Boards Eurovision SURLAW [Reveal: 21st May, 8pm]

Mollyb60

Hello and welcome to the Boards Eurovision Song Contest 2021!


Thirty-nine countries compete to win your favour. Who will be crowned Boards Eurovision Champion for 2021? Germany? Russia? Australia?
Or are you gonna play the political game and award your deux points to Ireland?

How to play?
Have a listen to the Spotify playlist (linked below) and rank your favourite songs.
Award them points from 1 to 12 and PM me your top 10 songs in a numbered list (Standard Eurovision scoring system applies; 12 points to your favourite song, 10 points to your second favourite and all the way down to 1).
For clarity scoring is as follows: 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 with 12 points to your most favourite and 1 to your least favourite.

I’ll compile the choices and do a grand reveal of who the winner is before the real contest gets underway.

PM’s to be with me before 20:00 on 20th May.
The reveal will start at 20:00 on Friday 21st May.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWVCKO3xAlT1Q?si=4f72c05fecfb454d&nd=1

Every vote is important! Get voting for your favourite song now!

Mollyb60

List of participating countries:
Country |Artist |Song
Albania |Anxhela Peristeri| Karma
Australia |Montaigne |Technicolour
Austria |Vincent Bueno |Amen
Azerbaijan |Efendi |Mata Hari
Belgium |Hooverphonic |The Wrong Place
Bulgaria| VICTORIA |Growing Up Is Getting Old
Croatia |Albina |Tick-Tock
Cyprus| Elena Tsagrinou |El Diablo
Czech Republic| Benny Cristo| omaga
Denmark| Fyr Og Flamme| Øve Os På Hinanden
Estonia| Uku Suviste |The Lucky One
Finland| Blind Channel| Dark Side
France| Barbara Pravi| Voilà
Georgia |Tornike Kipiani |You
Germany| Jendrik |I Don't Feel Hate
Greece |Stefania| Last Dance
Iceland| Daði og Gagnamagnið |10 Years
Ireland |Lesley Roy |MAPS
Israel| Eden Alene |Set Me Free
Italy |Måneskin |Zitti E Buoni
Latvia| Samanta Tīna |The Moon Is Rising
Lithuania| The Roop |Discoteque
Malta |Destiny |Je Me Casse
Moldova| Natalia Gordienko |SUGAR
North Macedonia| Vasil |Here I Stand
Norway| TIX| Fallen Angel
Poland| RAFAŁ |The Ride
Portugal |The Black Mamba| Love Is On My Side
Romania| ROXEN |Amnesia
Russia| Manizha |Russian Woman
San Marino| Senhit |Adrenalina
Serbia| Hurricane |Loco Loco
Slovenia| Ana Soklič|Amen
Spain| Blas Cantó| Voy A Quedarme
Sweden| Tusse |Voices
Switzerland| Gjon's Tears| Tout l'Univers
The Netherlands |Jeangu Macrooy| Birth Of A New Age
Ukraine |Go_A |Shum
United Kingdom |James Newman| Embers

Done. Love Eurovision so been tracking these for months and chopping and changing my top ten for a while now.

Might be worth plugging this in the Eurovision thread on the TV forum? Might even get a few new regulars who find they can't leave this place once they've found it!

Mollyb60

I was thinking that but wasn't sure if that was allowed. I'll give it a plug sure and the mods can shout at me later.

HeidiHeidi

Awww, I thought this was going to be a "historical", best ever type of contest


There's been a few absolute crackers over the decades!


That might be a very big beast to tame though....


Not sure I can get as excited about getting familiar with a whole clatter of new songs.



Are these the "would have been" entries for this or last year?

Necro

Molly the spotify playlist seems to have some previous year entries included there.

I've found one with just this years ones if you want to update the OP

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWVCKO3xAlT1Q?si=56415ac9f6674599


Maybe it's my Spotify being funky?

Mollyb60

Thank you muchly Necro. I thought it was the same one I'm listening to on my phone but obviously not. OP updated.

We could totally do a best of the Eurovision Surlaw but I think we'd have to narrow it down somehow. Maybe best of the best? But that's still like sixty something songs to listen to. That'd be worse than a single contest!

Toto Wolfcastle

Excellent idea. I love the Eurovision so much! A best of would end up with a predictable winner of Jonny Logan or Rock and Roll Kids or similar unless they were specifically excluded. We all know that the best historical Eurovision song is Sebastien Tellier’s Divine.

cee_jay

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Are these the "would have been" entries for this or last year?

Just opened the list - they are different entries than last year as the Dadi Freyr (Iceland) song is different. It has a similar feel to last year's entry though - I have tickets to see them in the Olympia at some stage (it was postponed from Easter).

Mollyb60

Oh yeah sorry I meant to address that. It's a rule with the Eurovision that you can't submit the same songs in subsequent years so even though the contest didn't go ahead last year the songs had to be new ones. So these are all brand new submissions for the 2021 contest. Most of the artists are the same ones that would've represented their countries last year but they all have new songs.

Toto Wolfcastle

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Excellent idea. I love the Eurovision so much! A best of would end up with a predictable winner of Jonny Logan or Rock and Roll Kids or similar unless they were specifically excluded. We all know that the best historical Eurovision song is Sebastien Tellier’s Divine.

My Irish Eurovision hot take: Rock and Roll Kids is the weakest of the seven Irish winners.

/runs

cee_jay

Deleted User wrote: »

My Irish Eurovision hot take: Rock and Roll Kids is the weakest of the seven Irish winners.

/runs

:eek::eek::eek:
It is the BEST of them!

Zaph

Deleted User wrote: »

My Irish Eurovision hot take: Rock and Roll Kids is the weakest of the seven Irish winners.

/runs

I'm with you Homer, it's total scutter and I just can't understand the love for it.

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There's a YouTube playlist for all of them here too if there are any non-spotify heads knocking about (or people like me, who can be a bit precious about disrupting the Spotify algorithm for weekly recommendations etc.)...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmWYEDTNOGUIFKZpE5Z2uOA5i48KVfqju

Sheridan81

Does the spotify link work in the first post? Is it only me having a problem?

Necro

Sheridan81 wrote: »

Does the spotify link work in the first post? Is it only me having a problem?

Just tried it there and seems to take you to just the web player (desktop)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWVCKO3xAlT1Q?si=4f72c05fecfb454d

That one seems to work

Mollyb60

I've updated the link again. Thanks folks. I also noticed today whilst listening to the playlist that the Serbian song, Loco Loco, doesn't seem to work on it. So here's the youtube video for it for completeness sake:

Necro

Working now perfectly Molly

Toto Wolfcastle

I've narrowed it down to my top 16 and I've also identified a couple of toilet break songs for the big night.

Necro

I've had a brief listen and have 3 or 4 standouts and the rest are sort of all a big blur. Hoping to get it narrowed down soon though!

ari101

Croatia have cuddly teddybears... being swayed by wrong reasons - must not vote for hideous song

Sheridan81

I've been listening most of the day and the music is better than I expected. I've narrowed it down. Sadly a nation close to my heart have not made the final 12. I'll wing a pm your way tomorrow.

Mollyb60

Ok I was originally concerned that some players who weren't familiar with the Eurovision style of scoring would get confused.

I'm happy to open it up to the board though. Which scoring would you prefer?
Eurovision style - 12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 - top 10 songs are scored.
Maths style - 12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 - top 12 songs are scored.

Sheridan81

Eurovision style to replicate it closely.

Sheridan81

Done, Pm is sent.

It seems bookies favorite is France with Switzerland and Italy up there as well. It should be fun.

HeidiHeidi

I've belatedly realised how rude my post was early on in this


Coming on saying "oh no, X - why don't you do Y?" was waaaaaay out of order!


So, sorry for that!


May have to devote an evening to listening/watching these ones, and try to drag myself up to date a bit!!:D

Kolido

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Ok I was originally concerned that some players who weren't familiar with the Eurovision style of scoring would get confused.

I'm happy to open it up to the board though. Which scoring would you prefer?
Eurovision style - 12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 - top 10 songs are scored.
Maths style - 12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 - top 12 songs are scored.

I would prefer top 10, Eurovision style. I ran a recent Surlaw that way and there was no confusion thankfully from anyone.

Mollyb60

Brilliant thanks for the input guys. We'll go with the standard Eurovision style voting then. I'll update the OP accordingly. And I've both versions from Homer and Sheridan so no need to resend your PM's guys.

ari101

Half way through my first listen and finally found a contender for douze points Only 19 more to go... and then again to give them a fair chance

Mollyb60

I'm gonna include my own top 10 songs and there are 2 really unexpected contenders for top marks. Can't pick between the 2 at the moment. There's a lot of really really bad songs though.

Kolido

First quick listen through and I've whittled it down to 16 which is not bad. One stand out song so far and the rest are just okay. Overall quality is pretty bad I must say.

Mollyb60

I do think it's a very poor year. The songs last year were of much higher quality.

ari101

It's been a few years since it made an impact, I still remember a number of the 2017 tunes (Ocidentali's Karma was my favourite)

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ari101 wrote: »

Ocidentali's Karma was my favourite

ari101

Mollyb60 wrote: »

I do think it's a very poor year. The songs last year were of much higher quality.

With a lot of them getting a second chance but having to write new songs I suppose that makes sense...?
Last years chosen entries had to win local selection, so are the best of a given bunch, but this years efforts are just whatever new ditty the same person could magic up, no guarantee it would have been of the same quality to win local selection?

It's a grim state of affairs when I'm gonna be forced to award the UK something.

Mollyb60

Deleted User wrote: »

It's a grim state of affairs when I'm gonna be forced to award the UK something.

Uk are one of my top 2, I can't believe it but I love yer man's voice. His song last year was one of my favourites too.

ari101

Deleted User wrote: »

It's a grim state of affairs when I'm gonna be forced to award the UK something.

Haha, I haven't yet ruled it out

Kolido

Jeysus my picks are going to be awks...thought the UK entry was terrible.

ari101

Kolido wrote: »

Jeysus my picks are going to be awks...thought the UK entry was terrible.

I initially though nope, but then I realised there was a lot of 'nope' and I may have to pick from the 'nope' pile to reach 10 songs :pac:

Mollyb60

Well now folks, we have 5 entries submitted and 10 countries still to score a single point! A clear winner at the moment. But we'll see how it goes!

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Have whittled it down to 10 songs, just need to sort them into an order I'm happy with... which might take quite a few more listens...

Toto Wolfcastle

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Well now folks, we have 5 entries submitted and 10 countries still to score a single point! A clear winner at the moment. But we'll see how it goes!

I'm surprised it's only 10. There are some terrible songs this year.

I'm sure some people will think some of my choices are terrible though! I love a cheesy Eurovision song.

quickbeam

If anyone wanted to do the best Eurovision song ever, then an Ultimate Tournament might be better than a SURLAW? After this year there will be 65 years of songs to choose from, so maybe all 68 winning songs + 60 songs that players nominate to create a decent knockout tournament.

Necro

quickbeam wrote: »

If anyone wanted to do the best Eurovision song ever, then an Ultimate Tournament might be better than a SURLAW? After this year there will be 65 years of songs to choose from, so maybe all 68 winning songs + 60 songs that players nominate to create a decent knockout tournament.

I was thinking of that myself actually...

HeidiHeidi

quickbeam wrote: »

If anyone wanted to do the best Eurovision song ever, then an Ultimate Tournament might be better than a SURLAW? After this year there will be 65 years of songs to choose from, so maybe all 68 winning songs + 60 songs that players nominate to create a decent knockout tournament.

65 years :eek:

Sheridan81

quickbeam wrote: »

If anyone wanted to do the best Eurovision song ever, then an Ultimate Tournament might be better than a SURLAW? After this year there will be 65 years of songs to choose from, so maybe all 68 winning songs + 60 songs that players nominate to create a decent knockout tournament.

If somebody does run it, maybe the Irish songs should be omitted because everybody will be SOOOOOO biased.:D

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Rankings Submitted

cee_jay

I have submitted my entry!

Necro

Gonna get some shape on this today, I've put it off long enough!

KathleenGrant

I want to enter too. Been listening to lots of songs but not all. Will have to make myself listen to countries I generally don't like (I'm looking at you Albania)