Eurovision Rewatch: Oslo, 1996 - 20.00 GMT tonight (01/04)

[Suomi]

Kathy is only doing this to raise money for her child’s school

 

[win_the_game]

When languages was a thing what did Switzerland do? Swap round between french and German like Belgium? Or just do WHATEVER? (@VoR @Penelope @Madison)

I think at one point the French, German and Italian language broadcasters took turns.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

04 Turkey
11 UK
01 Spain
07 Portugal
06 Cyprus
07 Malta
09 Croatia
05 Austria
06 Switzerland

 

[VoR]

When languages was a thing what did Switzerland do? Swap round between french and German like Belgium? Or just do WHATEVER? (@VoR @Penelope @Madison)

They tended to alternate French, Swiss and German (and on occasion ROMANSCH).

 

[Penelope]

Don’t Switzerland enter this type of song every year?

Yes, I was thinking it sounded just like Luca Hänni - She Got Me too

 

[Penelope]

They tended to alternate French, Swiss and German (and on occasion ROMANSCH).

Swiss is NOT A LANGUAGE (Italian)

 

[Tisch]

They tended to alternate French, Swiss and German (and on occasion ROMANSCH).

Ooooh ROMANSCH!

 

[ButterTart]

The audience seems quite restrained and sober. Was this before they started letting the gays in?

 

[Soldi]

Yes, I was thinking it sounded just like Luca Hänni - She Got Me too

Most years then

 

[dmlaw]

When languages was a thing what did Switzerland do? Swap round between french and German like Belgium? Or just do WHATEVER? (@VoR @Penelope @Madison)

A skim through the list of their entries suggests mostly French with German and Italian occasionally and one entry in Romansch.

 

[Madison]

What's with all the chargés d'affaires?

 

[Tisch]

Omg Greece sent TINA COUSINS

 

[Penelope]

The audience seems quite restrained and sober. Was this before they started letting the gays in?

I bet not a SINGLE person in that crowd has even slyly tugged someone over the trouser (except Jonathan King)

 

[VoR]

Ooooh ROMANSCH!

Sorry, I of course meant Italian.

Although Swiss German IS a distinct dialect. In my last job getting individual translations of it sourced was the BANE of my LIFE.

 

[Tisch]

A skim through the list of their entries suggests mostly French with German and Italian occasionally and one entry in Romansch.

When this is over, if I remember (which I won't) I'm looking up this ROMANSCH entry

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Greece starts off well. We are promised a thrill ride... and then it plateaus.

 

[ButterTart]

Okay, the intro reeled me in. I'm watching.

 

[Tisch]

Sorry, I of course meant Italian.

Although Swiss German IS a distinct dialect. In my last job getting individual translations of it sourced was the BANE of my LIFE.

I've met Swiss Germans and they just talk SHIT I wouldn't worry.

 

[Madison]

The song title translates as "We wear spring clothes in winter time".

 

[VoR]

That outfit must have been WELL RACY for 1996.

 

[Penelope]

Oh this is very PERKY. The sort of thing that'd be my/an easy top three in most 80s contests.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

The camera film is effect is THE FUTURE.

 

[dmlaw]

The audience seems quite restrained and sober. Was this before they started letting the gays in?

I'm not sure the gays could afford mid 90s Oslo.

 

[Tisch]

This is terrible btw

 

[Penelope]

The song title translates as "We wear spring clothes in winter time".

Oh, NEWCASTLE

 

[Suomi]

I wonder if Marianna is aware of how much one of her backing vocalists has gone off-piece in the background

 

[Tisch]

The camera film is effect is THE FUTURE.

It's my favourite so far!

 

[win_the_game]

Yes, I was thinking it sounded just like Luca Hänni - She Got Me too

Well it was no 'LA VITA COS'È?' that's for sure.

 

[Soldi]

Turkey 06
UK 10
Spain -1
Portugal 07
Cyprus 05
Malta 08
Croatia 08
Austria 05
Switzerland 03
Greece 07

 

[Tisch]

Oh, NEWCASTLE

DEAD

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I'm not sure the gays could afford mid 90s Oslo.

90s gays were VERY RICH BACK THEN.

 

[ButterTart]

The camera film is effect is THE FUTURE.

It's very early Hollyoaks opening credits.

 

[lolly]

05 Turkey
10 United Kingdom
04 Spain
07 Portugal
05 Cyprus
04 Malta
07 Croatia
06 Austria
05 Switzerland
06 Greece

 

[AGinAg (37)]

04 Turkey
11 UK
01 Spain
07 Portugal
06 Cyprus
07 Malta
09 Croatia
05 Austria
06 Switzerland
07 Greece

 

[Penelope]

LOVED that

03 Turkey
10 United Kingdom
02 Spain
06 Portugal
04 Cyprus
05 Malta
07 Croatia
06 Austria
05 Switzerland
08 Greece

 

[VoR]

I wonder if Marianna is aware of how much one of her backing vocalists has gone off-piece in the background

"SIEZE THE MOMENT GIORGIOS!"

 

[ButterTart]

Now I'm all for a barely concealed tit or two, but just buttoning them away behind your holiday rep blazer and having done with it isn't what I'd consider classically sexy.

 

[Penelope]

Was that name TIIT VAHI?

Oooh time for some LOVELY 90s HAIR

 

[win_the_game]

It's MAARJA and the man who GROOMED her.

 

[VoR]

This one is called VOICE OF THE NECKLACE