Opening-Revue mit Måns Zelmerlöw & Petra Mede | Eurovision Song Contest

Die Moderatoren Petra Mede und Måns Zelmerlöw erklären den ESC mal anders: in einer Musical-Perfomance, die sich sehen lassen kann. Ein gelungener Start ins zweite Halbfinale 2016.

[Måns]: Well, it's a multinational competition
With a collaborative mission
So much like the Olympics in a way
[Petra]: Sure, it's rather less athletic
[Måns]: Though just as energetic
[Petra]: More colorful, and what's the word?
[Måns (spoken)]: Theatrical?

[Petra]: We make music and friends with every nation
[Both]: And bankrupt the hosting TV station
[Måns]: To help to shore up a post-war Europe, in 1956, it all began
[Petra]: The set, I'm rather certain, was nothing but a curtain
There were only seven countries and one camera-man
[Måns]: But then it started growing now Australia's ours!
[Petra]: We're a big black hole sucking in all the stars!
[Both]: We'll take over the world and then conquer Mars!
That's Eurovision!

[Petra]: It's an annual celebration of our culture
It's the highlight of our year
[Måns]: And a victory can catapult you
Just look at my career!
[Petra]: Yes, so we see..
You get to share the stage with me!
We're all excited, the fans united
From Reykjavík, Riga and Rome
[Måns]: At Eurovision, there's no derision cause wherever you come from
Here is home!

[Fan #1]: For loving Eurovision, I get bullied at school
[Fan #2]: But when we come together, I don't feel a fool!
[Fan #1]: Cause for one week a year, we're pretty cool!
[Fan #1+2]: That's Eurovision!

[Petra]: Getting votes from your neighbours is a sure way to get your song disgraced
[Måns]: But when Sweden gets 12 points from Norway, it's clearly just good taste
[Petra]: That gimmicky factor, the wacky, the weird
Céline on a tractor, Conchita's beard
Pirates and penguins and puppets on strings
These are a few of my favourite things!

The singers come together like songbirds of a feather
For victory they hope and pray and beg
[Måns]: Wait there in the green room, an often rather mean room, wishing all of our competitors break a leg
[Petra]: The impact of the show I cannot overstate
[Måns]: No matter where you go, it's a source of debate
[All]: But it's something you either love or hate
That's Eurovision!

[Petra]: And the interval act is your one big chance
To fail to live up to Riverdance!

Where else can you hear Romansh and Luxembourgish sung?
We've had two songs with sign language and three in made-up tongue
And Antillean Creole, Norwegian, Võro, Viennese
Neopolitan, Catalan, Udmurt, Montenegrin and Maltese
[Måns]: Ancient Greek, Albanian, Slovak, Ukrainian, Romani, Russian, Romanian
Crimean, Slovenian, Hebrew, Armenian, Arabic and Lithuanian
[Petra]: Portuguese, Macedonian, Breton, Estonian, Pontic, Icelandic, Croatian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Italian, Bosnian, Latvian, Corsican, Serbian, German, Hungarian
[Both]: Polish and English and Irish and Finnish and Swedish and Spanish and Dutch
Samogitian and Turkish and Danish and French
[Petra]: Tahitian, though not very much!
[Måns]: And though I don't know Czech, Swahili, Azeri or Greek
[All]: Music is a language that we all know how to speak

That's Eurovision!
It's your decision
Though not taking part is a crime
[Måns]: Douze points or zero
You'll be a hero of our time!
[All]: In the Eurovision family, we do it 'glitz and glamour-ly'
Cause rich in kitsch and hammily is best!
This is My-rovision
And His-rovision
And Her-rovision
And Your-rovision
Bienvenue, välkomna, be our guest!
At the Eurovision Song Contest!

[Nameless-wrtj]

Måns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede were the best hosts in Eurovision history.

[kennikitty]

"Getting 12 points from your neightbor is a sure way to get your song disgraced,
but if Sweden gets 12 points from Norway, it's clearly just good taste."
Nailed it.

[litedarrirosten]

-voting for Sweden because we like their song-
*Voting for Sweden because we want Mans and Petra*

[matthewdonovan]

Can these two host it every year please? They're brilliant.

[deidredrakeBEST]

There is a reason why the international press-corps applauded after the final, ESC that year was as good as a Hollywood production. Sweden knows how make ESC spectacular.

[flaviniaa]

Everybody was like “Yeah, this is going to be the best song of the evening.” And then....Love Love Peace Peace happened. Best hosts ever!

[VonHautkopf]

These two as hosts forever and Graham Norton as global commentator would be the best thing that could happen to Eurovision

[leevy]

too bad you can't vote for this, best song in my opinion

[Max-dsgd]

"And the interval act is your one big chance to fail to live up to Riverdance" creates the best interval act ever

[daplaya]

I will never understand how they nailed that language bazooka part in such a way. Amazing!

[Ms]

Petra is an absolute Queen of Eurovision!

[marilenatheodotou]

Eurovision meets Disney meets Broadway 😍😍😍 #goooaaalllsss 😂😂

[Berengloren]

They were the absolut WINNERS of the ESC. Wished they were able to host ESC every year

[Jettus]

"But when Sweden gets 12 points from Norway it's clearly just good taste"
I'm actually not gonna talk against that, cause when we give Sweden 12 points it's normally a really good song
~yes, I'm Norwegian

[NthreeE]

LET'S GOOOO! NEXT YEAR WE HOPE FOR THEM TO COME BACK!

[gpaderx]

Why is no one talking about that stage, It's actually gorgeous and perfect, especially the floor that reflects the screen create the whole icon

[rosannaturunen]

I vote sweden every year because I want them to host eurovision songcontest

[clivegchesterman]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!! Only the Swedes know how to do this...and get away with it! Long live Eurovision, Melodifestivalen and all pray to goddess Lynda Woodruff...a massive UK fan, puts our efforts to shame!!

[tinavollgraf]

mans and petra are the best. great show.

[Max-dsgd]

Måns and Petra are amazing but the songwriter and choreographer created a masterpiece with this performance!