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Eurovision Song Contest Bingo
- jdalsgaard 4y agoIn desperate need of more upvotes..
- geekuillaume 4y agoCurrently live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhyLh5sGRRI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhyLh5sGRRI
- hedora 4y agoWhy, oh why does Eurovision prevent itself from being viewed in the US? You could argue "licensing", but I'm guessing you're going to be hard pressed to find a contestant band / manager that says "we're trying to keep this low-key/limit publicity for now".
- haunter 4y agoBlame NBC, the local broadcasters decide if they want to block it or not https://polsy.org.uk/stuff/ytrestrict.cgi?ytid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVhyLh5sGRRI&auth=c85e492b18664b7e7066139f9cd9694a https://polsy.org.uk/stuff/ytrestrict.cgi?ytid=https%3A%2F%2...
- reaperducer 4y agoBlame NBC, the local broadcasters decide if they want to block it or not NBC is not the "local broadcaster" in the sense that the BBC is the local broadcaster for the United Kingdom, or ABC is the local broadcaster for Australia. Broadcasting in the U.S. doesn't work that way. That said, NBC does air American Song Contest, which is Eurovision production, and receives very poor ratings. Because of this, I surmise that Eurovision doesn't air in the United States because none of the broadcasters will pay for the rights if it's not going to bring in enough viewers to make up for the fee. If Eurovision really wanted its program to be seen in the U.S., there is no shortage of small networks, cable/satellite networks, LPTV networks, or OTT providers for getting its program seen. It just has to offer the show at a reasonable rate. I don't think this is a case of the usual HN cliché of "Evil company blocks me from seeing something for no other reason than to be evil."
- haunter 4y ago>Eurovision doesn't air in the United States because none of the broadcasters will pay for the rights if it's not going to bring in enough viewers to make up for the fee NBC bought the rights https://eurovision.tv/story/peacock-eurovision https://eurovision.tv/story/peacock-eurovision After that it's up to them blocking the Youtube stream or not and they did block it >I don't think this is a case of the usual HN cliché of "Evil company blocks me from seeing something for no other reason than to be evil." No it's the case "we bought the licence and we stream it on our streaming platform and you have to watch it here"
- reaperducer 4y agoThanks for the clarification. That didn't come up when I did my search. I guess that's what I get for using Google! So, it's not "blocked" as in not ever going to be available. It's just going to be on Peacock next Sunday. No it's the case "we bought the licence and we stream it on our streaming platform and you have to watch it here" No different than in the UK where you have to pay a fee to watch it on BBC.
- midasuni 4y agoIt’s broadcasting on bbc one at the moment. Graham is telling us we can vote for Poland. Is it broadcasting in NBC?
- detaro 4y agoNBC is the local broadcaster for Eurovision, given that they licensed it.
- jorams 4y ago> ...or ABC is the local broadcaster for Australia. Just a note here: The Eurovision local broadcaster for Australia is SBS[1]. SBS is also mostly publicly funded. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service
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- United857 4y agohttps://www.svtplay.se/eurovision-song-contest-2022 https://www.svtplay.se/eurovision-song-contest-2022 Swedish but seems to work in the US if you don't mind Swedish commentary
- kelnos 4y agoLast year and this year we watched it on the Peacock app (casted to TV), which I hadn't even known existed before looking for a way to watch Eurovision. Last year it was free to watch, but this year I had to sign up for a subscription ($5) to watch it... which I immediately canceled after it was over.
- RajT88 4y agoThere's ways around it. As of this writing, youtube downloader sites are mostly not hosted in the US due to this same issue - so if you can get one to work, it works around the GeoIP block. (Note: I got one to work, but it quit 4gb into the 6gb download) The better way - which I am happy to be patient for - is to wait until someone rips it. I like to a few weeks later see if I can find the UK broadcast (usually a torrent), since a few years Graham Norton was the MC and was lightly poking fun of everyone the whole time.
- squeral 4y agoAlso not available in the UK for some reason.
- hermitcrab 4y agoBut available on live TV in the UK (BBC1).
- haunter 4y agoBBC gotta get that TV licence fee!
- natly 4y ago"Overwhelming cringe" bingo square in the printed edition ends up cut out due to the number of Xs penciled on top of it
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- hermitcrab 4y agoThe true stars of Eurovision are the audio visual techs.
- sandermvanvliet 4y agoTruth. Check out this camera shot from a few years back: https://youtu.be/C3TBvJUtuHs https://youtu.be/C3TBvJUtuHs
- mrcus 4y agoThat’s from the Norwegian finals! The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation has such an impressive and passionate technical crew, it is really fascinating how they manage to make truly world-class productions with a comparatively limited set of resources, both in terms of manpower and money.
- tpmx 4y agoThat was actually from the ESC final in Moscow (sigh) 2009. https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2009-received-prestigious-award https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2009-received-prestig... They had a large Scandinavian crew for the broadcast production though: https://m-m-pr.com/eurovision-diary-2009/ https://m-m-pr.com/eurovision-diary-2009/ ... different times.
- mrcus 4y agoMy bad. Great work by the Russian crew. Got my years mixed up, Norway won in ‘09, but hosted in ‘10.
- Matthias247 4y agothey certainly did a great job! Things like the rain overlays for the polish performance were pretty stunning, and it made me wonder how stuff like this is done.
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- hermitcrab 4y agoIn case anyone is wondering that the voting looks a bit suspect: https://successfulsoftware.net/2008/05/26/is-the-eurovision-song-contest-rigged/ https://successfulsoftware.net/2008/05/26/is-the-eurovision-... (from 2008, but still relevant)
- haunter 4y agoThey changed the voting system since 2008 several times https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_at_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest#Voting_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_at_the_Eurovision_Song_... Also... you can already see Ukraine will get a lot of votes just because of the war not because the actual song. But it always have been like this
- ajsnigrutin 4y agoYep, A LOT of politics in eurosong.... some come from neighboring countries giving votes to eachother, some due to "politics", some due to people living across the border, and a lot due to similar cultures, especially with etno-sounding songs. Add then all the expats (eg. turks in germany), and you get those votes too. This year, ukraine will probably get a lot of pity votes due to the war, maybe even enough to win.
- tragomaskhalos 4y agoDepending on my mood I find the blatant politicking/nepotism either infuriating or part of the kitsch charm of the whole thing. Greece for example could spend 3 minutes with one guy banging a spoon on a saucepan while another strangled a cat, and Cyprus would still give them 12 points. Edit: fun fact - this was apparently the first ESC ever without a single entry in French - the French entry was sung in Breton.
- andrepd 4y ago> Depending on my mood I find the blatant politicking/nepotism either infuriating or part of the kitsch charm of the whole thing. 100% the latter. Moaning about Cyprus is an integral part of the experience.
- mrtksn 4y agoThe contest is happening ATM. If you haven’t watched it already, I suggest you to go watch Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga[0] , a brilliant comedy movie that captures the Eurovision’s spirit very well. They also speak the truth about the voting: Nobody likes UK, so zero points :) Jokes aside, Eurovision is a cringy but at the same time euphorically positive event, fetching 200M viewers worldwide every year. Even Australia is now in the contest(didn’t make it to the finals but I think they should have made it, there are worse songs that did). correction: Apparently Australia is in the finals! As they deserve. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest:_The_Story_of_Fire_Saga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest:_The_S...
- gareth_untether 4y agoReally surprised to see the UK in second place. It's true that they normally have zero points. It was always gonna be Ukraine to win this year.
- asdasdaerg 4y agoUK "normally" has zero points? Not according to this table: https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/united-kingdom https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/united-kingdom
- andrepd 4y agoIn second place with a completely bland generic pop song, blegh!
- hermitcrab 4y agoPLAY YA YA DING DONG!
- brabel 4y ago> Even Australia is now in the contest(didn’t make it to the finals but I think they should have made it, there are worse songs that did). Hey, Australia is definitely in the finals... See https://eurovision.tv/ https://eurovision.tv/
- gerdesj 4y agoThe music is getting better, these last few years. There seems to be less of a stigma associated with doing Eurovision. You still have plenty of the downright odd stuff though. This year Ukraine should win and it helps that their entry is genuinely pretty good. Norway have fielded a song about feeding bananas to a wolf, riffing on Little Red Riding Hood, in errm yellow. Spain's entry sported a pretty close shave and manages to lose even more clothing - quite a decent song too. UK (my homeland) are hoping for a decent result after taking quite a few beatings over the years - "null points". Our boy has absolutely smashed it on the socials so should be OK. [Greece have just ticked under 18] Whatever happens, we have our Irish compere to get us through the night. Graham Norton and before him Sir Terry Wogan, have been the voice of the Eurovision SC in the UK for absolutely yonks.
- brabel 4y ago> Spain's entry sported a pretty close shave and manages to lose even more clothing My gosh what a hot performance... Romania was also spicy.
- dspillett 4y agoSadly, gone are the days of being able to play “guess the nation Terry Wogan will offend this year” with the UK broadcast.
- mikaeluman 4y agoAlways take away at least 3-4 songs to add to my Playlist. It's not too bad. Loved the aesthetics of Spain this year too
- ajsnigrutin 4y ago> It's not too bad. Loved the assthetics of Spain this year too fixed that for you ;)
- unpopularopp 4y agoThe main problem with this year's broadcast imo that the hosts are not speaking _that_ good english. The whole thing just doesn't feel natural, it really comes across they speak a foreign language.
- T-zex 4y agoCould it be because of the fact they are Italians? Or are you assuming the whole world must speak the perfect English?
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- unpopularopp 4y ago1. It's up to the host country choose the hosts 2. Watch previous years, this year is definitely lower quality 3. I don't assume that, but I expect that considering an international broadcast (I'm from the EU, english is not my native language)
- someweirdperson 4y ago> 2. Watch previous years, this year is definitely lower quality I remember previous years when it was in French.
- jtvjan 4y agoIs that really a problem? Oddly pronounced English is the official language of the EU :-)
- palcu 4y agoFor the nerds, there you can read about Euro English on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_English
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- someweirdperson 4y ago"Boob shock"? What's the "shock" part needed to tick that box? It is EUROvision, there could be boobs in every performance, and still no-one would be shocked.
- aldeluis 4y agoThe bingo seems written from the North american cultural and religious bias. One of the unselected song for the Spain delegation was about that... with special appearance of Zuckerberg imperial boob (censor)ship. https://youtu.be/-z9qeALR7j0 https://youtu.be/-z9qeALR7j0
- ajsnigrutin 4y agoNo boobs sadly, a few asses in thong though, but nothing shocking. Maybe someone from the audience will jump on the stage again, that could "shock" someone.
- someweirdperson 4y agoProbably there's rules of fairness, for those who don't want to show. Otherwise, to have a fair chance of winning, everyone would be required to perform naked.
- seo-speedwagon 4y agoI’m still salty that Germany didn’t send Electric Callboy
- leipert 4y agoAgreed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnzkhQsmSag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnzkhQsmSag Edit: Seems like the juries are as well. 0 points after half the votes.
- sgt 4y agoSweden's performance...they have to win!
- tpmx 4y agoWe really should have sent this entry instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EsxUJfcsWM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EsxUJfcsWM :)
- tpmx 4y agoAnother one I'm really annoyed that we didn send to the ESC final, from 2010: https://youtu.be/qB3koZTz8Pw?t=71 https://youtu.be/qB3koZTz8Pw?t=71 (Timoteij - Kom)
- ValentineC 4y ago2010 was such a great year. This was the song that first introduced me to the ESC community: Eric Saade - Manboy (Melodifestivalen 2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtK7lsAdBos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtK7lsAdBos :)
- ilikeitdark 4y agoCheesy and awful but fun. I'd be down with Portugal or Ukraine winning. Although also liked Iceland.
- hermitcrab 4y agoSo bad, it's good.
- mrtksn 4y agoIMHO the audiovisual shows were always good and the last few years there are actually good songs(even UK sent a decent entry). Also, in an increasingly hostile world I feel like the cringe of the multiculturality and neighbour love is not as strong, it's actually a fresh breeze of positivity.
- gerdesj 4y agoBlimey, UKR just gave the UK 12 points. ... so have Azerbaijan. We seem to have lost the pariah of the world title. [Belgium - RLY?] OK, this is weird.
- ValentineC 4y agoI just came in to comment the same. (For those not in the know, the UK tends to finish near the bottom of the leaderboard every year.)
- gerdesj 4y agoGeorgia has the same patron saint as England so clearly that's why they gave 12 pts to the UK (no it isn't) Yes, the English (part of the UK) and Georgian flags are very similar too. I have no idea what is happening here.
- Hamuko 4y agoSurprisingly we decided to award the "Most Hated Country in Europe" prize to another country this year.
- unmole 4y agoThe performance that won UK the second place: https://youtu.be/4LcCdf8hMTY https://youtu.be/4LcCdf8hMTY
- teddyh 4y ago• “Pornstache”? • “Implied homosexuality”? Are these supposed to be… noteworthy occurrences?
- gerdesj 4y agoWe (UK) came second and I could not be happier.
- samwillis 4y agoExactly, (as someone in the UK) couldn’t be happier for Ukraine. Absolutely unbelievable result but so much more important to send that message of support to our friends in Ukraine. Congratulations!
- haunter 4y agoIt's coming home! Edit: to Mariupol
- Hamuko 4y agoGonna be interesting to see where 2023 is actually gonna be hosted. I imagine they're not gonna send the production to a war-torn country even if it was away from the active conflict zones, and I'm not sure if I see the situation getting settled before decisions need to be made.
- samwillis 4y agoIf they can’t find a way to host it in Ukraine (I think they, and the rest of Europe, will try very very hard to make that happen, and should!!) I wouldn’t be surprised to see it hosted in Poland as their closest neighbour and supporter. Alternatively the UK as a major funder of the event (we get a weird free pass to the final due to significantly funding it) and coming second place, I could see us taking it if no other option is found.
- severino 4y agoWell, they could host it in some eastern Ukraine city. Granted they ask the Ukrainian armed forces to stop the bombing that have been going on since 2014 ;)
- ValentineC 4y agoCongratulations to Ukraine, and I hope we all find peace soon! :)
- aasasd 4y agoMy favorite Eurovision performance is the great Belgian entry from 1980, Telex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6USa0zUMmqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6USa0zUMmqI For the context, this is their actual music from 1979: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=___U9R8C2rU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=___U9R8C2rU (The disclaimer is that I haven't actually ever watched Eurovision except by accident.)
- agapon 4y agoFrench language Kraftwerk? :-)
- aasasd 4y agoI'd say they were in the middle between Kraftwerk and Belgian ‘new beat’ (https://youtube.com/watch?v=4XUipCxjmmw https://youtube.com/watch?v=4XUipCxjmmw). However, I'm not from that time and place, so may be mistaken, and they seem to have made a bunch of pop-oriented songs, e.g. ‘Rock Around the Clock’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XGXHDMIJw4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XGXHDMIJw4
- ardit33 4y agoEurovision 2010 was one of the most epic: This song (from Moldova) is like the essential/prototypical over the top yet catchy euro song: https://youtu.be/pHXDMe6QV-U?t=27 https://youtu.be/pHXDMe6QV-U?t=27
- andrepd 4y agoMoldova rarely disappoints when it comes to Eurovision-worthy songs x)
- ValentineC 4y ago0:47 is where the epicness starts.