The Off Topic Topic

[Grey Fox]

Alright. I've listened to all 39 of 2021 Eurovision songs.

Here are my notes in the order that Youtube showed them to me.

Israel : Ok Forgettable
Albania : Good Catchy
Greece : Ok
Italy : ! Head Bang Instant Top 40
Azerbaijan : History Lesson Good to Great
Georgia : Chansonnier Boring
Malta : Points for Diversity mais on s'en casse
Bulgaria : Bad, :
Sweden : Good to Great
Iceland : Dance! Pop!
North Macedonia : : Celine Dion's Special #1
Latvia : Great - too singy
Poland : Ok Forgettable
UK : The Wknd wants his song back. :
Estonia : Urg, this is bad
Suisse : Fuck that noise
Russia : Choir like story telling :thumbs up:
Denmark : 80s pop with worse hair
Austria : It's a bad song
Australia : Katy Perry did it better
Spain : Could be good but no
Ukraine : Awesome Song - Flute breakdown is insane!
Cyprus : Oh hell, funny good song
Portugal : Crooners song ok
San Marino : Not Hard enough
Serbia : Shakira did it better
Netherlands : Generic stuff
Moldova : Meghan Trainor aesthetic + good beat = Great but too repetitive
Romania : B side Billie Ellish
Belgium : Bad
Albania : Mariah Carey
Slovenia : Celine Dion's special #2
Ireland : Autotune nightmare - Running song
Germany : What a ride of a song! Fun & funny
Finland : Star Wars nu-rap-metal Good! to Great!
Norway : Boring Pop
Czechia : Low Key Great
France : La France ne fait pas de la bonne musique
Lithuania : Woo!

[DGuller]

It probably works better in the US, because people pronounce Volkswagen it with a "v" rather than an "f".  It's still a bad sign when you have to have to issue denials that it's not a joke.

[Admiral Yi]

Australia?     How the hell did they get iin?

[The Larch]

Australia?     How the hell did they get iin?

They've been invited the last few years. IIRC this is the... 3rd time running that they participate.

[Sheilbh]

They're the home of Kylie so they were always in Eurovision spiritually if not physically.

[Syt]

Australia?     How the hell did they get iin?

They participate but don't compete, IIRC.

[FunkMonk]

Americavision ("The American Song Contest") is supposedly starting later this year, btw.

[HVC]

Don't they already have like 2 or 3 televised American song competitions?

[The Larch]

Australia?     How the hell did they get iin?

They participate but don't compete, IIRC.

Nope, they compete just as any other country. They've even finished in the Top 3 a couple of times.

[Admiral Yi]

Don't they already have like 2 or 3 televised American song competitions?

Seems like there's 20.  Maybe the hook is it's a state competition.  Or maybe the hook is they dress up iin cute little costumes and choreograph some dance moves.

[FunkMonk]

Don't they already have like 2 or 3 televised American song competitions?

Seems like there's 20.  Maybe the hook is it's a state competition.  Or maybe the hook is they dress up iin cute little costumes and choreograph some dance moves.

Yeah, it's going to be a straight up state contest arranged in a March Madness style tournament.

In the run-up to the live shows, Propagate and the American Song Contest production team will launch The American Song Contest Academy, a group of U.S.-based music professionals representing multiple genres who will gather juries of artists and music industry figures, who will join with regional audiences to select the top talent from all 50 states. The artists will then go head-to-head with acts from other states in a series of 5-10 televised qualifier competitions, leading up to the semi-finals and then the primetime March Madness-style Grand Finale.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9430733/american-song-contest

[Sheilbh]

The set for the Scottish leaders debate reminds me of the Trump-Saudi globe:

[Maximus]

Why are the chrome and firefox logos in the centre of the stage?

[Admiral Yi]

It looks to me like a future version of a Civilization council. 

Click on advisor.  "We should chop more wood!"

Click on advisor.  "We need to establish trade routes."

[Syt]

Sweden, land of ... mystery.