Hey everyone! Dana here and today I will be watching the Eurovision Song Contest.
Now, for those of you who don't know what that is -- Americans, Americans -- I went on Twitter
and Facebook and I asked people if they could help me explain it. And I got some great answers,
so thank you.
On Twitter @Regensbloggerin answered that "Eurovision is a pop-music pageant featuring
national pride and bad taste in roughly equal measure." @Bierandcrumpets said, "The most
important multicultural musical event of the European calendar." And on Facebook Rainer
said, "The European Song Contest, one of the biggest song contests in the world, is featuring
Australia this year." Welcome, Australia, to the Eurovision Song
Contest. And Gerritt summed it up very nicely with "The grandmother of American Idol."
Here we go!
Happy 60th birthday, Eurovision Song Contest.
Okay, so because Austria won last year, then this year it's taking place in Austria. Building
Bridges is the slogan for today, or is the slogan for this year.
So I like how everyone has their flags; flags from their country.
So I've been told that the word of the day today is "camp." That's going to be the number
one descriptive word for this. That's what I've been told. Camp.
Okay Google. What's the definition of camp?
Camp: deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in behavior or style.
It really does remind me of The Hunger Games. Look at them up there, you know, looking down
upon everyone. Okay, this is definitely corny, but it's exactly what I love.
I love things that are corny.
So the voting: the voting is judges, but also people can call in and vote.
Let the Eurovision Song Contest begin! Yes!
Yeah, I don't know why she's wearing headphones. I think it's just part of the look.
Okay, so someone's playing air violin there. Yeah, that's an air violin. She's playing
air violin. I think they forgot their equipment, and they were just like, it's okay; just,
you know, make like it's part of the dance and nobody'll notice.
But he has a real piano. Okay so now it's France.
Wooo, very dramatic.
It's a very beautiful song. It sounds nice.
Are those supposed to be naked drummers? I didn't see that coming.
Okay, so now Israel. Okay, so at first I wasn't sure about it, but I kinda like this. It reminds
me slightly of Backstreet Boys, although I don't think Backstreet Boys ever rapped.
Does he have spikes on the back of his shoes? His dancers better not get too close to him.
Polaroid at the end. It's cheesy but I like it. I like how someone said on Twitter: Israel,
one of my favs so far. We've only heard three songs.
Okay, so it's the UK. Oh no. This is like the beginning of a sitcom. Or something from
the 1920s. My mom said that if I don't have anything nice to say then I shouldn't say
anything at all.
Okay, so we've got Armenia.
The background reminds me of Beauty and the Beast. Like the trees and the forest.
It's a nice song; nice song, nice background. But I think most of the time, like, exciting songs win.
Did it just look like, yeah he doesn't have his hands in the sleeves of his jacket.
Like the sleeves of his jacket are just hanging off to the side.
I really like her dress. Although it does kind of look like a bird, like a colorful
parrot or something like that. I really like it though.
That's a real kiss!
Yeah, I think camp really does describe it well.
But it's also fun! It's just... Once a year this is nice, this is fun. Once a year.
Okay, now we've got Serbia. There's a lot of hairspray in that hair. It's gonna take
a long time to wash that out. I know that from prom. I had so much hairspray in my hair.
I had to take, like, three showers and go swimming just to get it out.
She's got a really amazing voice. Oooh! Unveiling of the clothes.
I really like this one. Okay, so now we've got Sweden. Dark and mysterious.
Hey, I like his little friend there. That's cute with the cartoon.
This is really cool. If I shut my eyes these kind of remind me of Cheez-Its.
I like him. But I like the one from Serbia too.
Okay, I think this one's a little weepy. Alright, so let's see what Twitter's saying.
Oh! Someone's making a bold statement. @Bullyneck is saying "Europe, if Sweden doesn't win,
I'm done with you." I'd like to see that person see that through.
Hey! It's Australia! Okay, so this guy from Australia has sung in front of the Queen and
the Pope. It's catchy. Definitely. Do you think it would be a huge upset if Australia
comes on the scene and just blows everyone away and wins? Yeah because the problem is,
what I've heard with the voting is that people often don't necessarily vote for the singers
themselves or the performance but they vote for the country. Alright it's Belgium. He's
got a cool voice. Ooh! Look at him spin. Wow, he's singing laying down. Okay, so now we've
got Austria. What are they called? The Makemakes. Quite the hat he has. Well anyway, my point
is he looks like Indiana Jones with that hat. On second thought, he reminds me of, like,
Kid Rock. Okay, some sort of a combination between Indiana Jones and Kid Rock. Did he
just hit the mic? He hit the mic and then his piano caught on fire. Like, oh this is
fun but you know what? I think I'm gonna set my piano on fire.
So we've got Greece now "One Last Breath." Jeez, who ate all the snacks?
So the Brits are always making fun of and bashing the Eurovision Song Contest. But,
I mean, it's pretty cool. I think they just make fun of it because they always lose.
Hey, it's Germany! Oh, she's got that doughnut thing in her hair.
It's good. Okay, that's a lot of butt. Oh yeah, I've heard this on the radio.
I like this song. Yeah, other people are commenting about how
much butt was filmed there.
Okay, so now we've got Poland, "In the Name of Love." Oh wow. That's a, I like the background.
I like it. I know it's overdone and cheesy, but I really like it.
Who do we have now? Latvia. So this is "Love Injected." Like, cchhhh. Love cchhhh.
That is a long dress. Okay, Romania.
Almost done. Yeah, but it's not even 11:00. Then the voting begins, and they replay all the stuff.
I see him hiding under her dress. I see him there. Okay, what do you think? Is that dress
coming off and there's something underneath or she's gonna keep that on the whole time?
I told you the dress was coming off! I told you the dress was coming off. I knew it. She
kind of reminds me, for like a moment, of Britney Spears.
See, and he's got no shirt. I knew that dress was coming off because she was wearing way
too much fabric for him in no shirt.
This song is gonna make me cry.
Okay, so, following that up with...
Wait a second, wait a second, wait a second.
So we just had Hungary with a song about how wars are, are bad and they're for nothing
and it's horrible, and now we've got Georgia with "Warrior"? She looks like a bird. I think
that's the point though. Okay, we've got Azerbaijan, "Hour of the Wolf."
So we've got a guy without a shirt on. He's crawling across the floor, but he's got some
stones down his back, I think.
Very intense. She's got another dress where you know they had to bring her out and, like,
put her there and be like, okay, we're putting you here. Now don't move. We're gonna spread
out your dress around you. Just stay here. Don't move.
Albania. It is a really beautiful stage. I mean, I think Vienna did a really nice job.
Okay, the last song! "Grande Amore." He said "importanto." That means important. "Amore."
That's love.
Aren't you glad I'm here to translate it for you? But you're not speaking Italian. I got
those words, though. I got these words as well.
Hey, it's the evil horse from the Denver Airport.
They have really nice, deep voices.
Okay, so that's it. We've heard all the songs.
And, what do you think?
I liked Serbia. Who was the other one that I liked? That you said was the, the favorite.
Sweden. Was that Sweden? Um-hm. So I liked those two a lot.
Are you not allowed to vote for your own country? So you cannot vote for your own country,
so then everyone just votes for their neighbor country.
Okay, so now they're doing the voting. They're going from country to country and asking them
how they vote. And really drawing it out. I mean, they're really like, and now we give ten points to...
They're really milking this "build a bridge" for all it's worth. Now to every country they're
gonna say, "We build a bridge here, we build a bridge there." I would say I'm pretty surprised.
Like, some are voting for their neighbors, but it's not completely, only voting for their
neighbors. They're voting for other people too.
So I'm not sure how many countries we've been through yet with the voting, but, ah, the
United Kingdom at least has one point, and Germany has none. Germany still has no points.
Austria, Germany, and Poland, and France all have zero points.
Russia's in the lead right now, then Sweden, Italy, and Australia. So that's it. It's done.
Sweden is the winner. Sweden won the Eurovision Song Contest, which means that next year the
Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted in Sweden.
And in the end, still Austria and Germany with zero points. Sorry guys. So final thoughts
for the Eurovision Song Contest: I think, what was the definition of camp? What did
we say that was? Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style. Yes, the Eurovision
Song Contest is absolutely, 100 percent camp, but it was pretty amazing. Pretty fun to watch.
Cheesy, corny, awesome, fun show.
Thanks so much for watching. Good night. Congratulations Sweden.
Until next time, auf Wiedersehen!
Hey everyone! Dana here, and today I will be watching the Eurovision Song Competition.
Song Contest. Take two.
I'm tired. It's almost one in the morning. Oops I'm recording. No. Whoops I'm recording.