The Complete Eurovision Song Contest Companion |
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Paul Gambaccini, Tim Rice, Jonathan Rice, Tony Brown
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Pages: 160 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1862051674
Pub: Pavilion Books
Pub date: 1998-04-02
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 666098
Reader Reviews:
Good but outdated! (1/3 people found this helpful)
Fun book and pretty much all you need to know about Eurovision, but needs updating. Also if you are not from UK - you will see a bit of a swing towards the English opinion, rather than a fair and even look at Eurovision. Still, good fun. I must say I think it's time for Terry Wogan to toss in the towel. Bit like this book, he's getting a bit tired and needs updating! Sorry Terry!
An official Eurovision Bible (2/2 people found this helpful)
Unfortunately, there aren't many books on Eurovision out there, but this one is probably the only one you'll ever need. Many useful statistics, all the charts from the very start somewhere in the '50s and a commentary on every single contest... Some nice photos of the previous winners in color, charts of the most successful countries, most convincing winners, the closest victories... This is really the best companion for Eurovision freaks and you'll probably hold on to it while watching the contest and many times afterwards. The only problem is---you'll need to buy yan updated version of the book every single year... And one more thing---the commentaries should be at least three times longer because they're so humorous and show just how bizarre the whole deal about the ESC is...
Not bad... (2/2 people found this helpful)
A good intro to the contest, with some hilarious observations. A couple of tiny mistakes that only true Euro-anoraks will notice. Could do with some more photos though...
Good evening United Kingdom, may we have your votes please? (0/0 people found this helpful)
The Eurovision Song Contest is somewhat of a phenomenon. It has been running for over forty years, despite its reputation for producing dubious musical tastes, and it is often denounced as "a waste of money". Not so. As this book will tell you, Eurovision is still going strong. How can you fault a contest which has featured, and boosted the careers of Abba, Bucks Fizz, Cliff Richard, Lulu, Katrina & the Waves and Michael Ball? Who could forget such classics as Ding Dinge Dong, Humunahum, Boom Bang-a-Bang and La La La? I got this book because I love Eurovision, and now I have it I love Eurovision even more! The sort of things which are covered in this book: the entire scoring sheets for every year, explanations of the different scoring systems, in-depth analysis of jury preferences, colour photographs, and lots of juicy statistics. Enjoy....
P.S. If you like this book, then I recommend the double album "This Is Eurovision", which features many songs. It doesn't feature Waterloo, nor some of the more recent entries, but some of the songs are sheer class and brilliance. I gurantee that you will want to play it over and over and over...
A Douze Points Classic for Euro Fans (2/2 people found this helpful)
There are nearly 1,000 members of the Eurovision Song Contest fan club in the UK, and I guarantee that every one of them would love this book. It charts, painstakingly, not only the history of the annual musical jamboree - the show we love to hate - and looks back at the successes and, more often, failures that the contest has produced, but lists also every point given to every song by every country. Fans will remember with nostalgia when Norway gave that point to Cyprus in 1978, but it's not just limited to the diehard fanatics. For this book is fascinating for anyone with any interest whatsoever in the camp, the kitsch and the undeniably amusing life that is Eurovision. Chart Abba's rise to victory, Celine Dion's triumph, Bucks Fizz's skirt ripping win. It's all there, every song and every artiste that ever performed in the contest. Every point ever given. Every prejudice and bias analysed. When they say this is "complete" the authors mean it. Read it - and weep.
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