Rainbowtrout's Eurovision Song Contest

rainbowtrout

Hello everyone.


The tournament will be taking place here.

We have 181 songs nominated from 37 countries. It's ranged from 'oh that's really good, never heard it before' to 'I never knew they were ....... ', to 'Oh so that's what that song is called ' to 'WTF!!!'


The following countries have qualified for the final automatically as they only had one song nominated

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Israel
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Slovakia


We will kick off tomorrow with the 9 countries that have had 2 nominations each.

Necro

Well darn it anyways none of mine are straight through :P

Tauriel

I have one through.

Seamai

mustang shelly wrote: »

I have one through.

Reckon I might have 2.

Kolido

I have 1 through and it's not my adopted homeland

rainbowtrout

Good morning everyone

So the knockouts begin for countries with two Eurovision entries. Vote on thread for which song you prefer out of each pairing. I'm going to leave this open until 11pm tonight. There is no quota. Whichever song gets most votes in the pairing goes through to the final. If there is a draw I'll get the final say in which song progresses.

rainbowtrout

First up
Austria





Edenbridge - Higher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1dJDzB2OFU

v


Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVikZ8Oe_XA

AUSTRIA

Edenbridge - Higher v Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

rainbowtrout

Next up : BULGARIA


Mariya Dimitrova: Mari Maro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLDkQc8vnKc

v



Poli Genova - If Love was a Crime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKsNfccUTuk

BULGARIA

Mariya Dimitrova: Mari Maro v Poli Genova - If Love was a Crime

rainbowtrout

Next up: GEORGIA


Nina Sublatti - Warrior

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZrRQSI_pcQ

v


Sofia Nizharadze - Shine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3nxhVyB5OM

v

Katie Melua - The Closest Thing to Crazy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-BnRZ52jHs

GEORGIA

Nina Sublatti - Warrior v Sofia Nizharadze - Shine v Katie Melua - The Closest Thing to Crazy

Tauriel

AUSTRIA
Edenbridge - Higher

My nomination

Voting Warrior for Georgia anyway (although Visionary Dream would have been better than either! But I didn't think of nominating it)

Not familiar with Edenbridge or Mariya Dimitrova so must listen to them first before deciding on the other two battles.

Tauriel

BULGARIA

Mariya Dimitrova: Mari Maro

Wow, what a song. Thanks to whoever nominated it, never heard of her before but will be added to my list.

Tauriel

GEORGIA

Nina Sublatti - Warrior

rainbowtrout

If you were wondering where the Greek vote was gone, I just spotted that a song that was submitted for another country is actually Greek so I've removed that one for now.

ShaneU

rainbowtrout wrote: »

If you were wondering where the Greek vote was gone, I just spotted that a song that was submitted for another country is actually Greek so I've removed that one for now.

Check your pms

rainbowtrout

POLAND


Under the Skin - Wave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6hBihRY4a0

v



Ira - Powtarzaj To

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnNi_gOJc-4

v


Strachy Na Lachy - Raissa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQMCjaNWgKY

POLAND
Under the Skin - Wave v Ira - Powtarzaj To v Strachy Na Lachy - Raissa

Necro

Are these open all day RT?

Won't get to listen till this eve

rainbowtrout

FURTHER NOTE:

I forgot to add a GEORGIAN entry to the list last night despite reading the wiki on the act, so I've added that one now. That's now a three way vote as people have already voted, so please go back and have a look at it if you've already voted.

ShaneU

Necro wrote: »

Are these open all day RT?

Won't get to listen till this eve

Open until 11pm

Also Starring LeVar Burton

I put in a song for Poland that isn't either of those two

Kolido

Edenbridge - Higher
Poli Genova - If Love was a Crime
Sofia Nizharadze - Shine - My nom
Ira - Powtarzaj To

rainbowtrout

SERBIA
Maria Serifovic - Molitva

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSueQN1QvV4

v



Orthodox Celts - Far Away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOL-kSo74tM

SERBIA
Maria Serifovic - Molitva v Orthodox Celts - Far Away

Tauriel

mustang shelly wrote: »

GEORGIA

Nina Sublatti - Warrior

Sticking with this after the third act was added.

rainbowtrout

Necro wrote: »

Are these open all day RT?

Won't get to listen till this eve

Yes they are. And there are a few gremlins which I have to fix, so there's no rush.

rainbowtrout

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

I put in a song for Poland that isn't either of those two

Have fixed that LeVar. Autocomplete stuck it in under Portugal and I didn't spot it. It's up there now.

rainbowtrout

I am just gonna go back and do a quick check on the spreadsheet to make sure there are no more errors. I have two more matches to put up, so I'll be back in about half an hour.

Kolido

Maria Serifovic - Molitva

Serbian Irish folk music, nah, no thanks

rainbowtrout

Right all entries checked. There was nothing else missing so on we go.

rainbowtrout

TURKEY



Sebnem Ferah - Hoscakal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diKKVF9fvkI

v


DJ Quicksilver - Belissima (radio edit)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQQokcoOzeY

TURKEY
Sebnem Ferah - Hoscakal v DJ Quicksilver - Belissima (radio edit)

rainbowtrout

UKRAINE


Ruslana - Дикие танцы [Wild Dances in Ukranian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_UC8sZ6cAc

v



Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE

UKRAINE

Ruslana - Дикие танцы [Wild Dances in Ukranian] v Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Austria
Edenbridge - Higher ; decent song, and I've never been mad about Rock Me Amadeus

Bulgaria
Poli Genova - If Love Was a Crime ; lovely europop beat, great song

Georgia
Nina Sublatti - Warrior ; one of my nominations, felt it deserved to do a lot better in it's Eurovision year (it finished 11th), but points wise was way off

Poland
Strachy na Lachy - Raissa ; one of my nominations, great band with some class tunes

Serbia
Orthodox Celts - Far Away ; Serbian Irish Folk Music, yup, yes please

Turkey
Sebnem Ferah - Hoscakal ; both are a bit meh if I'm being honest, but I slightly preferred this one

Ukraine
Ruslana - Дикие танцы ; one of my nominations, prefer the Ukranian version to the English version

Kolido

DJ Quicksilver - Belissima - Brings me back to my clubbing days

Ruslana - Дикие танцы [Wild Dances in Ukranian] - Th female dancers swung it for me

Sawduck

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Hello everyone.


The tournament will be taking place here.

We have 181 songs nominated from 37 countries. It's ranged from 'oh that's really good, never heard it before' to 'I never knew they were ....... ', to 'Oh so that's what that song is called ' to 'WTF!!!'


The following countries have qualified for the final automatically as they only had one song nominated

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Israel
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Slovakia


We will kick off tomorrow with the 9 countries that have had 2 nominations each.

5 of mine already through

Sawduck

Austria
Edenbridge - Higher

BULGARIA
Poli Genova - If Love was a Crime

GEORGIA
Nina Sublatti - Warrior

POLAND
Under the Skin - Wave

SERBIA
Orthodox Celts - Far Away

TURKEY
Sebnem Ferah - Hoscakal

UKRAINE
Ruslana - Дикие танцы [Wild Dances

the purple tin

AUSTRIA - Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
BULGARIA -Mariya Dimitrova: Mari Maro
GEORGIA - Sofia Nizharadze – Shine
POLAND - Ira - Powtarzaj To
SERBIA - Orthodox Celts - Far Away
TURKEY - Sebnem Ferah – Hoscakal
UKRAINE - Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai

Austria - Falco, Rock Me Amadeus
Bulgaria - Poli Genova, If Love Was A Crime.
Georgia - Katie Melua, The Closest Thing to Crazy (I really like that song, haven't heard it in ages)
Poland - Strachy na Lachy, Raissa
Serbia - Orthodox Celts, Far Away (almost nominated them myself so better vote for them)
Turkey - DJ Quicksilver, Belissima
Ukraine - Verka Serduchka, Dancing Lasha Tumbai

Gru

AUSTRIA

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

BULGARIA

Mariya Dimitrova: Mari Maro

GEORGIA

Katie Melua - The Closest Thing to Crazy

POLAND
Strachy Na Lachy - Raissa

SERBIA
Maria Serifovic - Molitva

TURKEY
DJ Quicksilver - Belissima (radio edit)

UKRAINE

Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai

Necro

Austria - Edenbridge - Higher
Bulgaria - Poli Genova - If Love was a Crime - the other ones voice is like nails on a chalkboard.
Georgia - Nina Sublatti - Warrior
Poland - Ira - Powtarzaj To - really liked this
Serbia - Orthodox Celts - Far Away - this was only ok, but the other one was muck so by default this wins
Turkey - DJ Quicksilver - Belissima - No brainer here really
Ukraine - Ruslana - Дикие танцы [Wild Dances in Ukranian] - again by default I hated the other one. This is upbeat at least

Rothko

Austria
Edenbridge - Higher

Bulgaria
Mariya Dimitrova - Mari Maro

Georgia
Katie Melua - The Closest Thing To Crazy

Poland
Strachy Na Lachy - Raissa

Serbia
Orthodox Celts - Far Away

Turkey
Sebnem Ferah - Hoscakal

Ukraine
Ruslana - Дикие танцы

Seamai

Austria: Rock Me Amadeus, Falco
Bulgaria: If Love Were A Crime, Poli Genova
Georgia: Shine, Sofia Nizharadze
Poland: Strachy Na Lachy, Raissa
Serbia: Molitva, Marjia Serifović
Turkey: Hoscakal, Şebnem Ferah
Ukraine: Dancing Lasha Tumbai, Verka Seduchka

ShaneU

Austria
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Bulgaria
Mariya Dimitrova: Mari Maro
Georgia
Katie Melua - The Closest Thing to Crazy
Poland
Strachy Na Lachy - Raissa
Serbia
Orthodox Celts - Far Away
Turkey
DJ Quicksilver - Belissima
Ukraine
Ruslana - Дикие танцы [Wild Dances in Ukranian]

Irish Aris

Austria: Edenbridge - although I like Rock Me Amadeus, I will go with Edenbridge as I didn’t know it and quite like it
Bulgaria: Mariya Dimitrova – reminds me of The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices
Georgia: Nina Sublatti – I like the arrangement with the heavy drums/percussion
Poland: UnderTheSkin – I will stick with my nomination on this one
Serbia: Marija Serifovic – great song and a worthy winner that year
Turkey: pass – don’t particularly like either of them
Ukraine: Ruslana – tough one, Ruslana edges it with the great live presentation, another worthy winner.

PsychoPete

Edenbridge - Higher
Poli Genova - If Love was a Crime
Nina Sublatti - Warrior
Strachy Na Lachy - Raissa
Orthodox Celts - Far Away
DJ Quicksilver - Belissima
Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai

Toto Wolfcastle

Austria: Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Bulgaria: Poli Genova - If Love was a Crime
Georgia: Sofia Nizharadze - Shine
Poland: Strachy Na Lachy - Raissa
Serbia: Maria Serifovic - Molitva
Turkey: DJ Quicksilver - Belissima
Ukraine: Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai

Ukraine was a toughy but Verka IS Eurovision.

Tauriel

POLAND
Under the Skin - Wave

Tauriel

SERBIA
Maria Serifovic - Molitva

Getting in before the deadline!

Austria
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Eighties legend!!)

Bulgaria
Poli Genova - If Love Was a Crime (I love this song, and while I like the ethnic vibe from the other one I thought it was a tad repetitive, despite being minutes long!)

Georgia
Nina Sublatti - Warrior (I already voted for this earlier when there were two entries, sticking with this from the list of three entries)

Poland
Under The Skin - Wave (these three were all quite good actually, but I like the post-punk/dark synthpop feel of this one most)

Serbia
Orthodox Celts - Far Away (I quite like Molitva but am just so taken aback by the existence of a Serbian Celtic rock band that I have to go with them!)

Turkey
Sebnem Ferah - Hoscakal (not amazing but prefer it to Bellissima)

Ukraine
Ruslana - Дикие танцы (tough choice between two Eurovision classics, but as enjoyable as Dancing Lasha Tumbai is this one is just a better song)

Seamai

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Ukraine was a toughy but Verka IS Eurovision.

It's tacky and camp, classic Eurovision.

Tauriel

Turkey
DJ Quicksilver - Belissima (radio edit)

Tauriel

UKRAINE

Ruslana - Дикие танцы [Wild Dances in Ukranian]

rainbowtrout

Good morning everyone.

The results of yesterday's knockouts are as follows:


Austria

Edenbridge 8 - Falco 7


Bulgaria:

Maria Dimitrova 6 - Poli Genova 9


Georgia

Nina Sublatti 8 - Sofia Nizharadze 4 - Katie Melua 4


Poland

Under the Skin 4 - Ira 3 - Strachy na Lachy 8


Serbia

Maria Serifinovic 6 - Orthodox Celts 9



Turkey

Sebnem Ferah 6 - DJ Quicksilver 8


Ukraine

Ruslana 9 - Verka Serduchka 6



All those in bold progress to the final