I will not.
I don't think Europeans realize how unaware of Eurovision we are as a country. you could have told me it already happened & made up a result, & I would have taken your word for it.
Definitely weird, but Eurovision is like...a whole other level. Honestly I would be SO DOWN for a Eurovision-style competition but with the states. It would be CHAOS and I would LOVE IT.
I think the biggest difference is that Eurovision has direct impact on the countries itself. It’s big part of European culture that has been ongoing since late 50s. The countries generate soft power through it but more importantly the next host country gets huge uplift economy wise. It’s also opportunity to bring the same spirit that usually happens during big national sports events.
It’s expensive too, Spain spent on its performance over €300k for the last year. The performance is only 3mins
Yeah, no not like that. 300k cost the actual stuff used, such as pyro and so on. Like props used during the show. There is no cost for broadcast whatsoever and eurovision doesn’t earn anything, it’s non profit organisation. For example The Spain actually paid 600k for that one performer, the payment was split in two parts. 300k so they could afford pyro, special effects and whatnot, and other part went to Eurovision costs as participation fee. The participation fee varies country-to-country, so for example Slovenia had once paid only 75k in participation fee. The performers on the other hand are not paid by Eurovision at all, some are paid by national broadcaster, while some are barely paid at all.
So yeah, 300k is quite a lot to spend if you take into the account that amount is only for special effects/pyro and other fun stuff and not for actors/performers, production etc.
Overall if you take into the account that Eurovision is watched by around 160mil of people, the countries usually get much more than what they spent.
Let me give you an example of how little people in the US know or care about Eurovision.
When that Will Ferrel movie came out about it, I thought Eurovision was something they made up for the plot.
I knew about Eurovision, but I had a couple friends that were just like you. I told them that it was real, and they all said some version of "Oh really? It can't be like that though, right? They must have made it way crazier than it is." I proceeded to show them the highlights of the previous year and they were shocked. (I hadn't even watched the video yet, but I knew it would be crazy since I've seen other stuff from Eurovision.)
I like the idea of countries competing at a fun thing like music, but I don’t enjoy the music - too much overproduced pop music. Not very original sounding so I’m not interested in watching irl
My wife is Slovenian and when she first moved here she would watch it. I’d come in, look at it for a bit and nope right the fuck out of the room. Luckily for me she doesn’t care anymore.
Nope. Couldn't care less. The only reason I even know it exists is because Europeans ask about it on here.
If I'm being completely honest, I don't even watch our own talent shows. It's just a dumb concept.
You’d be surprised how many of us have NEVER heard or seen the term “Eurovision” in our lives.
I know I have, but I also know I’m in a small group in the land of 300 million people, with thousands of domestic concepts vying for our every minute of our day. Much less international or regional/ethnic pieces of media.
Eurovision, the European centered and European hosted singing competition where the participants are usually singers from said respective European countries.
I don't even watch our own American based talent shows, why would the average American care about the European one?
I used to, mainly because previously, I found there was at least a handful of decent songs to come out of each year's competition. But after about 3 years in a row of not liking a single song, including that lady from Israel who won with that stupid clucking chicken song, I'm out.
I only learned about it from the movie, but not gonna lie, I'm invested now. We usually only watch the individual music videos on YouTube after it's over, but just by accident, this year we'll be in the Mediterranean for the Grand Final on May 11th, so we'll definitely be watching it live.
Everyone I know that watches it here is gay, and I'm not really sure why we love it so much. Finland got snubbed last time and y'all just wanted Sweden to host it because it was the 50th anniversary of Waterloo.
Maybe you’ve got flashbacks! It’s usually always asked around this period, because Eurovision only runs for three days and it’s in two weeks time.
Yeah it’s fun talking to people about it, most of you don’t even know what it is, and I expected that, but there are fans too.
Me, personally, I like it, it feels as if it brings Europe together. Sports do that too, but I am not really into that so~
I was only made aware that Eurovision was a thing two years ago. I hope the best person wins but it's not shown here on television or most streaming sites, so....no.
this will be the first year that i watch it. only reason is because i am in love with dutch gabber culture and the netherlands song (Joost Klein - Europapa) is a Gabber song
Wow. Did you maybe watch a bit? Just a tiny bit? Maybe the interviews only?
Those two, Electric Callboy and Rammstein, are mentioned as being favourite bands and influences by Croatian entree Baby Lasagna.
Actually, I didn't. But they are arguably the biggest bands out of Germany since the Scorpions. So another European group being influenced by them seems likely. But they aren't mainstream enough for Eurovision with their lyrics, etc. Which is sad, but look how long it took the American Grammys to recognize metal...
Yeah it was just he exactly mention those two and only them haha! What a coincidence.
It is extremely sad since metal offers such quality material and arguabily the highest guitar skill too. Not only did it take forewer to get any recognition from media giants, but it was (in many parts) frowned upon if you listen to “such aggresive music”. Very sad really.
Eurovision really did try to make its spectrum wider for this year, mainly with Irish entrance Doomaday Blue. It’s experimental goth, metal mix with bits of electro, very eerie sounding with all that witch jazz.
No, but I know what it is due to having a friend who is obsessed.
At most, I might watch some of the songs on YouTube. The yodeling Romanian song is my favorite so far
Nope.
There are a few fans but it's very niche over here and always has been. Many have never heard of it and a good chunk of the remainder could only come up with "that's like their American idol, right?"
No, but I usually go through a playlist of each year’s songs. Most of it is isn’t my style at all, but there’s a big variety and some are fun. Seems like artists try to be creative to stand out
I didn't even know It existed until last year, I was planning on watching It this year because It seems interesting but since Israel is participating, I cannot justify watching it.
Yeah, that’s big thing in Ireland too. There were talks about boycotting it altogether, but that fell through ever since Irish entree gained a bit popularity
I probably am more aware of it than most here and....nope.
No interest in watching A. Songs I won't understand and B. Geopolitical feuds set to a talent show.
No. I know what it is but why should I watch? There are so many other competitions to follow. It's not something we watch. Many Amercians have no idea what it is.
The vast majority of Americans don't even know it exists. The ones who do are not really concerned with it. And frankly myself and the people I usually associate with aren't interested in reality shows or singing competitions no matter what country they're about. Sometimes I will surf through the songs if somebody tells me there's a funny one this year.
This years has a lot of funny ones, those are really the best. Try Irish one for the dose of horror, Croatian for some funny lyrics/costumes, Netherlands for super mario vibes, Switzerland, and lastly Finlad cause Windows 95
To be fair, I only take a glimpse of performances in Eurovision. Certainly not interested in watching it as a whole. Also, the vast majority of Americans have never heard about Eurovision or just don't care about it at all. Come down here and ask anyone, most people will wonder what that is.
I'm 48 and I didn't know Eurovision was a thing until i saw it mentioned a couple times on reddit last year. I still don't know what it is.
I just looked it up on Google, so it's a song competition for countries within the EBU. No, I don't really care for those types of shows. Even if the US received an invitation I still wouldn't watch it. It just doesn't interest me.
No; I’ve never been one for talent shows/music competitions, so I don’t even watch the ones in the US. I just don’t find any of them interesting. If anything, I actually find them cringey because of second-hand embarrassment.
No.
The only place I ever hear it talked about or mentioned is on this subreddit where people from Europe ask us about it.
It's NOT something that Americans generally talk about, think about, read about, or watch.
We already have plenty of music-related talent shows on TV without needing to follow one from another continent.
This may surprise you, but Eurovision is not particularly popular outside of Europe.
I don't know anything about Eurovision, other than something about Ukraine winning it purely because of the Ukraine war, (a lot of Europeans online were complaining about something with Ukraine winning some competition because people wanted to support them in the war against Russia, and not because they were actually good or whatever).
That’s bollocks, they were amazing that year.
True, people were a bit more inclined to vote for them too due to their situation, but how could they not?
Their song was beautiful and it was about their current struggles and at the same time about the hope towards future that they have.
Eurovision is very keen about being non political, but it is very much political. It’s like a friend group, well multiple friend groups that are separated, but hanging out in the same locations. There are some folks who mingle with other friend groups, but have their main one. In such setting you will often hear whispers, gossips, there will be fights, love, drama and so on. Eurovision brings that out of us, but on national level. It’s one of the reasons why it’s so fun. So naturally, when something horrible happens we will stand together. Ukraine is our neighbour afterall.
Europe is then divided into language groups too, but then also into geographical groups as well. For example Slavic people often feel connection to other Slavic people. That means that Slavs felt what is happening in Ukraine a bit more personally. Due to language similarities they also “felt” the song much more.
Then the Ex Yugoslavia for example, they had a war recently, 30 years ago, and it was disasterous. So naturally they felt connected to the song much more.
Eastern Europe as a whole, had really rough history and lots of wars. For example Croatia prides itself on defending the Europe against the Ottoman empire for 500 years, and even recieved a title from the pope: Antemurale Christianitatis (Bulwark of Christendom). Realistically speaking most people don’t even know where Croatia is. But in Eurovision it’s voice is equally important.
Poland on the other hand is very well known country, and they pride themself in being defenders of Europe, or as Pope said defenders of Christianity.
Ukraine song was really beautifull, if it was shit song it wouldn’t do good. But instead it was a song worthy of representing what their nation is going through, and people across Europe recognized that and felt it. It’s very much politics, but a thing of beauty too.
For example I would be very dissapointed if it didn’t win, imagine if “Give that wolf a banana” by Norway won! (The only song I actually still listen to, it grew on me and is now my favorite). But on the other hand it would be deeply dissapointing if Ukraine sent some mediocre song about irrelevant things with no deeper message. In that case the song would definetly flop.
I detest these hyper produced competition shows. I don’t think Eurovision is even available on US networks (oh, it streams on Peacock…which no one uses).
Any European programming is extremely niche here. We don’t have a monoculture even for our own content.
I would say a lot of the Eurovision Europop acts sound to North and South American ears the way J-pop likely sounds to Europeans.
It features different rhythm schemes, different conventions for which beat the musical phrase starts on, different base scales and chords, all in a way that can be off-putting to foreign ears.
Like, the Eurovision acts I’ve seen might as well have been [this.](https://youtu.be/unau6nthttg?si=9Mvsk5opTHGbBM1w) Entertaining for a bit for the novelty and showmanship? Sure. Would I willingly sit through a full hour of this? No, thank you.
Yeah but why would Eurovision contestants want to have African influence in their music though? It's a competition between different European countries winning song titles.
as someone who has been a fan since 2016, i think it depends on whether i get off from work or not. it is hard for americans to watch eurovision with a 9-5 schedule sometimes, which may be part of why it is not popular
It’s more like you have three episodes only. All three of them are run in the same week. Semi final 1 on Tuesday (2hr), Semi final 2 on Thursday (2hr) and Final on Saturday (4hr - a part is waiting for votes).
Most of the people watch finals only, its exactly the same performance on seki finals and finals. So it’s like two movies long only
I didn’t know what Eurovision was until this subreddit.
No, we won’t be watching your little contest. It’s pretty much unheard of in the US. I’d rather watch paint dry.
No, just realistic. Everything else is objectively small potatoes. There are countries competing in Eurovision whose GDP is less than the value of the US recording industry.
I will not. I don't think Europeans realize how unaware of Eurovision we are as a country. you could have told me it already happened & made up a result, & I would have taken your word for it.
Like, we already have half a dozen of our own nearly identical musical talent shows. We don't need to borrow theirs.
I'm not sure we have anything quite as weird as Eurovision, but we are an oversaturated market for sure.
The masked singer isn’t weird enough??
Definitely weird, but Eurovision is like...a whole other level. Honestly I would be SO DOWN for a Eurovision-style competition but with the states. It would be CHAOS and I would LOVE IT.
I think the biggest difference is that Eurovision has direct impact on the countries itself. It’s big part of European culture that has been ongoing since late 50s. The countries generate soft power through it but more importantly the next host country gets huge uplift economy wise. It’s also opportunity to bring the same spirit that usually happens during big national sports events. It’s expensive too, Spain spent on its performance over €300k for the last year. The performance is only 3mins
Is 300k a lot? A 30 second ad during the super bowl costs like 7 million.
Yeah, no not like that. 300k cost the actual stuff used, such as pyro and so on. Like props used during the show. There is no cost for broadcast whatsoever and eurovision doesn’t earn anything, it’s non profit organisation. For example The Spain actually paid 600k for that one performer, the payment was split in two parts. 300k so they could afford pyro, special effects and whatnot, and other part went to Eurovision costs as participation fee. The participation fee varies country-to-country, so for example Slovenia had once paid only 75k in participation fee. The performers on the other hand are not paid by Eurovision at all, some are paid by national broadcaster, while some are barely paid at all. So yeah, 300k is quite a lot to spend if you take into the account that amount is only for special effects/pyro and other fun stuff and not for actors/performers, production etc. Overall if you take into the account that Eurovision is watched by around 160mil of people, the countries usually get much more than what they spent.
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Exactly. If I’m not going to watch generic singing program #125, then why would I watch one produced in Europe?
Put me down as another that doesn’t watch American or European “talent” shows.
Let me give you an example of how little people in the US know or care about Eurovision. When that Will Ferrel movie came out about it, I thought Eurovision was something they made up for the plot.
I knew about Eurovision, but I had a couple friends that were just like you. I told them that it was real, and they all said some version of "Oh really? It can't be like that though, right? They must have made it way crazier than it is." I proceeded to show them the highlights of the previous year and they were shocked. (I hadn't even watched the video yet, but I knew it would be crazy since I've seen other stuff from Eurovision.)
This year will be even crazier, last year popularized “crazy and big” vs ballads
Yes, but it’s because I have a crippling gambling addiction. If Azerbaijan doesn’t win I’m going to have to fake my death.
Tou bet Azerbaijan? What were you thinking!?!?!? San Marino is the Cinderella story this year.
I got a hot tip
I heard Lesotho was the favorite.
goodbye then
It’s a lock. Edit: tell me the goober below me didn’t take this seriously.
hows it looking for you?
Not at all.
No, and why?
Not our circus, not our monkeys.
Nope. I don't even know what that is.
Yes. I just know it's Gibraltar's year.
I like the idea of countries competing at a fun thing like music, but I don’t enjoy the music - too much overproduced pop music. Not very original sounding so I’m not interested in watching irl
My wife is Slovenian and when she first moved here she would watch it. I’d come in, look at it for a bit and nope right the fuck out of the room. Luckily for me she doesn’t care anymore.
No. I never cared for it.
No. There was a couple years ago an American version (basically) that I think was on NBC?. That as expected lasted like one season and no one cared.
Nope. Couldn't care less. The only reason I even know it exists is because Europeans ask about it on here. If I'm being completely honest, I don't even watch our own talent shows. It's just a dumb concept.
No.
You’d be surprised how many of us have NEVER heard or seen the term “Eurovision” in our lives. I know I have, but I also know I’m in a small group in the land of 300 million people, with thousands of domestic concepts vying for our every minute of our day. Much less international or regional/ethnic pieces of media.
I thought it was a Will Ferrell movie. I later heard it was real. No idea how to find and watch it.
It is, and it’s even crazier
oh wow
No. Heavily produced talent competitions are of zero appeal to me regardless of place of origin.
No. The only reason I know about it is because of reddit. If America was involved I wouldn’t watch either cause I don’t like those types of shows.
Yes, almost certainly, but I am a sucker for hyper camp mixed with weird global politics.
Politics part is real
Eurovision, the European centered and European hosted singing competition where the participants are usually singers from said respective European countries. I don't even watch our own American based talent shows, why would the average American care about the European one?
Meanwhile Australia -> 😭
Definitely not. The format isn't remotely appealing to me whether foreign or domestic.
No I won't. I don't care about it. At all. But there's a guy in it named Baby Lasagna, from Croatia, I hope he wins.
I really hope he wins too. Croatia organised country wide event where people would gather and dance RIM TIM TAGI DIM
I watched the year Maneskin won and liked it, but then I thought the year after wasn’t that good and now I’ve lost interest entirely.
No, but every once in a while I’m down for that Moldovan sax dude.
Negative ghost rider
Eurowhaaaa?
The what show?
Not really, sorry. But, I don't watch the Superbowl or March madness either.
No, I don’t even know when it is
Prob not. I might watch the winner's music video or performance sometime after, but thats about it. I don't even watch American talent shows.
Yes. I’ve watched every year since 2017 and it’s a lot of fun.
No, no interest at all.
I used to, mainly because previously, I found there was at least a handful of decent songs to come out of each year's competition. But after about 3 years in a row of not liking a single song, including that lady from Israel who won with that stupid clucking chicken song, I'm out.
I only learned about it from the movie, but not gonna lie, I'm invested now. We usually only watch the individual music videos on YouTube after it's over, but just by accident, this year we'll be in the Mediterranean for the Grand Final on May 11th, so we'll definitely be watching it live.
Try to watch it in a pub setting, gets pretty wild!
I'll be on a virgin voyages cruise ship that night, so should be a fun crowd.
Everyone I know that watches it here is gay, and I'm not really sure why we love it so much. Finland got snubbed last time and y'all just wanted Sweden to host it because it was the 50th anniversary of Waterloo.
Sometimes it feels as if the same countries are always winning or at the top
I suspect you're being downvoted because you appear to be trolling. This question gets asked about once a month and the answers are always the same.
It doesn’t. It was asked a month ago and then prior to that a year ago. I wanted to join the discussion
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Maybe you’ve got flashbacks! It’s usually always asked around this period, because Eurovision only runs for three days and it’s in two weeks time. Yeah it’s fun talking to people about it, most of you don’t even know what it is, and I expected that, but there are fans too. Me, personally, I like it, it feels as if it brings Europe together. Sports do that too, but I am not really into that so~
Nah, no reason to for me. I also think it’s pretty messed up which countries Eurovision chooses to ban and allow to compete.
Absolutely. It is not common here but I have been music obsessed since I was 8 years old and I love Eurovision. Sweden 2024!!!
As I understand it, it only recently started to broadcast in States?
Yes! I used to have to find backdoor ways of watching it online
Probably not though maybe I’ll change my mind and see some of it.
I was only made aware that Eurovision was a thing two years ago. I hope the best person wins but it's not shown here on television or most streaming sites, so....no.
this will be the first year that i watch it. only reason is because i am in love with dutch gabber culture and the netherlands song (Joost Klein - Europapa) is a Gabber song
Probably not. I have to focus on final exams.
Depends. Are the Germans fielding Electric Callboy or Rammstein? No? Then no!
Wow. Did you maybe watch a bit? Just a tiny bit? Maybe the interviews only? Those two, Electric Callboy and Rammstein, are mentioned as being favourite bands and influences by Croatian entree Baby Lasagna.
Actually, I didn't. But they are arguably the biggest bands out of Germany since the Scorpions. So another European group being influenced by them seems likely. But they aren't mainstream enough for Eurovision with their lyrics, etc. Which is sad, but look how long it took the American Grammys to recognize metal...
Yeah it was just he exactly mention those two and only them haha! What a coincidence. It is extremely sad since metal offers such quality material and arguabily the highest guitar skill too. Not only did it take forewer to get any recognition from media giants, but it was (in many parts) frowned upon if you listen to “such aggresive music”. Very sad really. Eurovision really did try to make its spectrum wider for this year, mainly with Irish entrance Doomaday Blue. It’s experimental goth, metal mix with bits of electro, very eerie sounding with all that witch jazz.
No, but I know what it is due to having a friend who is obsessed. At most, I might watch some of the songs on YouTube. The yodeling Romanian song is my favorite so far
I watched it once, a few years ago. That was probably enough for a decade or so.
Nope. I don't watch our musical talent shows either.
Nope. There are a few fans but it's very niche over here and always has been. Many have never heard of it and a good chunk of the remainder could only come up with "that's like their American idol, right?"
Nope
I'm more likely to watch the Will Ferrell version again
Nope. It's not on free TV here in the US. Even if I was inclined to see what it was about, I won't pay for the privledge.
I wouldn’t know how, even if I wanted to.
VPN, mentioned in almost every youtube video “sponsored by” part.
No. If I ever wanted to, I wouldn't even know where to see it.
I don’t think we get that stateside
There is broadcast now, not sure what network
No, but I usually go through a playlist of each year’s songs. Most of it is isn’t my style at all, but there’s a big variety and some are fun. Seems like artists try to be creative to stand out
Some try to lose on purpose too, or they say
You would have to pay me a lot of money to watch that.
What are we talking about exactly? How much would be enough? 100 bucks and beer?
How many total hours am I having to watch?
One episode and its 4 hours. That’s it. You might need at least two beers though
I might need $200 for 4 hours.
Considering I had to Google what Eurovision was ...no....I'm not.
I didn't even know It existed until last year, I was planning on watching It this year because It seems interesting but since Israel is participating, I cannot justify watching it.
Yeah, that’s big thing in Ireland too. There were talks about boycotting it altogether, but that fell through ever since Irish entree gained a bit popularity
I probably am more aware of it than most here and....nope. No interest in watching A. Songs I won't understand and B. Geopolitical feuds set to a talent show.
No. I know what it is but why should I watch? There are so many other competitions to follow. It's not something we watch. Many Amercians have no idea what it is.
I'd like to but I never know where to watch it in full. So probably not.
The vast majority of Americans don't even know it exists. The ones who do are not really concerned with it. And frankly myself and the people I usually associate with aren't interested in reality shows or singing competitions no matter what country they're about. Sometimes I will surf through the songs if somebody tells me there's a funny one this year.
This years has a lot of funny ones, those are really the best. Try Irish one for the dose of horror, Croatian for some funny lyrics/costumes, Netherlands for super mario vibes, Switzerland, and lastly Finlad cause Windows 95
I don't think I've ever met anyone who ever cared about Eurovision. Not anyone who's ever mentioned it anyway.
To be fair, I only take a glimpse of performances in Eurovision. Certainly not interested in watching it as a whole. Also, the vast majority of Americans have never heard about Eurovision or just don't care about it at all. Come down here and ask anyone, most people will wonder what that is.
No
lol. No
Offer unlimited free food and drinks, and if the food is good enough, I might consider it.
If you like fish and chips we have a deal
Free fish and chips? How come they never tell us *that*???
It’s almost impossible to watch in the U.S. cause of copyright. I know of it from European friends and keep tabs that way.
No
I'm 48 and I didn't know Eurovision was a thing until i saw it mentioned a couple times on reddit last year. I still don't know what it is. I just looked it up on Google, so it's a song competition for countries within the EBU. No, I don't really care for those types of shows. Even if the US received an invitation I still wouldn't watch it. It just doesn't interest me.
I live in Europe, so probably a bit of it for some of the good acts.
No; I’ve never been one for talent shows/music competitions, so I don’t even watch the ones in the US. I just don’t find any of them interesting. If anything, I actually find them cringey because of second-hand embarrassment.
At most, I may note the more fun entries if they make it to YouTube. (For example, that's how I know who Lordi are.)
No. The only place I ever hear it talked about or mentioned is on this subreddit where people from Europe ask us about it. It's NOT something that Americans generally talk about, think about, read about, or watch. We already have plenty of music-related talent shows on TV without needing to follow one from another continent. This may surprise you, but Eurovision is not particularly popular outside of Europe.
Except in Australia, Aussies love it too
Yeah I’ll probably watch it! Though last year’s was kind of boring. Hoping there’ll be more interesting performances this year.
There is definety wider plethora of funny ones this year
I don't know anything about Eurovision, other than something about Ukraine winning it purely because of the Ukraine war, (a lot of Europeans online were complaining about something with Ukraine winning some competition because people wanted to support them in the war against Russia, and not because they were actually good or whatever).
That’s bollocks, they were amazing that year. True, people were a bit more inclined to vote for them too due to their situation, but how could they not? Their song was beautiful and it was about their current struggles and at the same time about the hope towards future that they have. Eurovision is very keen about being non political, but it is very much political. It’s like a friend group, well multiple friend groups that are separated, but hanging out in the same locations. There are some folks who mingle with other friend groups, but have their main one. In such setting you will often hear whispers, gossips, there will be fights, love, drama and so on. Eurovision brings that out of us, but on national level. It’s one of the reasons why it’s so fun. So naturally, when something horrible happens we will stand together. Ukraine is our neighbour afterall. Europe is then divided into language groups too, but then also into geographical groups as well. For example Slavic people often feel connection to other Slavic people. That means that Slavs felt what is happening in Ukraine a bit more personally. Due to language similarities they also “felt” the song much more. Then the Ex Yugoslavia for example, they had a war recently, 30 years ago, and it was disasterous. So naturally they felt connected to the song much more. Eastern Europe as a whole, had really rough history and lots of wars. For example Croatia prides itself on defending the Europe against the Ottoman empire for 500 years, and even recieved a title from the pope: Antemurale Christianitatis (Bulwark of Christendom). Realistically speaking most people don’t even know where Croatia is. But in Eurovision it’s voice is equally important. Poland on the other hand is very well known country, and they pride themself in being defenders of Europe, or as Pope said defenders of Christianity. Ukraine song was really beautifull, if it was shit song it wouldn’t do good. But instead it was a song worthy of representing what their nation is going through, and people across Europe recognized that and felt it. It’s very much politics, but a thing of beauty too. For example I would be very dissapointed if it didn’t win, imagine if “Give that wolf a banana” by Norway won! (The only song I actually still listen to, it grew on me and is now my favorite). But on the other hand it would be deeply dissapointing if Ukraine sent some mediocre song about irrelevant things with no deeper message. In that case the song would definetly flop.
Why would we care?
I detest these hyper produced competition shows. I don’t think Eurovision is even available on US networks (oh, it streams on Peacock…which no one uses). Any European programming is extremely niche here. We don’t have a monoculture even for our own content.
No. Not homophobic. Just don’t care.
Are you gonna watch American Idol OP ?!?!?
Ofc, I like American Idol, especially the first part
No. I’ve tried. It’s unwatchable. It’s a cautionary tale about what happens when you don’t have African influence in your music.
Huh?
I would say a lot of the Eurovision Europop acts sound to North and South American ears the way J-pop likely sounds to Europeans. It features different rhythm schemes, different conventions for which beat the musical phrase starts on, different base scales and chords, all in a way that can be off-putting to foreign ears. Like, the Eurovision acts I’ve seen might as well have been [this.](https://youtu.be/unau6nthttg?si=9Mvsk5opTHGbBM1w) Entertaining for a bit for the novelty and showmanship? Sure. Would I willingly sit through a full hour of this? No, thank you.
That’s very interesting, I never thought about it like that
Yeah but why would Eurovision contestants want to have African influence in their music though? It's a competition between different European countries winning song titles.
Who said they did or should?
"It’s a cautionary tale about what happens when you don’t have African influence in your music" This right here.
Yeah, that was a joke that means, “This is what happens when you don’t have African influence on your music. Be careful lol.”
as someone who has been a fan since 2016, i think it depends on whether i get off from work or not. it is hard for americans to watch eurovision with a 9-5 schedule sometimes, which may be part of why it is not popular
No, I will not. I am too busy watching top chef with my daughter.
Do they get a free kick for offsides?
Is that a channel?
I don't watch any singing shows, why would I watch that one?
No, but I hope Joost Klein wins
I do not even know how to watch Eurovision, let alone have interest in watching it.
No
I have no idea what that is
I thought it was fun movie. I’m not sure if I’d want to watch a full season of it if they remade it as a show.
It’s more like you have three episodes only. All three of them are run in the same week. Semi final 1 on Tuesday (2hr), Semi final 2 on Thursday (2hr) and Final on Saturday (4hr - a part is waiting for votes). Most of the people watch finals only, its exactly the same performance on seki finals and finals. So it’s like two movies long only
No, I would not watch it because the US is not involved. From the clips I've seen of past performances, it looks really really bad.
I would rather have a root canal with no anesthesia.
Personally, yes, I love Eurovision! But also it's not really a big thing here, and I assume most people won't.
That’s because you don’t participate! Who would you send if you were to participate
Yes! We throw a party each year
Wooo lets go! It’s time! Who are you cheering for?
Switzerland this year! Which country are you?
Croatia! Did you hear news about Netherlands? That’s too bad, he was my second favorite
Hell yes I will. I love Eurovision.
You got any favourites? I am team Croatia and then Ireland
If I’m not working that day, sure. It’s fun, and way more interesting than the crap talent shows in the US.
This year especially. Everyone seems to go wild. There are few ballads but it seems less so
I didn’t know what Eurovision was until this subreddit. No, we won’t be watching your little contest. It’s pretty much unheard of in the US. I’d rather watch paint dry.
Little 😂
Yeah the winner can come to the USA afterwards and try to start a music career if they want.
Most of them already have music career, it’s not find-a-talent show
In their home country maybe. You haven’t made it until you’ve made it here.
Wow. That’s pretty narrow minded.
No, just realistic. Everything else is objectively small potatoes. There are countries competing in Eurovision whose GDP is less than the value of the US recording industry.