Well it is if you are an Austrian Eurovision fan. Over the years Austria have taken part 45 times and only finished in the Top 5 on 5 occasions including their win back in 1966 with Ugo Jurgens with his famous ditty "Merci Cherie". The last time Austria graced us with a placing in the Top 10 was in 2003 with Alf Poier when he finished 6th. Austria then finished 21st in 2004 and since then have been stuck in the Semi Final. Global Kryner was probably Austria's best chance of re-qualification to the Final in 2005 as it was one of the best performed songs in the semi and also one of the most original, unfortunately it was not meant to be and the result ended in the Austrian Broadcaster saying "Enough is Enough" and then withdrew from 2006. Coming back in 2007 after much pressure from Eurovision fans both living in and out of Austria, a singer and song were chosen internally which once again ended in disappointment for the Austrian faithful 27th out of the 28 nations in the semi. With that in mind Austria have not thrown their teddy out of the pram and said we wont be in Belgrade they have in fact embraced the challenge and will be in Belgrade singing their hearts out with god only knows who and you never know with the 2 semi finals anything is possible and Austria could well be in the Final for the first time since 2005.
Hello all, first off an apology! The blog has been dormant for far too long. I'm hoping to start writing regular posts even throughout the ESC off season (is there an off season?!) If you have any suggestions for what you'd like to see covered in the blog, please leave a comment or contact me. After seeing Portugal winning in 2017, I was hoping that a trend of voting on the quality of a song would emerge and we would start seeing some really good songs winning Eurovision. Well, that didn't last very long did it?! At the end of the day, the public voted in their masses for Netta, I can't help but think Eurovision took a step backwards when she won. What is more worrying for me is that some really good songs and good quality singers didn't get rated well by so-called expert juries. I understand that they still have to vote for songs they like, but surely the juries should be considering quality and structures of songs, quality of voice etc. w...
Ruslan Alenho with his song "Hasta La Vista". Will he do as well as Koldun in Helsinki? I am not sure!!! The song itself is very "Europop" and seems to be following a trend at the moment amongst those that have chosen to have this type of music rather than following in the footsteps of last years winner. Will Belarus go through to the final with this song on May 24th? I am not sure I suppose it depends who else is in the semi final with them and which nation the former Soviet States decide to vote for this year. All things considered Good Luck to Belarus in Belgrade!
Now that the blog is back to being active, I thought I'd bring back an old feature we ran for National Final season. So here is the first in the 2015 series of "The story so far....." Those chosen in semi-final 1 so far.... Albania Elhaida Dani - I'm Alive Armenia Genealogy - Don't Deny Belarus Uzari & Maimuna - Time (Watch the video here) Belgium Lo ïc Nottet - Song not chosen yet Denmark Anti Social Media - The Way You Are (Watch the video here) Estonia Elina Born & Stig R ä sta - Goodbye To Yesterday (Watch the video here) F.Y.R.O.M Daniel Kajmakosk - Lisja Esenski (Watch the video here) Georgia Nina Sublatti - Warrior (Watch the video here) Netherlands Trijntje Oosterhuis - Walk Along (Watch the video here) Serbia ...
Well it is if you are an Austrian Eurovision fan. Over the years Austria have taken part 45 times and only finished in the Top 5 on 5 occasions including their win back in 1966 with Ugo Jurgens with his famous ditty "Merci Cherie". The last time Austria graced us with a placing in the Top 10 was in 2003 with Alf Poier when he finished 6th. Austria then finished 21st in 2004 and since then have been stuck in the Semi Final. Global Kryner was probably Austria's best chance of re-qualification to the Final in 2005 as it was one of the best performed songs in the semi and also one of the most original, unfortunately it was not meant to be and the result ended in the Austrian Broadcaster saying "Enough is Enough" and then withdrew from 2006. Coming back in 2007 after much pressure from Eurovision fans both living in and out of Austria, a singer and song were chosen internally which once again ended in disappointment for the Austrian faithful 27th out of the 28 nations in the semi. With that in mind Austria have not thrown their teddy out of the pram and said we wont be in Belgrade they have in fact embraced the challenge and will be in Belgrade singing their hearts out with god only knows who and you never know with the 2 semi finals anything is possible and Austria could well be in the Final for the first time since 2005.
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