[HN Gopher] Eurovision Song Contest Bingo
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Eurovision Song Contest Bingo
Author : ValentineC
Score : 82 points
Date : 2022-05-14 19:12 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| mikaeluman wrote:
| Always take away at least 3-4 songs to add to my Playlist.
|
| It's not too bad. Loved the aesthetics of Spain this year too
| ajsnigrutin wrote:
| > It's not too bad. Loved the assthetics of Spain this year too
|
| fixed that for you ;)
| mrtksn wrote:
| The contest is happening ATM.
|
| If you haven't watched it already, I suggest you to go watch
| Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga[0] , a brilliant
| comedy movie that captures the Eurovision's spirit very well.
| They also speak the truth about the voting: Nobody likes UK, so
| zero points :)
|
| Jokes aside, Eurovision is a cringy but at the same time
| euphorically positive event, fetching 200M viewers worldwide
| every year.
|
| Even Australia is now in the contest(didn't make it to the finals
| but I think they should have made it, there are worse songs that
| did).
|
| correction: Apparently Australia is in the finals! As they
| deserve.
|
| [0]
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest:_The_S...
| laerus wrote:
| UK is actually gonna win though?
| mrtksn wrote:
| I know, right? I can't recognise the world we live anymore!
| brabel wrote:
| > Even Australia is now in the contest(didn't make it to the
| finals but I think they should have made it, there are worse
| songs that did).
|
| Hey, Australia is definitely in the finals...
|
| See https://eurovision.tv/
| the_gipsy wrote:
| No kangaroo references? Boo!
| sgt wrote:
| I just watched the Australian performance. My first thought
| that was that they sent him to Europe to get rid of him.
| T-zex wrote:
| Getting many things wrong by the Eurovision observers is part
| of Eurovision. BBC is the worst (or should I say best) in
| this regard.
| hermitcrab wrote:
| PLAY YA YA DING DONG!
| unpopularopp wrote:
| The main problem with this year's broadcast imo that the hosts
| are not speaking _that_ good english. The whole thing just
| doesn't feel natural, it really comes across they speak a foreign
| language.
| tobr wrote:
| Mika isn't exactly speaking a foreign language, though.
| T-zex wrote:
| Could it be because of the fact they are Italians? Or are you
| assuming the whole world must speak the perfect English?
| unpopularopp wrote:
| 1. It's up to the host country choose the hosts
|
| 2. Watch previous years, this year is definitely lower
| quality
|
| 3. I don't assume that, but I expect that considering an
| international broadcast (I'm from the EU, english is not my
| native language)
| sgt wrote:
| The Italian hostess can sing better than any of the
| performances tonight. Look her up.
| jtvjan wrote:
| Is that really a problem? Oddly pronounced English is the
| official language of the EU :-)
| palcu wrote:
| For the nerds, there you can read about Euro English on
| Wikipedia.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_English
| gerdesj wrote:
| One of the hosts is actually English - the bloke in rather
| vivid pink. His Italian is deemed fluent but no one has
| criticised his accent (which is probably odd).
|
| I think that all of them manage a pretty decent English,
| especially the English bloke.
| seo-speedwagon wrote:
| I'm still salty that Germany didn't send Electric Callboy
| leipert wrote:
| Agreed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnzkhQsmSag
|
| Edit: Seems like the juries are as well. 0 points after half
| the votes.
| gerdesj wrote:
| The music is getting better, these last few years. There seems to
| be less of a stigma associated with doing Eurovision. You still
| have plenty of the downright odd stuff though.
|
| This year Ukraine should win and it helps that their entry is
| genuinely pretty good. Norway have fielded a song about feeding
| bananas to a wolf, riffing on Little Red Riding Hood, in errm
| yellow. Spain's entry sported a pretty close shave and manages to
| lose even more clothing - quite a decent song too.
|
| UK (my homeland) are hoping for a decent result after taking
| quite a few beatings over the years - "null points". Our boy has
| absolutely smashed it on the socials so should be OK. [Greece
| have just ticked under 18]
|
| Whatever happens, we have our Irish compere to get us through the
| night. Graham Norton and before him Sir Terry Wogan, have been
| the voice of the Eurovision SC in the UK for absolutely yonks.
| brabel wrote:
| > Spain's entry sported a pretty close shave and manages to
| lose even more clothing
|
| My gosh what a hot performance... Romania was also spicy.
| gerdesj wrote:
| "When in Rome"!
|
| There is quite literally nothing else like the ESC.
| midasuni wrote:
| They're in Turin...
| gerdesj wrote:
| Quite, but there is an old saw hereabouts: "When in Rome,
| do as the Romans".
| dijit wrote:
| I just made the same comment about Ukraine winning.
|
| But then they would be responsible for hosting the next games,
| which I think is a little bit too much to put that
| responsibility on them now.
|
| ------
|
| Also; I'm not a fan of the fact that the Eurovision Song
| contest is basically a popularity contest between countries.
|
| (EDIT: Apparently this is controversial (-2 karma), tell me
| why! Cowards!)
| gerdesj wrote:
| If it could be hosted in a UKR city - that would be something
| but I'm sure the rules can be changed and another country
| could host it provided there was a lot of gold and blue.
|
| The UVSC is what it is and it beautifully reflects the state
| of the rather nebulous concept - "Europe".
| dijit wrote:
| I couldn't find what you're referring to.
|
| This is what I found:
|
| * Utah Valley State College (Orem, UT)
|
| * Universal Visa Services Center (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
|
| * Unadilla Valley Sports Center (Edmeston, NY)
|
| * Used-Vehicle Sales and Certification Study (J.D. Power
| and Associates)
|
| * Uranium Ventilation Scrubber Cell
|
| And a cancer survivor charity.
| gerdesj wrote:
| Typo: U -> E
|
| Eurovision Song Contest.
| kylegordon wrote:
| Exceptions can and have been made, and the responsibility of
| hosting it then moves to the EBU to select a location
| anonymousDan wrote:
| Mandatory to watch Father Ted:
| https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3omj87
| gerdesj wrote:
| Father Ted was commissioned in the UK after being turned down
| by an Irish broadcaster (I think the state one - can't
| recall). It was deemed too Irish, which was probably fair
| enough at the time.
|
| Thankfully it was broadcast because it is a classic in my
| opinion. Mrs Doyle's ("Won't you have a cup of tea") mud and
| cocaine cake is up there in the comedy pantheon, along with
| elderly priest football and the milkfloat parody of "Speed".
|
| Beautifully insightful parody without ever being cruel.
| hermitcrab wrote:
| I don't think the Irish Catholic church were big fans.
| gerdesj wrote:
| That was then. I personally know one or two Irish
| Catholic priests and they are not offended by Father Ted
| and at least one is a massive fan.
|
| I went to a pretty posh school in Oxfordshire back in the
| day. The school priest (Church of England) made us watch
| "Life of Brian" by Monty Python's Flying Circus and
| discuss it in our "Divinity" studies - an O Level
| (nowadays GCSE - 13-16 year old).
|
| One of the other Masters (teacher) intended and was going
| through the process to become a CofE priest and was
| massively offended by Life of Brian. Perhaps he felt he
| had to be holier than thou or whatever. He was my rugby
| coach and was once a player for the Harlequins a long,
| long time ago so a good egg in my eyes but a bit whizzed
| up over a comedy film. I will grant him that LoB is a
| pretty robust parody/critique of Christianity (and
| English/Britishness and more besides).
|
| Oh and there was a band at my school called On a Friday -
| they played by the Cricket Pav at the end of summer term
| 1989 to a load of kiddies enjoying end of term relief and
| glorious weather. You'll know them as Radiohead. Funny
| old world.
| teddyh wrote:
| * "Pornstache"?
|
| * "Implied homosexuality"?
|
| Are these supposed to be... noteworthy occurences?
| gerdesj wrote:
| Blimey, UKR just gave the UK 12 points. ... so have Azerbaijan.
|
| We seem to have lost the pariah of the world title. [Belgium -
| RLY?]
|
| OK, this is weird.
| gerdesj wrote:
| Georgia has the same patron saint as England so clearly that's
| why they gave 12 pts to the UK (no it isn't)
|
| Yes, the English (part of the UK) and Georgian flags are very
| similar too.
|
| I have no idea what is happening here.
| ValentineC wrote:
| I just came in to comment the same.
|
| (For those not in the know, the UK tends to finish near the
| bottom of the leaderboard every year.)
| gerdesj wrote:
| We are currently out on top at the moment which is proper
| weird.
| natly wrote:
| "Overwhelming cringe" bingo square in the printed edition ends up
| cut out due to the number of Xs penciled on top of it
| [deleted]
| sgt wrote:
| Sweden's performance...they have to win!
| tpmx wrote:
| We really should have sent this entry instead:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EsxUJfcsWM :)
| hermitcrab wrote:
| The true stars of Eurovision are the audio visual techs.
| sandermvanvliet wrote:
| Truth. Check out this camera shot from a few years back:
| https://youtu.be/C3TBvJUtuHs
| mrcus wrote:
| That's from the Norwegian finals! The Norwegian Broadcasting
| Corporation has such an impressive and passionate technical
| crew, it is really fascinating how they manage to make truly
| world-class productions with a comparatively limited set of
| resources, both in terms of manpower and money.
| tpmx wrote:
| That was actually from the ESC final in Moscow (sigh) 2009.
|
| https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2009-received-
| prestig...
|
| They had a large Scandinavian crew for the broadcast
| production though: https://m-m-pr.com/eurovision-
| diary-2009/ ... different times.
| Matthias247 wrote:
| they certainly did a great job! Things like the rain overlays
| for the polish performance were pretty stunning, and it made me
| wonder how stuff like this is done.
| hermitcrab wrote:
| In case anyone is wondering that the voting looks a bit suspect:
| https://successfulsoftware.net/2008/05/26/is-the-eurovision-...
| (from 2008, but still relevant)
| ValentineC wrote:
| ... I can't believe the UK is in the lead.
| hermitcrab wrote:
| It is a shock. It was quite funny when the UK got nil point
| last year. I feel a bit sorry for the performer, but (and I
| say this as a UK national) the UK has been acting like a
| massive jerk towards their neighbours and allies (as well as
| it's own people) for the last few years.
| nikanj wrote:
| The jury votes are always a laugh. Essentially the more jury
| votes you get, the less the public likes you
| haunter wrote:
| They changed the voting system since 2008 several times
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_at_the_Eurovision_Song_...
|
| Also... you can already see Ukraine will get a lot of votes
| just because of the war not because the actual song. But it
| always have been like this
| ajsnigrutin wrote:
| Yep, A LOT of politics in eurosong.... some come from
| neighboring countries giving votes to eachother, some due to
| "politics", some due to people living across the border, and
| a lot due to similar cultures, especially with etno-sounding
| songs. Add then all the expats (eg. turks in germany), and
| you get those votes too.
|
| This year, ukraine will probably get a lot of pity votes due
| to the war, maybe even enough to win.
| dspillett wrote:
| Sadly, gone are the days of being able to play "guess the nation
| Terry Wogan will offend this year" with the UK broadcast.
| ilikeitdark wrote:
| Cheesy and awful but fun. I'd be down with Portugal or Ukraine
| winning. Although also liked Iceland.
| hermitcrab wrote:
| So bad, it's good.
| mrtksn wrote:
| IMHO the audiovisual shows were always good and the last few
| years there are actually good songs(even UK sent a decent
| entry). Also, in an increasingly hostile world I feel like
| the cringe of the multiculturality and neighbour love is not
| as strong, it's actually a fresh breeze of positivity.
| jdalsgaard wrote:
| In desperate need of more upvotes..
| someweirdperson wrote:
| "Boob shock"? What's the "shock" part needed to tick that box? It
| is EUROvision, there could be boobs in every performance, and
| still no-one would be shocked.
| ajsnigrutin wrote:
| No boobs sadly, a few asses in thong though, but nothing
| shocking.
|
| Maybe someone from the audience will jump on the stage again,
| that could "shock" someone.
| someweirdperson wrote:
| Probably there's rules of fairness, for those who don't want
| to show. Otherwise, to have a fair chance of winning,
| everyone would be required to perform naked.
| aldeluis wrote:
| The bingo seems written from the North american cultural and
| religious bias. One of the unselected song for the Spain
| delegation was about that... with special appearance of
| Zuckerberg imperial boob (censor)ship.
|
| https://youtu.be/-z9qeALR7j0
| geekuillaume wrote:
| Currently live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhyLh5sGRRI
| hedora wrote:
| Why, oh why does Eurovision prevent itself from being viewed in
| the US?
|
| You could argue "licensing", but I'm guessing you're going to
| be hard pressed to find a contestant band / manager that says
| "we're trying to keep this low-key/limit publicity for now".
| United857 wrote:
| https://www.svtplay.se/eurovision-song-contest-2022
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| Swedish but seems to work in the US if you don't mind Swedish
| commentary
| haunter wrote:
| Blame NBC, the local broadcasters decide if they want to
| block it or not
|
| https://polsy.org.uk/stuff/ytrestrict.cgi?ytid=https%3A%2F%2.
| ..
| reaperducer wrote:
| _Blame NBC, the local broadcasters decide if they want to
| block it or not_
|
| NBC is not the "local broadcaster" in the sense that the
| BBC is the local broadcaster for the United Kingdom, or ABC
| is the local broadcaster for Australia. Broadcasting in the
| U.S. doesn't work that way.
|
| That said, NBC does air American Song Contest, which is
| Eurovision production, and receives very poor ratings.
| Because of this, I surmise that Eurovision doesn't air in
| the United States because none of the broadcasters will pay
| for the rights if it's not going to bring in enough viewers
| to make up for the fee.
|
| If Eurovision really wanted its program to be seen in the
| U.S., there is no shortage of small networks,
| cable/satellite networks, LPTV networks, or OTT providers
| for getting its program seen. It just has to offer the show
| at a reasonable rate.
|
| I don't think this is a case of the usual HN cliche of
| "Evil company blocks me from seeing something for no other
| reason than to be evil."
| jorams wrote:
| > ...or ABC is the local broadcaster for Australia.
|
| Just a note here: The Eurovision local broadcaster for
| Australia is SBS[1]. SBS is also mostly publicly funded.
|
| [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_S
| ervice
| haunter wrote:
| >Eurovision doesn't air in the United States because none
| of the broadcasters will pay for the rights if it's not
| going to bring in enough viewers to make up for the fee
|
| NBC bought the rights
| https://eurovision.tv/story/peacock-eurovision
|
| After that it's up to them blocking the Youtube stream or
| not and they did block it
|
| >I don't think this is a case of the usual HN cliche of
| "Evil company blocks me from seeing something for no
| other reason than to be evil."
|
| No it's the case "we bought the licence and we stream it
| on our streaming platform and you have to watch it here"
| reaperducer wrote:
| Thanks for the clarification. That didn't come up when I
| did my search. I guess that's what I get for using
| Google!
|
| So, it's not "blocked" as in not ever going to be
| available. It's just going to be on Peacock next Sunday.
|
| _No it 's the case "we bought the licence and we stream
| it on our streaming platform and you have to watch it
| here"_
|
| No different than in the UK where you have to pay a fee
| to watch it on BBC.
| midasuni wrote:
| It's broadcasting on bbc one at the moment. Graham is
| telling us we can vote for Poland.
|
| Is it broadcasting in NBC?
| detaro wrote:
| NBC is the local broadcaster for Eurovision, given that
| they licensed it.
| [deleted]
| squeral wrote:
| Also not available in the UK for some reason.
| hermitcrab wrote:
| But available on live TV in the UK (BBC1).
| sgt wrote:
| HN crowd doesn't know what linear TV is any more.
| midasuni wrote:
| Live on iPlayer too (as live as iPlayer gets - 30 seconds
| or so behind DTT)
| haunter wrote:
| BBC gotta get that TV licence fee!
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