A Tale of Two Broadcasters: Belguim in the Eurovision Song Contest
Casual Strand
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2 languages. 2 cultures. 2 broadcasters. This is Belguim. From being the least relevant of the original participants in 1956, to fleeting glory in 1986, to a youth invasion in the 2010s, to an uncertain future, I unravel one of Eurovision’s most unique participating countries.
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Acknowledgement of the existence and participation of certain countries is not an endorsement of the violation of international law. If you think otherwise, I suggest you go outside and touch some grass.
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Context: her family were neo nazis. She didn't rebel as a teenager, she's only did that as an adolescent.
Was she no longer a neo nazi at the time of the ESC? That's possible, but can't be verified.
Can someone stop being a neo nazi? If your answer is yes, then there's was injustice. If no, then she was rightfully excluded.
Like The Wind is my favorite entry from Belgium, but I feel so bad for the guy playing the ocarina because when he's not playing the ocarina, he's just awkwardly on the side, standing, just trying to averting his gaze from a single thing.
Edit: fun fact, 1981 Dutch entrant, Linda Williams, is a backing vocalist alongside her daughter standing immediately on Vanessa's right.
A Tale of Two Broadcasters: Belguim in the Eurovision Song Contest
Casual Strand
19,877 views
2 languages. 2 cultures. 2 broadcasters. This is Belguim. From being the least relevant of the original participants in 1956, to fleeting glory in 1986, to a youth invasion in the 2010s, to an uncertain future, I unravel one of Eurovision’s most unique participating countries.
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Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use.
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Acknowledgement of the existence and participation of certain countries is not an endorsement of the violation of international law. If you think otherwise, I suggest you go outside and touch some grass.
1: Yes, I did write it Belguim. It's a running gag.
2: The "What's The Pressure?" segment caused this video to get rejected in the upload 3 times. Copyright law sure is fun!
3: Belguim does actually have a third official language, that being German. Because the German speaking community is incredibly, incredibly small (80,000 people, which is lower than the capacity of Croke Park and represents less than 1% of the total population) and has had no impact on Belguim's participation, I deemed it not relevant enough to call attention to.