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AFAIK Ola Melzig (the m-m-pr.com guy) is off working on the US version of the song contest [0], and there isn't any tech diary for this year - which is sad :(
by terom 4y ago
AFAIK Ola Melzig (the m-m-pr.com guy) is off working on the US version of the song contest [0], and there isn't any tech diary for this year - which is sad :(
There's a similar tech blog for last year [1], but it's sorely missing Ola's own funky style.
These have always been great reading for someone more used to being a tech than a guest at parties.
[0] https://m-m-pr.com/may-15-press-release/ https://m-m-pr.com/may-15-press-release/
[1] https://www.ampco-flashlight.com/nl/esc/ https://www.ampco-flashlight.com/nl/esc/
- henrikschroder 4y ago> the US version of the song contest To no-one's surprise, they didn't capture the true genius of ESC, because they focused on the contest part, and they had a single body that evaluated all contestants. No, that's not what it's about. Every country participating in ESC selects their contestant any way they want, without oversight or common rules or anything. This leads to the following: 1) Occasionally, a country will send a bat-shit crazy contestant. 2) For a given year, you have no idea which countries are sending serious contestants, and which countries are sending something bat-shit crazy. 3) Occasionally, a bat-shit crazy contestant wins. Anyone can do a competition between competent, serious, contestant. Whatever. It's the crazy that gets people hooked on it. Imagine the Olympics, but a few countries just say "fuck this shit" and send a team of monkeys in lycra instead of a team of athletes. Sometimes the monkeys win. That's Eurovision!
- 2muchcoffeeman 4y agoSometimes they say “To hell with it! Let the Aussies in!”