Eurovision 2015: Confirmed Countries
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DanielLuis
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I agree with A-Lister, countries who win should use the interval and opening acts to showcase their culture like it usually was made. Otherwise you can't even tell if one edition is being held in Greece, or the other Switzerland, or the other in Ukraine, because it will just be the same thing everytime.
anto475
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I don't see why there's such a fuss over the 60th anniversary tbh. The 50th was more important and, as far as I'm aware, all they did was bring out a history book and have that Congratulations show in Denmark.
There's a much bigger fanbase now than there was in 2005, and I guess any anniversary is something great to celebrate... there was a big fuss over the Queen's Diamond Jubilee so why not?
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I think that this has been mentioned before but I'd like to make new suggestions. My first point is that we all know that French is the official language of Eurovision with English, but all our seems to be found these days is "douze points". There was a point when half the competitors were francophones (France, Monaco, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland) but now the only (current) competitors with French as an official language are France, Belgium and Switzerland and only France makes the effort by reading their points out in French. I think that the French aspect of Eurovision should be stepped up, which I think could draw Luxembourg and Monaco's attention back to Eurovision, also possibly Andorra, who also read the points in French! In 2014, to me it seems as if there are more German speaking countries than French in Eurovision (Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland) and don't forget Liechtenstein who could be making their debut soon and also Luxembourg, but other neighbouring countries such as Denmark etc. Have German as a regional language. What i'm poking at is that German at the moment seems to be more qualified to be an official language of Eurovision than French.but why stop at German? The same argument could be made for Italian, Spanish even, I think this language situation needs to be sorted asap !
Ps, I'm on my tablet so sorry for the bad punctuation etc. And correct me if I'm wrong with any of my facts
Ps, I'm on my tablet so sorry for the bad punctuation etc. And correct me if I'm wrong with any of my facts
Dante
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For me was kind of awkward seeing them, this year, as being the only one reading their points in French. They just seemed from the outer space.
I agree with you, though, I'm wondering if it would be better to just all stick to English and end the discussion. I mean, we have French, let's add some German....but wait, we also have Spanish, oh! Russia is big too, there are many who speak their language, we could try adding their language as well. We may very well end up adding all languages, and anyway, these days people know English better than they used to, it is a must in each country.
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If France ever wins again, they will probably do the whole show in French and nothing but French. The French spokesperson was quite verbose this year, just in order to make the French language a bigger part of the show. Eurovision in Paris would be just like that - for the whole show. ^^
It would really be reasonable to drop the French language completely and to do everything just in English. In the early days of Eurovision, the participating countries were split into two large groups that either preferred French or English respectively but clearly these days are long gone. Now the only country that insists on speaking French is France. And just because of one country among some 40 others, the unnecessary douze points and the French instructions on how to vote remain a part of the show. It's silly but it will stay that way because France would leave the contest, if French were dropped from the show completely. And the EBU wouldn't want that to happen, of course. I think the fact that a few words of French are spoken during the show might even be a reason for France to stay in the contest, although it is not that popular in France. ^^
After English, German would actually be the second most important language these days. It's just that the Germans are willing to speak English.
It would really be reasonable to drop the French language completely and to do everything just in English. In the early days of Eurovision, the participating countries were split into two large groups that either preferred French or English respectively but clearly these days are long gone. Now the only country that insists on speaking French is France. And just because of one country among some 40 others, the unnecessary douze points and the French instructions on how to vote remain a part of the show. It's silly but it will stay that way because France would leave the contest, if French were dropped from the show completely. And the EBU wouldn't want that to happen, of course. I think the fact that a few words of French are spoken during the show might even be a reason for France to stay in the contest, although it is not that popular in France. ^^
After English, German would actually be the second most important language these days. It's just that the Germans are willing to speak English.
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Er, it is not yet. For now the participation is quite safe but no one should open the champagne before the official confirmation, I think.