#eurovision 1977

[vintageurovision]

It's nice to be in love again, The Swarbriggs Plus Two | Ireland, Eurovision Song Contest 1977

[yourdailyqueer]

Naomy (deceased)

Gender: Transgender woman

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: 25 April 1977  

RIP: 19 April 2024

Ethnicity: Romani

Nationality: Romanian

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, actress

Note: Tried to represent Romania in 2014 for Eurovision but didn’t get through to final selection

[because-its-eurovision]

Us 🥰

110% 🥰

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #787:

Slimane (France 2024) says his Eurovision hero is Marie Myriam, the last person to win for France, who took home the Eurovision trophy for the nation in 1977

[Sources]

Participants of Malmö 2024: Slimane, Eurovision.tv.

France, Eurovision.tv.

[fabelhafteweltvonfelix]

Silver Convention - Telegram (1977) - Der deutsche Beitrag für den Grand Prix Eurovision in London

[eurovisionart]

🇩🇰 Gry Johansen- Kloden drejer

[lovevalley45]

it’s so unfortunate that they sorta confirmed the waterloo mission in ‘here i go again’ to have taken place in 1977,,,, bc that means that the legends did not get to nearly ruin eurovision

[slunkopunk]

taky dělám playlist s písničkama z Intervize 1977 takže... jestli to někoho zaujme...

Pokud nějaký Eurovision fanoušek ještě neví o Intervizi, měli byste…

Československo ji vyhrálo dokonce třikrát, protože jsme tam měli legendy jako Helenku Vondráčkovou, Neckáře a Gombitovou.

Navíc mi to přijde jako největší pomaz, že sovětský blok měl vlastní eurovizi :D

vyhledávat o tom informace je poněkud složité a hledání záznamů ještě víc, ale něco se najít dá

[arabela25]

Former participants as spokespersons in Eurovision 2023

Zlata Ognevich (Ukraine 2013) Jānis Pētersons (Latvia 2022) Stien den Hollander (The Netherlands 2022) Niamh Kavanagh (Ireland 1993, Ireland 2010) Anggun (France 2012) Maro (Portugal 2022) Einar Hrafn Stefánsson (Iceland 2019) Ben Adams (Norway 2022) Ruth Lorenzo (Spain 2014) Ilanit (Israel 1973, Israel 1977) Iago Waitman (Georgia 2022) Monika Liu (Lithuania 2022)

[gaymer-hag-stan]

Why are there still people wondering why Israel and Australia are participating in the Eurovision Song Contest?

We've been over this time and time again.

Israel is part of the European Broadcasting Area. So is every single country on Western Asia and Northern Africa that borders the Mediterranean.

Each of the 54 countries you see marked as "Current" EBU members on the map can participate in Eurovision (Belarus and Russia have been put in the naughty corner. Belarus' suspension actually expires next year, but something tells me they won't return soon), with Tunisia and Lebanon actually getting pretty close (1977 for Tunisia and 2005 for Lebanon) but eventually withdrawing because of Israel. Lebanon had even submitted a song, Quand tout s'enfuit by Aline Lahoud. Though I'm assuming even if Israel wasn't an issue the gays might eventually scare them away, like they did with Turkey and Hungary (allegedly)

Morocco has participated too, in 1980. Israel was absent that year so there weren't any issues there, but they came second to last with Bitaqat Hub by Samira Bensaïd, so they vowed to never return forever and ever.

Australia gets a special pass because their broadcaster had been an associate member for over 30 years by the time of their 2015 debut. The 2015 contest in Vienna marked the Contest's 60th anniversary so they initially allowed Australia to join as a one time thing, they were even automatic qualifiers to the final for that reason, but because they did really well they kept inviting them every year after. In 2019 they drafted a contract that would allow them to keep participating up until this year. Obviously, they'll most likely return next year too so I guess they're renewing that contract.

Kazakhstan is in a similar situation. Although they have a part of their territory in Europe, they are not active EBU members but only associates, like Australia. They have still been allowed to participate in the Junior version, regularly, and there have been talks about allowing them in the actual contest but this has not materialised yet.

Know your history people 🤣

[vintageurovision]

Lapponia, Monica Aspelund | Finland, Eurovision Song Contest 1977

10th place with 50 points

[yourdailyqueer]

Ary dos Santos (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 7 December 1936 

RIP: 18 January 1984

Ethnicity: White - Portuguese

Occupation: Poet, songwriter

Note: Wrote four Eurovision songs to represent Portugal for the 1969, 1971, 1973 and 1977 contests.

[because-its-eurovision]

hey !! i was thinking about whether this year’s esc winner is already set in stone and the likelihood that käärijä could still manage to bag the win with a majority televote score …

i was feeling kind of nervous about it all but then i thought back to 2021 - (i haven’t watched it in a while so correct me if i’m wrong,) but did måneskin get that many high scores from the jury? I don’t think they got many 12 points there at least? (maybe just enough to get a rather average jury score i can’t remember)… they had some 12’s tho i think.

… obviously måneskin absolutely dominated the televote so i was wondering if there could be a similar situation in 2023 as to 2021, as 2021 had some hugely competitive acts and it was a nail biter up to the last minute ✨ (i’m tryna remain positive to manifest this win ahahah 💆🏻‍♀️)

This is one of those asks that lighted me up with need to answer with a thousand-word essay 😄 My take on why these cases are different and why Sweden is the winner Eurovision 2023 under the cut 👇

How to win with televote

Your arguments about Måneskin winning are correct. Italy got a set of 12 points from the Slovenian (neighbour), Croatian and Georgian juries but their average jury score was only 5,42. Both Italy 2021 and Ukraine 2022 won thanks to televote despite being only fourth in the juryvote. Here’s my explanation.

In 2021 the differences between jury favorites weren’t that big. Switzerland had 267 points, France behind them 248 points, Malta 208 points and Italy 206 points. Juries tend to go for artistic ballads but televote rarely shares that sentiment, so Switzerland’s “flop” was predictable. Malta is the biggest jury favorite in Eurovision history so their lower placing in televote wasn’t a surprise either. France did well in both components, deservedly so, and over all placed second behind Italy by only 25 points.

In 2022 Ukraine landslided the televote by getting exactly 200 points more than Moldova who came in second. They got an astounding average of 11,26 points from every country’s televote, and I don’t think we’re going to see a result like that for a while if ever. I believe that Ukraine would have won last year anyway, but understandably the war had a huge effect on televoters.

Sweden vs. Finland

Juries love Sweden. Or rather, Sweden has learnt to send entries that fit to the jury taste. These are the Swedish results from the last ten years: 2012: jury 1st, tele 1st 2013: jury 3rd, tele 18th 2014: jury 2nd, tele 3rd 2015: jury 1st, tele 3rd 2016: jury 9th, tele 6th 2017: jury 3rd, tele 8th 2018: jury 2nd, tele 23rd 2019: jury 2nd, tele 6th 2021: jury 17th, tele 11th           2022: jury 2nd, tele 4th

Eight times of ten, jury has loved Sweden more than televoters. Of those eight, they have placed Sweden in their top-3 seven times. Of those seven, they have won three times.

However, the juries' attitude towards Finland is very different. Since the juries came back in 2010, Finland has failed to make it to the final thanks to juries three times (2010, 2015, 2017) when the televote would have been enough for qualification. In comparison, here are our results from the last ten years.

2012: jury 12th, tele 12th in semi (NQ) 2013: jury 18th, tele 20th 2014 jury 7th, tele 17th 2015 jury 16th (last), tele 10th in semi (NQ) 2016 jury 12th, tele 15th in semi (NQ) 2017 jury 12th, tele 10th in semi (NQ) 2018 jury 24th, tele 21st (in semi jury 15th and tele 7th, thanks to televote 10th combined and qualified) 2019 jury 16th, tele 17th (last) in semi 2021 jury 11th, tele 4th (in semi jury 6th and tele 1st) 2022 jury 22nd, tele 16th

Why Sweden is the frontrunner

Just going into the contest, Sweden is almost guaranteed jury support. By looking at the results from previous years it is safe to say Loreen is going to be the jury winner. There is a slight possibility that we get a surprise jury winner like Austria in 2018 and North Macedonia in 2019. However, that would require there to be a clear jurybait song with great vocals, most likely a powerful ballad with innovative staging, and as far as I see, there are really no contenders for that this year. Who could surprise us? Switzerland, Spain, Estonia? Maybe Ukraine because their entry this year is so much slicker and more modern?

I'd also like to point out that in 2021 the jury winner placed sixth in the televote and in 2022 fifth. That is not going to happen in 2023. Loreen is a former Eurovision winner, fan favourite, charismatic, great singer and performer, the staging shows something never before seen on Eurovision stage (assuming they’ll bring the led screens with them to Liverpool) and Tattoo is already a huge hit so it’s not going to be too artistic or boring for the casual viewers. Sweden isn't even a country anyone would vote against for political reasons. I can’t see Loreen placing outside televote top-3. She can easily get over 300 points from the juries (average of 8,34).

Can we trust the odds?

There are years when neither the betting odds or fans have no clear idea which country is going to win, but those are in the minority. We’ve had some out-of-nowhere winners like Austria 2014 and Portugal 2017, who only begun to shine during the rehearsal week, but the way I see it that 2023 is going to be like 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2022 when the odds got the winner right weeks or months before the contest. As far as I can remember, the odds have always managed to predict a Nordic winner 😄

People have been pointing out to me that the odds might be wrong and Finland still has the chance to win despite being second in the odds. I do worry that the betting odds are failing us this year, but for a different reason. My concern is that thanks to the Käärijä hype that has been going on in Finland since January has made lot of Finns bet for their own country. In 2015 the night before the first semi final Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät was sixth in the odds to win the whole contest, only to end up in last place of their semi.

It is not often that Finland believes in their own chances in Eurovision, but when we do it sometimes makes us blind for what is realistic. Not everyone making Eurovision bets is familiar with how the juries usually vote and how that might effect the overall result. Not to mention that despite Finland being second in the odds behind Sweden, their winning chance is now 40% and ours only 15%.

Personal prediction

Please keep in mind that I’m not an expert of betting odds nor Eurovision, just a fan with a love for statistics 🙃

As for Finland, just qualifying let alone a placement in top-10 is of course an amazing result for us – hell, we’ve never even qualified more than twice in a row! My wish is that we could somehow crack into top-5 for the first time ever (2006 not taken into account). There is a possibility that we could win the televote (depending on running order) but juries are going leave Käärijä outside top-10, which means our placing is around 6th/7th in the overall results. Juries rarely care about silly upbeat songs especially if they are sung in native language and based on that I see Finland going the same route as Moldova 2022 (2nd in tele, 20th in juries, 7th combined) or Norway 2019 (1st in tele, 18th in jury, 6th combined).

Sweden wins. Loreen either wins both the juries and televote or placing in second/third in one or both of them. We might have a different jury winner (Spain? Switzerland?) or televote winner (Finland? Norway? Czechia?) but it doesn’t matter because they both flop in the other component (still placing in top-10 though).

You can quote me May 14th 2023 🙂

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #411:

In 1977, host Angela Rippon couldn't find the camera as the contest started, so during the first few moments of the contest she can be seen looking around for it.

[Source]

London 1977, Eurovision.tv.

[fabelhafteweltvonfelix]

Dream Express - A Million in 1, 2, 3 (1977)

[calabria-mediterranea]

Loredana Bertè & Mia Martini: 2 voices from Calabria, Italy

Italian sisters and singers Loredana Bertè and Mia Martini were born in Bagnara Calabra (Calabria, Italy), respectively in 1950 and 1947.

Mia Martini is considered, by many experts, one of the most important and expressive female voices of Italian music, characterised by her interpretative intensity and her soulful performance.

Her debut album, Oltre la collina is regarded as one of the best Italian albums made by a female artist. Hit songs like Piccolo uomo, Donna sola, Minuetto, made her one of the most popular artists of Italian music in the 1970s, both nationally and internationally. She is the only female artist to have won two Festivalbar consecutively, respectively in 1972 and in 1973.

In 1977, two important encounters occurred in Martini's life: the first with Charles Aznavour, with whom she began a musical collaboration, and the second with singer-songwriter Ivano Fossati, with whom she started an artistic and sentimental partnership.

In 1982, she sang E non finisce mica il cielo, written by Fossati, at Sanremo Music Festival, where she received the Critics Award, which was created specifically for her interpretation and which was named after her as "Mia Martini" Critics Awards from 1996, the year after her death.

In 1983, she was forced to leave the music industry and quit her career, as the music sector and colleagues considered her a person bringing bad luck and barred her from participating in any music and TV events, radio shows and concerts. This kept her away from the music scene for seven years. Only in 1989 was she able to reprise her career, when she returned to perform at Sanremo Music Festival, singing Almeno tu nell'universo, which brought her a new success.

She died on 12 May 1995 in Cardano al Campo at the age of 47.

After her death, the town Bagnara Calabra dedicated to the singer.

Loredana Bertè is a singer-songwriter and artist who has been in the music industry for over five decades. She has released twenty-one studio albums, five live albums, and three soundtracks throughout her career. In addition to her work as a solo artist, she has also collaborated with other renowned artists such as Gianna Nannini, Angelo Branduardi, and Claudio Baglioni.

In her long career, Bertè has experimented with different genres, from rock to reggae, from funk to pop. Bertè is known for the eccentric clothing she wears onstage for her performances.

One of her most popular song is E la luna bussò, an Italian reggae ballad which stayed on the Italian Singles Chart for 29 weeks.

In the 1980s Bertè achieved success in Italy with songs such as Maledetto Luna-Park, Una Sera d'Ottobre, and 'Ti Sento'. She also released two successful studio albums during this period: 'Loredana' (1985) and 'Loredana Berté' (1986). In 1988 she represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Non siamo soli'.

Bertè is one of Italy's most beloved singers and has achieved great success throughout her career. She has sold over 12 million records worldwide and continues to be an inspiration to generations of fans across the globe.

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