EUROVISION 2020 - General Discussion Thread

[escYOUnited]

Please post any and all discussions regarding the contest itself, host country and city, organisation, rumours and other topics not related to any specific country's selection process.

 

[NemesisNick]

Today is Saturday 16 May 2020. The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 Grand Final was due to take place at Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands this evening. Sadly the event had to be cancelled in March. Instead, the BBC is showing a number of Eurovision related programmes this evening. Firstly its own show, Eurovision: Come Together on BBC One at 18:25. This is followed by Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light will take place live from Hilversum, the Netherlands at 20:00 BST on BBC One this evening. After that finishes, there is The A-Z of Eurovision on BBC Two at 22:00. At least there is something for Eurovision fans to enjoy. Sadly no-one now knows which 10 countries would have qualified from each semi-final to join the 6 pre-qualified countries (The Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain) or the actual running order for the Grand Final. Nor will anyone be able to vote for which country (or countries) they like, or enjoy watching the jury and televoting results.

 

[crashworld]

With regards to the German replacement competition, here are the overall and split results:

Overall

01 - Lithuania
02 - Iceland
03 - Russia
04 - Malta
05 - Denmark *winner of tie-breaker (due to highest televote points)
06 - Sweden *place higher than Switzerland due to higher televote points
07 - Switzerland
08 - Italy *winner of tie-breaker (due to higher televote points)
09 - Bulgaria
10 - Azerbaijan

Jury

12 points - Iceland
10 points - Lithuania
8 points - Malta
7 points - Russia
6 points - Switzerland
5 points - Sweden
4 points - Azerbaijan
3 points - Bulgaria
2 points - Italy
1 point - Denmark

Televote

12 points - Lithuania
10 points - Russia
8 points - Denmark
7 points - Iceland
6 points - Italy
5 points - Bulgaria
4 points - Sweden
3 points - Switzerland
2 points - Malta
1 point - Azerbaijan

 

[NemesisNick]

Today is Sunday 17 May 2020. This morning would have been the morning after the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 Grand Final, and I would have been rewatching parts of my video recording of the Grand Final, particularly the televoting sequence (which I guess would have been done in the same manner as last year). Sadly the whole Eurovision Song Contest 2020 (Semi-Finals and Grand Final) had to be cancelled, and thus no-one will ever know which country won last night, or the placings of the other 25 finalists. The upshot of this is I won't be able to write an in-depth report about the Grand Final, or do an in-depth written analysis of last night's jury and public vote results, for my blog.

 

[shameless]

This mishandling of the EBU in this event had to be the biggest disappointment in showbizz affected by COVID-19. To give us what we needed - a fair competition and exposure for the artists, whould've been the best sign of showing that despite closed borders Europe still sticks together. Instead we got a funeral that didn't had any of the elements that we love about this show and every country doing their own thing (as in Germanys case different alternative versions). What a shame.

 

[crashworld]

To be honest, I sort of get why they decided not to do a replacement show with the competition element just to be fair to the artists. Because not every broadcaster will be capable to achieve what they want. I mean after seeing the staging concepts of Australia and Germany, they fall flat in a TV studio setting as they are very much needed to be on the big stage to have them executed properly.

If it's up to me, I would still ask all 41 countries to submit a studio version of the performance and put them together in a show, but without the competition element. That would have been a good way to honour the songs and we can have a 'live' studio recording of the performance.

 

[shameless]

To be honest, I sort of get why they decided not to do a replacement show with the competition element just to be fair to the artists. Because not every broadcaster will be capable to achieve what they want. I mean after seeing the staging concepts of Australia and Germany, they fall flat in a TV studio setting as they are very much needed to be on the big stage to have them executed properly.

If it's up to me, I would still ask all 41 countries to submit a studio version of the performance and put them together in a show, but without the competition element. That would have been a good way to honour the songs and we can have a 'live' studio recording of the performance.

Even if this still sounds super lame because the competition is what makes most people tune in, it would've been the only good thing that they could have done to air every song in total even when ESC was cancelled. I don't believe in the excuses they used to say different stage concepts were the reason. I believe it had to do with the insurance fees for the dutchies.

 

[choda]

EuroScorer Song Contest 2020 : The Voting, featuring Eurovision stars

Who will win the EuroScorer Song Contest, our online edition of Eurovision 2020 ? Results are decided by real national juries made of former participants, so...

youtu.be

Take a look at this amazing voting sequence with many familiar faces, including winners of esc

 

[christos21]

Hello. Do anyone interest to have the trophy of Eurovision Song Contest in the real size and real dimensions? Please send me DM.

 

[tuorem]

Hot news: I finally received the official CD. With the cancellation and everything, I haven't listened to the songs in ages. Now I'll be able to start working on my personal ranking and get dolled up to lip-sync to "Freaky!"

 

[Teaisloveable]

Musicologists suggest Iceland would have won Eurovision 2020, with Ireland second and United Kingdom third

Lol what
I mean Iceland sure, but I can't see Ireland and the UK in 2nd and 3rd haha

 

[Sammy]

Musicologists suggest Iceland would have won Eurovision 2020, with Ireland second and United Kingdom third

Lol what
I mean Iceland sure, but I can't see Ireland and the UK in 2nd and 3rd haha

People from outside the Eurovision bubble still haven't understood that there is no such thing as a winning formula. As Netflix commissioned this study to promote the film, it becomes clear, that the actual scientific interest in the topic is quite small. After a quick google search for the authors name I also get the impression that they are more into publishing of music than into academic work.

 

[AlekS]

Nikkie Tutorials got robbed at gunpoint in her own house

http://instagr.am/p/CDpHLgtJag4/