The Off Topic Topic

[Josephus]

What do you mean about the UK's lead and ringers?

I was talking about Celine and Olivia. 

Lead as in their precedent, not their advantage.

Celine sang for Switzerland, IIRC

[Syt]

Best German entry remains 1979's Dschingis Khan: https://youtu.be/ejQ0N2SMZNA

I once fell into a very deep YouTube rabbit hole, because the song has been covered countless times from Chile to Hong Kong and Korea.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dschinghis_Khan_(song)

[celedhring]

Best German entry remains 1979's Dschingis Khan: https://youtu.be/ejQ0N2SMZNA

I once fell into a very deep YouTube rabbit hole, because the song has been covered countless times from Chile to Hong Kong and Korea.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dschinghis_Khan_(song)

You don't know how deep that rabbit hole goes. The song was a huge hit in Spain in the 1980s, after a weird cover - the lyrics and title are completely unrelated to the original - launched the career of a local heatthrob.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VhkgQ4ins0&ab_channel=MERCA8083

[Sheilbh]

Best German entry remains 1979's Dschingis Khan: https://youtu.be/ejQ0N2SMZNA

I once fell into a very deep YouTube rabbit hole, because the song has been covered countless times from Chile to Hong Kong and Korea.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dschinghis_Khan_(song)

A classic.

I would like to read an article - maybe a book - about why there are so many historical themed European pop songs in the 70s: Waterloo, Fernando, Rasputin, Dschingis Khan etc

[Admiral Yi]

The chick in white is pretty cute.

God that song sucks.

[Syt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VhkgQ4ins0&ab_channel=MERCA8083

What about the Yiddish cover? https://youtu.be/FVwGKo2pOmc

[Duque de Bragança]

Yup, a country doesn't have to necessarily send a performer from its own country, and not even the songwriters have to be from the country, it's whoever they decide to send. There's a non-insignificant amount of mercenary performers who have performed for countries different than their own throughout the years, and since almost the very beginning (IIRC France exported lots of performers to other countries during that period, at least two of the ones representing Luxembourg that won in the early days were actually French). You also have some cases of true Euro-puddings here and there (Vicky Leandros, who won Eurovision in 1972 representing Luxembourg and singing in French is a Greece-born German).

In any case, Olivia Newton John is British (born in Cambridge, brought up in Australia, went back to the UK in the 60s when her music career took off).

France's last winner in 1977 (!), is a dual citizen of France and Portugal, born in Africa, having emigrated to France early on. Marie Myriam, stage name, real name Myriam Lopes Elmosnino.
Some people in France used to be mildly annoyed when reminded. 
For what it's worth, she sung the sung in Portuguese, reasonably well adapted.
Very popular song, l'Enfant et l'oiseau, so many adaptations.

[Eddie Teach]

God that song sucks.

Yeah.

This one is much catcher.

https://youtu.be/P_SlAzsXa7E

[celedhring]

Philistines. 

[Josquius]

Just once I want to see a punk band with a song objecting to the very idea of eurovision

[Sheilbh]

Just once I want to see a punk band with a song objecting to the very idea of eurovision

I would consider that an act of homophobia

Although it would probably win - a la Lordi.

We sort of had it with the charming Portuguese winner from a couple of years ago, which I liked until he started making a speech about the need to make "real music" (like him) at which point I thought "alright, Meryl. Sit down."

[Duque de Bragança]

Real music all the time at the Eurovision, be it Lordi or Salvador Sobral, would be the end of the Eurovision as we know it, since the early '90s. 

[Tamas]

The England national football team is debating whether to kneel during their next match, or instead of kneeling remain standing and thus show their support for anti-racism. 

It would be far more honest to say "look I think we have made a point and got bored anyway, no more kneeling".

[The Larch]

Best German entry remains 1979's Dschingis Khan: https://youtu.be/ejQ0N2SMZNA

I once fell into a very deep YouTube rabbit hole, because the song has been covered countless times from Chile to Hong Kong and Korea.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dschinghis_Khan_(song)

You don't know how deep that rabbit hole goes. The song was a huge hit in Spain in the 1980s, after a weird cover - the lyrics and title are completely unrelated to the original - launched the career of a local heatthrob.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VhkgQ4ins0&ab_channel=MERCA8083

The trve cool cover is the authentic Mongolian one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D51SkjpNC4Q

I still prefer Moskau, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjCY9MFnrZ8

[The Larch]

Spaniards. Explain 1979 pls

I was born. 

The clip they took from the song for the video is weird, though. Don't think it's very representative of it.