{"id":17539,"date":"2015-05-26T23:59:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T13:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=17539"},"modified":"2015-05-27T00:01:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T14:01:20","slug":"the-ten-best-and-silliest-eurovision-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=17539","title":{"rendered":"The Ten Best and Silliest Eurovision Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tageurovision.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tageurovision.jpg\" alt=\"tageurovision\" width=\"600\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tageurovision.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tageurovision-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eurovisionparty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eurovisionparty.jpg\" alt=\"eurovisionparty\" width=\"606\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eurovisionparty.jpg 606w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eurovisionparty-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eurovisionparty-300x297.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eurovisionparty-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"dropcap\">O<\/span>n Sunday morning, Jen and I had our annual Eurovision party and watched the 60th instalment of the iconic music contest which emanated from Vienna, Austria. \u00a0It was a disappointingly low key affair this year with a near total lack of whimsy and eccentricity\u00a0that the show is generally known for. \u00a0The event was notable for being the first ever Eurovision event to include a non-European entry in the form of Guy Sebastian, representing Australia. \u00a0Guy&#8217;s performance of <em>Tonight Again<\/em> was slick, polished and shockingly free of any kitsch value. \u00a0It was a pretty representative of the contest as a whole. \u00a0There was a nary a didgeridoo nor kangaroo in sight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Anyway, watching the show on the weekend got me in the mood to revisit some of my favourite (and silliest) songs in recent history.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bWe8PRsW4T0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The Common Linnets &#8211; Calm After The Storm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Netherlands, 2014]\u00a0<\/strong>Dutch Garth Brooks! \u00a0I love these guys and felt they totally deserved to win last year. \u00a0<em>Calm After The Storm<\/em> is a sweetly sung tune and is easily one of the\u00a0best Eurovision pop tunes of the past ten years.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cScJPH20P3A\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Roman Lob &#8211; Standing Still<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Germany, 2013]\u00a0<\/strong>German Ronan Keating! \u00a0Roman smoulders and belts out a love ballad that sounds right out of the Boyzone alumni&#8217;s copybook.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gSWbx3CvVUk\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yt watch-title-container\"><strong><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Elina Born &amp; Stig R\u00e4sta - Goodbye To Yesterday (Estonia) - LIVE at Eurovision 2015: Semi-Final 1\">Elina Born &amp; Stig R\u00e4sta &#8211; Goodbye To Yesterday<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Estonia, 2015]\u00a0<\/strong>My favourite song of Eurovision 2015. \u00a0For me, it pretty much comes down to Elina&#8217;s delivery of the line &#8220;why didn&#8217;t you wake me up?!&#8221; which I find both hilarious and catchy. \u00a0I have no idea what the song is about and I don&#8217;t care to know.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U5X2r_t-KBk\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yt watch-title-container\"><strong><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Soluna Samay - Should've Known Better - Live - Grand Final - 2012 Eurovision Song Contest\">Soluna Samay &#8211; Should&#8217;ve Known Better<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yt watch-title-container\"><strong>[Denmark, 2012]\u00a0<\/strong>Another underrated song. \u00a0Soluna was a finalist in 2012 but this song only registered a handful of votes. \u00a0What gives? \u00a0Maybe it was the outfit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FlNgfFubJ0g\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yt watch-title-container\"><strong><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Azerbaijan: &quot;Running Scared&quot;, Ell and Nikki - Winners of Eurovision Song Contest Final 2011\">Ell and Nikki &#8211; Running Scared<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yt watch-title-container\"><strong>[Azaerbaijan, 2011]\u00a0<\/strong>Jen and I are forever indebted to Eurovision 2011. \u00a0It was the first Eurovision show that we watched from start to finish and it got us hooked. \u00a0The show had deserved winners with Ell and Nikki&#8217;s performance of\u00a0<em>Running Scared<\/em> and the follow year&#8217;s show gave as an intriguing glimpse into picturesque Baku, Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e1cuimKLNpU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yt watch-title-container\"><strong>Jedward &#8211; Waterline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yt watch-title-container\"><strong>[Ireland, 2012] <\/strong>My guiltiest favourite of all. \u00a0I&#8217;m not familiar with Jedward but I&#8217;m told they won an Irish\u00a0<em>X-Factor<\/em> show when they first attained a measure of fame in their own country. \u00a0I have no idea what to make of them. \u00a0They&#8217;re twins with big spikey hair that pull off dance moves and sing nonsensical lyrics that wouldn&#8217;t feel out of place on a J-Pop album. \u00a0They remind of one hit wonders you&#8217;d see on MTV in the Nineties. \u00a0And I love them for it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pfo-8z86x80\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Loreen &#8211; Euphoria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Sweden, 2012] <\/strong>Winner of the 2012 Eurovision contest. \u00a0It&#8217;s doof-doof dance music of the best kind. \u00a0And I love Loreen&#8217;s sideways shuffle crab walk she does during her performance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J1viLmPCeAM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Can Bonomo &#8211; Love Me Back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Turkey, 2012] <\/strong>They turn into a boat midway through the song, I mean come on. \u00a0What more could you ask for?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i46.tinypic.com\/29pos4x.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"248\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_AfrOZersNk\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Koza Mostra &#8211; Alcohol Is Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Greece, 2013]\u00a0<\/strong>At the height of Greece&#8217;s economic problems, they produced this glorious ska tune\u00a0<em>Alcohol Is Free. \u00a0<\/em>It deserved to do better.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v4Y0HOPL5GU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yt watch-title-container\"><strong><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Pertti Kurikan Nimip\u00e4iv\u00e4t - Aina Mun Pit\u00e4\u00e4 (Finland) - LIVE at Eurovision 2015: Semi-Final 1\">Pertti Kurikan Nimip\u00e4iv\u00e4t &#8211; Aina Mun Pit\u00e4\u00e4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Finland, 2015]\u00a0<\/strong>The shortest song in Eurovision history. \u00a085 seconds and performed by four dudes from Finland with Downs Syndrome singing a down and dirty punk song. \u00a0In a year with plenty of &#8216;safe&#8217; entries, these guys deserved to make the finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the most entertaining entries in the Eurovision song contest of the last five years?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1284],"class_list":["post-17539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-eurovision"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17539"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17550,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17539\/revisions\/17550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}