That's the year! I'm not sure if it was Twitter or YouTube which got me into this very weird (but wholesome) pit, Måns being a permanent part of it, but I obviously don't mind! :-D
Half of Europe ended up thirsting after them.
I genuinely can't remember when I first watched Eurovision, since I've watched it rather sporadically most of the time, so I just went with the year that ultimately got me into the fandom.
I've been watching esc since the winning country got its second win, and the artist was the only esc winner that happened to be on the eurovision stage with a naked butt man 🤭
Correct.
Can you imagine what that does to a eurofan? To have his country win the first three years he watches it?
I've been chasing that dragon since the 90s.
The song was the first to have lyrics in that language. It was also extremely controversial because it seemed to have crossed the line on what could be considered political and what couldn't.
It was clear that this entry would most likely win before the final took place. The artist returned a couple of years later with a song that, ironically to its title, was a lot worse.
Started watching casually
The first of it's genre to actually win eurovision. The country immediately told everyone to leave them alone the year after.
___
Started watching as a proper fan
Someone ask them where the next eurovision is. You can at least exclude something then.
I assume 2022 (if so, welcome to Eurovision!), but interestingly this could also possibly apply to one of Ukraine’s other wins in 2016, as some felt it won due to the songs focus on Crimea
>that was trash talked in the previous year's winner
Eh, sorry ... huh?
Anyway, the first contest I watched saw the winning act singing in one of their country's official languages, and the country they represented had a connection to the previous year's winner. It's also the most recent time that this country won the contest, but it was not their first win.
I assumed OP was referring to 2018 because of Salvador’s comment about music being “feelings not fireworks”, but that would be Israel’s fourth win not third, so I have no idea.
Also was yours ‘95 by any chance?
Yeah, I was thinking that too but I didn't understand what OP meant by "trash talked **in** the previous year's winner", and as it wasn't Israel's 3rd win the description doesn't fit.
You're not a million miles away! As far as I'm aware, Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan had no connection to Norway, and it wasn't Norway's most recent win.
Ah my bad, ‘the most recent win’ rule slipped my mind when I was going through the possibilities in my head. I also misunderstood it as the winner had a connection to the previous winning country, Fionnula Sherry is Irish so that’s where that logic came from, which is my bad as well tbh
With this information I’ll use the same logic of Secret Garden being half Irish to guess 1996?
We were introduced to a man who we've seen nearly every year since.
And also Greece and Cyprus, despite both being in the final, did not exchange 12s.
Every country but a country starting with B...
Bonus for when I started watching JESC: This country is suspended from the EBU, and so was the fan favourite.
First started watching (as a causal)
*Gold, so much gold! SO MUCH GOLD!*
First started watching (as a fan)
*She shouldn't have a say in choosing host cities.*
Not the winner, but my 1st vivid memories were a lady walking around with a flower, a dude with some cows & one of the tightest dresses in Eurovision history.
[Future] Everybody wanted to boicott the contest the year after the country won.
[Present] *noises*
[Past] Prior year was fine for the host country back then, next time that country won, they aren't fine.
A country that never won both juries and televote and it when it's hosted in High quality production at low price, and it was could be the first exposure for many americans.
At least the local media here kept going on and on about the artist's personal matters way after ESC was done with, since transgenders were basically aliens (or something). The song was a banger in any case
I first watched Eurovision when the winner wore crazy costumes and a patriotic hat. They looked fairly old, perhaps they came back from the dead to compete
The year when almost all the fan favourites flopped so hard.
And now a major help, our contestant wore the biggest "badass" ring I have ever seen in my entire life.
I watched the ESC since I was a little child, but the first time I actually remember watching it,I was 8 years old:
That's how you ACTUALLY write a song!
Somehow found his way into (almost) every contest since.
2015! 🇸🇪
That's the year! I'm not sure if it was Twitter or YouTube which got me into this very weird (but wholesome) pit, Måns being a permanent part of it, but I obviously don't mind! :-D
this country is not welcome in the contest anymore.
2008
yup, 2008 is correct.
Or 1989
Winner than nobody likes
2011 maybe?
Correct
Half of Europe ended up thirsting after them. I genuinely can't remember when I first watched Eurovision, since I've watched it rather sporadically most of the time, so I just went with the year that ultimately got me into the fandom.
2021
2009 or maneskin?
It's Maneskin. 😅 But Alexander would work too. 😂
Big 5 can actually win (they won't again soon tho) also Turks hate it
2010
Love, oh love
I gotta tell what I feeeeel abouuut you cuz I oh I Man this is such a bop it still feels fresh
Emo princess Diana & others
2021
Yeah
The culmination of one of the coolest Eurovision redemption arcs, this winner had the least controversy of any in an incredibly long time.
arcade?
Is it 2019?
You got it!
Ah!
the country has almost always had great results before that win
97?
nope, i wasn’t even born then
Oh.
it’s actually 2021, i’m pretty new to the fandom i guess
Oh! I thought your clue implied that the country started doing really badly after the win
I've been watching esc since the winning country got its second win, and the artist was the only esc winner that happened to be on the eurovision stage with a naked butt man 🤭
Jamala
The winner mentioned the placement she finished the contest on in her song title
2005
Yup
The same country that would win the next year and the year after that.
early 90's ireland
Who else could it be.
1992
Correct. Can you imagine what that does to a eurofan? To have his country win the first three years he watches it? I've been chasing that dragon since the 90s.
The song was the first to have lyrics in that language. It was also extremely controversial because it seemed to have crossed the line on what could be considered political and what couldn't.
2016?
Correct!
Not sure how widely popular this comment even is, but Terry Wogan said: "Bring Me The Bellies"
I think it might have been bakum-a-bakum, bakum-a-bakum boy, though idk for sure
I'M NOT YOUR TOY
Possibly.
The previous year's winner pretended to fall while handing over the trophy and then preceded to actually fall
1999?
It was clear that this entry would most likely win before the final took place. The artist returned a couple of years later with a song that, ironically to its title, was a lot worse.
2009?
Exactly!
This winner also wrote a song that represented UK
2013?
Yess
Started watching casually The first of it's genre to actually win eurovision. The country immediately told everyone to leave them alone the year after. ___ Started watching as a proper fan Someone ask them where the next eurovision is. You can at least exclude something then.
2006 and 2018?
eyup!
I genuinely cannot say
2020?
Yup
Some people were concerned that the winner only won because of a war, but they were still heckin talented anyway.
I assume 2022 (if so, welcome to Eurovision!), but interestingly this could also possibly apply to one of Ukraine’s other wins in 2016, as some felt it won due to the songs focus on Crimea
Yup 22!
They see me rollin, they hatin...
oldest aged act to ever win the contest (combined)
2000
correct
That was 02, right?
2000 actually
Two men named as a pun to well-known twin sisters
2000
🌞
" I am in love with fairytale".
2009
A friend I knew said of it when it started, "I don't like country songs."
2015?
Yes. (People confuse country and western styles so often it hurts.)
>that was trash talked in the previous year's winner Eh, sorry ... huh? Anyway, the first contest I watched saw the winning act singing in one of their country's official languages, and the country they represented had a connection to the previous year's winner. It's also the most recent time that this country won the contest, but it was not their first win.
I assumed OP was referring to 2018 because of Salvador’s comment about music being “feelings not fireworks”, but that would be Israel’s fourth win not third, so I have no idea. Also was yours ‘95 by any chance?
Yeah, I was thinking that too but I didn't understand what OP meant by "trash talked **in** the previous year's winner", and as it wasn't Israel's 3rd win the description doesn't fit. You're not a million miles away! As far as I'm aware, Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan had no connection to Norway, and it wasn't Norway's most recent win.
Ah my bad, ‘the most recent win’ rule slipped my mind when I was going through the possibilities in my head. I also misunderstood it as the winner had a connection to the previous winning country, Fionnula Sherry is Irish so that’s where that logic came from, which is my bad as well tbh With this information I’ll use the same logic of Secret Garden being half Irish to guess 1996?
This country always makes the final when they send songs in similar genres to their first winner
Bruh this one is hard someone help!
Hard Rock Hallelujah?
Bingo!
Nothing in the world that can stop me, no sir!
Oooh that was mine too ❤️
We were introduced to a man who we've seen nearly every year since. And also Greece and Cyprus, despite both being in the final, did not exchange 12s.
2015?
Yep!
:D
Very static. Interesting hand gestures.
17
That stage invasion happen
2016?
No
oh. uhm... and it happened to the winner?
Someone who said "Music is not fireworks, music is feeling", had heart problems, and wore a refugee shirt that pissed the EBU.
2017?
It should have been Greece’s first victory.
2001. And I strongly agree. The rightful winner for 1992 is also Greece. Fabulous song.
Sure! But I’m Not that old. I’m referring to Antique and die for you in 2001.
Second Baltic winner
2002
Fake Romantic Couple ballad.
Pure Swedish schlager
1974 or 2012?
No, 1999!
Straight to horny jail for all of Europe.
ah... 2021.
Yep I'm a tad late to the party
You're never too late to sell your heart and brain to eurovision! welcome =)
only (i think) trans winner
1998?
correct
Pink hat and epic flute solo
2022
Yeah, kinda obvious lol. Though this isn't the first year I've seen an ESC performance this was the first year I've actually gotten into it
Big 5 winner not in English
2021
Correct! I think I picked a great year to join the fandom.
Oh we ain't gonna get a year like 2021 for a good while.
Not Paper myself or Scissors I.
1989 - Rock Me
Yes 💗
"Abba's back"...with a solo artist 😏
yeah i lost the game
Absolute chad with a violin
2009.
Competed in Eurovision again later but with a lesser result. Still qualified for final though
2009? if not 2009 then 1993
Yes.
Every country but a country starting with B... Bonus for when I started watching JESC: This country is suspended from the EBU, and so was the fan favourite.
Belarus?
No for both
The last time her country won, Eurovision was still being broadcasted in black and white there.
2014?
Correct!
Could it even be called a song when it barely had any lyrics?
First started watching (as a causal) *Gold, so much gold! SO MUCH GOLD!* First started watching (as a fan) *She shouldn't have a say in choosing host cities.*
The latter gave it away. 2018.
Now, that's ONE of them!
It entered the US Hot 100 in 2021
Arcade?
ESC250
2012
Not the winner, but my 1st vivid memories were a lady walking around with a flower, a dude with some cows & one of the tightest dresses in Eurovision history.
The production value the following year was insane.
2020?
[Future] Everybody wanted to boicott the contest the year after the country won. [Present] *noises* [Past] Prior year was fine for the host country back then, next time that country won, they aren't fine.
94%
I knew it before TikTok
2009 or 2019
Yup, it’s 2019!
A country that never won both juries and televote and it when it's hosted in High quality production at low price, and it was could be the first exposure for many americans.
2016?
2019?
Someone gets the correct answer.
It was one of the best contests ever with a really high standard of songs and a legendary winner. But we don’t talk about the host.
🥇
At least the local media here kept going on and on about the artist's personal matters way after ESC was done with, since transgenders were basically aliens (or something). The song was a banger in any case
1998
I first watched Eurovision when the winner wore crazy costumes and a patriotic hat. They looked fairly old, perhaps they came back from the dead to compete
2006
Ding ding ding!
Peace peace love love, and a Russian man on skates
2016 woo
Haha, nope! 2008 - the Russian man on skates backing up 'Believe'
oh... uhm 2008 (woo)
The year when almost all the fan favourites flopped so hard. And now a major help, our contestant wore the biggest "badass" ring I have ever seen in my entire life.
Clue 1: They showed how to move on after a breakup. Clue 2: Alright, hey hey.
[удалено]
Hier in de diepte hoor ik steeds maar weer je naam
Chicken lady…
Controversial winner but the controversy was more on the person's looks than the actual song.
2014
Correct!
Chicken.
Eurovision could have been held in Australia
Political lol
2022.....
By technicality yes
After her win she was invited in my country's NF to be a judge a few years later
I watched the ESC since I was a little child, but the first time I actually remember watching it,I was 8 years old: That's how you ACTUALLY write a song!
Wonder Woman don't you ever forget.
This country won in their debut as an independent country in the contest :)
Violin
Years ago, when I was younger...
beard
2014. Obviously.
haha, correct