EUROVISION RETROSPECTIVES
This activity will look back at Eurovisions past. The idea is that we, as OGAE Rest of the World, will cast our own votes as members on the songs, and decide our club’s favourite for the year. We will run this monthly for the most part, and each year will be randomly drawn.
Every month, with the exclusion of April, May and September, a random draw will choose a past Eurovision Song Contest. We will post the link to the video of the contest for members to watch, and then cast their votes on their favourites.
While previously, different voting systems were used, we will maintain the current 12, 10, 8-1point vote.
In our monthly newsletter, we will inform of the year that was randomly drawn, as well as the results of the previous month’s retrospective. We will run this from the start of the month for approximately 25 days, to allow for tallying of voting and reporting of results.
We will continue to host online “Watch Parties”, if members are interested in accessing these ongoing. Currently, these are hosted on the following day/time (usually the third weekend of the month):
Sunday - 7:30pm AEDST/AEST - Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time/Australian Eastern Standard Time
Sunday - 3pm EDT/EST - Eastern Daylight Time/Eastern Standard Time (USA)
We cannot guarantee that we will be able to meet everyone’s wishes, but we will do everything we can.
Each activity will be available until the 26th of the month to cast votes.
Casting your vote will earn you 5 points. (Per month if participating in each Retrospective)
DecemBER 2021:
This month, rather than dipping into our bag of poker chips and randomly selecting a year, we will be reviewing the live performances of Junior Eurovision 2021!
From midday CET on December 20, we will be launching our voting form for our members to cast their votes on who they think should have won, using the standard 12,10, 8-1 point system.
Voting closes midday Central European Time on December 31st.
NovemBER 2021: results available below!
1991 saw Malta return for the first time since 1975! It was the first time Germany entered as a united country following the fall of the Berlin wall, and is the last time Yugoslavia represented as a Socialist Republic! 22 nations shared the stage - and we had a tie! Sweden and France both scored 146 points, it was only on count-back that Sweden was crowned - both cou tries received 4 12 points, but Sweden received 5 sets of 10 points to France's 2!
Our club has voted. The results have been verified, and you can watch the amazing video by our fabulous member, Danitza from Chile, announcing our top 5 placings - click here!
For full results, click here.
OCTOBER 2021: results available below!
1970 saw several countries boycott the contest with the previous year allowing 4 countries to share the win! So only 12 nations shared the stage - and we had one of the speediest contests ever, in just over an hour, the entire show was done!
Our club has voted. The results have been verified, and you can watch the absolutely awesome video by our talented Christopher B announcing our placings - click here!
For full results, click here.
Previous Retrospectives - archive:
OCTOBER 2021: 1970
September 2021: no retro
August 2021: 1959
JULY 2021: 1961
JUNE 2021: 1986
MAY 2021: no retro
APRIL 2021: no retro
MARCH 2021: 2009
FEBRuary 2021: 2005
January 2021: 1997
December 2020: 1969
Thank you to all our members (and friends) who join our watch parties.