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EUROVISION 2002 ;)
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vaxjoe said on February 12, 2002 05:59:
So do u know what are your countries cooking for this year’s eurovision contest?
-do u think the songs should be in english or in each countries own language?
-a nice idea would be to have a song by a famous artist every year but not being a part of the actual contest (Roxette for example :P)
PerAndren said on February 14, 2002 07:58:
The intro of one of the Swedish competitors (Annika Ljungberg - Sail Away) is practicly the same intro as in Run To You...
ernes said on February 14, 2002 12:01:
In Spain there was a really successful TV program to choose who will represente Spain. We’re not sure yet who will go of the 3 winners of the program, but if the song is good enough be sure Spain will win. (Rosa 4ever)
gyllene_tjej said on February 15, 2002 01:12:
I think next time Roxette is invited they should really SING and not just mime to playback! Sure they were great but how better it could have turned out live, huh?
I think Eurovision lost its prestige and is not an objective contest anymore. Certain juries in certain countries support each other by voting and so on. To make it a real European contest every artist should sing in his/her mother tongue. That’s my opinion.
animalkingdom said on February 15, 2002 01:38:
@Gyllene_tjej: Isn’t it the viewers who vote nowadays?
And I think it’s OK that everyone get to choose the language they sing in..This year one of the Finnish candidates (not a winner though) sang in Italian (you know, Italy won’t participate at all) but that was AWFUL (the tune was nice but...well, no one really liked it).
gyllene_tjej said on February 15, 2002 08:50:
@animalkingdom: yes, of course it is viewers who decide, but nevertheless it doesn’t seem to be a fair voting. Neighbour- countries will always support each other, take Scandinavia ( and maybe exclude Swedes voting for Norwegians and the other way round ;-D) or German Switzerland and Austria - they do back up one another. Regarding languages, I really think it is more personal to sing in the one which is your native. Otherwise Eurovision becomes so dominated by English. Where is the European part of that then?
Alienista said on February 15, 2002 21:02:
Yea & Russia supports all the former socialistic countries or which were part of the USSR... -)
gyllene_tjej said on February 16, 2002 01:30:
heeej Alienista!!! :o) Cool to see you on the forum! :)))
vaxjoe said on April 14, 2002 19:27:
have u listened to the song “Gimme your loving” by ONE? its great! i hope it will be the no1 in the contest! ;-)
animalkingdom said on April 14, 2002 19:49:
Have u heard Finland’s song? Laura’s Addicted 2 U?
What do u think?
By the way, Roxette is mentioned on the official Eurovision website (www.eurovision.tv) in the part “Saku Suurhall” (where the contest will be held). :D
vaxjoe said on April 14, 2002 19:54:
no i havent heard the finnish song..is it a ballad or an up tempo song?
vaxjoe said on April 14, 2002 20:10:
@animalkingdom: the truth is if HIM were performing for your country, my country would definately support them ;)
dan-rox said on April 15, 2002 11:51:
hej vaxjo, i published the same asking about Eurovision some weeks ago.
Taschi said on April 15, 2002 19:28:
In my opinion the singers and bands have to sing in their language like some years ago. ABBA was one the first bands who may sing in English instead of Swedish. I like the other language. Those give the contest a “multi-culti”-flair. English is just simple.
Iris said on April 15, 2002 19:43:
Hmmm .. that’s not right ... in fact Switzerland, Austria and Germany give each other hardly some points ...
For Scandinavia this is right but not for the german-speaking countries :-))
cskendras said on April 15, 2002 21:18:
i heard the greek song and i must say: this is the worst song i’ve ever heard.... :-(
Vixzter said on April 16, 2002 05:40:
Its funny how the UK never takes Eurovision seriously....even when we win it ;) for the rest of you guys it seems to be a big event ;)
vaxjoe said on May 10, 2002 17:06:
ok isnt it a bit awkward for sweden to be represented by a black band? im not a racist but come on! i dont know about u but when i think of swedish ppl thats not the image i have in mind....i talked to many swedish friends of mine and they re quite annoyed by this choice too...
vaxjoe said on May 10, 2002 18:17:
daniel sssssh :P BUT REALLY i dont mind im surrounded by cute blondes . the point is when some1 represents a country he/she/them should at least give the image that they actually come from that country...
StillFar said on May 10, 2002 18:21:
in case u don’t know, this is a contest about music not looks...:))
vaxjoe said on May 10, 2002 18:29:
look daniel this is not like grammys and wma etc this is about europe and about each country being represented by its music and artist
StillFar said on May 10, 2002 18:45:
just kidding...
btw, Celine was winning once..well, if you search hard enough, you may even find some euopean blood in her!
dubacik said on February 14, 2002 02:57:
Roxette was singing last year on Melodifestivalen in Malmö and it was really great. The best song in the evening not only for me but also for many other that were watching it.