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Topic History of: Eurovision titbits
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francois |
sorry but you are wrong, age is a massive factor, singers the age of bonnie and engel stand virtually no chance
as for the song it is a major factor but to win the contest it is a combination of performer, presentation, song and draw
an old performer cannot not win except in a novelty format
young good looking performers with ok voices can and do win, ms de forrest being a prime example
a bad presentation will kill any song, a brilliant presentation can make the difference between being placed and winning
the song has to have universal appeal but not necessarily be the best song, this being very subjective I dare say a great many people think that teardrops is the best song, I would disagree
being in the second half of the draw does appear to be an advantage |
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JK2006 |
Francois I have to repeat my feeling; neither Hump nor Bonnie was a bad choice; in both cases it was the crap song that let us down as always.
The artiste matters less than the song; as long as they perform it well, age doesn't matter. |
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francois |
bonnie is old and whether you like it or not age does affect you and even if the voice was still there the contest is a young persons domain
I know, what about the Russian grannies, they were more a novelty act
the bbc obviously does not want to win, hence no pre selection show and picking bonnie and engelbert, no hopers
both bonnie and engelbert were embarrassing, I would dearly like to know which highly paid (with public money) bbc executive(s) were responsible for choosing the last 2 uk acts
the only consolation for me was Ireland, a song and performance that should never have qualified and it came a well deserved last place despite being drawn last |
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honey!oh sugar sugar. |
I loved the "man in a box" and my favourite was Finland's entry performed in a wedding dress. |
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JK2006 |
Yes that was a mistake but I think the endless votes are fun - as long as the contest is close (which it was)... but I agree the entire structure, like Awards shows, should be radically rethought.
Some staging was terrific (the man in a glass box, for instance). |
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