Rainbowtrout's Eurovision Song Contest

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

rainbowtrout

Over the next couple of days I will be putting up a playlist (similar to Strawberry Milkshake's best song by a woman comp) for each remaining country. I would like you to listen to the songs on the playlist and give each a score between 0-10 and PM me your scores. The highest scoring song for each country will go through to the final. Given that some countries have more than 10 songs, this isn't going to be a daily competition, I'm going to put up the playlists over the next 5 days and leave some time after that for people to listen to the songs and get in their scores.

rainbowtrout

First off the country with more nominations than any other: GERMANY

1. Roosevelt - Fever https://www.youtube.com/watch v=ToyuZwTO068
2. Cascada - Evacuate the Dancefloor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A68j28KQaik
3. Lena - Satellite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QSgNM9yNjo
4. Joseph Wagner - Under the Double Eagle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgSypRHsqAQ
5. The Heimatdamisch - Sweet Child o Mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbsEZzgCwmI
6. Propanganda - Duel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnQ2zOmb6Hg
7. Reise nach Jerusalem - Surpriz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c1aVpRDYUU
8. Faun - Walpurgisnacht https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLgM1QJ3S_I
9. Xandria - Nightfall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGTAmmTiD_Y
10. Rammstein - Du Hast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3q8Od5qJio
11. The Scorpions - Wind of Change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ
12. 2 Eivissa - Oh La La La https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLd-g2ZC_no
13. Robin Schulz - Prayer in C (Robin Schulz remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiore9Z5iUg
14. Nena - 99 Luftballons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aLiT3wXko0
15. Scooter - The Logical Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YxTa1AUqps

rainbowtrout

GREECE:

1. Estella - Walk Like I Taught You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgLcdNG279Q
2. Planet of Zeus - Macho Libre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uimk7rS80Xo
3. Nana Miskouri - Je Chante Avec Toi Liberte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms4feo60S8U

rainbowtrout

NORWAY:

1. Susanne Sundfor - Delerious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdSB_PcBW3k
2. Ida Maria - Oh My God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eED30qLA0KY
3. Susanna - Lay All Your Love On Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBeKOxRnDss
4. A-ha - Take on Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914
5. Sirenia - The Path to Decay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZQ7rgAq-I
6. Lene Marlin - Sitting Down Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClSVzlObxSc
7. Royksopp - So Easy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLDruLCPJ08
8. Kygo - Firestone ft Conrad Sewell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sc-ir2UwGU
9. Susanne Sundfor - Fade Away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS9xLhn-1vw
10. Katzenjammer - Demon Kitty Rag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2CWsqGFgkA

rainbowtrout

ROMANIA:

1. Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekIMGAmgXSI
2. Michael Cretu - Today Today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pluGbfnfIk
3. Alexandra Stan - Mr. Saxobeat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS76eS34Y0c

Irish Aris

That Germany list looks deadly - high points all across the board!!

I'm always asking the thickest questions but anyway.. just to confirm rainbowtrout am I ordering my songs from 1-10 with my favourite at no.1 and my least favorite at no.10 or am I scoring them as in giving 10 points to my fave and 1 point to my least fave?

In the case of Germany then you can only pick 10 of the 15.

ShaneU

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm always asking the thickest questions but anyway.. just to confirm rainbowtrout am I ordering my songs from 1-10 with my favourite at no.1 and my least favorite at no.10 or am I scoring them as in giving 10 points to my fave and 1 point to my least fave?

In the case of Germany then you can only pick 10 of the 15.

You give every song a score between 0-10

A lot of good songs in that Germany list that aren't "Eurovision" songs, I will be deducting marks accordingly

quickbeam

Irish Aris wrote: »

That Germany list looks deadly - high points all across the board!!

Except Scooter. Deserves minus points tbh.

ShaneU wrote: »

A lot of good songs in that Germany list that aren't "Eurovision" songs, I will be deducting marks accordingly

One my noms is in that group and is definitely Eurovisiony. :P

Necro

quickbeam wrote:

Except Scooter. Deserves minus points tbh.

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