Eurovision Song Contest time again!!
May 30th, 2010, 12:27 AM
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May 30th, 2010, 01:44 AM
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>>I mean, who pays should be able to decide who wins, right? <<
In that case, the host country would decide every year: they pay for the ESC. The "Big Four" get places automatically because they pay most to the running costs of the European Broadcasting Union, not the Song Contest shows.
FWIW, this was my (belated) take on it all:
http://autolycus-london.blogspot.com...oke-night.html
In that case, the host country would decide every year: they pay for the ESC. The "Big Four" get places automatically because they pay most to the running costs of the European Broadcasting Union, not the Song Contest shows.
FWIW, this was my (belated) take on it all:
http://autolycus-london.blogspot.com...oke-night.html
May 30th, 2010, 03:14 AM
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So Lena won, but I saw that she had to scratch her head to understand English. Why not have pride in her own national language and sing in German !
The hegemony of English should certainly be opposed. Can I ask anyone who supports the cultural identies of individual nations in the Eurovision Song Contest to vote here
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/28/br...-to-eurovision
The rules should also be changed to enable the introduction of the international language Esperanto.
The use of Esperanto is forbidden at the moment.
The hegemony of English should certainly be opposed. Can I ask anyone who supports the cultural identies of individual nations in the Eurovision Song Contest to vote here
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/28/br...-to-eurovision
The rules should also be changed to enable the introduction of the international language Esperanto.
The use of Esperanto is forbidden at the moment.
May 30th, 2010, 10:09 AM
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I wish we had more programs like this. Europeans might finally get to know each other if we knew more about what interests them culturally.
It is already interesting every year to see which countries dare to sing in their own language rather than English, thereby ensuring defeat.
It is already interesting every year to see which countries dare to sing in their own language rather than English, thereby ensuring defeat.
May 30th, 2010, 10:10 AM
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"I wish we had more programs like this. Europeans might finally get to know each other if we knew more about what interests them culturally."
I've always looked at this program as the vorrunner for all Idol shows.
Am listening to Lena's song again. She sounds like a cat in heat.
I've always looked at this program as the vorrunner for all Idol shows.
Am listening to Lena's song again. She sounds like a cat in heat.
May 30th, 2010, 01:18 PM
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>>>The hegemony of English should certainly be opposed. <<<
There is a current thread where a guy from Scotland heavily complaints that the Italians do not speak English.
Europe is a continent with so many languages that we always needed a "lingua franca". It used to be Latin for fifteen centuries, then it was French for four centuries, and after WW II English became the common language.
There is a current thread where a guy from Scotland heavily complaints that the Italians do not speak English.
Europe is a continent with so many languages that we always needed a "lingua franca". It used to be Latin for fifteen centuries, then it was French for four centuries, and after WW II English became the common language.
