#esc monaco

[eurovisionart]

🇲🇨 Laurent Vaguener – Notre vie c'est la musique

[vintageurovision]

Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest: The 1970s

1970 - Marlène, Dominique Dussault

1971 - Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue, Séverine 🏆

1972 - Comme On S'aime, Anne-Marie Godart and Peter MacLane

1973 - Un Train Qui Part, Marie

1974 - Celui Qui Reste Et Celui Qui S'en Va, Romuald

1975 - Une Chanson C'est Une Lettre, Sophie

1976 - Toi, La Musique Et Moi, Mary Christy

1977 - Une Petite Française, Michèle Torr

1978 - Les Jardins De Monaco, Caline and Olivier Toussaint

1979 - Notre Vie, C'est La Musique, Laurent Vaguener

[eurovision]

Fallece Françoise Hardy, representante de Mónaco en el Festival de Eurovision 1963 con "L'amour s'en va".

[myeurovisionsongcontest]

Texto Wikipedia:

«L'amour s'en va» ("El amor se va") es una canción exitosa elegida con mayor porcentaje del país de Mónaco, para el Festival de la canción de Eurovision 1963. Esta fue interpretada en francés por la cantante y actriz francesa Françoise Hardy.

Los monegascos eligieron por mayoría de votos a Françoise Hardy, ya que el país no contaba con muchos artistas propios, pero finalmente se vio que fue una gran popularidad, en especial de la cantante que provenía de Francia. La canción terminó en quinto puesto con 25 puntos, ya que en primer lugar salieron Grethe Ingmann & Jørgen Ingmann con 42 puntos representando a Dinamarca.

Françoise Hardy era una cantante menor de edad cuando fue reconocida por el público en toda Europa, más tarde se crea un género musical llamado Ye-ye, en donde con tan sólo 18 años de edad en 1962 empieza a ser popular y aparece en varios programas de televisión. "Tous les garçons et les filles" es una de las canciones más conocidas por la misma artista, ya que en 1962 tuvo su lanzamiento y no tardó en llevar su éxito, se vendió 700.000 copias aproximadamente sólo en Francia. Luego pasó a ser una de las artistas mundiales de habla francesa más exitosas y populares de la década de 1960, así también como un icono de la moda influyente. Fue también conocida como una de las mejores artistas de género Ye-ye a partir de mediados de los 60, ya que también estaban otras como France Gall, quien también es elegida para Eurovision.

"L'amour s'en va" es de estilo lento y expresado con apariencias tristes, popular en los primeros años del concurso. Hardy canta sobre una relación que se llevó a cabo, donde expresa que el amor es una cosa efímera, sin embargo, esto es lo que no importa a los amantes involucrados. Hardy también grabó la canción en versión alemana "Die Liebe geth" y más tarde también en italiano "L'amore va", respectivamente, viendo que también fue exitosa en países extranjeros.

La canción fue interpretada en decimoquinto lugar en el festival de la noche, después de Jacques Raymond que representaba a Bélgica, y precediendo a Nana Mouskouri que representaba a Luxemburgo. Al terminar la votación del Festival, la canción recibe 25 puntos, colocando en quinto lugar de 16 posiciones. "L'amour s'en va", sin embargo pasó a que Hardy pueda ganar el prestigioso premio francés "Grand Prix du Disque" en 1963 y unos cuarenta años después de su lanzamiento original de la canción, todavía cuenta como una de sus sinfonías.

En 1964, Romuald representa a Mónaco en Eurovisión, y obtuvo el tercer lugar. Más tarde, en 1971, Mónaco llega a primer lugar con la cantante Séverine, con 128 puntos, cantando el tema Un banc, un arbre, une rue.

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #419:

In 2011, unconfirmed rumors on the Czech Eurovision website, Eurosong.cz, announced that Monaco's national broadcaster, TMC, was discussing with the EBU a possible return to Eurovision for the 2012 contest.

However, this rumor was squashed as head of TMC, Phil Bosco, said that the costs were simply too high to consider a participation anytime in the future.

[Sources]

'Monaco: Talks About a Return to Eurovision?' Eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com.

'Monaco: Dampned Expectations,' Eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com.

[esc101podcast]

Our Episode catch up continued with Episode 15 featuring artist Michele Torr who represented both Luxembourg and Monaco at the Eurovision Song Contest! Check us out on your favourite podcast platform!

[marswasnothere]

CHARLES WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE

[escinsight]

Eurovision's Shrinkage Problem And Some Ideas To Fix It

Eurovision's Shrinkage Problem And Some Ideas To Fix It. The number of countries participating in the Eurovision Song Contest has been steadily dwindling for a while now. Since 2018, the trend of the 3-year average has been downwards. Hayden Kent looks at the impact this has on the Song Contest

Going, Going, Gone Over the past decade, several countries have disappeared from the roster as broadcasters left the Eurovision Song Contest for various political or financial reasons. Turkey and Slovakia last appeared in 2012, although the latter could potentially return in 2025. Bosnia & Herzegovina haven’t shown up since 2016 because of financial constraints. Hungary left in 2019. Belarusian…

[vintageurovision]

[unibrowzz]

Early ESC 2025 predictions

Anyways, here's what kind of bullshittery I'm expecting next year.

🇧🇬 Bulgaria: Teases a return on social media. They announce their non-participation a day later.

🇲🇨 Monaco: Someone famous from there who is not a singer announces they'll compete if Monaco enters. They are swiftly shot down by TV Monaco.

🇽🇰 Kosovo's request for an invite is ignored.

🇱🇮 Lichtenstein: Someone at 1FLTV breathes the word "Eurovision", setting the news sites alight. They do not compete.

🇺🇦 Ukraine: Jury favourite wins Vidbir. They're soon disqualified after breaking some immigration law the Ukrainian government pulled out of its ass and the televote favourite gets sent instead.

🇸🇪 Sweden: Same old, same old, clean polished pop song nobody aside from Swedish people, the ESC jury and normie televoters like. 6th place.

🇧🇪 Belgium: Goes back to an NF. Fan favourite entry (see: something with nothing noteworthy about it other than being in French) doesn't get sent. Cue butthurt.

🇫🇷 France: Does what they did last year and pulls a random bestselling artist out of a hat. Top 10 finish.

🇮🇹 Italy: Usual schtick, sends something which does gangbusters on Spotify and Apple but is ultimately held back by crappy staging and weak live vocals. Comes top 10 regardless.

🇲🇩 Moldova: It's their turn to be the next Käärijä or Baby Lasagna. Top 3 finish.

🇵🇹 Portugal: Sends a breathy-voiced Billie Eilish wannabe with a murky blue stage. Does surprisingly well.

🇮🇪 Ireland: Cruachan finally get into the Late Late NF Special. They lose out to some Voice UK reject and a song written by a music student from London with an Irish surname. The fandom is not pleased.

🇸🇲 San Marino: Holds another dismally long NF full of the usual rejects from other, more popular, NFs. Doesn't qualify.

🇬🇷 Greece: Hires a stable full of Melfest regulars to write a song for some bi-national diaspora born and raised anywhere in the world but Greece to perform.

🇨🇾 Cyprus: See above, just replace the bi-national with "some Australian with Greek heritage".

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: All the good artists got scared off again so we're back to one hit wonders from 20 years ago and/or absolute nobodies destined for the right side of the scoreboard. British tabloids have a field day.

[sztansescheadache]

monaco is now eligible to participate in esc (which they probably won’t do this year, there’s too little time left for the application (but who knows, surprise me)) and it’s so interesting and honestly exiting. like with luxembourg coming back and now this possibility for monaco there’s a chance that the little states will start paying more attention to esc, as it is a huge chance to show themselves to the world. the more countries at esc the merrier

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #221:

It is fairly common for a nation to receive an overall final score of nul points in the Eurovision Song Contest, but it’s less common for multiple nations to receive zero points during the same competition. Out of the total sixty-six Eurovision Song Contests that have been held, twenty-two have had at least one contestant who earned zero points. 

The most contestants receiving nul points in a single contest is four. This happened a total of four times, all in a row, in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965.

Austria and Norway are tied for most times earning nul points with a total of 4 losses.

The following is a list of the years in which contestants gained zero points and which nations they were from:

1962: Netherlands, Austria, Spain, and Belgium.

1963: Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, and Norway.

1964: Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Portugal, and Germany.

1965: Spain, Finland, Belgium, and Germany.

1966: Italy and Monaco.

1967: Switzerland.

1970: Luxembourg.

1978: Norway.

1981: Norway.

1982: Finland

1983: Spain and Türkiye.

1987: Türkiye.

1988: Austria.

1989: Iceland.

1991: Austria.

1994: Lithuania

1997: Norway and Portugal

1998: Switzerland.

2003: United Kingdom.

2015: Austria and Germany.

2021: United Kingdom.

[Sources]

Turin 2022 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

Rotterdam 2021 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Tel Aviv 2019 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Lisbon 2018 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Kyiv 2017 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Stockholm 2016 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Vienna 2015 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Copenhagen 2014 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Malmö 2013 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Baku 2012 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Düsseldorf  2011 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Oslo 2010 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Moscow 2009 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Belgrade 2008 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Helsinki 2007 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

Athens 2006 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Kyiv 2005 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Istanbul 2004 Grand Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Riga 2003 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Tallinn 2002 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Copenhagen 2001 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Stockholm 2000 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Jerusalem 1999 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Birmingham 1998 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Dublin 1997 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

Oslo 1996 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Dublin 1995 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Dublin 1994 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Millstreet 1993 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Malmö  1992 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

Rome 1991 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Zagreb 1990 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Lausanne 1989  Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Dublin 1988 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Brussels 1987 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

Bergen 1986 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Gothenberg 1985 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Luxembourg 1984 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Munich 1983 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Harrogate 1982 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Dublin 1981 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

The Hague 1980 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Jerusalem 1979 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Paris 1978 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

London 1977 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

The Hague 1976 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Stockholm 1975 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Brighton 1974 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Luxembourg 1973 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Edinburgh 1972 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Dublin 1971 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Amsterdam 1970 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

Madrid 1969 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

London 1968 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Vienna 1967 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

Luxembourg 1966 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Naples 1965 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

Copenhagen 1964 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

London 1963 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Luxembourg 1962 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Cannes 1961 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

London 1960 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Cannes 1959 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Hilversum 1958 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv. 

Frankfurt am Main 1957 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

Lugano 1956 Final Scoreboard, Eurovision.tv.

[bettyg196]

My Eurovision 2024 predictions

Hi !

How are you ?

Here are my predictions for Eurovision 2024 nobody asked !

Disclaimer : I'm not clairvoyant, so most of my predictions won't come true. Also, please note that I don't mean to offend anyone in this post, I just like to guess what will happen in the next Eurovision season.

The jury system will remain the same but EBU won't bring it back in the semi-finals

The rest of the world will still have the ability to vote

They will introduce a new rule where we have to create an account to vote from the Eurovision app

38 countries will participate

In plus of Luxembourg, North Macedonia will come back

Romania will withdraw following the bad result in ESC and because of poor TV ratings

Turkey won't come back for obvious reasons

Monaco will be back... in 2025 because TV Monaco will join EBU only in 2024

A ballad will win the contest

The edition will be dominated by pop songs in English

Malmö will host

Petra Mede won't come back as a host but Måns Zelmerlöw (Sweden 2015, host in 2016) will

Farah Abadi or Sarah Dawn Finer will be the other host

Carola Häggkvist (Sweden 1983, 1991, 2006) will be involved in the contest

🇦🇱 Albania

The winner of FiK will also be chosen by the public as the representative

The entry will be a power ballad which will be revamped in English

The artist had already participated to FiK once

Will be in the same semi-final than Serbia

Will finish 11th in its SF

🇦🇲 Armenia

The country will send a woman again

The entry is an up-tempo pop song with disco influences

Will be the last song to be released

Will be a favourite of the eurofans

Will qualify but will flop in the grand final and finish in the right side of the table

🇦🇺 Australia

EBU will confirm that the country will participate to the contest during summer

Internal selection

The chosen artist has never participated to Eurovision- Australia Decides

The song will be a sad ballad

It will be popular on TikTok

🇦🇹 Austria

A male duo will be chosen

The entry will sound like a Troye Sivan song

Will not get attention from the fandom until the rehearsals

The staging will be simple but efficient

Will qualify but will finish in the bottom 5

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

The chosen artist is famous in Turkey

The song will be an up-tempo pop song in English

Most of the songwriters are from Sweden

The staging will be similar to the Euphoria one but with dancers

Will close its semi-final

🇧🇪 Belgium

The chosen artist has participated to The Voice Belgique and was in the team of Beverly Jo Scott aka BJ Scott

The entry will sound like an Axelle Red song, but in English

Most of the songwriters are from France

Will be in the first semi-final

Will qualify

🇭🇷 Croatia

Dora 2024 will take place

A former representative will be involved as a contestant

A man will win the nf

The entry will be a sentimental ballad in English and in Croatian

Will get attention during the rehearsals

🇨🇾 Cyprus

A drama will happen during the nf

The winner of the nf will be a woman

The entry will be a pop song about love with a dancebreak

Will be high in the odds

Will be in the second semi-final again

🇨🇿 Czechia

ESCZ will take place again

A boy band will win the nf

The entry will sound like if Backstreet Boys and BTS had a baby

It will be a contender for the win

Will place at least 15th in the final

🇩🇰 Denmark

DMGP will be a weak nf as usual

The winning artist will be an Instagram model

The entry will be a bubblegum bop in English

Thomas G:son will be one of the songwriters

Will do better than expected

🇪🇪 Estonia

A former representative will be involved in Eesti Laul 2024

A band will win the nf

The entry will be a scam themed funny song in Estonian

Will be overhated by the fandom

Will be in the top 20

🇫🇮 Finland

UMK 2024 will be a good nf

An underdog act will win it

The song will be a catchy pop song in English

It will be liked by a lot of people

Will finish second last in the final

🇫🇷 France

A nf will take place (but not necessary CVQD)

Bilal Hassani will take part as a jury member

A southern man will win

The entry will sound like a 2010s French song

Will finish somewhere in the right part of the table but will get at least one "12 points"

🇬🇪 Georgia

The Voice of Georgia will be used to select the representative again

A woman will win again

The entry will be a dark edm pop song

It will cause a controversy in the country

Will compete in the first semi-final

🇩🇪 Germany

Ikke Hüftgold will be involved in the nf again

The winner of the nf will be a woman

The entry will sound similar to Flowers by Miley Cyrus and the artist will be accused of plagiarism

Will be hated by Germans and the fandom

Will finish in the bottom 5 again

🇬🇷 Greece

A Greek-German artist will be selected in internal

Greek locals will hate their representative for some reason

The entry will be a radio-friendly pop song in English and the title will be in Greek

Will compete in the second semi-final

Will NQ

🇮🇸 Iceland

Söngvakeppnin will be disappointing in terms of quality

New rule in the nf

A woman will win against the odds

The entry will sound like a song from Taylor Swift's Midnights album

Will NQ again

🇮🇪 Ireland

The nf will be a beautiful disaster

The chosen artist will be the youngest of the edition

The entry will be a pop song about a Swedish artist/band

A drama will happen after the pre-party season

Will have the weirdest staging

🇮🇱 Israel

The Rising Star will have new rules

A woman will win the nf

The entry will be dance pop song in English

A drama involving politics will happen

Will finish 17th in the final

🇮🇹 Italy

A big controversy will happen before Sanremo week

Diodato will participate in the festival

The winning artist openly supports Meloni

The song will be a modern ballad

Will finish top 10

🇱🇻 Latvia

Initially, a Supernova SF will be planned but will be ultimately cancelled for only one final

A girl band will win

The entry will be an up-tempo pop song in English

Will get attention from the pre-parties

Will qualify but end up in the bottom 5

🇱🇹 Lithuania

PiN 2024 will be an average edition

The favourite of the nf will win both the jury voting and the televoting

A member of InCulto (🇱🇹 2010) will be involved in the nf

The entry will be a slow ballad in English

Will be the only baltic country in its SF

🇱🇺 Luxembourg

A nf will take place

Any artist from any country can participate but Luxembourgers singers will be privileged

A well-known French artist will be selected

The entry will be a French chanson that will sound like a Juliette Armanet's song

Will sadly NQ

🇲🇹 Malta

MESC will be the longest nf

Matt Blxck will participate again

The winner will be a man

The entry will be a love ballad

Will compete in the second semi-final

🇲🇩 Moldova

35 artists/bands will participate to the nf's audition

A finalist will withdraw in the last minute

A female former representative will win

The entry will be a folk-pop song in Romanian and in English

Will be a borderline qualifier

🇳🇱 Netherlands

A nf will take place and almost everyone in the fandom will hate it

Between 5 and 10 acts will compete

The most disliked act will win

The entry will be a schlager in English

Will do better than expected

🇲🇰 North Macedonia

Internal selection

A male artist will be chosen

The entry will sound like a movie score

Will be cancelled by the fandom for some reason

Will do better than expected

🇳🇴 Norway

Autotune will still be allowed in MGP

Emma Steinbakken will be involved in the nf at least as a songwriter

The winner will be a woman

The entry will be a power ballad about trust

Will place somewhere in the left side of the table

🇵🇱 Poland

A nf will be planned but will be cancelled and replaced by a last minute internal selection for some reason

A male YouTuber will be chosen

The entry will be a dance pop song

Will divide the entire fandom

Will make the final thanks to the artist's fandom

🇵🇹 Portugal

A drama will happen before the reveal of FdC tracks

A fado artist will be the favourite for the win

An underdog act will win

The entry will be a folk song in Portuguese

Will be underrated by the fandom

🇸🇲 San Marino

UVPSM will be shorter than usual

Some artists from the 2023 NF season will participate

An unknown Italian artist will win

The song will be a disco-pop song in English

Will somehow become a meme

🇷🇸 Serbia

The nf will be nice overall

An eccentric artist will get attention

A woman will win

The song will be a balkan ballad in Serbian

Will be high in the odds

🇸🇮 Slovenia

Internal selection again

A female pop star will be chosen

The entry will be an up-tempo pop song in English with some words in Slovenian

Will be overhyped by the fandom

Will do worse than expected

🇪🇸 Spain

Pol Granch will be involved in the Benidorm Fest

A controversy will happen during the nf

A famous artist will win the festival

The entry will be a dark ballad in Spanish

Will finish 20th in the final

🇸🇪 Sweden

Melodifestivalen will be better than the last edition

Both Anna Bergendahl and Dotter will be involved at least as songwriters

A LGBTQ artist will win

The entry will be a pop song in English about self-love

Will finish 6th in the grand final

🇨🇭 Switzerland

A good-looking male artist will be chosen

The entry is another sad ballad, but this time about break up

Unlike the 2 previous songs, it will be more appreciated by the fandom

Sacha Jean-Baptiste will stage it

Will qualify but will flop in the final

🇺🇦 Ukraine

Vidbir will be good as usual

A female pop star will win

The entry will be a world music influenced pop song in Ukrainian and in English

A big drama will happen after the nf

Will finish 4th

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

There will be a rumor that Dido could represent the UK to make her big comeback on stage

The actual representative has worked with a British star

The entry will be a mid-tempo pop song

Will be a favourite of many fans

Will finish 16th in the final

[eurovision-revisited]

Copenhagen 2001: Wrap Up

Eurovision 2001 is a year living in the shadow of the previous year's competition. The hosts saw what Sweden had done and perhaps in friendly rivalry, attempted to go one better. Parken stadium is huge and had to have a roof installed to make it a suitable venue. There was a lot of money spent ensuring that Denmark would host a Eurovision audience twice as large as the previous record set the year before.

Fireworks and stage pyro, massive lighting installations, and an overarching concept for presentation involving rhyming couplets and light comedy romantic flirtation between the hosts. It feels a little like overcompensation for an inferiority complex between this year's hosts and last year's.

I have no idea if that's exactly what was going on, but it sure feels like a broadcaster trying to prove something and finding out that going large can fall flat. The stage was too big for many acts, the cameras too far away, the screens too small for the size of the enormous audience. The benefits, such as the huge, involving crowd noise that comes with hosting in a football stadium, were there (especially as the host song did so well), but they didn't outweigh the problems. Lessons were being learned by future hosts.

In terms of songs, Eurovision is floundering, trying to reinvent itself. There's good and there's bad this year and personally, I find the final to be a small step up on the previous two years. Having said that most of the songs on stage sound and look like they're playing it safe. More like old Eurovision than new. Perhaps the most odd thing about the year is that winner is a party song, not a genre that has typically done well prior to this. Maybe a tiny movement towards commerciality? Maybe not, but at least it demonstrates that the Eurovision audience can shift its tastes, although in this case it shifted them sideways rather that forward into the full commercial relevance the EBU craved for the longevity of its flagship institution.

The most recent songfestival.be/ESC Radio top 250 has five entries for 2001, one up on 2000. It's still low, but inching back up. The big problem for 2001 is that the national finals and selection process for choosing the songs in Eurovision was just awful. It feels like the broadcasters didn't care, or perhaps spent all the money on the 2000 editions. Eurovision is poison both for the acts, their managers and the record companies that sign them. It's also poison for the broadcasters who all fear picking a duff song and getting flak from the fans and their national press. Yet, they're duty bound, contractually bound even, to pick a song knowing that no one this year wants to take part.

The resulting national finals were not good. Amateur even. The nets were cast very wide and in several cases there was only ever going to be one winner. There are a few who are trying - especially the Netherlands after the trials of the 2000 Eurovision song contest - but even here, their efforts are stymied by the massive stage and a running order leading to relegation.

Relegation. That's going to be the next big problem that the EBU need to address. It just doesn't feel fair. Delegations can pour time, money and effort into doing Eurovision right and through sheer chance end up getting relegated, leading to more criticism. Then there are all the new countries who wish to take part. Where the was once a single Yugoslavia, there are now five countries, soon to be six and then seven. All the former Warsaw pact and ex-Soviet Union countries who have not already taken part want to. Italy might come back one day, and the microstates such as Monaco, Andorra and San Marino, how will they fit into this? A solution is needed rapidly.

Will that happen next year? Will the hosts find the right-sized venue and approach to hosting? Will the EBU's desire for relevance bear fruit? Let's find out in 2002.

[residentraccoon]

ESC 2005 vs 2006

Albania: Tomorrow I Go vs Zjarr e ftohtë (but I kinda like them the same idk)

Andorra: La mirada interior vs Sense tu

Armenia: Without Your Love

Austria: Y asi

Belarus: Love Me Tonight vs Mum (none lol)

Belgium: Le Grand soir vs Je t'adore

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Call Me vs Lejla

Bulgaria: Lorraine vs Let Me Cry

Croatia: Vukovi umiru sami vs Moja štikla

Cyprus: Ela Ela vs Why Angels Cry (I don't really like any that much tbh...)

Denmark: Talking to You vs Twist of Love

Estonia: Lets Get Loud vs Through My Window

Finland: Why vs Hard Rock Hallelujah

France: Chacun pense à soi vs Il était temps (underrated tbh)

Germany: Run & Hide vs No No Never

Greece: My Number One vs Everything

Hungary: Forogj, világ

Iceland: If I Had Your Love vs Congratulations (underrated bop, I really like it though her 99 one was better)

Ireland: Love? vs Every Song Is a Cry for Love

Israel: HaSheket SheNish'ar vs Together We Are One

Latvia: The War Is Not Over vs I Hear Your Heart

Lithuania: Little by Little vs We Are the Winners

Malta: Angel vs I Do

Monaco: Tout de moi vs La Coco-Dance

Moldova: Boonika bate toba vs Loca (by a landslide. Loca is wayyy too cringey for me)

Netherlands: My Impossible Dream vs Amambanda

North Macedonia: Make My Day vs Ninanajna

Norway: In My Dreams vs Alvedansen (I like 2005 too but Alvedansen takes it)

Poland: Czarna dziewczyna vs Follow My Heart

Portugal: Amar vs Coisas de nada (none)

Romania: Let Me Try vs Tornerò (this was hard. I love both)

Russia: Nobody Hurt No One vs Never Let You Go

Serbia and Montenegro: Zauvijek moja vs Moja ljubavi

Slovenia: Stop vs Mr. Nobody

Spain: Brujería vs Bloody Mary

Sweden: Las Vegas vs Invincible

Switzerland: Cool Vibes vs If We All Give a Little

Türkiye: Rimi Rimi Ley vs Süper Star

Ukraine: Razom nas bahato vs Show Me Your Love

United Kingdom: Touch My Fire vs Teenage Life

2005: 18

2006: 18

We have a tie)))

[marswasnothere]

People I want to know better

Thank you @crazy-minded-girl for the taaaag!!

Last song?

All my love by Noah Kahan

Favourite colour?

Purple, like a nice vibrant purple. Icy blue is my second favourite

Currently watching?

Latest game grumps zelda totk episode (I’m getting the game for myself but I don’t care about spoilers one bit :P)

Last movie?

Bill, parody of Shakespeares life by the horrible histories idiots, fuckin banger btw I have to thank my mum for entering her annual shakespeare phase

Sweet/spicy/savoury?

SWEET ALL THE WAY

Relationship status?

Single and confused about attraction

Current obsessions?

Formula 1 and, surprise surprise, Joker Out. I’ve said before there’s defo a pipeline from liking esc to liking f1 Ive seen it happen and it’s happened to me. Wait I know exactly when I got into f1 it was when Charles replied to a tweet about Monaco being able to participate in next years esc and it’s just spiralled from there lol

Last thing you googled?

Jan Ravnik (saw a tiktok about him and a comment said he was Slovenian, had to verify)

I’m never sure who to tag eeee

@jokrrouttfynn @greensolsikke @morbid-things enjoy, no pressure 💜🩵