A few of last years threads - I'll try and update with a bit of what happened last year to put it in context...
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My top 5 lessons from last year(slightly edited):
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Anyway, top 5 lessons for next year:
a) rehearsals - watch em, bet based on em.
b) certain nations will always place well regardless of their song, purely as a result of large, well spread expat communities...in particular Turkey and Russia.
c) the idea that Eastern European nations might steal votes from each other allowing a Skandinavian power to do well didn't materialise, infact if anything Sweden's horrendous result suggests the opposite. Western Europeans vote for Eastern European songs, but not vice versa.
d) Latin sound(like many other more western Euro sounds) is definately out...Greek song was as textbook a latin/medittereanean song as you might find, yet was trounced by a wierd mix of Eastern Euro craziness.
e) Novelty songs v epic songs...still inconclusive with Ukraine running Serbia close...pop/chart tunes still coming a tired third. Return of the epic ballad this year with Serbia, altho Greece's failure with the most epic of ballads a couple of years ago suggests that while traditional chart ballads might struggle, the Eastern Euro ballad(with home country language and traditional instruments) could be a force to be reckoned with in years to come.
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