Why 1996 was the WEIRDEST Eurovision ever
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I was at the 1996 contest and the atmosphere at the after party was a little bleak. Most delegations couldn’t understand why Ireland has done so well. Sandra Kim was there and said ‘strange result’. Gina G shrugged off the poor placing and arrived wearing a princess crown! She was about to top the UK charts and the song was a hit in Europe and the USA. 1996 proved that the juries were stuck in a safe world of dreary ballads. The move to televoting arguably saved the contest.
Wow, thanks for the insight! Enjoy the pin.
This was a win Ireland REALLY deserved tho😂 I didn't get Croatia being fourth tho.
Did it save the contest? For me Ireland with no doubt deserved to win. The televote almost destroyed Eurovision in the 2000s with the heavy political vote
The televote destroyed all my interest in it in the 2000’s. Totally!
I really like The Voice and Den Vilda - sorry guys. Also J'amine La Vie is one of my most hated ESC winners ever and 86 one of my least favourite years so I'm not inclined to value Kim's opinion much.
That scoreboard and the whole virtual reality concept was badass they were so ahead of the time with that one.
1996 was definitely the start of a transition period for Eurovision that, for me, didn't really end until 2007. The Early 2000s were the weirdest, imo. 1999-2003 all had various shades of weird, from the Postcards of 1999 and 2002 to 2001 managing to go through most of the show IN RHYME.
1996 - 2003 was a competition on who could have the best & craziest CGI graphics.
2004 - 2012 was a competition on who could host the biggest contest in the biggest arena.
@@KarlDowney
2000 definitely finished last in that competition
the problem with the Eurovision contest is very simple:
They can't decide if it's a contest for the best song or the best singer.
more specificially, the best composition or the best performance.
And they know it. And they refuse to resolve it. They like the ambiguity. They can use it to their advantage.
Oslo 1996 is one of my favorite Eurovision Song Contests of all time. Not only because the song quality was extremely strong, but also because the production was so atypical for the time. It was extremely refreshing to get a different take on how to do Eurovision in the middle of all the RTÉ-produced contests in the mid-90s. I love everything about this show, from the opening number, the postcards, the pacing, the interval act, the unique scoreboard, and the ending melody during the credits. A solid 10/10 from me.
Hiiii. I've been watching your uploads for years. I'm honoured to have you in my comments section
@@morbidsearch Gosh, thank you, I'm honored too :3 Great video!
Interesting opinion indeed, because for me it's the black sheep of the 90's. Maybe it's just me, but the whole vibe, the graphics, the camera settings, the stage and the scoreboard just creep me out by their coldness and strangeness. The songs are another thing, but that's more of personal taste. Luckily 1997 changed everything.
The quality of songs this year was horrific and the presenting dreadful. Everyone was sick of Ireland winning but they were head and shoulders better than anything else. Gina G should have been a winner from a popular perspective but sadly she wasn’t a great live singer and a mix of juries and live music meant the performance was never going to be as strong as the recorded track. It’s still the best UK entry ever until 2022 in my view…if only someone else had sung it.
@@rwrobwalkerIf the juries were going to go for something Nordic / Celtic / New Age, Norway or Sweden really should have won it. Both better compositions and so much less pretentious than the Irish winner, in my opinion anyway. Also, Austria were *right there*. Thankfully the juries in Malta and France had their heads screwed on right.
The song that won is beautiful. You forgot the phenomenon that was Riverdance (though not a song in the contest) and it influenced Eurovision. The Polish song is stunning. Thanks to Eurovision, at that time, we were able to discover new sounds from Eastern Europe and I love Balkan music (one of the best in the whole contest is Lane Moje by Ad Hoc Orchestra). Letting all these countries in improved the quality of the contest. Estonia and Ukraine have been a real revelation over the years.
Yes, the song was lovely and performed as nice as possible. Which makes such songs more bland and boring than they should be.
For my part, I would have loved to hear a version of The Voice from the late, great Ronnie Drew. An AI version, anyone? please?
Yes, the song was lovely and performed as nice as possible. Which makes such songs more bland and boring than they should be.
For my part, I would have loved to hear a version of The Voice from the late, great Ronnie Drew. An AI version, anyone? please?
Was it 1996 when Riverdance was an interval act in ESC?
One More Time wasn't a duo, but a trio, there were three people in the group.
ABBA-Benny's son Peter Grönvall, Peter's wife Nanne Grönvall and Maria Rådsten.
Thanks for the correction
Åsa gurrl🎉😂
Some other reasons why it was weird:
It’s the only contest officially called Eurosong rather than Eurovision Song Contest.
The songs were shot in 16:9 but broadcast in 4:3, leaving the image windowboxed when viewed on modern displays.
It features two instances of a vocalist missing their cue (Austria and Finland)
The current General Secretary of the UN features in Portugal’s postcard.
Also, Israel’s song in 1996, despite its admittedly terrible performance, is a huge guilty pleasure of mine!
This was a very interesting and needed video. '96 was a really unusual edition to say the least. Also: it was the only time that the contest was referred shortly as "Eurosong" in the logo and by the hosts, instead of "Eurovision". Anyways, great video, keep up the good work. You indeed need more subs.
Greetings from Turkey!
Those 1996 special effects during the performances wouldn’t be seen again until 2016… not to say about that amazing scoreboard. 1996! Was definitely a great contest.
Exactly, they done so well, soo ahead of their time, must have been super expensive to make it back then. I remember the contest in 2009, the led lights omg so good and magnificent, next year in Norway, since its a rich country, I was expecting they would top that 3 times. When I saw that pitiful stage with barely any special effects I was shocked. I dont know what you think, but I think ESC in Vienna2015 was THE most magnificent one, the grand final opening and the orchestra and all that, simply amazing, like watching the opening of olympics, spectacular!
@@gate8475the big issue with the 2009 stage was they literally used 2/3 of the worlds LED screens at the time, and there was no way to top that at the time. The EBU started to crack down on cost, so Oslo decided to host a lean show. Germany the next year redefined how the base show was set up, used the LED tech in a completely new way and codified a lot of the basics that all shows lean on nowadays.
And honestly the CGI in The performances to me feels like it taints the entries, I’d rather it were avoided.
@@gate8475 Vienna 2015 and Düsseldorf 2011 were amazing. It's just a shame that the songs in 2011 sucked.
For me, Eurovision between 1990 and 1993/4 is like an independent mini-decade where the 80's page was turned but the 90's didn't truly kicked in. You can see first glimpses of 90's sounds in 1994 but it's only starting in 1995 /96 that you can genuinely feel them at Eurovision. And in a way, the 90's Eurovision era goes up to 2002 (but then again all the 2000's music up to 9/11 was pretty much a 90's aftermath) and 2003 is the first true 2000s year at Eurovision.
Strange; because Vrede (Netherlands 1993) had some of those 1990s sounds, with the scratching records and boppy atmosphere.
Why do you think Eurovision misaligned with contemporary trends for so long?
Well. I , for one, thank the heavens that the techno trend kicked off by "2 unlimited" in 1992 never hit Eurovision. I hated the sound of techno, and I was 16 at the time - the age when I was "supposed" to like it. When it died off in 1995/1996 I actually held an "end of techno" party!
Eurovision misaligned with the contemporary sounds so long bc it was a show for older people. And they (40 onwards) were most likely not into 90s techno.
In my opinion Eurovision opened up to younger people around 2005, gaining popularity, peaking in 2017?2018? Until now.
Nowadays it's so "young" in sound, older people miss "their" Grand prix de la chanson from back in the day.
the whole concept of the stage was like a factory they had 3 stages that are not gonna happen never again, Gina G wore a Paco Rabanne mirror dress that was designed for Cher, but she didn't want it cause it was too short for her, and till this day song "oooh Ahhh just a little bit " is the only Eurovision song that got Grammy nomination, Kasia was robbed song was amazing!
I thought it was an oil rig?
@@florianfreitag9407 Norway is a large producer of aluminium I think that was some kind of inspiration plus combined with oil
Great video! Unlocked loads of 90s VHS-tracking based memories 😅
It certainly was an iconic year, and very reflective of the time: the youth and attitude of the time eager to break through (eh UK) while still shedding the feels of the previous decade.
The super futuristic scoreboard (there's a bit where Ingvild is a step ahead of the operators gently signalling to open the "doors" which was a very nice effect) -- again an example of the modernity this contest tried to grab of the decade (and Norway's wealth too given that wasn't cheap technology!)
And interesting to note how such a pivotal year with its pre-qualification ended up with egg on the faces of organisers re Germany's non-qual, causing major changes (Big 4, Televoting the year after, semi's to come 8 years later, etc etc).
Great video and analysis. Looking forward to other "Weird Eurovision Years" if you cover them!
Lovely to hear another Irish UA-camr!
Fascinating insight into a Eurovision topic I didn’t know about
Great video! 1996 is definitely an interesting year to look at, especially with all the things which would never happen again in Eurovision. I hold a bit of a soft spot for it, because it was the first vintage Eurovision year which I watched in its entirety.
Though I understand why the divergence with contemporary music (we also hardly got to see grunge, alternative rock, or hip hop--Love City Groove aside), I loved the ethno-balladery of 1990s Eurovision. There was a certain depth to it all, and it was really cool to see more traditional influences within the contest where they had failed otherwise (e.g. Panagia Mou, Panagia Mou and Quien Maneja mi Barca). Even then, there were pop songs which melded traditional influences, such as with Bandido (flamenco), White and Black Blues (calypso), and Ellada, hora tou Fotos (tsifteteli)
RE The Voice winning: I think this was Ireland's best winner, even though it wasn't a commercial hit. I thought it was quite majestic and had a bit of bite towards it if you look at the lyrics carefully. It might seem outdated in 1996, but it hasn't aged a day since. (That said, if there was a televote that year, who do you think would've won--both the televote, and with a 50/50 system).
Though that being said, I think everybody could agree that Planet of Blue should've made it through the pre-qualifying round.
P.S. I hope you do a video of 1991 at some point; that year is filled with loose ends and exploding strings.
This was a very interesting video. I look forward to any more potential Eurovision analyses!
1996 was also the only time when Gernany didn't participate in the final.
Yeah I got that one
But missed deservedly, it was really awful one and would be robbery against any other song if qualified to final.
An interesting and strange year indeed, after that night it was apparent that changes had to be made in order to save the contest, since big nations lost interest in it. At least I can tell that from Germany. The time from 1990 on was a desaster for us, the results were poor as hell (remember how well we did in the 80's) and the only successful entry by Ralph Siegel became a non-starter in the German charts, the public interest for it was nonexistent. The 1995 was a true desaster, leading to the change of responsibility from MDR to NDR. And then we finally had a relatively fresh entry - and it got kicked out of the contest. Oof, that was not fair. Especially because the quality of the songs was bland in the final. The ARD was pissed about that, and hid the show on the regional channel, and the commentation of Ulf Ansorge was pretty rough and rude, leading to outraged calls by viewers. Definitely not a highlight of our Eurovision history.
I personally adore the contests between 1993 and 1998, they're all masterpieces on their own, but this one doesn't appeal to me at all. Forgettable songs over and over, the most monotone Top 3 ever and the favourite UK getting a truly disappointing score. I love the Irish song, it was a deserved winner, yet not the right one at the same time. The design and atmosphere felt completely off, I like cold settings like in 1986, but all this rusty metal and steel had no appeal at all, it just felt strange. The hosts were okay, but I can't get too well with them either. It's a final I do not enjoy returning to, something I can't say about the previous and subsequent years. The only good thing about it was that it accidentally started a new era of Eurovision by its poor quality. Definitely one of the weirdest ESCs ever.
My winner is Turkey, the only song that I truly adore of that year. In comparison, it would've been the only song which would have ended up in my Top 10 of 1997. I think Ireland & UK were also high in my top, some were sweet like Finland or Netherlands, but overall, I don't know. Oh, and Poland did the unique thing of becoming my last for three years in a row, that's also something you have to accomplish LMAO.
Great video! I'd love to see more of these!
I’ve heard 1996 described before as “the contest that pissed everyone off”.
2008 is definitely a contender for that title
Thanks for your comment. I love your videos
@@morbidsearch why's that?
@@lexezlaothat female host was incredibly obnoxious and irritating along with the obnoxious songs that tried to mimic verka from the year prior. not only that id assume not many people were happy with the winner since it was a boring song lets be honest and the fact that many people from the ssr voted for rusya led to the juries being introduced once again the following year for good thank you on joining me on this ted talk xx
@@visokilogrami why what's the problem with the hostess?
@@lexezlao i dont know i find her annoying and ive also read other people disliking and mocking her
I am deeply impressed by the knowledge and tremendous analysis of this ESC 1996 year. Now I see this edition in a different light. Still a couple of songs remain my favourites.
As an Israeli I remember 1996 national selection and it was sooo weird. There were some strange acts that year. That was the only song that was normal. The lady BTW never had a career or anything and that song barely played on the radio.
I'm planning on doing another shorter video on the hilarious backstory of Israel's 1993 entry
Very interesting piece, didn’t know many of the facts! Still - this is one of my most favorite editions of the contest x
Den Vilda is such an underrated song.
8:18 Besides that, both of them sound like ABBA's 'Angel Eyes' anyway
I love this kind of video. This was several years before my time, so it's all new to me. But can I request one thing for future videos? Be careful with audio mixing. I had to turn the volume up and down over and over again as the music was notably louder than your commentary.
uhm both Russia and Romania made it to the final in 2015?? the fact that planet of blue didn't make it... I just....
so spot on about how out of touch with current music eurovision was at the time, although I think that started earlier and lasted longer, 90s was the most extreme. I do love the ethno ballads though.
He said Romania was in the final 2004-2015, while Russia was in the final 2004-2016, but to correct this, for Romania it's 2002-2015, for Russia 2000-2016.
13:40 I think you could've added that pre-recorded instruments were allowed since 1973 but they had to also be seen being "performed" on stage. I've heard a lot of people say that all music was performed live in the 90s but that's not true.
Yeah I did know that but I didn't want to overexplain
I remember watching this edition of Eurovision just because "Ooh Aah (Just A Little Bit)" was the first British song i'd heart in years at the time, that i truly loved. It sounded great for 1996 and was probably slightly ahead of its time (if you check out The Great British Song Contest of that year, the majority of the songs were incredibly dated/poor quality. The only other rival in the 'dance-pop' genre was Lois' 'i just want to make love 2 u'. As much as i loved that track, it was so dated in comparison and wouldnt have sounded out of place at the 1994/1995 contest).
There have been a few songs that ive felt were ahead of their time both in sound, or in their staging/styling. The next one to blow my socks off was the (at the time) unfortgettable performance by Paul Oscar in 1997 with 'Minn Hinsti Dans' for Iceland. Superb staging, great concept and awesome sound, but although certain countries and artists had started pushing the envelope and challenging the dowdy and often stuffy nature of the competition, the Eurovision lovers just didnt get it and found it too raunchy and didnt reward it. The audiences just couldnt shake off that puritanical attitude and werent ready to leave behind the songs about love and heartbreak.
not true,Lois song was great too
Not particularly true about the audiences and Iceland, 14 of its 16 points came from the limited televote
As a teenager I wanted pop songs but they were mostly terrible
Absolutely agree re 1997's Minn Hinsti Dans - groundbreaking and sparked a major attitude change in Eurovision. I actually still play it regularly today 😅
This is so brilliantly presented and put together. Hilarious yet very informative.
Under one of the my comments regarding use of CGI for 1996 ESC where I mentioned the use of then top of the art Silicon Graphics Onyx supercomputer for video processing an engineer that actually was a member of a team working on the show in its comment retold the details of entire production.
It's true, despite quantum-leap in computer generated graphics quality and performance an artificially generated voting stage was never used again.
Other contests to write about..
1985 - super slick production (could easily be produced in the mid 90s!)
1991 - the mess…
1999 - one of the worst editions ever
I'm planning a "worst" video but I thought about doing 2001. Maybe I should open a discussion post.
@@morbidsearch yes that would be great! I agree with you that 2001 was also terrible. But 99 - omg… everything was so bad - the sound, the host who had no tact - he asked the Belgian spokesperson about her name and how it is connected to the Belgian airline Sabina v Sabena 😂😂😂), the tiny arena, the weird postcards, the copied scoreboard from the BBC…….
@@morbidsearch2001 was definitely the worst one. THE WORST ONE.
For me the highlight was the interval act. Beacon Burning. Brilliant. Amazing film. I loved it. One of the best intervals ever.
What was the title of the English version of the Danish entry? Did it chart by them? Absolutely love this video thanks for posting
"Paint my Love" by Michael Learns to Rock
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ESC 1996, everything went great, rather. Enjoyed it very much. One of the best ESC contests ever.
I agree
Gina G ohh ahh would go down has a classic of the 90s
Forgive my ignorance, but who are you referencing at 8:30?
Ooh Ahh (Just A Little Bit) was actually a hit in the US, charting on the Hot 100. No Eurovision song would do this until 2021.
awesome video
Er du norsk eller dansk?
@@morbidsearch Norsk ✌️
@@IngenSaks Neste uke reiser jeg til Trondheim for å gjøre Norskprøven A2/B1.
Beklager, jeg ved dessverre ikke hva det innebærer. Jobber du med å lære deg norsk?@@morbidsearch. I forhold til den videoen du har laget virker du som en like stor Eurovision-nerd som meg, det er ikke ofte jeg ser haha. Bare å ta kontakt nærmere om du vil ha en i Norge å prate gammeL Eurovision med :)
In 1995, the ESC in Germany had already reached a low point with 4 million television viewers. All four Irish winners in the 1990s were off the charts.
After their shocking failure to qualify in 1996, Germany came close to not taking part again.
The ESC was in the emergency room. In Germany it was brought back to life with Guildo Horn and 12.7 million TV viewers.
Personally, I don't like the 1996 contest either. Ingvild was really annoying. The many slow ethno ballads took any drive out of the competition. To yawn.
The Netherlands, UK, Finland, Turkey and the Non-Qualifiers Germany and Denmark are the few songs I like to listen.
I was gutted Gina G didnt do better tbh as out of all the entires we sent from the uk in the 90s (obv apart from our last winner in 1997 katrina and the waves) it was the best entry and more with the times ...after katrina won the bbc stayed with that song formula sadly ...as they say you cant bottle lighting! ,
I realy thought we had a chance LAST YR WITH SAM RYDER but it wasnt to be even though we came in 2nd for a record 16th time in the competition! and it was the best entry we sent in yrs that resonated with the eurovision viewing public! ...just look at this year 2023 with mae muller ..it was an ok song but didnt have the umph as they say ...PLUS Sam Ryder was a total ambassador for eurovision with his happiness, energy and geniue exitement to be taking part that came over to the public all over the world (plus his voice and vocal range helped ) he allways had a smile on his face no matter what and gave it his all! ...(not disrespecting our other entries in the past) but in interviews ect they are just like meh going through the motions as if they are doing it cause they have to with no Enthusiasm for it!
In Spain it was exactly the same. Nobody saw Anabel Conde getting her second place in 1995 and nobody remember her now. Interest was back in 1998 but thanks to Israel's Dana International, she got lots of attention and Diva was the first Eurovision song becoming famous out of the Eurovision bubble since probably Bailar Pegados. Eurovision has such a big impact nowadays that sometimes I have a hard time trying to explain younger folks how Eurovision was incredibly ignored back then.
Heute liegt der ESC in Deutschland auch auf der Intensivstation.
So why exactly was it weird? sorry mate but at some point you just recited data on who participated with what rating in the 90s
8:33 why was there a clip of Burak Aydoş?
Because you gotta have faith
Do you mean that the Turkish entry in 93 was like George Michael's Faith?
11:47 damn, i thought that was intentional because that unironically sounds good imo
cool video!
3:07 one and only?🤔
Very well researched and presented. The story is told very well. For me 96, not a great year for production and songs, similar to 92.
Now that everyone sings in English, you can understand how shit the lyrics are.😂
What do you mean "Tattoo doesn't count"? (When speaking of 2nd places that didn't get any 12p)
Because Tattoo is not a 2nd place, and was only not given 12 p by the televoting, when in 1996 was only Jury voting, and Norway finished 2nd
At least we got Gina G! 💜
She was singing so bad and so out of tune....
18:40 please, Dervish and Eimear are the two best Irish songs in ESC.
For a long time Slovakia was my favorite but now i was introduced to Estonia and i immediatly fell in love with it. Imagine being in a log cabin in a dark forest near a lake while raining and drinking hot chocolate while listening this song🤩
It's Estonia. Ditch the rain and imagine waterfalls
@@morbidsearch omg yesss
Morten Harket should have participated with his intro song «Heaven’s Not For Saints». It’s a gem❤
I'm not sure it's just money with RTE, it's that they tweak their submission demands, by selecting the artist some years, how can that person sing a song not suited to their personality even if the internal jury picks it. Surely provide a range of available performers? They don't want demos now, it's less about song writing, but who has a computer program and box room recording space to satisfy something more convenient and slick. You have to provide your own singer now, if you're a tone deaf lyric writer. These other rules by EBU about 50 views on You Tube disqualifying a submission, it's too uptight, yet a winning song got performed to a full theatre before one contest. They want mp3 at this many bites or below. I can't be bothered, it's probably wiser to send your effort to France's TV for automatic entry to the finals. Good informative video. I think they had 3 stages and some countries were concerned about the lighting on one stage? I think there was a documentary on that year as well.
Speaking of going the distance before "Go the Distance" does anyone else think the Austrian gospel song sounds suspiciously like "Zero to Hero" and "A Star is Born"?
I love Eurovision Song Contest 1996! ❤
To this day Just A Little Bit is the only Eurovision song nominated for Grammy
Volare (Italy 1958) was actually the winner of the first ever Grammy for Record of the Year.
@@morbidsearch OMG I dindt know that
8:33 Esmer yarim wtf? Why did you put 1993 Turkey? 😂
Cause you gotta have faith
@@morbidsearch I've just got it 🤦♂️😅
Fun fact: Belgium was the hot favourite to win 1996 Eurovision Song contest previous the night of the final
12:28 was Mono Yia Mas used in the Greek version of Disney's Hercules?
🇷🇴Romania's decade of pain:
1993: Didn't qualify
1994: 21st
1995: Relegated
1996: Didn't qualify
1997: Relegated
1998: 22nd
1999: Relegated
2000: 17th
2001: Relegated
2002: 9th (first top 10)
To make things worse, in both pre-qualifying rounds, Romania came in last.
When I was born
One could also argue that the winning song was about the troubles in Northern Ireland... and that has never happened in Eurovision again... does 2007 count? 🤔
See, the historical context of the song is its only saving grace for me.
Greece was so weird in the 90s, the odds were rlly good (91,93,95,97) not counting 99 ofc because idk what that was, but the evens were just so bizarre
Greece wasn't in 1999. Are you thinking of Cyprus' entry?
ohhhh no I was thinking of 98 my bad@@morbidsearch
Thanks !! That’s an interesting opinion !! I like those songs too !!!
Estonia was 8th in 1997:) Not 7th
Yes thanks. France is one of my favs from that year so I don't know why I forgot about it :)
7:55 that's what Sweden is the best at 😀
from what I remember because Germany was not qualified they broadcasted that in one of the third programs and the presenter/translator made terrible jokes and remarks about the contestants.
No Australian has represented the UK again in the contest history, they did represent some other countries tho...
Yeah but it did happen before in 1974 with Olivia
The same lack of transparency back then remains today... Plus more geopolitical double standards. As a fan, its disheartening. So much is decided behind closed doors.
Funny thing is a lot of it wasn't even "geo". The Maltese jury had alliances with the most random countries
@@morbidsearch oh sure, there was that guy whose name I don't remember... I feel the original sin on EBU's part is you can't be both the one that holds the party and the bouncer... It's a guaranteed conflict of interest that very much plagues the contest to this day
Sometimes I wonder what would've happened to the Big 4/5 if Germany actually qualified for 1996.
Maybe France would have been kicked out in 2000...
Germany were a loss to the final - Planet of Blue looked fun. God Iceland was crap that year along with Spain.
Not him trying to "keep out his opinion" but then shitting on a cool hairstyle a minute later as though it was relevant💀
Opinions on the music. Everything else is fair game :)
And I agree, it wasn't that relevant. That's why I didn't include it in the count.
14:22 "Alle agenten zijn klootzakken" Why would you say that?😮
'Imperialist scum'? Are you trying to annoy people?
Some of them just won’t let it go! 🙄
I can't stop laughing at "she wore a striking green dress and had red hair that I assume was dyed." It's the most unnecessary thing to comment on but I love that you did! Great video 💞
Hard to hear when you talk fast with low tone and vocal fry trailing off with no projection of your voice "DING!!" way to loud! My girlfriend just asked me if I had a timer on.
Bro you have deeper relationship issues you need to attend to
Q wea la raquel castillo en la portada
Gina G ...still an anthem on a good night out
Just love the lack of sense of humour in the comments.
The current scoreboard:
"Imperialist scum??" - 5
"The one and only Macedonia??" - 3
"Acab but in Dutch??" - 1
The clown that couldn’t take a joke
How cute, you left a comment on one of my videos because I told you that you're not funny.
I would say "cry harder" but you've done that already.
@@morbidsearch love you too 😘
Probably one of the best top three ever: Ireland, Norway and Sweden! And of course Croatia in 4th. UK was a good radio song but not live.
“Imperialist scum”, rude! No need for that.
Did you really say "imperialistic scum?" I'm married to an Irishman and I think what my country did to the Irish over the centuries was terrible...but seriously???
The Voice was my fav song of the 90s and it’s amazing that Eimarr can still hit the notes in modern performances
As much as RTE needs to stop looking to the past for inspiration, Eimear would slay if she did Eurovision again.
The one and only Macedonia?? you queen need to open some history books asap
My apologies. The history books I read only cover civilisations that matter.
@@morbidsearch its not just history, you are lacking basic knowledge. macedonia is a region that is within bulgaria, greece, and todays north macedonia. So there is not only one, whether you like it or not
@@SilentHillk Its Northmacedonia since 2018
Since the eastern countries joined it is not the same anymore.
We should have kept them outside
Imperialists scum??? 😮
One of my favourite contests in terms of quality of songs, as long as you discount the horrible entry from the United Kingdom. Each to his own.
I actually agree that it's one of the weaker songs. It's just one of the few that was in tune with the times.
@@morbidsearch I don't think I agree with your assessment, given that Celtic music - and folk music in general - was enjoying enormous popularity in the 1990s. As such, I would say Eurovision 1996 was very much in tune with its time, musically speaking.
Standard Anglophobia. Shameful.
@@artsed08 It would be hard to find a bigger Anglophile on the continent than me! Just not my taste in music.
Eimear and Morten were rizzing each other up at the end
She's gonna need a backup now that her EBU Director General husband is an Isr*el-enabler.
I started watching Eurovision in 1992, I have never missed a Contest since. I agree wholeheartedly with @BridgLondon and @imrustyokay.
Eurovision was basically a musical parallel universe by 1980, never-mind 1996. ESC by that point was incredibly dated, most 1980s songs were only giving lip service to contemporary music. The Carpenters would not have looked out of place in 1970s and 80s Eurovision. With no disrespect to Linda Martin, a passionate advocate of the Contest to this day, ‘Why Me?’ the 1992 winner is an incredibly safe choice. The 1990 Norwegian last-place entry ‘Brandenburger Tor’ by Ketil Stokkan survives in Eurovision memory because it is high energy, camp fun and means what it says. Ketil has far more authenticity than the safe schlager so common in the Contest at the time. The 1980s can be summarised by a run of style over substance entries such as Yugoslavia’s model of synchronised dance moves to slightly out of date pop music, a couple of throwback winners with manufactured groups Bucks Fizz for the UK in 1981 and Bobbysocks! for Norway in 1985, a last hurrah for Luxembourg in 1985, kids competing and a couple of meaningful wins with Nicole for Germany in 1981 and Celine Dion for Switzerland in 1988.
The fact that Eurovision didn’t really produce any major stars except for ABBA and Celine before recently should indicate the standard of acts competing. Lots of B and C-tier fare reliant on gimmicks and the more established acts tended to be people who appealed to parents not teenagers who actually buy pop music like Cliff Richard (UK 1968), Julio Iglesias (Spain 1970) or Olivia Newton John (UK 1974) so it sounded old.
The format did not reward more challenging songs either, which is what you’d think a Contest decided entirely by music professionals and aimed squarely at a middle-class, older audience should be doing. France did not win in either 1990 or 1991 despite sending really interesting songs. Denmark had to settle for 5th place and the UK for 10th in 1995 despite deliberately choosing songs which were atypical for Eurovision, the latter introducing rap to the Contest. It’s telling that even now, rap is considered a risk at Eurovision.
Clearly the Juries were looking for a consensus pick, not something with actual cultural value, craft or commercial appeal. And let’s not kid ourselves, a Televote in 1996 is not that likely to have resulted in an Irish win (my guess is that either Norway or Sweden win, Ireland ends up between 2nd and 5th and a Televote probably pushes Gina G to between 4th and 6th from 8th based on chart-friendliness alone). Eimar Quinn sang her socks off, but ‘The Voice’ is very much a “Jury song” in modern terms, a piece of performance art in the same way that Tamara Todevska for North Macedonia in 2019 or Barbara Pravi was for France in 2021.
The fact that the EBU did not properly plan for Contest expansion is stunning. The relegation system prevented new countries like Slovakia or Slovenia building momentum, actively protected Germany and acted as a barrier to entry for Romania and North Macedonia. This is blatantly unfair. We know that the USSR seriously considered entering in 1987 and Iceland actually did. That should have told the EBU that there was interest elsewhere in Europe.
Counting the USSR, Romania (led by a dictator with western ties) and Czechoslovakia (less repressive, with historic ties to Germany and Austria), plus 1971 winner and 1960s mainstay Monaco, that’s at least 4 possible addition competitors from 1988. Morocco had competed in 1980, Morocco’s relationship with Israel has been largely normalised now making a return possible, so we are up to 5. The Berlin Wall coming down in November 1989 makes an East German entry in May 1990 theoretically possible too. The breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 means that up to 10 more countries became eligible; 11 if we count Kazakhstan who competes in the Junior Contest. So we are up to a total of 15 additional possible additional participants BEFORE the breakup of Yugoslavia and NOT counting microstates such as modern Eurovision darling San Marino or Andorra (the only competing country never to feature in a Final) or the far larger Albania who have not debuted yet. Add them onto the list and that’s 24 additional potential countries AT LEAST. And that’s before we even mention Australia….
Why the EBU didn’t recognise reality before they were caught out in 1993 smells of sheer hubris thinking the Contest didn’t need to change. It clearly did, I am not convinced we would still have Eurovision if it continued as was.
The Contest at times resembled a black tie event attended by a well-mannered, middle class audience dressed in evening wear composed predominantly of niche pieces that bear no resemblance whatsoever to the Charts and just happens to be shown on television for those who couldn’t possibly afford tickets to gawp at.
The alternative was what eventually emerged, a low-barrier to entry, if fantastically expensive entertainment show that presented fun, accessible music to a mass audience and actively sought to involve them in everyway possible.
Even in its pre-1999 incarnation, Eurovision is not cheap to host. Costs require funds to support a growing Contest and that requires effective marketing, something organisers in the 21st century understand. The modern approach gives the greatest chance for the commercial success necessary to survive as an event. It supported advertising sales to grow the audience; supports smaller, less financially able countries to participates; offers an opportunity for smaller countries like Moldova and San Marino to put themselves on the map and stimulates record sales and streaming which incentivises participation for the modern crop of more relevant and emerging talent who compete every year (see Rosa Linn, 20th on the night in Turin 2022 for Armenia, overnight social media star and doing the business in the US now regardless of result on the night).
Purists may decry the emphasis on staging and modern chart pop, but it gets bums on seats and ensures the money flows to support participation. Whilst we are bopping to “Poe Poe Poe” from Austria or absorbing the madness of Croatia, this year we can still enjoy the authenticity of updated flamenco from Spain or art rock from Latvia and can now measure the true feelings of viewers via a global Televote with more diverse and wide-ranging Juries judging artistic merit.
It’s not a perfect system, the UK and Germany still send entries with minimal real appeal straight into the Final at the expense of entries like ‘Crisalde’ from San Marino in 2013 which are superior, but its it MUCH better than the dated 1980s or the generic and too Televote-driven 2000s. I might not be a huge fan of the Top 3 this year, but there’s plenty in the Top 12 I enjoy and its clear that Italy, Estonia and Lithuania’s live singing and Belgium’s positivity and retro stylings were rewarded a good result. Now if Latvia and Georgia can qualify for the Final occasionally and the UK can be consistently not embarrassing, I will be happy….
"Yeah, get used to that disappointment, imperialist scum." Totally out of order comment. 😡👎
Current scoreboard:
"Imperialist scum??" - 5
"The one and only Macedonia??" - 3