ESC 2019 General Discussion Thread

[Stargazer]

Eurovision is not the right thing for you then, eh? Or you can listen to 60's ESC songs only and be happy (just a suggestion).
And I don't see only your negative comments. You only make negative comments! You clearly don't like Eurovision, why are you even here? Being a mod in a Eurovision forum

Out of all the things to be accused of, not liking Eurovision has got to be the most absurd thing when it comes to me. I've been watching Eurovision every single year since 1988, and I've been an obsessed fan of it since 1991. I've since then, thanks to the wonders of YouTube, watched every single year's contest from 1956-2018, have listened to every single Eurovision song multiple times from 1956-2018 (can't count 2019 yet among those since I've only heard most songs once so far). I've organized countless Eurovision listening parties on plug.dj where members of this forum come and listen to/play all their favorite Eurovision songs, I've organized Eurovision viewing parties on this forum where we watched every year's contest together. Clearly I love Eurovision. It's true that I have more favorites from the 1950s-1990s decades and generally prefer how Eurovision was back then, but I have lots of favorite songs from the 2000s-2010s as well. Do I need to list them to prove my point? And you clearly can't have seen all my posts or else you would have seen the love I poured over my favorites the past few years. Do I need to dig through my post history and quote them to you?

As to me not liking modern/contemporary stuff, I would say that Eurovision has definitely changed just recently in that regard. Eurovision used to be its own thing for the longest time. Sure, you've always been able to hear the influence and sound of the times in every decade, but Eurovision was still its own bubble. What was popular on the radio didn't necessarily reflect in each year's lineup. That's changed in only the past couple of years. This year's lineup, to me, sounds like a generic mash-up of what's currently popular in the mainstream. It's fine if you're happy with that. But it should also be fine if someone is not happy with that. I personally just want more musical diversity and more of each country's local flair and culture shining through.

 

[njdevils94]

Orange Carpet out-takes and mispronunciations

 

[Gitte]

"Greece has only once not qualified since semifinals'

2016 and 2018 is already twice.

I really want Sweden to win this year. Not because it's SUCH an amazing song (I wouldn't throw my remote at the tv though; It wouldn't be totally undeserved) but because that means 2020 will be organized well in a relatively peaceful country with genuinely funny and interesting hosts and interval acts. 2016 was pretty damn amazing.

 

[Pawhlen]

"Greece has only once not qualified since semifinals'

2016 and 2018 is already twice.

I really want Sweden to win this year. Not because it's SUCH an amazing song (I wouldn't throw my remote at the tv though; It wouldn't be totally undeserved) but because that means 2020 will be organized well in a relatively peaceful country with genuinely funny and interesting hosts and interval acts. 2016 was pretty damn amazing.

I understand your point but I refuse to believe that only we Swedes can produce a good production for ESC, I guess this was the result of very unlucky considerations since KAN is only about 2 years old as tv-broadcaster (didn´t they start from scratch with staff and so on?) and the first major thing they are organzing is ESC, pretty tough.

I´m surprised though that they didn´t asked for help from any production team with experience on staging this contest but it´s easy for us to say

 

[Gitte]

I understand your point but I refuse to believe that only we Swedes can produce a good production for ESC, I guess this was the result of very unlucky considerations since KAN is only about 2 years old as tv-broadcaster (didn´t they start from scratch with staff and so on?) and the first major thing they are organzing is ESC, pretty tough.

I´m surprised though that they didn´t asked for help from any production team with experience on staging this contest but it´s easy for us to say

I am just saying it because the last time I remember when it was all organized well, with not-cringey hosts and everything, was 2016. Mans and Petra were genuinely funny. I hope another country wins anyway and they actually organize it well, but please, let us NOT have 4 trainwrecks in a row, with each year getting worse.

 

[crashworld]

It's extremely silly to have the country win just because they can produce a good show. If that is the case, then don't bother having the competition anyway.

 

[Citelis]

I want Sweden to win because they actually have the best song this year.

 

[DenizESC]

Yeah, it's a pity because I need to force myself to read his posts instead of just scrolling down. But hey - every one's free to express him/herself.

Yea indeed but honestly I think this type of signature takes it a little too far.
[MENTION=15456]Ezio[/MENTION] I ask you kindly if you can please; change/remove it. Bcs it honestly gives me a headache late at night trying to read the forum posts. Also I had friends with epilepsy I could imagine if some users that struggle with this would see this they possibly could have an immediate epileptic seizure. Even I almost had it and I have no epilepsy...

 

[aef]

Any screen design leak yet?

 

[hijirio]

Any screen design leak yet?

Mmm same as last year

 

[Pawhlen]

So sad, why must everything nowadays be simular? They are indirectly using the 2014 scoreboard all over again

 

[GRE]

So, it was all rumors...

 

[shameless]

^WTF! This is so ridiculous. What a mess - I am so sorry for everyone.

"Greece has only once not qualified since semifinals'

2016 and 2018 is already twice.

I really want Sweden to win this year. Not because it's SUCH an amazing song (I wouldn't throw my remote at the tv though; It wouldn't be totally undeserved) but because that means 2020 will be organized well in a relatively peaceful country with genuinely funny and interesting hosts and interval acts. 2016 was pretty damn amazing.

I this regard I think we can expect great things from the Netherlands a.k.a. the mother country of TV as we know it today.

 

[aef]

Mmm same as last year

I mean i didn't expect to have a non-blue scoreboard and i don't care about the scoreboard that much anyway but the title card before the song looks really simplistic and uninspired...

 

[nofuxCZ]

I mean i didn't expect to have a non-blue scoreboard and i don't care about the scoreboard that much anyway but the title card before the song looks really simplistic and uninspired...

Looks great to me.. best one in years

 

[Pawhlen]

Quite nice to see that the triangles shows the actual countrys flag

 

[Leydan]

Those graphics look super amazing. Love everything about it, very slick and visually great.

 

[midnightsun]

Never change a running system. And please, no experiments (Hello Oslo 1996, the worst scoreboard ever).
Classic black and blue is great!

 

[Pawhlen]

Never change a running system. And please, no experiments (Hello Oslo 1996, the worst scoreboard ever).
Classic black and blue is great!

That was a good idea on paper but if what I read about it is true, it´s most have been quite cringe for the audience to see Ingvild standing in front of a bluescreen (those who were in Oslo Spektrum I mean)

So it´s not a huge surprise that it´s has never been used again

I really hope for KAN:s sake that their dress rehearsals don´t get as chaotic as the jury final back in Malmö 2013 17th May when NOTHING worked

 

[aef]

Looks great to me.. best one in years

I mean it's not bad, that's not what I wanted to say... And I like it way more on this photo. In fact I appreciate the slick/ simplisitic approach.