For those of you who aren't familiar with it, Eurovision is an annual song contest where each European country (as well as Azerbaijan and Israel, which clearly aren't in Europe) that is a part of the European Broadcasting Unit has an act and song that they send to the song contest. The competition has been broadcast every year since its inauguration in Switzerland in 1956.
However, the countries cannot vote for themselves.
But rather, each country has to give points to countries they believe are the best. 12 points to the best, 10 points, 9 points, and so on. Though, rather than choosing which musical act they believe is the best, it's been proven that various countries will give the biggest points to their neighbours hoping that they'd receive high points in return.
This year, however, the process has been slightly changed. The winner will be chosen by the results of both the voting done by other European nations and also by judges (who will account for half of the total amount of points).
The contest will be held in Moscow, Russia this year because Russia won last year (they are held in the country that has won the previous year).
The four countries that automatically reach the final are Germany, Spain, France, and The United Kingdom. Spain has, historically, done the best out of the four, which isn't saying a lot since it doesn't do well compared to the rest. The semifinals are split off into two groups, and the big four vote in each of the semis.
This year, the predictors have Norway, Greece, Turkey, and Azerbaijan as early favourites. However, the only song that I think is good out of those four is Turkey's entry. My two favourites this year are Romania's entry, "Balkan girls," which will be performed by Elena Gheorghe, and Spain's entry, "La Noche Es Para Mi (the night is for me)," performed in a mix of English and Spanish by Soraya Arnelas. Both are fun, uptempo songs. And given Eurovision's history for having trashy, tacky music, "Balkan girls" will fit right in.
Eurovision Youtube channel: Click here
My predictions this year...winner:
Head: Turkey(It'll be interesting to see how the live performance on Eurovision will be like since, clearly, the one in this clip is being lip-synced, and lip-syncing is not allowed in the semis or finals) click here for music
Heart: Spain (I'm a huge fan of Soraya's, and I'd love it if Spain were to win. Plus, it's a fun song. Though, I fear they won't win because they don't have many neighbours like those in Eastern Europe do) click here for music video
However, the countries cannot vote for themselves.
But rather, each country has to give points to countries they believe are the best. 12 points to the best, 10 points, 9 points, and so on. Though, rather than choosing which musical act they believe is the best, it's been proven that various countries will give the biggest points to their neighbours hoping that they'd receive high points in return.
This year, however, the process has been slightly changed. The winner will be chosen by the results of both the voting done by other European nations and also by judges (who will account for half of the total amount of points).
The contest will be held in Moscow, Russia this year because Russia won last year (they are held in the country that has won the previous year).
The four countries that automatically reach the final are Germany, Spain, France, and The United Kingdom. Spain has, historically, done the best out of the four, which isn't saying a lot since it doesn't do well compared to the rest. The semifinals are split off into two groups, and the big four vote in each of the semis.
This year, the predictors have Norway, Greece, Turkey, and Azerbaijan as early favourites. However, the only song that I think is good out of those four is Turkey's entry. My two favourites this year are Romania's entry, "Balkan girls," which will be performed by Elena Gheorghe, and Spain's entry, "La Noche Es Para Mi (the night is for me)," performed in a mix of English and Spanish by Soraya Arnelas. Both are fun, uptempo songs. And given Eurovision's history for having trashy, tacky music, "Balkan girls" will fit right in.
Eurovision Youtube channel: Click here
My predictions this year...winner:
Head: Turkey(It'll be interesting to see how the live performance on Eurovision will be like since, clearly, the one in this clip is being lip-synced, and lip-syncing is not allowed in the semis or finals) click here for music
Heart: Spain (I'm a huge fan of Soraya's, and I'd love it if Spain were to win. Plus, it's a fun song. Though, I fear they won't win because they don't have many neighbours like those in Eastern Europe do) click here for music video
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