ETSC – Every year, the summer is the calm after the storm so it’s the perfect time to resume the highly anticipated the Eurovision Times Song Contest! Each one of you can represent an European country and get to send a song and then vote in a fake Eurovision! Signing up opens soon!
Each summer, a good number of regular readers stay around for different reasons (they don’t get breaks from work or don’t go on holidays…) but there aren’t much news to keep us going. So the last few years we introduced all sorts of games. The Eurovision Times Awards (Fridas) and the Douze Points Trivia Quiz kept us going in 2013 and Fridas have made come-backs the past five years. Four years ago, a lot of you asked for a fake Eurovision where each one of us would send songs and get to vote. And that was it: the Eurovision Times Song Contest, from then on known as ETSC.
We’ve therefore had 8 editions of ETSC, two in 2014: July 2014 and August 2014, both won by France; the third edition was held in July 2015 and won by the United-Kingdom; the fourth edition was held in Augusut 2015 and was won by Austria; the fifth edition was held in July 2016 and was won by Israel; the sixth edition was held in August 2016 and won by Denmark; the 7th edition was held in July 2017 and was won again by France. The last edition to date was ETSC 8, held in August 2017, and it was the first one that went “blind”, meaning people did not know who sent what. It crowned Greece’s Dimitra Selemidou feat. Phoevos Delivoriás with “O monos ke i moni“. For more information, you can discover our new page dedicated to the contest, with its history, all songs participating and the rankings here. You can also find it by clicking on the “Specials” section of the site, in the top menu in the red box, just under the site’s name. “ETSC 9 – July 2018” will be officially held in Thessaloniki and as for venue, it’ll be the Music Hall, nicknamed by locals as “Megaron”! The logo for it is inspired by the winner again:
The old rules stay the same. Rules: for this contest, you need to sign up choosing one European country. Once the country will be confirmed as yours for this edition, you’ll be able to send a song officially from the country by email only and it cannot be more than 5 years old (this means 2013 at the oldest). However, there are no language rules but it’s up to you to consider if other members will be nice or not to your song based on the language… Since it’s an online contest, there are no time limits and the song can be as long as you want, and performed by as many people you want. But it needs to be recent and definitely related to the country you’re representing one way or another. For each entry, I’ll do a bit of research to make sure your entry is playable, but you can send me some links with your song to help me make sure. Also, you must make sure the song is available online on a platform so that every one can hear it. A promotion video is only an extra bonus but not mandatory. Last but not least, as seen in the polls the song can not have taken part in Eurovision or a national final but for the artist we get to a different rule. ESC artists are allowed for “small countries” (debatable which, but often I’m open to discussion with you) and NF and FdlC artists are allowed for all. Don’t forget, ETSC is also about discovering new music for us all! In general, everything has to be talked out with me in private. Depending on the number of participants, probably not all countries will be taken again. However, you’ll have a few days to pick your song once a country is being attributed to you, so don’t rush! Since I have postcards to do, I’d rather not have change of songs now! So take the time to be sure!
Once everyone has sent its entry, they’ll be revealed on ET and the voting period will be open. You’ll vote by email to me and to make sure my personal votes are fair (and that I don’t change them to the last minute in case it’s a close race), I will email mine to the first voter, whoever that is. Once everyone voted, I will reveal the votes in a dramatic finish and we’ll see which song will be crown our second summer song! Once you’ve voted, you can not change your votes (especially since some people drop hints of their own votes on the posts)!
There is no signing up article on ET and the official opening time to select your country for July 2018 is officially… Friday 13th at 10 PM CET! You’ll be able to select by emailing me on artemismorgan@hotmail.com only! You can send up to a Top 5 of your favorite countries so that, if you’ve sent your email early enough but your #1 country is already chosen, you get your second pick and so on and so forth. Afterwards, you have three days to decide on your song, until Monday 16th at noon CET. The song reveal will be Monday 16th at 20:00 CET!
01 Oxi – Spain (former winner)
02 Sekhmet Morgan – France (host)
03 Cathal – Ireland (pick #1)
04 Pablo – Germany (pick #1)
05 Rosalina – Italy (pick #1)
06 PJ – United-Kingdom (pick #2)
07 Gregor – Belgium (pick #1)
08 Michos – Norway (pick #4)
09 Dino – Lithuania (pick #3)
10 Oasisoffear – Finland (pick #1)
11 Anders – Netherlands (pick #2)
12 Dimitris – Greece (pick #2)
13 Razvan – Denmark (pick #6)
14 Tehoe – Russia (pick #3)
15 William – Malta (pick #1)
16 Marko – Slovenia (pick #1)
17 Mylor – EStonia (pick #3)
18 Donnie – Bulgaria (pick #1)
19 Hjallis – Sweden (pick #2)
20 Luke – Iceland (pick #4)
21 Franco – Azerbaijan (pick #5)
22 Shevek – Portugal (pick #2)
23 Ovidarch – Switzerland (pick #6)
24 Dominik – Poland (pick #1)
25 Mermaid – Turkey (pick #1)
26 Avat – Armenia (pick #1)
27 Arpatilaos – Cyprus (pick #1)
28 Coyote – Moldova (pick #4)
29 Sedapsi – Belarus (pick #1)
30 Patrick P – Israel (pick #1)
31 Daniel – Czech Republic (pick #1)
32 Marc P – Australia (only pick)
33 Greg – Latvia (pick #1)
34 Tristian – Libya (pick #1)
35 Bay – Romania (pick #3)
36 Caolán – FYR Macedonia (pick #1)
37 Donnyademaj – Albania (pick #1)
38 Max – Ukraine (pick #1)
39 Tecku – Austria (pick #1)
40 Lars – Slovakia (pick #1)
41 Brittany – Tunisia (pick #1)
42 Jerry – Lebanon (pick #1)
Here it is:
ETSC TOP 10
A play list with the 10 songs that got the highest % of points from ETSC1 to ETSC 8.
Enjoy the hors d’oeuvre:
Christine and The Queens – Saint Claude 47,8
Susanne Sundfør – The Brothel 38,2
Lilly Wood & The Prick – Where I Want To Be (California) 36,1
Asaf Avidan – Gold Shadow 33,9
Blaue Blume – Sky 33,1
Árstíðir – Tárin 33
Diana Navarro – El Perdon 32,9
Juliette Armanet – L’Amour En Solitaire 31,3
Dimitra Selemidou ft. Phoevos Delivorias – O Monos Ke I Moni 30,8
Ireland – Sinéad O’Connor – Take Off Your Shoes 30,5
All songs from ETSC’s 1 top 3
Indeed. And the 4th place got in the Top 10 as well.
top 4 :o
And no winners from ETSC 3 and ETSC 4 :o
True.
By countries:
France
Norway
France
Israel
Denmark
Iceland
Spain
France
Greece
Ireland
A very ETSC-friendly top :P
Only UK misses but UK thrives in VFoS :)
Well, this is only the Top 10… :)
The Flags are seriously snubbed in this competion as I can’t see Finland or Sweden here 😃
Finnish songs on my playlist: Coming Home (ETSC2), Burn Burn Burn (ETSC4), and Razvan’s one from ETSC8 among others.
Swedish songs on my playlist: Dancing on my Own (ETSC1), Not Human (ETSC7), Gloria (ETSC8) among others :)
😃
We are deeply francophile here :P
Suits World Cup mood
🎶 Bleus Bleus l’amour est bleu 🎶
LOL
I gave 12 to Ovi’s Croatia in etsc 5 :o
We are joking of course. France is doing greatly cause her Hod chooses great songs :P
I was wondering if my 12pts would cost us the win Sunday :p
Hmmm… :P
Noooo… I gave 12 to Salvador too :'( I’m the reason we lost
Your fault then. May gulit haunt you forever after Sunday :P
*guilt
This is more L’ empire des Gaulois… Not even the Romans get a chance… :)
I know, I just wonder what is all the fuzz about The Flags here 😃
Well you have more than a half there! You should not be concerned :)
It really is all or nothing 😃
<3 <3 <3
I have voted for a every single one of them except L’Amour En Solitaire (I think) :)
Juliette Armand and Dimitra Selemidou both took permanent residencies in Helsinki ❤️
Let’s see if we heading to another total summer of love!
(Baustelle and Alekseev moved in too, Thegiornalisti was already residing!)
Yay! :P
😃
Good Top 10!
Isn’t it impressing that Christine got almost half of the points available in the first edition?
They were my #4 (7pts) :)
But then noly 28 participants: she’ll never be caught!
That’s right. And that’s why so many songs from the first edition got into the top 10.
Christine would have got my 12 points for sure.
I bought her album when it came out. It was a (nice) surprise when I joined ET last year to see that she had won here.
Before she exploded internationally too! right before!
She was on MCM all the time…
I only got her on my radar last year. ETSC is a gift that keeps giving 😃
Hey, just love your talk point video concept! A solid teaser for tomorrow!
She would have got my 10 points as well so I still think she would have been number one with less percentage yes, but it is indeed easily one of the best winners!
Totally agree!
“O Monos Ke I Moni” and “St. Claude” are in a league of their own :)
Ok… watching/listening to the playlist PJ has posted below…
Among the related videos appearing on the right side, one is titled “chandelier”. It has almost 2 billion views!!! I haven’t heard it before!!! :o
What’s wrong with me?
Tell me, doctor, is it serious? :P :D
WHAT?! You never heard Sia’s “Chandelier”? Not even Loïc Nottet’s amazing cover (and dance cover)?!
The name Sia rings a bell but the song itself not :)
Thank you!
I’m in love with Loïc :p
I didn’t know he is such a master mover! Impressive!
he won the French version of Dance with Stars in 2016 and holds the record for number of 10pts received by the juries!
I can see why! I’ll check his other dances from YT 😃
LOL A bit, but no worries you will survive. It’s just highly praised contemporary classic, just like her 😃
Do I need medication? :P
Haven’t you watched “Six Feet Under”?
I have. Probably my most fav series ever. Why?
<3
You are killing me, Dimi <3 <3 <3
PS: didn't know it was her.
I very rarely cry, but was I in tears when I first watched SFU finally!
Probably the best tv series of the noughties.I had watched parts of it when i was studying but only watched the full 6 seasons on July and August 6 years ago.
5 seasons only: but more than enough
In case you get anxiety attacks over this confession, just take a look at this picture. I promise they disappear 😃
:D :D :D
See? It works instantly! 😃
Who is your friend, Hjallis? I hope he managed to fix your car?
Unfortunately he did! Then I went and bought this old worn out Range Rover so there is always something for him to fix. Now his around like on daily basis as I can’t get this beast out of garage. I don’t mind. See the licence plate.
I am sure he would be good at jobs around your house too – I am sure you can think of some uses for him? Is there something of note about the licence plate?
LOL, I thought it says JOY, maybe I need optician more than a mechanic!
Yes, he comes handy. My house is from late 60’s so there is always things to fix. And of course, we can always wrestle and take sauna baths. We are Finns! 😃
:) I even typed JDY into Google to see if there was some new abbreviation that I had not heard of. All I got was Jacqueline de Yong who has designed a clothing range for New Look, but I struggled to see how that fitted in with a bear who is useful with his hands! He looks like he would love an oily wrestle followed by a sauna! :)
ROFL and sorry. But hey, he’s got name now. Jaakko, Finnish version of Jacques fits him perfectly. It’s rural, masculine and very down to earth – favored by farmers and ranchers 😃
And yes, I think he might be even better wrestler than mechanic!
Jaakko? The name suits him. And the number plate: Jaakko DaddY. Do the numbers relate to him too? ;) I think he will be a useful addition to your household.
Yes, yes and yes 😃
BTW I’m not totally blind, I’m on mobile. I put it on that 70’s font 😃
Well you didn’t miss much I’d say. Terrible song if you ask me.
Oh my less than 24 hrs and that list will be getting longer and longer :)
Get off that washing machine. Now!
ROFLMAO
😃
Croatia winning the trophy of course would be nice and also a big motivations for small countries…but it seems I can’t resist to boy Kylian. So. Allez alle les bleus!
Morgan, do I get as well an exception for being such a loyal fan of les bleus? Can I have my first choice?
No, because you don’t have accent on Mbappé’s name. Sorry. It’s mine 😃
Boys like Kylian don’t care about accents, grammar and spelling Mr Hjallis. All they need is attention and care.
You asked Morgan, Mr Dino. He does.
Allez allez Kylian ;) I got it right now.
Clever move! 😃
yeah, we French are crazy strict on accents
I know.
You can have Mbappé
So, I am France I suppose?
no I am
Mood of tomorrow’s night :
I got my first pick, wait I didn’t ?
So very desperate to get my first pick country so I can win this edition!
Oh, is England out of the World Cup?
Finally my dad is back home. :)
But I won’t have the time to join nevertheless. I will listen to the songs though. Good luck to everyone. :)
Dad :)
Non participation :(
Why don’t you try to get the country of the song you have? You never know…
I won’t have the time to do ETSC properly and I hate doing things the sloppy way.
What a sloppy decision… :)
Last time I did my Top 50 of all time, it looked something like this:
Ireland 1996 “The voice” – Eimear Quinn
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1993 “Sva bol svijeta” – Fazla
France 1968 “La source” – Isabelle Aubret
Belgium 2015 “Rhythm inside” – Loïc Nottet
France 1990 “White and black blues” – Joëlle Ursull
Denmark 1963 “Dansevise” – Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann
Turkey 1975 “Seninle bir dakika” – Semiha Yankı
Austria 1972 “Falter im Wind” – Milestones
Finland 1985 “Eläköön elämä” – Sonja Lumme
Estonia 2010 “Siren” – Robin Juhkental
France 1991 “Le dernier qui a parlé” – Amina Annabi
Bosnia & Herzegovina 2006 “Lejla” – Hari Mata Hari
France 1969 “Un jour, un enfant” – Frida Boccara
Albania 2012 “Suus” – Rona Nishliu
Sweden 1967 “Som en dröm” – Östen Warnerbring
Norway 1995 “Nocturne” – Secret Garden
Luxembourg 1965 “Poupée de cire, poupée de son” – France Gall
France 1996 “Diwanit bugale” – Dan Ar Braz & L’Héritage des Celtes
Finland 1996 “Niin kaunis on taivas” – Jasmine
Sweden 1981 “Fångad i en dröm” – Björn Skifs
Finland 1965 “Aurinko laskee länteen” – Viktor Klimenko
France 2009 “Et s’il fallait le faire” – Patricia Kaas
France 1962 “Un premier amour” – Isabelle Aubret
Portugal 2017 “Amar pelos dois” – Salvador Sobral
France 1975 “Et bonjour à toi l’artiste” – Nicole Rieu
Ireland 1994 “Rock ‘n’ roll kids” – Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan
France 2002 “Il faut du temps” – Sandrine François
France 1977 “L’oiseau et l’enfant” – Marie Myriam
United-Kingdom 1978 “Bad old days” – Coco
Bosnia & Herzegovina 2011 “Love in rewind” – Dino Merlin
Estonia 2015 “Goodbye to yesterday” – Elina Born & Stig Rästa
Latvia 2016 “Heartbeat” – Justs Sirmais
Italy 1992 “Rapsodia” – Mia Martini
Yugoslavia 1973 “Gori vatra” – Zdravko Čolić
Luxembourg 1973 “Tu te reconnaîtras” – Anne-Marie David
Switzerland 1963 “T’en vas pas” – Esther Ofarim
Switzerland 1972 “C’est la chanson de mon amour” – Véronique Müller
Estonia 2009 “Rändajad” – Urban Symphony
Spain 1966 “Yo soy aquél” – Raphael
Portugal 1967 “O vento mudou” – Eduardo Nascimento
Norway 2013 “I feed you my love” – Margaret Berger
Serbia 2008 “Oro” – Jelena Tomašević
Russia 2001 “Lady Alpine Blue” – Mumiy Troll
Azerbaijan 2017 “Skeletons” – Dihaj
Germany 2011 “Taken by a stranger” – Lena Meyer-Landrut
Austria 1971 “Musik” – Marianne Mendt
Israel 1974 “Natati la khayay” – Poogy
Yugoslavia 1967 “Vse rože sveta” – Lado Leskovar
Italy 1961 “Al di là” – Betty Curtis
Latvia 2015 “Love injected” – Aminata Savadogo
No TCL ? :o
they’re not even my 2014 winners!
Oh, I guess it’s Armenia ? But no one from 2014 made it I see. :p
no it’s Finland! NL second, Armenia third!
Oh, Softengine. I had them lower but still in top 10, 1st Ned, 2nd Arm.
and on topic, a former winner:
For the benefit of Morgan or whoever takes France in this edition, this is a list of all the songs that have represented France in ETSC’s spin-off contest, the Virtual Festival of Songs that has been running 9 monthly editions since last September:
VFoS1
“Tender fools” – Constance
Rank 19 out of 28
VFoS2
“Land of all” – Woodkid
Rank 2/28
VFoS3
“Sur la planche” – Femme
Rank 21/24
VFoS4
“La rose blanche” – Mickey 3D
Rank 12/26
VFoS5
“Tu me laisseras” – Vitaa
Rank 14/24
VFoS6
“On the road” – Hugo Barriol
Rank 5/32
VFoS7
“Lying with you” – Charlotte Gainsbourg
Rank 6/28
VFoS8 (Soundtracks edition)
“Quelqu’un m’a dit” – Carla Bruni
Rank 30/31
VFoS9
“Tcheren Deya” – Mathias Duplessy
Rank 17/28
For those not familiar with VFoS and since a lot of us participate there as well, it might be wise to check whether we have already been exposed to the song or artist you have in mind. The History section is here:
https://virtualfestivalofsongs.wordpress.com/history/
Not a good run like FdlC… or ETSC!
In the last 7 editions of FdlC (the ones I participated in) France finished in the top10 only once (with M83).
That includes my own doomed effort with Barbara Carlotti and Tristesse Contemporaine :-P I did much better in VFoS with Hugo Barriol. Do you know him?
During the FDLC 13 edition, France came 2nd with my entry of Paradis and “Toi et Moi”, but haven’t done well since then (except for Donnie’s song). Let’s improve the French scores in VFOS! :D
Yes, Paradis finished 2nd in FdlC13 with “Toi et moi” (a song I also had in mind until I realised it had already participated :-P), then M83 finished 2nd again with “Wait” in FdlC14 and that was all for France in the top10 until FdlC20.
In contrast we already have 3 french top10s in nine VFoS editions (including one 2nd place).
That’s a shame then that I managed to showcase the song first Michos, but goes to show what excellent music taste we both have! :D
That’s true, France has got a mixed success rate at VFOS in comparison to ETSC, but I think here will be a French victory at VFOS soon!
There has been one already. Vanessa Paradis (no relation to the band :-P) has won VFoS2 but only as a duet with an israeli artist :)
UK on the other hand is doing really for now. Twice winner and runner up.
“Sur la planche” :(
Btw, nice idea posting the history section.
Thanks :)
“Sur la planche” is great (hence my 8p) but you should have posted the studio version. The audio in that live had technical issues.
Trying to grab your first choice:
Exciting !
#Flashback
#12p
#ETSC 8
In my lower top 20 back then if I remember correctly :)
WAY TOO low! :P
Loved it even though it was mine 😍
Four hours… :)
Promise a proper reply soon to you, here it’s chaotic as you can imagine!, in the meantime it seems ( those crazy!) Spanish euro fans from 1974 to present day voted for best Greek entry of all time and the result was the following:
Not the best, but lovely indeed :)
a perfect Greek song in my history of following ESC!
I would vote for this one:
that was a big favourite at the time in the UK, due to the fact an English guy was involved in the group and also the fact it was the audience and orchestra favourite!
Favourite of the audience, orchestra and PJ :)
France has its most iconic entry that year too, at least in France
First Portuguese winner :) ahaha
This is an iconic song in Greece. For decades it used to be the synonym of the word Eurovision here :)
I can understand why :)
I have the 45rpm (Portuguese pressing) 😋
wow PJ! ;)
I used to really like Greece 1989 back then. I’m afraid it didn’t age well, mostly due to those naive lyrics. Marianna is a great singer though and her performance was flawless :)
indeed you are right, her performance in 1989 is still well-known and appreciated here in Spain to this day :-)
As I don’t understand the lyrics (and don’t remember them right now), I remember finding extremely charming Greece 89… I actually have Greece very high most years between 87 and 98 and I even like “Klown” lol
http://diggiloo.net/?1989gr
Well, I don’t actually like “Clown”, but I definately don’t dislike it either :P
Waiting for country reservations 😎 Meanwhile some summer mood from Aram MP3
Those self-made ear phones are epic! :)
I’m going out on a birthday gathering. Will be sending the e mail (hopefully on time) from my cell phone
Good luck all :*
Expect a full itinerary during the week end.
Cant wait! Thanks PJ
Good luck with your picks, people! :)
here in Spain (Catalonia?) we loved that song very much :-)
I simply love Tania Tsanaklidou!
Btw, will you consider joining ETSC?
LOL
How throwing oneself to the ground can create an alphabet…
Who’s that? I can think of someone :P
Who do you think it is?
Could be Neymar :P
Correct answer :)
Mail sent. I got here on time! :)
My phone went crazy for 22 emails all at once!
:)
Mail sent here too.
I hate this part right here like the pussycat dolls would say: the waiting…
Picks sent – only 3 cause I didn’t have too much time to prepare :D
Our unified message to Morgan while we chat about our potential countries, lol:
The first results have come already!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
I had this song stored for literal months, I love it so much I HAD to save to to ETSC. I am so happy I managed to get Germany to show it to you all. I’m so excited!
Me atm:
Well done Pablo. I look forward to your German treat :)
I’m sure it’s Die Apokalyptischen Reiter.
I can say is something everyone should like ;)
a hot blonde? :D
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a band everyone should like! ;)