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

Mollyb60 · 04-05-2021 9:20am #1

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 · 04-05-2021 9:30am

04-05-2021 9:56am

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 · 04-05-2021 10:03am

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 · 04-05-2021 10:22am

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 · 04-05-2021 10:29am

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 · 04-05-2021 10:36am

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 · 04-05-2021 10:49am

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 · 04-05-2021 11:23am

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 · 04-05-2021 12:00pm

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.

04-05-2021 12:08pm

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 · 04-05-2021 12:42pm

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 · 04-05-2021 12:48pm

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.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-05-2021 1:56pm

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 · 04-05-2021 5:34pm

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

Necro · 04-05-2021 5:36pm

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 · 04-05-2021 8:23pm

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 · 04-05-2021 8:25pm

Working now perfectly Molly

Toto Wolfcastle · 04-05-2021 8:39pm

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 · 04-05-2021 8:40pm

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 · 04-05-2021 9:38pm

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

Sheridan81 · 04-05-2021 10:55pm

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 · 05-05-2021 10:25am

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 · 05-05-2021 10:34am

Eurovision style to replicate it closely.

Sheridan81 · 05-05-2021 11:18am

Done, Pm is sent.

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

HeidiHeidi · 05-05-2021 11:31am

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 · 05-05-2021 11:49am

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 · 05-05-2021 11:54am

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 · 05-05-2021 12:39pm

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 · 05-05-2021 1:19pm

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 · 05-05-2021 1:37pm

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 · 05-05-2021 1:43pm

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

ari101 · 05-05-2021 1:49pm

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)

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 05-05-2021 1:50pm

ari101 wrote: »

Ocidentali's Karma was my favourite

ari101 · 05-05-2021 1:53pm

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?

05-05-2021 1:56pm

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

Mollyb60 · 05-05-2021 1:58pm

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 · 05-05-2021 1:58pm

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 · 05-05-2021 1:59pm

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

ari101 · 05-05-2021 2:05pm

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 · 05-05-2021 3:50pm

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!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 05-05-2021 4:42pm

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 · 05-05-2021 9:09pm

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 · 06-05-2021 1:30pm

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 · 06-05-2021 1:32pm

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 · 06-05-2021 1:34pm

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 · 06-05-2021 1:48pm

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

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 07-05-2021 1:42pm

Rankings Submitted

cee_jay · 08-05-2021 12:13pm

I have submitted my entry!

Necro · 08-05-2021 1:03pm

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

KathleenGrant · 09-05-2021 12:34pm

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)

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

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