#esc 2010

[hammill-goes-fogwalking]

Lena Meyer-Landrut, 2010

[whoevenisoliver]

I'm going absolutely insane over "we could be the same" by maNga holy shit the lyrics are amazing

[moonmoonthecrabking]

i get SHOCKED when americans reference epic sax guy. like, i love it, but i shake in my boots

[six-paths-of-jeanmarco]

Eurovision 2009 vs 2010

Albania: Carry Me in Your Dreams vs It's All About You Andorra: La teva decisió (Get a Life) Armenia: Jan Jan vs Apricot Stone Azerbaijan: Always vs Drip Drop Belarus: Eyes That Never Lie vs Butterflies Belgium: Copycat vs Me and My Guitar Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bistra voda vs Thunder and Lightning Bulgaria: Illusion vs Angel si ti Croatia: Lijepa Tena vs Lako je sve Cyprus: Firefly vs Life Looks Better in Spring Czechia: Aven Romale Denmark: Believe Again vs In a Moment like This Estonia: Rändajad vs Siren Finland: Lose Control vs Työlki ellää France: Et s'il fallait le faire vs Allez Ola Olé Georgia: We Don't Wanna Put In vs Shine (I'm still mad EBU forced them to withdraw in 2009) Germany: Miss Kiss Kiss Bang vs Satellite Greece: This Is Our Night vs Opa Hungary: Dance with Me Iceland: Is It True? vs Je ne sais quoi Ireland: Et Cetera vs It's for You Israel: There Must Be Another Way vs Milim Latvia: Probka vs What For? Lithuania: Love vs Eastern European Funk Malta: What If We vs My Dream Moldova: Hora din Moldova vs Run Away Montenegro: Just Get Out of My Life Netherlands: Shine vs Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie) North Macedonia: Nešto što kje ostane vs Jas ja imam silata Norway: Fairytale vs My Heart Is Yours Poland: I Don't Wanna Leave vs Legenda Portugal: Todas as ruas do amor vs Há dias assim Romania: The Balkan Girls vs Playing with Fire Russia: Mamo vs Lost and Forgotten Serbia: Cipela vs Ovo je Balkan Slovakia: Let tmou vs Horehronie Slovenia: Love Symphony vs Narodnozabavni rock Spain: La noche es para mi vs Algo pequeñito Sweden: La Voix vs This Is My Life Switzerland: The Highest Heights vs Il pleut de l'or Türkiye: Düm Tek Tek vs We Could Be the Same Ukraine: Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl) vs Sweet People United Kingdom: It's My Time vs That Sounds Good to Me

2009: 22 vs 2010: 17

[randomsufff]

SUNNY UPDATE DESIGN BECAUSE @pactw HAD A WONDERFUL IDEA

I don’t know too much about “low class” inner city fashion- having grown up in the middle class suburbs but the idea of corner store tiara and chunky, bedazzled everything reminds me soooo much of like- early 2000s kids fashion- specifically JUSTICE.

Like if you were a girlie growing up in 2000-2010s, you wanted Justice.

Having watched more of Sunny- idk I totally see her in that sort of vibe? Like the girl who wants EVERYTHING on her to show she’s a princess, but like, through a very childish lens (obviously)

So she’d have a SHIT ton of necklaces and especially bracelets on- think of those kids who wore like 100 Loom and SILLY BAND (!!!) bracelets or even how people’s arms looked during the Eras Tour except some of hers would be tacky silvery plastic and obnoxiously rhinestoned pink.

She’ll still keep the dress/poofy undershirt combo but I’d like to think it’s a simple sundress that she tied a scarf she liked and thought looked fancy around the waist.

And their shoes are just their favorite rain boots cause idk- I think they’d be like that. (Ok lore wise- I guess there a safer option to wear around the factory then any fancy shoes- but still. The rain shoes fit the vibe)

I also feel like since they wear so many bracelets- making friendships bracelets would be their ThingTM (Do y’all fellow 2000 kids remember how popular making bracelets were??? That and duck tape wallets…) so they would go around making bracelets for everyone. (And Tubbo would sob for hours after getting his)

Overall, I see how much more of a little gremlin kid she is. She’s smol and she’s opinionated and she’s not afraid to hand you money if she thinks you’re too poor to be around her and I love her. Just reminds me of the concept of my childhood- if that even makes sense.

[eurovisionart]

🇬🇷 Afroditi Fryda - Clown / Κλόουν

[esc-is-holding-me-hostage]

this NF season has been so kind to me

[columba1234]

I love this idea. Maybe draw some fanart of this one day.

“… The video went viral and Alex was humiliated the day after but then suddenly Beyoncé posted a video of her in the same outfit doing the same dance to FAIRYTALE and it became the next trend on the internet…”

submitted by flumplestiltzkin

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #534:

The official Eurovision YouTube channel has released a 10-hour version of the "Epic Sax Guy" solo from Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira's "Run Away," which represented Moldova in 2010.

[Sources]

"Epic Sax Guy - 10 Hour Version - But when does the beat drop? 🤔," Eurovision.tv.

Epic Sax Guy - 10 Hour Version - But when does the beat drop? 🤔, YouTube.com.

[under-the-ladder]

So the melfestization of Eurovision continues huh?

The big 5 + hosting country performing in the semis is a good thing imo. They can only benefit from the exposure and that's always an additional chance to polish the act, catch flow with the audience. It might cause some voting chaos though as they'll be squished between the competing countries. Will the semis be longer now? Will other sections get shortened? So many questions...

Rationally, I can see why the changes in timing of the voting in the grand final are being introduced. Yet, there is an irrational part of me that screamed, the moment I read the news: "How can you open the voting before all the acts are performed (or even before the show starts in case of ROTW)?!?". That's bad experiences from Unser Lied für Liverpool speaking. Somehow the argument that all the acts will have performed in the semis before the gf voting starts doesn't speak to me.

ROTW is easier to swallow as usually only hardcore fans outside of Europe watch, they're actively interested in all the entries and I genuinely see how this would make life easier for some of them by having a wider time window to vote. If you are a fan though, I assume the grand final is the most important part that you won't miss anyways so ehh. Idk if this makes sense after all.

When it comes to the Melfest-like voting from the beginning of the show though? I'm waaay more sceptical. There are many people who only watch the grand final and the fact that they can now vote before watching all the performances doesn't sit right with me. How can you evaluate all the performances if you've only seen part of them? But then maybe people outside of the bubble don't actually work like that and they just vote for what they like in the moment. In that case, I do admit that would probably prevent songs performed earlier from losing some votes courtesy of recency bias.

I do have my reservations but I'm willing to give this system a try. I hope they are not afraid to scrap it if it ends up not working out. There's allegedly another big change coming soon, how terrified should I be of that one? I hope they abandoned the idea of tinkering with the qualifiers announcements for good. Anyways, thanks for coming to my TED Talk

[aijamisespava]

Wrapped 2023 (Aijamisespava Edition!)

Oookay, taking a break from my messenger role in Eurovision Land to bring you something different (buckle up, this is going to get long). Yesterday was Spotify Wrapped, and while I'm off celebrating my favorite songs that made it to that top 100 list, I also become a wild statistician and bring you my stats.

General Stats: Well...I listened for 139,902 minutes (more than my friends and family), my top artist was Taylor Swift with Evanescence, Panic! At The Disco, My Chemical Romance, and Loïc Nottet rounding out my top 5. I'd go into my top 5 songs but.....Loïc Nottet took 3rd and 4th with "Mélodrame" and "Mud Blood" respectively. What about the rest? That's what I'm here for.

Welcome to my Eurovision 2023. Any Eurovision song that makes my Spotify Wrapped is in my Grand Final. So countries can participate as many times as they appear. So here is my list. I'll have their actual placement on my Wrapped in parenthesis.

Latvia 2023: "Aijā" by Sudden Lights (1)

Serbia 2023: "Samo Mi Se Spava" by Luke Black (2)

Türkiye 2010: "We Could Be The Same" by maNga (5)

Switzerland 2021: "Tout l'univers" by Gjon's Tears (7)

Norway 2023: "Queen Of Kings" by Alessandra (9)

Australia 2023: "Promise" by Voyager (12)

Slovenia 2023: "Carpe Diem" by Joker Out (13)

Czechia 2023: "My Sister's Crown" by Vesna (14)

Georgia 2023: "Echo" by Iru (15)

Italy 2023: "Due Vite" by Marco Mengoni (17)

Armenia 2023: "Future Lover" by Brunette (19)

Austria 2023: "Who The Hell Is Edgar?" by Teya + Salena (20)

Lithuania 2023: "Stay" by Monika Linkyte (23)

Finland 2023: "Cha Cha Cha" by Käärijä (26)

France 2023: "Évidemment" by La Zarra (27)

Romania 2023: "D.G.T. (Off And On)" by Theodor Andrei (29)

United Kingdom 2023: "I Wrote A Song" by Mae Muller (31)

Australia 2016: "Sound Of Silence" by Dami Im (48)

Czechia 2022: "Lights Off" by We Are Domi (49)

Switzerland 2020: "Répondez-moi" by Gjon's Tears (52)

Bulgaria 2017: "Beautiful Mess" by Kristian Kostov (53)

Greece 2022: "Die Together" by Amanda Tenfjord (56)

Sweden 2015: "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw (59)

Finland 2014: "Something Better" by Softengine (60)

Belgium 2015: "Rhythm Inside" by Loïc Nottet (61)

Italy 2014: "La Mia Città" by Emma (64)

Austria 2022: "Halo" by LUM!X and PIA MARIA (68)

Russia 2016: "You Are The Only One" by Sergey Lazarev (69)

Belarus: "Forever" by ALEKSEEV (72)

Denmark 2013: "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest (73)

Ireland 2020: "Story Of My Life" by Lesley Roy (79)

Ireland 2022: "That's Rich" by Brooke (87)

Ukraine 2017: "Time" by O. Torvald (93)

Finland 2022: "Jezebel" by The Rasmus (96)

Cyprus 2021: "El Diablo" by Elena Tsagrinou (97)

Moldova 2010: "Run Away" by Sunstroke Project (100)

Honorable mentions go to "Gladiator" by Jann and "Novi Plan Drugi San" by Filip Baloš for making my Wrapped at 21 and 32, respectively. They may not have made it to the Eurovision stage, but they have a soft spot in my heart. Unfortunately, I did not have any Junior Eurovision songs make it. But if they did, they would be listed.

[chalceisdone]

Remember the time where this kpop idol performed on eurovision? 🇷🇸

[six-paths-of-jeanmarco]

Eurovision 2010 vs 2011

Albania: It's All About You vs Feel the Passion Armenia: Apricot Stone vs Boom Boom Austria: The Secret Is Love Azerbaijan: Drip Drop vs Running Scared Belarus: Butterflies vs I Love Belarus Belgium: Me and My Guitar vs With Love Baby Bosnia and Herzegovina: Thunder and Lighting vs Love in Rewind Bulgaria: Angel si ti vs Na inat Croatia: Lako je sve vs Celebrate Cyrpus: Life Looks Better in Spring vs San aggelos s'agapisa Denmark: In a Moment like This vs New Tomorrow Estonia: Siren vs Rockefeller Street Finland: Työlki ellää vs Da Da Dam France: Allez Ola Olé vs Sognu Georgia: Shine vs One More Day Germany: Satellite vs Taken by a Stranger Greece: Opa vs Watch My Dance Hungary: What About My Dreams? Iceland: Je ne sais quoi vs Coming Home Ireland: It's for You vs Lipstick Israel: Milim vs Ding Dong Italy: Madness of Love Latvia: What For? vs Angel in Disguise Lithuania: Eastern European Funk vs C'est ma vie Malta: My Dream vs One Life Moldova: Run Away vs So Lucky Netherlands: Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie) vs Never Alone North Macedonia: Jas ja imam silata vs Rusinka Norway: My Heart Is Yours vs Haba Haba Poland: Legenda vs Jestem Portugal: Há dias assim vs A luta é alegria Romania: Playing with Fire vs Change Russia: Lost and Forgotten vs Get You San Marino: Stand By Serbia: Ovo je Balkan vs Čaroban Slovakia: Horehronie vs I'm Still Alive Slovenia: Narodnozabavni rock vs No One Spain: Algo pequeñito vs Que me quiten lo bailao Sweden: This Is My Life vs Popular Switzerland: Il pleut de l'or vs In Love for a While Türkiye: We Could Be the Same vs Live It Up Ukraine: Sweet People vs Angel United Kingdom: That Sounds Good to Me vs I Can

2010: 20 vs 2011: 19

[heritageposts]

If Israel ends up winning, that's the EBU's problem, not ours.

Don't watch, don't vote.

Israel doing well in Eurovision is a completely predictable result of the boycott. The people who are watching & voting in Eurovision are now at best willfully ignorant and apathetic and at worst actively pro-Israel, meaning there will be a disproportionate amount of people willing to vote for Israel and even people voting for them because of the boycott.

But saying that means that boycotting Eurovision was the wrong call completely misses the point of the boycott. The point is not "Israel should not win Eurovision", it is "Israel should not be allowed to compete in the first place". The point of the boycott is not to give the EBU views or money, so if you've been boycotting... don't give them money or legitimacy by voting for someone tomorrow to prevent Israel from winning. If Israel does win, that does not mean boycotting failed; it only further delegitimizes the competition and confirms we should burn the whole thing down.

[nochoirliketheirsong]

Song #47

Tonight I watched Das Deutsche Final for ESC and I was a bit disappointed with the result. I quite liked last years song, I knew Lord of the Lost already from this song. But people might like vocals and appreciate Germany more this year, idk

[peoplehavenames]

Okej, så nu för den viktigaste frågan:

Vem var värd att vinna Melodifestivalen 2010?

Var det Anna Bergendal, Eric Saade eller Salem Al Fakir? This is my life, Manboy eller Keep on walking.