60th EUROVISION Tournament (personal): Second Round

Second round time in my personal 60th anniversary EUROVISION Song Contest tournament. Some pretty good 'upsets,' as chosen by myself. No popular fan votes (eliminates the need for crappier songs to advance).

With that in mind...the personal 60th anniversary ESC tournament second round:

BUCHAREST region
At Tallinn
(1) Fairytale v (9) What's Another Year
(5) J'aime Le Vie v (13) Tom Pilibi
At Sofia
(3) Satellite v (6) Every Way That I Can
(2) Only Teardrops v (10) Making Your Mind Up

HELSINKI region
At Stockholm
(1) Euphoria v (8) Nocturne
(4) Everybody v (5) I Wanna...
At Copenhagen
(6) Save Your Kisses For Me v (14) Dors, Mon Amour
(2) Wild Dances v (7) A Ba Ni Bi

ROME region
At Athens
(1) Hardrock Hallelujah v (9) Rock Me Baby
(4) Fly on the Wings of Love v (5) Diva
At Niksic
(3) Shine a Light/Love v (6) Take Me To Your Heaven
(10) Tu Te Reconnaitras v (15) Viva Cantado

LONDON region
At Barcelona
(1) Rise Like a Phoenix v (8) Diggi Lou Diggi Ley
(4) In Your Eyes v (5) Hold Me Now
At Paris
(6) The Voice v (14) Waterloo
(2) Molitva v (10) Apres Toi

Some good second round pairings. Just my personal tournament. Stay tuned Thursday to see who will make it to the 'sweet 16.'

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!

Over 15 Years Ago...

...on a late October Sunday afternoon, CART FedEx Championship Series championship clinched by Juan Montoya, and earlier on Forsythe's Greg Moore loses it off turn 2 and tumbles into the grass. Sadly it claimed his life.

He was supposed to drive for Penske in the 2000 CART FedEx Championship Series season.