Eurovision: The Fading Fads of the 2000s

[@BecauseEurovision]

If I had a nickel for every multi-language love song or every imaginary language entry in Eurovision I'd have 3 nickels. It's just weird that each of these happened thrice! Obviously some of the fads that I included in the video extend past the 2000s - both before and after - but I tried to include things that either reached their peak in a way during the 2000s or were last seen properly in that decade. What other trope that I haven't included in this video has defined the 2000s for you?

[@quangminhtran2916]

I think you forgot to mention that since 2004, they will have a slogan for that year's contest. Every year people are exciting to know what the theme art and slogan that year would be, though some of it are pretty lame and boring but there're some that actually creative and fun.

[@mrsnakeglasses]

Not joking, this is the most interesting Eurovision Video I have ever watched, a Real creative idea and also very Well done. I do hope you continue making content!

[@BecauseEurovision]

Oh thank you so much! That's incredibly kind 😊 I have plans for weekly content throughout the Eurovision season 😁

[@bastbats1952]

Another trend I noticed : a shift thanks to language rule abolition from typical national language verses and catchy anglophone word repeated in the chorus to english verses and catchy national language or traditional instrument in the chorus, as mastered in the 2000s by Greece

[@BecauseEurovision]

That's a good one! I hadn't even noticed that

[@klaudiaszilagyi669]

Amazing video! I would've also added the 'Balkan ballad' trope: a native language ballad including traditional instruments (written by Zeljko Joksimovic most of the time) which starts out slow and reaches its climax at the end. It's also present in the 2010s but was really successful in the 2000s. Lane Moje, Zauvijek Moja, Lejla, Molitva, Oro, Bistra Voda, Nije Ljubav Stvar, Verjamem, Moj Svijet, Adio, Ljubav Je, Nova Deca, Kruna... There's so many of them and honestly, they're one of my favourite genres in Eurovision!

[@Lunariant]

Good call. Lejla, Lane Moje, Oro, Molitva and Korake ti Znam are still among my all time favourites

[@beznazwy1930]

Great and interesting video 😊 Another fad I thought of is "the-boy/girl-and-their-guitar-song" those love songs performed by artists with guitar in their hands like: UK 2004 Netherlands 2004 Lithuania 2007 Andorra 2009 Belgium 2010 Finland 2012 Hungary 2013 Nowadays we don't see that many combinations of sweet love song + guitar

[@BecauseEurovision]

That's a brilliant one!

[@eurovisioncyan9550]

maybe Azerbaijan will take their guitars on stage this year!

[@LeafHuntress]

@@eurovisioncyan9550 Or NL once again... perhaps also a piano.

[@MiroHeinonen]

Correction: Finland 2011.

[@filipgrmsek]

I love how you added our (🇸🇮) joint-best entry for the intro🎉😅

[@filipgrmsek]

One of the best ESC content videos I've seen. Well done👍👍

[@tistoaries1931]

Being an eurofan and living in France, Spain, UK or Germany during the 2000s seems tough haha (except for 2009). Great video !

[@alexeylarin1854]

Thanks a lot for this video! It was really interesting and, actually, all these statements are true! I have to say, I kinda miss 00s Eurovision. I find it more light-hearted, all these peace songs, love duets. Almost entry every was created with soul. Yes, maybe the quality wasn't as high as now, but still, countries weren't afraid to take risks (even if it often ended badly). I agree that now the overall quality of entries is higher and there's nothing wrong with it, because time passes and events like Eurovision need to keep up with it, but still, I'm really happy when countries come with something innocent and cheesy, like in 00s.

[@BecauseEurovision]

Thank you for your comment! I agree! There's nothing wrong with a simple, cheesy song!

[@АлексейЗаботкин-т1х]

Quality was higher then nowdays

[@Hope00Love]

Great video! I guess Denmark's "Love is forever" from 2019 would be the most recent example of love in many languages? As someone who didn't really get into the contest until the 2010s, this was a great recap of the decade I missed!

[@BecauseEurovision]

Oh actually that's true! Even at the time I hadn't considered it as a part of the trope, because it's not a "love _you_" song, but it definitely fits right in! Thank you for your comment :)

[@elaychscrazyworld4173]

Israel and Georgia in 2020 and Spain in JESC 2023 as well

[@guidogoldberg3873]

AMAZING video!! super interesting and well made! definitely keeping up on your future videos!

[@BecauseEurovision]

Thank you :)

[@joseuribe9273]

Joke entry: Croatia Cheesy duet: Netherlands Peace: Switzerland Backing vocals choreo: Belgium Literal love: Romania Costume Chage: Romania and Croatia Underwear:Croatia

[@orangespark2340]

Romania is planning to change their staging so idk if that's gonna be kept

[@LeafHuntress]

NL has a duet, but it's not a cheesy love song.

[@Lunariant]

I love this analysis! It's a bit difficult reading the tiny text on my phone though. Anyway, I do wish we would have some new winning countries again, and the return of live backing vocals.

[@juliethompson5301]

Will always love LT United and the dad dance 😂 early-ish mid 200s where the pits for me apart from molitva,Andrew Lambrous version floored me .I was not expecting that.❤

[@booms4337]

Really good video, only truth is in this video and I love even more eurovision of 00s now 🥹

[@GP-op4yt]

Admire the detailed knowledge required to put this together!

[@TheESCHermit]

This is a really interesting trip down memory lane! I would never have admitted to being a fan of Eurovision in the 2000s. I felt it was embarrassing to even admit you were a fan of the contest back then especially being from the UK. I definitely miss the more ethnic songs sung in native languages, eg. Lane Moje/Bistra Voda/Oro which we don't seem to get anymore, maybe they're seen as too cheesy and dated 🙄. I am glad to see a reduction of troll entries that serve no purpose in the contest but we now have more jokey adjacent songs that embrace the contest rather than mocking it, e.g. Konstrakta/Käärijä/Teya and Salena (sp?) and these have enhanced the contest. Bringing the juries back to the contest was the best thing to happen to the contest but maybe it wasn't set up in the best way. A bigger jury of younger music professionals with clear set guidelines to follow would be great. By increasing the quality and giving artists the slim possibility of having a career off the back of the contest has maybe caused artists to take fewer risks. I just want a contest that is diverse in language and sound with well written songs performed and sung well. The 2000s were dark days for the contest but there were some diamonds in the rough that should be reintroduced into the modern contest to keep things interesting as I also think the mid 2010s went a bit too far in the other direction. I hope the contest in the 2020s keeps the generally high levels of quality that have been coming through in the 2010s without it becoming a Eurovision X Factor contest or dare I say it the American Song Contest. I can't wait to see how Eurovision in the 2020s turns out😊

[@dimidrugg9592]

Very interesting topic! Now do the same for the 2010s.

[@BecauseEurovision]

Hah thank you! I've kind of done a video about 2 years ago about the yearly trends of the 2010s if you want to check it out. I would want to wait a bit to get some more historical distance before I tackle the 2010s though in the style of this video, to properly differentiate the decade from the current state of the contest

[@MrMike855]

One trend that wasn't in this video is writing a whole song in your native language, and then having one English chorus at the end. If songs mix English or another language, it's usually limited to a few words, or a consistent English chorus.

[@colinhofstra6326]

Which is funny, because nowadays it seems to be the complete opposite: Having a song in English and change the last part to your own language!

[@jatojo]

What this video makes me realize: It’s not about songs being “cheesy”, but about quality or not. Too many of the 2000’s entries were simply bad.

[@jlugoholt]

Bravo !!! Great video, editing and explanation

[@BecauseEurovision]

Thank you :)

[@alex5623]

I'm really glad that Burning Daylight does its own thing despite being the duet song about love between two people (or the loss of one thereof) just feeling so much more current and appropriate

[@TrainToAlaska]

Really loving this channel!!! Keep up the good work!

[@BecauseEurovision]

Thank you so much! ☺

[@fehzorz]

There's something very similar about the winners from 2002-2005. Energetic female singer who gets involved with the choreography? Not sure but when you watch them back to back you can see a bit of a formula for Eurovision winners taking shape, which Lordi then turned on its head.

[@thehungrygoldfish]

It's not just that, the years before and the years after, all the songs were different. A lot of them were pop songs more or less, but they have different qualities about them. Like 2008 - 2013 were all pop songs of some form, but all of them were completely different from each other.

[@arthurmezacasa1021]

My favourite backing vocalists dances are Sweden 2006 and 2008. Those were both crazy (especially with Carola). Sacha Jean Baptiste really revolutionized the staging game when she hid Loreen backing vocals back in 2012. That honestly is one of the most interesting "trends" I notice with Eurovision nowadays.

[@siezethedayeveryday]

Hilarious, informative and interesting whilst making me miss the good ol days of cheesy love songs with lyrics that made no sense and terrible backing choreography. Love it!! Showing this to my family.

[@BecauseEurovision]

Hope your family likes it just as much 😊

[@chantolove]

You leave Wolves Of The Sea alone!!!

[@BecauseEurovision]

Hah it's all made with a lot of love! (I still listen to El chiki chiki every now and then 🤫)

[@worldsasuri9430]

Such an interesting video!😃

[@peterschnider217]

Am i the only one thinking that all the singing should be live at the esc? They allowed taped chorus 2021, saying like that, less people would need to come together during covid. Then they just keept it. It was possible before to achieve a good placing even if one could barely sing (looking at you Eric Saade, but also loving that entry and watching it still today). Now, every second entry, once the hook starts, its a whole choire singing(looking at you Greece2022, not watching it just because of this feeling wrong and i cant think of anything other) Was just about ok to hide the backing vocals backstage, but havingvhundred of voices played is wrong. This is coming from someone loving everything about the esc.

[@MiroHeinonen]

You forgot Georgia 2008 (Peace Will Come) from the peace songs.

[@jere_diekralle7284]

Hi :D Some of my opinions follow down below But first: The biggest Thank you for not showing Ruzzia 2015 in the section of the peace songs. That one literally had the worst aging of any eurovision song Troll Songs: I might be one of the few who almost always loves them and has them in its Top 10 places. with some fex exceptions which I then usually hate like leto Svet and that Plain joke by UK 2007 :x. My Favourite trolls are surely Alf Poier, Dustin the Turkey and best of all Verka Serduchka, which even is my winner of 2007

[@lorilei8535]

Oh well, rusophobic

[@makinavena9536]

The costume change and dont mention spain 2015? 😂 or backing vocals spain 2002! 😢

[@adilkaradza1252]

Interesting video! I would add Ukraine 2018 in the 'Backing vocals choreo' part. 😅

[@SinNombre-nk6np]

And Moldova 2017

[@BecauseEurovision]

Thank you! The trope is definitely not gone, but it's just nowhere near as prevalent as it was before! :)

[@adilkaradza1252]

@@BecauseEurovision Yeah, true! 😁

[@meloshea8991]

1:29 hay the rest of the our flag means death crew turned up lol

[@davek303]

New word of the day: "trope"

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

Don't forget Lithuania 2015 with the cheesy duets!

[@MrMike855]

Or Georgia 2013

[@BecauseEurovision]

Hah! Both Lithuania 2015 and Georgia 2013 were in earlier drafts of this video but decided I had to focus a bit more on the 2000s! But you are right; the cheesy love duets kept going strong through the first half of the 2010 and hey were doing fairly well too!

[@orangespark2340]

Except for the performing in underwear and the big 4 always struggling, this is unironically part of why i love this era of Eurovision so much and prefer it to the current era.

[@Jujuffy]

The 2000's eurovision was... something

[@meloshea8991]

1:15 Izzy HAnds !

[@meloshea8991]

3:25 oh, the irony

[@irene6119]

Am I the only one who loves the 00s?? I stopped watching eurovision in the 2010s because all the songs became basically the same because of the juries. I'm glad that the carneval seems to be rising again, we have more ethnic entries, songs in non-english languages and also some silly ones.

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

Hang on a minute! Flying our Flag isn't a joke song! It had a deep and complex sexual meaning! And Ireland's song was singing about how Ireland has failed and how the contest is about 'block vote, shock vote', which was very much a thing in the 00s with the televoters going for nations that were near or allies with them!

[@LeafHuntress]

The North-West European Archipelago needs to shut up about all that, stop whinging & send good songs. There is no conspiracy! Every time the UK sent in a half decent song they've got a lot of votes. Ireland needs to send Seo Linn. I suspect RTE doesn't want to host & therefore keeps sending generic stuff. And BTW, so what if i vote for my neighbour country; because they sing in the same language or the singer/band is already known to me or the ESC song is played on the radio or i'm familiar with the the culture/type of instrument/music. Those are all legitimate reasons to like an entry. The UK has an advantage in this, because UK performers are known in continental Europe. Remember, you need to be good enough to entice others to pick up a phone & spend money on your entry. Take this year; i will not vote for the UK. Yeah, another "banger". Boooooooring. And if Mae is as bad at performing as she was in Barcelona, it will be another nill points.

[@pn2360]

@@LeafHuntress You're right that block voting never has an effect on the actual results nearer to the top, but it's still nonetheless annoying. And sure, sending a good song will get you points, fair enough no shit sherlock, but it's also the attitude on stage which changes things, especially for the televote. I'm British, and I'll be the first to admit that 90% of our entries in this millennium have been useless, and when we get it right we get rewarded (2009, last year), but I'll always be incensed over 2017 - brilliant song, brilliant voice, and yet we come 15th and only 20th with the public. All I'm saying is that sometimes just sending a good song doesn't necessarily work - you need to have the credentials on stage to make people pick up the phone and vote, like you said.

[@trildi]

@@LeafHuntress PREACH!

[@annakobuk3618]

So much cheese, so much kitsch, good portion of cringe. 😂 Unfortunately, the image of that Eurovision still lives rent free in many heads. For me, those were the years of 85% guilty pleasures, 15% decent entries. Now the ratio is exact opposite.

[@12_terabyte57]

1:32 I never even really considered Never Ever Let You Go as a cheesy love duet to be honest, probably at least partially cause the guy sings 2/3 of the song and the harmonica is the dominant feature in the song, not the duo

[@BecauseEurovision]

I guess it's not technically a duet, but I always felt like it was staged and promoted as one. Like the guy and girl are the main focus, rather than the actual Rollo & King. It took me years to even realise that Rollo & King refers to the 2 guys

[@lexezlao]

I actually liked quite a bunch of Ralph Siegel entries it seems

[@BecauseEurovision]

The man's a legend 💪 His German entries of the 1990s and his entries with _Wind_ are some of my faves

[@lexezlao]

@@BecauseEurovision yes but I meant the recent ones, especially get out of my life and spirit of the night, I genuinely really like those

[@sobaschnique6674]

Serduchka combined all of these

[@realnoahsimpson]

let’s never speak of this era ever again

[@thesnesgeek]

I wonder if Italy coming back to the show hepled the big 4, now big 5 along the way?

[@pn2360]

probs did, they walk back in and take 2nd (very undeserved but still) and then keep going ever since. woke the other 4 countries up that's for sure

[@thesnesgeek]

@@pn2360 It is possible

[@00SPX88]

Serbia 2004❤🎉

[@sannev8407]

I can't say the 2000's were my fav area 😅 a 100% televote system didn't work. It was also the time where my family members stopped watching eurovision and turned their back on it (until i was old enough to watch, of course). It took me a while to get them into eurovision again. I'm happy that in the 2010's the quality came back more, mixed with like you said, some crazyness that belongs to eurovision. Because in the 00's it was too much 😅 but even then, the crazist and wackiest entries didn't make it to the final, not even with televote.

[@BecauseEurovision]

The 2000s were the decade that I watched as a kid and when I fell in love with Eurovision so they'll always have a special place in my heart! But I also feel like the contest has matured with me for which I'm also very glad! I totally agree though that it seems like there's a better balance between wacky, kitschy, humourous and more serious entries nowadays and I'm happy you and your family are enjoying the contest again :) Thanks for your comment!

[@sannev8407]

@@BecauseEurovision I always enjoyed it, my parents just turned their back on it, because they felt like 'it wasn't that big as before', and I was simply too young (born in 1999) to watch. But when I started watching 2009 I made my parents appreciate it again, and now they actually enjoy it, probably also because of my enthusiasm :p It was a special decade, that's for sure, and let's not forget there were some quality entries as well! But now feel like countries show off their culture more, which I like and the 50/50 is perfect to me. Also artists take Eurovision more 'seriously' and they really want to be there and represent their country. I can't miss the craziness that is SO eurovision, but it's also a music contest and nowadays I feel like we have both :) Thanks for answering!

[@PennyAfNorberg]

re customchange, second swedish hosted eurovision well the host lost her dress on screen....

[@adamtideman4953]

Ah yes, the 2000:s... Truly the Dark Ages of Eurovision...

[@adamtideman4953]

Except for the Olsen Brothers. Those guys were fire! 🔥

[@LeafHuntress]

@@adamtideman4953 I object on behalf of the winners of 2006 & 2007.

[@pn2360]

@@LeafHuntress thank you. and of course rybak 2009

[@paulojrneto]

7:10 From 2009 onward, the trend seems now to be countries winning again after one or multiple decades. 2009 Norway won again after 14 years 2010 Germany won again after 28 years 2012 Sweden won again after 13 years 2013 Denmark won again after 13 years 2014 Austria won again after 48 years 2016 Ukraine won again after 12 years 2018 Israel won again after 20 years 2019 The Netherlands won again after 44 years 2021 Italy won again after 31 years

[@MiroHeinonen]

The exceptions are: 2011 Azerbaijan won for the first time 2015 Sweden won again after only 3 years 2017 Portugal won for the first time 2022 Ukraine won again after only 6 years

[@Jujuffy]

Croatia 2023 = Lithuania 2006

[@АлексейЗаботкин-т1х]

We still have cheesy duets

[@thehungrygoldfish]

Not really. We haven’t had that many duets in the last five years. It’s just that 2015 had a crap ton of duets but that was still eight years ago so not that recent.

[@alexandrenabais6053]

Since Austria 2014, i honestly believe there hasn't been a better winning song than Latvia 2002. I Wanna is so UNDERRATED!!! It's better than Sweden 15, Ukraine 16, Portugal 17, 100000% better than Israel 18, just just JUST edges out Netherlands 19, way better than nudity 21, and better than politics 22...

[@adamtideman4953]

I'm not gonna lie, Latvias winning song is one of the weakest winners we've ever had. It's down there with Estonias and Azerbaijans winning entries and that's the bottom of the barrel. All of these countries have way better songs that never won like Goodbye to Yesterday, Love Injected or Azerbaijans song from 2009. The fact that Latvia won with that song tells you how much of a daycare Eurovision was back in the 2000:s.

[@alexandrenabais6053]

@@adamtideman4953 Love Injected 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@pn2360]

Can't lie to you mate, Latvia 2002 was the worst winner of all time in my books, so there you go lol. tbh 2002 was one of, if not the, worst years of all time - only France had a semi decent song that year (which turns out was the best song of the decade imo but still) But agree with you that Israel 2018 was horrendous (2nd worst of all time) And as for 2022... politics isn't the right word. I don't think Ukraine should have taken part in the first place, given that them winning was inevitable, but people didn't vote for them because of politics, they voted for them because a) they had a very public-friendly song and b) the sympathy vote, which for me isn't politics given that their country could be on the verge of destruction.

[@pn2360]

@@adamtideman4953 yes thank you, completely agree

[@АлексейЗаботкин-т1х]

Totally wrong and gaslaited, nothing of this is faded We have lots of joke entries every year, and will have