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Here's a entertaining/embarrassing story from Spain, related to this. A few years ago (2008), the Spanish organisers of the Eurovision contest thought it would

by arien 11y ago

Here's a entertaining/embarrassing story from Spain, related to this. A few years ago (2008), the Spanish organisers of the Eurovision contest thought it would be a great idea to allow the public to decide who should represent the country in the Eurovision contest. Amongst all songs entered was this silly parody from a comedian, playing a fake musician called Chikilicuatre [0]. So well... After some heavy campaigning/trolling by the TV channel that 'created' this character and song, it came out as the winner. You can imagine the organisers' face after this! But they sullenly accepted it and let him join the contest [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Chikilicuatre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Chikilicuatre [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRQhZtbm97I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRQhZtbm97I P.S. They learned their lesson and changed the voting system so it could not be exploited again.

dave2000 11y ago
Eurovision is supposed to be fun though. At least, that's the UK's perspective. Everyone else takes it more seriously and submit almost exclusively tedious rock ballads. They're been a few non-boring entries though, including a finish metal band and a pair of clowns from Ireland.
- arien 11y ago
  Well, it's fun nowadays... Before 2008 the fun entries were still novelty rather than the norm (it had pretty much been only Lordi until then - and I would consider them awesome rather than fun :)).
  - jnky 11y ago
    The ESC is definitely seen as a fun contest for longer than that, at least in Germany. Case in point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3q7Y3fgTIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3q7Y3fgTIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJgszpNj7dY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJgszpNj7dY
- icebraining 11y ago
  Portugal trolled it hard back in 2011, when we sent the "Men of Struggle": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bDN53Rqh54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bDN53Rqh54

by arien 11y ago

dave2000 11y ago

Eurovision is supposed to be fun though. At least, that's the UK's perspective. Everyone else takes it more seriously and submit almost exclusively tedious rock ballads. They're been a few non-boring entries though, including a finish metal band and a pair of clowns from Ireland.

arien 11y ago
Well, it's fun nowadays... Before 2008 the fun entries were still novelty rather than the norm (it had pretty much been only Lordi until then - and I would consider them awesome rather than fun :)).
- jnky 11y ago
  The ESC is definitely seen as a fun contest for longer than that, at least in Germany. Case in point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3q7Y3fgTIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3q7Y3fgTIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJgszpNj7dY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJgszpNj7dY
icebraining 11y ago
Portugal trolled it hard back in 2011, when we sent the "Men of Struggle": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bDN53Rqh54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bDN53Rqh54