James Nicoll wrote:
> In article <44707F94.919CA112@earthlink.net>,
> Old Toby wrote:
> >James Nicoll wrote:
> >>
> >> Seeds: A CBC show on early Canadian rock music + the results
> >> of the Eurovision contest.
> >>
> >> POD 1966: The OAS, as part of its mission to promote solidarity
> >> and impressed by the success of an international event over in Europe,
> >> mandates an annual musical event not unlike Eurovision. Each member
> >> nation of the OAS may send one band or single contestant.
> >
> >Alas, Canada doesn't join until 1990, so the impact on early Canadian
> >rock music should be small... Canada will be joining just in time to
> >help the likes of Alanis Morissette and Celine Dion (googling, I find
> >that Dion had already won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, representing
> >Switzerland).
>
> I think Canada was an observer in OAS, so perhaps we'd be allowed
> to compete but not to win or perhaps allowed to judge but not to vote on
> the winner.
It's worth pointing out that the entrants to the Eurovision Song
Contest has always included more countries than just the EU/EEC (e.g.
when ABBA won, Sweden was not a member of the EEC). So there is no
reason why Canada couldn't join in from the beginning.
As well as the song contest, Eurovision also came up with the show
"It's a Knockout" / "Jeux san Frontieres" . Any chance of this getting
introduced to the Americas ?
Cheers,
Nigel.
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