In a new series we will be looking at EUROVISION selection songs from GERMANY from 1978 onwards. The idea is to highlight these songs but also look at other songs these artists brought to the table. Continue reading GERMAN EUROVISION SELECTION ARTISTS – SEVERINE
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EUROVISION HIGHLIGHTS FOR ESC COVERS FROM 1970 TO 2023 – 1971
From yesterday ESC COVERS started to look at 1 or 2 highlights from every Eurovision song contest from 1970 to 2023. This may be an actual entry, a cover from that year or just a specific artist. Continue reading EUROVISION HIGHLIGHTS FOR ESC COVERS FROM 1970 TO 2023 – 1971
TOP 100 – position 40 – UN BANC, UN ARBRE, UNE RUE – SEVERINE
Here is the EUROVISION TOP 100 made in response to the top 10’s sent by 103 members of Eurovision Cafe, MUSIC, eurovision and beyond, Compare and INFE Australia and some Eurovision stars!
Continue reading TOP 100 – position 40 – UN BANC, UN ARBRE, UNE RUE – SEVERINE
TOP 100 – position 100 – EY SHAM – ILANIT
Here is the EUROVISION TOP 100 made in response to the top 10’s sent by 102 members of Eurovision Cafe, MUSIC, eurovision and beyond, Compare and INFE Australia and some Eurovision stars!
No.100 in our list is:
EUROVISION COVER – L’AMOUR EST BLEU (German)
Severine covered the 1967 Eurovision entry from Luxembourg L’AMOUR EST BLEU in German as BLAU WIE DAS MEER.
EUROVISION COVER – UN BANC, UN ARBRE, UNE RUE (English/French)
In 1971 Monaco won the Eurovision song contest with UN BANC, UN ARBRE, UNE RUE sang by Severine. Virginia Lee from South Africa who at that time was the number 1 female singer in the country covered it with new English lyrics an keeping some of the French.
62 COVERS UNTIL KIEV – DAY 16 (Monaco 1971)
MONACO 1971
A brand new day – Virginia Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2EKuiNbMRc
Un banc, un arbre, une rue – Severine
SOLVING THE BIG PROBLEM
Article by Michelle Stigwood (Australia)
It is the subject that comes up each year in our home, as we wait for points to be given and eventually tallied from around Europe in the final of Eurovision. How may points will the UK get this year? Will it be null or maybe just a lonely 1 point. Will they finish at the bottom of the table? Which countries will somehow overlook the UK entry? Which may give the UK a token point( not Ireland!) Such a unceremonious fall from grace for an entrant that has won 5 Eurovision contests, is a member of the BIG 5, and until 1998 has reached the finals so many times.
But while I have been brushing up on some of the Eurovision history I have discovered something that may assist the UK to victory…well … a small sort of victory anyway.
I see that Monaco has once again declined to participate at Eurovision 2016. The reason could be many: financial ( too costly) technical ( no broadcaster) political ( bloc voting) or perhaps all of these reasons combined. This is a shame because actually Monaco had a very good track record of reaching the finals at Eurovision until recently. And of course we all luv a song in a language other than English- don’t we? It is so cryptic, so mysterious.
Monaco’s last win was in 1971 when Severine (a French citizen) directed by a French Director performed “Un banc, Un abre, une rue” ( written by a French songwriter). This win was memorable for the fact that Monaco was eventually unable to host the competition in 1972 and after a long hiatus where France, Spain and Germany all declined to host Eurovision, the UK came to Monanco ‘s and Eurovision’s rescue by accepting to host the competition in Edinburgh in 1972.
So that “Good Samaritan” act started me thinking…maybe the UK could sponsor entries from Monaco (or other countries that are unable to participate because of financial or political constraints) and just keep it all hush hush…
At least this way, when Monaco or another sponsored country wins, the UK can at least host Eurovision again and savour the taste of success that has eluded it in the past 20 years.