Why has Liechtenstein not joined Eurovision? A history of misunderstandings and lost chances.
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- čas přidán 6. 04. 2023
- In this video I look at the history of the Principality of Liechtenstein with the Eurovision Song Contest and why the country has (as one of only two countries) never participated in Eurovision.
We go back to the 1970s to reveal a history of misunderstandings and missed chances up to 2020. Why was "My little cowboy" by Biggi Bachmann selected as Liechtenstein's entry and then was never seen on a Eurovision stage?
Would you like to see Liechtenstein in Eurovision?
Source at eurovision.de: www.eurovision.de/news/Biggi-... - Zábava
i can’t wait for the liechtenstein-san marino rivalry 🤩😍
Haha 😅
I'm a huge supporter in adding more countries and bringing back ones that left years ago. It adds diversity to the contest and good financially. I would love for Bosnia to come back when the time is right and for middle eastern and North African (if there's a scenario where they have better relations with Israel since that's the main reason) + Kazakhstan to join. I know there are logistical and/or political reasons why some can't easily join or return but one can dream.
For me only countries with territory in Europe should be allowed to take part. If countries outside Europe want to participate they should try to create their own Eurovision for their own continent. In the mean time as long as it didn’t workout (yet) they can be allowed as a guest in ESC for a couple of years maybe. That’s okay to me. But in my ideal contest all European countries are participating at Eurovision. So I’m afraid we wil probably not have any room for countries outside of Europe. All European countries should be standard at least.
@@bartsmits1185 I agree. Involving more and more countries outside of Europe makes me lose interest and doesn't uphold the original idea of Eurovision. Not everything has to be world wide inclusive.
Or the Vatican?
Imagine Gregorian chants in Liverpool!
12 points from Poland assured too ;)
@@eurovisionhistories 😂
And the nuns voting for Andrew Lambrou :v
Last year Konstrakta from Serbia had lines in Latin and the male backing vocals reminded me a bit of those chants. 😁 We have already heard hits with (Pseudo-)Latin lyrics such as "Ameno" or "Sadeness" and the corresponding music. The only question is who would perform and how.
I do have hope that the Vatican City will debut somewhere in the upcoming years at Eurovision. Because over the past years they have been achieving membership in some sports federations, and are currently trying to achieve more memberships of more sports federations. They also established their own Olympic committee. And are about to debut at the Games of the Small States of Europe. And they are trying to become members of the IOC and therefore debut in the next Olympic (Winter) Games. Pope Francis is also negotiating for the Vatican football team to be a member of UEFA and FIFA. And therefore participate at the next UEFA Euro’s and FIFA Word Cup’s qualifications. They want to send representatives to all these events, not with the goal to win. But as a symbol to the world that they are united with the rest of the world through friendship, respect etc. with their participation. So that’s why I can see them debuting with the same goals at Eurovision. And spread the Roman Catholic message to hundreds of millions of people all around the world. @eurovisionhistories
Poor Liechtenstein...maybe it's not meant to be. It would be a nice gesture if every once and a while the rest of us pick up the bill for a country who wants to participate but can't due to lack of money so they can join in once for free. If they're succesfull maybe it will lead to funding for the broadcaster in those countries. Who knows.
lack of money is not the problem lol, liechestein is the richest country in the entire world, its lack of government funding on their national broadcaster that doesnt let them participate
1FLTV is driving me insane. They seem to really be going for the world record for not participating at Eurovision for the longest time. We are already waiting for 15 YEARS for them to debut. This is super frustrating. Am I the only one whose (still) contacted/contacting 1FLTV to convince them to take part? Also the excuse that they don’t got enough money doesn’t do it for me, as they are extremely rich. Moldova is able to successfully take part for 18 years straight without any withdrawal but Liechtenstein is not able to??? They say that they need funding from the government to successfully participate, but the broadcaster probably has enough money for them to do so than. Which country’s national broadcaster only wants to show national news on their news program??? Like I’m sure the Liechtensteiners are also interested in what is going on worldwide right? Than EBU membership is even more worth it. But even if they only want to have EBU membership to participate at Eurovision than its worth for them, because like I said they are an extremely rich country. Many countries at Eurovision take part with the goal to spread knowledge about the existence of the country around the world and boost tourism. This is in the interest of Liechtenstein. Can we all just spam 1FLTV as much as possible, to convince them to take part? I already did and I am continuing to do so.
@@bartsmits1185 I wondered about that, I mean the country might be wealthy but the broadcaster can be broke AF..but from what I gather that is not the case. If the broadcaster has the money to participate then it is a lack of will from the executives and maybe they use funding as an excuse? I don't know. I also have no idea whether the people are very interested in participating..most of the people living there will be German, Austrian, Swiss...and their countries already participate..just throwing theories around to see what sticks :-) I don't know if that is the case. If we can get Austria to win maybe the EBU can invite Liechtenstein...short trip means less expensive :-) I don't know what else to say, I would love to see them participate even if it means that the rest of us need to pay their fee, if they get good ratings and positive feedback the broadcaster might step up and invest some money in Eurovision participation. If you think it might help I will gladly email 1FLTV asking them to please consider joining.
Luxembourg will return to Eurovision in 2024. Can You make a Video on the topic ?
It's so sad Liechtenstein never got to join Eurovision. That's the country I would like to watch perform after Lebanon, that almost joined in 2005.
1FLTV is driving me insane. They seem to really be going for the world record for not participating at Eurovision for the longest time. We are already waiting for 15 YEARS for them to debut. This is super frustrating. Am I the only one whose (still) contacted/contacting 1FLTV to convince them to take part? Also the excuse that they don’t got enough money doesn’t do it for me, as they are extremely rich. Moldova is able to successfully take part for 18 years straight without any withdrawal but Liechtenstein is not able to??? They say that they need funding from the government to successfully participate, but the broadcaster probably has enough money for them to do so than. Which country’s national broadcaster only wants to show national news on their news program??? Like I’m sure the Liechtensteiners are also interested in what is going on worldwide right? Than EBU membership is even more worth it. But even if they only want to have EBU membership to participate at Eurovision than its worth for them, because like I said they are an extremely rich country. Many countries at Eurovision take part with the goal to spread knowledge about the existence of the country around the world and boost tourism. This is in the interest of Liechtenstein. Can we all just spam 1FLTV as much as possible, to convince them to take part? I already did and I am continuing to do so. @eurovisionhistories
1FLTV is a small broadcaster like a mid-size town in a European country might run. Liechtensteiners can watch Swiss, Austrian and German TV and thus the channel has to find a niche. I do understand that the channel would rather pay 2000 hours of local coverage than 8 hours of Eurovision. The argument that it is good promotion for the country is true but the government has to take that on and they are apparently not interested
Can you talk about Turkey? Why they left Eurovision and if they’re possibly coming back? Cause I heard a lot of rumours going on about that.
Good idea. I'll try to find information on that
As far as I know, it's politics. The president of Turkiye is against many western ideas and eurovision has run afoul of this stance. Some hope that he will be ousted in this year's elections and the country will rejoin. (Though they have higher priorities than eurovision at the moment)
Homophobia is the reason Turkey left.
Als Kind schaute ich mir immer gern den ESC an, weil das zu dieser Zeit eine der wenigen Möglichkeiten in meinem Land war, die Songs in so vielen Fremdsprachen zu hören. Später kam das Internet, aber ich liebte den ESC noch. Die Anzahl der Länder wurde immer größer und ich freute mich schon, dass wir auch "exotische" Sprachen hören können: Estnisch, Georgisch usw. Schade, muss ich sagen, dass fast alle auf Englisch singen...
Das stimmt aber mehr und mehr Länder haben zumindest teilweise Songs in Landessprache.
@@eurovisionhistories Das kann auch ein Thema sein: welche Länder bevorzugen Englisch oder haben nie/immer/teilweise in ihren Landessprachen gesungen? 2003 gab es auch eine Fantasiesprache. 😃
@@frdz4188 Schweden hat seit die Sprachregel aufgehoben wurde, nicht mehr Schwedisch gesungen. Seit 1999 und von 1973 bis 1975 waren alle Lieder in Englisch bis auf 2009, da war es Englisch und Französisch. Italien hat bisher fast immer (zumindest teilweise) auf Italienisch gesungen, wobei der Vertreter in 1991 auf Neapolitanisch gesungen hat. Länder, die bisher meines Wissens nach immer in (offizieller) Landessprache gesungen haben sind Luxemburg, Vereinigtes Königreich, Australien und Malta. Mehr fällt mir dazu gerade nicht ein.
Maybe a video on why Luxemburg and Monaco are no longer participating. Too Small?
The broadcaster from Luxembourg apparently can't pay the participation fee...or won't... because that would slice their budget down and they won't be able to do much else. Monaco I don't know. But I would love to see them both back.
@@Stonebrook83 I think that Monaco has quit after the three year non-qualifying streak, citing the number of qualifiers from the semi too small for any microstate to be noted. In fact, many cite their 2005 entry as quite robbed by the running order, where they were placed right next to another diva ballad from Israel, which drew more attention on the night. Since, the juries have been introduced and semis have been split, so nations like San Marino have managed to qualify on occasion. There have been talks about Monaco and Andorra coming back for a couple of years now, but thus far, the things are prolonging, as we don't know how much of a national priority ESC is by now. In any case, I'd love to see them both back. Luxembourg too.
@@Stonebrook83 luxembourgh is flithy rich tho
@@AXELVISSERS The broadcaster needs to be rich, not the country perse. But I guess they got their ducks in a row because they're coming back next year :-) Yay!
Luxembourg is making a dramatic return next year!
Thanks for researching this!
I think the temptation for Eurofans is to be like MORE MORE MORe countries, but honestly it seems a little pointless for microstates joining uinless they have a very specific strategy like San Marino.
Id feel the energy would be better spent on getting countries like Turkey, Slovakia, B&H back
Hi Tom,
Thanks for commenting! I love your channel 🤗.
Agreed that getting Turkey, BiH, Hungary, Slovakia to come back is more important but while they are coy, getting some microstates is fine too. I think Andorra and Monaco could act as good vehicles for Catalan/French artists.
@@eurovisionhistories Andorra especially, Spain will never give Catalan attention in esc
Probably true. I am kind of surprised Catalan officials have not tried to bring Andorra back
Your study is very interesting, I had never even thought about this issue and this country.
By the way, can you comment on the exit from the Luxembourg Contest?! It would be great.
Greetings from Porto, Portugal.
Hi José. Thanks for watching ;)
I will talk about luxembourg and other countries soon. Probably after Eurovision 2023
Thankfully, there is no commentating needed on luxembourgs departure as it is returning
@cypriotmappers5342 I still did a video. About them returning ;)
@@eurovisionhistories I should check it out, luxembourg is one of my favourite eurovision countries
Thanks for the video, I will surely watch new ones too :D I just discovered your channel and it seems pretty interesting.
TBH, I kinda don't understand the Liechtenstein's attitude to ESC. Sure, they are a small country, 1FLTV is a small company with limited budget, but honestly are public broadcasters in other small states like Monaco San Marino or Andorra richer? Is Moldovan or Bosnian public broadcaster richer?...
We see small or poor countries can participate for several years with some moderate success (like Bosnia), or even win the contest if they want, but for some reason - in my opinion - Liechtenstein just doesn't want. I'm not even sure Peter Kölbel could push this idea through if it lacks support THIS much. :/
And at this point, with their new director's attitude, I think we will sooner see the ESC debut of Vatican City.
With Pope Francis on the stage singing some Christian Metal song about turning the other cheek or forgiving 77 times, and several nuns or Swiss Guardsmen in the background playing guitars and headbanging :D (What I'd lie if I said I wouldn't want to see :D)
Greetings from Poland ❤
Thank you so much for watching!
Why the North African countries that belong to EBU haven't participated yet?
I think the competition may not reflect their values and they would have to show Israels entry which for Lebanon was a problem in 2006
What about Genovia? I wonder when they’ll join Eurovision… 😂
Talk about the time USA were on the Eurovision
That will be a short video 😅
You mean Americans singing for other countries?
Do you mean American artists representing other countries?
Germany 2009 auhauhahahahahahaahhha (Edit: Sorry wrong year)
maybe talking about marokko and kosovo
That will happen soon yes ;)
I hope you're checking out the Madrid pre-party tonight. We will get a bunch of new lives.
I'm on vacation so will do that next weekend ;(
@@eurovisionhistories Ah, OK. No worries.
1FLTV is driving me insane. They seem to really be going for the world record for not participating at Eurovision for the longest time. We are already waiting for 15 YEARS for them to debut. This is super frustrating. Am I the only one whose (still) contacted/contacting 1FLTV to convince them to take part? Also the excuse that they don’t got enough money doesn’t do it for me, as they are extremely rich. Moldova is able to successfully take part for 18 years straight without any withdrawal but Liechtenstein is not able to??? They say that they need funding from the government to successfully participate, but the broadcaster probably has enough money for them to do so than. Which country’s national broadcaster only wants to show national news on their news program??? Like I’m sure the Liechtensteiners are also interested in what is going on worldwide right? Than EBU membership is even more worth it. But even if they only want to have EBU membership to participate at Eurovision than its worth for them, because like I said they are an extremely rich country. Many countries at Eurovision take part with the goal to spread knowledge about the existence of the country around the world and boost tourism. This is in the interest of Liechtenstein. Can we all just spam 1FLTV as much as possible, to convince them to take part? I already did and I am continuing to do so.
It is a matter for Liechtenstein to decide.
I have a feeling that it could be the same reason as Turkey and Hungary - because it’s too “gay”.
Liechtenstein is basically a semi-dictatorship ruled by a prince who has more power than any other monarch in Europe, and he is a reactionary Catholic who has made lots of homophobic statements 💀
Anyways, I would still love to see Liechtenstein at ESC
dude calm down. FL1TV is a private broadcaster doing local news from the neighborhood with like 5 part-time employees working there. Just accept that they can‘t / don‘t want / are not allowed to participate
It is private