Thursday, March 12, 2015

EUROVISION 60th Anniversary Tournament of Champions: March Madness Style, First Round


To commemorate the 60th anniversary (this year) of Europe's 'favorite' TV show, I felt like since this is March, why not a tournament?

This is about the winning songs of the EUR(O)VISION (stylized after the EBU's broadcasting service) Song Contest. 62 songs in the tournament, including the co winners from 1965 and 1969 are also in this tournament. Seedings were based on points racked up in grand final. So without any hesitation, the bracket seedings, similar to the NCAA basketball tournaments:

BUCHAREST region
At Tallinn
(1) Fairytale v (16) Un Jour L'enfant
(8) Insieme: 1992 v (9) What's Another Year?
(5) J'Aime Le Vie v (12) Puppet on a String
(4) Running Scared v (13) Tom Pilibi
At Sofia
(3) Satellite v (14) La La La
(6) Everyway That I Can v (11) Un Bare un Arbe
(7) Ein Bischen Frieden v (10) Making Your Mind Up
(2) Only Teardrops v (15) Een Beetje

HELSINKI region
At Stockholm
(1) Euphoria v (16) Refrain
(8) Nocturne v (9) Si La Vie Es Cadeau
(5) I Wanna v (12) Dansevise
(4) Everybody v (13) Merci, Cherie
At Copenhagen
(3) My Number One v (14) Ders Non Amour
(6) Save Your Kisses For Me v (11) Hallelujah
(7) A Ba Ni Bi v (10) L'Oiseau et Lenfort
(2) Wild Dances v (15) Da Troubador

ROME region
At Athens
(1) Hardrock Hallelujah first round bye
(8) Fangad av en Stormvind v (9) Rock Me Baby
(5) Diva v (12) Poupee Cire, Poupee Son
(4) Fly on the Wings of Love v (13) Net Als Toen
At Niksic
(3) Shine a Light v (14) Un Premier Amour
(6) Take Me To Your Heaven v (11) La Det Swinge
(7) Why Me v (10) Tu Te Reconnaitras
(2) Believe v (15) Viva Cantado

LONDON region
At Barcelona
(1) Rise Like a Phoenix first round bye
(8) Diggi Lou Diggi Ley v (9) Ne Partez Et Moi
(5) Hold Me Now v (12) All Kinds of Everything
(4) In Your Eyes v (13) Nous Les Amoreux
At Paris
(3) Rock N Roll Kids v (14) Waterloo
(6) The Voice v (11) Non Ho L'Eta
(7) Ding a Dong v (10) Apres Toi
(2) Molitva v (15) Boom Bang a Bang

I promise, I'll start this Thursday, early Friday. March Madness baby, with Vienna 2015 in two months!

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