American Reacts to What is EUROVISION? (Geography Now!)

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[@MillennialPanic]

Never in my 32 years on this earth have I seen Greece giving their 12 points anywhere else other than Cyprus and it happened LAST NIGHT. I was literally shook.

[@zoltanercei1094]

ehhehehehe yes, but look at the list of countries... when Greece or cyprus does´nt qualify for the final then they are forced to vote somebody else :) you get it ? Last night greece was not present, so ... hehehe

[@MillennialPanic]

@@zoltanercei1094 I know, Im Greek 😂😂😂 Tbh other than 2018 this is the only year that I think the 12 points to Cyprus would be deserved.

[@user-wx8gt4ol7w]

Oh it was a shock for us Greeks too! We are furious with the jury!

[@ronnopotter]

Well this year Greece was not in the finals but Cyprus was. Greece still voted but only gave 4 points to Cyprus.

[@MillennialPanic]

@@ronnopotter The jury gave Cyprus 4 points. The Greek televote gave Cyprus the 12.

[@ronnopotter]

A very important thing to add, because Geography Now forgot to mention: the rule to be able to participate is that your country's broadcaster should be active member of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union). It is not only a geographical thing. That is why countries like Israel are allowed to participate.

[@wm7195]

Voting for neighbors. It’s not just political preferences, but more cultural acquaintances

[@BramLastname]

The question isn't: "why is Australia in?" The question is: "Why hasn't Canada tried to join yet?"

[@whydoistillexist5033]

Eurovision is politics, fun songs, beautiful songs, amazing performances, trolls and you most likely will find your new favorite songs in one of the contests. Like fairytale, waterloo, cha cha cha, arcade, shum, uno and many more are really good actually.

[@scottwebb1978]

Australia first competed in Eurovision in 2015, having been invited to take part being hughe fans of the contest so for its 50th anniversary was let in to join now for some reason they still enter due to the popularity of the song contest among European diaspora communities. Australia has been in the top 10 four times and is the second country outside of the Eurasia region to take part in the contest since Morocco competed in 1980 Anyway last year the eurovision creators for first time created an American Song Contest so all American states compete against each other.....you can see the full grand Final.of American Song Contest 2022 on youtube

[@mlee6050]

Close, they was invited to join to do the interval stuff but the Eurovision bosses like them so much kept them permanent to take part in full thing

[@prageruwu69]

wasn't it the 60th anniversary?

[@nashtags]

Australia had a contract with Eurovision until 2023. It now has to be renewed or dropped. My unpopular opinion: it should be dropped. It was invited exceptionally for 5 years but the exception shouldn't become a rule. With the votes opened in the rest of the world for this edition 2023, nothing prevents then New Zealand or Canada to join as both CBC/SRC and TVNZ are, like Australian's SBS, associate members of EBU. Australia's participation was based on the fact it was hugely popular in the country. It's also very popular in New Zealand and the country is not invited. For Canada, it has nothing to do with the Crown. It's just about being an associate member of EBU. NBC, ABC, CBS (and NPR) in the US are also associate members of EBU though the fact more and more Americans do reaction on «What is Eurovision» shows it's just not known in the USA nor popular and then one couldn't invite America to participate as Australia where it is very popular in the contrary to the US.

[@monicajeanettealvoen6279]

But isnt Australia a part of the EBU too?

[@Charlotte-sq9wl]

Australia is in Eurovision because they were a huge fan of Eurovision from the beginning and one year they were invited to participate. It was supposed to be one year but they never left and the organisation don’t border having them also on board because they are a huge fan what I already told

[@RikaMagic-px6bk]

And they also pay pretty good

[@tamaravanhees1749]

Americans say they haven't heard of Eurovision, but have they heard of ABBA? Enough said.

[@ChadeoYT]

Hahaha!

[@manuelfernandes8405]

You bet. They only see 10 cm what's in front of their eyes ...

[@janeslater8004]

And olivia newton john and celine dion

[@CallieRoses]

And Celine dion

[@Kalakeiko]

It's kinda sad and unfortunate how he only focused on the silly joking part of Eurovision which is only the minority of the contest and not the genuinely good and serious performances with great songs, voices and messages of the majority. I feel like this will only encourage people to make fun of Europe and their music and is not a good representation. If you're interested, there's many good guides for Eurovision or maybe you could watch this years contest and entries!

[@EmoBearRights]

I'd recommend oneedgy kid's one. Also I have 200 odd Best of list. I can send you a link to LIvejournal account listing them and giving their position and place in the running order. I will eventually write a series of notes on them all.

[@tapping-asmritalia6658]

Wtf?? The jokes, the troll parts are the better part. Why do you think ppl watch this show? You really think everyone watch it because they want to hear popular music of a specific country?? NO, this is not the reason why the ppl watch it. Eurovision is Freedom, Universal love for music, fun, love ecc... It is NOT a serious Show,(I mean is serious, but for sure ppl don't watch it for the reason you said) stop it. 🙄😒

[@Kalakeiko]

@tapping-asmritalia6658 I mentioned the serious part because people think that Eurovision ONLY consists of the joke entries when that isn't true at all, I never said that people only watch the contest for the serious performances and nothing else.

[@Angel...............]

Agree. I also think some of the "troll" enteries are not to mess around. A lot of them might be but I also think sometimes people are just eccentric and enjoy the personality of it.

[@sergeantfluffbutt42069]

Its funny how the jury got brought back to counter the political aspect of who people were voting for but this year shows ithat honestly the jury votes more politically than televoters

[@Tom17140]

This years eurovision is on tonight

[@sirisolbar]

This year was the last year tatt Australia would compete in, as there was somethinf about an SBS contract now being over. But in my opinion they were amazing this year and really went out with a banger song!

[@stephenmurphy2212]

UPDATE: Ireland and Sweden now BOTH hold the record for the most Eurovision victories (seven wins each). 🇮🇪🇸🇪 Loreen won it again for Sweden in 2023. 🇸🇪🏆

[@ChadeoYT]

That's awesome!

[@vili13]

​@@ChadeoYT no it's not

[@bernardroe7961]

COME ON IRELAND 🇮🇪

[@ChadeoYT]

@@bernardroe7961 I heard they finished 2nd. I'll have to look for some of the performances.

[@vili13]

@@ChadeoYT Ireland didn't even get to finals this year

[@moonramshaw1982]

Regarding Celine Dion representing Switzerland I think the songwriter has to be from the competing nation so you can use anyone to sing

[@puraLusa]

Nope, la zarra singing for france this year is canadian and writes her own songs. It's just a friendly competition and show for the masses. It helps to bring people together as it has its own fan comunity etc. And that's what the world needs.

[@ronnopotter]

Actually the rule is that at least one member in the team (singer, musicians, composers, songwriters) must be from the participant country

[@amaliasradi687]

I'm Romanian so i think i can share this with confidence. One thing that America will not understand EVER about Eurovision is that, this song contest is to feel good, make a show ,enjoy and celebrate yourself as a country/culture and other countries and a way to land support to a country that maybe didn't have a good year and hey if we happened to win fine that is great and if we don't that is fine to we had a blast at least. I feel that America would take this to seriously and just want to win. Don't understand me wrong Eurovision its not a silly contest it means so much for us Europeans it brings us closer as a continent through music but the wholesomeness of the ''we are here to vibe' and vibe only" even if that means we make a fool out of ourselves sometimes is what makes it ten times better and is something that America (USA) doesn't posses because you want to be the worlds best and that does not apply here because is not only about that.

[@ChadeoYT]

Thank you for the input. I plan on watching it next year with open ears, mind, and heart.

[@EmoBearRights]

Last year - the Cypriot televote gave their 12 pts to Ukraine thats how we knew it was a weird year. Oh by the way Alcohol is Free is awesome it's in my 'Best' of list and came 6th also apart from its title the entire song is in Greek.

[@ChadeoYT]

That's awesome. I will watch Eurovision fully in 2024.

[@terjemullerkarlsen3028]

Eurovision has been HUGE in Australia for manny, many years.. SO in 2016 they where invited to join as a curtesy... And stayed since:)

[@RikaMagic-px6bk]

2015 but yeah

[@sertaki]

The massive disrespect for Stefan Raab at 4:25 😆 Yes, that entry was ridiculous, but with the intent to win by means of being funny. And he got into the top 10.

[@RikaMagic-px6bk]

I wish we would have him again so we don't end up last (again 😂)

[@joriskemper5392]

You load a truck with politics, music, internet trends, memes and you let it crash.. that's Eurovision in a nutshell.. It's a cacophony of the best of KZbin mixed with toddler farts in 1 event.. We love it

[@ChadeoYT]

I will watch it next year for sure. It sounds like fun

[@mlee6050]

Oh I wanted Denmark to win, also he is awesome as instead of a dress designer, he actually made his own

[@UsernameUsername0000]

Worth noting that this video is outdated at this point. There have been some significant rule changes since and the troll entries are now a dying breed (we have only got one true troll entry this year).

[@ChadeoYT]

There has always been troll entries. That is what makes this entertaining.

[@UsernameUsername0000]

@@ChadeoYT That’s true, but nobody wants to send a troll entry nowadays. The contest has gotten a lot more serious since 2021. The only troll entry this year was from Croatia, which was a mockery of Putin and Lukashenko if anything, rather than trolling the viewers. I miss those silly entries but the contest is better without them. If a song wants to be goofy nowadays, it’s usually a high quality song with a meaning (like Austria this year, which hid a message about the ghostwriting epidemic and the mistreatment and abysmal pay of songwriters behind a catchy dance chorus that uses Edgar Allan Poe’s name as a running gag… and it works!).

[@ChadeoYT]

I will watch the entries off KZbin.

[@ronnopotter]

Thank God the troll entries are disappearing, it is not true that everybody wants to see the trolls. If it was the case, the contests should be full of them.

[@UsernameUsername0000]

@@ronnopotter Agreed, and congratulations on the 7th win :)

[@MrKingGlock]

bruh Australia is in eurovision because they pay to take part like evrybody else. Eurovision song contest is a goldmine + it unites evrybody for one week in peace and unity and love for music and competiton www.youtube.com/@EurovisionSongContest

[@Motorata661]

You laugh but the Pope has a rock Album. He could enter

[@JakobFischer60]

That guy from geography now must made a fortune with his Germany video.

[@ChadeoYT]

He's made a fortune with all of his content

[@rlosangeleskings]

Here was Ireland's entry for 1975... kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5-VXqqZo5yBj8U

[@BadSpring]

Great video, but a link to the original would do him some good :-)

[@karlineschlenkerbein131]

Why is Australia in Eurovision? That question comes right after: What is the sense of life? Well, being European is not about geography, it ist about having the right mindset! 🤣I can't see the US participating, they do not have the right mindset!😇 Next question: Why is Russia still participating? 🤔They should overthink their mindset, too...But I really appreciate your thought: they belong to Common Wealth! When will India join?

[@KrK-EST]

Estonia 🇪🇪 and Finland 🇫🇮 allways support eatchother in Eurovison too. Ans yes never let US yoing for world peace.

[@ChadeoYT]

The US didn't start the fire. It has been around long before we were a country.

[@KrK-EST]

@@ChadeoYT sorry a coma was missing and centence structure was not good, anyway i hope it is understandable. "Lost in translation" is a common thing when dealing with Estonian and also Finnish languages to any other. Anyway yeah, Estonia officcially is only just over 100 years old but with the 2 old names Estland or Liivimaa aka Livland/Livonia or just by the capital Reval (new aka few hundred years the name Tallinn) at 12 century.

[@ChadeoYT]

@KrK-EST It translated very well. Welcome and thank you for the comment.

[@tapping-asmritalia6658]

"why is Australia in Eurovision" bro... We European neither know why they are in this Contest, we are trying to find a reason to this since ever😭😭.

[@ChadeoYT]

Like Canada, you are under the crown is my guess

[@janeslater8004]

They are part of Commonwealth and as australia are massive fans of eurovision

[@WienerVL]

@@ChadeoYT Australia is member of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) Every Member can participate!

[@thischannel00]

Uk do want to win but never do well except Sam ryder

[@rlosangeleskings]

Remember The Macarena was in it... That SHOULD have gotten no points...

[@ronnopotter]

What? That is not true!

[@evangeliar.7600]

that video contains so much misinformation and it is so updated

[@evangeliar.7600]

*outdated sorry its late here haha

[@ChadeoYT]

@evangeliar.7600 That is probably true but it helped me understand Eurovision. I look forward to it next year.

[@scottwebb1978]

I don't need to hear that crap either hereo's of the spira 😅

[@Kalakeiko]

What do you mean?

[@alessandroanza9924]

Suggestion? Try to react to these videos below 👇 All the winner of Eurovision Song Contest from 1950s to 2023 😜🎶 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b17PgZmrgr6hp6ssi=lj96rvcUNoN6QDX9 And, just for an example of what EUROVISION is 👇 the Opening Cerimony from Eurovision 2019 (hosted in Tel Aviv, Israel, because Netta won in 2018). The aim of the opening Cerimony is to celebrate your own country (that won last year), to celebrate (if you did) past winners allowing them to sing again (if they're still alive, of course, lol). And to present the 26 finalists with the famous "Flags parade" (in the Gran Final). Eurovision is on May, three days (two semifinals and one grand final). Only 10 countries can qualify to the final from each semifinal. So, 10+10 =20 + the Big Five (Italy, Spain, Germany, France, UK) + the hosting country. So, 26 finalists in the final (25 if the hosting country is one of the big five: it happened in 2022, Esc was in Turin, because Italy won in 2021). 👇 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKbFaGaMZtNjhLcsi=AnuuQtNg8g6MMmhZ