American Reacts to Norway in Eurovision Song Contest (1960-2023)..

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@Momo-rv6en 11 ай бұрын

Ever since the 90 's they found their way. National Final of Norway is also pretty good last couple of years.

@kennet7837 11 ай бұрын

In 1980 the guy on the right is wearing a traditional Sami outfit (Samis are natives of the Sapmi region which encompasses the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia).

@bigkevreacts 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing 👍

@biankakoettlitz6979 9 ай бұрын

Song from 1980 was great🤩 his outfit was a traditional one from his people, the kind of sinding as well. He called a Sami, Norway's original people. It is the same with Keiino201?, coming in 6(7?)place🤩

@satanclaus8381 4 ай бұрын

There is a myth that Jahn Teigen, whom you didn't like in 78 was actually offered to be lead singer in Genesis but he turned it down which is why Phil Collins got the job.

@bigkevreacts 4 ай бұрын

Wow. That's wild if it's true.

@Galantus1964 11 ай бұрын

im From Denmark .. my top 3 favourite Norwegian entries are 1985 Bobbysocks " la' det swinge" 2009 Alexander Ryback "Fairytale" and ,even if she didnt win ( which she should have) 2023 Alessandra " Queen of Kings"

@domenicmaselli 11 ай бұрын

Since the 90s Norway has definitely been one of the strongest countries.

@In_my_own_mind 11 ай бұрын

Always fun to watch Americans react to Eurovision. Jahn Teigen was a national treasure with a great voice and songs that is close to every Norwegian’s heart. He sadly passed away a few years ago. Anita Skorgan and him were married. She is also a wonderful singer.

@bigkevreacts 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing 👍

@venorando3672 Ай бұрын

Fun fact: Norway actually won the fan votes in 2019, but finished 6th overall because the juries voted it to the ground. There is a rumor that they had a poor jury performance. However, the juries seem to consistently vote Norway quite low year after year compared to the public, and it's the same excuse every year. It is important to note that there are A LOT of politics in Eurovision. Juries from some countries vote for the same country every single year regardless of how well they do, and there is a lot of teaming up across countries. And politics is also the reason why Ukraine won the contest in 2022, the same year Russia attacked them. They received a lot of "sympathy votes" that year.

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 Ай бұрын

The 1980's entry was quite controversial. It was half Sami joik, half protest song... The guy on the right wore his sami festive outfit ! I played in a school band at the time, and we played this tune, joik and all, at concerts. With great succes ! Love from Norway 👩‍🦳🇳🇴

@Draugheim 9 ай бұрын

Fun fact: Secret garden (which won with nocturne) in 1995 also wrote the original for you raise me up. Check it out, the original is so much better than West life and josh grobans versions! These snippets dont really show the proper songs though. Nocturne is probably the best eurovision piece ever, too good for the clown show that it usually is. Hauntingly beatiful. It has some gems here and there though. Loreen is another one.

@karlJCompton 11 ай бұрын

Norway is Phenomenal at Eurovision. 1995, 2009, 2015, 2019 & 2023 especially. 🇬🇧🤝🇳🇴

@blueshadow7385 7 ай бұрын

Great reaction video. I liked and subscribed. Im Norwegian. Eurovision song contest is like a "guilty pleasure" for most of us Norwegians :) loved and hated at the same time. Most years we think most of the songs are like trash and that its more like a bad taste party or a freak competition :) But we always see it. Sadly it has become a bit political and the voting reflects that. Also when the eastern block countries was added we felt that it seemed like they supported each other a bit. That could be wrong. When I was a kid I always liked Jahn Teigen. As someone said he is like a national treasure. A super fun (almost comedian) like character with enormous energy and songs like "optimist" (that song did not win the Norwegian finale, because of a professional jury. But it won the peoples hearts and became a evergreen in Norway. It was also very special because the winner got the "buuu" from audience when he won :) But Ill say as most Norwegians. I wish the Eurovision Song Contest had been more a contest where all countries sendt their best artists to compete. Instead it is what it is. A contest with songs that you forget about the minute after you have heard it. Very few hits has come from that competition apart from Swedish Abba, German Ein Bishen frieden etc. (they are great). Sweden and UK are superpowers in music and I guess we Norwegians have always felt behind them.

@bigkevreacts 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing 😀

@AdrianoSilva-kx4mr 5 ай бұрын

brazil Love eurovision 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇺🇸

@upfrontbear74 11 ай бұрын

Interesting fact Elisabeth Andreassen has been in Eurovision 4 times, Sweden in 82 as half of female duo Chips, 85 as half of Bobbysocks, 94 & 96 & she may just be my fave Eurovision singer ever, well along with Carola & Loreen,

@bigkevreacts 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing 👍

@CostaWanti 11 ай бұрын

Andreasson

@upfrontbear74 11 ай бұрын

@@CostaWanti Ahh right cheers, I am in the UK so got her surname online so must have been wrong 😆

@kennet7837 11 ай бұрын

@@upfrontbear74 It wasn't wrong. She has spelled her name both ways. She's Swedish-Norwegian.

@upfrontbear74 11 ай бұрын

@@kennet7837 Ahh thanks for that

@karl-erlendmikalsen5159 11 ай бұрын

That snippet of the 1995 is really the least representative of all the snippets there. That really did the melody dirty. What you heard was pretty much every sung word in the entire thing. Norway almost got disqualified because it wasn't "songy" enough for a "song contest". But in Norway it isn't a song contest, it's a melody/performance contest, and the rest of the melody is beautifully played on the violin.

@bigkevreacts 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing that tidbit.. I love learning about these type of things.

@johnf8067 11 ай бұрын

Cyprus or Germany up next?

@Siljeskaar1987 9 ай бұрын

Anita and Jan have a 👨‍👩‍👧

@gg454lune 9 ай бұрын

In 2004, "High" finished low.

@idahagen9760 11 ай бұрын

I was hoping you would get around to comment on my country's entries as well :) The 1980 song is a joik, a traditional Saami type of song. and Mattis, the guy who didn't have the guitar, wore the traditional Saami outfit. Another pop culture example of a joik is the opening song in Frozen ;) The 2019 bald singer also sang in Saami. The Saami people is an indigenous people group living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and parts of Russia... Jahn Teigen and Anita Skorgan are two of the recurring names in the 80's. They participated a lot of times, with very varied results ;) When Jahn got 0 points, his song actually did really well after the fact, since it was so rare that a song got 0. I mean, we had a lot of last, or second to last places, but few nul points... The 1995 song is the one that in a previous video had just the violin part, which is the most notable part. The singing parts were just put there because they had to have words ;)

@bigkevreacts 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for clarifying 👍

@jonnor6883 11 ай бұрын

It's actually a very political song. It's was made during a very political area where discussions about damming up a river that would damage the reindeer herding

@Dweiathecat 10 ай бұрын

My personal favorites are Nocturne, I feed you my love, A monster like me, grab the moment, Queen of kings and ofcourse Give that wolf a banana! Fairytale was great but I’m really tired of it.

@tigerenmars 10 ай бұрын

The ones you don't like at the start are all the biggest names in Norwegian music at the time, kinda funny...

@thinkerpanda 11 ай бұрын

Some years have stronger entries overall and some weaker, that is why sometimes songs that are good finish lower or vice versa, weaker songs finish higher.