You know you're an ESC fan when...

[Filip]

...when you've watched all the songs before the contest.

 

[Terence]

...when you purchase 2/3 sets of bunting flags of all participating countries!

...when all the members of your family learn the songs due to serious overplay

...when you think of the French Eurovision song whenever you meet a French person; the German song when you meet a German person etc.

(guilty of all 3)

 

[Milos-BC]

^^ I totally agree with this

Or also - when the French entry is played, you think of a French person you met, when the Swedish entry is played, you think of the Swedish person you met, etc etc, etc........

 

[Terence]

exactly.... I'm recalling the 2012 Serbian entry as I'm typing this!

 

[Yamarus]

When you casually play a reasonably obscure ESC song at a party, just to check if people notice.

 

[hijirio]

...when the winning song becomes a hit in your country and you just can't shout I KNEW IT BEFORE Y'ALL !!

 

[CPV4931]

...when the winning song becomes a hit in your country and you just can't shout I KNEW IT BEFORE Y'ALL !!

Indeed ^^

 

[Grinch]

... you see the letters MF somewhere and immediately think of Melodifestivalen.

...when the winning song becomes a hit in your country and you just can't shout I KNEW IT BEFORE Y'ALL !!

"I was listening to this song before it was cool"

 

[MyHeartIsYours]

When you casually play a reasonably obscure ESC song at a party, just to check if people notice.

xyeah

 

[alca]

...when the winning song becomes a hit in your country and you just can't shout I KNEW IT BEFORE Y'ALL !!

Happens ALL THE TIME and I'm like --> -.- because I heard the song MONTHS ago and I hate it when people suddenly LOVE it! I'm like "COME ON!". For example I was with my two best friends in March 2010 and I played Moldova's entry. I said hey listen to this and they didn't pay attention to me. After the ESC they both came to me saying "oh I love Moldova's entry!" me: "I played this song to you guys" "Really? When?" gggggggggrrrrrrrr -.-

 

[Rose82]

When you are watching matches from euro 2012, and during the match you can only think about the songs of the countries you're watching...

 

[A-lister]

I love this thread! Some comments are hilarious

Why haven't I seen it before??

 

[A-lister]

You know you're an ESC fan when (during the final party) you shush everyone when a song starts, but you keep on talking anyway.

Haha, that is SOOO me!! I hate people talking and destroying my ONCE a year experience, but then I just have to comment things anyways

 

[A-lister]

...in a year like this one (european football championship + olimpics), esc is still the biggest event for you

WORD!

 

[A-lister]

Happens ALL THE TIME and I'm like --> -.- because I heard the song MONTHS ago and I hate it when people suddenly LOVE it! I'm like "COME ON!". For example I was with my two best friends in March 2010 and I played Moldova's entry. I said hey listen to this and they didn't pay attention to me. After the ESC they both came to me saying "oh I love Moldova's entry!" me: "I played this song to you guys" "Really? When?" gggggggggrrrrrrrr -.-

Haha this happens to me with music in general. I tend to look up new music quite fast, and when some songs actually becomes hits or known to the public, I'm like... meh... already heard this some month ago

 

[A-lister]

All these fits into me :

... You know you're an ESC fan when you want to travel to countries based on how much you liked their ESC entries
... You know you're an ESC fan when you listened through all ESC entries from 1956- and rank the songs in lists
... You know you're an ESC fan when you say to your friend that country "x" or "y" chose the wrong entry from their national selection and your friend look at you like "hmm... but this is their entry right?"
... You know you're an ESC fan when you listened to all songs from national selections
... You know you're an ESC fan when you have a yearly procedure regarding WHEN you allow yourself to listen to the songs and what to do during ESC week
... You know you're an ESC fan when the new year starts after the ESC finale and you're already concerned with what countries will enter next year, who will participate etc.
... You know you're an ESC fan when you explain to outsiders that this is not a schlager contest

 

[alca]

When you are watching matches from euro 2012, and during the match you can only think about the songs of the countries you're watching...

Indeed! Last night I was like ok Loreen is muuuuch better than Gaitana!

 

[alca]

All these fits into me :

... You know you're an ESC fan when you want to travel to countries based on how much you liked their ESC entries

That's me!

 

[EscGeek]

When you are watching matches from euro 2012, and during the match you can only think about the songs of the countries you're watching...

this is so true it's scary!

 

[AdelAdel]

... You know you're an ESC fan when you listened through all ESC entries from 1956- and rank the songs in lists

I did that some time ago