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 9 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 8th edition was held in August 2017, and it was the first one that went “blind”, meaning people did not know who sent what. It crowned Greece. The last edition to date was hosted last July and was won by Switzerland’s CRIMER with “Brotherlove“. 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 10 – August 2018” will be officially held in St Gallen as the winner’s birthplace. The logo for it is inspired by the winner again:
This is a blind edition: you’ll have to send everything through me. In this article, I’ll only post numbers of people who will take part. We will discover which countries are played with during the reveal of the draw as well as the HoD who will take part!
The old rules remain. 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 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 couple of 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 August 2018 is officially… Friday 17th at 9 PM CET! You’ll be able to select by emailing me on artemismorgan@hotmail.com only! You can send up to a Top 10 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 until Monday 20th at noon CEST to decide on your song!
Number of approved Hod/Country: 40
Number of approved songs: 39 *working on getting the last one asap*
Someone (Michos I think) posted the ranked list of entries for the official ETSC page: if that person could repost it, it would help me as I need to work on the medals tomorrow and I’ll update the page then. If not it’s ok :)
Of course :) Here it is:
1st (#33) Switzerland – CRIMER – Brotherlove (Ovidarch)
2nd (#16) Denmark – Heidrik – Red Hair (Razvan)
3rd (#9) France – Blow – You Killed Me On The Moon (Morgan)
4th (#14) Lebanon – Postcards – Walls (Jerry)
5th (#2) Norway – Dagny – Wearing Nothing (Michos)
6th (#26) Finland – Lac Belot – D ‘n’ A (Oasisoffear/Rob)
7th (#35) Greece – Pavlina Voulgaraki – Ligo Ligo (Dimitris)
8th (#23) Belgium – Faces On TV – Love/Dead (Gregor)
9th (#10) Poland – Natalia Nykiel – Total Błękit (Dominik)
10th (#18) Israel – Ninet Tayeb – Child (PatrickP)
11th (#1) Russia – Otto Dix – Orpheus (Tehoe)
12th (#12) Moldova – Carla’s Dreams – Pana La Sange (Coyotte/Patric)
13th (#41) Romania – Golan – Abel (Bay)
14th (#31) Armenia – Sirusho & Sebu – Vuy Aman (Avat)
15th (#11) Spain – Sílvia Pérez Cruz – Duérmete (Oxi)
16th (#5) Ireland – Dermot Kennedy – Moments Passed (Cathal)
17th (#20) Iceland – JFDR – Instant Patience (Luke)
18th (#19) Cyprus – Giorgos Papadopoulos – Sta Trohea Tou Hronou (Arpatilaos)
19th (#21) Belarus – Evgeniy Litvinkovich – Nasha Lyubov (Sedapsi)
20th (#32) Bulgaria – The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices ft. Lisa Gerrard – Pora Sotunda (Donnie)
21st (#39) Tunisia – Ÿuma – Nghir Alik (Brittany)
22nd (#17) Portugal – Ermo – Vem Nadar Ao Mar Que Enterra (Shevek)
23rd (#38) United Kingdom – Florence Welch – When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men’s Eyes / Sonnet 29 (PJ)
24th (#15) Lithuania – Beissoul & Einius – So Unnatural (Dino)
25th (#29) Latvia – The Real Group – Tumša Nakte, Zaļa Zāle (Greg)
26th (#34) Slovakia – Monikino Kino – Kancelář (Lars)
27th (#36) Albania – NRG Band – Me Harro (Donnyademaj)
28th (#30) Sweden – Loney Dear ft. Jay-Jay Johanson – Lilies (Hjallis)
29th (#8) Austria – Anna F. – Too Far (Tecku)
30th (#28) Malta – Emma Muscat – I Need Somebody (William)
31st (#22) Turkey – Mabel Matiz – Öyle Kolaysa (Mermaid)
32nd (#6) Ukraine – Vera Brezhneva – Ty Moy Chelovek (Max)
33rd (#24) Italy – Cesare Cremonini – Logico #1 (Rosalina)
34th (#4) Slovenia – Senidah – Slađana (Marko)
35th (#13) Libya – Nasser Mezdawi – Old Town (Cyphermusic/Tristian)
36th (#3) Czech Republic – KLARA – Forever (Daniel)
37th (#37) Netherlands – Femme Vanille – Another Time (Anders)
38th (#40) Germany – BLITZKIDS mvt. – Good Things (Pablo)
39th (#7) Estonia – Liis Lemsalu – Sinu Ees (Mylor)
40th (#25) Azerbaijan – El’man – Moy Okean (Franco)
41st (#27) FYR Macedonia – Tatiana Stefanovska – Kakvo Srce Imas Ti (Caolán)
Thx mate! <3
oops… that was quick!!!
Thanks, Morgan!
9 PM?! hmmm
Can’t believe we have already reached 10th editon… <3
It seems like yesterday that summer of 2014 :)
That Summer in New York[wash away.wash away]…
:)
Noted.
I would like to claim Namibia. I discovered a real banger last night.
From Dino who cannot post videos:
When you finally see you got your 5th choice:
Robing Bengtsson is in Greece and also Vladdi from Equinox is visiting Thassos:
So freaking beautiful! <3
#RobinBAEngtsson
I prefer Frans :p
Nah….
I’ll leave you and Frans alone, while me and Shawn Mendes discuss my ETSC entries to date! <3
But Frans did say he wanted to go on his hands and knees! and with that cocky smile, it’s instant boner for sure!
ROFL Morgan!! Shawn did say there’s nothing holding him back from getting it on with me, so……..
Robin also said he’d put his hands on the floor and do whatever I want. Dilemma!
Id rather do it with Robin than Shawn if it was up to me… but of course, MF cuties make it hard to pick just one (Ulrik Munther anyone? :p)
Ah gosh, don’t mention the little mother that is Ulrik! To be fair, Shawn is just more “next door boy” which feels cuter in a way I guess? :D
It is that time of the year again: Time to double check before posting … :)
I will be out watching “12 Angry Men” and “In the Mood For Love”
Hopefully I will be sending the e mail via my cellphone on time :o
12 Angry Men is one of my favourite movies of all time! My favourite classic movie for sure!
Is it worthy losing my top priority countries for tomorrow? :P
Well you can be prepared and still lose your favourite countries, it’s a bloodbath! :P The movie you can probably see another time so because of that it’s probably not worth it, but I definitely recommend it!
Nah, it’s ok. I have plenty of songs/countries in line :)
two classics, though cinematographically Wong’s film is superior imo ;)
Watched “North By Northwest” tonight. 8/10
A treasured film of mine, but I know there are bigger Hitchcocks out there
“Rear Window” being my personal favorite
On my watchlist. So far, I’d say Rebecca
I love Rebecca, too – haunting intro, the evil lesbian housekeeper played by the fab Judith Anderson, the equally great George Sanders. Also impressive when you realize pretty much the entire movie is shot on soundstages but seems very real and gives you a great sense of place. Rear window, with two of Hitch’s fave actors is excellent, too – and since we’re talking about James Stewart, I also really like The man who knew too much (the 1950s version) – probably has Doris Day’s most surprising and best performance.
I was wondering why there are 2 versions of “The Man Who knew Too much”?
I actually don’t know – I would assume he wanted to do a remake; don’t think it would have been Paramount’s idea as they didn’t have the rights. The new version is pretty different though with the big benefit of location shoots in Morocco and at Radio City Music Hall plus Doris Day’s Que sera, sera. I actually saw it at the cinema when it was re-released in the 80s – v cool!
Royal Albert Hall you mean.
12 angry men is great, another true classic. If you want another terrific legal drama/thriller, I recommand Anatoy of a murder with James Stewrt and Lee Remick.
Anatomy obviously and not ESC-tribute “Anatoy” – sorry was on the mobile there.
well rip my picks, am at the cinema at that time :(
That makes 2 of us :P
Oh no! I tried to adjust the best and hoped Friday would be better than Saturday (a very big night in Europe to go out) plus we did Friday for etsc 9 and it seemed like a good day for it :'( So sorry!
Na don’t be! It is what it is! Will try and see if I can find anything that I like!
What u watching?
I watched Deadpool 2! Such a good movie! So extreme in all the amazing ways! Finally watched a decent movie at the cinema after the disaster that was Oceans 8,7 can’t remember the number haha
aah I thought you’d watched the shark movie ;-)
I adore sharks! though I hate shark movies for their false representation of my beloved animal, I also love shark movies because, well, I love sharks :p
Personally I wouldn’t trust a person who doesn’t like shark – or penguin – movies!
Naa, but deadpool is the only movie I really tolerate from Marvel doh, can’t stand the avengers and Captian America stuff as it is basically the same movie in different formats so deadpool is a breath of fresh air imo!
Timing is perfect so I am in after all, unless I am bluffing. Who knows. I might be climbing a mountain tmr.
Morgan will be posting a list of all countries and HoDs once all songs are submitted so we will know if you went on a mountain trip indeed :P
Ι might have a business meeting after all.
That’s what you call them nowadays? I used to have regular lunch meetings.
Like the one I had in July?
Yeah, he was married man experimenting while his wife was at work. They had very nice penthouse near my office 😃
Me waiting to start the next ETSC
Hopefully I can snag this country
ETSC registration on Independence day 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩
Happy Independence Day. :)
Happy Independence day! :)
I have been to Singapore for 2 weeks to visit my frindss who work there…
They took me for weekend to Indonesia, to Bintan island (White sands island)! :D :)
Now I have wish to discover Indonesia more! <3 :)
Happy Independence Day :)
My first pick is the one I think it’s likelier to do well (even though I suck at predictions) and a relatively recent addition in my roster.
My second pick is riskier than my third pick but I am rooting for it more. I have kept them both for several months in order to bring them here.
My fourth pick will probably lead to a lot of pearl-clutching and “is this where ETSC is heading down to” from some people but I don’t mind :-P
For my fifth pick I am between two countries/songs, but I think one of them is a better fit for ETSC while the other will be better for VFoS :)
Let’s hope I can at least get one of these!
Adding the data for HoDs’ prediction game :)
But you will not know which pick I got :)
All data will be collectively calculated :P
Pearl clutching is always hilarious, especially so in ESC related sites. My vote goes to #4
You’ve spoken pearls of wisdom :-P
ROFL, yeah Mother Mary came to me 😃
I have some beef stories to tell you.
Probably best to mail them 😃
Because this is blind and people wont know if they’re quick or not I allowed for more than 5 picks!
If you wanna cause a pearl-clutching stir, might as well do so when you got no names attached to it :P
But do as you feel, last blind edition you really hit the nail in the head for me :)
People are going to suspect me anyway. They did the last time as well :-P
I am not sure I will be able to be in front of my p/c the right time :(
Nevermind.
I am home and will try to send my choices around 9.00 PM CET. What will be will be. :)
First choice: Sound I haven’t heard before here, the overall musical package and characteristics may come from way left field.
Second: Similar to some tunes that did well here and judging by that may be a contender.
Third: Similar to some tunes I enjoyed here and I bet this kind of sound would have its big fans.
Fourth: Sounds like it would do well here, but not sure if right time to send it.
Fifth: Least attached to it, but the biggest grower. Sound is very ETSC.
I am about to start cleaning my fridge and I am intrigued. :D
P.S. – I will be back later this evening to see which country I managed to get. I can only say that I love all the songs I have in store.
Cubism?
Ok.I made my choices.I dread i’m going to lose one of my other songs.Get ready!Heads will roll.
I smell another bloodbath…
Has Morgan’s computer crashed or not yet? :P
A lot of emails to go through and Im seeing someone at 10 tonight so lo rush beyond your email and no worries I will get back to you
”Im seeing someone”
In what capacity?
See, my boyfriend (“husband” :o) is still working on his uni dissertation (I know, he’s younger than me :p) but since it’s on geopolitics he’s gone most of the time so seeing him for two weeks straight was weird (but we didn’t fight once! we’re a true lover couple lol) so I need to see friends now!
Ah OK. I thought you arranged a hook up :p
Maybe :p
What’s french for booty call?
depends how sexual it is, if it’s casual and regular like a sex buddy or if it’s a one night stand on grindr, it’s not the same
So you don’t even reveal which countries are booked, aka no longer available?
Doesn’t that make it extremely difficult for those who enter later as they don’t know which ones are still free?
it is but then if I did reveal the countries, everyone would try to connect the dots
Especially for official late comers, we’d know instantly it’s them with this or that country ;)
Done with all emails received by 9 PM and now I’m gone ;) See you later I expect to be home around 1 AM
I sent the countries at 22:28! Please accept my participation! :(
I want to enter with one special country in the World atm!! :(
All my countries had already been claimed (I had only 2 because I have been very busy lately …). I am out.
I will post the song I wanted to submit as my 1st choice once ETSC 10 is history. :)
But you may be bluffing too. ;)
You never know … ;)
I’ve also been terribly busy. That is why I am going to send a song I knew. I did not look for it. It was just there.
Lucky you. If it was about just there, I would have to submit Brahms or Schubert … but both are well beyond their sell-by dates by ESC rules. :)
Boa noite.
:) I would have sent Debussy then; I have been listening to him a lot lately.
Gute nacht.