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Euro Loca (The Weird, Wacky, sometimes Woeful & occasionally Way Ahead of its time Eurovision)
I described this on the playlist as such - the oddiest, funniest and most memorably wft performances I could find over the years. Some are further out then others but all have an element of being weird, silly, funny (some deliberately, some not, some debatable) and occasionally what the eff where you thinking. I will include a list of songs that ( Read more... ) -
Dancing to a Different Tune (It's that time again) - ESC 250 for last year
Yup this again - however I'm much happier this time. That said I'll post this on the RAJC reacting to this but I wonder if it might be better if you have categories - all time (5 years or more only applicable), best in the last 5 years, best in the last year to try and counter the heavy heavy recency bias - which is a thing (I'm almost tempted to ( Read more... ) -
Revised (and abbreviated list) of ESC winners' ratings
I got an idea for doing this after seeing Groot's and I thought I'd pinch and then revise his tier list ranks names (after the titles of other ESC songs) but also see how previous winners ranked in both his watchalongs and in Connor's Eurovision channels community rankings to see how they've lasted amongst at least an element of the fandom.
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Divided by Opinion (What I think will happen at Eurovision Tonight and what has happened)
Ok Before we assess our runners and riders lets look at the Fallen done by running order:
Semi Final 1:
I hate the formatting for this but don't know how to change it
Malta (on 2nd) - I thought this would qualify. The staging was great, they were charismatic and the song is fun and is sandwiched between two dark stagings and dramatic songs so ( Read more... ) -
Best ESC Song Ever? My Non Hyponotic Arse! (My Opinion of That Poll)
This is my commentary thread on RAJC's comments on the supposed top 100 of 'that' poll and it's new favourite song which I think is arse - pun totally intentional. That said you can't have a poll without hitting a majority of good songs IMO.
100)Mata Hari - like it but not sure it's that great.
99) - Secret Combination - sorry don't like this ( Read more... ) -
My No. 1? A Deeply Opinionated Review of All of the Eurovision Winning Songs - part 4
cont'd from part 3 - I'd say look at part 1 to see the criteria for the tiers but it's all kinda moot as they're all S from here onwards but you will need it for the explaination of the inclusion of running order positions, margins of victory by points, percentage of vote and overall ranking in how wide it was compared to the other winners from ( Read more... ) -
My No. 1? A Deeply Opinionated Review of All of the Eurovision Winning Songs - part 3
cont'd from part 2 - look at part 1 to see the criteria for the tiers and the explaination of the inclusion of running order positions, margins of victory by points, percentage of vote and overall ranking in how wide it was compared to the other winners from 1975 onwards (introduction of the familar douze points scoring system) and of the overall ( Read more... ) -
No more Heroes? My response to a ESC assessment that really hacked me off
Ok if I do ever put stuff on line this may end up being a response video. This is responding to something I viewed which is six years old (perhaps like so much of this just finished year of ESC appropriately enough a lot of roads lead back to the last Kyiv contest). It is proof positive of what they say about opinions are like arseholes, everyone ( Read more... ) -
My No. 1? A Deeply Opinionated Review of All of the Eurovision Winning Songs - part 2
Cont'd from part 1 - look there to see the criteria for the tiers and the explaination of the inclusion of running order positions, the margins of victory by points, percentage of vote and overall ranking in how wide it was compared to the other winners from 1975 onwards (introduction of the familar douze points scoring system) and of the overall ( Read more... ) -
Eve of the War (of Songs)
Ok I will flesh out the half completed posts on the ESC but I just wanted to get his one off before the ESC Grand Final. [comments in square brackets were made post the final as results came out - I ran out of time to do proper predictions for Poland, Serbia and Estonia as I'd realised this took longer than anticipated and the final had started ( Read more... )