Eurovision 2007

Dan D · 02-28-07, 02:56 PM

Linton posted a link to Israel's entry to the 2007 Eurovision singing contest in another thread:

The Teapacks-"Push the button"

Israel is taking part in the Eurovision singing contest for many years now. But what about others like Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Lebanon?

A quick look on the Eurovison singing contest map done by "afoe/A Fistful of Euros":
"There will be four new members appearing for the first time: Georgia, the Czech Republic, Serbia, and Montenegro. As everyone knows, Serbia and Montenegro appeared for two years as “Serbia and Montenegro”, then didn’t appear last year -- they couldn’t agree on an entry -- and are now appearing as separate countries. The Czechs have inexplicably sat out Eurovision since splitting from Czecheslovakia a decade ago, but they’ve finally come to their senses.
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One Eastern European entry we won’t see this year, though: Kosovo. The Kosovars won’t be participating.
Much to their annoyance! For several years now, the Kosovars have been sending bands and singers down to Albania to compete. Alas, the snotty city slickers down in Tirana have refused to pick a single Kosovar. Which has all right-thinking Kosovars really ticked off.
Pause here to contemplate the awesome power of Eurovision: without even trying, it is killing the idea of Greater Albania. How cool is that?
Mm, what else… oh, yes, Lebanon. We all remember the unhappiness in 2005, when Lebanon -- entering for the first time -- had to withdraw at the last moment. The problem was, Eurovision rules require the participants to broadcast the entire show, including every song; and Lebanese TV would not broadcast the Israeli portion. As a result, they were hit with a three-year ban, and aren’t eligible to enter in 2006, -7, or -8. It remains unclear whether they’ll ever come in." (http://fistfulofeuros.net/archives/002847.php)

I would like to add that hopefully Austria won't make it to the finals because they have the old tradition of giving zero points to Germany, Austria: "Germany zero points, Allemagne zéro points".

It looks like it will be a kick @ss party again. Get ready! :-)

02-28-07, 02:56 PM	#1
Dan D Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 9th Flotilla Posts: 839 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Eurovision 2007 Linton posted a link to Israel's entry to the 2007 Eurovision singing contest in another thread: The Teapacks-"Push the button" Israel is taking part in the Eurovision singing contest for many years now. But what about others like Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Lebanon? A quick look on the Eurovison singing contest map done by "afoe/A Fistful of Euros": "There will be four new members appearing for the first time: Georgia, the Czech Republic, Serbia, and Montenegro. As everyone knows, Serbia and Montenegro appeared for two years as “Serbia and Montenegro”, then didn’t appear last year -- they couldn’t agree on an entry -- and are now appearing as separate countries. The Czechs have inexplicably sat out Eurovision since splitting from Czecheslovakia a decade ago, but they’ve finally come to their senses. ... One Eastern European entry we won’t see this year, though: Kosovo. The Kosovars won’t be participating. Much to their annoyance! For several years now, the Kosovars have been sending bands and singers down to Albania to compete. Alas, the snotty city slickers down in Tirana have refused to pick a single Kosovar. Which has all right-thinking Kosovars really ticked off. Pause here to contemplate the awesome power of Eurovision: without even trying, it is killing the idea of Greater Albania. How cool is that? Mm, what else… oh, yes, Lebanon. We all remember the unhappiness in 2005, when Lebanon -- entering for the first time -- had to withdraw at the last moment. The problem was, Eurovision rules require the participants to broadcast the entire show, including every song; and Lebanese TV would not broadcast the Israeli portion. As a result, they were hit with a three-year ban, and aren’t eligible to enter in 2006, -7, or -8. It remains unclear whether they’ll ever come in." (http://fistfulofeuros.net/archives/002847.php) I would like to add that hopefully Austria won't make it to the finals because they have the old tradition of giving zero points to Germany, Austria: "Germany zero points, Allemagne zéro points". It looks like it will be a kick @ss party again. Get ready! :-)