Matthew
24-05-03, 04:21 PM
Eurovision Song Contest! Tonight, Saturday 24th May at 8pm, BBC 1 (also on Radio 2 as normal).
It's that time of year again, I must admit I often watch most of it, some years I even score them all personally and see if I agree with the winners! http://www.nfh.org.uk/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif
If you've got Real Audio player on your computer, you can see/hear a copy of the UK Entry by Jemini, called "Cry Baby" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/realmedia/eurovision03/unitedkingdom.ram)
I don't think the UK Entry is as good as some have been in the past, but my personal opinion http://www.nfh.org.uk/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/eurovision/
Some interesting facts:
-The Eurovision Song Contest, it can be said, is a child of the San Remo Song Festival.
-Ireland has done the best at Eurovision - Irish performers have taken top honours seven times - three times in a row between 1992 and 1994.** Great Britain has won five times and taken second place 15 times.** Belgium, Norway and Finland have taken second prize eight times apiece.** Luxembourg and France have won the Eurovision Song Contest five times each, while the Netherlands and Sweden have managed to beat the competition four times apiece.
-The most successful individual performer at the Eurovision Song Contest has to be Johnny Logan from Ireland.** He won the Eurovision Song Contest twice as a performer and once as the author of the winning song.
-The most famous winners of the Eurovision Song Contest were Sweden’s ABBA.** Their winning performance of “Waterloo” at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 opened up the door for the group’s massively successful international career.
-There are people who give thought to the importance of where each country is placed in terms of the order of performance.** Some think that the country which performs 13th** will not do very well - only twice have performers who went on stage 13th ended up winning.** There may be people who will not vote for the 13th performer for superstitious reasons.** Others wonder whether it is better to perform first or last, whether it is necessary to perform between similar countries or different ones.** Latvia performed 21st in 2000, 9th in 2001 and 23rd in 2002.** In 2002, Slovenia performed before Latvia, and Lithuania came after.** The experience of these three years suggests that Latvia’s performers do well if they appear toward the conclusion of the concert.
-Specialists say that most of the songs that are performed at the Eurovision Song Contest are about love in one respect or another.** Two-thirds of the songs are performed in English and French.** It is believed that those are the two languages that can help in bringing success.
SOURCE (http://www.eurovision.tv/public/eurovision/23290.html)[/b]
It's that time of year again, I must admit I often watch most of it, some years I even score them all personally and see if I agree with the winners! http://www.nfh.org.uk/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif
If you've got Real Audio player on your computer, you can see/hear a copy of the UK Entry by Jemini, called "Cry Baby" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/realmedia/eurovision03/unitedkingdom.ram)
I don't think the UK Entry is as good as some have been in the past, but my personal opinion http://www.nfh.org.uk/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/eurovision/
Some interesting facts:
-The Eurovision Song Contest, it can be said, is a child of the San Remo Song Festival.
-Ireland has done the best at Eurovision - Irish performers have taken top honours seven times - three times in a row between 1992 and 1994.** Great Britain has won five times and taken second place 15 times.** Belgium, Norway and Finland have taken second prize eight times apiece.** Luxembourg and France have won the Eurovision Song Contest five times each, while the Netherlands and Sweden have managed to beat the competition four times apiece.
-The most successful individual performer at the Eurovision Song Contest has to be Johnny Logan from Ireland.** He won the Eurovision Song Contest twice as a performer and once as the author of the winning song.
-The most famous winners of the Eurovision Song Contest were Sweden’s ABBA.** Their winning performance of “Waterloo” at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 opened up the door for the group’s massively successful international career.
-There are people who give thought to the importance of where each country is placed in terms of the order of performance.** Some think that the country which performs 13th** will not do very well - only twice have performers who went on stage 13th ended up winning.** There may be people who will not vote for the 13th performer for superstitious reasons.** Others wonder whether it is better to perform first or last, whether it is necessary to perform between similar countries or different ones.** Latvia performed 21st in 2000, 9th in 2001 and 23rd in 2002.** In 2002, Slovenia performed before Latvia, and Lithuania came after.** The experience of these three years suggests that Latvia’s performers do well if they appear toward the conclusion of the concert.
-Specialists say that most of the songs that are performed at the Eurovision Song Contest are about love in one respect or another.** Two-thirds of the songs are performed in English and French.** It is believed that those are the two languages that can help in bringing success.
SOURCE (http://www.eurovision.tv/public/eurovision/23290.html)[/b]