Top 10 Eurovision Scandals

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  • čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
  • So much for good, clean, family fun. For this list, we’ll be looking at various scandals and controversies that have plagued the popular competition. Our countdown includes Jimmy Jump, Sandra Kim, Technical Glitches, and more! Which of these scandals do you find the most shocking? Let us know in the comments below!
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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  Před 2 lety +59

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    Which of these scandals do you find the most shocking? Let us know in the comments below!

  • @squanchy9755
    @squanchy9755 Před 2 lety +985

    The biggest controversy in all of Eurovision is........THEY DIDN'T PLAY JAJA DING DONG!

    • @boltscrew
      @boltscrew Před 2 lety +12

      ik shouldve have been number 1

    • @Shrek480
      @Shrek480 Před 2 lety +1

      Ik so sad

    • @Darko_Milosevski03
      @Darko_Milosevski03 Před 2 lety +5

      To be honest i would rather have seen jajadingdong win than Ukraine 2016 and 2004, Finland in 2006 and Israel in 2018 ( that's my opinion sorry, please don't attack me)

    • @Ivypool123
      @Ivypool123 Před 2 lety

      Yes😂

    • @NevaehMayPaige
      @NevaehMayPaige Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah, LOL, I actually thought for five seconds that they were gonna play it back then, Haha, imagine if they did LOL

  • @pandoradegreeve706
    @pandoradegreeve706 Před 2 lety +853

    “Lied about her age” and that has been the only time my country won Eurovision.

    • @cailieisidro5758
      @cailieisidro5758 Před 2 lety +44

      At least they have an Eurovision Jr. where contestants all the way to 15 can attend

    • @Darko_Milosevski03
      @Darko_Milosevski03 Před 2 lety +20

      Some say Belgium won because before 86 Belgium who were one of the first participants of the first ever contest had never won it while the other first countries to participate had won it like Italy, Luxembourg and so on

    • @gudrunbruemllst4172
      @gudrunbruemllst4172 Před 2 lety +3

      Really sorry, Sandra Kim, just horrible singer and her song, absolutely rubbish. Everybody knows why she won: Her fake age. I'm not a fan of Eurovision but that day that I was her age too I got totally angry.

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 Před 2 lety +6

      Sandra Kim is definitely a meh singer, but there are far worse singers than her, especially a crap guy like Ryan Bane.

    • @flopjul3022
      @flopjul3022 Před 2 lety +7

      @@gudrunbruemllst4172 and i guess you are a sad brit who is angry at the bbc for sending crap songs

  • @yarilove4
    @yarilove4 Před 2 lety +660

    The “put in” shit is clever though lol

    • @JordanMcLeodCavaradossi
      @JordanMcLeodCavaradossi Před 2 lety +34

      It’s clever but damn how I love that beat and groove

    • @annapmark536
      @annapmark536 Před 2 lety +2

      WatchMojo kinda forgot to mention that at that time Russia and Georgia were in military conflict over the independence of a Georgian region South Ossetia (Russia's North Ossetia region supported the neighbours and that's how it started). The conflict is still not resolved.

  • @NikiTheDancer
    @NikiTheDancer Před 2 lety +606

    - Ukraine's withdrawal in 2019 ("Crimea is Ukraine"), several artists rejected offer to represent Ukraine
    - Russian entry in 2017, Ukraine refuses Julia Samoylova to travel to Ukraine
    - Iventa Mukuchyan waving the Nagorno-Karabakh flag
    - Hatari waving the Palestinian flag
    - wrong results during the live show in 2019
    - Belarus sending political propagnada in 2021 (but luckily got disqualified)

    • @marinadeburgos8666
      @marinadeburgos8666 Před 2 lety +78

      The never-ending 12 points from greece to cyprus and viceversa all the years. It's not a surprise anymore

    • @silvergir89
      @silvergir89 Před 2 lety +14

      @@marinadeburgos8666 And prior to 2013 Turkey either voted for Greece or Cypress.

    • @METALFREAK03
      @METALFREAK03 Před 2 lety +12

      @@marinadeburgos8666 all the eastern bloc and scandanavian countries do this too though.
      What we get? Nothing as our neighbours hate us so we never get a guarantee 12 points from either Ireland or France and everyone hate us still due to us having the largest empire and best language? Not sure.

    • @aaronjb4363
      @aaronjb4363 Před 2 lety +9

      The stage invaders: Vitalii Sediuk in 2017 and Dr. AC in 2018

    • @liljakaren97
      @liljakaren97 Před 2 lety +4

      Wait..wrong results in 2019?

  • @iAvrilFan1
    @iAvrilFan1 Před 2 lety +850

    Hatari from Iceland showing Palestinian flag while in Israel should've also been on the list

    • @TrainToAlaska
      @TrainToAlaska Před 2 lety +60

      Yeah I was 100% expecting that one lol

    • @silvergir89
      @silvergir89 Před 2 lety +40

      On Hatari's end they smuggled flags into the venue, without the Eurovision or the venue's operators knowledge, and only showed them when Iceland's scores were brought up.

    • @millerhxc
      @millerhxc Před 2 lety +27

      There's technically nothing wrong with having a Palestinian flag in Israel. In fact, there are places in Tel Aviv in particular which have the Star of David and Palestinian flag side by side. It's probably meant as a statement but it's the same statement the Left in Israel make.

    • @paulmartin1532
      @paulmartin1532 Před 2 lety +26

      @@millerhxc technically there might be nothing wrong with it but yet the flag was quickly removed from them by security, behind cameras.

    • @lucaswallo8127
      @lucaswallo8127 Před 2 lety +12

      They were trash for doing that

  • @gokbole
    @gokbole Před 2 lety +537

    I like when WatchMojo does Eurovision top 10's

    • @Darko_Milosevski03
      @Darko_Milosevski03 Před 2 lety +4

      Me too
      Also to me the 50s,60s,70s and even 80s Eurovision graphics look to me weird i don't know why but to me they do
      It makes me appreciate the new Eurovision graphics
      To me this year's esc visual design is the best
      I love high tech esc graphics

    • @Opus566
      @Opus566 Před 2 lety +1

      Same

    • @ImStevan
      @ImStevan Před 2 lety

      id like it more if they actually got information from eurofans instead of pulling a list from their ass, cuz most of these would be honorable mentions if they took the time to research some other scandals

    • @MomLAU
      @MomLAU Před rokem

      Same here. That's how I discovered Eurovision-- thru Watchmojo doing this.

  • @saranissen6210
    @saranissen6210 Před 2 lety +471

    Belarus had to be disqualified this year because the song/band was consitered political propaganda. I think it should have been an Honorable mention.

    • @brent8407
      @brent8407 Před 2 lety +13

      A scandal that they were disqualified or a scandal that they made those political songs?

    • @saranissen6210
      @saranissen6210 Před 2 lety +29

      @@brent8407I think, it was fair to disqualify them, but there were lot of attention/controversy with the song in the first place, so I just thought about it seeing this list.

    • @marinadeburgos8666
      @marinadeburgos8666 Před 2 lety +20

      They have been permanently banned from Eurovision after all the things that happened this year

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc Před 2 lety +14

      I believe they were allowed to write a new song, but that song was also deemed too political.

    • @saranissen6210
      @saranissen6210 Před 2 lety +5

      @@joermnyc yes I think, I saw something about that too.

  • @cindysoldout8205
    @cindysoldout8205 Před 2 lety +214

    The "put in disco" was so smart

  • @BlueTearDconnor
    @BlueTearDconnor Před 2 lety +362

    Eurovision looks so much fun, just the fact that it faces countries against each other makes it way more interesting than any other singing show.

    • @ynelypelez5979
      @ynelypelez5979 Před 2 lety +11

      Of course It seems that Eurovision being a song contest is more than a cover full of politics

    • @ynelypelez5979
      @ynelypelez5979 Před 2 lety +15

      This Eurovision instead of a singing contest is more like THE HUNGER GAMES

    • @rossmccord2835
      @rossmccord2835 Před 2 lety +5

      But it's stupidly political. This year, the UK got no points

    • @aangomesbranco
      @aangomesbranco Před 2 lety +24

      @@rossmccord2835 The song wasn't memorable enough. You need to be in top 10 of jury or televote to receive *any* point. Your song could be all 11th places, it'd still finish last. Same with Germany and Spain - the songs were not strong and this year was super strong. The only odd one is Moldova, but it can be explained with uh... Kirkorov *cough* buying *cough* jury *cough* votes *cough*

    • @dunno6469
      @dunno6469 Před 2 lety +12

      @@rossmccord2835 but when the UK got 111 points in 2017, oh now the contest isn’t political anymore ??

  • @Sofia-qn6fs
    @Sofia-qn6fs Před 2 lety +431

    Starting a revolution definitely deserves the top spot ☺️

    • @novastardom2689
      @novastardom2689 Před 2 lety +1

      Especially when it rain of revolution

    • @franciscomendes3214
      @franciscomendes3214 Před 2 lety +7

      That’s not how it happened actually

    • @jof6619
      @jof6619 Před 2 lety +2

      @@franciscomendes3214 What would you change in how it was told?

    • @franciscomoreno1027
      @franciscomoreno1027 Před 2 lety +46

      @@jof6619 the revolution was 19 days after the contest, and the song was only one of the signals (19 days later). Also, the regime is mis-represented in the video as being communist/soviet, when it was actually an authoritarian far-right fascism-inspired dictatorship

    • @Darko_Milosevski03
      @Darko_Milosevski03 Před 2 lety +5

      12 years after the revolution Portugal joined the EU
      43 years after the revolution Portugal won the contest

  • @ESCStroopwafel
    @ESCStroopwafel Před 2 lety +74

    I'm honestly surprised that Belarus's banned 2021 entry wasn't on this list. The song was literally about how people have to follow the rules of the Belarusian dictator, Lukashenko

  • @TheFrecklish
    @TheFrecklish Před 2 lety +39

    I cannot believe you didn’t mention the scandal in Baku, Azerbaijan, when they had to host Eurovision in 2012. All the people who were forcibly evicted and lost their homes because they just HAD to build right where their homes were.

  • @ELisa-qf2mw
    @ELisa-qf2mw Před 2 lety +62

    Not to mention that italian broadcaster interrupted transmission during Italy's own song in 1974, for fear that the song titled "Sì" (yes) could influence the voting in the referendum for legalizing divorce (which obviously happened anyway).
    And not to mention that after the 1964 final result, winner France Gall was slapped by another woman contestant who couldn't get over the fact that she hadn't won, ditched on the phone by her boyfriend who couldn't stand her being a more successful artist than he was AND booed by the orchestra who considered her song too modern and fast.

    • @Texaslawhorn
      @Texaslawhorn Před 2 lety +10

      *1965
      Yes, France Gall's victory was definitely not all happiness. The UK's singer Kathy Kirby, that year's runner-up, was the one who slapped France out of bitter jealousy. What a sore loser!

    • @ELisa-qf2mw
      @ELisa-qf2mw Před 2 lety +3

      @@Texaslawhorn yep thanks, 1965 you are right!

    • @silvergir89
      @silvergir89 Před 2 lety +1

      If it were the 1964 contest, you wouldn't have known that fact that well.

    • @EmoBearRights
      @EmoBearRights Před 2 lety +3

      @@Texaslawhorn Kirby's life would go the toilet after that. Karma or her just being an unstable person or maybe a bit of both.

    • @mariksen
      @mariksen Před 2 lety +3

      Wow! :O I didn't know France Gall was slapped by an another contestant!

  • @markwatney1164
    @markwatney1164 Před 2 lety +83

    Now I have to become an international star to prove to all of Iceland, and my extremely handsome father, that I have not wasted my life.

    • @Jeahkir
      @Jeahkir Před 2 lety +10

      @KEEP CALM and PLAY SOCCER IN YOUR PAJAMAS No, better play JajaDingDong!

    • @beandrag9019
      @beandrag9019 Před 2 lety

      Do it icon

  • @KayleighNatasha
    @KayleighNatasha Před 2 lety +84

    The only one contest scandal comes to mind... The 4 way winning tie of the 1969 Contest causing several countries to withdraw in 1970

    • @silvergir89
      @silvergir89 Před 2 lety +3

      And by extension, led the first of 7 victories for Ireland.

  • @licoricebubble3760
    @licoricebubble3760 Před 2 lety +21

    Okay but Damiano’s drug rumors was seriously so stupid. Like it was clear that he was not close to the table and therefore couldn’t have done it. He literally just looked at a glass Thomas broke. Also WHO TF WOULD TAKE DRUGS ON LIVE TV

  • @kingnaga619
    @kingnaga619 Před 2 lety +84

    I like how “the most controversial win in Eurovision history” is only number 5

    • @mihael2800
      @mihael2800 Před 2 lety +1

      I like how they didnt mean the 2011 winner by "most controversial winner"

    • @MustiiForTheWin
      @MustiiForTheWin Před 2 lety +2

      @@mihael2800 2011 is good

    • @pseudoab1125
      @pseudoab1125 Před 2 lety +4

      @@mihael2800 Most acts in 2011 were kinda weak so I don't think it matters too much

    • @Darko_Milosevski03
      @Darko_Milosevski03 Před 2 lety +5

      @@MustiiForTheWin the Azerbaijan entry was good but not winning material
      That's just my opinion

    • @MustiiForTheWin
      @MustiiForTheWin Před 2 lety +2

      @@Darko_Milosevski03 i'm Azerbaijani and we love our song.

  • @MizLK
    @MizLK Před 2 lety +125

    portuguese here: the n1 is 100% correct. However, it is important to point out that when you speak of the Estado Novo, you actually showed images of the revolutionary/ resistance party flag and street art. The dictatorship was right wing. Get it right. (excuse the pun)

  • @marinadeburgos8666
    @marinadeburgos8666 Před 2 lety +149

    Is there any year without controversy in Eurovision? Since I started watching it there's always a controversy or two. They even include a controversy section in wikipedia

    • @dimidrugg9592
      @dimidrugg9592 Před 2 lety +20

      Controversy is interesting, that's why.

    • @mariomirceski661
      @mariomirceski661 Před 2 lety +4

      I think there was no controversy in 2018

    • @jackavock8475
      @jackavock8475 Před 2 lety +3

      @@mariomirceski661 there was because cyprus didnt win

    • @mariomirceski661
      @mariomirceski661 Před 2 lety +9

      @@jackavock8475 I wouldn't call that a scandal rather an unfortunate and robbed 2nd place

    • @jackavock8475
      @jackavock8475 Před 2 lety +3

      @@mariomirceski661 yess there wasnt a scandal but i mean that there was controversy around Israel's win

  • @nefelichristogoula316
    @nefelichristogoula316 Před 2 lety +80

    Very interesting, I didn't know all these controversies! The Maneskin one seemed like total bull**** from the beginning. They won, get over it!

    • @liliaeth
      @liliaeth Před 2 lety +33

      It mostly annoys me that the video didn't even bother to mention that Damiano was proven innocent.

    • @ellechim9302
      @ellechim9302 Před 2 lety +8

      Also rumours should not be considered a scandal..... then everyone can start a "scandal"

  • @AlirioAguero2
    @AlirioAguero2 Před 2 lety +54

    Actually, one of the biggest Eurovision scandals came this year. There were initially 41 countries set to participate. First Armenia withdrew because of the conflict with Azerbaijan. But the really scandalous part came in the form of Belarusian song called ''Ya nauchu tebya'' or ''I Will Teach You''.
    The lyrics are about people being mindless sheep, and needing a strong leader to tell them what to do, and how to survive. It even dared to condescendingly include the verse ''Rejoice, no matter if you're angry''. The band are known Lukashenko supporters, handpicked by him. Considering the dictatorship, imprisonments, and killings happening in Belarus at the same time, it hit hard.
    On a musical level, it is also incredibly bad and lazy, which means that its sole purpose was to provoke. The whole Eurovision fandom immediately panned the song. Especially fans and musicians from Belarus. In fact, Belorussians insisted to disqualify their broadcaster BTRC until further notice. EBU (the broadcaster who precedes Eurovision Song Contest) gave Belarus an ultimatum - Either change the song or be disqualified.
    They said that they are making a new song, but a few weeks later, the new song was also rejected by the EBU, and Belarus was disqualified. After Eurovision, EBU said that they'll revoke BTRC membership, and thus ability to participate in any future editions of the contest.

    • @ionbalan7425
      @ionbalan7425 Před 2 lety +2

      I though Armenia withdrew coz they didn't find an artist to represent the country

    • @Richardsonprincess00
      @Richardsonprincess00 Před rokem

      @@ionbalan7425 financial problems or war...

  • @Chris_Silverhaze
    @Chris_Silverhaze Před 2 lety +109

    9:25 You should of probably mentioned they were accused of killing stray dogs 'to clean up Moscow before it hosted the contest the following night' ... I had to Google it like "What has this got to do with Eurovision?"

    • @violetaflores1322
      @violetaflores1322 Před 2 lety +12

      I was really confused too lol

    • @silvergir89
      @silvergir89 Před 2 lety +6

      Didn't Azerbaijan do a similar thing in 2012 with barricading hovels and slums in Baku?

    • @JonnyTainment
      @JonnyTainment Před 2 lety +9

      Yes, no mention of Moscow hosting the 2009 Eurovision would confuse a lot of people.

    • @poohgaze2338
      @poohgaze2338 Před 2 lety +7

      Before I realized what was going on I thought that WatchMojo had mistakenly inserted the honorable mentions section of a video about animal rights controversies.

    • @jupitertronic
      @jupitertronic Před 2 lety +1

      Omg thank you, I was like did I just have a stroke?? what does this have to do with eurovision? lol

  • @snapesnappedsaidsiriusseriousl

    Silvia Night: "Am I a joke to you?!"
    Eurovision: 🤡

    • @jacklovejoy5290
      @jacklovejoy5290 Před 2 lety +2

      That's literally all she is, intentionally

    • @silvergir89
      @silvergir89 Před 2 lety

      Wasn't her performance more about dissing Sweden for sleeping with male members of the juries.

    • @EmoBearRights
      @EmoBearRights Před 2 lety

      @@silvergir89 No she called the Dutch contender a bad word meaning that and the poor woman didn't qualify. She said in ageist language Carola was over the hill but Carola qualified and finished in the top ten whilst Sylvia did neither so Carola got the last laugh so to speak.

  • @martinkrajc472
    @martinkrajc472 Před 2 lety +28

    2:33 singing about being 15, looking like 30, actually being 13 :D

    • @ELisa-qf2mw
      @ELisa-qf2mw Před 2 lety +1

      I'm not sure that having "I'm 15" as part of your song's lyrics qualifies as "lying about your age" though. It's just a song. Everyone sings all sort of stuff and we don't usually accuse them of lying if the lyrics don't actually depict their real life. Did she have her ID counterfeited in order to get into ESC? I don't think so.

    • @tibethatguy
      @tibethatguy Před rokem

      @@ELisa-qf2mw She also lied about her age to the participating broadcaster for Belgium to even get a chance at representing the country at Eurovision.

  • @DJFalcoOfficial
    @DJFalcoOfficial Před 2 lety +22

    I'm surprised Galasy Zmesta and the MARUV situation wasn't on this list.

  • @thealienontheinternet
    @thealienontheinternet Před 2 lety +60

    10:23 You should have specified that the singer voluntarily took a drug test and it came back negative. Don’t just say he may have taken drugs, because people these days are going to take it as a fact and spread fake news

    • @jesseboy7951
      @jesseboy7951 Před 2 lety +5

      True. He was leaning down to pick up broken glass or smth, people mistook that for u know what and suddenly everyone was on him. The guy had nothing to hide, he clearly mentioned at the press conference that he doesn't do drugs and, as u mentioned, the test proved it.

    • @dmjh1463
      @dmjh1463 Před 2 lety +5

      She didn't even have the decency to try pronounce the band name right

    • @liajones6098
      @liajones6098 Před 2 lety +4

      Fr Damiano didn’t deserve that shit

  • @riinak7212
    @riinak7212 Před 2 lety +20

    The real scandal in 1968 was that it was "La, La, La" was going be sung in Catalan by Catalonian singer Joan, and he refused to changed the language, so the government forbid him to go & changed the lyrics to standard Madrid-Spanish (Castillan?) and gave it to Massiel to sing.

    • @riinak7212
      @riinak7212 Před 2 lety +6

      Also, please get people who know how to pronounce the acts' and songs' names properly and do a bit more research into some of the other scandals. There probably are enough for 20 here...

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 Před 2 lety +1

      Big irony though. Hahahaha, I would say that Mrs Massiel has clearly and definitely regretted her old actions in the 60s, so she is clearly more mature now than she was in the 1960s.

  • @LeoPardalis-wo9tv
    @LeoPardalis-wo9tv Před rokem +5

    About Sandra Kim's performance in 1986, everyone knows or has to be aware that a song is not a statement ! You are not forced to tell the truth about your life story in songs !

  • @NYAndreas
    @NYAndreas Před 2 lety +16

    The 1976 Greek entry, "Panayia mou Panayia mou" by Mariza Koch, was a protest song about the 1974 turkish invasion of Cyprus. As a result Turkey withdrew from the 76 final and the organizers in Hague had to deal with protests from turkish expatriates, as well as warnings of possible violence from nationalist group the grey wolves (including a sniper during the final). Mariza Koch performed wearing a bulletproof vest and had to sign a waiver prior to getting on stage.
    During the Greek performance the turkish network replaced the EBU signal with a broadcast of a patriotic anthem. Following the incident EBU disqualified Turkey from the 1977 contest and added a new rule to exclude songs with a political message.

  • @harryjo1016
    @harryjo1016 Před 2 lety +24

    So we aint gonna talk about the Belarus Jury results, The Belarus 2021 song and the UK's 2018 stage invasion

  • @opasimmer6577
    @opasimmer6577 Před 2 lety +32

    You forgot about the Belarussian controversy this year with their political lyrics leading to their withdrawal, the Russia Ukraine situation in 2017, Ukraine's withdrawal in 2019, Many showings of controversial flags including the Nagorno-Karabakh flag scandal of Armenia 2016 and the Palestine flag by Iceland in 2019, the stage invasion during the 2017 and 2018 contests, China cutting ties with Eurovision in 2018 after cutting 2 performances off during a live broadcast and wrong results displayed in 2019.

  • @pandemits
    @pandemits Před 2 lety +9

    When Sweden and France songs had the same number of marks in the 1991 ESC (a tie for the first time since the infamous 1969), the Italian presenters (both former ESC winners) and everyone else were clueless as what to do, until someone reminded them that there was actually a tie-breaking mechanism.

  • @loreliecam5564
    @loreliecam5564 Před 2 lety +8

    Wow that Ms. Belgium song is very catchy! I liked it! Am I the only one?

  • @kachkodziob_obabich_dorohy
    @kachkodziob_obabich_dorohy Před 2 lety +87

    Why didn't WatchMojo mention the war in Georgia incited by Russia in 2008? That's why the lyrics were like that. Georgian people tried to attract people's attention to that fact and their act was understandable.

    • @louisemb6291
      @louisemb6291 Před 2 lety +8

      Right. Understandable, but EBU does not allow for political messages in Eurovision songs so...

    • @kachkodziob_obabich_dorohy
      @kachkodziob_obabich_dorohy Před 2 lety +11

      @@louisemb6291 It may not allow political messages but this fact was worth mentioning.

  • @mlggamer5296
    @mlggamer5296 Před 2 lety +30

    Wow the song started a revolution? That's amazing that's astounding that's.... I have no words

  • @sandromonteiro4869
    @sandromonteiro4869 Před 2 lety +24

    You can add another controversy to your Top: portraying the Estado Novo regime as communist when it was actually the absolute contrary. It was a fascist regime. The Communists you show in the pictures were the ones who fought against it.

  • @paulnorton2885
    @paulnorton2885 Před rokem +3

    According to one account I have read, one signal for the commencement of Portugal's Carnation Revolution in 1974 was the broadcasting of the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda" on the radio station of the Portuguese army.

  • @aijamberisabel
    @aijamberisabel Před 2 lety +12

    The drug allegations from Italy this year. Damiano David was apparently snorting cocaine. The allegations turned out to be fake. It was a massive controversy surrounding their win aside from the censorship of some of the lyrics of their winning song Zitti E Buoni (Shut Up and Behave) because they were rude in English.

    • @EmoBearRights
      @EmoBearRights Před 2 lety +2

      And the only time they performed the rude version was after they won and the Bambino's were in bed and probably most of the ones who stayed up couldn't understand Italian. Sylvia Night swore in English and although she didn't do it live she refused to change it before and the uncensored version is actually on the official recordings. Also the drug claims are bs and provably so.

  • @delfinacampana332
    @delfinacampana332 Před 2 lety +13

    Dude Måneskin were asked a billion times about their name and they still mispronounce it lol

    • @silvergir89
      @silvergir89 Před 2 lety +3

      They could asked the Danish delegates for help.

  • @pandemits
    @pandemits Před 2 lety +8

    Greece participated in 1976 with a song protesting the 1974 Turkish Invasion in Cyprus. Turkish organizations directly threatened to send a sniper to hit the singer (Mariza Koch) during her performance. As a result of this, the organizers of the 1976 ESC asked her to sign an own-responsibility statement and wear a bulletproof vest during her performance.

  • @LucienSabre
    @LucienSabre Před 2 lety +41

    😂😂 The “Italy’s Måneskin leader doing drugs” thing has to be the biggest BS told in Eurovision Contest. 🤣🤣
    More so because it’s all France’s doing - everybody knows French consider and have always considered themselves much more superior to their Italian neighbours, so it’s no surprise that when France, who was already taking their victory in the contest for granted, lost miserably to Italy they were unable to accept it and spread that nonsensical rumour as petty revenge.
    *P. S. =* Sorry for all the replies (the valid ones too) being gone, I had to delete and repost the comment in order to get rid of the “replies” of a french person completely unable to accept true facts reported by her own country’s proper (non scandal/gossip) media - and France’s loss in the contest.

    • @Darko_Milosevski03
      @Darko_Milosevski03 Před 2 lety +5

      To be honest France could have won the contest if the televoters cared about music
      France finished 2 overall but in the televoting they scored less than Ukraine and their performance was weird and the band looked like supervillains

    • @LucienSabre
      @LucienSabre Před 2 lety +5

      @@Darko_Milosevski03 Exactly. That’s why I said they lost “miserably”: it’s not the victory itself, but their attitude toward it - despite performing like sh*t in the final, they seemed to believe such an half-as*sed performance would make no difference to the public and they would bag the win regardles, so when instead they lost they weren’t able to cope and acted _miserably_ (with pathetic and ridiculous acts like spreading lies about Italy doing drugs on live tv, making a fuss on media, demanding for Italy’s win to be revoked and so on).

    • @TheItalianAtheist
      @TheItalianAtheist Před 2 lety +8

      French are still choking for the defeat in the 2006 World Cup final.

    • @LucienSabre
      @LucienSabre Před 2 lety +5

      @@TheItalianAtheist Yeah. French spread false rumors in that occasion as well, mostly about the headbutt to the chest that back then France's captain Zidane gave to an Italian player which led to Zidane's red-card expulsion from the game - French claimed Zidane was completely innocent and it was all the italian player's fault who had provoked the french captain....except said captain was well-known for his aggressive behavior and temper.

    • @TheItalianAtheist
      @TheItalianAtheist Před 2 lety +1

      @@LucienSabre i am a Juve fan and had Zidane play for us 5 years. During the group stage of CL 2000 he got expelled twice for head butting, collecting 4 suspension matches out of 6...

  • @zatoslayer64
    @zatoslayer64 Před 2 lety +19

    I wish America aired more international shows like this in the 90s and early aughts. Without the internet and CZcams I'd probably never know this existed.

  • @patrickpastor8041
    @patrickpastor8041 Před 2 lety +22

    I don't care about the scandals. I want to see a top 10 ESC 2021 songs.

    • @NekoHibaCosplay
      @NekoHibaCosplay Před 2 lety +7

      it's pretty easy, just watch the final score and you have the top ten 😂

    • @Darko_Milosevski03
      @Darko_Milosevski03 Před 2 lety +2

      My favourite ESC 2021 entry is Serbia's
      Hurricane loco loco

    • @ellechim9302
      @ellechim9302 Před 2 lety

      Can you even make a top 10 list.....?

    • @EmoBearRights
      @EmoBearRights Před 2 lety +1

      @@Darko_Milosevski03 Go and listen to it. Alt taste exists ....effing deal with it!

  • @bertensap5533
    @bertensap5533 Před rokem +5

    The worst part about number 5 with Massiel's entry is that it wasn't hers to begin with. The original performer was going to be Joan Manuel Serrat. However due to Serrat being Catalan and Franco being Franco, Spain instead had Massiel sing the same damn song, just translated to Castilian Spanish.
    Which couldn't have been hard to translate when like 80% of the lyrics are "la"

  • @markyfox6145
    @markyfox6145 Před 2 lety +7

    all i can say is that, 10 is a very short list to pin down all the controversies or scandals in eurovision

  • @danielleteague7801
    @danielleteague7801 Před 2 lety +3

    Please make more of these I am very intrigued

  • @ESC_Israel
    @ESC_Israel Před 2 lety +6

    8:48
    Ilanit admitted in a interview a few ago that she did not wear a bulletproof vest, it was just a rumor

  • @christinedorotheo0
    @christinedorotheo0 Před 2 lety +14

    You forgot: all of Hatari's moments in 2019...

    • @michal31131
      @michal31131 Před 2 lety

      So did the rest of the planet...
      Guess their virtue signalling attempt wasn't as successful as they'd hope.

  • @eatmypapaya
    @eatmypapaya Před 2 lety +10

    She was 13 💀 she looks about 25

  • @editecosta4623
    @editecosta4623 Před 2 lety +15

    YES! Portugal in first place and for good reasons ;) just to say that that was a revolution made without a shot being shot and it's known has the carnation (flower) revolution, to this date carnations are the symbol of freedom and democracie .

    • @Darko_Milosevski03
      @Darko_Milosevski03 Před 2 lety +4

      That year Portugal finished bottom of the contest but if it wasn't for this song who knows what would have happened to Portugal
      43 years after the revolution Portugal won the contest

  • @jocca3886
    @jocca3886 Před 2 lety +7

    As someone who is portuguese, I was REALLY surprised to see our revolution winning the list ❤️

  • @PlatinumKaizer
    @PlatinumKaizer Před 2 lety +2

    Great video!

  • @beandrag9019
    @beandrag9019 Před 2 lety +5

    Should’ve included Slovenia’s 2002 entry. A drag queen trio was entered into Eurovision and it prompted major kickback in Slovenia and led to a whole movement

  • @hazelpony5011
    @hazelpony5011 Před 2 lety +1

    That was truly an awesome video guys!

  • @cosmic7336
    @cosmic7336 Před 2 lety +4

    Jimmy Jump has to be my all time favorite thing that has happened to my country in Eurovision

  • @estebangutierrez160
    @estebangutierrez160 Před 2 lety +10

    Top 10 upcoming shows that are being delayed

  • @makipizon
    @makipizon Před 2 lety +34

    Do A top 10 non winning eurovision songs.

    • @MrMrjack18
      @MrMrjack18 Před 2 lety +7

      Great idea 👌 Grande Amore 1st place in my opinion

    • @marinadeburgos8666
      @marinadeburgos8666 Před 2 lety +1

      A top 100, 65 years of music makes a 10 song list short

    • @MrMrjack18
      @MrMrjack18 Před 2 lety +2

      @@cheyennebrennan966 I almost agree with everything omg ! very nice taste ! and very glad you include Voila ! YES France should had won !

    • @MrMrjack18
      @MrMrjack18 Před 2 lety +1

      @@cheyennebrennan966 Bravo bravo girl ! Barbara gave an excellent performance and Voila is one of the most beautiful esc songs ! you should check my video Top 50 Non English esc songs, i include Voila !

    • @silvergir89
      @silvergir89 Před 2 lety +1

      @@MrMrjack18 Most of Italy in the 2010's would fill most of the spots, unless WatchMojo does a one song per country, and must be in the actual contest.

  • @nigelcarty8084
    @nigelcarty8084 Před 4 dny +1

    Interesting fact.. The British boradcaster Terry Wogan was actually from Ireland (from Limerick) and held both UK and Irish citizenship. The narrator didn't mention that however.

  • @sinebachrenleff847
    @sinebachrenleff847 Před 2 lety +3

    The Kiss between Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler was so long because a stagehand forgot to signal them to stop, so the pair just continued. It was considered quite scandalous in 1957 xD

  • @royfrie
    @royfrie Před 2 lety +4

    1973 the security was tighter, but no Bulletproof vest. With the dress she wore, that would have been too obvious..

  • @alexiious
    @alexiious Před 2 lety +11

    Where's the part in this Eurovision where UK got 0 points from people at home and judges?

    • @alexiious
      @alexiious Před 2 lety +3

      @Jaap Sibma bc it's unfair for UK

    • @alexiious
      @alexiious Před 2 lety +3

      Bruh they deserved points to and choreography is awesome

    • @alexiious
      @alexiious Před 2 lety

      @@cheyennebrennan966 oh np and ok

    • @marinadeburgos8666
      @marinadeburgos8666 Před 2 lety +4

      It's not a scandal, is one of the memes of the year

  • @escminnesota5543
    @escminnesota5543 Před rokem +4

    You missed some really big ones for some not as important ones. Biggest one you missed is the voting sequence in Azerbaijan in 2009. On TV, the Armenian performance was blurred out and the number didnt appear on screen so you couldn’t vote for them. And the people who managed to still vote for Armenia were arrested and held on being “unpatriotic and helping an enemy state”

  • @robertwilloughby8050
    @robertwilloughby8050 Před 2 lety +6

    Wait a minute, surely Portugal's is more a crowning moment of heartwarming rather than a scandal? And, anyhoo, it was totally without the singer's knowledge that his song had been used as the trigger for the revolution (relatively bloodless, as revolutions go, BTW). Then again, he was quite happy about it when it got back to him......

  • @Daniel-bv6ig
    @Daniel-bv6ig Před 2 lety +1

    Great video! You forgot to mention that Jimmy Jump also interrupted the UK's performance during 2018 and took the microphone from SuRie.

  • @carterhurd5263
    @carterhurd5263 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow, I never even scene Eurovision (or even heard about these controversies), but now I am shocked about these controversies

  • @Tisi47
    @Tisi47 Před 2 lety +8

    How could you ignore Hatari in 2019????

    • @katzmanon
      @katzmanon Před 2 lety +1

      i would say they just didn't want comment wars but they also mentioned multiple controversies with israel's songs

  • @sincitybg
    @sincitybg Před 8 měsíci +1

    Lol they banded song" We Don Wanna Put in" , but Verka performed with the song "Russia Goodbye" and made us believe that she was singing " Lasha Tubai".

  • @noamjen
    @noamjen Před 2 lety +3

    The winning of A-ba-ni-bi, first win for Israel, was also not broadcast in Israel because the IBA didn't allow enough broadcasting time needed for the whole voting progress.

  • @ellechim9302
    @ellechim9302 Před 2 lety +7

    Back in the days the Danish kiss was a big deal and it was not supposed to be that long. The couple were waiting for a signal to stop but it never happened so they just kept going. Also Danish is not German so V is not pronounced as F

  • @pandemits
    @pandemits Před 2 lety +1

    In the 1996 ESC, the presenter was booed and shouted on for assumingly being rude to former ESC winner about her age, something that she actually didn't. It appeared as that she was said on live TV that the win of the singer "was a long time ago", while actually it was the singer who used that phrase and the presenter only repeated it, since it was covered by applause and she was not sure if that was what the singer said.

  • @PaiviProject
    @PaiviProject Před 2 lety +2

    Wow. Eurovision was must watch show when growing up in Finland. I remember that young girl & the song and others too. Finland was mentioned heh hee torilla tavataan :)) This was fun. Thanks.

  • @cgfischer
    @cgfischer Před 2 lety +6

    NO! Ilanit definitely never wore a bulletproof vest. There’s an interview with Nurit Hirsh (the conductress at 8:48) where she claims that many people in Israel still believe that but it’s not true!

    • @Darko_Milosevski03
      @Darko_Milosevski03 Před 2 lety +1

      Ilanit's performance looked weird to me i don't know why maybe there is something wrong with me but to me her performance looked weird

  • @ggoddf5889
    @ggoddf5889 Před 2 lety +3

    Greece 1976 entered the contest with a song about the turkish invasion in cyprus and it reminds me a bit of number 2 of this list. Mariza Koch had to sign a contract that she couldnt sue the competition if she was shot and performed with a bulletproof vest cause there were multiple warnings that there would be a shooter in the audience to get her

  • @christiansrensen5958
    @christiansrensen5958 Před 4 dny +1

    Imagine winning with a song that is just "the, the, the" brilliant.

  • @vincentesc
    @vincentesc Před 2 lety

    I knew who would have been the first ! But you can really do a second part because there is so much to say

  • @aviad950
    @aviad950 Před 2 lety +1

    Illanit did not wear a bulletproof vest. It was a rumor that started because of the poncho-like dress she wore. In later interviews Illanit said she did have an unusually heavy security around her, but nothing special during the performance itself.

  • @biancao131
    @biancao131 Před 2 lety +1

    the content i am here for

  • @thisiskirbymac
    @thisiskirbymac Před 2 lety +21

    Who are still waiting for the REACT channel for their reaction to this year's Eurovision?

  • @rgg1009
    @rgg1009 Před 2 lety +9

    Why do they make it look like the regime in Portugal was communist? XD

  • @paulrobins7093
    @paulrobins7093 Před 2 lety +2

    I wonder if those Arabic broadcasters were punished in some way for prematurely cutting off the 1978 Contest when it became obvious that Israel were going to win.

  • @kingofthesands
    @kingofthesands Před 2 lety +2

    Poland's huge difference between jury & televoting in 2016, and Norway's in 2019 should have been on the list i'd say. Still to this day seen as huge injustices and roberries.

  • @lexezlao
    @lexezlao Před 2 lety +2

    Being told I look 16 years old even though I'm 13 and then finding out about Sandra Kim makes me wonder
    Also poor Switzerland constantly ending as runner up in controversy

  • @poplova
    @poplova Před 2 lety +4

    the scandal that comes to my mind is from Eurovision 2021. and it isn't the rumours about drugs. it is the fact that we got no points either from the judges or from the public. our song wasn't that bad. it didn't deserve no votes

    • @hikaru78-
      @hikaru78- Před 2 lety +1

      It didn't get no votes. It's the system which do that, if you aren't in top 10, you don't get points. Even though, you can be 11/39 in every country, you can have no points

    • @gerbrandlub
      @gerbrandlub Před 2 lety +6

      The UK song wasn't memorable enough in a very strong year. Lithuania was more "fun" and energetic, basically edging the UK out of that category. It also didn't out-weird the Ukraine and Iceland, it wasn't as well sung as many other countries, etc. If you don't end up in any countries top 10, you don't get points.

  • @BlenderStudy
    @BlenderStudy Před 2 lety

    Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! 2:36 I wonder why she faked her age like that.. Weird..

  • @noamjen
    @noamjen Před 2 lety +4

    Can we also have top 10 (or 100) of things Fire Saga got totally wrong about ESC?

    • @Darko_Milosevski03
      @Darko_Milosevski03 Před 2 lety +3

      Great film but inaccurate
      In the movie the contest was held in Edinburgh
      Edinburgh hasn't hosted the contest since the 70s
      There has never been a country who was disqualified for switching song midway through the contest
      Graham Norton to me looked like a fool while commentating in the film
      And an Icelandic banker in real life wouldn't destroy Iceland's chances of winning the contest
      And Iceland has enough wealth to host the contest
      It was to me a great film but inaccurate

  • @ozlenergen3289
    @ozlenergen3289 Před rokem +3

    How the kiss is the scandal?

  • @deadhomer8468
    @deadhomer8468 Před 2 lety +4

    Biggest controversy how come it's not shown in North America

  • @namenlos40
    @namenlos40 Před 2 lety +3

    "We Don't Wanna Put In" (We Don't Wanna Putin) is similar to "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" (Dancing Russia Goodbye).

    • @Darko_Milosevski03
      @Darko_Milosevski03 Před 2 lety +2

      Then how was verka from Ukraine not disqualified
      This proves that Eurovision is on the side of Ukraine because it's a bigger country than Georgia

    • @EmoBearRights
      @EmoBearRights Před 2 lety

      @@Darko_Milosevski03 it proves diddly squat.

  • @tudororor
    @tudororor Před 2 lety

    New one added to the list

  • @youraverageavgeek2918
    @youraverageavgeek2918 Před 2 lety +2

    okay but the israel one in 1973 is pretty disturbing and well moral of the story, israel is chaos in eurovision.

  • @bogdandjuricic5815
    @bogdandjuricic5815 Před 2 lety +1

    Nothing about Serbia and Montenegro not sending a song in 2006, due to a scandal during preliminary contest, which happened just weeks before Montenegro broke away from the country

  • @trexadvent4726
    @trexadvent4726 Před 2 lety +1

    Can you do top 10 episodes of the show the Deep?

  • @FatNorthernBigot
    @FatNorthernBigot Před 2 lety +7

    I do enjoy eurovision... I'm from Great "nil points" Britain, and the thrill of not only coming last, but getting "nil points" is palpable.

    • @Stjurgeon
      @Stjurgeon Před 2 lety

      As an Austrian, I feel that. We've been there a few times.

    • @FatNorthernBigot
      @FatNorthernBigot Před 2 lety +1

      @@Stjurgeon You do put a bit more effort into your entries, though.

    • @FatNorthernBigot
      @FatNorthernBigot Před 2 lety

      @KEEP CALM and PLAY SOCCER IN YOUR PAJAMAS Never followed the football. There's not crossover between Eurovision and footie.

    • @jesseboy7951
      @jesseboy7951 Před 2 lety

      I am really sorry u guys are getting misjudged by the public so often. I'm not gonna lie, 2014 Children of the Universe by Molly was my favorite song that year, I could not stop playing it on my phone.

    • @FatNorthernBigot
      @FatNorthernBigot Před 2 lety +1

      @@jesseboy7951 These days, it's part of the experience, so it's not a problem as such (unless you're trying to run a fair-minded song contest. I guess then it would be a headache).

  • @titaniatheredwitch9424
    @titaniatheredwitch9424 Před 2 lety +3

    I love you mojo, but please no fake things, because that thing about Damiano of Italy was made up, It never happend and was proved so.

  • @bandgeek89
    @bandgeek89 Před 2 lety

    I honestly had never heard of Eurovision until that new movie came out, which I have to see. Also had never heard of Jimmy Jump before.

  • @IljaHordist
    @IljaHordist Před 2 lety +2

    Ah, our beautiful world. Where a kiss between two women and making a song with a hidden reference to a president seemingly cause bigger controversy than shooting lots of stray dogs...

  • @Darko_Milosevski03
    @Darko_Milosevski03 Před 2 lety +10

    We don't wanna put in actually sounds like a catchy and actually good song but it's hated because it attacked putin
    That's why we need to keep politics out of Eurovision

  • @AdeselnaDavies
    @AdeselnaDavies Před 2 lety +3

    I don't see the number 1 being a scandal though.... it's actually really nice that Eurovision has another meaning in Portuguese culture. Also, the song we sent in 1973 by Fernando Tordo "Tourada" was a criticism to Estado Novo that we don't really know how it got past the "blue pencil" (literally "lápis azul", which was the act of censoring everything that did not meet the "Estado Novo" ideology). Maybe people working there also got tired of the regime or they didn't understand the satire.

  • @c4licoskies886
    @c4licoskies886 Před 2 lety +2

    “The most controversial win in eurovision history”
    And that’s my country🧍‍♀️