Eurovison Song Contest!

Good evening!

Today I write to you a quick post before one of the events of the year begins: Eurovison!

The Eurovison Song Contest meant to search for new songs from all the countries that are part of the European Union of Radio Transmission (E.U.R). This is not the same as the European Union as, for example, Israel, Uzbekistan or Kazakhstan are also participants in this competition among other countries that are part of the EUR. Since 2015 Australia has also been part of this competition as they came as guests performers for the 60th Anniversary celebration of Eurovision and the public had an awesome response to their music so they decided to keep them in.

This year's Spain candidates Amaia and Alfred with "Tu canción"

Every year each country presents an artist or a group with a new song that must be completely original and made expressly for the competition. They mustn't speak of religion, politics or involve any kind of violence in its lyrics. They can’t compete with kids or animals on stage and the maximum amount of people allowed on stage is six counting the singer, dancers and so on. The musical instruments must be recorded but the singing must be fully live and playback is banned. They also need to present a video clip for the selection and you can check everyone of them in the Eurovision YouTube channel if you’re a real Eurofan.

This year's favourite: Cyrpus with "Fuego" by Eleni Foureira

Now we get into the actual competition. There are five countries called the Big Five that are already in the finals and don’t need to go through the semifinal selection because they are the five countries that give the most economic support to this competition. These are France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and Spain. Also, the country were it’s held the competition each year (which is a different one almost every year as it’s held in the country which won the past edition) is also in the finals without the semifinal selection.

There are held two semifinals in the week of the competition and in the end only 27 countries will be able to go to the finals (they are actually just 21 that have been through the whole selection process). And here it’s when I say why I’m talking about Eurovision.

This has been one of the events of the years in my family since I can remember. We always watched the competition live and we made a wonderful snack dinner and we even had our own boards to vote on and make our own winners and favorites.

Because this year is the third one that I am watching it in the distance I thought that it would be fun if I showed you which were my snacks and preparations and I may be active during the night in my Instagram account to tell you my reactions and share it with anyone who might be interested.

If you want to catch a glimpse or even follow the competition you can search for your country’s TV official broadcaster or just watch the direct video in Eurovision’s official YouTube channel. (I’ll leave the link down below). It super fun and you can discover great artists like last year’s Salvador Sobral from Portugal (I’ll also link it’s song which I think it’s beautiful).

Last year's winner Salvador Sobral with "Amar pelos dois"

Now onto my snack dinner!

As some sides I’ll have this supper yummy Veggie Chips that I just love. They’re from the brand Go Pure and this is the bag that contains sweet potato, carrot, beetroot and parsnip. Just delicious.

I also have some hummus with carrot sticks and sesame crackers.

And of course, some olives. I’m not a person without them!

As my main I’ll have a classic green salad with cucumber and tomato topped with goji berries and pecans.

And a classic toasted whole grain bread with tomato and some olive oil. This is a typical Catalan preparation called «pa amb tomàquet» and you can asked any of my friends who has tried it, so simple yet so delicious!

I know it’s a bit of a big dinner, but it’s a very special day as well and I tried to make healthy choices to still enjoy the night taking care of my body.

I hope you liked it and tell me which snacks do you usually take when it’s one of this festival kind of nights down below.

I hope you have a beautiful evening and I’ll see you probably on Tuesday with a double post!

Love,

Muriel


Link to Eurovision's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-a9eXKeO4k

Link to Salvador Sobral's song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymFVfzu-2mw