When I read the newspaper yesterday, I almost fell of my chair !! Patricia Kaas is representing France for this 'contest'...
Well, in the 70ies, this was still a very serious thing (remember AbbA's Waterloo) - Celine Dion (I'm NOT a Dion fan, hate that woman and her music) has won it and some golden oldies like Cliff Richard, Julio Iglesias did an entry once...
Now these last few years, it seemed you had to be a turkey (Ireland last year) or a transsexual to have a good/bad publicity...Don't ask who is representing us (it will be a Wallonian/French speaking entry - next year it's the Flemish part of the country again) but when I saw that Patricia Kaas is targetting that 1st price, I'm like...come on, you know what the problem is, it's not about how good you can sing, it's all about how many votes you won't get from the Eastern countries ....They are not going to give you any extra points ...and she's already famous ....why the bother ?
My personal fav entry this year is the Dutch one ....they always take themselves SO serious and the group they are sending to Moskou on May 16th are The Toppers !
Famous for their glittery outfits and 'squeeze in the balls' high voices - they will try their luck !
They almost had a problem, as 1 of the original singers called it a day and quit the job !
Enter Jeroen van der Boom, maybe more of a hotty to some and ...how shall I put this ..?
A ladiesman ...yep !
Do you European guys/girls know the entries of your countries ?
I'll bet you don't ...
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Hehe, I have heard about this contest many times, but I've never watched it or anything, obviously here in this continent almost nobody has ever heard about it, so of course, they don't even bother have it on TV :p
I love ABBA ^^
Haha ... I LOVE the Eurovision Song Contest!!! It's so abysmally bad it's awesome.
A lot of the acts are totally ridiculous, which makes it even funnier that they take themselves and the contest so seriously.
I have no idea who is representing the UK, it won't matter anyway, it's all totally decided by tactical, political voting from the Eastern European countries, which frankly is disgusting. It makes a farce of the whole thing ... as if it wasn't farcical enough.
I have never heard of that contest, but it sounds so wrong it must be right. Btw, that was an excellent write-up. Cheers! xo
@GI
what's fun sometimes is when you meet up with some friends in front of the telly and have drinks & snacks and give points to all contenstants.
You bet a few euro's for a laugh and the one that hits a winner or a runner up, get's the cash !
@Diane
it's been running since the 50ies I think..but became famous once AbbA hit the scene...
You have Eurovision addicts that know every fact and winning song of every year !! For real !
Did you know France Gall once entered too ?
I don't know if she won but I know her song was called Poupée de cire ...
Look at those photos.
@Dr Zibbs
Promising, no ?
I'm looking forward to see what their performance will be...the background vocals are a feast for the eyes too ...:-)
Not sure where to comment on this, but I LOVE your find of the week :)
Hahahaha, No I don´t like the Toppers. Although the men in that group individually are really cool actually...but their music and their video....nooooooooo!
@Jack D.
Gordon reminds me of a boyfriend one of my oldest gay friends once had...not a typical gay-guy, more bold and big-boned like Gordon and LOUD and ADHD...
Rilatine was his middle name ...he was fun to be with but a few hours was just enough or you would go crazy yourself ...
It's a shame Joling quit the job...he was fun to watch !
And Jeroen, well - it took me weeks to figure out what he was singing about (in that song: Jij bent zo...) couldn't understand a word of his pronounciation (but maybe that's a good thing to get extra votes from the Eastern countries...)
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