#eugent bushpepa

[nonsenseofyesteryear]

not me jamming to this song despite not understanding a single word

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #276:

The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest was broadcasted in China, but the entire show was not faithfully represented to viewers watching on Mango TV.

During the first semi-final, Ireland’s performance of the song ‘Together’ by Ryan O'Shaughnessy was cut from the broadcast due to its depiction of a homosexual romance between two male background dancers. Moreover, any pride flags in the audience were blurred. It was thought that the Russian broadcasters would also censor the performance, but they showcased it in its entirety. However, the nation’s presenter claimed that the song was about male friendship.

Albania’s act was also cut from the Chinese broadcast of the semi-final due to the fact that singer Eugent Bushpepa was heavily tattooed. In January of that year, China had banned “visible tattoos on TV.”

As a result of Mango TV’s actions, the EBU released a statement saying that the act of censorship was “... not in line with the EBU's values of universality and inclusivity and our proud tradition of celebrating diversity through music.” The EBU terminated their contract with Mango TV immediately after this, not allowing the channel to broadcast the second semi-final.

[Sources]

‘China censors Ireland's gay-themed Eurovision performance,’ CBSNews.com.

Participants of Lisbon 2018: Eugent Bushpepa, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Lisbon 2018: Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Eurovision.tv.

‘China: Ireland and Albania removed from semi-final 1 broadcast,’ Eurovoix.com.

‘EBU terminates this year's partnership with Mango TV,’ Eurovision.tv (Archived).

[eurovision-del]

Del’s Favourite Songs Poll: 2010s

And I'm finishing it off with the 2010s! I thought this was gonna be a tough one to pick my top 5 from considering just how many songs there were, but actually it fell into place really easily - these five are just on a whole other level for me!

Songs under the cut:

[stanley578]

My favourite songs from the Eurovision Song Contest

2018 Albania (Eugent Bushpepa - Mall) Australia (Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love) Hungary (AWS - Viszlát Nyár) Poland (Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up)

2019 Austria (PÆNDA - Limits) Azerbaijan (Chingiz - Truth) Estonia (Victor Crone - Storm) Iceland (Hatari - Hatrið Mun Sigra) Latvia (Carousel - That Night) Netherlands (Duncan Laurence - Arcade) North Macedonia (Tamara Todevska - Proud) Slovenia (zalagasper - Sebi)

2020 Belarus (VAL - Da Vidna) Germany (Ben Dolic - Violent Thing) Israel (Eden Alene - Feker Libi) Malta (Destiny - All of My Love)

2021 Bulgaria (VICTORIA - Growing Up Is Getting Old) Finland (Blind Channel - Dark Side) France (Barbara Pravi - Voila) Italy (Måneskin - ZITTI E BUONI) Lithuania (THE ROOP - Discoteque) Romania (ROXEN - Amnesia) Russia (Manizha - RUSSIAN WOMAN) San Marino (Senhit ft. Flo Rida - Adrenalina) Switzerland (Gjon's Tears - Tout L'univers)

2022 Czechia (We Are Domi - Lights Off) Greece (Amanda Tenfjord - Die Together) Montenegro (Vladana - Breathe) Portugal (MARO - Saudade, Saudade) Sweden (Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer) United Kingdom (Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN)

2023 Armenia (Brunette - Future Lover) Moldova (Pasha Parfeni - Soarele Și Luna) Serbia (Luke Black - Samo Mi Se Spava) Spain (Blanca Paloma - Eaea)

2024 Belgium (Mustii - Before The Party's Over) Croatia (Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim) Cyprus (Silia Kapsis - Liar) Denmark (SABA - Sand) Georgia (Nutsa - Firefighter) Ireland (Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue) Luxembourg (TALI - Fighter) Norway (Gåte - Ulveham) Ukraine (alyona alyona & Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria)

[qaze000]

sick of the dichotomy of people being racist towards us albanians and then just not knowing that their fav singer is albanian.

rita ora, bebe rexha, dua lipa, noizy, eugent bushpepa just to name a few like

[anxiouspotatorants]

The monster is unleashed, time for part two of my Gilmore Girls x Eurovision nonsense with Name Your Gilmore Girls Character’s Favourite Entries:

Lorelai: “Diva” by Dana International (1998), “Waterloo” by ABBA (1974), “Wild Dances” by Ruslana (2004), “Papa Pingouin” by Sophie & Magali (1980), “Diggiloo Diggiley” by Herreys (1984), and “Shady Lady” by Ani Lorak (2008)

Rory: “City Lights” by Blanche (2017), “De Diepte” by S10 (2022), “Push The Button” by Teapacks (2007), “Goodbye to Yesterday” by Elina Borg and Stig Rästa (2015), and “Euro Neuro” by Rambo Amadeus (2012)

Luke:  “Trenulețul” by Zdob și Zdub and the Advahov Brothers (2022), “Nesto Sto Ke Ostane” by Next Time (2009), and “Mall” by Eugent Bushpepa (2018)

Lane: “Shum” by GO_A (2021), “Hard Rock Hallelujah” by Lordi (2006), “Stefania” by Kalush Orchestra (2022), “Crno I Belo” by Kaliopi (2012), and “Euphoria” by Loreen (2012)

Dave, Zack and Brian: “Zitti E Buoni” by Måneskin (2021), “We Could Be The Same” by maNga (2010), and “Midnight Gold” by Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz (2016)

Gil: “In My Dreams” by Wig Wam (2005)

Paris: “Amar Pelos Dois” by Salvador Sobral (2017), “Há Um Mar Que Nos Separa” by Leonor Andrade (2015), and “Siren” by Malcolm Lincoln (2010)

Richard and Emily: “Let Me Be The One” by The Shadows (1975), “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu” by Domenico Modugno (1958), “Requiem” by Alma (2017), and “Voilà” by Barbara Pravi (2021)

Jess: “Viszlat Nyar” by AWS (2018), “Soldi” by Mahmood (2019),  “Goodbye to Yesterday” by Elina Borg and Stig Rästa (2015) and “Boonika Bate Doba” by Zdob și Zdub (2005)

Miss Patty: “OPA” by Giorgos Alkaios and Friends (2010), “Dum Tek Tek” by Hadise (2009), “Miss Kiss Kiss Bang” by Alex Swings Oscar Sings! (2009) and “Flying the Flag” by Schooch (2007)

Babette: “OPA” by Giorgos Alkaios and Friends (2010), “Congratulations” by Silvía Nótt (2006), “I Can’t Go On” by Robin Bengtsson (2017), and “In Your Eyes” by Niamh Kavanagh (1993)

Logan, Finn and Colin (yes, collectively): “Run Away” by The Sunstroke Project ft. Olia Tira (2010)

Dean: “Outlaw In ‘Em” by Waylon (2018), “Slow Down” by Douwe Bob (2016), and “Something” by Andrius Pojavis (2013)

Liz: “L’Enfer Et Moi” by Amandine Bourgeois (2013) (because she’d think she looks like her)

TJ: “Alcohol is Free” by Koza Mostra ft. Agathon Iakovidis (2013) (no he has not looked up the translated lyrics)

Sookie: “Too Late For Love” by John Lundvik (2019), “Fly On The Wings Of Love” by Olsen Brothers (2000), and “Party for Everybody” by Buranovskiye Babushki (2012)

And last but not least, the only European here - Michel: “My Number One″ by Helena Paparizou (2005), “Just A Little Bit” by Gina G (1996), “L’Essenziale” by Marco Mengoni (2013), “Molitva” by Marija Šerifović (2007), and (of course) “Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi” by Celine Dion (1988)

[kisxmesoft]

[aijamisespava]

First Released Songs

While we wait for the highly anticipated first song release for the new Eurovision season, I want to do a look at the first released songs of Eurovision Seasons! I will be looking at the years 2010-2024 (despite having ranked down to 2008, I have not been able to find which of the songs for those years were released first without extensive research that would be hard to do timewise. I used ESCSamuel's video as a source for this post and you can watch the video here. How each song did is from the Wikipedia pages for their respective years).

2010: Albania was the first to release their song for the 2010 season with "Nuk Mundem Pa Ty" by Juliana Pasha on December 27, 2009. However, this song would later be revamped and translated; a common trend for Albanian entries. This new version of the song, now titled "It's All About You" would finish 16th in the Grand Final that year in Oslo after qualifying in Semi Final 1 by finishing 6th.

2011: Switzerland was the first to release their entry for 2011 with "In Love For A While" by Anna Rossinelli on December 11, 2010. The song would finish 25th in the Grand Final after advancing out of Semi Final 1 by finishing 10th.

2012: Almost a year to the day later, Switzerland would again release the first entry for the 2012 season with "Unbreakable" by Sinplus on December 11, 2011. However, the song would finish 11th in Semi Final 1, missing out on qualifying by 7 points.

2013: 2013 is a strange case. Technically, Belarus would have released the first song with "Rhythm Of My Love" by Alyona Lanskaya on December 7th, 2012. However, unlike the famed revamp we got to know and love, Lanskaya chose to completely change the song, giving us "Solayoh" (16th in Grand Final, 7th in Semi) instead on March 6, 2012. So, the first "official" song goes to Switzerland. Takasa released "You And Me" on December 15, 2012 and the song would go on to finish 13th in Semi Final 2, failing to qualify for the grand final.

2014: Ukraine would break Switzerland's early streak with "Tick-Tock" by Mariya Yaremchuk by releasing it first on December 21, 2013. The song would then undergo a revamp with new lyrics, but the song staying mostly the same otherwise. The song would finish 6th in the Grand Final after finishing 5th in Semi-Final 1.

2015: North Macedonia would become the first to release their song for the 2015 contest on November 12, 2014 with the song "Esenki Lika" by Daniel Kajmakoski. The song would undergo a translation from Macedonian to English for the contest. The English version, titled "Autumn Leaves" would finish 15th in the first Semi-Final, failing to qualify for the Grand Final.

2016: Albania would return to being the first entry released when on December 27, 2015, Eneda Tarifa won the national final with "Përrallë." The song would then go through a translation to English, becoming "Fairytale." The song would end up finishing 16th in the second Semi Final, failing to qualify for the Grand Final.

2017: Albania would continue being the first song released for the second year in a row on December 23, 2016 with "Botë" by Lindita. The song was translated to become "World" and that version (in English) was performed at the contest. The song would finish 14th in the First Semi Final, failing to qualify for the Grand Final.

2018: Exactly one year later, Albania would release the first song for the 2018 contest with Eugent Bushpepa's song "Mall." The song would NOT undergo a translation. The song would finish 11th in the Grand Final after finishing 8th in Semi Final 1.

2019: For the fourth year in a row, Albania would keep up their streak on December 22, 2018 with Jonida Maliqi's "Ktheju Tokës." The song would then go on to finish 17th in the Grand Final after finishing 9th in the second Semi Final.

2020: Despite the 2020 contest being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the songs were still released, so I will continue to honro them. Arilena Ara and "Fall From The Sky" would be released exactly one year after their 2019 entry was released. There is a strange case with this song, though. The song was originally written in English, then translated to Albanian for the national final, and then translated back to English for the contest.

2021: Albania would send their 2021 entry on December 23, 2020 with "Karma" by Anxhela Peristeri. The song would go on to finish 21st in the Grand Final after finishing 10th in the second Semi Final.

2022: Bulgaria would break Albania's 6 year streak of being the first song released on December 5, 2021 with the song "Intention" by Intelligent Music Project. The song would go on to finish 16th in the first Semi Final, failing to qualify for the Grand Final.

2023: After winning Eurovision in 2022, Ukraine was the first to have their song chosen with Tvorchi's "Heart Of Steel" on December 17, 2022. The song would undergo a revamp before the contest, which would bring the reigning winners a 6th place finish in the Grand Final.

2024: On November 8, 2023, France would surprise us with the announcement of Slimane being their representative with the song "Mon Amour" being released hours later. It was a moment you certainly had to be there for. The earliest first song released (so far) would go on to finish 4th in the Grand Final back in May.

[theart2rock]

Vor 40 Jahren - Juli 1984

Ich möchte mir vornehmen, jeden Monat 40 Jahre zurückschauen und einen kurzen Rückblick zu machen. Dabei auch einmal über den Tellerrand der Rockmusik zu schauen. Events - 01. Juli - Während seines Auftritts auf dem allerersten Cornerstone Festival in Grayslake, Illinois, springt Steve Taylor von der Bühne und bricht sich den Knöchel. Taylor hüpft zurück auf die Bühne und beendet seine Show. Die nächsten paar Auftritte auf Taylors Tournee absolvierte er vom Rollstuhl aus. - 10. Juli - Das letzte Originalmitglied der Band Menudo, Ricky Meléndez, verlässt die Band und wird durch Ricky Martin ersetzt - 14. Juli - Eddie Van Halen kommt für einen Gastauftritt bei den The Jacksons in Dallas auf die Bühne. Dabei spielt er das Solo zu Beat it. - 28. Juli - Mit seinem Nr. 1-Hit „Angel in Disguise“ ist Earl Thomas Conley der erste Künstler in einem beliebigen Genre, der mit vier Songs aus einem Album die Billboard-Charts anführt. Es handelt sich um das Album „Don't Make it Easy For Me“, und neben „Angel in Disguise“ und dem Titelsong hatte Conley 1983 auch mit „Your Love's on the Line“ und „Holding Her and Loving You“ einen Hit. Diese Leistung ist Teil von Conleys beeindruckender Erfolgsserie in den 1980er Jahren, in denen er bis 1989 16 Nr. 1-Hits hatte. - 28. Juli - Die Olympischen Sommerspiele in Los Angeles werden eröffnet Wichtige Veröffentlichungen - The Last In Line - Dio - Victory - The Jacksons - Icon - Icon - Diamond Life - Sade - Primitive - Neil Diamond - The Yellow and Black Attack - Stryper - Hard To Hold - Rock Springfield - VOA - Sammy Hagar - Ride The Lighting - Metallica - Condition Critical - Quiet Riot - Projects In The Jungle - Pantera - All Fired Up - Fastway - City Of New Orleasns - Willie Nelson - In Rock We Trust - Y&T - King OF The Dead - Cirith Ungol - Signs Of Life - Billy Squier - Walkin' The Razor's Edge - Helix - Disillusion - Loudness - Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü Schweizer Hitparade Platz 1 Single Charts - Self Control - RAF - Self Control - Laura Branigan Schweizer Hitparade Platz 1 Album Charts - Man On The Line - Chris De Burgh - Footloose - Soundtrack - Breaking Hearts - Elton John - Discovery - Mike Oldfield Schweizer Interpreten in den CH-Charts - Keine Schweizer Interpreten in den Single Charts US Billboard Single Charts - When Doves Cry - Prince US Billboard Album Charts - Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen UK Single Charts - Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood UK Album Charts - Legend - Bob Marley and the Wailers Happy Birthday - 01. Juli - Jason Reeves (Songwriter) - 02. Juli - Eugent Bushpepa (CoreLeoni) - 04. Juli - Gina Glocksen (American Idol Finalistin) - 09. Juli - Jacob Hoggard (Hedley) - 12. Juli - Gareth Gates - 12. Juli - Jack Conte - 13. Juli - Ida Maria - 23. July - Matthew Murphy (The Wombats) - 24. Juli - Dhani Lennevald (A*Teens) Farewell - 04. Juli - Jimmie Spheeris - 14. Juli - Bill Spapleton - 14. Juli - Philippé Wynne - 25. Juli - Big Mama Thornton Lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel

[lana0605]

Albania in Eurovision: my top 3 songs of the last decade (2014-2023)

2018 Eugent Bushpepa "Mall"

2022 Ronela Hajati "Sekret"

2019 Jonida Maliqi "Ktheju tokës"

[spoopy-sloth]

Brb crying over Eugent Bushpepa's "Mall" ;A;

[guysofeurovision]

[samdravvs]

How does Albania keep sending incredible singers every time??

[jezebeel]

well, let’s recap the list of my winners since 2015 (year in which I began to follow Eurovision) and what they got at the festival

2015 = Sweden: Mans Zemmerlow (winner!!!)

2016 = Russia: Sergey Lazarev (UNFAIR 3rd. place, real winner)

2017 = Sweden: Robin  Bengtsson (5th place)

2018 = Albania: Eugent Bushpepa (11th place, should’ve placed higher imo)

2019 = Russian: Sergey Lazarev again (and again 3rd place!!)

2021 = Italy: Maneskin (winners!!!!)

wondering who’ll be my winner this year

[timetolovemyself]

My favourite Albanians of ESC have an AMAZING vocal range, can they collab? Please.