American Reacts to EUROVISION Runners-Up - Patreon Reward Video

[@bryangillis1362]

Yep, that phlegmy sound is indeed a standard French phoneme - it's the R sound in common words such as trois, which usually sounds similar to a slightly-rolled R. The singer just hit it VERY hard - it's normally much softer and not emphasized like that.

[@gg454lune]

Considering the fact that "cri" means "scream", it's kinda logical she performed it that way.

[@flopjul3022]

its the opposite with dutch and the G, normally you hit it pretty hard but with certain dialects and flemish it is spoken very soft in comparison and both are correct, it just depends on what you like/what you use

[@booms4337]

It’s not rolled tho it comes from the throat like a « g » in spanish

[@k.v.7681]

@@booms4337 That's a mistake people do when trying the french "r". It does NOT come from the throat. The sound is made by the soft palate, way forward in the mouth, right behind the gums.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Wait a minute, if she's from the Limousin, the roll will be heavy indeed. It's one of the reasons why French Canadian rolls the R's something chronic, because half of Cartier's original party was impressed men from the Limousin.

[@baktom]

I have had an immense pleasure watching this unlimited charisma gentleman reacting to Eurovision Song Contest. Such a keen eye on detail that I would have never picked up myself on. Bravo and Thank You!

[@andreweisen]

Kind of you to say, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@poggle628]

Love your Eurovision videos. By far the most analytical approach I've ever seen to the contest, which is refreshing and even comical at times. I think that watching the Semifinals and Finals when they happen live gives you so much more exposure to the breadth and depth of the contest that you just don't get by watching recaps, memes, and compilations, and I think that you would seriously enjoy watching it live next year.

[@andreweisen]

Yep, watching the contest's next show is something I'm very seriously considering!

[@poggle628]

@@andreweisen It's usually blocked in the US, although the past few years Peacock has been doing a livestream of the contest with their own commentary (which you could watch with a free trial account). If you suspect you'll run into difficulties watching it because of the block, I can recommend some free browser extension VPNs that should let you watch the show live.

[@ElLuchador535]

@@poggle628 American people can't see youtube streaming?

[@poggle628]

@@ElLuchador535 Nope, and Americans also can't access the official video coverage of the ESC live performances on the KZbin channel either. So if you want to watch the actual live performances, even after the fact, you have to use a VPN.

[@andreweisen]

@@poggle628 Thanks for the offer; I'll keep it in mind!

[@lu_shulmu]

20:32 The conductor likes this song because he's written it! Until 1998 (the end of the live orchestra era) the practice was that each song's team would bring along their own conductor, usually the composer of the piece. The composer(s) of the winning song would also be handed the trophy at the end: another gentle reminder that it's a song contest and not a singing competition. In 1974 the Swedish conductor Sven-Olof Walldoff took up the baton dressed as Napoleon to conduct ABBA's winning song 'Waterloo'. First rule of Eurovision: never miss an opportunity for a gimmick.

[@mervinmannas7671]

Yes and 3 years later in 1977 we did a more sutble version when Mike Moran and Lydsey DePaul were singing about economic fall out in the markets etc. Our conductor came out dressed in a bowler hat pin, stripped suit and conducted with a rolled up umbrella. As you say never miss a gimmick.

[@lu_shulmu]

Giggled a lot throughout the video, loved every second of it. Thank you so much! What a treat. The "spoiler" that I removed from my description of the video was "Eurovision runners-up, aka the UK in Eurovision". Very funny that you didn't spot the theme until you did the editing (but there's a lot of information on screen to take in). Random comments in chronological order: 1958 - she looks familiar because you already know her from the other video. Lys Assia was Eurovision's very first winner! Instead of French this song is in German with a lot of (spoken) Italian. Arguably the first of Eurovision's many troll songs. 1960 - the whistling part shows how Eurovision has always loved a good gimmick. 1961 - one of my favourites. They were marketed as brothers but they actually weren't. The bow ties wasn't the only dorky thing about them. Walk on stage, sing your song without ever looking at the camera, acknowledge the clapping audience with just a nod, walk off stage, remember on your way out that you were supposed to take a bow... it was super charming. 1964 - there's no video because no recording was made of the contest's TV broadcast that year. Only the audio of the radio version survives as well as some short clips, mainly of the winner's reprise (the wonderful Gigliola Cinquetti, who returned exactly 10 years later and took second place to ABBA). Late last year there was great excitement when more footage surfaced that included the whole of the winner's reprise. It's that new footage, found in the archives of the Finnish broadcaster, that you saw in the winners' compilation. 1965 - reportedly Kathy Kirby slapped winner France Gall backstage out of jealousy. 1968 - now you know where Austin Powers got his outfit. Allegedly Sir Cliff was cheated out of victory when Spain's dictator Franco rigged the contest in favour of Massiel to improve the country's image. If it's true, it backfired spectacularly the next year in Madrid when the four-way tie for first place debacle happened. 1973 - "Eres tú" became one of the few Spanish language songs to reach the top 10 of the US charts. The song also featured in the 1995 movie Tommy Boy. 1979 - yeah, blatant manipulation through child exploitation. Since 1990 all performers must be at least 16 years old, so that put a stop to this kind of thing. 1980 - nul points from people with metamfiezomaiophobia. 1982 - you may be critical of the choreography, but seconds later one of the microphones came down with a crash after it was kicked over by one of the dancers; the stage in Harrogate was ridiculously small. The rule of limiting the number of people on stage to six is in place because of such cramped venues, but they didn't consider what might happen if all six were dancing energetically. 1985 and 1987 - you wouldn't believe the amount of fart jokes about the band's name in Germany at the time. 1986 - yep, that hairdo burnt a hole into the ozone layer all by itself. 1988 - Scott Fitzgerald never got over being pipped to the win by Celine Dion by a single point. 1991 - tied with Sweden for first place, tie-break rules put it in second place. Many prefer this to the eventual winner. 1993 - totally agree with your critique of Sonia's outfit. It has been bothering me since 1993. 1997 - thank you. If I may add, not only is his tailor at fault but also his barber. 1998 - Confession time: I'm one of those annoying people who greatly enjoy it if the audience is singing and clapping along... Hey, it's a party! [ _flag waving intensifies_ ] Whaddoyamean, 'people are trying to win a contest here'? (I think in this video you get a few more glimpses of the audience or even the whole venue than in the winners' compilation. In fact, you've already seen how close the audience was to the stage in 1998 in Dana International's performance.) 2003 - the lyrics are in a fictional language. Snide remark from BBC commentator Terry Wogan: "They've got four languages in Belgium and they're singing in an imaginary one, the very essence of the Euro." 2004 - Željko Joksimović is the king of Balkan ballads. He's written five songs for Eurovision and performed twice himself. There's no such thing as a bad Joksimović song. (My favourite is Montenegro 2015.) 2006 - the line "bone on my bone" always cracks me up. 2007 - Танцевать хорошо! Oh Ukraine, promise me you will never change. Andrew: This is one of the most iconic performances in the whole of Eurovision. As someone once put it so well, if Eurovision was a video game, Verka Serduchka would be a Final Boss. Oh, and in the clip one could only see it very briefly, but Verka had a '69' on the back. _Nice_ 2009 - if I remember correctly, BBC commentator Graham Norton likened the dress to one of those crocheted toilet roll covers. Cannot be unseen. 2012 - you are correct, the Buranovskiye Babushki ("the Buranovo Grannies") got second place because they were so stinking cute. But also because they were baking cookies on stage! They formed the group and entered the contest to raise funds for the rebuilding of the Holy Trinity church in their village, Burano. Needless to say, Burano now has a spanking new church building. 2014 - you are finding it unremarkable because it's a Country folk song and you are American. In Europe Country music is considered exotic. I'm only half joking. 2019 - see?! Mahmood got the whole of Europe to clap along! Thank you once again and I'm ever so sorry about those copyright claims. Took me some time to write this; Europe is just waking up to your new Eurovision video.

[@andreweisen]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for taking the time to write all that. Lots of fascinating little tidbits!

[@ptcarbonproductions2013]

1988 - Untrue. Actually Scott respects Céline a great deal and considered her performance perfect. There's an interview with him on KZbin worth checking out.

[@lu_shulmu]

@@ptcarbonproductions2013 Don't take my comment to imply that Scott was a sore loser or that he didn't respect Céline, I don't mean that at all. I was alluding to the sadness he expressed in a BBC interview the morning after, as he recalls the moment of the final vote coming in: "It was like having a little bird in your hand and it just flew away." Here's the link to him describing how he experienced that moment of Eurovision history ("I felt the loneliest man in the whole world"): kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXy2hHl4Zs-koLM

[@phueal]

In the final live performance: Sam Ryder’s Spaceman, there are a lot of interesting differences between that version and others that he performed live. He has a lot of energy, movement, and adds some odd short growls/shouts. It actually adds a bit of charisma and passion to it I think. But reportedly all that was because he was trying to hold back a burp during this performance 😂

[@JV-the-Tossh]

I mean, obviously the studio version has time to polish it, so that one was easily the best... The burp does explain a bit more why the live performance actually underwhelmed me a bit...

[@fantasticesc2456]

I loved your reaction to winners, happy to see another Eurovision video

[@yvkon]

"Bowties are never cool"....The whole Dr.Who fandom (gasps): " Bowties are cool, as are Fezzes. Everybody knows that!" Thnx for your reaction, a joy as always. Always a joy to have another American join the Eurovision family.

[@andreweisen]

Thanks much and while bowties may never be cool, the will always be delightfully dorky!

[@andreweisen]

A couple notes: -Starting at noon PST on Saturday, Nov. 5th, I'm playing video games for 24 hours straight to raise money for Rady Children's Hospital. If you're free that weekend, drop by the live stream and say hi in the chat! www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=485607 -I didn't notice until editing but golly, the UK sure did get second place a bunch! -Soma's outfit (1993 Ireland)? The bit she has her arms stuck through? That's a bolero. I had "shrug" in my head and knew there was a better description but it just wasn't coming to me. -The last Eurovision reaction video I did was hit with 7 independent copyright claims. It took two months, but I successfully disputed then appealed them all. This video, was hit by TWENTY ONE. I've already disputed all of them (two of them I was able to go straight to appeal) and I've already had two dropped.

[@EmoBearRights]

I'd be interested to know who were the main culprits - Cyprus are quite bad and sometimes Italy are.

[@andreweisen]

@@EmoBearRights I've already had several claims dropped but here's the breakdown from the remaining 15: UK France (4) Netherlands Russia (2) Germany Ukraine Australia Belgium Italy (2) Azerbaijan

[@ebrugui]

I liked when you said that the Spanish singer in 1995 could have reach higher, because at the end of the song she did. The winner that year was Norway with an instrumental song, which was the first one ever in the contest.

[@kuzuma_a]

I literally just finished the winner video then checked your channel for more Eurovision reaction. It's 4 AM and i really should go to sleep, but here I am just finished the runner up one, really loving your vibes :)

[@andreweisen]

Glad to hear it but get some sleep!

[@joephillips2964]

44:19, the audience were clapping because the performer was playing at her hometown and the audience were getting into it.

[@Georgie-M]

OK here we go, another massive block of text, just like last time: 8:44 Media preservation was not a massive thing back there so many tapes of tv shows back then are now lost. A major example of this that comes to mind is Doctor Who, where entire multi-episode stories were wiped so the tape could be reused for other content. For ESC this is worsened by the fact that each year is hosted and broadcasted by different companies in different countries. Just this weekend there was a first-time screening of a reconstruction of the 1962 contest at the British Film Institute in London, which I went to. 12:27 That song was a massive hit over here and is still known today. Cliff Richard himself is a huge media and TV star who absolutely was not salty about losing to Spain and definitely did not bring it up ever again. ahem. 15:18 Hey, someone might be into that, no need to judge 17:06 This song was the one that came 2nd to Abba, and saw the return of Italy's first winner. It also wasn't broadcasted in Italy because they had a reffurendum that day and didn't want people to be subconsciously influenced into voting Si/Yes. 23:22 Yeah thank god they introduced the minimum age rule in the 90s. Though if that's how you feel then bad news: there's a Junior Eurovision 33:53 France in the 90s were really interesting in general! At some point in the early 80s, France's Eurovision coverage got moved to Antenna 2 (now France 2), who were far more Artsy than their commercial rival TF1. They started really leaning into that in the 90s, in particular picking songs and artists that represented minority populations and regional languages within the country. It paid off, as you can see with their 2 2nd places in 3 years. A friend and I have wanted to write a script on a video about this era for a while, maybe your interest is what I need to push me to do it lol 34:41 What can I say, Eurovision nerds love a recap so I guess we're used to them. And you did acknowledge it quite a bit tbf 37:14 I barely notice the base sdfghj, maybe it's my headphones. Also the recap cuts out right before the best bit IMO, really lifts the song 39:38 The singer, Sonia, had anumer 1 hit in the UK with You'll Never Stop Me Loving You. I mention her in particular as she was born in Liverpool and was super prominent in the (successful!) PR campaign to bring Eurovision to the city next year after Ukraine sadly had to drop out. 42:09 Just press left and right on the keyboard to skip back and forth by like 5-10 seconds! or use , and . to scroll frame by frame. Sorry if you knew this, I've just seen a surprising number that don't haha. 44:00 I thought this would come up sooner, and you did note it in the comments, but this song was the *15th* runner-up song for the UK and (spoilers) the last we'd get for 25 years, which really shows how badly we were hit by the change in language rules! Also this is still the best song we've sent, I adore this era of late-90s house/R&B-influenced pop. I would recommend looking up the UK's 1996 entry though, that's also a jam. You might recognise it, as it was a big hit in the US too. 47:38 This song is entirely in a made-up language. That's it, that's the comment. 48:23 Yeah, a lot of countries in that era took advantage of this, both with slower songs like this and upbeat entries like a lot of the winners. The last couple of contests have seen a major resurgence of regional sounds, with Ukraine mixing them with techno and hip-hop to great success. Love stuff like this, it's part of the appeal of ESC to me 56:20 You can call them Grannies, it's OK! They were often known as the Russian Grannies in media covering the contest, and if memory serves correct, they actually had a few viral hits before the contest singing song covers. The verses of the song are in a regional language known as Udmurt. 57:09 That sums up so much of Eurovision staging! You didn't even see everything that performance had, there was a dress with a 50ft trail on it too for some reason. 58:01 Yeah Calm After the Storm really requires the whole performance to sell the atmosphere and tension of the song. Most of it is just one single moving shot but they squeeze so much out of it. Also, remember that country isn't anywhere near as oversaturated in Europe as it is in the US so it's more of a novelty. 59:12 Just a heads up on this lovely rousing ballad about peace, but it's sung by an ardent supporter of Russia's current invasion of Ukraine. This also happened to be sent the year Russian forces moved into Crimea, and a year that Ukraine had to drop out of the contest. (Though they would of course return to win the following year with a song about Russia's previous invasion of Ukraine.) 1:00:01 Yeah, that song is all about the build and how far Dami pushes her vocals over the course of the song. It is pretty impressive, but harder to measure through a 20 second snippet. 1:00:51 Yeah Kristian is a really impressive vocalist but you can tell that he is still young and a little inexperienced. He was only 17 at the time of this performance, and one of the first ESC contestants to be born in the 21st century. Like I said though, still a great performance, especially for his age. 1:01:37 Of course they cut it before the dance break dfghjk. Another one that might require the full thing to appreciate, the performance is very intensive choreo-wise but she still keeps it up performance and vocal wise. 1:02:35 Damnit I never noticed that before but now I won't be able to unhear it. But yeah, pretty sure it's just French being French. 1:05:01 Yeah it was an interesting choice of recap time, Sam definitely attacks the note a lot harder in the second chorus and it sounds way better for it. But yeah, whole country is super proud of him for giving us such a great result after years of sucking, and it's bc of him that we get to host next year on behalf of the winners Ukraine! 1:07:51 I'll consider it!

[@andreweisen]

Thanks for taking the time to write all that; I very much got a kick out of reading through it! I love learning all this additional context and... um, the keyboard shortcuts for scrubbing KZbin videos back and forth. Hey, you don't know until someone tells ya!

[@ImStevan]

44:17 regarding the clapping comment, it would be really interesting to hear his reaction to Konstrakta's In corpore sano

[@lu_shulmu]

biti zdrava... biti zdrava... bit... bit... bit... biti zdrava. (I'm burning to get Andrew's reaction to individual songs like that but we must find a way around the geoblocking of Eurovision content in the US first.)

[@Tonico1524]

Oh, finally is back ! :)

[@royescfan9594]

I love this video, so nice to see someone with an outside perspective looking in to my favorite contest and life for the past 36 years. I'm a big fan of ESC and have known most of these songs since I was a child. Would love to see your reaction to some of these songs in full. A 20 second recap is not doing them justice very often.

[@rocacomo]

Keep ding this! EUs, Eurovision fans love these reactions! Thanks for appreciating this contest! Regards from Costa Rica!

[@sanjastajdohar6684]

Looove your reaction, hope you make Eurovision reactions your regular theme. You really made me smile (especially You missed a butt part 😄😄). Also, thanks for musical and arrangement inputs about the songs, I've really learned some new things. Thanks for the mike lean tip as well 😆 Really like your sense of humor. Love from Croatia!

[@andreweisen]

Thanks much; glad you enjoyed it!

[@harold-thedutchguy]

Being a singer, I think you would really enjoy Italy in Eurovision (1956-2022) Lots of amazing voices to check out there. And there are so many other great eurovision artists and songs for you to discover. Have fun! Thank you for doing this video, it was very entertaining.

[@Ferdawoon]

@58:57 The russian entry "A Million Voices" was the first time they utilized an "Anti-boooing system" (or at least the first time it was actively mentioned, even the hosts said before or after her entry that we should let the music speak for itself and not let our judgement be based on politics of the world) to drown out the booing and disturbances from the audience. So in the background you might hear some sounds relating to that. Remember that this was in 2015, and Russia taking Crimea happened in 2014. That along with the view of HBTQIA++ people in Russia is not very favorable as well as other reasons ment that people were booing so loud it could be heard on the recordings unless they added filters which is what they did in the live show.

[@andreweisen]

Interesting. Thanks for taking the time to leave this and the previous comment!

[@irenestrmnss4496]

After the year 2000 the contest became very political. And also after the Balcan war in the 90s. Conflict around Russia has influenced the ESC many times the last decade

[@domenicmaselli]

Lets go! Was waiting for the sequel to the first video for so long!

[@ohnder]

That was a fun review. Hopefully on to 3rd places video next!

[@john26874]

Loved it, loved it, loved it!. Thanks for doing another Eurovision reaction video!. Despite only having 2 under your belt , Easily the most fascinating & Interesting.... Well I suppose I`d better start saving up to convince you to do another one. Although which one to comment on next? - maybe `last places`?, you`ve heard the best now for the worst?. But huge thanks again Andrew. P.S To myself & my cat - i was so sure you would LOVE certain songs, but you didn`t hahaha, oh well!.

[@andreweisen]

Glad you enjoyed it! If I may, which songs were you certain I'd love? Maybe I'll check out the full performances and see how that compares to my impression of a 20-second except.

[@john26874]

@@andreweisen Many thanks for your response!. I`d say you really need to listen to - 1974 Italy, 1990 France, 1998 UK, 2005 Malta, 2009 Iceland, & UK 2022 In full. I honestly thought you would have loved 2014 Netherlands & Italy 2011 - I found them quite original & maybe "Too good?" for Eurovision. But saying all that, you were fair to all the songs, and for a 20 second clip, really gave a lot of Interesting info to this `ordinary listener`, so thanks for sharing your knowledge - believe me - It is appreciated.

[@le_Gay]

believe it or not the year with the singing mimes, there were also singing penguins

[@davidkasquare]

What a treasure found in you, Andrew! 👍🏼

[@leylayetmez]

Another amazing video

[@Krisopolis]

Subscribed to you over a decade ago, & completely forgot I ever had until KZbin recommended me this video out of the blue. As a Eurovision enthusiast I decided to give this a thorough watch; really enjoyed your analysis on all of these, very thoughtful and entertaining, & a very cosy presenting style! Will endeavour to have a catch up with some of your other stuff going forward. I will say, it's definitely worth having a longer listen to some of these, as you say the clips of the later songs don't really do some of them justice, as they are mostly just the hooks. And there's some seriously good or interesting songs that got lost somewhere down the order, or in some cases never even made the final. I recommend diving in if you get a taste for it, it's great fun.

[@MenschUnterwegs1234]

You may know the song "Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)" from 1958. This song came third in the Eurovision Song Contest and became a worldwide hit. I usually had different favorites each year, sometimes several. Plus a number of guilty pleasures. What I like best about the ESC is celebrating together and peacefully, talking about it, the crazy stuff. I really like your profound analyses. I would be very happy to hear more.

[@angelaburrow8114]

I only came across your channel by chance today. I just saw Eurovision in the title & clicked, because I like seeing people discover Eurovision. The competition is one of life's greatest pleasures for me, & was set up to bring unity & harmony to Europe after the WWII & to promote friendship betweem former warring countries. Seeing people realise just how huge an event it is & how talented people in Europe can be is really enjoyable, especially when they're American because, if you'll excuse my honesty, a lot of your compatriots are very insular & some don't even realise that we in Europe have things like electricty. (Seriously, that's a questions asked often on a forum I'm in, along with surprise that we have our own manufacturing, our own reserch centres, our own media, etc.) I understand that the US is so huge you have a lot of variety meaning travel abroad is not necessary to go to the beach, mountains, on city breaks, etc. However, travel broadens the mind by exposing you to different cultures, & it's surprising how many Americans are really backwards in this. As a result many American people know virtually nothing about any facet of life outside the US. To my mind, that's a pity, lessening your opportunities to learn new things & have new experiences. This all means I want to encourage any American who is curious about the world outside North America. Byw, you've got a lovely deep voice, Andrew. :-)

[@ganapatikamesh]

Glad you enjoy Eurovision and its fandom enough to do another video! I love your critiques of the singing and commentary on the outfits and other details. It’s both enlightening and enjoyable...especially learning things from a singer’s perspective. Given that you’re only watching snippets and it’s just whatever part of the song the person making the video chose to show, it can be difficult to judge. So I think you do a good job at providing the critiques and commentary with what your given in the videos. Not going to lie, I’m curious what your thoughts would be on the entire performance, but as you saw with 1964 in this video, that’s not always easy to find...especially for the songs from the earlier years of the contest. Channels like Eurovision Gold do try to find them and make them available, but sometimes all we have of some is just the audio recording. I’d say you have good timing with this video since the Junior Eurovision Song Contest occurs in December so searches for Eurovision will start going up again on KZbin. Junior Eurovision is for those 15 and under to compete in and has only been around since the early 2000s. I honestly only know about it because in some of the past recent Eurovision contests they’ve had the previous year’s Junior Eurovision either come on for a quick interview or they mention it. I don’t remember them doing that this year (they may have and I just forget). They created the Junior contest because at some point in the 1980s-1990s they established an age rule where the youngest a singer could be is 15 (hence the 2017 singer from Bulgaria was 15 at the time; maybe some day we’ll see him perform again and have the qualities you mentioned the 2022 UK singer had in his performance. I think he’s probably got the talent for it). Many of the artists from Eurovision go on to release other songs, too. One of the reasons I like Eurovision is because I get introduced to lots of new artists to follow. Same with the American Song Contest (the new US version of Eurovision). And while I missed an Icelandic artist who performed at Eurovision who came to the US for concerts (I found out he was coming to perform after tickets sold out), I did just recently get to go see the winner of the American Song Contest perform live at a concert in her home state (also my home state). So that was fun! Being an American Eurovision fan it can be difficult because sooooo many Americans don’t know about it, but that is changing as I have friends and family who’ve gotten into it and I’m seeing more Americans joining groups I’m a part of online for Eurovision fans. I agree, Eurovision fans are definitely one of the fandoms that’s awesome! I’ve alway felt welcomed by them! I’m glad they extended that to you and you get to feel that same love from them! Great video!

[@markwalford-groom]

24 seconds in i just have to comment on your room ...no idea if you live alone or share but im loving the teddy tower ,next to the ever so masculine weights and the comfy sofa with grannies knitted blanket ..i love it all ..now on with the show ..

[@ristoravela652]

I would absolutely watch if you did a series watching full versions of older Eurovision songs. The new songs get all the attention! I'm not sure there's anyone else digging into that massive back catalogue, and with your interest/background in the older, more classical styles of pop I think you'd have a lot of really interesting stuff to say about them.

[@emeraldeyes929]

23:57 "Mimes!" 😂 Great video

[@aduantas8609]

I'm glad you commented on Switzerland 1963 because it's one of my favourite Eurovision songs ever and it's really overlooked by the fandom

[@royescfan9594]

And about Norway 1996, the man in the middle is Roar Engelberg on pan flute.

[@andreweisen]

Pan flute! That's what it's called. Ah, that was bugging me, thank you!

[@gidproekt]

This review was like changing multiple channels on a TV

[@andreweisen]

Hmm... You know, that's an interesting idea for a new show premise: reviewing whatever's on TV as best I can while someone channel surfs!

[@karinseregni221]

We (Italy) came back to esc in 2011 after more than a decade long hiatus... and Raphael Gualazzi did us pround and we came second! He has a very strong jazz background that often shows!

[@andreweisen]

Oh, I didn't realize Italy wasn't competing for the decade prior; I'll bet there's a story there. Anyway, yeah, going full jazz with the instrumentation makes me want to check out the full performance at some point!

[@karinseregni221]

@@andreweisen it is definetely unique, and usually reactors, especially those whondonnot have a musical background, don't appreciate it very much. And Yes, there is a story behind our hiatus 😅 but since we came back, we have been doing great: almost always top 10, a lot of top 5/6, 1 win, a couple 2 places... we cannot complain 😊

[@EmoBearRights]

I think the Spainish runner up in 79's kids were actually her own. It used to happen a bit in the ESC - the sort of in actuality 3rd placer in 69 was a thirteen year old lad singing about his mum from Monaco. Danish band Hot Eyes had kids on stage with them in the mid 80s. Two things put a kibosh in it - the Belgian winner in 86 being 13 at the time - the Swiss called foul and tried to get her banned so they could (the songwriters are also of Turkish descent and wrote the song that won for their country with Celene Dion two years later) and in 89 both France and Israel had teenage contestants - I think one of them was 12. At this point the ESC said no more kids. Then in the early 00s the junior competition was founded. Destiny who competed for Malta in 20 and 21 was a former winner have the junior competition and Georgia have the most numbers of wins with 3.

[@gigjoeSweden]

"Sometimes you just want vanilla ice cream." No, I don't, but you just made me wanna sit with you, night after night, binge watching Eurovision and comment on everything and anything. ❤️

[@Ferdawoon]

It is so great to see Andrew get into the Spirit of Eurovision! Eurovision is an interesting concept. I guess you can compare it to the Super bowl in how some people take it dead-on serious. It is more important than their child's birthday and if you don't know who won in 1967 then you are no true, patriotic American. Other people don't really bother but watch the finals and treat it as a good reason to get the gang over for pizza and some beers while you watch the games. Some people behave the same with Eurovision. They can name all the winnders and runner's up decades back, they have charts, statistics and if you don't treat it as the pinnacle of European identity then you are not a true EU. While many are like me and get some friends over, cook some food together (or get pizza) and drink some beer or wine while trying to spot when the dancers are off, when the artist lose track of where the camera is or when they are completely off key (or as you've mentioned, when the costume is just.. interesting..). Bonus points if at least one of the friends is musically gifted and extra points if they sing in a choir and can spot head voices, chest voices, when the artist is out of breath, wrong key. etc in a way that I just don't pay attention to.

[@gg454lune]

The clip for "Fuego" (Cyprus 2018) is emblematic of the song but it unfortunately ended right before she sang the title and it'd have been cool to have that part in it.

[@sarahenchanted]

- in 1956 we only know the winner and every other placement is unknown (it's alleged Germany got 2nd tho) - Lys represented Switzerland 56-58 (she's the first ever winner) - Aside from the winner, 64 doesn't have footage because the host broadcaster decided not to save the video footage for whatever reason but the radio broadcast is still widely available - Dima (the guy in 2006) apparently didn't know much English at the time and was basically singing in broken English so I give him props for that.

[@noodleppoodle]

Oh it’s a shame you haven’t stopped at Poland 1994, there was an interesting build up in that song which couldn’t get featured in a short clip

[@kirstenfrostholm8063]

There was no video in 1964 when it was Denmark that was host because there was only one monopoly tv-channel (it changed first in 1988) But anyway, back then the leader of DR (Danmarks Radio) Danish Broadcasting TV channel thought it was some silly cheesy garbage and did not live up to the "high cultural goal" so he chose to have it taped over to something else. The only reason that the winner song is recorded, is because a British documentary was being made but they probably only recorded the highlights.

[@timholder6825]

The 1996 Norwegian entry? Don't Cry Out Loud, by, Pete Allen and Carol Bayer Sager, 1976. It opens with the main melody and then seems to be a variation on the theme of that and remains close enough to be recognisable.

[@markwalford-groom]

loving this ,,so many british singing stars coming in 2nd ..

[@flopjul3022]

56:00 it was a gigantic meme and the televote went nuts on it

[@biondakersemakers4016]

You say the song from The Netherlands (2014) is what you hear on the radio BUT here in Europe you dont hear this on the radio at all. What I mean is Countrymusic, its simply not played on the radio here, especially in The Netherlands and its out of sorts in all of Europe. Its sad really because I happen to love countrymusic.

[@almightykellus2585]

The reason why the person in the middle was avoided at 52:07 is because that is Verka Serduchka's mother

[@АлексейЗаботкин-т1х]

It was a guy lol

[@kiwisvideos0]

I'm so happy to know you're not transphobic, AND you like eurovision? I'm subbing. Hopefully you get to react to more eurovision soon, and join us for Eurovision 2024 season!

[@matinee1992]

thanks for the video and I agree, very analytical and therefore enjoyable. Please do more ESC content - like 3rd placd , 4th places, 5th places,....last places =)

[@andreweisen]

Can't say I'll do these reactions on the regular but the are a lot of fun and many really enjoy them so I'm sure I'll do more eventually.

[@LeeDeeThe1]

@@andreweisen Would also love to see more Eurovision reactions. Maby at the latest next year when all the new songs are announced, or after the event? Or maby all the songs from last year?

[@joliendepauw]

I'm normally a person who zones out of these kind of "long" reaction videos but I enjoy yours very much. It's interesting to see your takes on Eurovision which I love so very much, hope you'll do more reactions! Maybe you could react to the "joke entries" of Eurovision which I think are also a big part of the show :)

[@andreweisen]

Glad to hear you enjoy this incredibly lengthy video! I'm surprised so many have the patience to sit through the whole thing!

[@yannicklaisne5436]

In 1990 the music was written by Serge Gainsbourg. I guess you know him but if you don't you should get an ear on his work, he was the most talented french music writer in the 60-90's and he touch about everything from classic to reggae.

[@amili_a]

46:07😍😍😍😍😍 Alsou is our Tatar queen. THE BEST RUSSIAN SINGER💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@neville1311]

Compared to all other eurovision reactions on youtube yours are by far the best! I would like to see you watch some single performances too! Like Sweden 2015, you said in your previous eurovsion video that you would like to see more of that! :)

[@GeeWayTheLemon]

I know you mentioned at the start of this video, and the previous one, that this was a patreon request. But, if you feel like reacting to more Eurovision, I would recommend the Last Place songs and also the 2022 songs :)

[@EmoBearRights]

90 - yes there was a tie. 21 - yup the hard k sound is very French and very typical of that type of song - Piaf used it a lot. 22 - that dude because famous covering diva singers like Adele on Tick Tock during lockdown. 92 - the British guy there is actually a big name in musical theatre here. Original Marius in Les Mis. 72 - band with croach guy actually did famous Coke ad about buying the world one. 93 - Sonia is from Liverpool so she might turn up as an interval act. 11 - he wrote the song too.

[@andreweisen]

Neat! Thanks for all the bites of trivia!

[@Hamsyong]

"You're looking" and then the singer says "yes I will". Aaahhh I just can't...

[@gigjoeSweden]

Anabel Conde, Spain 1995, does indeed have it and she does some amazing long notes later in that song. A-ma-zing.

[@rebeccaba7154]

As a Belgium, raised up with eurovision, i know almost all this songs. And Congratulations the xinger was Sir Clif Richard.

[@icebearland_]

I love all the songs from 2015 till now. I think u would just need to listen to them fully to appreciate it and hear it properly :Dd

[@irenestrmnss4496]

Hi Andrew, listen to Edith Piaf. Then you will hear how french is really sung. Her vocal is famous, but I guess you have heard about the great Edith Piaf.

[@antepa112]

Now time to watch all the third places

[@LexusLFA554]

Lys Assia probably looks familiar because she actually won the first contest after singing once for Switzerland (Refrain) and once for Germany (Das alte Karussel). After the first contest the 2-song rule was dropped, and the contender could only sing for one country. 1960 Britain (High, High, High) sounds cool :) UK getting served second over and over xD The video footage beside the winner from 1964 is gone to the ages, and nobody knows why. According to sources Cliff Richard would spent the time before and after his performance in the bathroom... Just looked on my phone during 1972, easy xD

[@yannicklaisne5436]

In 1956 Lys Assia sang for Switzerland, once in french and one in german. Germany was represented by Walter Andreas Swartz and Freddy Quinn who sang a song each. In 1964, the contest was not recorded because no cameras were available. Only an audio record is available but a documentary about the contest was recorded with the scene and the winning song.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Nothing dodgy about the Cliff one, he had an unexpected bout of nerves (both times!) and gave himself the raging craps! Not to be expected from Cliff, but he got a bit caught up in the fact he was representing the UK.

[@mervinmannas7671]

Just like your first video i learnt so much despite having seen many of these clips and the full songs many times. The girl from Spain in 1995 CAN really hit the note and does later. Its worth hearing the whole song. The first song by Wind (one glove lady) does get more interesting with the harmonies just after that clip. When it comes to tight trousers the trophy goes to Bucks Fizz winners in 1981. I'm surprised you didn't pick up how many time the UK came 2nd 16 in total. Matt Munro who came 2nd in 1964 has an amazing voice you may know the song Born Free from the film. Frank Sinatra was once asked who he listened too at home and he said Matt Munro.

[@andreweisen]

Yeah, I didn't notice UK's prevalence until I was editing. Thanks for the recommends and extra context. I'll be sure to check out some of those full performances!

[@Barbara_M.]

You may want to check out the entire song ŕunner up 2019 "Soldi" by "Mahmood" which you too commented from the shorts clip!

[@andyt8216]

Think you need to watch Eurovision 2024 from Malmö 🇸🇪 in full this year!

[@oscarignaciogallegosoto9653]

Anabel Conde from Spain in 1995, the best.

[@rickjr37]

The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest,to be held in Liverpool,England,will be May 9-11 & 13.

[@esc9726]

52:00 He passed the man’s butt lol

[@jordywoody14]

I enjoyed this a lot. Please do a reaction video to the 3rd place songs. I really like these songs.

[@EmoBearRights]

I'm interested to know if you got around to listening to and/or the full performances of the winning songs that interested you last time especially the 2015 one Heroes.

[@andreweisen]

I did indeed! Off the top of my head: Lordi - Very fun song and I love the presentation but I still am not a fan of the growly affect on the lead's voice as it messes with his intonation and his singing, while not bad, is not his strong point. Doesn't stop me from wanting to see what else the group has done though! Riva - Very energetic and I loved the band members were all in on the choreo. Super catchy song and I was particularly taken by the added harmonies after the key change. Good stuff! Dana International - I still can't figure out why Susan is over on stage right by her lonesome. The trio wanders around the stage but poor Susan is left out. Justice for Susan!!! Other than that, I really enjoyed the song and was delighted by its dynamite C section but I noticed Dana was a bit shaky when soloing but nailing it when she had vocal accompaniment. Nerves, man. They'll do it to ya! Heroes - Mars? Mans? I forget the name but yeah, that's a great song and killer presentation. The song itself is a bit rangy and the performer struggles a bit on the lowest end but a damn fine song and damn fine performance.

[@EmoBearRights]

@@andreweisen Justice for Susan indeed! The Heroes singer is Mans (and watching his winner's press conference I found out it's actually a shortened version of his name which they did so people had a short name to text to vote for him when he competed on Swedish Idol - Netta, Duncan Lawrence and Maneskin - the 18,19 and 21 winners all competed in singing competitions of that type in their countries too) but I suppose it's a bit hard to pick that up as it's not a name I'd heard before Eurovision either - it's a bit like the German Hans I suppose. Similar language group.

[@swelinger]

Your comment are just ...awsome🇸🇪

[@angyliv8040]

In 1995 you were right. Then She hits a very high and impressive note. In 2021 this is the French “r”. Very difficult to pronounce for other Romance languages like Spanish.

[@irenestrmnss4496]

Malta 2005, fantastic song and voice ❤that girl could sing. Malta have had alot of really good perfomances but never won. Sadly

[@EmoBearRights]

Yup the 70s are the decade fashion taste forgot. 90 - it's funny you say it hit the 90s because it's written by Serge Gainsborough who was famous in the 60s and actually wrote the 65 Luxembourg winner.

[@EmoBearRights]

Oh another couple of things 74 - this was the same lady who'd sung Italy's first winner in 64. That song's title translates as I'm Not Old Enough whereas this one is Yes. I can't help see a parallel - the ESC also allowed the Italians not to broadcast the song on their own transmission as they were holding a referendum on whether to allow divorce to be legal and didn't want to song to be a sublimal influence on it. Speaking of 64 - the footage is lost for that contest and although what people are saying is true the Danish broadcasters had a fire and it was actually destroyed because of that. They had quit the contest at that stage because a 'cultural' minister exploited a bad result in the mid 60s to save money and chase clout in Denmark. The Danes were back as soon as he fell from power in the late 70s.

[@andreweisen]

Thanks for all the commentary and context. I'm very much enjoying reading it!

[@ptcarbonproductions2013]

Once again I had fun with your video, but I'm slightly disappointed that our pride Edyta Górniak (1994) did not get much attention from you. Granted, Eurovision is full of ballads, but To Nie Ja is easily one of the best and... well, it still wouldn't have won if Ireland had not participate, because Germany would likely grab those votes - but it should have! Wish I could make a wall of text like the others, but they are already covered all the major trivia, all I could add is gushing about stuff like UK 1972, Switzerland 1986 or Iceland 1999.

[@lu_shulmu]

Surely Eurovision trivia is one of the world's infinite resources...! Yes, the 1994 excerpt didn't really show off Edyta's incredibly passionate performance. (For anyone unfamiliar with it, here's the whole thing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqO1e5aQbMtphZo). Like so often in Eurovision, choosing between these songs is like being asked which of your children is your favourite. All I know is that "To nie ja" has aged incredibly well and Edyta's performance that night lives on in our hearts. Ah, the amount of times Poland woz robbed in Eurovision...

[@nocturne7371]

I really like your Eurovision videos. They are great fun to watch. As you say, just hearing a snippet of a song does not give you it¨s full impact. Since this was runners-up I just have to say that Poland 1994 and Isreal 1983 was robbed of the victory in my opinion. My feeling is that the winner often is the political one that is of the times. The runner-up is the funny/wierd songs that makes people warm inside and some of the greatest songs get stuck in 3rd place. Not all the time but often I find this is the case.

[@erikjohanson23]

3rd place is the best in my opinion

[@lu_shulmu]

You are right, there are some cracking songs among the third placed, so many iconic and important ones.

[@barawen_who]

How I felt about the laughing with the French accent is like when you have a brother you constantly make fun of, but if someone else makes fun of him you get angry, because he is your brother 😂

[@DataLal]

I cannot see/hear "Sing Little Birdie" sung by Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson without thinking about how Mao said it in that Monty Python sketch. It was the Communist gameshow with Karl Marx, Che Guevara, Lenin, and Mao Tse Tung, and the host asks Lenin which song Terry Johson and Pearl Carr WON [ha!] at Eurovision in 1959, to which Mao buzzes in and says, "Uh, uh, Sing Little Birdie!". They redid the sketch for the Hollywood Bowl show, and that's the one you CAN find on KZbin - but they changed the music question at the end to something American audiences would be familiar with. If anyone wishes to hear the sketch, it's the "World Forum" sketch on "Another Monty Python Record": kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2LFmpp6bZx7jNE

[@DataLal]

No notice of Gigliola Cinquetti being a winner (in '64) and repeat competitor 10 years later? You also almost recognized Lys Assia (winner in '56) re-competing, but you didn't quite get there.

[@irenestrmnss4496]

In the early ESC days many french singing artist won. Also in the beginning of the 70s. Then the UK and Ireland had alot of good songs both as 1st and runner up. Many well known artist in their own countries and in Europe. Sweden have won several times cause they always have made good music.

[@flopjul3022]

50:00 Angel sounds a lot like What If from Kate Winslet

[@alftuvik3820]

So.. You said kids are a no, I think you should check out Junior Eurovision.

[@sergio010698]

hi, if you would like, also react to the 3rd places, there are many very good ones.

[@andreweisen]

Browsing the comments, it seems to be a tie between reacting to 3rd place and last!

[@sergio010698]

@@andreweisen could be both too.

[@irenestrmnss4496]

Cliff Richard is very well known british artist from the 60s until now. Many hits

[@rickweijers500]

DO more reactions to every year!

[@Hannahhuan32]

Great work! Please do some full ESC song videos reaction if you could!

[@JordiVanderwaal]

Came for the Eurovision reaction and analysis, stayed for the voice. (I know I probably said something similar in the previous reaction)

[@ducris]

more eurovision pls :D

[@Tonico1524]

1:02:31 "cri" means "scream" :)

[@biondakersemakers4016]

The song from France 2021 is indeed a language thing.

[@VioletDidi]

If you're interested in high notes - the highest one ever was in Israel 2021, and the highest by a man was in Albania 2018.

[@carlyhope]

I really enjoyed your reactions, be it to the staging, costumes, singing or the song. It would be interesting to hear your reactions to some of the full songs. And you are right, some of them especially in the later years are more about the performance than the song itself but that is part of the fun. People have emotional connections to some of the songs. Because they are from their country or they particularly enjoyed it that year or the performance becomes a meme. I was a little surprised you didn't react to Cliff Richard, who is a huge star. But maybe not in the US? And Congratulations was a big hit. But again, I enjoyed myself and it was nice to get a different perspective.

[@biondakersemakers4016]

Serbia & Montenegro where parts of former Yugoslavia, so yeah they are part of Eastern Europe and their music is some what different from what we are used to. Saying Hi from The Netherlands.

[@timholder6825]

2002, Malta. Lyrics? Someone's been listening to Supertramp.

[@bianalkassem9986]

You should react to the full france 1991 song, one of the best, the clip does not include the best parts ofvthe song.

[@andreweisen]

That's the woman with the orange scarf, right? Amanni, or something? Sure, just a sec. *Watches full performance* Oops, it's Amina. Pretty close! Anyway, wow! You weren't kidding! There's a TON of super cool vocal work that didn't make the 20-second excerpt! I'm not sure what's going on with her hand dancing; perhaps a cultural thing I'm unfamiliar with or maybe she's just weird! I still have a bit of an issue with the way the bass is slamming notes and I'm not convinced the male vocal at the end works (might change my mind if I understood the lyrics) but overall, spiffy tune. I dig it!

[@lu_shulmu]

@@andreweisen I've always thought of the hand gestures/dancing as a kind of visualisation or artistic interpretation of the (quite enigmatic) lyrics. I've found you a (slightly fuzzy) upload of the whole 1991 show in Rome. The presenters are past ESC winners Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno. The English voiceover you hear is Terry Wogan. Here's the link to the start of the French segment: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYbYYXWbrL6br5Y As is tradition, each country is introduced in a "postcard"; that year, every act was singing a little Italian song. Here you can also see the introduction of the conductor (who Amina kisses as she exits the stage). The Swedish song she tied with for first place is the one just before that. It must be noted that under current tie-break rules France would have won!

[@francisdunne8542]

Runner up in '58 won the '56 contest. Probably why she looks familliar