I guess it's about time I did this then...
Questionnaire
In which country do you live? - United Kingdom
How many years have you been watching the Eurovision Song Contest - the first one I remember watching is 1986, but I vaguely remember Bobbysocks winning the year before. So that's 26 years. FUCK.
Quickly, name three countries whose entries you generally like - Sweden, Albania, Norway
Carola or Amina - which do you wish had won? - Obviously Carola! I remember being a very happy 12 year old gay watching her snatch victory!
Do you know who Lotta Engberg is? - Pphhhh... Do I know who Lotta Engberg is? Her Eurovision entry is probably the WORST song she has ever entered MF with. She should have won in 1996 with Juliette och Jonathan. Even though I love Den vilda.
What is your favourite winning song of the...
...2000s? - Everyway That I Can - Sertab Ereber (Turkey 2003)
...1990s? - Fångad av en stormvind - Carola (Sweden 1991)
...1980s? - Ne partez pas sans moi - Céline Dion (Switzerland 1988)
...1970s? - Tu te reconnaîtras - Anne Marie David (Luxembourg 1973)
...1960s? - Poupée de cire, poupée de son - France Gall (Luxembourg 1965)
Can you sing any of the winning songs from the 1950s? Refrain and Een Beetje a little.
If you had a Eurovision song played at your funeral, which would it be? That's a TOUGH one. I'd definitely have Te Deum but Eurovision song wise I'd probably choose Israel 2005 in its English version - Time To Say Goodbye. And there's not a HINT of irony in that choice!
Is CatCat's Bye Bye Baby the greatest Finnish song ever? Quite possibly. Though Sata salamaa would run it close.
Which is your favourite nil points entry ever? (You can pick Pierro and the Music Stars, Little My) - Oooh it's a close one between two, but Lass IBM by Gunvor (Switzerland 1998) just wins. Those backing singers
Rate the following out of 100...
(0 = Worse than Hitler, if you saw them on the other side of the road, you'd run up to them and push them in traffic
50 = Quite indifferent to them
100 = You'd throw yourself in front of traffic if you thought they would be impressed by it)
Carola - 85 - I LOVE her at times and I HATE her at times but she has given us three MAX tracks at Eurovision plus another amazing National Final entry. And no, I don't mean the duet with Andreas Johnson.
Cliff Richard - 15
Ofra Haza (RIP) - 80 - Taken to soon.
Lena Philipsson - 100 - Who the phrase QoL was invented for.
Skamp - 55
What is the most played Eurovision tune on your computer/mp3 player?
Kalla nätter by Jessica Andersson (Melodifestivalen 2006) but if we are talking ACTUAL Eurovision entries then its Invincible by Carola (Sweden 2006). That's probably due to 2006 being the first time I got iTunes and I've never reset my play counts so that year has an advantage. About 40 of my top 60 played songs are Eurovision related.
