Eurovision Song Contest 2009

[celinesounds]

The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be the 54th EVSC, scheduled to take place between 12 and 16 May 2009 in Moscow, Russia.

 

 

My favourite songs are:

 

Spain - Soraya Arnelas - La noche es para mí http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tze-F-fXVA...re=channel_page

France - Patricia Kaas - Et s'il fallait le faire

Portugal - Flor-de-Lis - Todas as ruas do amor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG4FiEtEXHg...re=channel_page

[celinesounds]

this is the translation of the portuguese song

 

http://lyricstranslations.com/eurovision/e...as-ruas-do-amor

 

Se sou tinta tu és tela

If I'm the ink you are the painting

Se sou chuva és aguarela

If I'm the rain you are paint

Se sou sal és branca areia

If I'm the salt you are white sand

Se sou mar és maré-cheia

If I'm the sea you are full-tide

Se sou céu és nuvem nele

If I'm the sky you are a cloud

Se sou estrela és de encantar

If I'm the star you are the "shining"

Se sou noite és luz para ela

If I'm the Night you are the Light

Se sou dia és o luar

If I'm the day you are moonlight

 

 

Sou a voz do coração

I'm the voice of the heart

Numa carta aberta ao mundo

In an open letter to the world

Sou o espelho d'emoção

I am the mirror of emotion

Do teu olhar Profundo

Of your deep look

 

Sou um todo

I'm everything

Num instante

In a moment

Corpo dado

In a Body

Em jeito amante

In a way of a lover

Sou o tempo que não passa

I'm the stoped time

Quando a saudade

When the homesickness

Me abraça

"Hold me"

 

Beija o mar o vento e a lua

Kiss the ocean, the win and the moon

Sou um sol

I'm the sun

Em neve nua em todas as ruas

In a naked snow streat

Do amor

Of love

Serás meu e eu serei tua

You will be mine, I'll be yours

Edited March 3, 2009 at 03:04 AM by celinesounds

[reamary]

Oh wow, Patricia Kaas is representing France! I like her! I'm not that interested in the contest in general, but if there are good artists like Patricia, I want to see it.

[amyja89]

The UK will once again come last due to political voting, even a song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber won't change that!

 

Edited March 3, 2009 at 10:54 AM by amyja89

[Leanne]

I dont' like that contest anymore.

 

In this times you can only win if you have the weirdest / stupiest / funniest song/costumes ever.

[Frida]

Ooooh, I like Patricia Kaas.. haven't heard this song yet *goes to youtube*

 

I wonder who will represent us.. have barely watched the contest(s) this year.. or well, in a few years.. the whole thing just makes your head hurt.. it's a bunch of mini-competitions and one last-chance competition that leads up to the finale (and yes, that is the end). get this: (and no, I don't blame you for not understand anything, I gave up five rows into it)

 

New rules 2009

 

FAQ Eng

 

This year the competitive scenario is a little different than in previous years. The competition will proceed as following:

8 acts compete live, the telephone lines open and viewers start to vote

Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | Act 4 | Act 5 | Act 6 | Act 7 | Act 8

Only 5 acts move on to the next round. We show a quick overview of the songs. The telephone lines are still open and people continue to vote.

Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | Act 4 | Act 5

Round one of voting is closed and the positions of the different acts are calculated.

The 5 remaining acts battle together against each other in two duels.

Who battles it out against who depends on the number of votes they received at the end of the first round of voting, according to prevalent seeding systems used for sport events.

This means that the act in 1st place in terms of number of votes will duel against the act that came in at 4th place in terms of votes and the act that came in at 2nd place in terms of votes will duel against the act that came in at 3rd place in terms of votes. Recordings of the contestants? performances are used for the duels.

We reset the vote counter and each duel starts from zero.

The telephone lines are reopened for each duel, and each act keeps its prior ranking in terms of votes from before.

Act 1 against Act 4

A finalist and a Second Chance Round participant are presented. The winner of the duel gets to perform their act on stage again.

 

Act 2 against Act 3 or Act 5

A finalist and a Second Chance Round participant are presented. (The fifth act with the lowest amount of votes is eliminated at this stage). The International Jury?s choice (see below) is presented. The winner of the duel gets to perform their act on stage again.

 

International Jury's choice:

In each of the four sub-finals an International Jury will pick the act that they think is best from a Eurovision perspective. If the international jury's choice is the same as the Swedish people?s first choice then the place is automatically transferred to the International Jury's second choice. If the jury?s second choice also coincides with the Swedish people?s second choice the place automatically goes to the International Jury?s third choice. None of these internal rankings will be presented until the end of the competition, just like all the voting results.

 

In the Second Chance Round the 11th finalist will be appointed by the International Jury, which will be one of the 4 Acts voted forward from the 4 sub-finals.

This year in the final, in addition to the 11 juries spread out all over Sweden, the International Jury will make up a 12th jury group. The 12 jury groups? voting weight remains 50% of that of the Swedish people?s vote.

 

[Bradders]

Ooooh, I like Patricia Kaas.. haven't heard this song yet *goes to youtube*

 

I wonder who will represent us.. have barely watched the contest(s) this year.. or well, in a few years.. the whole thing just makes your head hurt.. it's a bunch of mini-competitions and one last-chance competition that leads up to the finale (and yes, that is the end). get this: (and no, I don't blame you for not understand anything, I gave up five rows into it)

 

New rules 2009

 

FAQ Eng

 

This year the competitive scenario is a little different than in previous years. The competition will proceed as following:

8 acts compete live, the telephone lines open and viewers start to vote

Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | Act 4 | Act 5 | Act 6 | Act 7 | Act 8

Only 5 acts move on to the next round. We show a quick overview of the songs. The telephone lines are still open and people continue to vote.

Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | Act 4 | Act 5

Round one of voting is closed and the positions of the different acts are calculated.

The 5 remaining acts battle together against each other in two duels.

Who battles it out against who depends on the number of votes they received at the end of the first round of voting, according to prevalent seeding systems used for sport events.

This means that the act in 1st place in terms of number of votes will duel against the act that came in at 4th place in terms of votes and the act that came in at 2nd place in terms of votes will duel against the act that came in at 3rd place in terms of votes. Recordings of the contestants? performances are used for the duels.

We reset the vote counter and each duel starts from zero.

The telephone lines are reopened for each duel, and each act keeps its prior ranking in terms of votes from before.

Act 1 against Act 4

A finalist and a Second Chance Round participant are presented. The winner of the duel gets to perform their act on stage again.

 

Act 2 against Act 3 or Act 5

A finalist and a Second Chance Round participant are presented. (The fifth act with the lowest amount of votes is eliminated at this stage). The International Jury?s choice (see below) is presented. The winner of the duel gets to perform their act on stage again.

 

International Jury's choice:

In each of the four sub-finals an International Jury will pick the act that they think is best from a Eurovision perspective. If the international jury's choice is the same as the Swedish people?s first choice then the place is automatically transferred to the International Jury's second choice. If the jury?s second choice also coincides with the Swedish people?s second choice the place automatically goes to the International Jury?s third choice. None of these internal rankings will be presented until the end of the competition, just like all the voting results.

 

In the Second Chance Round the 11th finalist will be appointed by the International Jury, which will be one of the 4 Acts voted forward from the 4 sub-finals.

This year in the final, in addition to the 11 juries spread out all over Sweden, the International Jury will make up a 12th jury group. The 12 jury groups? voting weight remains 50% of that of the Swedish people?s vote.

 

It's confusin' but it'll stop so much political bull' happening as often.

[ZoraSourit]

That's a really bad translation of the Portuguese Song.

[Davey84]

oh wow! patrica kaas is representing france??!! that's very daring!!

[I Surrender]

Holland will be represented by the Amazing (cough) Toppers

[Bradders]

Has anybody heard how bad the UK singer is again. Why can't we have a well established musician?

[amyja89]

Has anybody heard how bad the UK singer is again. Why can't we have a well established musician?

 

Because any established musician wouldn't be seen dead at Eurovision so they have to get desperate wannabes to do it!

[celinesounds]

That's a really bad translation of the Portuguese Song.

 

 

Do it better, instance of giving this comment

[tal-sh2]

I dont' like that contest anymore.

 

In this times you can only win if you have the weirdest / stupiest / funniest song/costumes ever.

 

I'm with you. The songs getting worse and worse.

Where the good (1988) contests?

[ZoraSourit]

That's a really bad translation of the Portuguese Song.

 

 

Do it better, instance of giving this comment

 

I'm sorry, but I can't understand what you said.

[ZoraSourit]

Here's a more accurate translation of the portuguese song:

 

Se sou tinta tu és tela

If I'm the paint you are the canvas

Se sou chuva és aguarela

If I'm rain you are aquarela

Se sou sal és branca areia

If I'm salt you are white sand

Se sou mar és maré-cheia

If I'm sea you are high tide

 

 

Se sou céu és nuvem nele

If I'm sky you are a cloud in it

Se sou estrela és de encantar

If I'm a star you are enchanting

Se sou noite és luz para ela

If I'm the Night you are its beacon

Se sou dia és o luar

If I'm day you are moonlight

 

Sou a voz do coração

I'm the heart's voice

Numa carta aberta ao mundo

In an open letter to the world

Sou o espelho d'emoção

I am the emotion's mirror

Do teu olhar Profundo

Of your deep look

 

Sou um todo

I'm a whole

Num instante

In a moment

Corpo dado

Body given

Em jeito amante

With the ways of a lover

 

 

Sou o tempo que não passa

I'm the time that doesn't go by

Quando a saudade

When the "feeling of missing" (there isn't a word in english that can translate 'saudade')

Me abraça

Embrasses me

Beija o mar o vento e a lua

Kiss the ocean, the wind and the moon

 

 

Sou um sol

I'm a sun

Em neve nua em todas as ruas

In naked snow in every street

Do amor

Of love

Serás meu e eu serei tua

You will be mine and I'll be yours

 

 

I'm a bit disappointed with the French song, to be honest.

Edited March 7, 2009 at 12:48 AM by ZoraSourit

[SensationalCeline]

I think that Celine was the only good Eurovision song. Period.

[celinesounds]

That's a really bad translation of the Portuguese Song.

 

 

Do it better, instance of giving this comment

 

I'm sorry, but I can't understand what you said.

 

 

you are a bad person

 

se tens problemas comigo diz

[ZoraSourit]

That's a really bad translation of the Portuguese Song.

 

 

Do it better, instance of giving this comment

 

I'm sorry, but I can't understand what you said.

 

 

you are a bad person

 

se tens problemas comigo diz

 

 

I just didn't understand what you meant to say with the last part of your sentence. Does that make me a bad person?

 

*Eu não tenho problemas com ninguém, simplesmente disse que a tradução era pobre para o sentido real da música e tu já vieste numa de ofender. Qm parece ter problemas és tu.*

 

 

I heard a bunch of songs yesterday and I only liked a couple. Greece once again will take a Ricky Martin alike lol Well, at least it's good for our eyes lol

[lum1n]

I love Chiara Siracusa (Malta). She has very beautiful voice. I will be voting for Malta.

 

P. S. Russia chose STUPIDIEST song for a contest. I don't like that girl.

Edited March 8, 2009 at 08:10 PM by lum1n

[BRUSTER]

I think that Celine was the only good Eurovision song. Period.

 

How about ABBA song?

[ivx]

This is a song recorded by the last year representatives of Serbia, Armenia and Isreal. Last night they performed the first time on the selection of the representatives of Serbia. Listen!

 

 

And this is Serbian winner:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5JKtt1HO0U

[Snowhite]

i don't know what are you talking about but here is the most sexy,hot and handsome singer alive!!And represents Greece!Sakis Rouvas with:This is our night!!!

 

Edited March 9, 2009 at 08:10 PM by Snowhite

[Salla]

Finland's entry this year:

 

 

Kind of bleh, but sort of catchy I guess.

[celinesounds]

i don't know what are you talking about but here is the most sexy,hot and handsome singer alive!!And represents Greece!Sakis Rouvas with:This is our night!!!

 

 

 

the guy is so

 

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/131040067_2a0f6c5555.jpg

[reynolds]

here is the irish song. idon't lie it

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJLOp1WBD0Q...feature=related

Edited March 11, 2009 at 11:16 AM by reynolds

[Davey84]

here is the irish song. idon't lie it

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJLOp1WBD0Q...feature=related

 

 

well it's better then the turkey! but it sounds like a bad copy of Kelly Clarkson!

 

the dutch entry...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY4Tl8kG6gM

 

 

 

 

the greec guy has to win! PERIOD!

[RLAAMJR.]

I hope it'll also be aired in our country. BUt i think it's impossible. I'll just update myself through the internet cos that's the only way for me to get info from any part of the world.

[Salla]

I think you can watch it live online. Not 100% sure, though.

[Frida]

This will be our contestant this year..