Ikarus360 Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Although I still like the songs/performances of the ESC I have to kinda admit I feel the contest has become kinda politicized on the last years (like countries voting for their political friends and stuff). Plus, thanks to social media, now that everyone can watch/listen to the rehearsals even months before the contest, the winners have become somewhat easy to predict (almost everyone knew Denmark was going to win the previous ESC last May). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotguy Posted November 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 A draw has been completed that will put Sweden in the first semi final and Norway in the second semi final. This has been done to make a fairer distriution of tickets to the Nordic countries. A similar draw was made before Malmo 2013. It is also looking like there will be 37 countries in Copenhagen 2014. The latest countries to withdraw are Bulgaria and Serbia. They follow Croatia, Cyprus and Turkey from withdrawing form the 2014 edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 The logo of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was released today:eurovision.tv: First sneak peek of Eurovision 2014 graphics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 They're...a year early... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tower Bridge Fox Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 I say this every year ,But I think the Uk should enter a song that sounds Scottish, bag pipes actI think a Scottish themed UK entry would play well across Europe, and attract a lot of votes,Especially with the Scotch referendum coming up, its even more important to show that the uk isn’t just England, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotguy Posted November 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 They tried that in 2007 with Cyndi, but unfortunately Scooch got the ticket to Helsinki. ironic that a powerful ballad actually won that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 The German NF lineup (bar one) Das Gezeichnete Ich Madeline Juno MarieMarie Oceana Santiano The Baseballs Unheilig The other one will be picked from a battle of the bands type thing. And the Estonian NF entries Tanja - Amazing Sofia Rubina - City Lights Maltised - Elu MiaMee - Fearful Heart The Titles - Flame Sandra Nurmsalu - Kui Tuuled Pöörduvad August Hunt - Kus On EXIT? Norman Salumäe - Search Traffic - Für Elise Brigita Murutar - Laule Täis Taevakaar Lauri Pihlap - Lootus VÖÖRAD - Maailm On Hull Super Hot Cosmos Blues Band - Maybe-Maybe Nion - Muud Pole Vaja Wilhelm - Resignal Nimmerschmidt - Sandra Maiken - Siin Või Sealpool Maad State of Zoe - Solina Kõrsikud - Tule Ja Jää Lenna - Supernoova Kinda strange how we (UK) only just about manage a last minute internal selection when Estonia can do a 3 night, 20 song NF despite only being about the size of Birmingham by population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotguy Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 I had a dream about ESC 2014 last night. The hosts were two women and Poland won the contest with 270 points - lets see how close i come lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 I would think you're fairly safe with the hosting - might even have one doing it alone, Petra managed it in Malmö. Not quite sure about Poland winning, Germany seem like they don't want to wait 28 years again, Estonia would fit the sequence repeat from 2000, & you can never discount Azerbaijan or Ukraine. Who knows, maybe we can do it again, we could take it to Manchester or Bristol () Maybe whoever does win will welcome the first ever Scottish entry (where you'll send CHVRCHES & sweep the board ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony E Loves Architecture Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Parken Stadium would of been a great Venue as it has Retractable Roof. Also do any of you think that the Host should be chosen by bidding instead of previous Winner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Parken Stadium would of been a great Venue as it has Retractable Roof. Also do any of you think that the Host should be chosen by bidding instead of previous Winner? Parken hosted in 2001 and from a TV viewer experience it was horrible. Friends who attended inside told me the same from their perspective. And NO. Previous winner hosting is one of THE trademarks of ESC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony E Loves Architecture Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Parken hosted in 2001 and from a TV viewer experience it was horrible. Friends who attended inside told me the same from their perspective. And NO. Previous winner hosting is one of THE trademarks of ESC. Ok fair opinion. I didn't watch the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest. I started getting interested in it in 2007. And I didn't say the winner shouldn't host I was asking peoples opinion I didn't give mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Ok fair opinion. I didn't watch the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest. I started getting interested in it in 2007. And I didn't say the winner shouldn't host I was asking peoples opinion I didn't give mine. But I gave mine because you asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony E Loves Architecture Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 But I gave mine because you asked. I know I never said you shouldn't I like to hear everyone's opinion. There was no dispute. I agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony E Loves Architecture Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Parken Stadium needs another set of Renovations soon I am guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 The theme for Eurovision 2014: Whoops! I forgot I'd copied that video for another thread Anyway, this is the link to the theme of Eurovision 2014: http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=presenting_theme_art_of_copenhagen_2014 I don't know why they're using a diamond when the 60th is next year, & the Hashtag is meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Bearing in mind our thing with Olympic ceremonies, some of us might like this: http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=make_your_myeurovisionidea_happen_for_2014 Oh, sorry for double post. Is there any way of getting rid of that video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 The Ukraine selects its 2014 entry today!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Ukraine really has other worries now, but it's kind of nice that we'll have the first entry of 2014 in a couple of minutes. Unless they change it afterwards as happened before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Марія Яремчук їде від України на Євробачення-2014 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 The logo is ok. I guess the whole hashtag theme has to do with the fact that social media has gained some spotlight on the last Eurovision editions (although I think it can also biase some opinions, but that's just my point of view). Meanwhile the whole Eurovision Island plans are still a mystery for many. I wonder how are they're going to do it and when they will show us a sneak peak of how the actual stage will be (it will be in open air this time, right?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphacarter Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Well they only announced who was going to design the stage about two months ago, so there's still time for him to design it. Although they mentioned something about keeping the industrial look of B&W Hallerne. Last year (Malmö) they only showed us the stage in February, about 4 months to the night. Either way, I'm super excited, I love Eurovision. On an unrelated note, I've used up all my quota of positive votes. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p85 Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 I've just heard all of the submitted songs. This will be one of the worst contests in like 20 years. - I really like Norway and Isreal (both in the second, "Polish" semifinal), so I might vote for them, - Italy, UK, Macedonia, and Slovenia are OK to me, - huge disapointment from the rest of Nordic countries (Danemark ScoobyDoobyDoo, Sweden 1980's boring ballad, Finland high school guitar band, I liked Iceland, but they changed lyrics to English), - Hungary and Armenia still think that dupstep is a new thing, - totally hate: Portugal, Greece, Romania, Belarus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotguy Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Conchita Wurst http://youtu.be/ToqNa0rqUtY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illustrado Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 top 10 (not in order) Switzerland Poland Latvia UK Norway Sweden hungry Malta Moldova Albania i hope uk wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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