#eurovision 2009

[aphfroghat]

YAY GÅTE

Oh and 2009 violin guy spotted

#eurovision 2009 #eurovision #melodi grand prix #melodi grand prix 2024 #gåte #alexander rybak

[gaymer-hag-stan]

Like I said in my previous post, the EBU likes to pretend that it doesn't involve itself in politics, but it very much does.

When Russia was hosting in 2009 and engaged in armed conflict with Georgia, Russia was allowed to host while Georgia, who attempted to send a song that was a pretty obvious jab at Putin was forced by EBU to change the song and they withdrew in protest.

With Ukraine, the situation has been a little different. When Russia originally invaded Ukraine and Ukraine protested their participation, the EBU said that Russia would still be allowed to take part because the contest "WAS NoT PolIticAl"

Only after Estonia, Finland and Iceland threatened to withdraw did EBU change its stance.

Their official statement about Russia's explosion was not that it was invading Ukraine, rather that its national broadcaster that was part of the union was spreading propaganda regarding said invasion. How is Israel's broadcaster doing anything different regarding the attempt at Palestinian genocide?

At the end of the day this was just a PR excuse and they were only doing it because several other countries were threatening to withdraw from the contest and EBU feared that this would look bad on them. No other broadcasters are threatening to withdraw from the contest this time.

This is my personal take on the matter so feel free to either disregard it or correct me if you think I'm off, but I believe the reason most of Europe continues to tolerate the situation in Palestine, Georgia's invasion and the situation in Armenia and Azerbaijan but actually made a deal about Ukraine is because Ukraine itself is within Europe. Israel is not a European country, either geographically or by association (it's part of the EBU due to the way telegraph posts were set up all the way back when the EBU was established. Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Libya are also members and could theoretically participate in Eurovision, with Morocco actually participating in 1980 and Libya and Lebanon choosing songs but eventually withdrawing in 1977 and 2005 respectively, possibly due to the participation of Israel) and while the Caucasus region is considered European by association, geographically, only tiny bits of Georgia and Azerbaijan are within Europe. Ukraine on the other hand is wholly within Europe and bordering the European Union and other European countries, so that's, in my opinion, why Europe reacted so strongly about Russia's invasion of Ukraine but not Georgia's.

La Zarra is among the few Eurovision acts that are saying out loud what I believe everyone knows but is afraid to say themselves. Help make her statement to the EBU and the participating European broadcasters clear. The Eurovision slogan is United by Music, let's actually make it something more than cute branding and put some actual meaning behind those, currently, empty words.

#Eurovision #Eurovision Song Contest #ESC #Eurovision 2023 #Eurovision 2024 #Eurovision 2009 #Ιsrael #Ρalestine #La Zarra #EBU #Spotify

[srirachaz]

kudos to fairytale by alexander rybak for consistently being the only song to give me goosebumps every time i listen to it

#eurovision #eurovision 2009 #alexander rybak #every few months a rediscover it and a shiver shoots up my whole body

[umineko-autism]

#post #video #umineko #gaap #umineko edit #undescribed #Eurovision Ukraine #Eurovision 2009 #yeah i know she's problematic #it's a meme

[incorrect-eurovision-quotes]

Alexander:*speaking Spanish*

Dima:I know,I know.

Måns:You speak Spanish?

Dima:No.I just know the phrase,'this is all your fault'in every language Alexander speaks.

#eurovision #eurovision 2009 #eurovision 2018 #eurovision 2008 #eurovision 2015 #incorrect quotes #incorrect eurovision quotes #alexander rybak #mans zelmerlow #dima bilan #source: idk someone tell me

[andi-the-cool-nerd]

What you do think about this?

Slayed👏👏👏

Note: The Inbox is still open

#she ate and left no crumbs #eurovision #eurovision 2009 #eurovision song contest #ukraine #new #q&a time #q&a #questions #answers #ask me stuff #ask me anything #inbox open

[mojsvijet]

happy funky duncy friday jongens

#video #my edits #era's remixes #eurovision #esc #eurovision 2019 #esc 2019 #eurovision 2009 #esc 2009 #duncan laurence #funky duncy friday #arash #aysel

[euroquision]

DAY 6: Israel MUST Be Removed from ESC 2024

Let our own history be a guide for the future.

Ten thousand lives cannot be ignored, no matter how hard the EBU can try to let it slide. The death will only continue. The EBU needs to act NOW.

#eurovision #esc #eurovision song contest #israel #free palestine #eurovision 2024 #free gaza #palestine #Georgia #Eurovision 2009

[genericeurofan]

i think we as a eurovision community don’t talk about Albania’s performance in 2009 enough. what did it mean? why am i frightened? who is this green man? why is it my favorite performance ever?

#eurovision #eurovison song contest #albania #eurovision 2009

[escgentsph]

Presenting to you, Sakis Rouvas (Greece, 2004 & 2009) in 6 *hot and sexy photos (and/or videos)*.... 🥵❤️‍🔥

PHOTO CREDITS: Google Images

#sakis rouvas #eurovision #eurovision song contest #men of eurovision #guys of eurovision #esc #eurovisonfan #esc 2004 #esc 2009 #esc greece #greece #hellas #hellenic republic #eurovision greece #eurovision 2004 #eurovision 2009 #eurovision boys #i love eurovision #so hot and sexy #hot as hell #hot as fuck

[escdivasph]

Hadise (Turkey, 2009) hits on the dance floor...🔥🔥🔥

📷: Google Images

#hadise #eurovision #esc #eurovision fan #eurovision song contest #women of eurovision #eurovision star #esc 2009 #eurovision turkey #esc turkey #dum tek tek #eurovision edits #turkiye #eurovision 2009

[wordsbysimona]

Song of the day - 2nd September, 2023

Dum Tek Tek - Hadise (2009)

#spotify #music #song of the day #song suggestions #favorite songs #eurovision song contest #eurovision #eurovision 2009 #turkish music #hadise #dum tek tek #pop music

[13-wonder-writer]

Currently spending my summer break rewatching past eurovision grand finals and I am stuck with 2009 and why is the girl from sweden so damn terrifying

#like she stared into my soul and everything #thought she would come crawl out of the screen #eurovision song contest #eurovision #eurovision 2009

[gaymer-hag-stan]

Today I learned that Rita Ora had submitted a song for UK's 2009 national final but withdrew in fears of Eurovision damaging her career.

Interesting how things have turned 👀

#eurovision #eurovision 2009 #eurovision 2023 #united kingdom

[tobyscove]

my hot take of the day is that latvia 2009 goes HARD and i will die on this hill.

you can pry probka from my cold dead hands.

#the chorus is so catchy #i always find myself singing it #vazjmi menja navjek s saboj #EJ VAZJMI MENJA NEVJEK S SABJOJ!!! #eurovision #eurovision song contest #esc #eurovision 2009 #eurovision song contest 2009 #esc 2009 #latvia #esc latvia #eurovision latvia #how do i even tag all this

[useless-catalanfacts]

Why does Andorra not participate in Eurovision anymore?

Andorra participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, but it has never come back since.

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What happened?

In 2004, ATV (Andorra’s public TV channel) sent Marta Roure, who sang in the Catalan language for the first time in Eurovision history. Catalan is the native language of Andorra, but also of the rest of the Catalan Countries: Catalonia, the Valencian Country and la Franja in the state of Spain; Northern Catalonia in the state of France, and the city of l’Alguer in Italy. ATV didn’t have enough money to send a participant alone, but Andorra wanted to take part in the contest and to promote their language (Catalan) and culture.

For these reasons, they decided to partner with TV3, the public TV channel of Catalonia. This makes sense, given that it’s part of the same nation, with the same language, and Catalonia has a bigger population and a music industry that’s a bit more developed, and TV3 has more money than ATV because of its population and size. The contest to choose who would be sent was made in collaboration between ATV and TV3 and aired simultaneously in both TV channels.

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Spain’s threat to not air Andorra’s song

When TVE (the Spanish TV) saw that Andorra was working with Catalonia and one of Andorra’s purposes for participating in ESC was to promote Andorra’s language (Catalan), the director board of TVE threatened that they would not air Andorra’s performance because they considered it was a way for Catalan people to be present in Eurovision, which they didn’t think should be allowed. Basically, TVE would air the whole contest as usual, but cut to commercials when Andorra performed as if they did not exist.

After negotiations, the directors of TVE did not change their mind, but for unrelated reasons the director was changed in April 2004. The new directors didn’t care as much about Andorra’s participation and they decided to air the whole festival.

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Andorra’s results and TVE’s meddling

Andorra’s songs never did well in the classifications, they never had enough votes to pass to the final. The change arrived in 2009, the song chosen was “Get a life / La teva decisió” by the Andorran-Danish singer Susanne Georgi. After its release before Eurovision, the song was a success in Andorra and in the state of Spain. The hopes were high for the song receiving many votes!

But, last minute, TVE (Spain’s TV) decided to not air live the Eurovision semi-final where Andorra was taking part. TVE decided to record the semi-final and air it on a different day. This means that Spanish citizens (including most Catalan people), who could have voted for Andorra, had no way to watch the semi-final and, as a result, they could not vote.

Once again, Andorra didn’t get to the final. And this was when they thought they had a chance with a successful song! After this, Andorra has never come back to the song contest. The fact that they never qualified for the final, Spain’s continuous meddling, and the high economic cost of participating in ESC (which is very difficult to afford for a microstate’s TV) grew even more difficult with the economical crisis that was starting in all the continent.

However, Andorra has always maintained that they would like to come back to ESC.

Andorra has been the only country to sing in the Catalan language in ESC. Even though most Catalan-speaking territories are under Spanish rule and about 10,000,000 Catalan speakers live in the state of Spain, Spain has never sent a song in Catalan. In fact, when they chose the Catalan singer Joan Manuel Serrat in 1968, he said he would sing the song (called “La, la, la”) in Catalan. Then, the Spanish TV decided to take him out of the contest because they would only allow songs in Spanish. The song was given to the Spanish singer Masiel, who sang the same song in Spanish and won the Eurovision Song Contest 1968. Spain has never sent a single song in one of the languages of the territories its state occupies, even when some like Catalan and Galician have millions of speakers, and Basque has hundreds of thousands.

#andorra #eurovision #esc #eurovision song contest #spain #esc spain #esc andorra #eurovision history #catalan #tve #atv #2009 #2000s music #música #arts #susanne georgi #rtva #minority languages #europe #españa #microstates #Youtube