Greg James and Russell Kane present a look at all the ingredients needed to become a Eurovision winner, celebrating the UK's successes and also its hall of shame. (c) BBC
@@owainthomas2316 no it wasn't. The song was modern, with traditional Ukrainian melodies and a great message of love to a mother. It was in the bookmakers tops even before the ruzzian full scale war.
@@lyalyalya2 Disagree, I'd say it was more of a 6 - 8th place song there were songs that were better like Sweden, Serbia and the UK who were the real winners really
@@Dim4323 the bloc voting and public voting makes it almost entirely political. It is no coincidence we’ve been in the dump since 2003, hmmm I wonder what the UK did that year. The show isn’t even so bad it’s good anymore it’s just bad, they’re trying too hard and it’s hideously over-produced.
Greetings from Norway. I loved all the Norway rants. Nocturne, Sami Ædnan etc. They were all hilarious!! My favorite one however was the Jan Teigen rant. "Mil etter mil," translates to "bag of shite!!" Not true at all, but either way I fell on the floor dying of laughter. Never expected it, but at the same time very typical British sense of humor.
I'm annoyed they put Blue in the Hall of Shame lol, cos the song was brilliant and there was nothing wrong with it. It was the UK's best entry in YEARS!
I love how they invited Jemini, Daz Sampson and the likes, put them in the "Hall of Shame" in the same show and they all got along with it smilingly. This would have been deemed rude and probably caused some rage in Germany. That's one of things I always adored about the British, that they are able to laugh about themselves. That being said, I think Scooch and Blue were being robbed, but I am so glad that Sam Ryder took away those tired old excuses of "Europe doesn't like us" and "It's all political" and proved that you just need to send a current artist with a good song to fare well at Eurovision.
Ireland won it 7 times, more than any other country, so technically they are the Kings of Eurovision, not UK. Johnny Logan is also the King of Eurovision winning it twice.
Yeah, but UK have also come second 15 times, while Ireland has only come second four times, and finishing outside of the top 5 was relatively normal for Ireland, unlike the UK who generally finished in the top 5 until twenty years ago
PendulumFTW UK have been in the Eurovision longer than Ireland though. Ireland didn't enter until 1965. And its wins that determines who's been the most successful, not 2nd place.
@@gustafsjoblom6914 Technically speaking, in 1987 he won as both performer and songwriter. Fun fact: he also wrote the 1984 Irish entry "Terminal 3", which finished second and was performed by Linda Martin -- the very same Linda who won 8 years later with Logan's "Why me". 😎🍀🇮🇪
@@IndreAr Because the contest cannot be won by only by humour and sarcasm. You have to have a good song, a good performer and a good idea. As your country did in both 2020 and 2021. In the UK, we'll never have our own "The Roop" if the UK only ever wants to make jokes.
Serbia is the only country in ESC that didnt have a single word in english in their songs. Everything was sung in serbian. And it worked rather well for them
UK: "We've won 5 times!" Also UK: "But we've been runners-up 15 times." Yet Again UK: "Also, We're Rubbish" Sam Ryder: *Are you sure about that?* Mae Muller: *Yes, we are.* Olly Alexander: *I sort of agree with her...*
1. Linda Martin came 2nd in 1984 with “Terminal 3” 2. Turkish Sertab Erener won in 2003 with rap bridge in her song “Everyway That I Can” 3. Dschingis (Gengis) Chan came 4th in 1979 (which I consider a good result) - besides, it was the band’s name anyway 4. I think they had mentioned “juries didn’t like/think/agree” while referencing early 2000s entries - Eurofans are pretty meticulous about these sort of mistakes, especially when it comes to voting rules, mixing years when televote decided the winner with the juries driven years could be one of the biggest crime for hardcore Eurofans
Ultimate winner! Loreen? FORGOTTEN HER?! I mean the whole stage number combined with all was just magical and beyond anything we have seen in Eurovision! And if Norway was 4th ultimate winner, why shouldn't Loreen get higher? They said Alexander Rybak had a record that was impossible to beat and Loreen was like 16 points away from beating it! Isn't that worth something? Or that we recieved the most 12ths in history, 18 it was. Or the most played song around Europe for a while. It topped the lists! Has the record of clicks on spotify by ESC songs. I mean CANT YOU SEE IT?!
What about this year's top3?: 3 ballads, one James Bond-ish and one Country (def. not hip-hop) All of them completely dressed All of them in tune All of them in English Neither of them from Eastern Europe 2nd and 3rd about love, 1st song about personal growth, (though pretty much everything else about her was about love and world peace) 1st cause some political uproar, but she handled it well - and it was not part of the song All three of them dressed elegantly, 1st had just more glitter No dancing No gimmick (apart from the beard, but that's just facial hair, so it doesn't count) None trying to be funny I think they all did well and all three of them would have been worthy winners. As an Austrian, I am glad that we finally had an Eurovision entry that was memorable in a different way than Global Kryners, Alf Poier or Trackshittaz.
No gimmick (apart from the beard, but that's just facial hair, so it doesn't count)--> I saw a picture of Conchita as a man,he hasn't got any beard. There is ONE gimmick in the top 3 of this year! *applause*
Really annoyed that they didn't do more research. "Samiid Ædnan" 's 'elolelole' is a way of singing for the Sapmi people. It's part of their culture and not just sounds. Read your books, please.
To be fair, Slovenia's entry from that year got 4th place in the jury but the televoters pushed them down to 22nd, finishing 13th overall, so don't act like the juries have all the power. And in my opinion, Slovenia was far better than Blue
The reason the UK doesn't win Eurovision.... They have: Sam Smith, One direction, Emile Sande, Adele, Leona Lewis, Jessie J etc They send: Electro velvet, Javine, Engelbert
+why are you looking at my username exactly!!! look at what happened in 2009; When they were only past the tenth voting country out of the 42 and Alexander Rybak was already a lot of points ahead of the second place, the following votings were extremely boring and predictable.
Timeline of rap in Eurovision 2006: 19th place - 🇬🇧 2012: last place in their semi - 🇦🇹 2018: 6th place - 🇨🇿 2021: 21st place - 🇸🇲 Well Daz was right (kinda).
They forgot to mention that for the 'topics to avoid' that Terminal 3 came second and the singer Linda Martin ended up winning in on her second try in 1992.
Its now January 2nd 2019 so Happy New Year 2019. Now to my point. I dont know how you select your song and act in the UK, but here is how we do it in Sweden. You know Sweden that has won Eurovision 7 times. In 2019 we going to have 4 qualifying rounds in 4 different citys. In every qualifying round there are 2 acts going directly to the final and 2 acts to 2nd chance. After the 4th qualifying we have 8 acts already in the final and 8 acts that will battle it out in a 2nd chance and only 2 will make it to the final. That way hopefully we have the 10 best acts and songs in the final. This year it all starts in Gothenburg February 2nd and ens with the final in Stockholm on March 9.
Rickard Sutej no I don't know Sweden who have won it 7 times, because you haven't won it 7 times you've won it 6. And we to have a public vote and the only reason we don't have a similar layout to melodi festivalen is because there isn't a big enough following over here and the BBC wouldn't fund it. You've won it once more than we have so calm down and stop acting like you're the only country ever to won because last time I checked Ireland has you beat in the number of wins as they actually have won it 7 times.
There is no single note out of tune in Poland's 1995 entry. It is just as it was supposed to be, but that's probably too avant-garde for most. Listen to the studio version if you don't believe me. It was Justyna's style back then.
Fun fact about Austria in 2012 with Trakshittaz, they won over Conchita Wurst that year with 3 percent more. Conchita sung "That's What I Am" at the preselection. :P
It's funny how they put Germany's Wadde Hadde Du De Da? in the "What to avoid" section... because Stefan Raab successfully trolled the ESC. That was his goal and he reached it. xD Even Top 10.
As a German, I feel for the Brits because God knows, we've sent some pretty questionable stuff to the ESC in the last 15 years as well 😀. I think the UK is at a disadvantage since there is no language rule anymore. Obviously English is the world language, but since the participating countries no longer have to sing in their national languages, this has become an advantage for many, because the songs are much more likely to be understood linguistically. To sum up, with a few exceptions, the UK simply hasn't made it onto the map since Jemini, but I think partly rightly so: Daz Sampson, Scooch, Josh Dubovie and Electro Velvet didn't need to be. Sorry, you should know better that rap from Manchester, Eurotrash and Stock Aitken Waterman pop are no longer relevant in the modern Eurovision era. Engelbert and Bonnie Tyler came across as pure acts of desperation to me, although Engelbert had a lovely song, in my opinion. Andy Abraham, Blue and Molly were okay and Jade even better, but I don't remember much about the rest. Like the Germans, the Brits just need to get back to their roots and present something authentic and well-crafted.
Most Finnish people don't class themselves as part of Scandinavia. Officially Scandinavia is Sweden, Norway and Denmark, sometimes with Iceland included but Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland together are all Nordic countries. There's a difference however slight.
Gabriel Sandberg You are wrong... Scandinavia comprises the three kingdoms of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. Finland is just part of the Nordic countries. Idiot..
Gabriel Sandberg lolno... Scandinavia is Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The Scandinavian peninsula is Norway and Sweden. The Nordic countries are Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland
***** Finland is in the Scandinavian Peninsula along with Sweden and Norway, Denmark is not there, but it's more of a cultural linguistic term, so pretty officially Scandinavia is Sweden, Norway, Denmark and kind of Iceland.
Thank God Austria has recovered from the performances in 2003, 2005 and 2012 Design. After the Trakshittaz what has especially anything to do with tractors, I thought, "Ok, we will never recover." Udo Jürgens success in 1966 will remain our only. And well, everything after 2014 is known as a miracle.
Title: "How to win Eurovision" Content: A bunch of D-list celebrities trash talking Eurovision with more focus on what didn't win than what did win BBC documentary making at its finest
Why can't we just the Japanese or South Korea to help us? I mean, look at any music video of JPOP and KPOP. They're out of this world, fun to watch and some are cheesy to watch (sorry, I love both JPOP and KPOP and it my guilty pressure of all time)
They should just sing: ''Voooooooooote fooooooooor this soooooooong if you waaaaaant world peace, ignoooooooooore for lots of waaaaaaars'' like on Facebook. Make it a ballad. Add fireworks. Have it perform last. Instant winner.
denalihedgehog But any other country who means it... because when Russia does it everyone's like "bullshit. You don't want that." But 2015 they came close :D
It can be true. Speaking about weirdness in Eurovision and not speaking about Spain 2008 with the Chikilicuatre??? Maybe too much for you haha :) Good video, regards from Spain!!
Please please release a new one :) I think during past years you'll find out smth more to comment :)) I'm watching this every year last few years on Eurovision season.... Really need smth new :p
What’s so irritating to me with the uk in eurovision the last few decades is that they look down on the contest and are quite offensive about other countries’ cultures and music traditions. But they simultaneously want to win really badly, but choose the corniest songs without the cheekiness or cleverness that makes a esc winner. And when they don’t win every single year they blame everything on politics and question the ones who’ve done well instead of making an actual effort. Just stop.
Benjamin Christensen I nearly came to blows with a lady at work about that. In the end, I said whatever you say Jenny, but she wouldn't let it go and was like, "no Finland is in Scandinavia", whereas I am a Norwegian and really, should know! Btw, I agree with you.
I guess life is a bubby!! But, ut,but,I m Czech,Hungarian and German who became American after our new immigrants were born Americans. We re all great singers and we sing loud for God will hear our pleas of praise to Him we give Thanks and adoration, Hallalujeh!
The commentator doesn't seem to have any idea of 'joiku' or 'juigos', the ethnical song tradition of Lapland which consists of repetition of meaningless syllables. The same goes for the hosts. And I don't like the way the make fun of it. 1:07:07
16:13 That was indeed an crazy plan. because most countries didn't use an Jury that year Only Albania and Monaco used it because there could not produce an valid Televote.
“Eurovision and rap don’t really go together.”
Kalush Orchestra: *Allow us to introduce ourselves.*
That was a pity vote really though wasn't
@@owainthomas2316 no it wasn't. The song was modern, with traditional Ukrainian melodies and a great message of love to a mother.
It was in the bookmakers tops even before the ruzzian full scale war.
@@lyalyalya2 Disagree, I'd say it was more of a 6 - 8th place song there were songs that were better like Sweden, Serbia and the UK who were the real winners really
@Owain Thomas Not the UK sadly.
@@lyalyalya2yes it definitely was. Even this years got almost 200 televotes and it was totally forgettable
Who's watching this in 2023? BBC should make a new, updated episode for the modern era
UK just keeps sending crappy songs to Eurovision and then complains nobody likes them!
Its the public fault for the choices, i voted cindy for eurovsion.
We don't & after brexit the uk will never get to no 1 again
@@EMMYK1916 dont Blame brexit
Its the Uk public who keeping sending the wrong acts
With the Aception of blue, molly and James newman
@@Dim4323 the bloc voting and public voting makes it almost entirely political. It is no coincidence we’ve been in the dump since 2003, hmmm I wonder what the UK did that year. The show isn’t even so bad it’s good anymore it’s just bad, they’re trying too hard and it’s hideously over-produced.
@Zayden Raiden
No one is interested and that’s stalking that.
You know what, YOU JUST MADE THE LIST!!!!!
Coming back to this and hear, 'steer clear of yodelling', Romania send a song in 2017 with yodelling and finish 7th
Greetings from Norway. I loved all the Norway rants. Nocturne, Sami Ædnan etc. They were all hilarious!! My favorite one however was the Jan Teigen rant. "Mil etter mil," translates to "bag of shite!!" Not true at all, but either way I fell on the floor dying of laughter. Never expected it, but at the same time very typical British sense of humor.
I'm annoyed they put Blue in the Hall of Shame lol, cos the song was brilliant and there was nothing wrong with it. It was the UK's best entry in YEARS!
they did very well
The song might be okay but they performed terribly. The sounded like they never sang live.
@@romanarseniy have you listen
To any blue songs
Also it got bronze in a award and the telephone on 5th
@@Dim4323 I Love song Blue I can I am listen sometimes. I from Poland
Poland 1995 out of tune? It was an artistic entry and very ambitious one.
One of the best in that year.
Szymon Stellmaszyk but it sounded like a dog whistle
@@zdskillz849 Yes. That's a singing style.
Yodelling/Rap to avoid? HA! Romania came 7th this year with a yodelling song which had a rap part!! haha
Ukraine also won with rap
Here after Ukraine placed 3rd this year with a rap part.
I can relate to britain. I also think that everyone hates me- even when it turns out they just ignore me because I am boring.
I love how they invited Jemini, Daz Sampson and the likes, put them in the "Hall of Shame" in the same show and they all got along with it smilingly. This would have been deemed rude and probably caused some rage in Germany. That's one of things I always adored about the British, that they are able to laugh about themselves. That being said, I think Scooch and Blue were being robbed, but I am so glad that Sam Ryder took away those tired old excuses of "Europe doesn't like us" and "It's all political" and proved that you just need to send a current artist with a good song to fare well at Eurovision.
Ireland won it 7 times, more than any other country, so technically they are the Kings of Eurovision, not UK. Johnny Logan is also the King of Eurovision winning it twice.
Yeah, but UK have also come second 15 times, while Ireland has only come second four times, and finishing outside of the top 5 was relatively normal for Ireland, unlike the UK who generally finished in the top 5 until twenty years ago
PendulumFTW UK have been in the Eurovision longer than Ireland though. Ireland didn't enter until 1965. And its wins that determines who's been the most successful, not 2nd place.
Actually Johnny Logan has won 3 times. Twice as the Artist and one additional time as songwriter with 'Why Me' .
@@gustafsjoblom6914 Technically speaking, in 1987 he won as both performer and songwriter. Fun fact: he also wrote the 1984 Irish entry "Terminal 3", which finished second and was performed by Linda Martin -- the very same Linda who won 8 years later with Logan's "Why me". 😎🍀🇮🇪
Johnny Logan’s not the only person to have won it twice anymore.
How to win Eurovision.
Move to Sweden
Please BBC, no more programmes like this presented by people who just don't care about the contest.
It’s a guilty pleasure in the UK. Everyone loves it but pretends to hate it.
Why not? It's funny, it's sarcastic and anybody who likes Eurovision still has humor...
@@IndreAr Because the contest cannot be won by only by humour and sarcasm. You have to have a good song, a good performer and a good idea. As your country did in both 2020 and 2021. In the UK, we'll never have our own "The Roop" if the UK only ever wants to make jokes.
11th is respectable. They even got top five in televotes
And won broze in the other vote
the ice skater in Russia's 2008 win shown is Evgeni Plushenko, one of the greatest figure skaters to ever have lived
Serbia is the only country in ESC that didnt have a single word in english in their songs. Everything was sung in serbian. And it worked rather well for them
Until 2015... Still worked out 😂
Until 1974 every winner sang in their own language.
@@ellabl4184 because of the rules...
"Eurovision and Rap doesn't go well together" - Has not aged well, aye?
They anticipated "Love, Love, Peace, Peace" tho
UK: "We've won 5 times!"
Also UK: "But we've been runners-up 15 times."
Yet Again UK: "Also, We're Rubbish"
Sam Ryder: *Are you sure about that?*
Mae Muller: *Yes, we are.*
Olly Alexander: *I sort of agree with her...*
I hate Sam Ryder
@@jamesmitchell8922 😭 what did Sam do to you
@@Unfortunate2857 He's an overrated vocalist.
@@jamesmitchell8922 YA BARRED AGAIN!
This year, it depends on how Olly Alexander does on the night.
Daz Sampson was right when he said "We will finish top 5 in Eurovision"
It just happened to be Jade Ewen who'd do it
and in 2022 we came 2nd
This wa actually a really entertaining program, thumbs up BBC
1. Linda Martin came 2nd in 1984 with “Terminal 3”
2. Turkish Sertab Erener won in 2003 with rap bridge in her song “Everyway That I Can”
3. Dschingis (Gengis) Chan came 4th in 1979 (which I consider a good result) - besides, it was the band’s name anyway
4. I think they had mentioned “juries didn’t like/think/agree” while referencing early 2000s entries - Eurofans are pretty meticulous about these sort of mistakes, especially when it comes to voting rules, mixing years when televote decided the winner with the juries driven years could be one of the biggest crime for hardcore Eurofans
Thanks to this show, the Trackshittaz has been my fav ESC guilty pleasure!
Ultimate winner! Loreen? FORGOTTEN HER?!
I mean the whole stage number combined with all was just magical and beyond anything we have seen in Eurovision!
And if Norway was 4th ultimate winner, why shouldn't Loreen get higher?
They said Alexander Rybak had a record that was impossible to beat and Loreen was like 16 points away from beating it! Isn't that worth something? Or that we recieved the most 12ths in history, 18 it was. Or the most played song around Europe for a while. It topped the lists! Has the record of clicks on spotify by ESC songs.
I mean CANT YOU SEE IT?!
What about this year's top3?:
3 ballads, one James Bond-ish and one Country (def. not hip-hop)
All of them completely dressed
All of them in tune
All of them in English
Neither of them from Eastern Europe
2nd and 3rd about love, 1st song about personal growth, (though pretty much everything else about her was about love and world peace)
1st cause some political uproar, but she handled it well - and it was not part of the song
All three of them dressed elegantly, 1st had just more glitter
No dancing
No gimmick (apart from the beard, but that's just facial hair, so it doesn't count)
None trying to be funny
I think they all did well and all three of them would have been worthy winners. As an Austrian, I am glad that we finally had an Eurovision entry that was memorable in a different way than Global Kryners, Alf Poier or Trackshittaz.
Exactly. This proves that there's no formula to winning Eurovision.
No gimmick (apart from the beard, but that's just facial hair, so it doesn't count)--> I saw a picture of Conchita as a man,he hasn't got any beard. There is ONE gimmick in the top 3 of this year! *applause*
gugusse3110
Beards grow. That picture was at least years old.
lol 11th place is not that bad, stop complaining about bloc voting and send something good for once
Blue did very well
I'm sure Turkey's 1980 entry about Petrol had something to do with a Middle Eastern oil dispute at the time
Actually, it just had to do with a guy, whose was supposedly "Petr'oil"
there was petroil crisis in the world at that time
Neil Baker it was about it actually 😂
Clever guy!…👏
Hall Of Shame: Electro Valvet 2015 24th palace
***** Yes, it was a great song... until they went up the stage
take Blue out and put Electro Valvet in
It was a 1920s swing, trying to be the age of Downton abbey.
The song was ment to be a swing like it was downton abby.
The problem was the backing dancers and that was that.
It was never going to succeed.
In fact, it should have got Nil Points because of how rubbish it was.
We even made a programme on how to win and we still can't
Really annoyed that they didn't do more research. "Samiid Ædnan" 's 'elolelole' is a way of singing for the Sapmi people. It's part of their culture and not just sounds. Read your books, please.
In case anyone is interested: "Woki mit deim Popo" means "shake your ass"
Well this year a Romanian yodel-rap fusion came 7th overall and done even better with the public (I think it came 5th)
Well, speaking about Blue, they were actually on the 5th position considering only the Televoting results. The guys were robbed by the jury.. :-/
To be fair, Slovenia's entry from that year got 4th place in the jury but the televoters pushed them down to 22nd, finishing 13th overall, so don't act like the juries have all the power.
And in my opinion, Slovenia was far better than Blue
PendulumFTW I agree with you about Slovenia, and I don't have anything against the voting system - I was just mentioning some facts..))
i have to admit your right i mean i thought Blue would get the UK in the top 5 :o
They were 11th it was a great achievement
The reason the UK doesn't win Eurovision....
They have: Sam Smith, One direction, Emile Sande, Adele, Leona Lewis, Jessie J etc
They send: Electro velvet, Javine, Engelbert
+MANOS PANAGOPOULOS true
+MANOS PANAGOPOULOS I think BBC do it because they want to find Eurovision fun, and not easy to win. France, Germany and Spain would have no chance!!
+why are you looking at my username exactly!!! look at what happened in 2009; When they were only past the tenth voting country out of the 42 and Alexander Rybak was already a lot of points ahead of the second place, the following votings were extremely boring and predictable.
bonnie tyler daz Samson etc etc
MANOS PANAGOPOULOS HA LEGENDARY
1:44:12 - History repeats itself 2022 🥈
I wish America had something like this. All of the states could compete.
They do now, started this year.
Javina problem with touch my fire was 2 problems was She had a throat infection and she was in 2nd to perform and 2nd perform was a curse
"Did Nelson turn back at the battle of Waterloo?" So apparently Nelson was at Waterloo despite having been dead for 10 years, production team?
Bold of you to assume this thing had a production team
Switzerland is not in scandanavia.
1234smileface Neither is Finland!
Nor is Iceland.
Scandinavia: Norway Denmark and Sweden only.
Finland is Nordic actually.. Used to be Scandinavian... But not always included
Finland is NOT part of Scandinavia... It's a Nordic country.
+Sipu97 it's not even nordic
kenan behemoth
Give me reasons why it wouldn't be.
Sipu97
sorry they're nordic, my bad, it's because all of the confusion scandinavia, scandinavian peninsula, nordic, lapland and all that nonsense
kenan behemoth
That's okay, it can be confusing if you don't live there :)
Timeline of rap in Eurovision
2006: 19th place - 🇬🇧
2012: last place in their semi - 🇦🇹
2018: 6th place - 🇨🇿
2021: 21st place - 🇸🇲
Well Daz was right (kinda).
2022: 1st place ...
U forgot Manizha for Russia in 2021 no. 9 , I believe
Uk 1995
I come from the future. All of the songs that came Top 3 this year had rapping in them
@@TimeG37 this was two years ago though…
BBC: how to win Eurovision
Also BBC: sends rubbish almost every year for the last decade
They forgot to mention that for the 'topics to avoid' that Terminal 3 came second and the singer Linda Martin ended up winning in on her second try in 1992.
Loved it. Russel Cain - excellent stuff.
stop making fun of ireland.....they got more eurovision titles than great britain :) so the true king of eurovision is ireland...7 wins :)
They were making fun of everybody, don't take it personally, just laugh ;)
Its now January 2nd 2019 so Happy New Year 2019.
Now to my point.
I dont know how you select your song and act in the UK, but here is how we do it in Sweden. You know Sweden that has won Eurovision 7 times.
In 2019 we going to have 4 qualifying rounds in 4 different citys. In every qualifying round there are 2 acts going directly to the final and 2 acts to 2nd chance. After the 4th qualifying we have 8 acts already in the final and 8 acts that will battle it out in a 2nd chance and only 2 will make it to the final. That way hopefully we have the 10 best acts and songs in the final. This year it all starts in Gothenburg February 2nd and ens with the final in Stockholm on March 9.
Rickard Sutej no I don't know Sweden who have won it 7 times, because you haven't won it 7 times you've won it 6. And we to have a public vote and the only reason we don't have a similar layout to melodi festivalen is because there isn't a big enough following over here and the BBC wouldn't fund it.
You've won it once more than we have so calm down and stop acting like you're the only country ever to won because last time I checked Ireland has you beat in the number of wins as they actually have won it 7 times.
@@Lucas-ec5db It was Sweden’s Seventh victory last year.
@@clarkejoseph49 And my comment is five years old 😬😂
There is no single note out of tune in Poland's 1995 entry. It is just as it was supposed to be, but that's probably too avant-garde for most. Listen to the studio version if you don't believe me. It was Justyna's style back then.
Why should the Brits be bothered with something so trivial? Their contribution to rock and pop music is unparallelled.
+Rainer Vilumaa They're not bothered. Hence this farcical TV programme and no win since the 90s.
Because it's fun. That's why.
Fredi and friends made me choke... greetings from Finland!
How to win Eurovision?
LOVE LOVE PEACE PEEAAAAACE
And A Burning Fake Piano
@@zdskillz849 PEACE PEACE LOVE LOVE
OllyDarcy LOVE PEACE PEACE LOVE
@@hisuianpitch And a Russian man on skates
AND YOU WILL BE THE BEEEEEEEEEESST
Fun fact about Austria in 2012 with Trakshittaz, they won over Conchita Wurst that year with 3 percent more. Conchita sung "That's What I Am" at the preselection. :P
It's funny how they put Germany's Wadde Hadde Du De Da? in the "What to avoid" section... because Stefan Raab successfully trolled the ESC. That was his goal and he reached it. xD Even Top 10.
39:49 wow hes not kidding it does sound the same backwards as forwards.
1:10:40 That's a bit ironic to say since UK gave us 12 points for Jedward. And 10 points in 2012
As a German, I feel for the Brits because God knows, we've sent some pretty questionable stuff to the ESC in the last 15 years as well 😀. I think the UK is at a disadvantage since there is no language rule anymore. Obviously English is the world language, but since the participating countries no longer have to sing in their national languages, this has become an advantage for many, because the songs are much more likely to be understood linguistically. To sum up, with a few exceptions, the UK simply hasn't made it onto the map since Jemini, but I think partly rightly so: Daz Sampson, Scooch, Josh Dubovie and Electro Velvet didn't need to be. Sorry, you should know better that rap from Manchester, Eurotrash and Stock Aitken Waterman pop are no longer relevant in the modern Eurovision era. Engelbert and Bonnie Tyler came across as pure acts of desperation to me, although Engelbert had a lovely song, in my opinion. Andy Abraham, Blue and Molly were okay and Jade even better, but I don't remember much about the rest. Like the Germans, the Brits just need to get back to their roots and present something authentic and well-crafted.
And Finland isn't scandinavia
Most Finnish people don't class themselves as part of Scandinavia. Officially Scandinavia is Sweden, Norway and Denmark, sometimes with Iceland included but Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland together are all Nordic countries. There's a difference however slight.
Gabriel Sandberg
You are wrong... Scandinavia comprises the three kingdoms of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. Finland is just part of the Nordic countries. Idiot..
Gabriel Sandberg lolno... Scandinavia is Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The Scandinavian peninsula is Norway and Sweden. The Nordic countries are Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland
Gabriel Sandberg *cough* Fennoscandia
***** Finland is in the Scandinavian Peninsula along with Sweden and Norway, Denmark is not there, but it's more of a cultural linguistic term, so pretty officially Scandinavia is Sweden, Norway, Denmark and kind of Iceland.
1:41 Lindsay Dracass was incredible thank you very much!
Thanks for this video. so hilarious.
Olly alexander is now in hall of shame
We should send McFly, The Vamps, Take That, Robbie Williams. People like that who are successful in Europe and even America
And steps
Anthony Barratt steps would be elite
Lithuania
Swap Blue with Andy Abraham! (The Hall of Shame)
What wrong with Andy Abraham, he had a good song even if but i did hear that was Armature.
@@Dim4323 I think it was the Bloc Voting that was to blame.
14:32 What about Yodel rap? Asking for Romania
23:17 Hoping Hungary proves him right and does well this year.
Thank God Austria has recovered from the performances in 2003, 2005 and 2012 Design. After the Trakshittaz what has especially anything to do with tractors, I thought, "Ok, we will never recover." Udo Jürgens success in 1966 will remain our only. And well, everything after 2014 is known as a miracle.
Jemini actually had their microphone going out every time they sang a good part! They would have got a point!
They should have mentioned Silvia Night and her fake tantrum. That was hilarious.
Title: "How to win Eurovision"
Content: A bunch of D-list celebrities trash talking Eurovision with more focus on what didn't win than what did win
BBC documentary making at its finest
Why can't we just the Japanese or South Korea to help us? I mean, look at any music video of JPOP and KPOP. They're out of this world, fun to watch and some are cheesy to watch (sorry, I love both JPOP and KPOP and it my guilty pressure of all time)
guilty pleasure for me as well :3
CheeseWithToastOn lmao big mood😂
Beautiful video from Italy
this really isnt funny. the issue is the bbc and the internal team needing to be replaced. plus terry wogan damaged public attitude way too much.
Sorry, but it is funny... And before anybody put me on trial, I'm Eurovision fan and still understand sarcasm and humor
Belgium's acapella was great :P
52:43 Dizzee Rascal? Are you kidding? Did we not just go over Eurovision and rap being a terrible idea?
If we want to tryout the bloc voting, I might suggest a bloc voting cartel between the UK, Ireland, Australia, and all of the other big 5 countries.
I disagree on blue being on the hall of shame they were great being 11th
All they said was - 'Joining their Scandinavian friend it's Switzerland'
They didn't say it was in Scandinavia
We wre placed 3rd last in the juries but in the televote we placed below Sweden with about 198 points
I don't get why the guide says to avoid singing about pirates. It got Latvia to 12th place, and they've come last in the semi-finals 3 times
Honestly, Engelbert’s song was really good that year! I remember really liking it
Yep.
The two problems were that he was up first and no one was interested.
i just posted my entry to represent UK at the 2015 eurovision. the song is called defy and its on my channel
I looked on your channel and I can't find it. :-(
yes, I was contacted by the bbc introducing for eurovision and I was put down, so I gave up lol.I removed it aha.
Also Josh James released a RUclips called Weth and selth doubt he explained it was Lamb to the slaughter
I thought this video was privatized thanks to that thumbnail...
They should just sing: ''Voooooooooote fooooooooor this soooooooong if you waaaaaant world peace, ignoooooooooore for lots of waaaaaaars'' like on Facebook. Make it a ballad. Add fireworks. Have it perform last. Instant winner.
+Minnie Halfswinger Russia did that last three years - it didn't help =)
denalihedgehog But any other country who means it... because when Russia does it everyone's like "bullshit. You don't want that." But 2015 they came close :D
***** Hungary did that last year. too. Still no help
denalihedgehog I said we need fireworks and have it perform close to last.
***** no peace songs this year :(
wel , good luck from the netherlands !!
It can be true. Speaking about weirdness in Eurovision and not speaking about Spain 2008 with the Chikilicuatre??? Maybe too much for you haha :)
Good video, regards from Spain!!
Please please release a new one :) I think during past years you'll find out smth more to comment :)) I'm watching this every year last few years on Eurovision season.... Really need smth new :p
Is that Celine Dion in the Swiss flag?
Yeah, she represented Switzerland in Eurovision 1988.
And she wasn't the only Canadian to represent Switzerland. There was also Annie Cotton in 1993
What’s so irritating to me with the uk in eurovision the last few decades is that they look down on the contest and are quite offensive about other countries’ cultures and music traditions. But they simultaneously want to win really badly, but choose the corniest songs without the cheekiness or cleverness that makes a esc winner. And when they don’t win every single year they blame everything on politics and question the ones who’ve done well instead of making an actual effort. Just stop.
(member of Scooch): "Would you like something to suck on for landing?" (guy with the glasses): "Wow, he said that in quite an aggressive way..." lol
The juries fucked us over in 2011, if you break down the scores we were 5th in televoting and 22ND IN THE JURY VOTE!! WHAT THE HELL
Thanks for uploading the best 2 hours of my life :)
PendulumFTW But Finland is not a part of Scandinavia, so it doesn't make sense for them to say that Switzerland joined their Scandinavian friends.
Finland is part of Scandinavia, (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
julian Kuipers No, that is the Nordic countries. Scandinavia consists of Norway, Sweden and Denmark. I should know, I live there.
Oh, thats also possible.
Benjamin Christensen I nearly came to blows with a lady at work about that. In the end, I said whatever you say Jenny, but she wouldn't let it go and was like, "no Finland is in Scandinavia", whereas I am a Norwegian and really, should know! Btw, I agree with you.
Actually technically it's only Sweden and Norway that's Scandinavia but we're nice to Denmark at let them in! :)
I guess life is a bubby!! But, ut,but,I m Czech,Hungarian and German who became American after our new immigrants were born Americans. We re all great singers and we sing loud for God will hear our pleas of praise to Him we give Thanks and adoration, Hallalujeh!
If we ever win again, the BBC should do the Hall of Shame to fill the commercial breaks, to show Europe how far we have come lol
At 48, on creative La La La"'s, Norways "Whatever this is" are actual words repeated ;)
Lol that women "I don't think we should try a comedy song"
.... Bang!!!!!!!! Electro velvet 2015!
The commentator doesn't seem to have any idea of 'joiku' or 'juigos', the ethnical song tradition of Lapland which consists of repetition of meaningless syllables. The same goes for the hosts. And I don't like the way the make fun of it. 1:07:07
+plaaperi Yeh it is quite ignorant :/
How to win Eurovision:
Have a clean history, live in the east of europe
In the Swedish final, ABBA actually sang the song in Swedish...
i have never watched eurovision.. i dont know why, but i miss it everytime O.o any adds in TV :D
Well, the grand final is on the 14th of May this year! Here's hoping you finally catch it.
Flying the flag is such a guilty pleasure.
16:13 That was indeed an crazy plan.
because most countries didn't use an Jury that year
Only Albania and Monaco used it because there could not produce an valid Televote.