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The Contest is so EPIC these days
LiammaiL
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Is it just me or is Eurovision so much more epic these days.
Production values, staging, music, half time acts
Everything has just been incredible the last few years.
2014 and 2015 have been another level brilliant for me.
2014 is my fav contest ever with 2015 a close second.
Production values, staging, music, half time acts
Everything has just been incredible the last few years.
2014 and 2015 have been another level brilliant for me.
2014 is my fav contest ever with 2015 a close second.
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The overall production though is bigger because of so many places taking part and there is more technology available compared to pre-21st century. The danger is that the technology becomes more important than the songs. As was said in another thread at least the songwriters got some credit in the earlier days, it was more a song contest.
I would say too the overall standard of singer and song seems to have gone up as well in recent years. We seem to be well ahead of where we were about ten years ago. Perhaps the two semi final system and the introduction of juries has contributed to this, we nearly always seem to get a strong Grand Final.
I thought this while watching the Final this year. It's as much a "Eurovision Staging Contest" as it is a song contest these days. Perhaps another reason the UK performed so poorly in recent years - the BBC attempts at staging look amateurish in comparison.
In 2015, the year so void of gimmicks, the contest is as much a song contest as it has ever been.
Definitely. Last year the song was ok really, but the staging was bad as it has been for years from the BBC.
Songs have won more because of good staging than anything else, the 2 Swedish winners are good examples. Though I thought the Mans staging wasn't all it was cracked up to be, I guess enough like stick figure animation these days. It's all the more annoying that the organisers always give the Swedish entry extra time to set up.
But the last two Swedish winners have been huge hits across Europe irrespective of the staging, 'Euphoria' in particular was huge here in the UK, reached number 3 and was in the charts for 15 weeks, not to mention the fact that it sold 200,000 copies here. So obviously the quality of the songs has played a part because the public clearly liked the song. Recently DS had a poll of the best winner from the last 10 years and 'Euphoria' won by a landslide.
Perhaps the UK could have gained some extra points with better staging, but even so I doubt we would have troubled the left-hand of the scoreboard.
I doubt you'd be saying that if the UK won twice in the last 4 years and had 4 top 5 places. And you're telling me that Bucks Fizz and Brotherhood of Man had substance? Winners such as ABBA and Johnny Logan had actual talent.
You obviously haven't read the many posts I've done on this board, I've never blindly supported any BBC entry. So your opening remark is a total fail.
Bucks Fizz did some decent songs, even the Eurovision effort was catchy I suppose. And Save Your Kisses For Me was definitely more catchy than Mans as well. The only way the winner this year will be remembered is for the screen he interacted with, but that didn't impress me either.