The Eurovision Song Contest (2007) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Directors:

Timo Suomi
Antti Jokinen

Writer:

Roosa Toivonen (writer)

Release Date:

12 May 2007 (Argentina)

Genre:

Music

Plot Keywords:

Eurovision | Song | Voting | Song Contest | Competition

Awards:

1 win

Cast

4 Fun	...	Themselves - Lithuanian entry
Apocalyptica	...	Themselves - Show Act
Ainhoa Arbizu	...	Herself - Spanish vote presenter
Natalia Barbu	...	Herself - Moldovan entry
Caroline Barnes	...	Herself - United Kingdom entry (as Scooch)
Bonaparti.lv	...	Themselves - Latvian entry
Roger Cicero	...	Himself - German entry
Eládio Clímaco	...	Himself - Portuguese Announcer
Andrey Danilko	...	Himself - Ukrainian entry (as Verka Serduchka)
Paul de Leeuw	...	Himself - Dutch spokesperson
Dervish	...	Themselves - Irish entry
Kenan Dogulu	...	Himself - Turkish entry
David Ducasse	...	Himself - United Kingdom entry (as Scooch)
Les Fatals Picards	...	Themselves - French entry
Karolina Gocheva	...	Herself - Macedonian entry (as Karolina)
Alenka Gotar	...	Herself - Slovenian entry
Hayko	...	Himself - Armenian entry
Thomas Hermanns	...	Himself - German Vote presenter
Sopho Khalvashi	...	Herself - Georgian entry (as Sopho)
Perttu Kivilaakso	...	Himself
Dmitri Koldun	...	Himself - Belarussian entry (as Koldun)
Mikko Leppilampi	...	Himself - Host
Marina Lizorkina	...	Herself - Russian entry (as Serebro)
Lordi	...	Himself - Show Act
Linda Martin	...	Herself - Irish Vote Announcer
Nash	...	Themselves - Spanish entry
Hanna Pakarinen	...	Herself - Finnish entry
Beatriz Pécker	...	Herself - Spanish commenting (voice)
Jaana Pelkonen	...	Herself - Host
Natalie Powers	...	Herself - United Kingdom entry (as Scooch)
Pauliina Räsänen	...	Trapeze artist
Edsilia Rombley	...	Herself - Dutch spokesperson
Magdi Rúzsa	...	Herself - Hungarian entry
Krisse Salminen	...	Herself
Ola Salo	...	Himself - Swedish entry (as The Ark)
Sarbel	...	Himself - Greek entry
Scooch	...	Themselves - United Kingdom Entry
Serebro	...	Themselves - Russian entry
Marija Serifovic	...	Herself - Serbian entry
Olga Seryabkina	...	Herself - Russian entry (as Serebro)
Marija Sestic	...	Herself - Bosnian entry
Russ Spencer	...	Himself - United Kingdom entry (as Scooch)
Elena Temnikova	...	Herself - Russian entry (as Serebro)
Todomondo	...	Themselves - Romanian entry
Elitza Todorova	...	Herself - Bulgarian entry
Laura Voutilainen	...	Herself
Terry Wogan	...	Himself - UK Commentator (voice)
Stoyan Yankulov	...	Himself - Bulgarian entry

Also Known As:

Euroviisut 2007 (Finland)

Runtime:

Finland:180 min

Country:

Finland

Language:

English | French | Finnish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland

Company:

European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Trivia:

A Lordi music video made for this production cost more than any other Finnish short film with over 200,000 EUR budget.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "To kokkino domatio: Afstiros akatallilo (#2.22)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Leave Me Alone

Still Great

How can you not love this, every year I sit down with family and friends, some wine and a voting sheet and every year I am surprised, entertained and by the end just a little drunk.

There has been a lot of talk in western Europe about the domination of eastern Europe. There is no denying that the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia do have a numbers advantage, but that does not mean they will always win. To win the Eurovision Song Contest your song has to be popular with many more countries.

Of course there will be national pride and if your country takes it seriously then you will be disappointed that you did not win or make the all important top ten. Usually you will like one song more than the others and you will want it to win, this is the beauty of the competition especially one that encompasses such a diverse demographic as Europe, we all have different opinions, I for one thought our UK entry to be truly awful. So no national pride there then! Before the contest my favourite entry was from France, unfortunately they did not perform very well, which was a shame. On the night there were a number of entries that I liked, Sweden, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Spain, Bosnia and Serbia, so quite a mix. Going back to my point that any potential winner has to be popular across the board, the eventual winner Serbia received a top three vote from Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Malta, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands, point proved I think. I did see a web site that had taken all of the eastern European votes out, Serbia still won.

So when you start to bemoan the fate of the contest and the perceived way it is going, remember that it is just a bit of fun, yes it's great when your country or your favourite song wins, but there are 500 million people out there voting and we all like different things. Sit back enjoy and don't take it too seriously, you never know next year it might be your turn and think how excited you'll be then.