Douze Points! - The Eurovision Podcast
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Douze Points! - The Eurovision Podcast
Unraveling the Naughty Mysteries of Eurovision Slogans
Are you curious about the secrets behind the slogans of the Eurovision Song Contest? Ever wondered why the 2024 slogan is a carbon copy of the 2023 one? We'll unearth the historical and sexual undertones that are often hidden behind these catchy phrases.
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Bonjour, guten tag brevet. Hello and welcome to the Douce Poix podcast. Here we are back for another week. I'm keen, I'm ready to go and I've just burnt my spinach Bacouras. Yes, other podcasts may bring you better quality content, better quality audio, but my God, have they ever burnt their bacouras for you? I thought I'd just put them in the oven just to heat them up while I read in your revision article, and then I got engrossed and then I had to search for another article and then I clicked on another link and ay, ay, ay, oh, the things I do for Eurovision, the things I do for you. Oh, you're lucky. I love you Like the rains get loved down in Africa. That's right. We're starting off with a toto reference.
Speaker 1:What I think is the big news for this week is Slogan Reveal for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, and you know what the absolute big slogan reveal of 2024 is. There is no big slogan reveal. That's right. They've decided. There is no new slogan. They've decided to wheel out the slogan news for 2023, which, of course, was it's easy to forget United by Music, which turned out to be false. Sadly, I think there's now more wars than ever. I think this news sort of took everyone by surprise. Now, from the actual Eurovision website, this is what they had to say. Seeing just how well the slogan resonated with audiences and participants at Liverpool in 2023, it has been decided that United by Music will remain as the official one for all subsequent contest two, starting with Malibu in 2024.
Speaker 1:Oh look, to be honest, I think one for all was a better slogan. United by Music. Are we, though? Are we united, considering you're gonna have 40, hopefully completely different, unique songs and we're all literally competing to beat each other at a music contest? Is United by Music really the sentence that encapsulates it? Eurovision's gone on to say with United by Music, we've landed on one that encapsulates the core values of the Eurovision Song Contest, which has a risk history of promoting diversity, inclusivity and artistic expression, bridging differences and igniting a sense of shared community regardless of nationality, language or background. Did it, though? I mean? Look? Admittedly, not every slogan that we've had in the last few years has been an absolute winner, but I don't think this is. We should just give up the quest for the perfect slogan.
Speaker 1:Okay, let's have a look back. 2002, a modern fairy tale. Okay, which is interesting, considering there was a lot of, like you know double denim and stuff that had gone out of fashion 20 years ago. But whatever, what I've loved about Eurovision is there was peak period where they just managed to make every Eurovision sounds like soft core pornography it was. It was just one of those things that we loved about Eurovision how they could take the most beautiful, wonderful song contest in the world and just make it a little bit dirty. But that is the Eurovision song contest, isn't it?
Speaker 1:Taking something fabulous, the little undertoner Norte 2003, a magical rendezvous, I don't know, unicorn porn. 2004,. Under the same sky, people doing it in the park. 2005, awakening yeah, creepy people who were sitting there waiting for Hermione Granger to come of age, I'm sure. 2006, feel the rhythm, the rhythm method. 2007, true fantasy Okay, everyone was doing wearing wings while they were doing it.
Speaker 1:2008, confluence of sound. I have to be honest, a lot of people have looked at the 2008 slogan and declared it the worst slogan of all time, but I think I have to give them points. I'm pretty sure this is the only slogan that you can't make sexual. Okay, that's some time for you all to stop and think about it. Let us know, send us a DM if how you would make confluence of sound. Sexy. How are you going to sex that up?
Speaker 1:2010,. Share the moment, gang bangs. 2011,. Feel your heart beat, yes. 2012,. Light your fire. 2013,. We are one. 2014,. Hashtag join us. It's all porn.
Speaker 1:2015, building bridges Okay, I'm going to have to stretch this one. Oh, this is for people who have a fetish for tradesmen and construction workers. Oh, mom, I'm here to build a bridge in your panties, oh Lord. 2016,. My absolute favor. Get your towels ready, europe, and get ready to come together. 2017, celebrate diversity. Look, it's not sexual, but it's also so. It's like corporate HR is hosting the Christmas party this year. 2018, all aboard, wink. Everyone loves a sailor. 2019, dare to Dream. 2021, open up Waaay. 2022, the sound of beauty. Look, that one never worked for me, I have to be honest. And then, of course, 2023, united by Music. That was the one created by the BBC. I don't know.
Speaker 1:Some may argue it's a cost-saving exercise. They're going to save some money by not having to employ someone to come up with a new slogan. But let's be honest. There is only one thing this about. There is only one thing this is about 100%. This is about merchandise. Clearly, they are having too many t-shirts with the slogans left over at the end of the year. Now you never have to throw out any stock. Nothing's ever old stock if it's got the same slogan. Now it's a vintage pattern. Am I cynical? No, never. The music industry, oh my lord, that wouldn't be influenced by music and profitability. What $50 for a t-shirt last time I went to a concert? But anyway, that's another. That's another issue. So, yeah, let us know how you feel if you are United by Music again.
Speaker 1:Oh lord, I just see 2024 just turning into this whole sort of abba, world peace, love, kissy, kissy contest. I want some craziness. That's actually an interesting question because I think a lot of the songs that we get at Eurovision are a reflection of what's going on in the world. Obviously, you know Stephania's poignant song war loss connecting with your parents, wars people write songs about it. Space programs people are singing songs about new beginnings, hope. Even after the COVID Eurovision Song Curse in 2023, we got a song all about just washing your hands in universal health care, in an emergency. Who would have ever predicted, if you were sitting back at the Eurovision Song Contest, if you had said 70 years from now, people are going to be singing songs about washing their hands and the people will love it. You would send them for drug testing immediately. So that's the question.
Speaker 1:What do you think is going to be the subject that's going to keep popping up at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest? Obviously, peace, love. Yes, we know that it's Eurovision. They're going to be there every year. There's going to be peace. There's going to be love. What do you think is going to be the song that is, strangely, going to capture what we're all thinking?
Speaker 1:I tell you, if somebody releases a song that is just oh, rent food, rent food, I can have either, but I can't have both. Oh, my Lord, I am giving you my 20 points. That is the feeling of this generation this year. I don't know if everyone else is doing it this way around the world, but in Australia we're in the middle of a housing shortage. Well, it's not a shortage. We actually have plenty of homes, but at the moment, it seems like three people own all of the houses and are renting them out to us at criminal rates, and there's a lot of people who are suddenly living in tents, which is unbelievable in a country that has plenty of homes. We're just owned by three people. Okay, I'm getting excited. There might be six, I don't know, maybe even possibly a dozen, whatever, but they are in them all.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's the song that I want to encapsulate my heart this year. That being said, I've burned my bakura. I've burned my bakura out by the tent. I've burnt my bakura. I've burnt my bakura. I'd vote for that. So, yeah, let us know what's subject, what theme, what passion, what crisis, what human goal do you think needs to be covered in the 2024 Eurovision? Spain's also firing itself at the moment, getting ready to have its Betty Dorm Fest to pick their Eurovision 2024 entry. Oh, you have to love Spain. You literally never know what you are going to get. It is either going to be the most dynamic, shocking change your world this is electric, we're giving it everything performance or they don't care. What will we get this year from Spain? Time will only tell. I might be a cynical old bastard, but let's see how we go and let's see. Hopefully, we will all be united by music, by Eurovision 2024. Fingers crossed. Vettistrava, vettistrava, eat bakura, hit, hit, hit, eat bakura, vettistrova. End your tenter. Hit, hit, hit.
