wogan was a bitter old man without a single funny bone in his body who always tried to make everything about himself, this is the only year where I think he was right to do so as that distracted it from the easily dislikeable hosts.
My favourite comment was when the hosts appear after the Danish performance (when the crowd are hyped) and says “if anyone can kill a crowd stone dead it’s these two”
2002 was worse in my opinion, and the fact that the most well known song from that year by far is the one that finished 17th and became a cult classic (obviously I'm talking about Greece's S.A.G.A.P.O), speaks volumes of how bad the contest was that year.
@PanosDCC SAGAPO was really poor vocally. It only dodged relegation thanks to the voting alliance between most of the countries that used jury voting that year.
Well many care about that song, at least in my country obviously, but I think even more, if you look at the views here on RUclips of the winner and it clocks right now under 900k whereas many S.A.G.A.P.O videos reach the millions, so it's not just me then...
Absolutely correct, but since then that song has reached unbelievable heights of popularity, not necessarily all being good, it's a case of loving it or hatin' it, but if you look at the stats on RUclips, the Latvian winner reached like 900k views (and honestly the only thing I remember from that entry was that stripping gimmick they had), whereas many S.A.G.A.P.O videos clock millions of views and a few years ago Pringles ran a popular TV campaign here with that song and the man himself Michalis Rakintzis, so it's definitely a cult classic of the contest and literally the only thing worth noting from the 2002 contest.
What a funny way to tell the story of Eurovision 2001! Personally, I don't think that it's the definitive worst year ever (that honor goes to 2002, for having a rancid song quality), though it's not a year you would go back to often. France, Slovenia, Greece, and Denmark held up the entire year. And I actually liked the couplets, hehe. (What would've made 2001 better was having Italy compete, because Elisa's "Luce (tramonti a nord-est)" is a classic Sanremo winner)
@paulojrneto It just didn't really fit the narrative that I was going for. I had planned on putting a brief clip at the very end but cut it out at the last minute
as a Dane speaking, I only enjoyed it when Safri Duo appeared. Glad they got their moment on international tv with the iconic banger that is Played-A-Live.
2001 was not the worst Eurovision (as far as songs go), but it did have one of the worst Eurovision winners ever. Over 20 years later, I still don't understand how that garbage "Everybody" won. I'm sorry, I can't be kind about it, it's a song whose appeal complete escapes me to this day, especially when there were perfectly strong and worthy would-be winners like "Energy", "Je N'Ai Que Mon Ame", "Die for You" and "Never Ever Let You Go" in the competition as well. But, as said, 2001 had its gems. In terms of the PRODUCTION however, good lord this was a s***show. The stage was awful and had no focal point to the design. The presenters and their rhyming were embarrassing. So were Aqua, in fact, as the interval act. Denmark would produce a much better Eurovision (with a much better winner!) in 2014, when I had the honor of being there.
People's tastes are different. Most Eurovision winning performances are bad or at least cringe, in my opinion That said, Estonia's entry was pretty bland and I'm saying it as an Estonian.
2004 may have been more generally shite but it had three truly great songs finishing in the top 4 (whilst 2001 had only the runner up that was really good and Greece who were kinda ok) and Shake It was also kinda fun.
2004 was pure dull. 2001 had a terrible winner, ironically, as Estonia had great entries since then. However, I really like the Uk, Slovenia, and Denmark's entry back in 01.
@@morbidsearch i'm sure they're not the only one, this was great fun! although looking at the contest through the lens of pub karaoke does make it more endearing in its shambolic way, so maybe it doesn't seem that bad any more...
Here’s the thing, it baffles me how Eurovision isn’t more successful. It’s one of the largest platforms in the world to promote music and you’d think that would not only sell music but then also attract the best artists to participate which in turn would sell more music and have such a snowball effect. But yet, the contest appears to be incredibly incompetent to make room for breakout mega stars.
Recent eurofan J'ai durant l'été 2023 regardé chacun des eurovision de 2000 à 2023, un par jour, et effectivement, j'ai gardé l'un des plus mauvais souvenirs de 2001, l'ambiance générale des musiques était vraiment mauvais, mais c'est surtout du à l'ordre des chansons, car la fin est tout de même folle avec pleins de bonnes musiques, donc finalement après l'ennui ça finit plus vite qu'on ne le pensait Et puis l'Estonie et le Danemark, ça fait vraiment plaisir de voir ce type de musique gagner devant la pop habituelle des années suivantes incarnée par Grèce Personnellement j'ai aussi des pensées négatives sur 2015 (et 2017)... Mais sur cette idée je me trouve un peu seul
2001 was bad, but I think 1978 is the worst esc ever (at least song-wise, there's no single song that I like). 2017 was pretty meh as well. What amazes me the most is how in the 1997 we had literally the best eurovision ever (imo) and after a couple of years we went to... well, this
@@aidepaul534 Orchestra, national/ethnic language, only jury voting, jury have to mark the quality of song and is it sung right not the special effects or dance or costumes. So we should bring back some dignity in the contest. First of all we have to sent to jail all those who rig the resaults, just like 1999. or this year when the worst songs won.
@@morbidsearch I was going to dispute that but then I thought we're losing Switzerland - eugh, Israel, Germany - I do not get why people like that horrid twee song the Netherlands would go on to do country way better every single damn time, the UK - one of only two songs that I hate too much to put on my Euro Loca wacky ESC songs playlist and IMO the worst thing we ever sent, France - I song that commits the unforgivable sin of being utterly forgettable, Spain - again especially bad with a novelty song. Even the crap stuff in the semi is at least memorable and so bad it's funny although I guess Moldova kinda manage that too. The only real downside is that we lose Romania which even though I mostly hate EDM stuff at Eurovision is an absolute banger and a much needed get the audience bouncing song and Norway's sublime and underated Alvedansen.
To be VERY honest all the contests between 1999 and 2003 had very karaoke feel to them. Like someone get a lot of random guys and gals to sing. And these rhyming hosts in '01 giving mild ptsd, yikes.
I think they tried so hard to surpass Stockholm’s era-changing organisation the previous year that it got lost in translation. But song wise it was a pretty solid show (even though the winner was 🤢) and the Aqua interval act was amazing. For me, 2002 was by far the worst of the 00s.
1996 is a close second for me. I would still prefer over 2003 but i do agree that 1996 was a low point.(But also probably because i'm German and i'm still salty about Germany not qualifiying).
Nooooo I absolutely love the '96 contest! Or at least the songs are some of my all-time faves.... The top 3, hands down, my fave entries ever from each respective country, as it happens!
Hay muchas canciones Icónicas ese año.Muchas de ellas aún las escucho.Para nada es el peor año de eurovisión.El escenario es verdad que era terrible.Pero en sus propuestas musicales muy aceptable
2001 was one of the worst show wise but at least i like a decent chunk of the songs and the audio was good. Sort of the opposite end is 2014 where the stage was amazing but the audio was horrible and i cant stand half the songs, as in for most of 2014 songs id rather jump out of a moving vehicle than listen to them if it came on the car radio.
@@shroomyesc My one from the 10s that I consider bad is 2013 song wise - apart from the winner, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands - still great in spite of its creator revealing herself to be a bleeping TERF which seems to have become the fem equivalent of a middle aged bloke running off with someone young enough to be their kid, Malta, Italy and maybe Norway, Belarus and Romania that year can pretty much go in the bin. I personally think 14 is a massive improvement with the winner, the Netherlands, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland and controversially Malta which I really enjoy with Armenia, Belarus, the host entry, Hungary, which tackles some quite strong subject matter, also being good and of course this is the year of the Ukrainian hamster wheel.
My least favourite contest of all time is 86 although 73 isn't great either. 86 has I think two maybe three songs I actually enjoy - Turkiye, Sweden and sort of Spain and Switzerland weren't bad and should have won. I think it has one of the worst winners of all time. The worst winner of all time IMO is 99 where another ABBA diluted rip off song won and mostly the songs were awful that year too except for Iceland, Croatia, Germany, Estonia and Belgium a bit. It has IMO the worst thing Norway ever sent and yes I know 78 exists at least that it's epically hilarious and deliberate trolling. 2001 might well be the worst year of the 00s though - 2002 is bad too but I think 2004 has enough great songs to save it. 2008 is in the running. 2006 - I love the winner and it was a much needed new genre to win, it has the beautiful Lelija, Tornero one of the best dance songs and a lot of genre diversity. It's a wild ride but I'm kinda there for it especially since I quite like wacky songs in general and I've always loved We Are the Winners in particular although the UK entry can get and stay in the bin. 2008 is a lowlight too although there is some good stuff that did not include the winner or IMO Greece - which to me illustrates that ESC fans will vote for any old tripe if it's got a pretty girl dancing and the staging works.
I guess the worst Eurovision is the past ten years all together. Music is not even decent. Performances appalling. Winners more than questionable. And far too gay
Wow! Brilliant!! Love this story of 2001! For me, aside of 92, 01 is the most shite year from a production perspective! Songs wise, whilst not at 94 standard, much better than 92,98,99!
2015, 2017 and 2019 are my favorite ones along with 2021, so I don't understand? Though I'm going solely on songs here and don't take the actual show in consideration.
@@Satellite88 There's a channel called Groot who does rewatches on Twitch complete with votes including the semis. It revealed to me 2008 does have some great songs - Turkiye our winner, Portugal, Armenia - thanks Dadi Freyer for bringing that one to my attention, Ukraine, and even NQing Cyprus and Switzerland. It has the finest song ever to come stone dead last with Complice from San Marino a pretty decent rock song. Yes there are a lot of bad novelty songs although I do like Bosnia, Latvia, France and Belgium despite them being utterly bonkers and have a bit of a soft spot for Spain and weirdly enough the Azeri debut is one that country's favs for me (I mostly think Azerbaijan is as basic as hell at Eurovision) the winner is a triumph of local fame, staging and block voting over having a great song and any great originality and encouraging expression of a country's unique culture or expanding the genres of songs who win when even Sweden kinda did that with Euphoria.
excellent video. 2001 has a special place in my heart as I was 9 at the time and listened to the album loads, but this commentary is hilarious and for so many of the acts (some are a bit too professional) it seems spot on ;D also Estonia winning it at the pub night makes perfect sense and the same goes for eurovision. they are not my personal winners but get way too much hate.
2001 was a definite low point, though my personal least favourite remains 1999- the loss of the orchestra was a real trauma and to my mind the single worst decision in the history of the contest- don't @ me. I think the changes in the media landscape at the turn of the century in general were hurting the contest. Audiences for terrestrial television were dropping and the Internet, such a crucial part of the modern contest, was still very much in its infancy. I will give DR credit for trying to hold the contest in a stadium 🏟- still the largest venue used in history- even if it really didn't work well in practice. Fun fact- the 38,000 tickets for the final sold out in under an hour- so there was enthusiasm in Denmark at least.
I will never unhear Russia 2001 is SpongeBob 😂 Great video, I’ve just been through a rewatch of that year and I do agree it’s the worst quality of songs. We need another for 2004!
This makes sense why I stopped watching around this time. I was around 13 and I guess I just felt Eurovision was not cool. I’m so happy I rediscovered the joy a few years ago
I's funny because we all know these people in our personal lives
I will never understand how the contest didn't collapse in the early 00s, though I'm glad it didn't
@aduantas8609 I still think the changes were necessary even if they had some funny side effects. As much as I love Eurovision in the mid 90s, I think the contest would have just fizzled out if it had continued as it was.
It’s when I stopped watching. Took me 15 years to come back
Eastern Europe starting to do well I'm guessing
2002 was worse
AGREE!
THANK YOU, literally apart from france everything else that year was absolutely dogshit (and so i get why latvia won lmao there was legit nothing good to vote for)
@@pn2360 Malta was great though! And also Cyprus and Israel. Denmark was good too.
I was 7 years old when I watched that contest on tv and well... I remember saying how 2001 was much better
@@fyr_og_flamme_vasil Yeah malta were decent, but unspectacular, and weren't denmark the favourites to win or something? and i was -5 years old in 2002 so yeah 😅
It also had the worst stage
Eurovision in the early 2000’s was like moldova’s national final lol
We can all unanimously agree that the win this year was for Antique and Antique only
no
Energy should have won
What about Rollo & King?
@@Jai05 Estonia and Israel were much better
Honestly the best part of this contest was the ten-minute Aqua megamix interval performance lol
Regarding the songs yes, maybe it’s the worst along with 2002. Only Greece, France and Slovenia saved the game and the winner should be among them
@euroboy4
It's a great example of how funny the televoting can be. Estonia and Denmark would never win a fan poll for this year, but somehow they beat out the heavyweights of Greece and France. (And I say this as someone whose winner is Estonia all the way)
Years 2000, 2001 and 2002 were the absolute rock bottom of ESC. 2002 is my least favorite of all time bc not a single song is a winning material IMO and there are about 5 or 6 songs that are last place worthy
Energy by Nuša is an iconic track, easily among my favorites of eurovision and ofc of 2001.
I 100% believe the Toban and Dave lore
I disagree. The top 3 was ICONIC.
@@nadirhajjour
I 100% agree with that
Chuck france in there as well and you've got a genuinely really really good top 4, but everything else apart from slovenia was not good at all
agree, as well as Slovenia and France being quality too. I also have a soft spot for the Icelandic entry, so wonderfully early-2000s I can just grasp it. The stretch from Lithuania to Ireland in the middle of the show is pretty grim though
Yes, it was. When evaluating the entries some years ago, I realized that I only liked 10 entries out of the 23. The winning song from Estonia was out of those 10 songs I really liked. Indeed, I still think that France, Slovenia, Spain and very especially Greece should have won. This must be one of the most notable examples of an ESC won by the wrong entry, and I hope Estonians don't get me wrong. I love most of Estonian entries in ESC, but "Everybody" should have never ever won.
To me, a truly bad Eurovision year needs to have mostly bad songs (or at least mostly forgettable songs with some really bad stinkers) and poor/annoying hosts. And 2001 definitely has both. First of all, the random draw was abhorrent. While the songs from Spain onwards are actually at least decent (and some of them are actually pretty good), everything before is just plain terrible.
But h my god, the hosts manage to drag it down even more. The year 2000 didn't have much better songs, but it was hosted so much better, which makes me not mind it too much. And while I think Terry Wogan was a bitter old man without a single funny bone in his body who always tried to make everything about himself, this is the only year where I think he was right to do so as that distracted it from the easily dislikeable hosts.
My favourite comment was when the hosts appear after the Danish performance (when the crowd are hyped) and says “if anyone can kill a crowd stone dead it’s these two”
I loooove your videos about Eurovision ! Keep it up :)
It's a shockingly bad contest but still better than the unwatchable 2004.
@BridgLondon
Yeah I said in the video that 2004 is my personal least fav. Not only is it full of bad songs and vocals, but the audio sounds like crap.
@@morbidsearch the presentation in 2004 is woeful too. The shouty woman and the man in the wig!
2004 was the worst contest of the 2000s.
@@morbidsearch Not a good start to the semi-final era. But at least it had "Wild Dances" and "Lane Moje". :)
@@EldaMengisto And one of the best host entries the terrific For Real.
2002 was worse in my opinion, and the fact that the most well known song from that year by far is the one that finished 17th and became a cult classic (obviously I'm talking about Greece's S.A.G.A.P.O), speaks volumes of how bad the contest was that year.
Nobody really cares about the song that’s just you
@PanosDCC
SAGAPO was really poor vocally. It only dodged relegation thanks to the voting alliance between most of the countries that used jury voting that year.
Well many care about that song, at least in my country obviously, but I think even more, if you look at the views here on RUclips of the winner and it clocks right now under 900k whereas many S.A.G.A.P.O videos reach the millions, so it's not just me then...
Absolutely correct, but since then that song has reached unbelievable heights of popularity, not necessarily all being good, it's a case of loving it or hatin' it, but if you look at the stats on RUclips, the Latvian winner reached like 900k views (and honestly the only thing I remember from that entry was that stripping gimmick they had), whereas many S.A.G.A.P.O videos clock millions of views and a few years ago Pringles ran a popular TV campaign here with that song and the man himself Michalis Rakintzis, so it's definitely a cult classic of the contest and literally the only thing worth noting from the 2002 contest.
It has gotten cult status indeed but in Greece only Id say. Nevertheless, that’s still something
What a funny way to tell the story of Eurovision 2001! Personally, I don't think that it's the definitive worst year ever (that honor goes to 2002, for having a rancid song quality), though it's not a year you would go back to often. France, Slovenia, Greece, and Denmark held up the entire year.
And I actually liked the couplets, hehe.
(What would've made 2001 better was having Italy compete, because Elisa's "Luce (tramonti a nord-est)" is a classic Sanremo winner)
Oh yeah, I agree that the song quality was overall worst in 2002. There is actually not a single song in that year that I somehow REALLY like....
No mention of the Aqua feat. Safri Duo infamous interval act?
@paulojrneto
It just didn't really fit the narrative that I was going for. I had planned on putting a brief clip at the very end but cut it out at the last minute
as a Dane speaking, I only enjoyed it when Safri Duo appeared. Glad they got their moment on international tv with the iconic banger that is Played-A-Live.
2001 was not the worst Eurovision (as far as songs go), but it did have one of the worst Eurovision winners ever. Over 20 years later, I still don't understand how that garbage "Everybody" won. I'm sorry, I can't be kind about it, it's a song whose appeal complete escapes me to this day, especially when there were perfectly strong and worthy would-be winners like "Energy", "Je N'Ai Que Mon Ame", "Die for You" and "Never Ever Let You Go" in the competition as well. But, as said, 2001 had its gems. In terms of the PRODUCTION however, good lord this was a s***show. The stage was awful and had no focal point to the design. The presenters and their rhyming were embarrassing. So were Aqua, in fact, as the interval act. Denmark would produce a much better Eurovision (with a much better winner!) in 2014, when I had the honor of being there.
People's tastes are different. Most Eurovision winning performances are bad or at least cringe, in my opinion That said, Estonia's entry was pretty bland and I'm saying it as an Estonian.
2004 may have been more generally shite but it had three truly great songs finishing in the top 4 (whilst 2001 had only the runner up that was really good and Greece who were kinda ok) and Shake It was also kinda fun.
2004 was pure dull. 2001 had a terrible winner, ironically, as Estonia had great entries since then. However, I really like the Uk, Slovenia, and Denmark's entry back in 01.
2000 to 2008 were rock bottom
Tragedies? We got em
This was such a good video! love the commentary
@t99co
I feel like you're the only one so far. Everyone else is just arguing about the title xD
@@morbidsearch i'm sure they're not the only one, this was great fun! although looking at the contest through the lens of pub karaoke does make it more endearing in its shambolic way, so maybe it doesn't seem that bad any more...
2002 is far worse but honestly Eurovision was shit all of 1999-2003
Here’s the thing, it baffles me how Eurovision isn’t more successful. It’s one of the largest platforms in the world to promote music and you’d think that would not only sell music but then also attract the best artists to participate which in turn would sell more music and have such a snowball effect. But yet, the contest appears to be incredibly incompetent to make room for breakout mega stars.
Recent eurofan J'ai durant l'été 2023 regardé chacun des eurovision de 2000 à 2023, un par jour, et effectivement, j'ai gardé l'un des plus mauvais souvenirs de 2001, l'ambiance générale des musiques était vraiment mauvais, mais c'est surtout du à l'ordre des chansons, car la fin est tout de même folle avec pleins de bonnes musiques, donc finalement après l'ennui ça finit plus vite qu'on ne le pensait
Et puis l'Estonie et le Danemark, ça fait vraiment plaisir de voir ce type de musique gagner devant la pop habituelle des années suivantes incarnée par Grèce
Personnellement j'ai aussi des pensées négatives sur 2015 (et 2017)... Mais sur cette idée je me trouve un peu seul
i absolutely LOVE your eurovision videos
2002 was worse imho but it was going downhill for a few years. 2003 was strange for being so amazing before going back to dirge.
I love your style. Looking forward to what you do with other years (if you choose to do more videos in the same vein).
2001 was bad, but I think 1978 is the worst esc ever (at least song-wise, there's no single song that I like). 2017 was pretty meh as well.
What amazes me the most is how in the 1997 we had literally the best eurovision ever (imo) and after a couple of years we went to... well, this
This is the worst Eurovision.. agreement
each contests since 1998. is worse and worse. This year was real circus.
@karlomorosin7880
You cannot tell me that 2009 was worse than 2008.
Yeah but for completely different reasons.
I agree. '98 was the last decent year. After that it's all gone to shits. Bring back the orchestra and the language restrictions.
@@aidepaul534 Orchestra, national/ethnic language, only jury voting, jury have to mark the quality of song and is it sung right not the special effects or dance or costumes. So we should bring back some dignity in the contest. First of all we have to sent to jail all those who rig the resaults, just like 1999. or this year when the worst songs won.
@@karlomorosin7880" My favourite song didn't win , so the competition must be rigged "
@@karlomorosin7880 the orchestra and the language rule had to go away eventually though
I liked 2001, but the commentary you have is hilariously specific and so much fun to listen to!
2006 needs a shoutout for being deeply unserious.
@Sim0n98
I've said before that 2006 would have been a way better contest if the semi final had been the grand final
@@morbidsearch I was going to dispute that but then I thought we're losing Switzerland - eugh, Israel, Germany - I do not get why people like that horrid twee song the Netherlands would go on to do country way better every single damn time, the UK - one of only two songs that I hate too much to put on my Euro Loca wacky ESC songs playlist and IMO the worst thing we ever sent, France - I song that commits the unforgivable sin of being utterly forgettable, Spain - again especially bad with a novelty song. Even the crap stuff in the semi is at least memorable and so bad it's funny although I guess Moldova kinda manage that too. The only real downside is that we lose Romania which even though I mostly hate EDM stuff at Eurovision is an absolute banger and a much needed get the audience bouncing song and Norway's sublime and underated Alvedansen.
@@EmoBearRights ngl, I do have a soft spot for Teenage Life.
@@morbidsearch I would say exactly the same for 2005!
To be VERY honest all the contests between 1999 and 2003 had very karaoke feel to them. Like someone get a lot of random guys and gals to sing. And these rhyming hosts in '01 giving mild ptsd, yikes.
I think they tried so hard to surpass Stockholm’s era-changing organisation the previous year that it got lost in translation. But song wise it was a pretty solid show (even though the winner was 🤢) and the Aqua interval act was amazing. For me, 2002 was by far the worst of the 00s.
Turkey saved ESC in 2003.
Haha. Love it. Hope you review more years in this style. 😅
@@rashid81
Thank you.
I have already done 1980 and 1996 if you wanna look at my back catalogue
@@morbidsearch fab. Will check them out!
I would say 1996 was maybe the worst, so boring, the hosts, that stage, the postcards, the pre-selection process...
1996 is a close second for me. I would still prefer over 2003 but i do agree that 1996 was a low point.(But also probably because i'm German and i'm still salty about Germany not qualifiying).
I was gonna say that! 1996 and 2001 were both so bad!
My favourite year is 1997.
The stage was huge
Nooooo I absolutely love the '96 contest!
Or at least the songs are some of my all-time faves.... The top 3, hands down, my fave entries ever from each respective country, as it happens!
2006 both Adult ESC (Exept Lordi and Silvia Night) and JESC were forgetabble and the worst
ESC never followed the actual modern music, it sounded always dated, after Loreen won (first time) it all changed.
A fantastic video, describing the early 2000's ESC:s to perfection. The only great song from 2001 I think's great is the French song.
Hay muchas canciones Icónicas ese año.Muchas de ellas aún las escucho.Para nada es el peor año de eurovisión.El escenario es verdad que era terrible.Pero en sus propuestas musicales muy aceptable
Yes, 2001 was an absolute disaster.
Are you kidding me?
One of my favourites edition ❤
2001 was one of the worst show wise but at least i like a decent chunk of the songs and the audio was good. Sort of the opposite end is 2014 where the stage was amazing but the audio was horrible and i cant stand half the songs, as in for most of 2014 songs id rather jump out of a moving vehicle than listen to them if it came on the car radio.
2014 wasn't bad - song wise.
@@anothercomment I mean it's just my opinion, there's very few songs from 2014 that I like even a little.
@@shroomyesc My one from the 10s that I consider bad is 2013 song wise - apart from the winner, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands - still great in spite of its creator revealing herself to be a bleeping TERF which seems to have become the fem equivalent of a middle aged bloke running off with someone young enough to be their kid, Malta, Italy and maybe Norway, Belarus and Romania that year can pretty much go in the bin. I personally think 14 is a massive improvement with the winner, the Netherlands, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland and controversially Malta which I really enjoy with Armenia, Belarus, the host entry, Hungary, which tackles some quite strong subject matter, also being good and of course this is the year of the Ukrainian hamster wheel.
My least favourite contest of all time is 86 although 73 isn't great either. 86 has I think two maybe three songs I actually enjoy - Turkiye, Sweden and sort of Spain and Switzerland weren't bad and should have won. I think it has one of the worst winners of all time. The worst winner of all time IMO is 99 where another ABBA diluted rip off song won and mostly the songs were awful that year too except for Iceland, Croatia, Germany, Estonia and Belgium a bit. It has IMO the worst thing Norway ever sent and yes I know 78 exists at least that it's epically hilarious and deliberate trolling.
2001 might well be the worst year of the 00s though - 2002 is bad too but I think 2004 has enough great songs to save it. 2008 is in the running. 2006 - I love the winner and it was a much needed new genre to win, it has the beautiful Lelija, Tornero one of the best dance songs and a lot of genre diversity. It's a wild ride but I'm kinda there for it especially since I quite like wacky songs in general and I've always loved We Are the Winners in particular although the UK entry can get and stay in the bin.
2008 is a lowlight too although there is some good stuff that did not include the winner or IMO Greece - which to me illustrates that ESC fans will vote for any old tripe if it's got a pretty girl dancing and the staging works.
I guess the worst Eurovision is the past ten years all together. Music is not even decent. Performances appalling. Winners more than questionable.
And far too gay
@tanloarellanvannin7504
There is not a single straight person in this comments section.
@@morbidsearch i am
@@morbidsearch i am x2
Wow! Brilliant!! Love this story of 2001! For me, aside of 92, 01 is the most shite year from a production perspective! Songs wise, whilst not at 94 standard, much better than 92,98,99!
Definitly not… in spite of the winner 2019 was practically the worst eurovision I’ve ever seen …
2017 is also up there even if my country won
2015, 2017 and 2019 are my favorite ones along with 2021, so I don't understand? Though I'm going solely on songs here and don't take the actual show in consideration.
2004 exists
@@mathijs15697
Tell me you haven't watched the video without telling me you haven't watched the video
Yessss
4:16 sounds like you were pronouncing his name in Hebrew. That’s not how you say it at all 😂
@hallaskjerah
I was making fun of how things are pronounced in Danish.
I'm a B2 in Norwegian - I'm well aware how it's actually pronounced 😝
2008 was painful to watch too bc 1/4 of the songs sucked 💀
I feel like the good songs of 2008 were really really good, but the bad songs of 2008 were really really bad. Hardly any in-betweeners.
@@EldaMengisto yepp
@@Satellite88 There's a channel called Groot who does rewatches on Twitch complete with votes including the semis. It revealed to me 2008 does have some great songs - Turkiye our winner, Portugal, Armenia - thanks Dadi Freyer for bringing that one to my attention, Ukraine, and even NQing Cyprus and Switzerland. It has the finest song ever to come stone dead last with Complice from San Marino a pretty decent rock song. Yes there are a lot of bad novelty songs although I do like Bosnia, Latvia, France and Belgium despite them being utterly bonkers and have a bit of a soft spot for Spain and weirdly enough the Azeri debut is one that country's favs for me (I mostly think Azerbaijan is as basic as hell at Eurovision) the winner is a triumph of local fame, staging and block voting over having a great song and any great originality and encouraging expression of a country's unique culture or expanding the genres of songs who win when even Sweden kinda did that with Euphoria.
You talk toooooo fast with an accent, it's so hard to keep up. I stopped watching because I can't follow
Sometimes I'm insecure about my accent and feel like it's too neutral and not strong enough, so I take this as a compliment :)
@@morbidsearch don't, you should talk slower. I bet no one understands you outside the UK.
2003 was the best and 2nd 2004 worst 1999-2002
Are you kidding me?
1999 was worse
2024 was the worst year!!!!
Yeah but not because of the songs.
@@morbidsearch I think!!!
Not only because of politics but for me this year was just so weak
The French song in 2001 was stunning, a true gem that stands the test of time. To me, it really stands out
Greece and Helena Paparizou and France were the only good things at that night and really don’t fit at the “karaoke night” concept that you describe!
excellent video.
2001 has a special place in my heart as I was 9 at the time and listened to the album loads, but this commentary is hilarious and for so many of the acts (some are a bit too professional) it seems spot on ;D also Estonia winning it at the pub night makes perfect sense and the same goes for eurovision. they are not my personal winners but get way too much hate.
@@JescGirl Yup I think Dave Benton is still the oldest performer to win Eurovision and the only black person.
2001 was a definite low point, though my personal least favourite remains 1999- the loss of the orchestra was a real trauma and to my mind the single worst decision in the history of the contest- don't @ me.
I think the changes in the media landscape at the turn of the century in general were hurting the contest. Audiences for terrestrial television were dropping and the Internet, such a crucial part of the modern contest, was still very much in its infancy.
I will give DR credit for trying to hold the contest in a stadium 🏟- still the largest venue used in history- even if it really didn't work well in practice. Fun fact- the 38,000 tickets for the final sold out in under an hour- so there was enthusiasm in Denmark at least.
@@shaneheneghan9097
You have been @'ed
I will never unhear Russia 2001 is SpongeBob 😂 Great video, I’ve just been through a rewatch of that year and I do agree it’s the worst quality of songs. We need another for 2004!
No, there was 2011 ! Unoriginal and boring music, votes for the neighbors because the songs were so bad...
But at least we had Zdob şi Zdub
Hilarious 🤣
This makes sense why I stopped watching around this time. I was around 13 and I guess I just felt Eurovision was not cool. I’m so happy I rediscovered the joy a few years ago
the stage is AWFUL
2002 was even worse
The Worst Eurovision ever? Are you kidding me?
@@karlssonjlam
Commenting on a video you haven't watched? Are you kidding me?
these analogies are not working mama, could next video have actual facts about the performers 😭😭
Who said there will be a next video?
@@morbidsearch You still have to do one about 1991. :)
9-11 made atmosphere very subdued
@@BJ-wd2ty
This contest took place 4 months before 9/11 O_o