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[@VALENTINA-kb5ql]

2012 and 2023 are the same artist, first woman to win twice, second artist in eurovision. First two time winner was Johnny Logan for Ireland.

[@bigkevreacts]

Yeah I liked both her songs a lot. He was very good also.

[@chiasanzes9770]

Johnny Logan won three times for Ireland not only twice. The winning song Why Me 1992 sung by Linda Martin is also written Johnny Logan. ESC is a song contest. Johnny Logan is the king of Eurovision.

[@InezFeytons]

Johnny Logan is third time winner. The song why me is written by Johnny Logan. For Linda Martin

[@InezFeytons]

​@@bigkevreactsnot for me im not a fan of loreen. Im Sorry but not my cup of tea

[@VALENTINA-kb5ql]

@chiasanzes9770 yes but he didn't sing third time, I only talked about the winning songs sung twice by same artists.

[@badlydrawnavocado2569]

Björn Skiffs, the dude who sang “Fångad i en dröm” and “Det blir alltid värre framåt natten” is the guy who sang that version of “Hooked on a feeling” that was in Guardias of the Galaxy.

[@bigkevreacts]

Oh wow. That's cool.

[@Belnick6666]

did not Blue Swede(his band) have some hits in USA ?@@bigkevreacts

[@hurmur9528]

Is there another version?

[@badlydrawnavocado2569]

@@hurmur9528 yeah! B.J Thomas did the original in the late 60:s ☺️

[@jwiking62]

He also played woody in swedish toy story lol

[@zpitzer]

Sweden has won 7 times , tied with Ireland on the most wins.

[@galdur666]

What 7 times? thats ews to me

[@ronnopotter]

Sweden is the powerhouse of Eurovision. They have a lot of very great singers. BTW, i can barely hear you talk, because of the music, please turn the volume a little bit down when you speak during your reaction, i am very interested in hear what you have to day

[@bigkevreacts]

Yeah I'm still new to this and fine tuning things. Will make sure to fix that. I liked the Swedish singers. I plan on checking out some of the other countries to see how they measure up. I'll be posting a new one tomorrow on the last place singers of each year.

[@ronnopotter]

@@bigkevreacts great 😃👍🏼 a new Eurovision fan subscriber here.

[@bigkevreacts]

Happy to have you!

[@livb6945]

Even though I'm a proud Swede myself, and I am well aware of the big influence Sweden has, I'd say that the epithet 'powerhouse of ESC' is more suitable for Ukraine. Considering how late they joined the ESC they certainly have made their mark on it!

[@upfrontbear74]

The piano player in One More Time from 1996, is Peter Gronvall the eldest son of Benny from Abba, Charlotte Nilsson who won in 99 came back as Charlotte Perrelli, in 08 and Carola was in it 3 times, 83, 91 winner & 06.

[@bigkevreacts]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@mellertid]

And one of the singers is his (Peter's, not Benny's😂) wife, Melodifestivalen powerhouse Nanne Grönvall.

[@upfrontbear74]

@@mellertid HUGE Nanne fan, she was robbed in 2005, if she had won Melodifestivalen she could have won Eurovision

[@momma636]

The brothers who won in 84 grew up in USA. Richard the one in the light turqoise shirt had a small part in a few episodes of Fame. So nailed their win both in the swedish contest and later in the big european one. And I got to see them live later that year. Huge for a girl 12 years old😊

[@lelinaost14]

Fun fact: The woman in 1961 and the man in 1975 used to be married and have a daughter together who used to be married to the guy in 1989.

[@bigkevreacts]

That is a fun one 😄

[@domenicmaselli]

Thanks for reacting to some Eurovision!

[@bigkevreacts]

I'll actually be posting another Eurovision one tomorrow night.

[@kristerkallstrom1859]

Tommy Körberg is the lead singer in the play Chess. Listen to his song from that. The Anthem is so good.

[@johnfrancismaglinchey4192]

The lady singing in 2009 Is Greeta Thumburgs mother.

[@bigkevreacts]

Thanks for sharing!

[@flingan7512]

1975 Lars Berghagen or as most of us Swedes know him as Lasse Berhagen. One of Sweden's most popular, beloved artists. He died a little over a week ago :( A person who made wonderful songs that we Swedes know. Singer, songwriter, actor and tv presenter. ❤😥 1969 & 1988 Tommy Körberg

[@winter9822]

also failed to qualify means that they failed to advance from the semi final to the final, which were introduced in 2004 (there were some other pre qualifying rounds between 1994 and 1997 tho)

[@thetess2.0]

Sweden not only has many strong contributions and wins, they also have several songwriters and producers who have helped create the other countries' contributions. This sometimes leads to Sweden (artist) versus Sweden (songwriter) in the final.

[@bigkevreacts]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@mrnexton7559]

@@bigkevreacts Watch this BBC reportage about the Swedish music miracle that @thetess2.0 is talking about. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4eoeWRvYtmmlcU

[@marikamoreau8828]

1979, 10 years before I was born, and I still get pissed when I see that 17th ranking spot. Unacceptable.

[@TheMarcosutra]

fun fact, malena ernman (2009) is greta thunbergs mom

[@luisfilipe9272]

Welcome to wonderful and amazing universe of eurovision! Ireland and sweden won this contest 7 times each. France, United Kingdom and the netherlands 5 each....

[@bigkevreacts]

Yeah. I never even knew this existed until recently. I'll definitely be reacting to more of these in the future.

[@zakyoung9062]

Also don’t forget that Ireland and Sweden are the only ones to ever win it with the same performer twice

[@larskolme9740]

2020 the contest was cancelled because of Covid. But not before all the countries had submitted their songs!

[@bigkevreacts]

Thanks for clarifying 👍

[@randomamericansescreaction1590]

Failed to qualify means they got to Eurovision but missed out on the Grand Final; there are 2 semifinals, each with different songs, and the top 10 of each move onto the Grand Final, along with the "big 5" countries that contribute the most money (UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy) and the host country, so at least 26 as a result. From what I recall, 2010's entry was treated terribly and bullied because Sweden is awesome at pop music and expects not just to qualify, but to do well every single year.

[@Asa...S]

"They seem to place in the top 10 at least 10-15 times". Way more than that: Top 10: 43 times Top 5: 27 times Top 3: 14 times Won: 7 times Being in the top 10 in the early years, when there were few countries competing, isn't very impressive though, but since 2004, when the number of countries were increased, and there has been a semi, Sweden has been in the Top 10: 12 times Top 5: 11 times Top 3: 4 times Won: 3 times

[@bigkevreacts]

Wow.. Thanks for clarifying.. It's super impressive when you see it broken down like that :)

[@Asa...S]

@@bigkevreacts Thanks, Sweden really takes Eurovision seriously, and is one of the countries that has been the most successful, especially for the last decades or so (together with Italy and Ukraine). I recommend the video "Top 52 Countries based on Average Placings in Eurovision Song Contest (1956-2022)" Swedish songwriters also writes a lot of songs for other Eurovision countries, and a lot of countries hire Swedish backup singers, dancers, choreographers, and Swedish singers have also represented other countries. But with success, a lot of envy and even hate appears, so if you react to anything that has to do with Eurovision and Sweden, you will probably also get a lot of comments that copypastes the same whiny messages like "Sweden is overrated", "Sweden is the juries favorites", "Sweden only sends radiofriendly pop", "Sweden should sing in Swedish" and so on. But if you can take that for what it is, then some time in the future, if you get hooked on Eurovision, I recommend you check out or national selection show (Melodifestivalen) too. It's the winner that gets to go to Eurovision, but the other entries are often really good as well.

[@bigkevreacts]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll be sure to check them out 😀

[@alexanderjohansson5209]

1st winner in 1958 - Alice Babs, jazz singer who sang with Duke Ellington for example Siw Malmkvist, first swede at number 1 on Billboard with Sole Sole Björn Skifs two time winner sang the most famous version of Hooked on a feeling, released in 1974 Tommy Körberg the one who sang on the recordings for Chess as "The Russian" singing no other song than Anthem (also sang Beauty and the Beast with Celine Dion) Americans have heard these singers many times without knowing ;) FYI, La Voix is French. And The Mamas who won in 2020 (the cancelled year) was the backup singers for John Lundvik in 2019.

[@hakanlennholm3331]

Marie Bergman singing with Roger Pontare in 1994 was a member of family four who represented Sweden 1972 and 73.

[@bigkevreacts]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@birgittalagerstrom6264]

Year 2020 was a pandemic year. No competition that year.

[@davidgoodliff4486]

You didn't seem to "get it" which is understandable given it is the EUROVISION Song Contest, but well done for finding it and joining in with us. Those fashions were of the times though and "diggy loo diggy lei" isn't that unusual for a winning title. Around that time we also had "ding a dong" and "boom bang a bang bang" as winners.

[@Asa...S]

Returning artists: Tommy Körberg (1969, 1988) Carola (1983, 1991, 2005) Marie Bergman (1971, 1972, 1994) Björn Skifs (1978, 1981) Kikki Danielsson (1982, 1885) Charlotte Perelli (1999, 2008) Roger Pontare (1994, 2000) The Mamas (2019, 2020...contest cancelled unfortunately) Loreen (2012, 2023)

[@supersmurf4884]

The Mamas only 2020, 2019 was John Lundvik. you have Carola twice. Good summary otherwise.

[@Asa...S]

@@supersmurf4884 Fixed the double Carola-thing. Even if John Lundvik is listed as the main artist, the Mamas was a big part of the act in 2019, they weren't like ordinary backup singers, they were like a group, together with him, and it should've been called "John Lundvik and The Mamas" or "John Lundvik ft The Mamas", imho. So I that's why I count them, anyway.

[@niklasnilsson4705]

Tommy Körberg is a multitalented singer - also big in musicals, one of the original singers in Chess. (Think Björn and Benny from ABBA, who wrote the musical had him in mind writing the musical.)

[@birchleaf]

@@supersmurf4884Well, yes, but they were on stage with him as his background singers, so I think it still counts.

[@PiggelinEnjoyer]

i keep forgetting jill johnsson is swedish because her great success in america

[@mikaelhultberg9543]

They can still sing in their native languages if they want to, and a handfull of countries still do, but the majority sing in English.

[@kristerkallstrom1859]

Jill johnson is big in Nashville. Roger Pontare is native as a Same. Same is like your indians. But the Same has there reindeers as theor main income.

[@anul6801]

Interesting about the samis. Reindeer riders.

[@williamtimonen6814]

Whats so weird about some of the songs around the earl 2000s is that they were sung in swedish in Melodifestivalen/thats the versions played on radio. So hearing them in english is just wrong.

[@Momo-rv6en]

Roger Pontare that you see in 1994 and 2000. Is an Saami, people who live in the north of Sweden this their own traditions and history.

[@bigkevreacts]

I liked his voice. Thought he was one of the better male performers.

[@magnusnilsson9792]

The translation to English butchered his song in 2000 though. "spirits calling my name" should have been "winds whispering my name" Here's a translation of the swedish version: 1st verse: "I got caught in a darkness, I saw no light. Despite everything around me was set ablaze. In the embers' light were my hope and faith which whirled away and dissapeared." So give me my strenght Give me power to defend my land Give me a way/path to go I see the axe in the warriors hand" Chorus: "Do you want me to turn around And fight for who I am? Never will I fail my land When the winds are whispering my name my name" "The rain that fell got me to hide my sorrow And quench my burning thirst I fled to the mountains when dawn arrived But suddently I heard a voice The winds are whispering I hear how they are calling my name I have a way/path to go I see the axe in the warriors hand" Chorus Insert: "So give me my strenght Give me power to defend my land Give me a way/path to go I see the axe in the warriors hand" Chorus

[@bigkevreacts]

@@magnusnilsson9792 Thanks for the info.. It makes more sense now.

[@Denis-89]

And that song was inspired by Geronimo, the famous native warrior

[@Momo-rv6en]

And fun fact Malena from 2009 is Greta Thunbergs mother

[@bigkevreacts]

That is a fun fact. 😄

[@birrextio6544]

Lars Berghagen died today so it's one more on the list that has gone.

[@_Wolfsbane_]

Legends participating up till and including 1967.

[@TorstenLif]

At times there has been a lot of controversy regarding the Eurovision. Sweden (especially Swedish media) in the 70's was pretty left-leaning and some politicos claimed that commercial=bad, staging protests against the first finals held here (the year after Abba won). Later, the Irish TV company almost went bankrupt because they had to host the finals three years running (Johnny Logan was simply too good, winning two years in a row and writing the winning contribution for Ireland the third year!) and those productions were VERY expensive. Then, the invention of pay phone calls (900-numbers in the US, I think?) turned it from a money sink to a cash cow, with the viewers paying to phone in their votes, so the formula has changed to squeeze as much money as possible from the punters by splitting it up into several elimination stages where they have to keep phoning in to support their favourites. Those protesters in the 70's definitely did have a point.

[@acerhigh09]

Fun facts, Greta Thunberg mother is Malena Ernman seen in 2009 contest

[@janeslater8004]

Ted Gardestad 1979 unaluved himself. Huge amount of tragedies and people dying young from eurovision contestants

[@Jullebulle1991]

Contest Cancelled means that the contest was cancelled because of Covid-19.

[@emilia4355]

You should lower the volume of the video so we can hear your comments properly! Great greation overall though :)

[@bigkevreacts]

This was my first Eurovision reaction. I fixed the issue in subsequent ones :) Thanks for watching!

[@emilia4355]

@@bigkevreacts oh, that's nice to hear! Great stuff!

[@winter9822]

Fun fact- Their 2009 entry is Greta Thunbergs mother!

[@ingegerdandersson6963]

2009 that was the mother of Greta Thunberg

[@MrRonnie78]

Tack så mycket 🇸🇪

[@olivazemeis2009]

Please react to Portugal songs. One of the few countries that dont sing in English.

[@kristerkallstrom1859]

Björn Skifs sings Hooked on a feeling. With the Blue swedes.

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

2020. Contest cancelled... C O V I D .

[@malin_n]

Would love to see some actual more comments🎉

[@Bearprobe]

Holy crap you are a cute man :) Big WOOF from Sweden!

[@monikakrell9251]

Beacuse so many countrys want to be in the Eurovision, before the big final, the have 2 days, where all artist have to performed and see who make it in to the big final, 5 countrys ia allways direct in, beacuse the give the most money, so the dont have to performed before the are allready in the finals

[@davidgoodliff4486]

I've read that MANY times Monika and as somebody from UK we benefit from "buying our way into the final" when judging by our positions lately we otherwise wouldn't get as far as we do except Sam Ryder. But I was wondering since you mention we give the most money, do you know how MUCH money? I was just curious what it costs to bypass the semi-finals these days.

[@jacob.basque]

you should react to armenia and spain in eurovision too!! 🥰

[@bigkevreacts]

I'll have to check them out. I definitely plan on doing more Eurovision.

[@Vinterfrid]

Question: Why did you mute and skip Abba's entry? 🤔

[@bigkevreacts]

Because youtube blocked it. If I didn't trim it no one could see any of the video.

[@evahenriksson318]

I guess you dont know much about this, right? You said in the end something like "I recognise Abba, but the rest...?" Oh my!

[@bigkevreacts]

I think this Sweden reaction was my first time ever seeing anything Eurovision related. 😀

[@markojovanovic5901]

Sweden as seen senda sooo much similar songs and they are always favoured by only jurys