#dublin 1997

[eurovision-revisited]

Dublin 1997: Televoting

It was only natural for Eurovision countries to try to select the meta if they wanted to do well. A stubborn, conservative and stagnant consensus had formed. The ballad-schlager axis.

Occasionally a new strand would emerge accidentally (traditional Celtic/Irish music), and there was a rush to exploit it. It did not last long, and once again Balladageddon re-established itself. In the real world, these songs were not selling.

There was a push to encourage national selections to be braver and some were, but nothing managed to challenge Eurovision orthodoxy. It was time for the EBU to take action.

The juries were the problem. Not only did they consistently fail to vote for the new or experimental, they also tended to favour neighbouring countries or countries with similar musical cultures to their own. Block voting had been an issue as far back as 1963 when there were accusations that the Norwegian jury changed their results to favour Denmark. It had never really gone away, and now it was discriminating against the newcomers.

The juries needs a shake-up.

Luckily there was a solution. Telecommunications technology had recently begun being able to handle televoting. Short phones calls to exchanges that could record numbers and could cope with a sudden burst of incoming calls. It had been used in several national finals for some years, even if there were some teething problems like those that afflicted the Finnish national selection final in 1996.

In 1997 the EBU took the plunge. Five countries with the most experience at running televotes were selected to replace their juries with 100% televoted results. These could be gathered and verified during the interval act. There was only a short time for voting, but it was enough. It had the additional benefit in that those televotes cost the callers money, so there was income to be generated, although at first that reward was taken by the telecommunications companies themselves.

Even in 1997, the results were there to be seen. Some counties that scored reasonably highly with juries, did not with the televote:

Slovenia got 60 points and finished 10th, but it didn't get a single point from the televoting countries.

Spain got 96 points and finished 6th, with 17 counties giving them points. Among those that gave them nothing were three of the televoting countries.

Malta, the perennial English-language boosted nation got 66 points, finishing 9th, but no points came from the televote.

Other countries were more favoured by the televote but not at all by the juries.

Iceland got all but 2 of its 18 points from the televote

Denmark got 10 of its 25 points from just three televoting countries

Bosnia & Herzegovina got 13 of its 22 points from four televoting countries in possibly the first case of televoting sympathy for a country recently at war (although I know it's hard not to vote for Alma)

There were still some oddities, and there was some neighbourly voting clearly remaining. The German televote gave Türkiye 12 points which could be the first instance diasporic voting, but Türkiye's song finished with 121 points and finished 3rd overall, so possibly not.

Was it a success? Well more data would be needed, but there were some shifts in the direction the EBU wanted to go. That data would start rushing in during the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest. The first one to be 100% televote. Well except for the three countries that still had juries. What would the brave new jury-less world look like?

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pop stars aren't born in the 70s anymore like they used to be. These days they're born in a year uncomfortably close to my own which makes me clutch my chest and cry out

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An Invitation to Dinner…

If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite? In response to the above prompt, here is who I would invite to dinner… 1. The operator of the US Navy ‘existing secret system designed to pick up audio’… I have many, many questions… 2. Mr Revenue Commissioner, so he can explain to me why we still pay Universal Social Charge. 3. Whoever is replacing the…

[dailyhistoryposts]

Famine (1997) by Rowan Gillespie. Bronze. Dublin, Ireland.

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Ya'll bitches who watched Masters of The Air?? Our boys Cleven and Crosby went WILD in academics.

Buck:

"After the Second World War, Cleven stayed in the US Air Force serving in Korea, Vietnam and with a spell at the Pentagon. He retired in 1964 with the rank of Colonel. While in the service Cleven had earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a doctorate in physics and following retirement initially worked in IT for Hughes Aircraft. Later he took over the management of Webber College in Florida which at the time had only fifty students and a poor reputation. He was able to turn it around and it later became a university specializing in business studies. " - Gale Winston Cleven | American Air Museum IM SORRY A FUCKING DOCTORATE IN PHYSICS???? COLONEL. DR. GALE WINSTON "BUCK" CLEVEN???? Croz:

"On returning to the US, Crosby resumed his studies, completing his M.A. in 1947 and his PhD in 1953. He taught English composition, writing several books on the subject. He also carried out work for the US Air Force Academy and the Pakistan Air Force Academy. In 1993, Harper Collins published his memoir of his wartime experiences, titled A Wing and a Prayer." - Harry Herbert Crosby | American Air Museum

"Returning to school, Crosby graduated from the University of Iowa in 1947 with his master's degree, and then earned his PhD from Stanford University in 1953, where Wallace Stegner supervised his dissertation. Harry taught English composition and American literature at the University of Iowa, and was the Writing Supervisor of the Rhetoric Program (1950–1958).[2]

In 1958, Crosby moved with his wife and four children to Newton, Massachusetts, for a faculty position at the College of Basic Studies (CBS) at Boston University. He retired from Boston University in 1984, after chairing the Department of Rhetoric at CBS and authoring or co-authoring with CBS colleagues six textbooks on college writing:[2]

College Writing – The Rhetorical Imperative; Harper & Row, 1968 Just Rhetoric, Crosby/Esty; Harper & Row 1972 The Shape of Thought: An Analytical Anthology, Bond/Crosby; Harper & Row, 1978 Building College Spelling Skills, Crosby/Emery; Little Brown; 1981 Better Spelling in 30 Minutes a Day, Crosby/Emery; Harper Collins 1994 Skill Builders – A Spelling Workout, Crosby/Emery; Harper Collins, 1997

During his early retirement, Crosby served as Director of the Writing Center at Harvard University." - Harry Herbert Crosby - Wikipedia CROZ GRADUATED FROM FUCKING STANFORD, A PHD TOO!!! in conclusion, these boys are academic weapons P.S. Croz's Autobiography in case any of ya'll were interested: Amazon.com: A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II: 9781504067331: Crosby, Harry H.: Books and a list of libraries it's in across the world: A wing and a prayer : the "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in action over Europe in World War II | WorldCat.org

Mostly USA but as of (5/29/24 or 29/5/24) there are

457 in USA 8 in Canada 1 In Ireland (Dublin) 35 in UK

if you chose yes^ feel free to dm me/send an ask with facts or stories you find and i'll try my best to post them!! (you can send pictures with too!! my discord is badger_iii)

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Floraltalia AU | Song Headcanons (Part 2)

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Storia Di Musica #342 - The Corrs, Home, 2005

Le Storie musicali di band di fratelli e sorelle ci portano in Irlanda, per una band che tra fine anni '90 e inizi 2000 fu molto popolare. The Corrs, come suggerisce il nome, sono una band di tre sorelle e un fratello, i Corr appunto. La loro storia è molto particolare e si lega a quella di un film del 1991, divenuto di culto, ambientato a Dublino, da dove provengono i nostri. The Commitments, diretto da Alan Parker, racconta la storia di Jimmy Rabbitte e del suo tentativo di mettere su una band di soul e rhythm'n'blues a Dublino, The Commitments, appunto. Il film, che è anche uno spaccato dell'isola prima della travolgente trasformazione avvenuta negli ultimi decenni, fu trampolino di lancio di una serie di attori\cantanti che dopo il film si lanciarono in carriere musicali. E tra loro c'erano i fratelli Corr. Jim Corr suonava in una band con John Hughes, che curava per Parker le selezioni dei musicisti. Hughes non sapeva che Jim avesse tre sorelle musiciste, Caroline, Sharon e Andrea, con cui si presenta i provini. Andrea ottiene una parte di recitazione con battute (è Sharon, la sorella minore di Jimmy), gli altri tre fanno da comparse, ma Hughes dopo le riprese chiede di poter diventare il loro manager. Diventano una band, dove suonano diversi strumenti, anche quelli tradizionali irlandesi. Il primo grande trampolino di lancio è l'esibizione, nel 1994, per i Mondiali di Calcio di USA 94, seguita due anni dopo per la cerimonia d'Apertuna dei Giochi Olimpici di Atlanta '96. Vanno in tour a supporto di Celine Dion, mentre il loro primo disco, Forgiven, Not Forgotten, che comprende sia brani strumentali di musica tradizionali che canzoni pop rock, svetta nelle classifiche di mezzo mondo, diventando uno dei dischi d'esordio di artisti irlandesi più di successo di ogni tempo. Nel 1997 successo per Talk On Corners, partecipano al Pavarotti And Friends a Modena e ricevono nel 1999 un Brit Award come Miglior Band Internazionale, registrando persino un MTV Unplugged, che vende milioni di copie. Il successivo disco, In Blue, prodotto da Robert John "Mutt" Lange, li consacra star internazionali: il singolo Breathless va in classifica in mezzo mondo, come Radio, l'album è il terzo disco con le maggiori vendita della Storia delle Classifiche musicali d'Irlanda dopo il The Best Of 1980-1990 degli U2 e Be Nere Now degli Oasis. Sono nominati ai Grammy Awards. Registrano un altro disco dal vivo, VH1 Presents: The Coors Live In Dublin, con ospiti Bono che duetta con loro in When The Stars Go Blue di Bryan Adams (un gioiellino) e Summer Wine di Nancy Sinatra e Ronnie Wood dei Rolling Stones che suona la chitarra in Little Wing, cover del classico di Jimi Hendrix e in Ruby Tuesday. Succede però una fatto doloroso: Jean, la madre dei fratelli Corr, muore in attesa di un trapianto di fegato all'ospedale di Newcastle, in Gran Bretagna.

E proprio alla madre, e alla loro terra, è dedicato questo disco, Home, che esce nel 2005. L'album precedente, Borrowed Heaven, già aveva riaperto la strada del folk nella loro musica, che nei dischi di successo internazionale si era un po' persa, ma in questo disco si ritorna alle origini. In scaletta 12 pezzi, divisi tra strumentali tradizionali di musica celtica irlandese, come Haste To The Wedding, che è il brano principe del ballo Céilí, uno scritto da Sharon Corr, Old Hag e due cantati in lingua gaelica dalla bellissima voce di Andrea, Buachaill ón Éirne (che vuol dire Ragazzo di Erne) e Bríd Óg Ní Mháille, Bridget O'Malley, che probabilmente è una riedizione ottocentesca di un antico canto dedicato a santa Brigida d'Irlanda. Ancora più emozionate è la parte di canti tradizionali cantati in inglese: My Lagan Love è uno dei primi traditional scoperti da Joseph Campbell, che agli inizi del 1900 intraprese un percorso di ricerca e traduzione dei canti tradizionali, musicati e riportati sugli spartiti da Herbert Hughes; la meravigliosa Spancil Hill è invece un traditional, probabilmente scozzese, che venne riadattato dai migranti irlandesi in America, dove divenne molto famosa nella zona dei Monti Appalachi: lo spancil era un modo di legare le zampe dei capi di bestiame per non farli scappare durante le fiere. Dolcissime sono Peggy Gordon e la bellissima Black Is the Color, conosciuta anche come Black Is the Color Of My True Love's Hair, brani che raccontano il carattere forte e deciso delle donne di quei posti. The Moorlough Shore è una delle più famose ballate irlandesi: è la storia di un giovane, innamorato della sua terra e di una ragazza, che però rifiuta le sue avances perché ama già un marinaio. Aspetterà il suo vero amore per sette anni. Frustrato, il ragazzo lascia la casa della sua infanzia e salpa, continuando a elogiare la ragazza che ama e che vive a Moorlough Shore. Sulla sua melodia, durante gli anni della Rivoluzione dell'Indipendenza irlandese (negli anni Dieci del 1900) i rivoluzionari cantarono The Foggy Dew, il principe dei brani di libertà irlandese. Completano la scaletta tre cover di brani moderni: Heart Like A Wheel, successo di Kate & Anna McGarrigle, poi ripreso da tanti artisti (la versione più famosa di Linda Ronstand), Old Town del leader dei Thin Lizzy Phil Lynott e un brano, Dimming Of The Day, scritto da Richard e Linda Thompson per un loro disco del 1975, Pour Down Like Silver. La musica è arrangiata con delicatezza, agli strumenti moderni sono affiancati i tin whistle, il Bodhrán (che è il tamburello irlandese) e una sezioni archi, che è sempre stato un marchio di fabbrica della musica Corrs. Spicca la voce, brillante e squillante di Andrea Corr, emozionante in più di un passaggio. Il disco, che non è di successo come i precedenti, ha comunque successo in patria, In Australia e sorprendentemente in Francia, dove vende 100 mila copie.

Andrea Corr, che ha recitato anche in altri film, tra cui Evita con Madonna e da protagonista una semisconosciuta commedia canadese, The Boys From County Clare, tenterà, con scarso successo, anche la carriera solista, con Ten Feet High. I Corrs continuano a suonare e a pubblicare materiale (l'ultimo disco del 2017) ma non hanno più raggiunto il successo dei dischi pop, nè la delicatezza, e la bellezza, del disco di oggi, un bellissimo esempio di variazioni "moderne" ai classici tradizionali della cultura delle isole britanniche, un grande tesoro culturale.

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀seth  crawford  é  filho  de  poseidon  do  chalé  três  e  tem  26  anos  .  a  tv  hefesto  informa  no  guia  de  programação  que  ele  está  no  nível  iii  por  estar  no  acampamento  há  vinte  e  três  anos ( oito  meses  ) ,  sabia  ?  e  se  lá  estiver  certo  ,  seth  é  bastante  extrovertido  mas  também  dizem  que  ele  é  egocêntrico  .  mas  você  sabe  como  hefesto  é  ,  sempre  inventando  fake  news  pra  atrair  audiência  .

links  importantes : pinterest⠀·⠀connections⠀·⠀desenvolvimentos⠀·⠀extras

basics.

NOME  COMPLETO:  seth  crawford ,  apesar  do  nunca a ter visto , carrega  o  sobrenome  da  mãe  biológica. 

DATA  E  LOCAL  DE  NASCIMENTO:  nasceu  dia  14  de  dezembro  de  1997  ,  em  dublin  ,  irlanda

GÊNERO  E  ORIENTAÇÃO  SEXUAL:  se  identifica  como  cis  gênero  masculino  e  é  bissexual e birromântico

ATIVIDADES:  líder  da equipe  vermelha  de  canoagem

PODER E HABILIDADES: mockingjay  —  permite  copiar  a  voz  de  alguém  ,  mesmo  a  tendo  ouvido  uma  única  vez  e  possibilitando-o  emitir  uma  melodia  hipnotizante  e  poderosa  ,  semelhante  ao  canto  do  mockingbird  ,  que  pode  afetar  emocionalmente  todas  as  criaturas  próximas  ,  sejam  elas  humanas  ou  animais  .  o  poder  também  tem  uma  conexão  com  a  natureza  e  a  vida  selvagem  .  quando  entoada  ,  os  mockingbirds  reais  e  outras  aves  são  atra��dos  para  seth  ,  criando  um  espetáculo  incrível  de  asas  brancas  e  marrom  claro  voando  em  torno  dele  .  no  entanto  ,  o  poder  também  exige  cautela  -  se  usado  de  forma  excessiva  ou  sem  discernimento  ,  pode  esgotar  o  portador  e  enfraquecer  seu  emocional  .  além  disso  ,  o  impacto  emocional  pode  ser  tanto  positivo  quanto  negativo  ,  sendo  importante  que  seth  esteja  emocionalmente  equilibrado  e  focado  em  seus  objetivos  ;  força  e  reflexos  sobre  humanos. 

ARMA: ganhou  de  presente  de  seu  pai  uma  balestra  ,  onde  a  arma  em  si  é  feita  de  madeira  de  carvalho  fundida  com  ferro  estígio  ,  bem  como  as  flechas  forjadas  do  mesmo  metal. 

traits.

CARACTERÍSTICAS POSITIVAS: extrovertido  ,  responsável  ,  organizado  ,  paciente  ,  protetor  ,  engraçado  ,  atencioso  ,  confiante

CARACTERÍSTICAS NEGATIVAS: egocêntrico  ,  teimoso  ,  ciumento  ,  rancoroso  ,  indeciso  ,  dramático  ,  impaciente  ,  cético 

INSPIRAÇÕES:  aaron  samuels  (  mean  girls  )  ,  akeno  menzies  (  gossip  girl  )  ,  nate  archibald  (  gossip  girl  )  ,  gilbert  blythe  (  anne  with  an  e  )  ,  jj  maybank  (  outer  banks  )  ,  emmett  cullen  (  twilight  )  ,  ryan  howard  (  the  office  )

biography.

mesmo por de trás de toda tragédia, ainda existe o bem. ao menos, foi assim com seth. filho de poseidon, com uma jovem recém formada no ensino médio, a história do filho do deus dos mares começa antes mesmo dele ser concebido. conheceram-se durante um cruzeiro, o relacionamento que tiveram pode ser descrito como intenso, breve e marcante, para ambos. quando tiveram que se separar, poseidon tomado pelo carinho que havia nutrido, seguiu durante os meses seguintes a cuidando, de longe, apenas para que tivesse certeza que estava bem. percebeu, com o tempo, a mudança dela e descobriu que estava grávida. mas ele não podia retornar para a vida ela.

tw: suícidio

quando chegou a hora de dar a luz, a mulher sabia da responsabilidade que tinha. ela não podia manter a criança, pelo seu bem, pelo bem da criança e da sua reputação. sua família havia a enviado para a faculdade crente que estava indo estudar, e assim ela faria. estava decidida que daria o bebê para a adoção. porém, foi impossível. quando viu os olhos azuis parecidos com do homem das suas férias, ela foi tomada por um amor nunca antes conhecido. desesperada, sem saber o que fazer, jogou-se ao mar com o bebê.

fim do tw.

poseidon não poderia salvar os dois, precisava escolher um. e foi o filho. o deixou na beira da praia, em um cesto, para que alguma alma caridosa cuida-se da criança. porém, toda história de heróis existe aquele que cuida do pequeno. diferente do esperado, não foi um humano, e sim uma deusa. anfitrite, tomada pelo sofrimento da mãe que se jogou ao mar, decidiu que criaria o semideus escondido de poseidon, no mesmo lugar que havia se escondido dele.

poucos anos após, o deus acabou por descobrir o que sua esposa fizera, brigando com ela e explicando que não poderia, ele deveria ter tido a chance de crescer como qualquer outro semideus. indignada com a falta de zelo do marido, a deusa explicou que ele era muito pequeno e que teria sido morto por monstros antes mesmo da primeira noite. seth estava com três anos quando foi largado as margens do lago do acampamento meio sangue.

se alguém perguntasse a ele quando criança, diria que cresceu como qualquer outro semideus. claro que teve cuidados especiais até certa idade, mas nunca houve diferença na sua criação. muito pelo contrário, até ficar adolescente, nunca tivera nenhum contato com a tecnologia humana, tampouco tinha vontade de sair do acampamento. a influência de poseidon em seu dia-a-dia sempre fora forte, o fazendo ter ligação com os pegasus.

após a guerra contra gaia, se viu em uma encruzilhada. ele poderia permanecer no acampamento, mas tinha uma vida toda para descobrir depois das proteções que ali tinham. se arriscando por conta própria, saiu para poder viver outra realidade. naquele ano, experimentou tanta coisa e conheceu tantas pessoas, que já era um mochileiro pelo planeta. havia incorporado a seus princípios ideias de sustentabilidade e preservação ambiental, que havia começado um projeto na antártida, quando foi chamado para retornar o acampamento. chamado esse que sequer hesitou em responder.

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“You can't wash the blood from your hands as you can't wash the shame from the war.” Balkan Baroque (1997): Marina Abramović spent four days at @la_Biennale scrubbing cow bones and singing Serbian folksongs. She dedicated it to victims of the Yugoslav war. It also won the Golden Lion.

Imponderabilia (1977) by Abramović and Ulay, For this performance, members of the public had to squeeze between them in order to pass (and decide which one of them to face).

Rest Energy by Marina Abramović and Ulay was first performed in Dublin at ROSC in 1980.

Abramović’s early work was with sound. Aged 17, she hung speakers all around the building her family lived in and played the sound of a building falling down - everyone thought they were being bombed.

“It was a huge scandal.”

Rhythm 0.

Sinead Gleeson interviewed Marina Abramovic here: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/marina-abramovic-interview

Rhythm 5, 1974

The Hero, 2001.

The Artist is Present, 2010.

Marina Abramović, The House with the Ocean View, 2002.

Performance; 12 days.

Naked with Skeleton, 2005.

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Happy Birthday Mark McLachlan aka Marti Pellow, born March 23rd 1965, the same year as myself.

Picture the scene, a teenage Mark chatting to his dad in Clydebank, and telling him he was going to be a musician, according to Pellow the reply went something like this....'Are you on a hallucinogenic substance or something? What's wrong with getting out there and getting an apprenticeship? I'm a builder, your grandfather was a builder, your great-grandfather was a shipbuilder. What do you want to be a musician for?'

And so it was, Mark became Marti and Mclachlan, became Pellow.

In 1982, at the age of seventeen, Marti formed the band Vortex Motion, with three friends from Clydebank High School in his hometown, the bands name was later changed to Wet, Wet, Wet who went on to have numerous hit singles and albums.

PolyGram signed the group in 1985 and spent a fortune fine tuning them in, the group scored a hit two years later with "Wishing I Was Lucky," which reached number 6 in the charts, the album Popped In Souled Out was a huge success scoring them a debut number one, two more would follow.

The Wets, as they became known had more single success in 1988 with their first number one, a cover of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends" cut for the charity ChildLine.

Hit singles including Sweet Surrender and Goodnight Girl preceded a 1994 cover of the Troggs' "Love Is All Around" which spent an astounding 14 consecutive weeks atop the charts and was their third chart topper; however, in the wake of 1997's album, 10, the Wets began splintering amid copyright squabbles, and in May 1999 Pellow left the group.

Marti had a few minor hits as a solo artist but soon found fame in London's' West End in the hit stage musical Chicago.

Marti's mother passed away in 2003 and he was touched that all his ex band members attended the funeral, he recalled his mum saying that maybe Wet Wet Wet would get back together sometime and Marti later said in an interview "Moments like that put things into perspective - it wasn't all about music, it was more about a kinship between us." The band reformed the following year.

While the group haven't officially split the earlier success has eluded them, they still attract fans to their sell out concerts, Marti is still playing to audiences in London, his last role being Che Guevara in Evita aside from music he was the narrator in Willy Russell's Blood Brothers in 2015.

Pellow is currently touring singing some of his best-known songs on a UK-wide tour. He'll be playing former band Wet Wet Wet's debut album, Popped in Souled Out, in full - plus a string of other hits. The first night was at in Dublin and he played Glasgow's OVO Hydro last Saturday, he is in Leeds tonight, followed by Newcastle, London, Bournemouth and Birmingham.

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #446:

Over the 67 years of Eurovision, quite a few American contestants have taken part, one American even won the contest.

To begin, non-qualifying artists include:

Cyprus' 2006 representative and former backup singer for Brittany Spears, Annet Artani; both Austria and Slovenia's 2013 representatives, Natália Kelly and Hannah, respectively; finally Jimmie Wilson, who represented San Marino as part of a duo with Valentina Monetta in 2017.

Next, there were many qualifying American artists. Many of which made it into the top 10. For starters, artists that did not make the top 10 include:

1979's representative for Luxembourg, Jeane Manson; Denmark's 1981 representative Debbie Cameron, who took part as a duo with Tommy Seebach; Kim Cooper of The Rounder Girls, who represented Austria in 2000; Poland's 2008 representative Isis Gee; Oscar Loya of Alex Swings Oscar Sings, who represented Germany in 2009; Tamar Kaprelian of Genealogy, who represented Armenia in 2015; Bulgaria's 2018 contestants Trey Campbell and Johnny Manuel of the group Equinox; in 2021, Flo Rida featured in Senhit's performance for San Marino; and Poland's 2022 contestant Ochman.

Finally, a total of 6 American contestants have made the top 10. In order of placing, they are:

Rhonda Heath of the Silver Convention, who represented Germany in 1977, earning 8th place; Romina Power, who represented Italy twice with her then husband, Al Bano, once in 1976 and 1985 -- earning 7th place both times; Hungary's 2014 representative András Kállay-Saunders, who placed 5th; Wess, who performed with Dori Ghezzi in 1975 for Italy, placing 3rd; also placing 3rd was Greece's Kalomira, who took part in 2008; finally, taking home first place in 1997 was Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves, who represented the United Kingdom.

[Sources]

'Made in the USA - Americans who have competed at the Eurovision Song Contest,' Aussievision.net.

Participants of Athens 2006: Annet Artani, Eurovision.tv.

Annet Artani Biography, IMDb.com.

Participants of Malmö 2013: Natália Kelly, Eurovision.tv.

Natália Kelly, Wikipedia.org.

Participants of Malmö 2013: Hannah, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Kyiv 2017: Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Jerusalem 1979: Jeane Manson, Eurovision.tv.

Biografie, JeaneManson.com.

Debbie Cameron, IMDb.com.

Theroundergirls.at.

Participants of Belgrade 2009: Isis Gee, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Stockholm 2000: The Rounder Girls, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Moscow 2009: Alex Swings Oscar Sings!, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Vienna 2015: Genealogy, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Lisbon 2018: EQUINOX, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Turin 2022: Ochman, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of London 1977: Silver Convention, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of The Hague 1976: Romina and Al Bano, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Gothenburg 1986: Al Bano and Romina Power, Eurovision.tv.

Romina Power, IMDb.com.

Participants of Copenhagen 2014: András Kállay-Saunders, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Stockholm 1975: Wess and Dori Ghezzi, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Belgrade 2008: Kalomira, Eurovision.tv.

Dublin 1997, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Rotterdam 2021: Senhit, Eurovision.tv.

[eurovision-revisited]

Dublin 1997 - The interval act and other performances

The benefit of having a bona fide, 100% genuine pop star as a host is that the interval act is sorted. It's right there. In Oslo they had Morten Harket, and such was their extravagance, they had him as the opening song. They put on a huge separate interval act without him

Ireland and RTÉ weren't going to look a gift horse in the mouth and neither were Boyzone's management. The interval was Ronan and his fellow Boyzone band members performing their song Let the Message Run Free. Initially this just had Ronan on his own with a dance troupe, but he was soon joined by the boys dressed in full black leather trench coat ensemble, anticipating The Matrix by at least a year. They even got some choreography at the end to match the dancers.

This is Boyzone at the absolute pinnacle of their popularity. They were trying to make a push to break into the US market. To this day they're the second most popular boy band in the UK chart history after Take That. They're were also popular across Europe, so this is Eurovision getting a big name to start at the centre of the show - another attempt to get Eurovision to more credible and marketable across Europe.

If I'm honest, despite the contemporary big name, it's not particularly memorable. What you think of it will entirely depend on how well you think of Boyzone. There's no trip around Ireland on video. Nothing traditional, although Ireland have already ticked that off in 1994 and 1995. This is as straightforward a pop performance as you can get. And it only lasts about six minutes.

[vintageurovision]

Bianca Shomburg, Germany's representative in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, performs on stage during dress rehearsals at Dublin's Point Theatre on 3 May 1997 [photo: Peter Harding]

[novemberhush]

if you get this, answer with three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs! anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog <3

Sorry it’s taken me a while to answer this, dear Anon, but it’s been a hectic week and any time I’ve actually made it on to tumblr I’ve only really had the energy to scroll and reblog. Anyway, here goes!

1) I have green eyes.

2) I have a small scar on my left palm from where I had to get stitches after I fell over as a child and the cup I was carrying at the time broke and cut me.

3) I was a huge Radiohead fan as a teenager and their ‘The Longest Day’ gig at the R.D.S. in Dublin on 21st June 1997, where they were ably supported by Massive Attack (Teenage Fanclub didn’t go down so well, however), is still one of my favourite concert experiences to date. My best mate at the time and I were front and centre (and I do mean right at the front) and even the rain couldn’t put a damper on things. In fact, I think it kind of added to the ambiance.

Thanks for your ask!❤️

[idiotequemoron]

Jonny is calling from the band's office outside Oxford, close to their rehearsal studios and a stone's throw from all their homes. The Oxfordshire landscape, he says, is "all cottages and power stations", which might well explain the blend of pastoral strains and industrial textures in Radiohead's music. They'd rather be in Dublin, confesses Jonny, but they've got to stick around to finish off the mixing of Ok Computer.

"Thom and I stayed there for a week after our show in Galway last year," says Jonny. "We just went up to Dublin and it was amazing, we go quite often, we've got a lot of friends there."

Irish Times - May 17, 1997

[endlessly-cursed]

MA- Shreya Battersea-Parsons

"𝙄 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚."

Name: Shreya Hümasha Battersea-Parsons 

Nicknames: TBD 

Birthdate: 6th of May, 1997 

Zodiac Sign: Taurus 

Personality Type (MBTI): TBD 

Blood Status: Half-blood 

Nationality: Turkish, Indian and Irish 

Physical Appearance

Hair: Black, thick and long 

Eyes: Black 

Height: 1.65m 

Weight: 63kg 

Body Type: Average 

Skin Tone: Dark brown 

Distinguishing Marks (scars, birthmarks, etc.): TBD 

Background

Hometown

Shreya grew up travelling between Antakya (Turkiye), Dublin (Northern Ireland) and Kolkata (India), living a comfortable life and in the public eye since she descended from the former House of Osman through her paternal three-times great grandmother Nilufer Sultan, later known as Battersea. Her mother Esmanur was her direct descendant and her father was a famed businessman who travelled often. She grew up with everything she ever wanted, and even took in her sort of cousin Luke Battersea. 

Family

Mother: Esmanur Zeynep Battersea 

The only daughter of Bayezid Battersea, she was a proud and entitled woman who was used to have the princess treatment. She planned to marry highly, given that her heraldic blood was on her side. She married Mahmud Parsons, a wealthy Indian businessman. Despite him being away and Esmanur flauntering her own wealth, they had a daughter together, Shreya, and doted on her like nobody else. They raised her so that she’d know who she was and carry on their legacies. 

Father: Mahmud Ismail Parsons 

A wealthy businessman in Mumbai, he was introduced to Esmanur during one of his annual visits to Istanbul and was quickly charmed by her. The two of them hit it off and decided to get married that summer of 1996, and soon after the wedding, their daughter Shreya. They’d try for more, but it ended up in miscarriage. After the third try, they desisted. He instead devoted his limited time to Shreya, though he was never truly around, making up with expensive gifts and bringing Luke to make her company. 

Distant cousin: Luke Battersea ( @unfortunate-arrow​ ) 

Though they weren’t exactly close or talked much, after he was taken in by the family, Shreya was the one to genuinely care for him and always watched Star Wars with him and listened when he talked, despite not understanding him much, but she truly tried her best, and she knew that Luke knew. 

Hogwarts

House: Slytherin 

Best Class: History of Magic, Transfiguration and Potions 

Worst Class: Flying and Herbology 

Boggart: Something awful happening to John, later Kevin  

Riddikulus: John starts singing in a bad Irish accent, later Kevin

Patronus: TBD 

Patronus Memory: Playing hide and seek with her parents 

Mirror of Erised: Becoming the next Minister of Magic, opening the way to women of colour to own power positions 

Amortentia (what she smells like): Powder, strawberries, Turkish delight, spices, lavender and hot coffee 

Amortentia (what she smells): TBD 

Career

11-18: Hogwarts student 

20-38: Diplomat for the British ministry in the East 

39-48: Chief Warlock 

50-62: Minister of Magic 

65+: Retiree 

Personality & Attitude

Priorities: Her career, herself, her family’s safety and her goals 

Strengths: Strong-minded, confident, kind and funny 

Weaknesses: Proud, perfeccionist and tends to romantise everything 

Stressed: During the time where they tried to murder her for her family jewels 

Calm/Comforted: In her room, hearing John laugh, later reading in comfortable silence with Kevin

Favorites

Colors: Black, grey, green, red and orange 

Weather: Sunny 

Hobbies: Reading, studying, fashion and beauty products 

Fashion: Shreya dresses to the latest Turkish fashion (her favourite kind of fashion) and is always aware of the latest trends in Istambul 

Relationships

Significant Other/Love Interest: John Arthur ( @potionboy3​ ) 

Shreya has always had a crush on John Arthur, but who wouldn’t? He was handsome, charismatic, athletic, sweet and such an incredible young man. Shreya never made her move, noticing his heart was elsewhere. 

After graduation, they found one another again. She noticed how lost he seemed and Shreya felt that way too, and both of them started dating while they helped one another find their path. He was her first everything: first serious relationship, first intimate time, first boy to bring home, first time she ever fell in love... and they shared two beautiful years together, him almost becoming family. When they started inquiring about him popping the question, many aspects in their lives had changed. 

An old love of John had returned and, after much deliberating, decided to end the relationship. It ended amicably and, after healing from the heartbreak (she had been used to him being there) they became good friends and, though Shreya never knew Theo’s secret, came to like him and understand why John loved him. 

Kevin Farrel (husband) 

Shreya and Kevin went to the same year and had similar ambitions, making them good friends. They had a special connection, though Shreya was caught up in her crush with John, thus never saw Kevin, but from time to time, she’d have heart flutters when he smiled at her. Kevin, however, always had a crush on the brilliant, cultured, intelligent and incredibly beautiful Shreya, and seeing that she did not feel the same, decided to bury himself on his studies. 

They met years later after their graduation, and reconnected when she went to see Robyn on the Quidditch World Cup. Kevin, more confident, asked Shreya out and started seeing one another. Shreya had gotten out of a long relationship with John and had just come back from vacationing in her hometowns- Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) and Antakya, which are located in India and Turkey respectively. They fell in love and, after a year and a half of dating, Kevin proposed to Shreya, and they were married when they were 28. 

The Green Gals: Bryony Rose ( @cursedlegacies​ ) 

Shreya and Bryony met when they were assigned their dorms together, and though they butted heads over Bree’s feelings for Cassandra Vole, she ended up supporting her, not wanting to waste years of friendship over her. 

Jupiter Durand ( @cursed-herbalist​ ) 

Shreya and Jupiter have similar personalities and soon clicked. Shreya introduced Jupe to Arabic and Indian poetry, as well as Turkish dizis and Bollybood films. She also learned from her how to draw and French and Italian poetry and literature

Nymeria Lee ( @gcldensnitch​ ) 

(Lore TBD) 

Rosa Yaxley ( @potionboy3​ ) 

(lore tbd) 

Other friends: Sophie Pembroke 

(lore tba) 

Rivals: Cassandra Vole 

She and Cassandra butted heads, mostly because she made life impossible to her dear friends and duelled many times, in which Shreya always beat her. When she started dating Bree, she offered an olive branch and promised to crush her if she broke her friend’s heart 

Colby and Fischer Frey 

To say that the Fischer twins made Shreya’s life a pain was to say the least. They always butted heads and had a bigger rivalry of pranks and sabotage. After graduation, she didn’t talk much to them and avoided them. 

Trivia

Despite appearing in Turkish and Indian headlines, Shreya enjoyed much better the indoors and peace of home, a homemade food and tea on her desk while she studied politics 

To further her process as minister, she studied a double degree of law and political science in King’s College. 

Her favourite singer is Taylor Swift and Madonna

She also likes to dance to Turkish and Indian songs when she’s alone 

She loves to travel and read the newspaper to see what’s going on in the world 

She has triple citizenship in Turkiye, India and Northern Ireland, a rare thing indeed 

Apart from Turkish, Indian and English, she also speaks several Balkan languages, Greek, German and French, and has tried several times to learn Japanese 

She loves to bake and eat Turkish delights and drags everyone she knows to try them 

She also loves spicy food, very spicy food 

She knows how to cook several dishes in case they have to prescind from their cook