American Reacts to the First 11 Eurovision 2021 Finals Performancss
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Australians got so into watching the show that eventually they got invited (for the 60th anniversary) and then just didn't leave
Watch this happen with the pre-recorded backing tracks
@@han-oq6bo wdym?
@@flopjul3022 You probably means that pre recorded backings will stay even tho Martin Osterdahl already mentioned in a interview that they aren't planning to do it next year lol
@@flopjul3022 what aytol said
Aussies have been watching live since 1983 and are rabid fans. They’ve been an official entrant since 2015 when they qualified automatically for their only time,they’ve had to qualify every year since. They’ll be in the contest until the 2023 show.
Australia is basically the fangirl and they got noticed by their senpai (ESC)
The Australians are huge fans of the ESC and that‘s why they got invited by the EBU for the 60. anniversary of the ESC in 2015. It was planned as a one time participation but the fans loved it so much that Australia has been invited every year since then.
Yeah, Australia just GETS Eurovision. Almost all their performances so far have been really unique. Guy with his amazingly fun track, Dami gave what I say was one of the best vocal performances of all time, Kate sang opera while flying above the stage. Montaigne was very different too, and I feel like it would have at least qualified for the GF if she and her team were allowed to perform in Rotterdam. Maybe Isaiah and Jessica were a bit more mainstream/normal pop, but they were also not bad!
In an interview Stefania learned about a 70 year old woman who wasn’t able to go to the show because of COVID, Stefania said that she would wink in her performance to acknowledge the woman and show the woman that she was thinking of her.
This was the Greek performer (#10), just so people can recall.
Wasn't it her own grandma or neighbour or something like that?
@@SuAva I've read it was a woman who called a radio station during an interview with Stefania? Dunno, need confirmation
@@LovelyAngel. ah
@@cityonfoot6023 Well........... Kinda Greek
honestly the best part of Gjon's Tears (Switzerland) is that absolutely stunning voice during that song, completely flawless, and then the epic voice crack during the "thank you Europe!"
Every country has a commentator talking about the artists and other stuff during the "silent" parts. 😅
Australia was fans of esc for years and was invited to participate at the 60th anniversary and was allowed to stay because they’re clearly taking it seriously.
It is considered as advantage to preform late, but you get the songs repeated multiple times during the evening so to me it’s more, be memorable, but not so repetitive that it feels like you’ve heard it a million times before the voting is presented. 😓
During rehearsals and press conferences countries are drawn into halfs - e.g. Switzerland was in the first half of the finale, other contestants were assigned to the second half of the finale. Producers then put Switzerland in position 11 (which is in the first half) for show flow reasons etc. By that they want to avoid to have ballad after ballad after ballad like in recent years where countries were assigned randomly by draw.
@@bltcstrngr3372 yes, though the order can also be influenced by having to change the stage between every performance. If one takes longer to set up you don’t usually put them right after someone it takes time to rig down. I think the exact place for the host country is drawn at random though so they won’t be given an unfair advantage.
Exactly San Marino got the pimp slot of finishing the show and it did them no favours at all. While Russia was on early and was inside the top ten with the televote and the jury.
That is not the main reason though. Australia is a member in EBU: European Broadcasting just like are every country what can participating in ESC. European Song Contest is not song contest for European countries, it is a contest for those countries what are members in EBU. ( Why else you think Israel or Turkey forexample are there, those aren't European countries either.)
@@chiasanzes9770 I’m aware the EBU is not based on geography to the extent you would expect from the name, but Australia is not a full member of the EBU they’re an associate member which the US is as well. It was made an exception for them.
My explanation was simplified, but was to show why it was made an exception for them and not for example the US.
Your point about the group thing is actually interesting cause most of the time, Eurovision winners are just solo artists on the stage by themselves (like the winners in 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014)
That's exactly what I thought
To add to this, Loreen (2012) was on the stage by herself for most of her performance, and Lena (2010) had backup singers, but they were off to the side and blacked out by the lights for almost the entire performance. I personally think if there's too many people on the stage, it looks too crowded and disorganized. Simple is better.
@@Kevin-sm8pn agreed, though I think it takes exceptional skill either as a standalone artist or as a band to stand out as exceptional. This year we had so many highly talented acts of both kinds though. You had Måneskin and Go_A managing to look completely iconic and memorable with their band performances.
Then at the other end of the spectrum you have, say, Barbara Pravi with one of the most simple performances but it's like she fills the whole stage by herself. I think it's about how you command the stage, which is a talent needed on top of a decent voice. Others aren't quite so strong at it - bands like Hurricane struggled to avoid looking 'generic pop group' here in spite of their obvious talents, and someone like Destiny has one of the best voices but her performance in the final for Malta felt somewhat drowned out by a frantic stage performance that didn't do her voice or her song justice.
Netta was solo too, she was the only main singer and was the main attention on stage while as maneskin had the focus more on the group instead damiano
@@flopjul3022 But then that's one of the strengths of Måneskin. That Damiano always shares the attention. He never hogs the audience. Like in this performance, he went to every band member, and showcasing them as individuals aside of himself, giving you more a feel of them as a group, rather than just as a singer with a bunch of musicians backing him up.
The parts in between performances are called postcards and they are played to set up the stage. This year they decided make the postcards around the theme of houses decorated with a bit of the personality of each of the artists to mark the pandemic (everybody is home), so for example the postcard of Serbia featured linguistic books, dancing trophies, and drawings (to represent personalities and hobbies of the 3 girlgroup members). Usually during those parts, commentators from every country will introduce the artist that is about the perform to the audience of said country
Inside the tiny “houses” were decorated to reflect the next performer, but each was place at one of 26 interesting or significant places in The Netherlands.
And the commentators can be quite savage. I know Graham Norton which often makes the UK is loved for this. But as a Swede I must say that our commentator Edward af Sillén is one step up, sadly only awailable on SVT and in Swedish. This guy also wrote and produced many iconic Eurovision and Melodifestivalen moments, such as "Love, love, peace, peace".
I love how his opinion is like "It doesn't have enough flash. It's kinda boring. It needs more flash"
No. Some performances do not need flash. Not everything needs to be big and loud. Sometimes the smaller and softer songs are much and much better ESPECIALLY because they're small and soft
to be fair in that year, you did need flash, this being post-pandemic competition people were exhausted and bored - that's why so many generic or forgettable songs got zero songs
Political voting means that the voting between some countries is influenced by their - mostly political - conflicts or wars. For example, Russia and Ukraine won't vote for each other, Armenia and Azerbaijan same. When Ukraine hosted Eurovision, Russia didn't even participate. And in another year, the artist who was chosen to represent Ukraine was forbidden to represent (by Ukraine), because she toured in Russia, so Ukraine didn't participate at all that year.
And some countries with very close ties do vote for each other almost always, as if the song didn't matter as much as their cultural ties, like Greece and Cyprus, some Balkan countries etc. But there is also another thing, culturally close countries like the same type of music, that's why they vote for their neighbours. And some artists are well known also in neighbouring countries and it influences the voting too.
best explanation ever
yeh and you wont win or loose just on those few neighbor votes, to win you need more or less all of the countries to vote for you.
I do love that the cultural barrier is starting to break down though. The top three songs this year were not sung in English. You have two songs by Måneskin in the UK Top 10 right now - which is the first time non-British Eurovision entrants have been in the Top 10 since Celine Dion. You have Shum from Ukraine entering two seperate Billboard charts. The American interest in Eurovision right now has probably never been higher (without even mentioning the upcoming US spin-off). Then you have countries like the UK putting in a poor performance this year, and not able to rely on any points from the places that often throw them a bone - Ireland and Malta especially. I think the show is currently caught in a positive cycle of celebrated diversification of music culture, which in turn is producing a broader selection of music, and that has led to wider interest and less predictable scores across the board.
@@ReallyBritishOne couldn't agree more and as someone who isn't a native English speaker and listen to a lot of non English music and very diverse genres i love it :).
@@Umla80 I'm a native English speaker but still agree entirely. I listen to music in lots of languages, and can also speak Spanish, and am learning French - I was so happy when Voilà became the first song this year that I actually knew the words to! I hope we get this sort of variety in the years ahead too!
I’m still obsessed with Switzerland’s entry.
Wasn't my cup of tea at all. Got rather annoyed
Me too! I became a huge Gjon's Tears fan
Me toooo
He should've won 🏆
Tbh the song was really good, but his acting on the stage was pretty annoying. At least to me
This year's Eurovision was one for the books. I don't think there's even been a year where I added so many songs from the contest to my playlist. A lot of countries outdid themselves both with the songs and performances, and the variety in genres was mind-blowing. I also loved how a lot more countries sang in their native languages than usual.
Out of the ones you watched today, my favorites are Russia, Switzerland, Portugal, Albania and Malta (in this order). My favorite overall, though, was Italy and I'm really happy they won (I've even voted for them). I probably wouldn't have been mad if another song won, though, just because there were tons of amazing songs this year, like I said.
The one disappointment that I have is Greece. They had a TERRIBLE idea for the staging. The song is really good, like it's the kind of earworm pop song with huge potential to become a radio hit, and I think it could have done way better in the rankings if they had done an interesting performance instead of the boring static dance routine with bad greenscreen.
Anyways, I can't wait for you to see the rest of the performances and most importantly the VOTING!!! That's the most exciting part about ESC, I tell you. Even non-fans of the contest love watching it just for the tension and the drama lol.
I felt the same I too voted and rooted for Italy but I would be fine with Switzerland winning Gjon deserved his jury victory and third place.
I don't know, to me there has to be "the weird" somewhere in the Eurovision and I found that in Greece staging, I can't dislike it for that reason. It's like a cheap imitation on 2016 Russia's performance but I don't mean it negatively lol
To be fair to greece, the staging did stand out (even though it felt outdated to some) and the song landed them in 10th place. First time in the top 10 for Greece since a very long time.
Totally agree with everything you said! I also added a lot of songs to my playlists this year. And the winning song + the rest of the band’s album of course.
Australia is in it because we have Associate EBU membership and have been broadcasting it for a really long time, so the EBU let us in to compete for their 60th show and decided we were allowed to stay after that pending review and reconsideration in a few years. Only full EBU members (not all of which are European btw, geography has nothing to do with it) are guarenteed entry every year if they want, we are the sole exception.
And Eurovision is on at 5am here in Australia and we get out of bed in winter to watch it - we are passionate fans and the EBU recognised that 5 years ago. 2021 was the first year that we didn't make it to the GF.
@@susanab7 Montaigne is an icon though and I hope in spite of not making the final she's got as much love in Australia as I know she has from fans here in the UK!
As I understand it, the first time it was broadcast in Australia was 1983, so are long-time fans!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest
and yesss more Eurovision content😌
also the house you asked about: from each country their own commendators talk some background and facts about the performer whose house is showing while their stage setup is getting ready! at least that's the case is in finland and that's why i think there's no commendators on the vid bc of many languages in europe☺️
😧!! and yes people are protective abt eurovision because it's such a big thing ~inside~ europe and it's "our thing" and idk that's the main reason why some of us don't like others finding about it because then "it's not eurovision anymore but worldvision" with whole world watching and it ain't our "secret" anymore..
also we are salty about others finding about it because americans don't partipicate (while wanting?) and don't have much respect and understanding on the cultures here while thinking the show's all about politics🥱 (not all of them!) and they find about eurovision when a big trends (like arcade on tiktok) comes around and think it's the same as american voice or sum...
ik we all ain't tryna gatekeep it but it's just annoying when americans with 0 knowledge abt it come and try to argue about it against someone who has watched it since being child 🤷🏼♀️
i admit that i'm also a bit annoyed abt americans finding about eurovision but i don't mind it as long as they know the history behind it, respect the peoples cultures and it doesn't become a worldwide thing to watch it🥴🥴 sry for long ass comment just stated my pov as european but it's really hard to explain all the feelings behind it!!
I can highly recommend the UK's commentator Graham Norton. There are several short cliips of his sassy comments over the years!
As a friend described it, it is him, alone in his booth, with a bottle of wine and then things happen xD
the intermission scene is a short introduction about the performers and the country, in the earlier ones they had to make the counties flag in a creative way with a short interview in the background
I believe that was only Denmark 2014. Before 2013 these videos were about the host country, and not the artists or their countries at all. 2011 started the trend towards the current format by showing footage of an immigrant to Germany from the artists home country. Austria 2015 finalized the current trend where the artist does something in the host country even if only virtually this year.
Is this an American thing to think "men are not allowed" in a fight for women's rights? Is American society polarized about it on citizens' level because my country struggles with women rights and it's society vs sexist government issue, therefore women and men protest together. A remark that there shouldn't be any men on Russian stage sounded so off to me, they are absolutely allowed to join
A couple of my American friends have said they think it is something of a cultural thing. Speaking as a bi guy from the UK, I know that here at least, participation of men in the pursuit of women's rights and equality is typically encouraged, just as much as it's the case that for men who face some kind of marginalisation (for their race, or ethnicity, or sexual or gender identity) it is often women who have been their most vocal and important defenders.
I think there is an old fashioned sentiment that 'behind every successful man, is a strong woman" that Manizha is defying here... the final image of her performance here is that behind a strong and successful woman, are both men and women who have her back. It speaks to the idea that everyone should support women, and should be seen to do so. The rest of her performance graciously makes space for those marginalised men whom her message speaks to as well.
@@ReallyBritishOne i think it's important men also give woman a voice, cause if you live in a society where women aren't listend to, then only men can make other men listen. plus the more people who indicate they don't agree with something, the more likely other people gonna make clear they don't agree with it
@@zoedeletter5479 absolutely. Any discussion about women's rights should be completely led by and driven by women. It is up to those women which men they wish to speak and share in their spaces, if any.
The turnover time between acts is 40 seconds. On TV they show 40 second 'postcards' introducing the next country/artist in between, commentators talk over that for a verbal introduction.
Since it was hosted by the Netherlands (I'm Dutch) I was finally able to attend a show in the arena this year, and it was fascinating to see 30 people running and hauling off entire stagings in less than 40 seconds! You can find videos from the audience here on CZcams where you can see them do it, especially the giant inflatable moon from Spain is hilarious (20 people diving on it to deflate it and roll it off stage just in time).
Some acts need more than 40 seconds to be hauled off and built up, so sometimes you'll see one of the presenters having a small talk after the postcard. They also cut to the presenters when something goes wrong and they have to take longer, the presenter will buy some time until the next act is ready to start.
Btw. The postcards are normally shot with the artists in the host country, so they can show off some nice places. But due to covid they couldn't travel for that, so they placed these houses around the country and projected the artists and their attributes into them.
Such an American thing to say 8:55 .. More people = better ... More stuff = equals better
sometimes simplicity = much better .. look at Portugals win in 2017 ;)
Many many songs that have done well over the years have had a solo artist and simple staging
and germany and austria won also
Ukraine won with just one person standing in place and singing too
Some examples of enforcing the no politics rule:
-In 2009 Georgia tried sending a song called "We Don't Wanna Put In"
-In 2016 the Armenian representative flew the flag of a partially recognized country in the greenroom and they were sanctioned
Sending a message about female empowerment etc is not banned nor considered political (even if some people will take it that way)
Yes, that's more of a social statement than a political one
Though the most striking music on that didn't make the final, from Latvia.
Yeah, and Hatari flew the Palestinian flag in 2019 in Israel. I don’t know if they were sanctioned for it, but the cameras definitely cut away right way, much sooner than they otherwise would have.
@@tovekauppi1616 nah the cameras stayed on them for a while tbf
what country
In Russian woman she is breaking free of the stereotype of what a Russian woman should be. and two guys being there makes its more relatable. a guy can also cheer for a woman
You don't need the best vocal to win Eurovision. So Belgium was one of my favourites this year. This is Band for the mood, they are very atmospheric.
i love it, it's the type of song to listen while doing a relaxing bath 😅 i think a song with a similar vibe is heaven by depeche mode
No instruments are being played live at Eurovision, they have all been pre recorded onto the backing track. Eurovision rules
I've known this for a long time and it still cracks me up seeing someone pretending to play on stage. I understand it's for pacing and it would be impossible to keep the show running efficiently if they had to set up different instruments for each act though.
UK sent a songwriter rather than a singer. He's won a grammy for songwriting so theres that at least.
He had covid before the contest probably affected vocals.
@@starry2742 did he? I can't remember anyone announcing anything. I guess he must suffer from long covid then
@@starry2742 whoa.. So I did a search and found articles from before the contest. He got COVID with just a little over a month before the final? Whoa. His lungs were hit. I hope he recovers 100%. I've heard some who also had the symptoms say it was around 3 months.
Edit: So it was a 2020 article. My bad. But he must have been having trouble recovering.
The lyrics of the song were awful
@@scrimbo5319 they were written with a non English speaking audience in mind
12:40 Hooverphonic (Belgium’s entry) have made songs for movie soundtracks most notably, I Know What You Did Last Summer and La Femme Nikita, their sound is really clean and refined because they’ve been making music for 26 years now. I am a really big fan of theirs, if you want to listen to more of their music I recommend Mad About You :)
here's another Hooverphonic fan! I'm obsessed with every music they make
Geike's(Belgium) voice is great, just different from the more poppy vocals. It's dusky, almost jazzy.
I really liked it, but they were "in the wrong place." ;-)
@@LeafHuntress It looked like she was going to a funeral
@@LeafHuntress I think the song would spund so good in a film, but in Eurovision most of people are gonna forget it :/
Also, she‘s one of the most professional singers in this year‘s contest…
her voice was amazing, and a "good singer" like the one from Albania wouldn't have worked for that song
as an American who has followed Eurovision since 2017 and done a research paper on geopolitical voting, i find it fun when other Americans are appreciative of Eurovision instead of mocking it, and enjoying everything from the campy and weird songs to the amazing
Can you give more information about the research paper? Was it published somewhere and can it be accessed online?
you know, i still think that israel of all places entering with a song called set me free is a big damn slap to the face...
Australia is an affiliate member of the European Broadcasting Union and they have been broadcasting Eurovision live for many years even though it's like somewhere between midnight and 6am local time and they have quite a lot of viewers and people visiting eachother to watch it together as many people in Europe do as well. I think it was on some special occasion that Australia was allowed to participate as a one time thing because of the 60th anniversary of ESC or something. And then they didn't leave anymore haha But if they win they're not allowed to organise the show. It has to be organised by a 'normal' EBU member.
@@MrThedwp haha my cousin is one of those ESC nerds 😂 living in Sydney and going to his friend's place in the middle of the night to watch it live
To be fair, having to fly a load of Europeans out to Aus would be expensive as shit
Commenting as I’m watching - I’m Australian. We are in it because in 2014 we were invited to perform in the interval as a special performance due to our long-standing tradition of broadcasting the show for around 30 years. The next year we were invited to compete on a special one year basis and given an invitation to the grand final as a recognition of Australia’s really deep fandom for the ESC (and because the previous year was a test that had gone well). We showed UP in 2015 and sent one of our best national performers and placed 5th. Our participation was deemed successful and we were accordingly invited to participate again until at least 2023, although now we have to get through the semi finals like most of the other countries. Our highest placing is 2nd in 2016. If we ever happen to win, we would never host it because of the time difference - instead we would partner with one of the European countries.
Both performers for Malta and Greece have competed in Junior Eurovision. Destiny (Malta) won the contest in 2015 and Stefania (Greece) represented in a group for the Netherlands, as she's half Dutch. One of the three girls in the group for Serbia has also represented Serbia as a soloist in the past too. There were a lot of returns this year.
I heard Blas Canto from Spain competed in JESC NF from Spain
Wow! Having experience in Eurovision so young is amazing 😮 And Destiny won before? Nice! 😯😍🎉
Australia were invited as a one off in 2016 as part of ESC's 60th anniversary - people liked them so they're been given an invite to stay in until 2023 to be reviewed then. Apparently despite the fact it screens at 5 in the morning there it's very popular.
Your reaction vid kinda makes me realize that a lot of the prejudices we have about US people are more accurate than I would have believed.
Probably one of the best American reactions I've ever watched to ESC. Look forward to the rest!
There are rules against songs about politics and about countries especially in negative light (see Belarus? Getting warning then after another political song getting kicked) but "feminist" messages or other rights or empowerment themes are OK. Sometimes people wote it sometimes not. It's all in the quality of the song or the mood of people watching
this ^
Look up the charter for Human Rights.
There is no right for a dictator to have songs about him in ESC.
There is a right for women not to want to be bossed around in Russia.
Okay, I am Belarusian and this is not Belarus who wanted to send these freaks but brainwashed dictator's followers. So this is not country's fault, we kinda have revolution here.
The short videos between performances are indeed to change the set for the next participant. There's a video on CZcams (czcams.com/video/8ZpqF9-w_P0/video.html) in which you can see how a group of people is removing stage equipment, cleaning the stage and putting new stuff on it for the next performer. It's military precision man.
The show is aired live in all participating countries by their own broadcaster. Each broadcaster has 1 or 2 hosts presenting in local language. During the short videos between performances the local hosts will give information in local language on the location where the video is shot and they will give a short introduction on the performer. Obviously online streaming doesn't have a host so that's why you only hear the background music. If you would see it on TV on any EBU member TV station you would hear whatever that broadcaster's host will say.
Yeah, for instance the British broadcast of the show would probably be available to watch. I understand that that commentstor often roasts a lot of the content, which is part of the entertainment value. 😆 In Sweden we also have a commentator who comments in a similar manor and he’s always very fun.
@@onomatopoetisk haha perhaps that's also part of the ESC experience? One of the Dutch commentators is also a pro when it comes to roasting artists. The guy from Belgium as well. Perhaps someone should make a compilation video of bad remarks the different commentators from the various networks make and then subtitle everything ;-)
@@RanDMC31 If it’s like that in every country, I think so! There’s one video of the british guy Graham Norton being sassy for 15 minutes: czcams.com/video/MtznQCHr1Mc/video.html
Also what? Songs about female empowerment are political and piss people off? Naw dude. Political is what Belarus tried to send (and got disqualified for it).
i think you just can't directly offend other countries or the politiciens. If they think your song is directed or sounds like it's directed to other countries or politiciens they discalify you, so no one gets offended
@@zoedeletter5479 not really - Belarusians got disqualified cause it was direct propaganda taking piss at protesters in their own country - including all the women participating. It was disgusting. Other than that people usually get disqualified over petty shiet, legislation or lack of budget. And usually by the country itself deciding to not participate. The general rule is to keep modern politics out of it. So discussion about history, other countries and so and so is ok, if song doesn't only do that. Good example would be Jamala who told personal story of her family and the pain that came from Crimean conflicts. She wasn't directly saying Russia bad, Putin bad (which Georgians did with their "we don't want to Put In" song).
Russian woman is a very good song and performance. Unlike the "obnoxious" feminism that is happening in the US right now, Russia's overall view of women and gays is not the best compared to other progressive countries so this performance is very necessary. The first part of the performance was her wearing a traditional garment and dressing up as a Babushka. The fabrics used to make the costume came from various Russian women around Russia. The red suit is reminiscent of women worker during Soviet times. I'm just glad that Manizha delivered the message very well and also shows that people need history.
According to her, the song is not exclusively for women but for oppressed men to. The song is "humanist" not "feminist".
Overall, 9th place.
Manizha is a fantastic artist, and some of her other music is really impactful. I heard that her performance provoked a critical response from some of the exact sort of people you'd expect in Russia, and that they were apparently ashamed of this performance. In my opinion, she's the absolute best of Russia, and I hope she was able to offer hope to the people her song was most intended for.
@@ReallyBritishOne that's expected and that's why this performance is important because it shows the current state of women in Russia. I'm just glad that alot of people respects her. Let's just hope that Russia will be more accepting to everyone soon.
It was directed strictly opposite to the law changes about domestic violance - so yes, it also applies to men, especially kids and LGBT as well. Even if song is directly referencing Russian Women - message is the same for everyone. Even if put in weaker situation - you have to survive - you deserve to survive.
the cut scenes are introductions to the preformers. Most countries have commentators telling the stories in that time... Graham Norton just bashes people xD
I think its funny how you say its harder to win when youre alone on stage when the last 10 years 8 of the winners (if im not thinking wrong) has been on the stage alone
Lena 2010, Conchita 2014, Mans 2015, Jamala 2016, Portugal 2017, and there is are famous Duncan with Arcade 2019. The last 11 competitions have only 6 ,,solo stage,, winner
Maybe they meant solo singers, which would include Emmelie and Netta and makes it 8/10
4:26 First of all, I would say that the "casual viewer" indeed votes. That's kinda the whole point, besides enjoying the music and the competition.
Second, the things you pointed out are the reasons why there are 726473727 repitions of a short sequence of every song in the voting time....
Aww I wish you had a part 2 :(
The Greek greenscreen had so many issues during rehearsals including problems with smoke from other acts’ pyro interfering with its operation, it was a real touch and go situation the whole way through!
I can't wait to see you get invested in performances and get into voting part. It was probably the most intense sequence I watched in esc, don't know if we had this dramatic results. (maybe at the end compare juries and public placements, even off camera)
4:50 This year I actually noticed for how long the televoting lines were open. It was around 45 minutes (!) so they had the opportunity to show a quick glimpse of all the artists quite a few times for everyone to remember.
The voting part is better than performances themselves hahaha;)) some other people have pointed this, the version you are watching is without commentary / translation. Every broadcaster has their own commentator there, like on a sporting event. In many countries the commentary is an added value thanks to humour / banter. It is possible to watch Eurovision without VPN, as almost every national broadcaster has their own online service that broadcasts live. BBC is geoblocked but many others aren’t. When I lived in Taiwan I think I watched it on German ARD stream and Swedish SVT (I am from Poland but I despise the local TVP commentator who talks too much and it’s not even entertaining). If you’re watching on UK VPN you should check the version on BBC’s iPlayer with Graham Norton’s commentary.
Graham Nortons commentaries are the best! Sassy comedy at its finest!
The little houses in between performances are postcards. The postcard introduces the next performer.
Most times the artist actually get to the place to shot something beautiful but due to COVID it was made into tiny houses filled up with things that fit to the artist(s)
Australia gets to participate because they're part of the EBU (the broadcaster) I think. They don't get to host if they win though
It's not part of the EBU. But when they where part of the GB they broadcoasted over there to, BBC was also national tv in Australia. Afterwards it became traditionel breakfast TV for downunder. At the 60th birthday they where asked to perform with the rule; if you win, you need to chose a country in the EU and do the hosting in that country. They had alot of votes with the first time they participat and they asked if they could stay and EBU was saying ok.
Aww... Why not? 🙁 Too far maybe?
Lol. It is "Euro"vision not "downunder"vision. But I think it is less expensive to sent the Aussies to the EU then the EU to Aussie. 🤣
@@MarcDekoninck They still wouldn't be able to participate though if they weren't associate members of the EBU, which they are. Associate members can't directly compete, but they can on invitation.
They are allowed until 2025. After that they will be asked again. No doubt about that. They are way to serious with the show. 😉
the postcards were introduced in the previous contest held in the Netherlands, to allow time to clean and set up the stage between acts, there are videos online that show what happens on stage during them, it is absolutely insane how quick they are
if an act has a set for their performance it is just wheeled on stage
also the postcards are specialised to each performer, all the details in it are things special to the performer
i can't wait for more eurovision content!!!
Thank you for appreciating Serbia! The girls were amazing. Choreo, immaculate vocals, energy! They had it all.
Australia have broadcasted Eurovision and closely followed it since the 1980s. It has a big fan base there. In 2014, Australia were invited to be an interval act. This then lead to Australia being given the chance to compete in 2015 (as a special 60th anniversary edition one off thing), but that turned into them competing every year since. Eurovision has a tendency of introducing something as a special one off occurance and then making it a permanent feature the next year. Another example would be pre-recorded backing vocals which were introduced for the 2021 contest (save for a few exceptions where they have been allowed in previous years i.e. Norway 2017) as a measure to help limit the size of the delegations travelling to the host country (due to COVID). The EBU has now confirmed that this will continue in 2022 onwards to allow for a more sustainable contest.
So great that you're watching it in full! That's how you really should experience it!
Re the visuals. Watch the winners for 2014, 2017, 2019 they were all very simple. Being busy on stage isnt always best. Albania and Belgium had the right staging for their songs.
Let's wait until he gets to France!
Re Russia’s performance: the words you were looking for were “traditional” and “modern.” She came out looking like the stereotypical traditional Russian woman (and the resemblance to a matryoshka doll was intentional). But then she stepped out to become a strong modern Russian woman.
In my opinion the biggest charm of the Eurovision is that it is not as commercialized and competitive as I imagine it would be if America would join. In a way it has a socialist charm to it. It is still a place where unknown talent can get a stage, where a drag queen can win, and where also a turkey can enter (Ireland 2008). So it's not just about competition of songs or singers. It is much more about other values that are more important, like creativity, making space for the unexpected, experiment, weirdness, having fun, having a laugh, coming together. I'm not sure Americans would understand. I feel like for an American if something is supposed to be funny, it needs to be clearly stated. And if something is serious, it needs to obvious as well. I think there is less 'in between' space in your culture.
This formant is so awsome! Dont skip the end btw. It has some great guest preformances
The little cutscenes before every song are called the postcards. Usually these are fun little blurbs which are shot together with the artists at some location in the host country in a way that fits the years theme. Unfortunately, current world events made it so that they went with a theme of bringing the artists belongings to the Netherlands, while giving all of them their own personal little home while the artists themselves are edited in after having been recorded at their home country. I think they did an alright job given how impossible of a job it is to create unique little cinematics for every participant when you can't even have those participants over! The postcards are typically a small guilty pleasure because the host country shows off their culture in some way and the participant interacts with that culture. (Which goes back to the Eurovision roots of being a competition meant to bring Europe together!)
Not me melting over you complimenting my girls - Hurricane ♥️😍
Omg you need to watch Loïc Nottets Eurovision’s performance!
Idk if he should, but it is for sure one of my favorite songs in eurovision
To see the evolution you‘made from watching the first Eurovision video to this is marvellous. You really put so much effort to it, I really love it. And I hope u Are hyped for the upcoming first American Songcontest next year on NBC?
And you‘ve got an advantage on your side, you know how the Songcontest works. I am sure we will see a lot of Eurovision content this and next year, when Eurovision goes to Italy. Just a quick reminder: the winning country has to host the Eurovision for the upcoming year.
Can't wait for the next part!!!!
Australia broadcasts Eurovision for more than 40 years, and because of the 60th anniversary in 2015, they were invited to participate. In 2022 the first American Song Cotest will happen
You have a point about the startorder. Number 2 is known as the doomed number, because in the entire history of Eurovision, the artist with start-number 2 has never won. And about Russia's entry, if I remember correctly then all the people on the stage are women, but I agree that to of them look more masculine. I kind of had a crush on the one with short hair, haha!
Two of them are guys. They did a turquoise carpet event (the color was picked by a sponsor) and the backing singers were introduced.
It was a great reaction video, thank you😊
Looking forward the next part 🤩
There can only be 6 people on stage but, this year, because COVID-19, a lot of artists chose to perform alone. So there are more solitaire singers this year than in the past. Now I’m looking forward the continuation of this. Great video.
8:31 funny that you say that because In the last six years before 2021 the winners have been solo artists singing by themselves on the stage (expect 2018 where Netta had background dancers)
The last group to win before Måneskin is Lordi in 2006. There are only 8 group winners in all of Eurovision Including Måneskin.
Russian woman was among my favorites. She deserved top 5 for that chorus.
Thank you for your reaction 💗
That's why I like to discover something new for watch
The houses are a version of what we call "postcards" they serve to introduce the performers and advertise the host nation to some degree. Because of COVID they couldn't do a location shoot so did those little green screen houses on location instead.
Definitely watch the interval act and the voting as well, it's so much fun. :D
Political means related to politics. Like songs protesting against or legitimizing governments (Belarus 2021) or political figures (Georgia 2009, "We don't wanna Put in"), or referencing events such as deportation of the Crimean Tatars (Ukraine 2016, which has the very chilling line "They kill you all
and say 'we’re not guilty'"), which was controversial but allowed because it was deemed as historical rather than political.
Things like female empowerment are seen as social in nature, not like in the US where such issues have been politicized. Songs in this mould are Russia 2021, Malta 2021 (though I agree it's not particularly empowering), Israel 2018, Austria 2014
I like how you actually don't comment on the artists' looks in your videos. That's so refreshing!
16:35 The dress was made with materials provided by hundreds of russian women. It's actually a political message and pretty much cry for help with how badly the situation for women have become in Russia with the anti-violence rules being lessened in recent years. It's one of those songs that you can't fully appreciate without the context. Cause without knowing lyrics or history behind it - this is just a fun cooky song, where singer has funny dress and then comes out into onesie. But it's much more serious in reality.
btw hope you do the other 15 in part 2 and then the recap, interval act and the voting in part 3 :)
I love your Eurovision reactions. Keep on doing it!! ❤️🇺🇾
Your comments are very interesting to watch! I'm enjoying a lot! You have got a new subscriber! :)
i actually really enjoy your videos i want you to react to more of them! i agree with you on greece the staging was a mess especially with the green screen.
Happy you liked our song! :) Greetings from Portugal.
First time watching and he already figured out how important running order is... I'm impressed!
This is a Realy good video!
Eurovision is literally the largest singing contest in the world with over 250mil people watching live!
I need a second part of this!
If you watching Eurovision please be respectfull for Australia because we really love that they are partisipating
Shoutout from Portugal 🇵🇹
Australia has a big ESC fanbase and although they are not a part of Europe they are member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Every EBU member can join Eurovision as for example Marocco did in the past.
I cant wait second part 💫
Switzerland was me favourite as well... great voice and performance!
- I always watch the youtube stream even though I can watch the local live show on TV. I heard that if you watch it on TV, sometimes they may cut out the interval act to replace it with something else locally, or even ad breaks!! I don't want to watch ads lol. I don;t feel like I'm missing out much not watching it on TV with the local commentator.
- The hardcore fans (like me) sometimes watches the national finals e.g. dansk melodi grand prix, melodifestivalen, eesti laul, etc. and we pretty much have listened to the songs hundreds of times since it was released weeks/months before the actual show haha. But yeah casual viewers have to rely on the recap during the voting time (i think they showed the recap at least twice)
- So Eurovision has a limit of 6 people on/off stage, therefore if you want backing vocals and dancers then they will be both counted in the 6 people limit, whether they are singing on or off stage. This year, however was an exception. You can actually use prerecorded backing vocal this year.
- A lot of solo act has won. You just need to have quality song and performance! And you can make the stage looks filled in a solo act by using special effects/graphics/camera framing
- There's a rule that the song cannot be political, one of the entry this year from Belarus was disqualified because it is glorifying the current oppressive regime in the country
- The voting is political as in some country votes for their "friends", such as when Greece and Cyprus always give their 12 points to each other regardless how bad their songs were
great video!
It was the most watched show in Australia so they made a deal if they would win the contest they could keep participating, they got 2 but they could still keep participating
8:47 several people recently have won or gotten in the top 3 while being alone on stage
Australia is part of the Eurovision because of 2 reasons:
1. Officially countries can take part in Eurovision as long as they are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). (Australia is and a few other countries which aren't really european (no, not the USA))
2. While the first one is the official reason and true, the real reason Australia is part of the Eurovision is because of its high audience. The viewing figures in Australia were (and are) so high, that it was only a matter of time til they were allowed to participate (so that Eurovision would not lose this big part of its audience).
Regarding the comment on backing vocals - this is the first year that non-live backing vocals have been permitted. Normally all the vocals have to be sung live on stage, but this year they allowed backing vocals on the track because of COVID. It resulted in some really interesting developments to the performances, eg Iceland, Russia, Switzerland would not have had the same concepts to their performances if the old rules had applied, and there were some other performers who were getting some potentially too-strong support from their backing vocals (won’t name names). Going to be interesting to see if they keep the rule change for future years or if they revert to usual!
Greetings from Portugal ❤🇵🇹
this guy 3 seconds into the songs: ok so this is basically..
Australia was invited in 2016 to celebrate the 60th anniversary and they've just been invited back to compete ever since just because.
the Netherlands is really good at big music events, so it was expected to be a very well produced show, and they still did better than expected
If there was an award for songs that I don't understand that got stuck in my head then Loco Loco got it
Also a couple observations about the UK's performance, 1) he is permanently out of breathe 2) he is dressed like a car seat
i loved how he casually ignored the meaning of 'The Wrong Place'
You missed including your reaction on Israel's whistle tone....