Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Eurovision Song Contest sudah diadakan sejak 1956. Setiap tahun, ada saja genre musik yang mereka suguhkan, mulai dari pop, rock, hingga sesuatu yang lebih etnis namun kontemporer.
Tetapi, ada sebuah lagu yang membuat saya semakin ter-Eurovision-Eurovision. Lagu ini dinyanyikan oleh duo MC Eurovision Song Contest 2016, Mns Zelmerlw dan Petra Mede, sebagai interval act di final. Judulnya adalah "Love Love Peace Peace" - cinta, cinta, damai, damai. Liriknya akan saya tulis di bawah, dan kemudian akan saya jabarkan maknanya secara detail.
Step 1: Get everyone's attention.
A powerful, majestic start.
Maybe a battle horn of some kind.
Step 2: Drums. There has to be drums.
It doesn't hurt if the drums are played by gorgeous, topless men.
It's proven efficient throughout the years.
But, please feel free to try other alternatives.
It's proven very helpful to go the exact opposite way - use a grandmother.
Step 3: Show the viewers your country's ethnic background by using an old traditional folklore instrument that no one's heard before.
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No, no. In this case, it's proven much more efficient to not use the male models.
Go for an old man - a beard helps.
This instrument is called the Swedish "kvinnabske" - a small roundish piece from the horn family, inherited from the Vikings.
Just make something up - no one will know.
Step 4: In Eurovision, nothing says winner like a violin.
Trust us - bring a violin.
Step 5: The violin, the drums, and the kvinnabske might make it all feel a little bit old-fashioned.
This can easily be fixed by adding a DJ who pretends to scratch.
In real life, of course, this is 30 years old.
But in Eurovision, it will give your number a contemporary feel.
Step 6: Costumes.
You need to look memorable.
Something that the viewers will notice.
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Perfect.
Step 7: The song.
Everything else might be important, but the song is essential.
Let it be about something everyone can connect to.
Love works. Peace is also a popular way to go.
Yes, peace is good.
ABBA actually won the competition with a song about war, with "Waterloo", but this is not something you'd recommend.
When you have everything you need and the pieces are gathered, go for it. And don't look back.