AMERICAN REACTS TO EUROVISION | AMANDA RAE 

This is not what Eurovision is. It is a contest started in the 1950ies to try to get European nations to know each others culture and to heal after WWII. It is and always was a political event - with all the amazing stuff about friendships and mutual respect and ugly stuff. It's part of European history. And a great display of our very diverse culture and great artists.

Better react to "The ULTIMATE GUIDE to Eurovision" so you understand better! GL

163 million viewers across multiple platforms in Europe and worldwide over 3 live shows.

It's not a talent show - it's a song contest. The songs must be original and are judged on a number of factors. Obviously the song itself, but also its presentation. In its current form, voting is in two parts. First, national professional juries cast their votes and cannot vote for their own country. Second, there is a public tele-vote. Whichever song gets the most votes wins the competition.

Keep in mind you are watching "the weirdest" but Eurovision is more than campy and circus. Many serious artists have launched their carriers after Eurovison, like swedish group Abba, canadian icon Celine Dion and more recently the italian rock band, Måneskin.

The big difference to the voice is, that Eurovision is not a talent show. Countries send their best singers. Or at least, that's the goal. 😅 It's not about discovering a talent.

You only saw just the wierd entries. We still got the 2024 we hat at least 4 wierd entries. But you missed the other stuff. There are incredible singer and super catchy song. And you only saw one winner song. Productionwise the show has still grown over the years. The staging of the songs this year have been amazing.

Every country has their own competition with original songs and the winner in each country competes in Eurovision. In 2 semi finals and then the final with 25-26 countries out of about 44 countries - there is a 50/50 voting system between professional jury and public votes.

7:10 this song still stuck in my head all these years later,

It started in 1956 as a pure song contest with just 8 countries competing, the singer came on, sang a song and a jury would pick the winner, as the years went on more and more countries entered and it went from a simple pick the best song contest to what it is now which bares no resemblance to what it was, it now has a massive gay following and the performances have got more camp and silly as the years went on, the voting is now done by a panel of judges and the general public and now the whole world can vote, not just the countries taking part as it used to be, i still watch it but it's not like it was!

This is not the video you wanna see to really understand Eurovision. This is a serious contest with good artist and original songs which become number one in a lot of countries after they participate in Eurovision. It is a huge show, which is watched by more people that the super bowl. I recommend you watch "The beginers guide to Eurovision Song contest" by David Bennet Piano to understand it a little better.

The most famous country in Eurovision was always Norway back in the day. Terry Wogan commented once that they actually treated the contest with contempt because they were seemingly intentionally entering acts so awful that they would get 'nil poi' every year. Sort of like a badge of honour. It was of course anything but contemptable. It was as funny as hell. And worth watching every year back then just to see what Norway would offer up.

Not all the Eurovision songs are this crazy

Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is nothing like the Voice or American Idol. It is organized by the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) since 1956. Only Radio/TV stations of countries who are member of the EBU can enter the contest. The song has to be original, no more then 3 minutes long and no more than 6 people can be on stage. Until 1973 the songs were presented/song in the language of the country they represented. Until the early 2000's it was only 1 evening, Saturday in May. Because of the many countries entering (35+) it was spread over 2 semi-finals (Tuesday and Thursday) and the final on the Saturday, with 25 entries. The wining country is the host of next years ESC.

Lordi (the Gwar looking band) won that year. (2006) and no, it mostly not this extreme anymore, but there's usually one or two weird songs per year. Some are good and some are really really bad 😅 Oh, BTW There's a reason you got to see several entries from from 2007/08. That was the height/low point (depending on how you view it) of ESC with a lot of silly entries

Amanda you only have just over 11 months to wait until the 2025 contest which will be in Switzerland

Hi Amanda. Eurovision is a crazy annual event that has been running for several decades. It is huge, actually. If you like cheese, you'll LOVE Eurovision, haha!

Speaking as somebody who went to Eurovision this year I have to say... you need to find a video with clips of all the Eurovision classics! There are so many songs that are basically legendary at this point, and most of them are amazing

I used to watch the Eurovision song contest until the early 2000's when the voting system became overtly political, with countries voting based on political grounds rather than the quality of the music. Many people now treat this as a complete joke and take the mickey relentlessly! Correctly so IMHO 🤣🤣🤣

Ireland's entry in 2024. Weird. Scary. Bloody brilliant. Crown the Witch. Douze points.

It's only comparatively recently artists in Eurovision singing English - originally it was mandatory for enrants to sing in their national/official language.

You should check out the production level of this year's Eurovision (2024), next level stuff.

You should react to the whole Wolfes of the sea song!! It’s lots of fun!❤️

It looked like you've been watching the Eurovision all your life. You went through all the emotions. All that was missing really was the victory party or throwing a tantrum, because your favorite didn't win.

Each country enters a group or singer then they compete against each other in the eurovision contest but its not like American idol or x factor there is a presenter from each country that gives points to each country then you can see the countries on a scoreboard

Remember ABBA got famous from this show! Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

This was someone's personal list. Not everyone agrees and some countries didn't beling on this list. So best to make up your own mind. ❤

Some funny performances in Eurovision. That last one Russia 2020 was never performed because it was cancelled in 2020 due to COVID. After each Country has performed people from around Europe vote for who their favourite is but you can't vote for your own Country and then they have someone from each Country giving out their scores like 2 points France, 3 points Italy and then the most a Country can get from another Country is 12 points and then whoever has the most points after each Country has voted then gets to host it the following year. Yes there are still crazy performances. I remember some from 2024 lol! Some reason Australia got to start performing in Eurovision a few years ago even though they aren't in Europe. The competition has been going since the 1950's but wasn't as crazy back then lol!

The song lyric is the judging goal..not the singers.. You must see (Euro vision explained ) its an American guy telling all about it. Its very good..

Zdob si Zdub has represented Moldova three times and all were amazing. 2005 my personal favorite. They kinda looked like the Red Hot Chili Peppers that year :D

Hi, just forund your channel Amanda, you are so beautiful. Many thanks.

the only thing it has in common with the voice or idol is that it is a competion with music. Otherwise it is completely different. Who is competing? TV broadcasting stations that are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) aka Eurovision. It is a collaboration organizations of national broadcasters originally founded to provide the technical infrastucture for international live broadcast. But Eurovision also had some international shows and the by far most successful one is the Eurovision song contest. It started in the 1950s and the only time it miossed a year was because of Covid. Full members of the EBU are in and around Europe. As it involves national TV broadcasters it is often seen as competition between countries. Members of the EBU actually extend beyond continetal Europe. This is why, for example, Israel competes. The only non full EBU member that competes as far as I know is Australia. They got a special invitation to compete at an anniversary show becasue the show is very popular in Australia. As this was a great success the invitation was renewed every year. Every national broadcasting station send in a musical act with an original song. This is important. It is a song contest with original compositions and not a singing contest or talent contest. The singers or bands also do not need to be unknown or new artist. Often well established artist compete. The song is up to 3 minutes long and can use any language. The artists does not need to come from the country they represent, but often they do. The Canadian Celine Dion won the competion for Switzerland in the early 1980s, wich also kind of started her international career. ABBA is another Eurovision winner. The finale is one 4+ hours live broadcast show with about 25+ songs. There are two semi final live shows in the week before the final to qualify for the final. The sow includes live performances of all competing songs and then a voting. Today it is a combination of national juries giving points and televoting. Both have 50% influence on the final result. Each country can give pointst to the entries of other countries but not to their own. The winner country/TV station of the show hosts the event in the following year. Winning is therefore expensive and that may be the reason why there is along history of cheesy funny over the top bad entries. I personally think the show became musically more interesting and also more fun to watch in the last 15-20 years. But maybe I am just getting old.

I take issue with the original video. There's some weird stuff missed out....eg in 2012 Russia sent a group of elderly women who came in second place

Lordi - awesome!

This wasn't even close to half of all the craziest songs in Eurovision 😂

Eurovision is literally a cottaging variety show now. Riddled lol

Watched the Euro's every year growing up. Was always a great day when Ireland won! Yup the Green! You should check out the Late Late Show with Patrick Keilty. He has a few vids up on RU-vid a few of them are this years Euro entrants from Ireland that the Irish people had to vote on to send them to the Euros. By the way I loved your cute little snort during the french group. Keep up the amazing work and Please stay safe! Excelsior! Heff

Idol is not a good likness for it. Think of it as a yearly European Championship in popular music and you will be not be far off.

No, it's not a tiered talent contest, it's a "fun" competition between countries that were (in the 1960s) member of the network of TV/Radio stations across Europe that shared expensive data connections to share video/sound (generally news feeds) in the days before an internet, the open circuit of data-comms was controlled to allow a TV channel in Italy to send images of an earthquake across the whole EBU network so a TV News programme in Sweden could show those images without sending a video-tale or cine-film by plane back home from a remote film-crew. For a full explanation of the politics and details find a few gay men, they will explain it to you, probably with historic videos. Eurovison has NOTHING to do with "The European Union" and is the most "camp" thing there is.

I swear this isn't about music anymore it's become about ego can get away with what, and shock tactics.

Finland 2006.🇫🇮

Ah, beginning with the best - Dschinghis Khan are superb. I've long been subscribed to their official channel here on RU-vid. ^_^ Their costumes are also among the inspirations for my citizens' sartorial tastes on a nation simulator game I have played for the last twenty years.

The song and performans might be odd or strange but some turned out to be classics like Dschinghis Khan.

Oh, my LORD, but you missed Lordi’s best bit: the batwings! And the Russian entry, Little Big? Have a career outside Eurovision. Now … did anyone mention this year’s Irish entry, Bambie Thug’s Doomsday Blue? It’s extremely strange … …

It's absolutely still like this, because we do not take things too seriously in Europe. Eurovision is the chance for us all the share our wackiest things. It's supposed to be kitch and/or hyper-pop. It's like a circus.

Wish youtube had better laughung emotes 🤣 I watch for laughing entertainment, there been some great banging tunes from it though! rarely 🤣

You should watch 7th element by vitas it wasn’t Eurovision but it’s the same kind of feel and it’s actually a pretty good song if you can get past the strangeness 😉

Check out the new Irn Bru ads 'mannschaft' 'doctors' about Scottish football teams optimism for the euro championships 🤣👍

You should react to Finlands 2024 eurovision entry.

I'm no Graham Norton hater perse. He's not anywhere near as bad as some other current presenters. But for me Eurovision stopped being watchable when Terry Wogan packed it in. He genuinely couldn't hide his disdain for some of the acts and voting. And I'm old so I still miss the 1970's when we would get Katie Boyle presenting it on stage. Because she was one of our only UK residents prepared to speak French.

I would say in the last decade there's been on average 1-2 'weird' songs each year, songs which you just go 'da fuck am i watching?'. 1-2 party songs where clearly the song just wants to have fun and doesn't care if it's a musical masterpiece. Then there's usually 1-2 songs that are trying but just fail miserably (usually vocals) because of bad decisions. The rest of the 20+ songs will then be a mixture of trying but not very good to masterclass of music that will be catapulting the artist into 'stardom'.

The lack of Roger Pontare is disappointing. 😅

The hunger games on illicit drugs.

react to an MV titled wonderland indonesia by alffy rev please

This video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S4RXY_2RnbE.html is the Beginners Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest this video is aimed to help American's understand it

Eurovision is constantly showing Britain how to make quality European music. Unfortunately Brits don't listen.

Ukraine is the best ❤🇺🇦❤️

Brass Eye...totally Mexico..

I hate the Eurovision song contest. I wish they would ban it!

After the show each country votes. It’s a rigged vote mostly with Cyprus and Greece always awarding each other 10 point’s regardless of the quality of song, that sort of stuff. Eurovision and it’s also got Australia in it because they love it down there

Hi Amanda. I've seen most of the entire Eurovision's from 1956 to 2024. Don't even waste you time on the 2024 one. It got so political and there was so much controversy over the Israeli conflict. This is the first time I've seen Music beaten down by politics and in-fighting. The best of the Eurovision's have been left in the past. Even the hero of 2009, Alexander Rybak refused to get involved with this years' contest. Alexander's song "Fairytales" got the Highest Votes of any Eurovision in history. He is Norway's equivalent to ABBA.

never watched Eurovision Amanda. consider yourself lucky,in my opinion , it’s crap.

why anyone watches Eurovision is a puzzle to me.

Biggest load of shit on TV

why is it most anythang having to do with music that does not come from north america or the u.k. / irish republic is always so BIZARRE?!?!?

hi amanda. it's a contest that has gotten more ridiculous and political as the years have gone on....seems to have gotten less about talent than about campness to be honest.

No, it is not like The Voice or anything like it. It was fun back in the day, however it has now become a joke, and a waste of time.

So glad I follow on Instagram ❤

I was shocked that 'Give that wolf a banana' wasn't in this list of weirdest. Also at 4:41 Lordi- Hard Rock Hallelujah, was the winner.

Eurovision is so much different than American idol or the voice and so much bigger !!!!!

That first clip reminds me of Boney M's 'Rasputin'.

It's great fun. Never take it seriously. I love it

For the last two years,viewers from around the world have been able to vote. That includes the USA.

The last group featured (Little Big - Russia) are superb and are very big on ECCENTRIC dance moves. Check out 'Skibidi' (not the love version) & then go down a crazy rabbit hole as you explore the rest of their extensive back catalogue.

Best comment ever "They remind me of Gwar"! Gwar is one of my favourite bands ever!

Its evolved over the years it was originally started late 1950s to bring europe together after 2 terrible wars and unite with a song contest. Now there are loads of countries involved some not really in europe. The scoring system as changed over the years as well. They have a professional Jury for half the score then a phone in vote, you cant vote for your own country. It can get a bit political lol. Most folks in Uk tune in to listen to the commentary which used to be by Terry Wogan and now Graham Norton which is very funny. It was always camp but has turned a bit into a Gay fest. Its just a bit of fun at the end of the day

It's one night only and the whole of Europe vote on each countries entries. The act with most votes wins and has to host next years Eurovision.

Eurovision song contest is a sort of olympics for songs. Country's send in a song to compete. The performer does not need to be from that country. The competition isn't the main focus, it's also to unite by music. The main rules are that every song need to be original, so made especially for the contest. No longer than 3 minutes long. The main singer need to sing live and no more than 6 people on stage. There are 2 semi-finals where the public votes for the 10 best songs who go to the grand final along with the big 5 (Spain, Italy, Germany, France, UK) and the winner of previous year. Those big five qualify automatically because of their financial contributions. Who wins the contest organises the next year. This compilation is not a good representation of the contest.

Hi Amanda! Where have you been these last 10 years! This is not a show & nothing like the programs you mentioned but an International Song Contest...looks like for the whole world next; judging by the countries invited, i.e., Australia, Armenia, etc! Clearly, some acts don't take themselves seriously, and in some cases, the whackier the act, the better!!! There are the odd weird ditty entries every year, but we've noticed this year that the scantily clad backing male dancers were all the rage! A role reversed to good effect for the lady audiences, etc!!! :) 😂

There are a lot of different things to look at. This was just some people’s pick. What about Subwoolfer, Israel’s winner.. pretty recently.. I think you will find more weird stuff. There is a lot of fun going on. Croatia this year.

Weirdest of the weird .It's three hours of more of absolute madness that just can't be explained . The winning Country has to host it next year - a massive , expensive task so some don't really want to win . Nowadays it's absolutely anything goes and it's madly entertaining . Amazingly out of all that there have been one of two good winners also totally bizarre ones. The voting is just as crazy , best enjoyed with alcohol . I'm surprised you haven't seen one Amanda , I think you would love it .

This was a compilation of some of the worst eurovision entries ever lol

At least half of these are ridicolous on purpose

Last years winners, Germany, UK, France, Spain and Italy qualify automatically for Song contest, it is held in the winning country the next year, so it be held in Switzerland; there has been expections of the winners holding it, Luxembourg won it back to back in 1972 and 1973, as the country didn't want to host it again Uk host it, just as we did for Ukraine in 2023. The song must be an original and 3 minutes long. After 1969 as 4 countries tied, they come up with a system to determined the winner.

7:22 thats ukraine lady gaga

Look at you knowing who Gwar are!? Colour me impressed. 👍🏼

Meh. russia is there🤮

This video covers all the winners from 1956 to 2021 with additional information (how many countries took part, runners up etc.)... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O0gm9yUrczA.htmlsi=R7MzKhx9IpuDjvN8

Please check out Imminence. From Sweden and singer plays violin while singing and screaming. These are four songs that are on the storyline and our visualizers by themselves. They are amazing songs so if you feel free pick one or if you want more pick all of them….. 1. “Beyond the Pale” 2. “The Call of the Void” 3. “Come What May” 4. “The Black”

Hey Amanda, take a look at Sir Terry Wogan's Janet and John stories. Possibly, three of my favourites are "The dog show", "the envelope", and "the church organ." Bear in mind that these stories went out, live, in Terry's BBC Radio 2 flagship breakfast show back in the noughties / 2010's. How he got away with them, I do not know. These stories were legendary for bringing entire workplaces to a standstill and reducing grown men to tears......of laughter.

This year was one of the worst for over a decade. All the songs were pretty naff. Usually the competition throws up 5 or 6 great songs. It seems this year many acts were aiming for a European disco hit rather than win Eurovision, and quite a few thought just a spectacle would be enough. Yes there was weird, but kinda bland weird. The winning song was in my opinion ok.

No comment on this, just a comment to You. I'll be back at OF as quickly as I can, but that Age Verification meant my subscription isn't valid anymore ... but I'll be back, can't leave you without Swedish to English Poetry ... . :-D

A supposed competion with each country having a representative belting their heatsout on crap

I used to watch it. It used to be fun and in some cases funny. I watched when ABBA won with Waterloo. Now it's far too political and woke.

Agree with the comments, it's utter trash and political now. Forty years ago yes, now, no.