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Austria AUSTRIA 2020 - Vincent - Alive
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Lindon
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Dementia?
Rude?
Ezio
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LOL me neither. It really isn't catchy.
Ezio
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My Austrian ranking of the century
Loin d'ici
Limits
Nobody but you
The secret is love
All to you
Rise like a Phoenix
Weil der Mensch zählt
I am yours
Say a word
Y así
11th Running on air
12th Alive
13th Shine
14th Du bist
15th Woki mit deim Popo
Loin d'ici Limits Nobody but you The secret is love All to you Rise like a Phoenix Weil der Mensch zählt I am yours Say a word Y así11th Running on air
12th Alive
13th Shine
14th Du bist
15th Woki mit deim Popo
BorisBubbles
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Wow easy there Lindon-Jim Jones. Your entry may very well elicit the same response with multiple people come May.
Ezio
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He is rooting for us and was carried away, but he is probably the nicest Austrian on this forum. God bless his patriotic heart!
In this drab year, 24 entries are already eliciting similarly bad responses from myself. Which makes it easier for me to root for a handful of songs I really love, and which makes it easier for Austria to prevail anyway from its semifinal.
BorisBubbles
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You mean aside from last year when he ran the Cult of Paenda against all better judgment (and called Matt out on his failing German values when he expressed indifference towards herHe is rooting for us and was carried away, but he is probably the nicest Austrian on this forum. God bless his patriotic heart!
In this drab year, 24 entries are already eliciting similarly bad responses from myself. Which makes it easier for me to root for a handful of songs I really love, and which makes it easier for Austria to prevail anyway from its semifinal.
if anything, Lindon is not disloyal.)I mean Austria is generally... not very good at Eurovision? I find their entries sterile and overtly earnest. It's like they're trying to have fun but don't really know how. They're like that dork dad who tries to hang out with his son's friends and be cool. That's definitely how "Alive' vibes towards me. It's an attempt, I guess, but very little else.
But hey, at least Austria gave us two brilliant shining stars on Conchita and Zoë Straub in recent years. It's more than what, say, Ireland has given us over the course of my lifetime.
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I don't know why I have feel that I should love this song but for some reason, I don't.
I mean, it's not bad or anything like that but I just don't have need to listen it more than once or twice (I give him second chance but it's still meh). Maybe it will be grower, we'll see.
But hey, at least it's not ballad and we can expect good, dancing staging.
I mean, it's not bad or anything like that but I just don't have need to listen it more than once or twice (I give him second chance but it's still meh). Maybe it will be grower, we'll see.
But hey, at least it's not ballad and we can expect good, dancing staging.
Ezio
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You mean aside from last year when he ran the Cult of Paenda against all better judgment (and called Matt out on his failing German values when he expressed indifference towards her
I mean Austria is generally... not very good at Eurovision? I find their entries sterile and overtly earnest. It's like they're trying to have fun but don't really know how. They're like that dork dad who tries to hang out with his son's friends and be cool. That's definitely how "Alive' vibes towards me. It's an attempt, I guess, but very little else.
But hey, at least Austria gave us two brilliant shining stars on Conchita and Zoë Straub in recent years. It's more than what, say, Ireland has given us over the course of my lifetime.
The cult of Paenda was unapogetically ran by myself. In a parallel universe she would have won with a stellar performance, her staging also elevated her song. She just did not get her act together. LIMITS IS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. Period.
I am not aware of calling him out on Matt, but I for one am not a big fan of German values anyways xlol
The problem with Austria - AGAIN - is that Ö3 guys are having too much to say. Ö3 is run by ORF and terrible. Dull, meaningless, insincere pop, toxic waste for the ears. They took over in 2011 and actually managed to pull of a decent national selection, but 2012 things already took a dive when they allowed Trackshittaz to return ,and 2013 the national final was a disaster, and so was Eurovision. Shine was mediocre through and through but this is what is typically played on Ö3. The other national finalists were similarly bad. ORF was ready to pull the plug until Conchita's management offered to help out. 2015 the came up with a great national final that I enjoyed. Makemakes terribly underrated. 2016 took a dive again. The national final was full of generic shit that sounded like a playlist of ö3. If it wasn't for Zoe, Austria would have been dead on arrival.
And 2017 they ditched the final again and since then Ö3 has 100% control of the everything. Nathan Trent, a cheesy guy with a drab song. Cesar Sampson, the saviour, but obviously Vienna-based Symphonix is not working anymore with ORF. My guess is ORF Enterprise can't control Symphonix.
2019, I rooted for Hyäne Fischer, which would have been a breath of fresh air. We would need something like this very soon. However, Paenda pulled all my strings and I was her willing marionet.
And now, finally, the incompetence of ORF Enterprise and Ö3 is on full display yet again. It makes me angry. We were redeeming our Eurovision reputation, but an internal selection process to come up with something as bland and insincere and unrelatable as Alive is a crime. Maybe they want to play it safe, because they are not ready to win this year. Maybe they are delusional, as they were many times. Delusional 2002, 2005, 2007. In 2005, they sabotaged the televote, which was won in a landslide by Alf Poier, which would have upset Eurovision big time back then.
To me it appears though that reactions towards Austria are more vitriolic and full of schadenfreude. Netherlands is boring, Switzerland is drab, Spain fails, the Balkan countries, Norway, Ireland, Finland, UK, Denmark. Complete failures year after year. But well, we can take that as a compliment.
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Ezio
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France is life, France is love, France is lust. So, of course France is better than this.
marty
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To 90% of the songs I usually dont listen more than once before the shows. For patriotic reasons I listen to the Austrian entries quite often. This year I dont think I will listen to Alive too often. I think it is a good song, I love all the slow parts, but the rest just does not catch me. But I appreciate that it contributes to the diversity of this years contest. I think it will do well and Vincent will bring a great live performance. The only song I like listening to is the german in the moment.
this is an on a weak year. I was torn between 7 and 8 for this, but went with the latter considering the competition.
there are a few problems on it: ending too abrupt. it's somewhat bland for a song that shouldn't be this way.
i don't think he is an obvious qualifier/nq. it seems borderline at this point (sth like 5th with the juries and 12th in the televoting). staging is saving or killing it.
on a weak year. I was torn between 7 and 8 for this, but went with the latter considering the competition.there are a few problems on it: ending too abrupt. it's somewhat bland for a song that shouldn't be this way.
i don't think he is an obvious qualifier/nq. it seems borderline at this point (sth like 5th with the juries and 12th in the televoting). staging is saving or killing it.
oh and by the way thea's song is waaay blander than this one so good riddance xo
94ayd
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Even with the terrible performance is better than this...
with the terrible performance is better than this...
Lindon
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Sorry!
I have the very opposite problem. I'm working on a summary report of the official release of the song and heard it multiple times and can't get it out of my head.
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