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Austria AUSTRIA 2023 - Teya & Salena - Who the Hell is Edgar?
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MopManMoss
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I didnt mean Livevocals, but Stagepresence, Charisma etc...
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sLOVEnia 
sLOVEnia show me your 12 points, and I'll show you mine
sLOVEnia show me your 12 points, and I'll show you mine
Ezio
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Are you giving yourself the delusional edit?
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True, I like
too
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That was my concern before the video came out. but now I think they will do a great job in liverpool. it is their song they are performing, they are absolutely authentic.
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Just found this youtube comment under the video
So, I'll break this down "There's a ghost in my body and he is a lyricist" "Oh Mia Padre, There's a ghost in my body" They are taking a shot at Ghostwriters in the industry. Alot of artist's today will use Ghostwriters who will produce or write music and get a massive fraction whilst the artist gets a small amount for performing it. They also use their song as a way to demonstrate this. In today's industry, you could make the most meaningful song but cover it with Electro or dance and bam... It's a worldwide hit and people miss the actual meaning. So, they did the same by making this fun, quirky pop track that you miss the actual meaning behind the song. "What's your IPI? Where's the A&R? Girl, call Universal, you're about to be a star" IPI is a digital barcode that a A&R team recieve when content is made. It determines how much royalty the Producer, Writer, Artist and Label will receive. In most cases, again, the producer and label receive the most whilst the songwriter and artist receive hardly anything. They take a shot at Universal Music group as they are known to take MASSIVE chunks from artists and also not give their artist's any creative control over their music or sound. It's sarcasm. You'll become a star and be rich, but it'll come at a price, basically! You'll have no freedom to write your own songs but you'll be rich. It's a very clever lyric. "Zero dot zero zero three Give me two years, and your dinner will be free" Most streaming sites will pay a artist 0.003 in revenue every stream. This lyric actually hits so hard. All they could afford is cheap champagne and after two years, they'd finally make a small profit. Unless you're a massive artist pulling in millions of plays each month, you will hardly see a profit from your song and will have to wait a few years before you can just about afford a meal. It's a strong message to display just how much the industry and streaming sites do not value the work or content of hard working artists. This is why she then says "At least it pays to be funny". Comedians make more money than hard working songwriters and artists!! Let that sink in. In the second half of the video, they dress up as men delivering the song to a board of record executives. This is because men's work is often listened to more and released whilst women's hard work goes unnoticed or unfavoured. You then see them get arrested for impersonation and taken to prison. This is because they are trying to display the message, it would be so much easier to be a man in the industry than be a woman. VERY CLEVER what they did there. This song is ART. It's not even a song at this point. It deserves recognition for how amazing it is. It's such a fun, quirky song with such a deep and powerful message. I hope Europe research it because I NEED Them to understand. It's not a joke entry and this deserves a final place
I hope this helps to anyone reading and you can now fully appreciate this masterpiece even more!!!
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5 hours agoSo, I'll break this down "There's a ghost in my body and he is a lyricist" "Oh Mia Padre, There's a ghost in my body" They are taking a shot at Ghostwriters in the industry. Alot of artist's today will use Ghostwriters who will produce or write music and get a massive fraction whilst the artist gets a small amount for performing it. They also use their song as a way to demonstrate this. In today's industry, you could make the most meaningful song but cover it with Electro or dance and bam... It's a worldwide hit and people miss the actual meaning. So, they did the same by making this fun, quirky pop track that you miss the actual meaning behind the song. "What's your IPI? Where's the A&R? Girl, call Universal, you're about to be a star" IPI is a digital barcode that a A&R team recieve when content is made. It determines how much royalty the Producer, Writer, Artist and Label will receive. In most cases, again, the producer and label receive the most whilst the songwriter and artist receive hardly anything. They take a shot at Universal Music group as they are known to take MASSIVE chunks from artists and also not give their artist's any creative control over their music or sound. It's sarcasm. You'll become a star and be rich, but it'll come at a price, basically! You'll have no freedom to write your own songs but you'll be rich. It's a very clever lyric. "Zero dot zero zero three Give me two years, and your dinner will be free" Most streaming sites will pay a artist 0.003 in revenue every stream. This lyric actually hits so hard. All they could afford is cheap champagne and after two years, they'd finally make a small profit. Unless you're a massive artist pulling in millions of plays each month, you will hardly see a profit from your song and will have to wait a few years before you can just about afford a meal. It's a strong message to display just how much the industry and streaming sites do not value the work or content of hard working artists. This is why she then says "At least it pays to be funny". Comedians make more money than hard working songwriters and artists!! Let that sink in. In the second half of the video, they dress up as men delivering the song to a board of record executives. This is because men's work is often listened to more and released whilst women's hard work goes unnoticed or unfavoured. You then see them get arrested for impersonation and taken to prison. This is because they are trying to display the message, it would be so much easier to be a man in the industry than be a woman. VERY CLEVER what they did there. This song is ART. It's not even a song at this point. It deserves recognition for how amazing it is. It's such a fun, quirky song with such a deep and powerful message. I hope Europe research it because I NEED Them to understand. It's not a joke entry and this deserves a final place
Ezio
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Isn't Universal the record company that controls Eurovision? This song is absolute daredevilish.
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Even if I don't like Estonia much this year, Alika will go to the final. Austria will make it too unless the staging is a mess ... I hope it is not an outcome like last year.
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Sweden reaches the top in no time, but at the same time Austria keeps the recently achieved fourth place by overtaking Czechia.
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Ezio
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Austria is virtually tied at 5th and Ukraine is not in for the win at all. UK overrated as usual, not bad but not a contender either.
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I wonder how much sympathy boost
will get this year. Definitely not as much as last year but I guess it will still be enough for at least top 5.Ezio
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Maria Sur just bombed at Melfest and Ukraine bombs at Eurovision scoreboard. They always have a weak follow up after the winning. Their worst results came on home territory. Their 100% qualificatio rate would have taken a hit, if they weren’t prequalified in those years. Ukraine is usually great but not this year and not in 2005 and 2017I wonder how much sympathy boost
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Personally I think the song is quite enjoyable (nothing special though and a different musical direction compared to their previous entries) - but talking about their chances I simply think that they will again get sympathy boost. Not like over 250 points but still many points, enough for top 5 maybe. But we will see...