domingo, 17 de mayo de 2009

Eurovision Song Contest (or why does Andorra like the Spanish singers)

domingo, 17 de mayo de 2009

The Eurovision Song Contest has just finished. I figure that people from abroad (of Europe) don't know what Eurovision is. It's a song contest organized by state (public) TVs channels of Europe that begun in 1956. A lot of people think it is something out of fashion, but I like it (well, sometimes). Nowadays, almost all the countries sing in English although it is not their mother tongue. I don't know why, I suppose it's more commercial. It would be great if every country perform its tipical music, now all the songs are quite similar.

Anyway, I'm not here to discuss how it should be. I just wanted to note the way the winner is decided. People of each country vote by phone the song (country) they liked the most (they can't vote their own country). However, the musical reasons are not often used. If you watch the contest every year, you will notice that usually each country vote certain countries. The countries of the Former Soviet Union usually vote among each other, and the same happen with the baltic states, nordic countries... Each country vote for affinity with other countries, not for musical reasons!!! Maybe it's logical, but I'm from Spain and I won't vote France or Portugal just because they are my neighbours. But it happens.

The (gorgeous) girl you can see along these lines is Soraya Arnelas, this year's contestant from Spain. Her song wasn't better or worse that the others but it doesn't really matter. Almost any country has voted Soraya, she was the last on the list until Andorra, our closest neighbour, decided to give her the highest score, 12 points. Why? Just because we are neighbours (and, to be honest, because Soraya is as famous in Spain as in Andorra). No country liked Soraya, but Andorra decided that she was the best. Totally illogical. 

What do you think? You, people of the United States, would vote Canada and Mexico? Or you, people of China, would vote Japan and Mongolia? Well, just this, as you can see, nothing important. I just wanted to notice this. Anyway, don't you think Soraya is totally gorgeous???

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