Eurovision

truelinor · May 14, 2014 at 4:57 AM

Quote from EmeraldsLyn

A Canadian singer, who only sang in French won in 1988, that singer was Celine Dion, she now sings in English, but on Eurovision she sang in French and won btw ^,^

Canadian? I thought this was a European event....? *confused*

EmeraldsLyn · May 14, 2014 at 5:46 AM

At that time she sang for Switzerland

Shelybear · May 14, 2014 at 3:32 PM

That's interesting. Do you mean that Celine Dion once participated in Eurovision?

EmeraldsLyn · May 14, 2014 at 3:49 PM

Yes, here http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=2…for_switzerland

I was just saying that she won singing a French song, she is French/Canadian, this was before she is a super star
I'm pretty sure she still has a residence in Quebec

truelinor · May 15, 2014 at 4:19 PM

Well, thank you for that. I looked her up on YouTube and watched the song she sang at Eurovision the year she won. I didn't understand what she was singing about, but it was very pretty. She has a fantastic voice.

LadyNova · May 19, 2015 at 9:10 PM

Resurrecting this thread because it's that time again! First semi-final just started.

This is gonna be interesting for me because this year I haven't actually heard any of the songs yet, except Estonian.

truelinor · May 20, 2015 at 11:54 PM

That time of year again, eh?

Shelybear · May 21, 2015 at 11:05 AM

Yeah thanks for noticing! I can have a new playlist for drawing now. xD

EDIT: Anyone has preference(s) so far?

LadyNova · May 21, 2015 at 8:17 PM

I fully support Estonia, of course. We have a really good song this year too.
Other than that, I like Italy, UK, Spain, romania and Belgium from those in the finals; Israel and Norway from today's lineup. It's sad Belarus and Macedonia didn't advance.

idril · May 22, 2015 at 7:28 AM

Even if the contest is held in Austria this year, I couldn´t care less about it. I haven´t seen any shows or songs yet or know who`s in the finals.
But I like that Australia is a guest of honour this year.

LadyNova · May 23, 2015 at 9:19 PM

Grand final right now!
Place your bets. Who wins tonight?

Shelybear · May 23, 2015 at 9:50 PM

Haven't got the idea yet. I'm just curious...if Australia wins, will the venue be there next year? Then it's literally out of Europe...
And one more question, do they always hole live contest for each contest (e.x. semi-finals)? Or each country just submit their songs/videos online?

EDIT: Well..... I just realised that what it said 21:00 tonight was local time for Austria. And it's one hour ahead of mine......orz

fredsnail · May 23, 2015 at 11:01 PM

They said that if Australia win they can pick any country in Europe to host it for them.

I like the Swedish entry and the larger lady (Serbia possibly) best so far.

Shelybear · May 23, 2015 at 11:39 PM

So far I like Slovenia's and Greece's performance. But for the song itself, I think I like Wars For Nothing and In the name of love.

LadyNova · May 23, 2015 at 11:54 PM

My favourites (asides from the one I can't vote for) are UK and Romania.
All of the contests are live. It's actually a rule that all singing has to be live. Music used to be live too - the host had to provide an orchestra, but nowadays they allow recorded music.

Shelybear · May 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM

So.. every country participated will vote?

LadyNova · May 24, 2015 at 12:06 AM

Yup! So this is going to take a while, there are 40 countries this year.

idril · May 24, 2015 at 11:06 AM

After last years win, Austria made the last place this year (once again). But no wonder with a mainstream cuddly-song like that. At least Germany shares our sad fate.

But yay for Australia's 5th place.

truelinor · May 24, 2015 at 8:26 PM

So, who won?

LadyNova · May 24, 2015 at 9:34 PM

Sweden won, with Russia second and Italy third. Personally I think Italy's the best out of these three, but whatever. Sweden's really good too.
Estonia came 7th, which is good, all things considered.