Eurovision Times Awards 2016 – Every year, the summer is the calm after the storm so it’s the perfect time to resume the “Eurovision Times Awards” to give prizes to the best in every category! After a week in this category, it’s time to announce the winner and hand out the Frida. So who will win?
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Delegation Awards
Best Promotion Video
The
five entries nominated were:
- Armenia‘s official video
- Australia‘s official video
- France‘s official video
- Italy‘s official video
- Russia‘s official video
And the Frida goes to…
FRANCE
“J’ai cherché” was performed by Amir Haddad. Representing France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, it was written Nazim Khaled & Amir Haddad and composed by Nazim Khaled, Amir Haddad & Johan Errami. It finished 6th with 257 points. Nominated five times overall in ET Awards 2016, “Best Promotion Video” is its first so far! Congratulations!
You can click here to look at the full recommendations and nominations from last week’s article! There were 41 recommendations for 17 countries in the first round and 140 votes were cashed in an open poll, in exactly one week, among the 5 nominees. The complete detailed results will be announced once all polls are closed so in another week!
You can watch the wining video:
The Eurovision Times 
Not a great year for vids. My vote went to Italy. My personal favorite was Latvia’s but it was released way too late and no one knew it existed.
Italy here!
Hmm, not what I would have chosen. I thought Russia was the best.
Nice! My favourite as well, congrats France! :)
I must admit, I don’t get it at all. What was artistically interesting about this video?
Hmmm, nothing…Same case as Hungary 2012. However people tend to identify with the storyline…
Hm well, I see. But for me that’s just not enough.
On the other hand, France winning it is good for diversity
Come to think of it – what was artistically interesting about any of them?
True. Plus, art isnt just about aesthetics anyway. Lots of “classical” Hollywood movies arent the “auteurist” “pretty” films, and it’s not what makes them great. Not that any vids this year, or in general, are that good to begin with. It’s PROMOTIONAL work after all :/
“Not that any vids this year, or in general, are that good to begin with.”
I could not disagree more. Unless you mean just in ESC.
Yes I meant just in esc!
Not so much, except perhaps in the Italian video where there were some distancing effects (the 3D glasses, the “cut camera” shot before she began to sing). This is where my own vote went anyway.
I was torn between France and Italy but i think i went for France in the end.
Well deserved! The video was one of the strongest reasons of why I hyped it so much! Italy was my second choice :)