Perhaps ‘first winner not still inextricably associated with the contest’ would be better.I presume they'd actually be the first since Celine?
As usual, talking out of his arse given Ed Sheeran just released his new single today which is going to storm straight to the top of the chart and likely stay there for weeksBBC Chart and Eurovision expert Scott Mills said there’s a chance Måneskin could be the first Eurovision winner to reach number one since Gina G.
It doesn’t seem to be too 40 in the airplay chart. But the entire chart seems pretty disconnected from what’s actually popular (Diana Ross and Keith Urban are top 20?) so it isn’t a great indicatorAre they getting any radio airplay in UK? I guess little or none, right?
Our airplay charts are weighted based on the number of listeners that the station gets. Diana Ross and Keith Urban get played by Radio 2, which gets the most listeners, so they get higher positions than they would otherwise.It doesn’t seem to be too 40 in the airplay chart. But the entire chart seems pretty disconnected from what’s actually popular (Diana Ross and Keith Urban are top 20?) so it isn’t a great indicator
#ManeskinComeToSpain is TT here now, how random. People are still obsessed with them.
"Slave" is appearing on the latest Now compilation. Don't know how big they are these days but it being chosen is surely indicative of its success and reach outside of Eurovision.
and have any NUDES leaked yet! SURELY they must EXIST!
Were Maneskin about to take off anyway? Is there any sign of that? Especially as the song that’s doing well isn’t the the winning song.
Well, they wouldn’t have been charting all over Europe with any song had they not won?It does make me wonder how Eurovision actually figures into this any more. At the time is felt like it had produced a big hit, but Zits & Boners seems to have been retired almost immediately.
I mean from the band’s point of view it makes a lot more commercial sense to push the English song. But I’m left wondering what role Eurovision really had in the end
One part of my brain says no of course notWell, they wouldn’t have been charting all over Europe with any song had they not won?
One part of my brain says no of course not
but where is that song a month later?
We're dealing with modern attention spans. I agree that the winning song seems almost already forgotten, but Eurovision was at the very least a huge launchpad and they would almost certainly be little known outside Italy at all without it. The stars have clearly aligned for them and I'm sure that a significant part of their audience now doesn't even know they won Eurovision. But for the contest going forward, I'm not sure it matters at all.One part of my brain says no of course not
but where is that song a month later?
But I think the same is true about ABBA.They are currently #3, #6 and #47 on global iTunes (as well as the #2 act), and #2, #8 and #32 on global Spotify.
It doesn't matter if a significant proportion of the audience don't know they won Eurovision (or even what the contest is). The fact that the contest has managed to launch that will have been noticed.
I'm not sure that's true in the UK at least. But it's only a good sign for Måneskin, anyway!But I think the same is true about ABBA.
The majority of people have no idea that Eurovision was what launched their career.
Perhaps not in the UK.I'm not sure that's true in the UK at least. But it's only a good sign for Måneskin, anyway!