by Joe Bennett | May 12, 2018 | Eurovision, music production, Popular Music, Songwriting
Final results [voting results entered at ~11.30pm GMT / 6.30pm ET on May 12th 2018. My predictions shown in brackets] Israel ‘TOY’ (2) Cyprus ‘Fuego’ (1) Austria ‘Nobody But You’ (x) Germany ‘You Let Me Walk... by Joe Bennett | May 11, 2018 | Eurovision, musicology, Popular Music, Songwriting
It’s Eurovision eve! [For any Americans who are unfamiliar with the ESC, here’s the background] Back in 2010 I live-tweeted some song commentary as the show was going out. Since 2011 I’ve been live-blogging the show, with real-time music analysis and... by Joe Bennett | May 13, 2017 | Eurovision
Next morning: the results [edit – posted the next morning, Sunday 13th May 2017] PortugalBulgariaMoldovaBelgiumSwedenItaly My predictions were: Portugal (correct!)Italy (actually 6th)Sweden (actually 5th)(or 5.) Bulgaria (actually 2nd) Not my best year so far, but not... by Joe Bennett | May 14, 2016 | Eurovision, Popular Music, Songwriting
[Next morning] OK so I got two of the top three, and predicted Australia’s placing, but I underestimated the power of Jamala’s vocal, or perhaps the political impact of the lyric of 1944. THE WINNERS Ukraine Australia Russia THE PREDICTIONS Russia... by Joe Bennett | May 23, 2015 | Eurovision
[Comment 23:52] So I got a home run for the first time – the top 3 correctly predicted, and in the right order. See you again next year! OK here are my predictions, which I’m making at 22:21 before the voting opens. The actual results will be posted here... by Joe Bennett | May 10, 2014 | Eurovision, Songwriting
[This is a live blog – hit ‘refresh’ in your browser at the end of each song throughout the evening and the most recent one will appear at the top. As in 2013, each song will be scored as we hear it. Geeky musicological commentary will be added...
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