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The Eurovision Song Contest
Originally designed to bring together Europeans in a celebration of music, the competition has now become one full of novelty acts, scantily-clad goddesses and crooning adonises which culminates in the traditional arguement over tactical voting and bigotry.
What a laugh!
For those interested in the history of the Eurovision song contest, a look at the wikipedia entry is very enlightening: Eurovision Song Contest. Those more interested in some of the daftest and most entertaining acts should proceed to my list.
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Eurovision Music
Eurovision Song Contest 2009 - Moscow
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Eurovision Song Contest-2005 Kiev
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Eurovision Song Contest: Helsinki 2007
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1. Verka Seduchka, Ukraine (2007)
Verka Seduchka is a comedian from Ukraine and his choice as Ukraine's representative was quite controversial in his home country. The song is a ridiculous concoction of various languages and includes made-up words. The performance is crazy - I particularly like the bit where he (it is actually a man) runs around slapping the backing singers on the butt.
"Dancing!"
Find out more about Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest here: Ukraine.
2. Lordi, Finland (2006)
Lordi won with an overwhelming proportion of the vote.
Find out more about Finland in the Eurovsion Song Contest here: Finland.
3. Ruslana, Ukraine (2004)
4. ABBA, Sweden - 1974
If this is true then you must live in a cave. ABBA are probably the Eurovision song contest's most famous and successful winners. After winning with "Waterloo" ABBA went on to become one of the most successful groups ever and remain popular worldwide.
More about Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest here: Sweden.
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5. Lt United, Lithuania - (2006)
The best thing about this performance, though, is the crazy dance by the bald guy.
More about Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest here: Lithuania.
6. Les Fatals Picards, France (2007)
This song is surprisingly catchy and amusing, add to that the strange guy running around with a cat stuck on his shoulder and this is a memorable Eurovision song - at least for me it is.
Find out more about France in the Eurovision Song Contest here: France.
Eurovision 2007 - France
Woooooo! Erm yeh this is the French entry. i think its rather catchy especially how he keeps mixing French and English which is... different. also I'm loving the fact that they got the guy from crystal maze to sing and run around with them :P
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Les Fatals Picards
7. Zladko Vladcik, Molvania (2002)
No this is not one of the ever-increasing number of bloc-voting Eastern European countries, this is a fictional nation and a spoof song.
Take a look, it is quite amusing.
Molvania
Molvania (Jetlag Travel Guide)
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8. Daz Sampson, United Kingdom (2006)
However, in a competition famous for trashy music, this really should have been outstandingly trashy and in with a chance of winning. It seems though, that Great Britain only discovered Eurotrash as the rest of the continent decided to move on.
This song is so bad that it borders on brilliance!
Learn more about UK in the Eurovision Song Contest here: United Kingdom.
Daz Sampson
Teenage Life
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9. Alexander Rybak, Norway (2009)
Alexander scored 387 points which at the time of writing is a record total.
More about Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest: Norway.
Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (2009 Eurovision Song Contest Wi
Alexander Rybak's performance of Fairytale after having won the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Moscow. Watch the whole show again: http://www.eurovision.tv/esctv?program=2570
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10. Dustin the Turkey, Ireland (2008)
With its lyrics that mock everything that is Eurovision, the singer being a puppet turkey and a backing track that seems to have combined the sounds of a fairground and a building site, this is possibly the most offensive song to the listeners eardrums that could be created.
This is everything Eurovision; a novelty act, bad music, ridiculous choreography and controversial - brilliant. How come it didn't get beyond the semi-final?
Dustin's entry was very divisive and many called for it to be disqualified, it wasn't but it didn't do well. You can read some background information on Dustin here: Dustin the Turkey.
Find out more about Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest here: Ireland.
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- Ramkitten Ramkitten Nov 28, 2009 @ 9:56 am
- It's like over-the-top American Idol auditions. Looks like quite a show!
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