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  • @TheDemouchetsREACT
    @TheDemouchetsREACT  Před 2 měsíci +5

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    • @Roastedbread
      @Roastedbread Před 2 měsíci +1

      YESSS! So nice you guys are covering Eurovision. I hope more Eurovision content will follow

    • @patonrose5907
      @patonrose5907 Před 2 měsíci

      Hey guys, I’ve noticed you taking a liking to “ things Trinidad” & while I know you don’t usually review music. Here’s a perfect example at life in Trinidad at carnival time. The radio is absolutely amped! It’s a viiiiiiibe.
      The entire session but especially at just over the hour make…..
      Here’s hoping you have a look and enjoy!

    • @Roastedbread
      @Roastedbread Před měsícem

      @@Yout_Eurovision_Reacts-qx1ze it’s boring, sorry. 0 points

    • @Roastedbread
      @Roastedbread Před měsícem

      @@Yout_Eurovision_Reacts-qx1zenah, Portugal 2017 was amazing and that’s why it won. This year is just not it 💁🏼‍♀️

    • @CBOANDALUCIA
      @CBOANDALUCIA Před dnem

      The first (openly) LGBT person in won Eurovisión was the trans singer Sharon Cohen as Dana International, in 1998.

  • @MartinaPapi
    @MartinaPapi Před 2 měsíci +232

    0 points doesn’t mean nobody vote but that UK wasn’t in the top 10 in any country… the points go from 1-7 and then 8,10 and 12.

    • @Attirbful
      @Attirbful Před 2 měsíci +3

      especially since so many nations vote - something like 28?!

    • @muddyfeet69
      @muddyfeet69 Před 2 měsíci +14

      that is true - only if you belong to the 10 best songs, you will receive points. If you have bad luck and are the 11th best song ...you will get from that jury "ZERO" points.

    • @han-oq6bo
      @han-oq6bo Před 2 měsíci

      Try 37 or more depending on the year​@@Attirbful

    • @TheFrecklish
      @TheFrecklish Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Attirbful around 40 these past couple of years

    • @Corntasty
      @Corntasty Před měsícem +2

      How did I see the words zero points and immediately see jemini

  • @muddyfeet69
    @muddyfeet69 Před 2 měsíci +104

    Thank god the US youtubers woke up and and discover that Eurovision (short: ESC) is the world's largest music competition with over 180 million people watching this event on TV and many more following this event online worldwide.

    • @SK-nw4ig
      @SK-nw4ig Před 2 měsíci +11

      Bigger than superbowl.

  • @ronnopotter
    @ronnopotter Před 2 měsíci +71

    In my opinion the best way to introduce Eurovision to the newlys,is by watching the Eurovision winners from 1956 until today. And just then, watch this type of explaining videos.

    • @HyrubatoMusic
      @HyrubatoMusic Před měsícem +6

      I'd say just watching a full grand finale show is a great way to know what happens

  • @loslibrosdecarangi
    @loslibrosdecarangi Před 2 měsíci +48

    In the video they forgot to say that a country CAN'T vote for themselves. So if you're from the UK, you can't vote for the british entry. That way we actually vote for songs we enjoy, and not for our own country.

    • @liliaeth
      @liliaeth Před 2 měsíci +6

      and voting by country ensures that larger countries don't get an advantage

    • @Prafik614
      @Prafik614 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Also I don’t think people vote for certains coutries because they are ”buddies” but Europe’s culture is quite diverse and taste in music is different in east, north and south. So of course people end up liking music that is similar to their own preferences.

    • @liliaeth
      @liliaeth Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@Prafik614 There's also the fact that neighboring countries often share artists. For example, here in Flanders we are very likely to have heard Dutch artists, so we're more familiar with them and their style. And not just because of the shared language.

    • @loveintheend89
      @loveintheend89 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Same goes for Greece and Cyprus. We literally share the same music labels and artists, plus the language, but somehow we get booed every time because everyone thinks we do it for other reasons..that's what we are accused of. I don't know about the jury, but my friends and I always vote for Cyprus (since we are familiar with the artist and we like the music style) and we also vote for our favorite song for each year's competition as well.@@liliaeth

    • @cecilialeitet2794
      @cecilialeitet2794 Před měsícem +3

      @@Prafik614And don’t forget. If you are,say, spanish, but live in France and have a french phonnumber, then you can vote for Spain. So countries that have big groups of citizens living in other European countries will benefit from this.
      One example is the Ukraine. They will get sympathy votes because of the ongoing invasion, but they also have a large part of their population currently living in other countries, and therefore are able to vote for their own country.
      The system it not perfect, but it works well enough and there is a jury to balance out the biggest flucuations.
      It has happened on multiple occasions that the winner didn’t win the popular OR the jury vote, but won the total.

  • @DONTHASSLETHEHOFF
    @DONTHASSLETHEHOFF Před 2 měsíci +100

    Loreen won it for a second time for Sweden since that video was made.

    • @alvdansen7172
      @alvdansen7172 Před 2 měsíci +20

      Since Loreen won in 2023 and gave Sweden their 7th place win to tie wins with Ireland, all the sudden Johnny Logan is back to write another song for Ireland to compete with in ESC. Coincidence or was it just because of Loreens return in 2023, I can't tell.

    • @sebastianniittyvuopio5017
      @sebastianniittyvuopio5017 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Abba won😊

    • @alvdansen7172
      @alvdansen7172 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@sebastianniittyvuopio5017 Won what?

    • @florenna
      @florenna Před 2 měsíci +4

      "Won", very undeservedly, for sure. We all know who the real winner is - Finland.

    • @alvdansen7172
      @alvdansen7172 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@florenna she deserve the win fair and squire, now beat it hater

  • @muddyfeet69
    @muddyfeet69 Před 2 měsíci +44

    the ESC is a "song contest" .....only brand new and original songs are allowed to compete there. That is the difference between the Eurovision and shows like "The Voice" or "AGT".

    • @liliaeth
      @liliaeth Před 2 měsíci +13

      Another difference is that almost none of the participants are amateurs. Most artists either already have a career in their own country, or at the very least won a talent show (or came in the top three of one) before they were either picked by their broadcaster, or won the national finals for their country.

    • @jijitters
      @jijitters Před 2 měsíci +8

      Yes, I think one thing Americans get confused about is that Eurovision is not about how well someone can sing at all, in fact many times the favorites are not super awesome singers. It's about the creation of the original song and the performance and staging that it built around it. A singer with an amazing voice can still do terribly at Eurovision if their song or staging are bad.

  • @conn7125
    @conn7125 Před 2 měsíci +26

    No I never vote on Sweden or Norway because they are our sister and brother countries but because we often share a common music taste. If I do not like the song I wouldn’t wote. And to be fair I think that is why you see some countries always give each other’s neighbour countrie 12 points, not because the are neighbours but because they share a certain taste of music.
    But I LOVE Eurovision and have watched it since the 70’s every year. Next Saturday the Danish Eurovision will start and we’ll see who will win to try and get to the international Eurovision. Unfortunately I can not vote anymore as I live in Spain now but I hope Danish television is finally waking up after last years fiasco.

    • @ahkkariq7406
      @ahkkariq7406 Před 2 měsíci +2

      As a Norwegian, I totally agree. Actually, I'm getting pissed at Sweden, so I might not vote at their entry at all, even if I like it. They can have their jury votes.

    • @dexterdexter9760
      @dexterdexter9760 Před 2 měsíci

      It's total BS, people for what they like, not politics

  • @michelski3528
    @michelski3528 Před 2 měsíci +28

    welcome to the Eurovision world!! hope you guys react to more videos, you will love them 😃

  • @han-oq6bo
    @han-oq6bo Před 2 měsíci +17

    Uk 2003 he was referring to the vocals💀

  • @thesneakyhider6978
    @thesneakyhider6978 Před 2 měsíci +15

    as a Eurovision fan since 2018, I've never heard of anyone comparing Toy & Seven Nation Army lmao. I didn't think it sounded similar at all

    • @ESC_jackqulen
      @ESC_jackqulen Před 2 měsíci +4

      I agree with this. It felt like the writers of the Seven Nation Army song wanted a share of earnings and used their influence through Universal Music to get it.

    • @leDespicable
      @leDespicable Před 2 měsíci +1

      Everyone I know immediately spotted the similarity when they watched the contest, so it definitely seems to share some resemblance

  • @mervinmannas7671
    @mervinmannas7671 Před 2 měsíci +19

    This is massive. I watched my first Eurovision tht i can remember in 1973 and never looked back. The average viewing audience for this is double + that of the Superbowl. They did try a public only vote for a few years but decided after some issues to go to a 50/50% split of jury and public vote. ABBA are without doubt the most sucessful artists from the contest going on to become the second biggest selling group worldwide after the Beatles. This year is the 50th anniversary of their win and due to Loreens win for Sweden last year it is going to be hosted in Malmo. One thing the guy got wrong is that the winning country does not HAVE to host the following year. It is offered to them first but they can decline. The French would love to win/host again as they haven't done so since thier last win in 1977, so the entry of the Moustache song was not for the purpose of avoiding that.

  • @ulricaandrae4381
    @ulricaandrae4381 Před 2 měsíci +4

    I don’t mind a ”friendship vote”, after all the Eurovision were created to bring together Europe after the war.
    But, it doesn’t necessarily mean you give away the highest score.

  • @peppermintcrush5794
    @peppermintcrush5794 Před 2 měsíci +16

    Regarding viting for your neighbours there is also the aspect that neighbouring countries have a similar music culture and tend to like each others music. Europe is very diverse culturally and musically. But yeah, there are political voting as well. But all voting for neighbours isn't political.

    • @liliaeth
      @liliaeth Před 2 měsíci +3

      it also helps that songs from neighboring countries might already be heard on your radio, so more people are familiar with them, even before Eurovision week.

  • @Sk88p
    @Sk88p Před 2 měsíci +7

    You are right on time with this video. I recommend you guys watch the show in upcoming may. I don't think the Eurovision youtube channel is region blocked anymore.
    The semi shows take around 2-3 hours and the final is around 4 hours.

    • @pagaporvista569
      @pagaporvista569 Před 2 měsíci

      Semi finals and finale was on Peacock last year!!!

  • @claraalves4643
    @claraalves4643 Před 2 měsíci +26

    And here we are. In that time of the year the Europeans go crazy 😂 love it. Regards from Portugal ❤

  • @jurgenkersjes2150
    @jurgenkersjes2150 Před 2 měsíci +34

    You can´t give a vote for your own country, and Brexit was not very populair in Europe.

    • @andyt8216
      @andyt8216 Před 2 měsíci +20

      Brexit is given far too much relevance - from Australia to Azerbaijan, Israel to Iceland a considerable number of countries have nothing to do with the EU. Australia has given us zero points for years apart from our recent peak of 2022, doubt it had anything to do with Brexit.

    • @alvdansen7172
      @alvdansen7172 Před 2 měsíci

      yeah, that video forgot to mention some important details

    • @jurgenkersjes2150
      @jurgenkersjes2150 Před 2 měsíci +3

      ​@@andyt8216 People really don´t like the UK any more. Even the Scots and Irish people. Till this day.

    • @andyt8216
      @andyt8216 Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@jurgenkersjes2150 🧌 Scotland is the U.K.!
      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧 = England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and NI!

    • @TheDemouchetsREACT
      @TheDemouchetsREACT  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Well, that surely answers our question.

  • @nelerhabarber5602
    @nelerhabarber5602 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Its a competition from EBU members, NOT from Europe, thats why countries like Israel are allowed to participate!

  • @s.b.907
    @s.b.907 Před 2 měsíci +12

    14:45 the discussion about the uk song. It was just not a good song, even at that period of time. 😂

  • @AmaanStorm
    @AmaanStorm Před měsícem +1

    I love seeing people newly discover Eurovision! Particular people from the U.S as they dont realise just how mucu of a juggernaut this show really is!
    Now you'll have to discover and react to some of the more iconic songs and performances! Always a joy to watch the shock & happiness spread across a reactors face to some of these performances.
    If you do go this route, please react to the live Eurovision versions of these wildly popular/memorable songs:
    * Conchita Wurst - "Rise Like A Pheonix".
    * Loreen - "Euphoria".
    * Käärijä - "Cha Cha Cha".
    * Sam Ryder - "Space Man".
    * Hatari - "Hatrid Mun Sigra".
    * Måneskin - "Zitti E Buoni".
    * Eleni Foureira - "Fuego".
    * Duncan Laurence - "Arcade".
    * Chanel - "Slo Mo".
    * Måns Zelmeröw - "Heroes".
    * Kalush Orchestra - "Stefania".
    * il Volo - "Grande Amore".
    * Lordi - "Hard Rock Hallelujah".
    * Sergey Lazarev - "You Are The Only One".
    * Mahmood - "Soldi"
    * Dadi Freyr - "Think About Things".
    There are so many more but they shoukd get you started! Best wishes ❤

  • @Attirbful
    @Attirbful Před 2 měsíci +19

    Conchita Wurst was not the first drag queen (which she isn‘t really) to win. Dana International won for Israel in the early 2000s…

    • @omi4470
      @omi4470 Před 2 měsíci +10

      1998 to be exact

    • @montsouthern
      @montsouthern Před 2 měsíci

      Concita was a drag queen and Dana was transgender.

    • @benjamintic3653
      @benjamintic3653 Před 2 měsíci

      Can we like not... Dana is a trans woman which means she's not a drag queen, but a woman. Conchita is a drag queen, a man dressing up as a woman. Not the same thing

    • @PPfilmemacher
      @PPfilmemacher Před 2 měsíci

      Thats only partly to some extent correct, their is a particular distinction between Dana International and Conchita Wurst.
      Dana International -
      Winner of the 1998 Eurovision is a openly living Transsexual-Women, who was born as a male, but has gone through several major gender reassignment surgeries over the years prior to her participation and win in the 1998 Eurovision Song constantly
      Conchita Wurst / Thomas Neuwirth -
      Winner of 2013‘s Eurovision, is a openly homosexual, Austrian singer and drag queen who is known for his stage persona elegant dressed but bearded Conchita Wurst (first name being spanish slang for vagina, last Wurst is the german word for sausage or Wiener, chosen as a quirky drag name representing both the male side a professional Women’s Imitator with Conchita).
      Neuwirth is not considered as transsexuelle because he hd just dressed up to oly Conchita just dressed up on stage as has stated that he is not a trans woman. He is gay, and has also described himself as a drag queen. with her homosexual Man (Drag Queen

    • @ronnopotter
      @ronnopotter Před 2 měsíci

      Dana is not a drag act. She is a trans person. There's a big difference.

  • @rickjr37
    @rickjr37 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Sandie Shaw,who represented the Uk in 1967,was the first English language winner of the contest.

  • @Navy-Seal-Ninja90
    @Navy-Seal-Ninja90 Před 2 měsíci +15

    "why are we excluded?" - maybe because its called EUROvision song contest😂

    • @M.Larson_13
      @M.Larson_13 Před 2 měsíci

      Israel is in even when they are committing a Genocide and Australia was in one year too and none of them are European countries. G3n0c1deVision

    • @Sir_Typesalot
      @Sir_Typesalot Před 2 měsíci +1

      Well, given that neither Israel, nor Australia, nor several other countries, which participated in the contest before (Algiers, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon) are part of the European Broadcasting Area (EBA) nor are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), there’s no valid reason to exclude the US.
      I miss the 1990s, when Eurovision was about EUROPE. But the money hungry folks in Lausanne had to tear it apart, get Asian dictatorships like Azerbaijan involved, and now everyone sings in a very bad English. Bring back the EURO into Eurovision. Make Europe great again!

  • @bestofclashtelerealiteoff3509
    @bestofclashtelerealiteoff3509 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Can u react to "All winners of Eurovision" please ?

  • @holsmetree1545
    @holsmetree1545 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Thank you for the kind words about Cry Baby 😂😂😂
    The countries vote for their top 10 favourite, which is how the points are allocated (with the scores being 1-8, 10, 12). The UK’s 2021 entry just didn’t crack the top 10 in any countries top 10, either in the jury or the televote

  • @alexx.malexx
    @alexx.malexx Před 2 měsíci +5

    There are already a few songs out for Eurovision this year 😁
    Ukraine 🇺🇦: Teresa & Maria - Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil
    Malta 🇲🇹: Loop - Sarah Bonnici
    Slovenia 🇸🇮 Raiven - Veronika
    Luxembourg 🇱🇺: Fighter - Tali
    Albania 🇦🇱: Besa Kokëdhima - Zemrën N‘dorë
    France 🇫🇷: Mon Amour - Slimane
    Irland 🇮🇪: Doomsday Blue - Bambie Thug
    Norway 🇳🇴: Gåte - Ulveham
    Spain 🇪🇸: Nebulossa - Zorra
    Tschechien 🇨🇿: Aiko - Pedestal
    Many countries have preliminary decisions. From my country, Germany, this will take place live on TV next Friday where we can vote for our Eurovision song. one of the candidates and my favorite is Ryk with the song “Oh Boy” 🤗💗

  • @andyt8216
    @andyt8216 Před 2 měsíci +8

    2021, the song was sh*t that’s why it got zero. What does Australia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel to name just a few countries not giving us anything have to do with Brexit? It doesn’t.

  • @catbevis1644
    @catbevis1644 Před 2 měsíci +7

    I hope this comes across right!... I think the US wouldn't "get" Eurovision, they'd take it really seriously and enter an amazing artist with an amazing song with the intention of winning. Obviously that's not a bad thing and is fully intended as a compliment, but it's just not really what Eurovision is about. It's crazy, it's camp, and it's a good opportunity for us all to laugh at ourselves. Winning isn't necessarily the point. Basically... you'd have to sink to our level to take part 😄

    • @quintydubbelaar1514
      @quintydubbelaar1514 Před 2 měsíci

      Wouldn’t be fair either with the amount of people that live there and all the labels

    • @graciedancer3952
      @graciedancer3952 Před měsícem

      What does that have to do with anything? The public and the jury vote. You cant vote for your own country​@@quintydubbelaar1514

  • @alexandru4193
    @alexandru4193 Před 2 měsíci +9

    I'd rather recommend watching Geography Now's video on Eurovision (even though it's a bit old). This guy centers too much around United Kingdom in the contest when in reality the UK is a bad Eurovision country, at least compared to other countries like Italy, Ukraine, France, Norway, Sweden, Russia and so on. And I wouldn't blame 2021's failure on brexit, the song was literally horrible.

    • @alvdansen7172
      @alvdansen7172 Před 2 měsíci

      UK agreed that it was a bad song and that the artist wasn't good. This is why they now care about what kind of artist represent them, year 2021 just embarressed them too much and I think UK might have broken their ESC curse finally. At least made it better. I feel way worse for Germany now, doing everything they can, sending different type of music and still not succeeding.

    • @alexandru4193
      @alexandru4193 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@alvdansen7172 Yeah I agree, I believe the UK is heading in a good direction, but a lot of British people and British press would blame their bad scores in the contest on Brexit, and not on their terrible choices. I mean there's songs that aren't that bad (like Lucy Jones I believe her name was) but some of them are just bad (like 2018, the most boring, predictable, annoying and old-fashioned song ever). And counting their past success (during and before the 90's) is just not appropiate, especially if you're trying to explain what Eurovision is now. It's like saying that Ireland is the best country in the contest for winning the most times even though the country has been irrelevant for like 30 years already.
      And yeah, when it comes to Germany it is sad, especially considering their huge music industry.

    • @nelerhabarber5602
      @nelerhabarber5602 Před 2 měsíci +2

      OH NO, the video is sooo bad, with a lot of untruths. Its explained from an americain who knows NOTHING about the ESC, sorry!!!

    • @alftuvik3820
      @alftuvik3820 Před 2 měsíci

      I would not recommend that one, a lot of what he says in that video is either outdated or just directly wrong.

  • @olsa76
    @olsa76 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Swedish Christer Björkman, Peter Settman and Anders Lenhoff tried to take the concept to the USA with the "American song contest". From what I understand, it has been difficult to get the same hype as there is for Eurovision. Eurovision started and became a tradition when there was only one TV channel, so it's probably harder to make it the same big thing when so much else is competing.
    There are a lot of conspiracy theories about who won, usually it's prob just that someone is a bad loser. I wouldn't vote for a bad song because I like the country, but sure...if two songs were equally good, which country I'd rather see win would matter.

    • @DONTHASSLETHEHOFF
      @DONTHASSLETHEHOFF Před 2 měsíci

      They did it in a weird way though. Brought mega stars in and the whole thing didn't feel like a competition really

    • @olsa76
      @olsa76 Před 2 měsíci

      @@DONTHASSLETHEHOFF Ok. I haven't seen it. Guess they thought they needed big names to draw attention?

    • @DONTHASSLETHEHOFF
      @DONTHASSLETHEHOFF Před 2 měsíci

      Something like that maybe. I think it could be big over there if they did it right though. Imagine all states competing against each other..@@olsa76

  • @Zubiila
    @Zubiila Před 2 měsíci +3

    Currently the power is split 50/50 between the juries and the general public. The issue this can cause, is when the general public has a clear favorite that the juries don't agree with, as it might mean that another song wins. That doesn't necessarily mean that the other song didn't deserve to win, but whenever the general public's favorite doesn't win it sparks a debate about if the right song won. An example of this is last year's competition, where the public gave most votes to Finland and second most votes to Sweden - but Sweden ended up winning because Finland didnt get enough points from the jury. As a Swede I'm torn, because I really loved our entry and the singer deserved to win - but so did Finland's singer who put on an amazing performance, which I also absolutely loved.
    Personally, I the power should be divided 60/40, with the general public having the bigger majority. That way this particular issue would be less likely to happen.

  • @Flokarl1
    @Flokarl1 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Great Metalrock liveshow = Go see the band "Sabaton" . You will love it!!!

  • @rickjr37
    @rickjr37 Před 16 dny

    The first English language song to win Eurovision was Sandie Shaw,representing the UK,in 1967 with “Puppet On A String”.

  • @elishweet
    @elishweet Před 2 měsíci +3

    hahhahaa, we had the same reaction over Flo Rida in Eurovision - what's he doing here?! 🤣

  • @alftuvik3820
    @alftuvik3820 Před 2 měsíci +2

    This video got one thing wrong, the winner does not have to host the next year, they are just the first to be offered the opportunity to do so and while it's expensive, the gain is a lot bigger than the cost due to the boost in tourism and business. Nobody has chosen to not host after winning since the 80s but it did happen a couple of times in the 60s and 70s, probably even though the cost was probably lower than it is now, there was maybe not much monetary gain like there is now. Ukraine was unable to host last year due to the war, so that's the first time in over 30 years where the winner didn't host. But it's always a choice and clearly something everyone who has won really wanted since they accepted the hosting gig.

  • @stiglarsson8405
    @stiglarsson8405 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Its a competition betwen national public broadcasting companies!

  • @maliii266
    @maliii266 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Sorry but I doubt many of us Europeans would want the US to participate 😂

  • @dagmar0904
    @dagmar0904 Před 4 dny

    I've only been to one concert ever and that was rock/metal my favorite band: lord of the lost, who took part in esc last year - they got last place and its not a big surprise. Like they said, most of the time their kind of music doesnt get placed high up) and its definitely a mood 😂 i think thats one of the kinds of music where live vs just mp3 is a biiig difference

  • @annemarienordby4326
    @annemarienordby4326 Před 2 měsíci +1

    American Song Contest was made, but it only aired for one season. It got cancelled due to low view ratings. Snoop Dogg and Kelly Clarkson was the hosts and a country song won.

  • @xinex5166
    @xinex5166 Před 20 dny

    I would like to say, the UK’s 0 points was funny both to us and the artist, he 100% knew he wasn’t going to do well, that’s why he reacted in such a good way. He was supposed to go the year before, but that year was cancelled because of COVID, and it was a considerably better song in his style- everyone was sure the song he got 0 points with was one he wrote for someone else originally, as he couldn’t hit half of it.
    That’s not the only time something like that has happened either, that 2003 one most likely had some earpiece issues so they couldn’t hear themselves and sounded out of tune because of that, also our 2010 act went on record saying he tried to get the end note of the song changed because he knew he couldn’t hit it but they didn’t let him (it was a BAD note). Up until the last few years it just really felt like the UK would send in sacrifices and give them no real support, glad we’re out of that now… for now anyway.

  • @jerryhehe
    @jerryhehe Před 2 měsíci

    great video waiting for your reactions to eurovison songs

  • @RobOranjeFinland
    @RobOranjeFinland Před 2 měsíci +2

    Best Eurovision : 2021 Rotterdam. The Netherlands. Watch the interval acts Davina Michele, first semi finale and Glennis Grace&Afrojack finale act

  • @rickjr37
    @rickjr37 Před 16 dny

    The first transgender person to win Eurovision was Dana International,representing Israel,in 1999 with “Diva”.

  • @nocturne7371
    @nocturne7371 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Some facts of this video is old. Last year Loreen won for Sweden. That made Sweden and Ireland tie for most wins, seven each. Loreen also won for the 2nd time, so Johnny Logan is no longer the only one to do that.

  • @ducris
    @ducris Před 2 měsíci +1

    more eurovision reactions

  • @phillipmusics
    @phillipmusics Před 2 měsíci +2

    You should react to the 1994 song Duett Amazing ❤️

  • @Craigy2818
    @Craigy2818 Před 2 měsíci +1

    When Gemini were singing out of tune, for the UK, it was reported that the two members of the Russian entry (t.A.T.u - known for the global hit "All The Things She Said") had been forced to mess with their earpieces. Back then, both members of the Russian band were often subjected to these kinds of orders and sexually abused.

  • @merjakotisaari9046
    @merjakotisaari9046 Před 2 měsíci +1

    This year's Eurovision Song Contest is coming up on May 11, 2024

  • @shaniyefet1
    @shaniyefet1 Před měsícem +1

    The first trans to win was Dana International from Israel 💙

  • @muddyfeet69
    @muddyfeet69 Před 2 měsíci +1

    To host the Eurovision costs that winning country around $ 24 - 40 millions. It is not only the venue and the technic stuff ....there are public viewings, the ESC fan mile and way more that costs money. Smaler countries avoid winning it because they could go bankrupt ....but the winning country has the right to say "we don't want to host it". However, that is a small shame that a country does not want to admit.

  • @americanninny4918
    @americanninny4918 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Euuuuuroooooviiiisiooooooon

  • @-_YouMayFind_-
    @-_YouMayFind_- Před 2 měsíci

    I always vote for my favorite artist and sometimes multiple even XD

  • @CluelessDoric
    @CluelessDoric Před 2 měsíci

    There is a Eurovision CZcams channel where you can watch past ones

  • @ginafromcologne9281
    @ginafromcologne9281 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Very nice reaction video! :) I think too that the US should be included, it would be interesting to hear their songs. I'm actually surprised that there isn't a song contest in the USA among the states.
    Regarding politics, that might be a bit exaggerated, even though it's rather suspicious that the Scandinavian countries always love their neighbours' songs best. Maybe they have the same taste. :D I always vote the song I like best, but sometimes it's hard to decide.
    One info in the video is a bit hard to believe though, it probably started with one youtuber who made the claim first, and then it spread. In my view, the claim that some countries deliberately try to lose, so they don't have to host the contest next year, is ridiculous. Firstly, the host country earns so much from the admission fees, tourists etc., that it might be a win-win. And secondly, there are the songwriters (it is actually a songwriters contest) and the singers. Not a single one of them wants to lose. Winning Eurovision could be their great breakthrough, and surely, no one wants to look like an idiot in front of half the world. There is a pre-selection in every country, where songwriters and their singers apply and give their very best for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I mean, if you want to reach an audience of billions of people, this is it! The audience has a vote and would surely not want to send a bad song either, so the best of them is sent to Eurovision. This claim is so unfair to the artists who work very hard, and it would also mean the viewers are being cheated. Shame on the person who was just assuming things and spread this rumour first!
    As for the songs, I love most of the very first songs of the 50s and 60s, e.g. "Non ho l'eta" by a young girl from Italy, Gigliola Cinquetti, or the very first winner "Refrain" by Lys Assia from Switzerland. Also many later ones, e.g. by Johnny Logan and others from Ireland, also Sweden, Denmark and others make great songs, it's hard to decide. :)

    • @ESC_jackqulen
      @ESC_jackqulen Před 2 měsíci

      USA (NBC broadcaster) has started an "American Song Contest" in 2022, but the show was canceled after one edition because of low ratings.
      I agree with the "trying to lose" statement. I always see it as an inside joke within the fandom that people took it out of context. Every country wants to win of course, but there is only 1 winner for 40ish countries, so doing the math it might take you 40 years to win once.
      Luckily, I think the idea of Eurovision being a joke is slowly fading out. Countries like France, UK, Serbia, and Finland are now all sending radio hit artists from their local music industry that they wouldn't be able to attract the same way 10 years ago.

  • @fredgoutier6162
    @fredgoutier6162 Před 2 měsíci

    Hello from Brussels (Belgium)
    About the UK couple even then it was a No No. Too cheesy song
    For the next competition, the Belgian song is FIRE 🎉

  • @kevingrant7098
    @kevingrant7098 Před 2 měsíci +3

    John Logan is the only person to win Eurovision song contest twice, but three other singers have one four times. Eurovision song contest is a competition for European countries. Brought in after the second world war as a way for European countries to come together in a fun. just like the human rights act and the European Union. Putin spent a lot of money backing Brexit, he knew a weaker Europe would be beneficial to Russia.

    • @christinarosen9711
      @christinarosen9711 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Loreen also won two times

    • @annkristin3457
      @annkristin3457 Před 2 měsíci

      Johnny Logan have won three times, he was not performing the last time. It`s the song, not the artist that wins the competition. Rolv Løvland from Norway won in 1985 and 1995.

    • @annkristin3457
      @annkristin3457 Před 2 měsíci

      @@christinarosen9711 Did she write the songs? It is he songs that wins, not the artist that sings it.

  • @SK-nw4ig
    @SK-nw4ig Před 2 měsíci +1

    I think more than politics the regional voting has to do with the fact that people more close to each other culturally tend to like same kind of music too. Because all of this is gone when there is a super good, joining people together song every once in a while, and it will get votes from everywhere.
    That being said, Ukraine's win 2022 was to be expected and it wa due to the war - though the song was very good, and i think it would have reached the top5 any year. Ukraine has won several times before.
    React to Geography now!s explanation of eurovision :) And watch the will ferrel movie!

  • @graciedancer3952
    @graciedancer3952 Před měsícem

    Its televote and jury in esc

  • @lilyth682
    @lilyth682 Před 2 měsíci +1

    9:40 this point is nonsense.
    Except sometimes for Germany and uk, Spain Italy and France always qualified high. Italy for example sends singers who win an important Festival in the country, Sanremo.
    Also, hosting Eurovision brings a lot of tourism so... It's nonsense what the voice said

  • @andywessel
    @andywessel Před 2 měsíci

    we watch it for fun, drink champagne, dress up and have a laugh. the more tacky the performance the better :)

  • @AlexanderDeusvult
    @AlexanderDeusvult Před měsícem

    Welcome 🫡🙂🇸🇪

  • @bramdams4893
    @bramdams4893 Před 2 měsíci

    0 points of the public means that in no participating country the United Kingdom was in the top 10 of favorable songs (with 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 points to hand out)

  • @gtagide
    @gtagide Před 2 měsíci +5

    U dont realize that England was out of tone? The song is good but the intrepertacion was awful

  • @diva777
    @diva777 Před 2 měsíci +1

    What da... what was Flo-rida doing there? Lol

  • @anja_katharina4891
    @anja_katharina4891 Před 2 měsíci

    pls more esc reactions

  • @MrKingGlock
    @MrKingGlock Před 2 měsíci

    thank you for this.. we the ppl of europe worship this talentshow.! Lets talk about the political points in esc.. this year iceland has a palestinian musician competing for us and Palestine is banned from ESC and because of the ongoing war we are sure ot be taking the simpathetic vote this year!

    • @sjusovare
      @sjusovare Před 8 dny

      Palestine is not banned from the ESC because of the war, Palestine isn't even banned from the ESC at all, Palestine just never was part of the contest, simply because Palestine never fit the criterias to enter since it never even had a public broadcaster to enter a contestant representing itself (the only time we saw palestinian artists in the contest, they were representing Israel, not Palestine)
      The only country banned from the contest is Russia, which I think is a mistake (and where the EBU precisely took a political decision, ironically trying to prevent the contest from being political), since the contest would have been the only mass reaching TV broadcast in Russia that the russian government could not control and censor

  • @royjohansen7472
    @royjohansen7472 Před 2 měsíci +3

    ❤️ your reaction and this year I think 🇳🇴 will win, but if they don’t I don’t care because this year was Norwegian soul in it 👍🥰

  • @hulda4ever
    @hulda4ever Před 2 měsíci

    The most political vote comes from the jury not the people who pay to vote

  • @YukiTheOkami
    @YukiTheOkami Před 2 měsíci

    its called Eurovision song contest as in the european trading zone
    so why would the usa be kept out? XD
    dont worry u arent the only contrys that arent there i mean russia is banned from the contest for now and no pureley asian country ever participatet either
    i think the telephon votes are messed up only the 10 or twelf most votet for countrys get any points at all
    (and u can not call for ur own country)
    Now imagine u write a test and u would have enough points for a c+ but becouse 10 people are better than u you get 0 points failed XD i dont think this is fair
    yeh mainly becouse i am sad about germany always ending up on last or second last place for a view years now we dont have to win but last place come on
    (although the song sisters deserved the last place )
    i also think they should do the rule again that u only can sing in an official language of ur country
    but to the adition that the song only needs to be in this language 70% means u cna mix with other languages
    and that if ur country has multiple official languages u need to switch it up every year
    (so that swizerland does not win just couse they sing in french every year
    in the past before they got rid of the language rule mostly english and french speaking/sounding countrys won the majority of the wins lyes definetly on those 2
    so thats peobaply why they got rid ofthe language rule
    but i am for at least havin a song in ur native tounge every second year becouse language is beautifull

  • @BenHatira
    @BenHatira Před 2 měsíci

    Yeah it's politics don't let those in the comment section tell you otherwise.. you get points mostly to your friendly neighbors who share the same culture and shit.. except for England and Germany i guess ...

  • @mortpost2363
    @mortpost2363 Před 2 měsíci

    Norway shall win 24. react to it and embrace the rock

  • @kayleighmoran
    @kayleighmoran Před 2 měsíci

    The simpletons vote for countreys. Everone else wote for music and feeling.

  • @GamersOdyssey
    @GamersOdyssey Před 2 měsíci +1

    Talent is talent but people do not consider other things that might influence voting.
    Let's take for example Greece and Cyprus, yes they might be considered different countries but they speak the same language they have the same customs, they have almost the same culture same religion same people, if you like Greek songs you will like songs from Cyprus because they both sing in Greek that is the way culture works it is not always politics, you will vote the most familiar thing to you, that is why English people vote for Ireland, that is why Scandinavian countries vote for each other etc.
    And by the way there were several instances where Greece did not give their best points to Cyprus and vice versa.
    By the way this is a VERY bad video that did an awful at explaining and showcasing Eurovision.

  • @basquat76
    @basquat76 Před 2 měsíci +1

    British guy is still salty Ukraine beat them 2021🙂

  • @Jaddas
    @Jaddas Před 2 měsíci +1

    I hate these videos. Idk why thats a thing, but somehow every "short explaination of eurovision" video is made by a person that absolutely hates the contest.
    They always act like joke entries are the norm (there is like 1 per year), shit talk everything they find and try their hardest to not mention any good aspects.
    I know a lot of europeans (me included) enjoy that eurovision has a big distance to america and i am honestly not sure if these videos are an attempt to keep you guys away from it, by acting like its trash.

  • @hulda4ever
    @hulda4ever Před 2 měsíci

    Why isn't America in it? It's Eurovision not worldvision..

  • @dexterdexter9760
    @dexterdexter9760 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Video is bit oversimplifying, people don't vote for allies, they vote for for what they like, but in most cases that means voting for a neighboring country or culturally close country because they have similar music or similar taste in music, or same artists and type of music are popular in those countries. In 2021 besides UK, Germany, Spain and Netherlands also got 0 points from public votes, because they had the worst song out of all 26 in the finals, and not of Brexit or some other stuff.

  • @linabmoniz
    @linabmoniz Před 23 dny

    The zero points for the United Kingdom was in the year of Berxit, it was a political vote

  • @carro-xb9oz
    @carro-xb9oz Před 2 měsíci +1

    u mneed to watch a better eurovision one this one is just not good

  • @laoaganlester1728
    @laoaganlester1728 Před 2 měsíci

    UK got the 0 points all because of Brexit as the narrator was saying.