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Wales in WV

FrachellyJelly (WV 12-23)
::uusi WV 12 Helsinki: Feeder - Feeling A Moment | SF: 28 pts - 23rd plc | Final: DNQ
WV 13 Rome: Marina & the Diamonds - Primadonna | SF: 64 pts - 11th plc | Final: 140 pts - 10th plc
WV 14 Savona: Pressure - Skindred | SF: 15 pts - 21st plc | Final: DNQ
WV 15 Miami: Duffy - Mercy | SF: 77 pts - 6th plc | Final: 131 pts - 14th plc
WV 16 Houston: Tom Jones ft. The Art of Noise - Kiss | SF: 48 pts - 15th plc | Final: DNQ
WV 17 Liverpool: Catatonia - International Velvet | SF: 16 pts - 19th plc | Final: DNQ
WV 18 London: Bullet For My Valentine - Hearts Burst Into Fire | SF: 39 pts - 20th plc | Final: DNQ
::uusi WV 19 Helsinki: Stereophonics - Indian Summer | SF: 44 pts - 17th plc | Final: DNQ
WV 20 Sundborn: Lilygreen & Maguire - Come On Get Higher | SF: 48 pts - 17th plc | Final: DNQ
WV 21 Barcelona: Plethyn - Tân Yn Llyn | SF: 67 pts - 9th plc | Final: DNQ
WV 22 Cologne: Only Men Aloud - Cwm Rhondda | SF: 13 pts - 21st plc | Final: DNQ
WV 23 Venice: Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone | SF: 46 pts - 17th plc | Final: DNQ

Eulaliya (WV 81-85)
WV 81 Brussels: Lucie Jones & Seth Lakeman - The Ballad of Midsomer County | SF1: 70 pts - 6th plc | Final: 152 pts - 13th plc
WV 82 New York: 9Bach - Lliwiau | SF3: 43 pts - 17th plc | Final: DNQ
WV 83 Stockholm: Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life | SF2: 56 pts - 14th plc | Final: DNQ
WV 84 Chicago: Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart | SF3: 133 pts - 1st plc | Final: 216 pts - 1st plc (co-jury with Lupus)
WV 85 Cardiff: Calan - Tale of Two Dragons / Chwedl y Ddwy Ddraig | PQ| Final: 119p - 16th plc

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[CypriotGirl]

Re: WALES | WV22 Last Choir Standing NF

For WV23... which may be Wales' last entry...

Totally clear

 

[FrachellyJelly]

Re: WALES | WV22 Last Choir Standing NF

Totally clear

I have no idea what you mean

 

[as78]

Re: WALES | WV23 Internal Christmas Selection - Nadolig Llawen!

I think I know what might be your entry if I got hint correctly.

Sadly that you leave Wales when I started to like your entries. Your WV21 entry (Tân yn Llŷn) is very big favorite for me and listen to it quite often.
Hope you'll stay in WV and with new region will do well.

 

[CypriotGirl]

Re: WALES | WV22 Last Choir Standing NF

I have no idea what you mean

Oh come on, I saw what you sent, and it was what I thought, so it was clear

 

[FrachellyJelly]

Re: WALES | WV22 Last Choir Standing NF

Oh come on, I saw what you sent, and it was what I thought, so it was clear

 

[FrachellyJelly]

Re: WALES | See you around!

Bye from Wales!

 

[Eulaliya]

COMING SOON TO WORLDVISION:
The Princess, along with her gang of adventurers, is off to reclaim Cymru and its musical treasure!


[MENTION=10351]Trece[/MENTION], may I have this thread and stick the main post, please? Thanks. ​

 

[LastDreamer]

Good luck with Dragons

 

[Eulaliya]

Re: WALES / CYMRU ♣ WV 81 ♣

The fair Princess has arrived, all the way from the Orient seas! And the flames of hope keep burning as she strives her way to success, thanks to her fighting persevering spirit that has guided her through her WV journey.

And so, here are the plans:

WV 81 - A duel NF with two of the Welsh artists who have competed in Eurovision throughout the years. For this NF, I pick Mary Hopkin and Lucie Jones. The songs will be announced in the next post!
WV 82 - Internal selection with a haunting song in Welsh language.
WV 83 - NF with various songs in Welsh (and with a mixture of another language, take Ghazalaw).
WV 84 - Shh!!... It's a secret!

And off to treasure hunting in the grassy glens!

 

[Eulaliya]

Re: WALES / CYMRU ♣ WV 81 ♣

WV 81: Eurovision Ladies Duel NF

Greetings and welcome to the First Welsh National Final under your new Princess!
And the theme is: Eurovision Ladies! That means we are going to pick two lovely Welsh ladies who have had represented the UK in Eurovision throughout the years, but sorry to tell you that Bonnie Tyler is out of the question at this time. It's your choice to tell who will be representing Cymru in next edition's WV, so without further ado, here they are:

Lucie Jones & Seth Lakeman - The Ballad of Midsomer County

vs.

Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days

Copy-paste List:

Lucie Jones & Seth Lakeman - The Ballad of Midsomer County
Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days

Voting:
Use two numbers from 12-10-8-7-6 and rank them according to preference.
Then send your votes to Eulaliya (click here)
DDL will be on 15th of July at 20 CET.

Have fun!

Voted:
::sg ::na ::kg

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[RainyWoods]

Re: WALES / CYMRU ♣ WV 81 ♣ EUROVISION LADIES DUEL NF NOW UP

Oh my gosh, it's [insert name of someone here]

have voted. Pob lwc (good luck)xcrossed Brace yourself now as I declare that i'm a quarter Welsh every five seconds during your time with Wales. My Grandad was a proud Welshman, god rest his iconic soul. I hope my favourite wins from your first Welsh NF. I'd be so excited! If you win the contest itself from Wales then please host WorldVision at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch. Diolch

 

[Eulaliya]

Re: WALES / CYMRU ♣ WV 81 ♣ EUROVISION LADIES DUEL NF NOW UP

Oh my gosh, it's [insert name of someone here]

have voted. Pob lwc (good luck)xcrossed Brace yourself now as I declare that i'm a quarter Welsh every five seconds during your time with Wales. My Grandad was a proud Welshman, god rest his iconic soul. I hope my favourite wins from your first Welsh NF. I'd be so excited! If you win the contest itself from Wales then please host WorldVision at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch. Diolch

Llanfairpwllblahblahblah... *head-desk*
Oh my goodness, I have difficulty remembering the rest of that word, even longer than supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (you mad?), which is for me the longest word I've ever encountered in my life...

And let that song do the trick!

 

[RainyWoods]

Re: WALES / CYMRU ♣ WV 81 ♣ EUROVISION LADIES DUEL NF NOW UP

That song Maybe you've just found a possible future entry there And perhaps I can finally say the train stations name with the help of this song. My mum tried to teach me as a child how to say it, but to no avail.

 

[Lupus]

Re: WALES / CYMRU ♣ WV 81 ♣ EUROVISION LADIES DUEL NF NOW UP

has voted! A wonderful pair of songs here for sure Best of luck Damsel!

 

[ZoboCamel]

Re: WALES / CYMRU ♣ WV 81 ♣ EUROVISION LADIES DUEL NF NOW UP

has voted on this sweet national final that's about 1/100th the length of your usual ones!

Both songs are good, but I'd reaaaaally like to see my favourite take it, so... fingers crossed!

(Oh, and following Rainy's lead, allow me to say that WV sorely needs a hot train-station-pronunciation-based song at some point soon. Hint hint.)

 

[SwedishFailurez]

Re: WALES / CYMRU ♣ WV 81 ♣ EUROVISION LADIES DUEL NF NOW UP

::sg has voted! Great choice to use the duel-format of your NF. Therefore this will be much easier to select the favorite.

Good luck with your new region.

 

[Eulaliya]

Re: WALES / CYMRU ♣ WV 81 ♣ EUROVISION LADIES DUEL NF NOW UP

Four voters?! How lovely!
My sincere thanks to those awesome adventurous chaps Kai, Robert, Zobo and the foundling of the team SwedishFailurez, and the scores as of this moment are 42 and 34.

Nothing else to say more...just enjoy!

 

[Eulaliya]

Re: WALES / CYMRU ♣ WV 81 ♣ EUROVISION LADIES DUEL NF NOW UP

Yay, four more voters! Thanks to those good souls Gera, Calvin, Jordan and the Kyrgyz Emsfrynt, we have a scandalous tie that both of our quens get 75 each. AM SHOOKT LOL

For those who haven't voted, you have until July 15th 20 CET to do so. Diolch!

 

[Eulaliya]

Re: WALES / CYMRU ♣ WV 81 ♣ THE LAND OF SONG IS FINALLY BACK!!!

The voting lines are officially closed! And still we have a tie, so I must solve it on my own using some meticulous mathematical theory I've made. By the way, either #TeamLucieJones or #TeamMaryHopkin will be representing the Land of Song in Bruxelles this edition, so keep your fingers crossed for them!

Again, diolch yn fawr to the awesome voters : ::sg ::na ::kg

 

[Eulaliya]

Re: WALES / CYMRU ♣ WV 81 ♣ THE LAND OF SONG IS FINALLY BACK!!!

WV Wales presents

Lucie Jones & Seth Lakeman
"The Ballad of Midsomer County"

Lyrics

Come sit by me all you
Fine lords and laddies,
And I'll tell you the tale
Of the young John Henry.

And he met a fair maiden,
One bright may morning,
As he went a-hunting
In Midsomer County.

And pale was the skin
Of the Midsomer maiden,
Blue were her eyes
As blue as the sea.

And on her fair head
Lay a garland of flowers.
Sweet were the roses
Of Midsomer County.

But young men don't stray.
This maiden will lead you away.

('Come to go rest now, '
Said the Midsomer maiden,
'You're weary from traveling, '
'That I can see.'

'Let us go home now, '
'Over yonder the Greenwood.'
'Come taste the fruits'
'Of Midsomer County.'

She led him on through
The Midsomer Greenwood
'Til they came to a hut
By a juniper tree.

She said, 'Sir, won't you'
'Come sit by my fire, '
'You'll eat like the king'
'Of Midsomer County.'

But young men don't stray.
This maiden will lead you away.)*
*part of the lyrics is omitted in this version.

She brought him fine ale
And she brought him supper.
Fresh eggs and live eels
For young John Henry.

She said, 'Come, eat your fill.'
'And when you are sated'
'You'll stay with me here'
'In Midsomer County.'

And 'Alas I cannot stay, '
Said young John Henry,
'I'm bound to another, '
'Soon married I'll be.'

'And I thank ye for supper'
'My kind and fair maiden.'
'Now I must leave here'
'Midsomer County.'

But young men don't stray.
This maiden will lead you away.

Well up went the cry
Of the Midsomer maiden.
'For shame and for shame, '
'For you have tricked me! '

'You're bound to me now'
'And I am your lover.'
'I swear you'll not leave here'
'Midsomer County.'

Cold was the blade
Of the Midsomer maiden.
And soft was the neck
Of young John Henry.

And warm was the blood
That flowed from his body.
Red as the roses
Of Midsomer County.

But young men don't stray.
This maiden will lead you away.

(But deep in the Greenwood
Of Midsomer County
Lies young John Henry
As cold as can be.

No headstone to mark him,
No lover to grieve him,
Save from the roses
Of Midsomer County.

But young men don't stray.
This maiden will lead you away.)*

*Found in extended version

Full Results

*Note: Mary Hopkin is forced to sit out because her song "Those Were The Days" is used already as a Chinese (HK) cover version, Sherman Chung's "Shout", WV 58. We regretted that for our ignorant song choice, and we hope that Mary Hopkin will be deemed for justice by picking another gem of hers for our future NF.

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