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** Pass out as 2022's votes are announced.
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*** If watching [[BrokenWinLossStreak the 2022 contest]] live, down your drink with every BigWhat and BigOMG.
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* Whenever a song is about world peace or friendship that unites nations, take a sip. (e.g. Israel's ''There Must Be Another Way'' from 2009, Georgia's ''Peace Will Come'' from 2008.)

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* Whenever a song is about world peace or friendship that unites nations, take a sip. (e.g. Israel's ''There Must Be Another Way'' from 2009, Georgia's ''Peace Will Come'' from 2008.)2008, Moldova's "Trenuletul" from 2022)

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** If the song could end up in a drag queen's performance repertoire, take another sip. (Sweden's ''Invincible'' from 2006.)

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** If the song could end up in a drag queen's performance repertoire, take another sip. (Sweden's ''Invincible'' from 2006.)2006, Austria's "Halo" from 2022)
*** If the song is performed by an actual drag queen, take a third sip.
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* If the song's title does not have actual words in it, take a sip. (Sweden's ''Diggi-loo, Diggi-ley'' from 1984, the Netherlands' ''Ding dinge dong'' from 1975.)

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* If the song's title does not have actual words in it, take a sip. (Sweden's ''Diggi-loo, Diggi-ley'' from 1984, the Netherlands' ''Ding dinge dong'' from 1975.1975, Germany's ''Wadde Hadde Dudde Da'' from 2000.)
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*** Enjoy 2021's contest as you finish your drink.
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*** Double if its Mans.

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*** Double if its Mans.
Måns.
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** Drink when Greece and Cyprus give each other 12 points. Empty the bottle when they DON'T do that.
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* Rules for the Interval acts:
** Drink if a previous winner appears.
*** Double if its Mans.
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** Take two sips if France’s spokesperson has a backdrop of the Eiffel Tower.
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** Down your drink if an automatic finalist[[note]]France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom or the host nation[[/note]] wins.
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* Drink every time your country sends in an act suspiciously similar to a previous winning song from your country.

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* Drink every time your country sends in an act suspiciously similar to a previous winning song from your country.country.
* Drink a sip if the song is in English and contains the words ''Fire, Higher'' or ''Desire''. Take a big gulp if it's two. Down the drink if all three.
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Rules for the EurovisionSongContest drinking game:

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Rules for the EurovisionSongContest Series/EurovisionSongContest drinking game:
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** Drink whenever the projections incorporated are into the performance (Thank Sweden 2015 for making this popular in 2016).

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** Drink whenever the projections are incorporated are into the performance performance. (Thank Sweden 2015 for making this popular in 2016).



* Whenever a song is about world peace or friendship that unites nations, take a sip. (f.ex. Israel's ''There Must Be Another Way'' from 2009, Georgia's ''Peace Will Come'' from 2008.)

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* Whenever a song is about world peace or friendship that unites nations, take a sip. (f.ex.(e.g. Israel's ''There Must Be Another Way'' from 2009, Georgia's ''Peace Will Come'' from 2008.)
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** Drink whenever the projections incorporated into the performance.

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** Drink whenever the projections incorporated are into the performance.performance (Thank Sweden 2015 for making this popular in 2016).
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** Drink whenever the projections incorporated into the performance.
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* Drink every time your country sends in an act suspiciously similar to a previous winning song from your country

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* Drink every time your country sends in an act suspiciously similar to a previous winning song from your countrycountry.
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* Sip each time you think a country's giving top points to UK, but they're saying 'Ukraine'.

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* Sip each time you think a country's giving top points to UK, but they're saying 'Ukraine'.'Ukraine'.
** Drink twice if you think they're giving 12 points Ukraine and they're actually giving them to the UK.
*Drink every time your country sends in an act suspiciously similar to a previous winning song from your country
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Rules for EurovisionSongContest drinking game:

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* Rules during the scoring, because the fun never stops:

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* Rules during the scoring, because the fun never stops:scoring:

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* When the scores start to come in, someone has to call out which country they think will get 12 points from the current one; if correct, everyone including the caller takes a shot.
* Should you wish to get the drinking started during the songs themselves, we have devised a foolproof selection for you to try.

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* When the scores start to come in, someone has to call out which country they think will get 12 points from the current one; if correct, everyone including the caller takes a shot.
* Should you wish to get the drinking started
Rules during the songs themselves, we have devised a foolproof selection for you to try.singing:


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* Rules during the scoring, because the fun never stops:
** When the scores start to come in, someone has to call out which country they think will get 12 points from the current one; if correct, everyone but the caller takes a shot.
** Drink for every nil points.
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** Congratulatory drinks if the UK wins!

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** Congratulatory drinks if the UK wins!wins!
* A country ends with ''nil points''.
** Twice if it's not France/Spain/UK.
* Sip each time you think a country's giving top points to UK, but they're saying 'Ukraine'.
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** Or don't, if you plan to re-watch 2014's.

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** Or when they don't, if you plan to re-watch 2014's.
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* Sip when Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus give each other top points.

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* Sip when Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus give each other top points.
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** Drink whenever there is a key/tempo change

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** Drink whenever there is a key/tempo [[TruckDriversGearChange key]] or tempo change
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** And each that puts a kid in the room to sleep.

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** And each that puts a kid in the room to sleep.sleep.
* Finish your drink if you hate the song that's favourite to win.
** And again if it wins.
** Or if you hate the song which wins.
* Celebratory drinks if your country wins.
** Congratulatory drinks if the UK wins!
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** Or Azerbaijan, if you actually want a drink.

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** Or Azerbaijan, if you actually want a drink.drink.
** Or for how many places you are above UK or below Azerbaijan.
** How many places the UK are above Germany (and France).
* A sip for every terrible joke and/or allusion to host country's failure/success.
* Drink whenever The War is strategically avoided being mentioned (you will notice when this happens).
* If you can guess who Spain and Moldova will give points to, everyone else drinks.
* Sip whenever you notice the British really aren't taking this whole thing seriously.
** Down the thing if ''the hosts'' notice the British aren't taking it seriously.
* Sip when Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus give each other top points.
** Or don't, if you plan to re-watch 2014's.
** When Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and Holland give each other top points.
* Drink when someone (including in the room with you) boos at who gets points.
* Sip for each song more reliant on performance than song.
** And each song that sounds weirdly familiar.
** And each that puts a kid in the room to sleep.
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* If a country gives another country 12 points for geographical or political reasons, take a sip.

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* If a country gives another country 12 points for geographical or political reasons, take a sip.sip.
* If you're fairly confident the song is in English but can't understand a thing, drink until you can.
** If you're not sure, do it anyway.
* If a country's "postcard" is cringeworthy and/or your national commentator says yours is so much better, take a sip.
* Drink every time you see your country's flag.
* Take a sip for every point the United Kingdom get.
** Or Azerbaijan, if you actually want a drink.
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Greece 2004 was \"Shake It\". \"Shake It Up Sekerim\" was Turkey \'07. Easy mistake, since they sound very much alike.


* If a Greek male performer or dancer shows off large amounts of pectoral muscle, take a sip. (''Shake It Up Shekerim'' from 2004, ''My Number One'' from 2005, ''This Is Our Night'' from 2009, ''Opa!'' from 2010...)

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* If a Greek male performer or dancer shows off large amounts of pectoral muscle, take a sip. (''Shake It Up Shekerim'' It'' from 2004, ''My Number One'' from 2005, ''This Is Our Night'' from 2009, ''Opa!'' from 2010...)
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* If the song's title does not have actual words in it, take a sip. (Sweden's "Diggi-loo, Diggi-ley" from 1984, the Netherlands' "Ding dinge dong" from 1975.)

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* If the song's title does not have actual words in it, take a sip. (Sweden's "Diggi-loo, Diggi-ley" ''Diggi-loo, Diggi-ley'' from 1984, the Netherlands' "Ding ''Ding dinge dong" dong'' from 1975.)



** If the performance resembles a tourism ad, take an additional sip. (Moldova's "Hora Din Moldova" from 2009.)

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** If the performance resembles a tourism ad, take an additional sip. (Moldova's "Hora ''"Hora Din Moldova" Moldova'' from 2009.)



* If the performance contains excessive amounts of wind machine use, take a sip. (Sweden's "Invincible" and Albania's "Zemren E Lame Peng" from 2006, Azerbaijan's "Always" and Croatia's "Lijepa Tena" from 2009.)

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* If the performance contains excessive amounts of wind machine use, take a sip. (Sweden's "Invincible" ''Invincible'' and Albania's "Zemren ''Zemren E Lame Peng" Peng'' from 2006, Azerbaijan's "Always" ''Always'' and Croatia's "Lijepa Tena" ''Lijepa Tena'' from 2009.)



* If Malta performs a power ballad, take a sip. ("The One That I Love" from 1998, "Angel" from 2005, "What If We" from 2009.)

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* If Malta performs a power ballad, take a sip. ("The (''The One That I Love" Love'' from 1998, "Angel" ''Angel'' from 2005, "What ''What If We" We'' from 2009.)



* If a song from a country in the Balkans contains the word "Balkan", take a sip. (Macedonia's "Mojot Svet" from 2007, Romania's "The Balkan Girls" from 2009, Serbia's "Ovo Je Balkan" from 2010.)
* If a Greek male performer or dancer shows off large amounts of pectoral muscle, take a sip. ("Shake It Up Shekerim" from 2004, "My Number One" from 2005, "This Is Our Night" from 2009, "Opa!" from 2010...)

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* If a song from a country in the Balkans contains the word "Balkan", take a sip. (Macedonia's "Mojot Svet" ''Mojot Svet'' from 2007, Romania's "The ''The Balkan Girls" Girls'' from 2009, Serbia's "Ovo ''Ovo Je Balkan" Balkan'' from 2010.)
* If a Greek male performer or dancer shows off large amounts of pectoral muscle, take a sip. ("Shake (''Shake It Up Shekerim" Shekerim'' from 2004, "My ''My Number One" One'' from 2005, "This ''This Is Our Night" Night'' from 2009, "Opa!" ''Opa!'' from 2010...)
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Alternate rules from Finnish magazine City:
*Whenever a song contains more than one language, take a sip.
**If one of those languages is pronounced badly by the singer, take another sip for every badly pronounced language.
*Whenever a song is about world peace or friendship that unites nations, take a sip. (f.ex. Israel's ''There Must Be Another Way'' from 2009, Georgia's ''Peace Will Come'' from 2008.)
*If the song panders to the gay audience, take a sip.
**If the song could end up in a drag queen's performance repertoire, take another sip. (Sweden's ''Invincible'' from 2006.)
*If the song is a joke or a "protest", take a sip.
**If you're not sure, take a sip anyway.
*If the song is a copy of last year's winning song, take a sip.
**If the song resembles ABBA, take an additional sip.
*If the song's title does not have actual words in it, take a sip. (Sweden's "Diggi-loo, Diggi-ley" from 1984, the Netherlands' "Ding dinge dong" from 1975.)
*If the performer changes outfits during the performance, take a sip. (Things like tearing away part of a dress or growing wings like Lordi in 2006 count.)
*If the last chorus goes up a key, take a sip.
*If the performer has a mustache or manly stubble, take a sip.
**Take an additional sip if said performer is a woman.
*If the dancers are in national costume, take a sip.
**If the performance resembles a tourism ad, take an additional sip. (Moldova's "Hora Din Moldova" from 2009.)
*If the song contains an "ethnic" instrument, take a sip. Accordion and pan flute count as ethnic instruments.
*If the performance contains excessive amounts of wind machine use, take a sip. (Sweden's "Invincible" and Albania's "Zemren E Lame Peng" from 2006, Azerbaijan's "Always" and Croatia's "Lijepa Tena" from 2009.)
*If the female singer's eyebrows are noticeably darker than her hair, take a sip.
*If the singer has whitened teeth, take a sip.
*Whenever the hosts have changed outfits between performances, take a sip.
*If Ireland performs a ballad, take a sip.
*If Malta performs a power ballad, take a sip. ("The One That I Love" from 1998, "Angel" from 2005, "What If We" from 2009.)
*If a song from a country that was formerly part of Yugoslavia is melancholy, take a sip.
*If a song from a country in the Balkans contains the word "Balkan", take a sip. (Macedonia's "Mojot Svet" from 2007, Romania's "The Balkan Girls" from 2009, Serbia's "Ovo Je Balkan" from 2010.)
*If a Greek male performer or dancer shows off large amounts of pectoral muscle, take a sip. ("Shake It Up Shekerim" from 2004, "My Number One" from 2005, "This Is Our Night" from 2009, "Opa!" from 2010...)
**If said Greek performer or dancer has massive chest hair, take another sip.
*If a country gives another country 12 points for geographical or political reasons, take a sip.

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