There’s a saying that goes for all the contests in the world and it goes – it’s not important to win, but to compete. Did I say all the contests in the world? Wrong! This doesn’t apply to the Eurovision contest, you poor naive thing. In Eurosong contests winning is everything, and the losers cry bitter tears knowing that they have been beaten by someone even worse and more pathetic than they are.
To prove what I just said, see the reaction of this year’s Slovenian losers:
Connections with the people counting the votes are always important for Balkanian qualification finals, and this year’s local competitions were no exception. To see who had the best connections and/or managed to offer most money to the jury, go to Balkan File.
Now let’s see some of the losers.
First, from Macedonia, a unique bland of traditional folk song often performed in order to invoke rain and to ensure the protection of the harvest, and hip hop.
The corrupt jury in Croatia had a major problem this year because several competitors offered exactly the same amount of money to try and bribe them. Problem was solved by using the technique known as “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe”. Unfortunately for her, this power pop girl was the “meeny”:
Best Serbian losers we’ve had in years – they have it all: opera, gay love between the Matrix priest and the high ranking army official, communist babes, and opera. Yes, I know I already said opera. Some people claim to hear ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and ‘You’ll never walk alone’ tunes in there somewhere but I just can’t concentrate enough to spot them.
Montenegro and Bosnia have somehow managed to hide their losers from me. I suspect there’s probably a good reason for that, so if you manage to find them, please post the link.
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Let’s be honest, if there would be just some good songs with traditional performance, nobody would watch Eurovision Contest. It’s a magnet because you know it can get embarassing! Great idea to make a post about the loosers, but anyway: I think the Marko Kon song is cool….nije,nije,nije la la la….
That’s true, nobody watches this because of the quality, but because of the gems like these and many others.
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