The Eurogavins – The Songs
June 6, 2012
The five countries Greece, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Spain have completed their songs for our Eurovision Song Contest, The Eurogavins, next Wednesday. The children inPrimary 6/5 have composed their own music, written their own lyrics and recorded their finished songs all using their iPads.
Please have a listen and vote for your favourites. Voting will take the usual Eurovision format
1st 12 points
2nd 10 points
3rd 8 points
4th 7 points
5th 6 points
Votes can be placed by adding a comment to this blog post.
The children are very excited and hope that many of you will join in the fun.
Here are our entries
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12 points to Italy – I think you should send this to Kylie
10 points to Germany – reminds me of Kraftwerk
8 points to Sweden – very Europop
7 points to Greece – can clearly hear the Greek Cypriot influence here
6 points to Spain – though really I think you should all get 12 points because they are brilliant – well done everyone!
Wish I could give 12 to all teams – great effort guys. Here are the votes for Mid-Argyll:
6 points goes to …(unnecessarily long pause) Germany , six points vers L’Allemagne
7 points to…Sweeden, sept points a la Suede
8 points to Spain, huit points a L’Espagne
10 points to Italy, dix points a L’Italie
And our 12 points go to………..Greece douse points pour la Grece
Congratulations to all.
Thank you for a second helping of Eurovision…all songs much beter than Sweden’s winner from a week or so ago!
Here are the points from Ireland this evening (here with work)
6 Points: Spain…Great start with the hand clap and the oh oh bit….too sad for me though
7 points: Italy…bound to playing across Italian Lido’s all summer long
8 points: Greece…Hellassss I like it!!!
10 Points: Sweden…lovely Nordic pop feel…almost like Aqua
12 Points: GERMANY!!! Loving the Kraftwerkesque vibe that you have going on there
Having had a preview of the instrumentals already it was great to hear how they would become songs.
My 12 points goes to Sweden as I like how the lyrics and vocals go with the catchy riff. It reminds me of a band from the 1980s called Propaganda that featured people from different countries. I also liked the break down with the male voice.
10 points to Greece, I like the blend of traditional Greek instrument sounds with modern beats and riffs. The lyrics were also good as they reflect the turmoil the country is in at the moment. With the Scottish accents the song reminds me of two Edinburgh bands The Lanterns and FiniTribe.
8 points to Germany, it sounds like a proper German synth band like Kraftwerk who also liked to repeat lyrics in this way. The beats and synths also remind me of Edinburgh’s FiniTribe too. They used to sample cartoons and sound effects to help them make their music.
7 points to Spain, the choice of Guitar is perfect and the whole song has a nice laid back vibe, very summery.
6 points to Italy, another great track that uses club sounds like many of the beach resorts in Italy, a country famous for its piano house and disco music. Very well chosen instruments and confidently performed vocals. You made it a very hard choice to split up the marks
Well done to everyone, glad none of you needed the iPad app that auto tunes your vocals
WOW, this is really difficult to decide who to vote for. They are all brilliant! Going to get my Higher class to help me tomorrow – i’ll be back with the votes from Stirling High then.
Primary 1 at Ellon School, Aberdeenshire will vote tomorrow
– fabulous stuff 
Love it! Very well done to all – you’ve really captured each country’s identity.
6 points go to Sweden.
7 points…to Italy! Congratulations.
And 8 points to Greece.
10 points rewarded to..the Germans!
Which means 12 points to Spain!
Well done everyone!
(The only reason Sweden got 6 is because they’ve done enough Eurovision winning for one year.)
The votes from Stirling High School are in……
We are making radio adverts just now and are amazed at what you have achieved on iPads – we loved every song but we have to score points:
6 points…. Sweden
7 points…. Italy
8 points…. Greece
10 points… Germany
And our 12 points go to Spain.
We especially liked the music to singer volume of Spain’s entry and thought they had a catchy tune.
12 points to Italy
10 points to Spain
8 points to Germany
7 points to Greece
6 points to Sweden
Good work Gavinburn on your Eurogavins entries! The music loving Int 2 Information Systems class of High School of Dundee have cast their votes:
Sweden – 12 points
Spain – 10 points
Italy – 8 points
Greece – 7 points
Germany – 6 points
The question now is, will the Swedish entry be available for download via iTunes?
But where is the Norwegian song?
Sorry no Norway this year, we only had 5 groups in the class. Maybe next time.
The votes from a travelling DJ are:
Sweden – 12 points
Spain – 10 points
Germany – 8 points
Greece – 7 points
Italy – 6 points
They were all brilliant and it’s great to know that no politics are involved, a breath of fresh air, a true, fair Eurovision contest.
All fantastic but
Italy 12 points-really good tune
Sweden 10 points
Spain 8 points
Germany 7 points
Greece 6 points
That said everyone should be a winner here for a great effort much better than the real Eurovision!
We all enjoyed listening to your songs at Wellwood Primary School inDunfermline.Here are our scores:Spain – 6 pointsSweden – 7 pointsGermany – 8 pointsGreece – 10 pointsItaly – 12 pointsWe’ve asked our teacher if we can do something similar.
All are absolutely fantastic. Very difficult to decide, but with the help of a lot of coin flipping (a Euro coin obviously)…
Germany – 12
Greece – 10
Sweden – 8
Italy – 7
Spain – 6
Great work, very talented bunch. Love the tunes and great lyrics. My votes are:-
Spain – 12 points
Germany – 10 points
Greece – 8 points
Italy – 7 points
Sweden – 6 points
Amazing stuff, we loved all the songs. Very Europop, all of them
Here are the votes from the my house jury:
Germany – 12 points
Spain – 10 points
Sweden – 8 points
Greece – 7 points
Italy – 6 points
GERMANY WERE 6 POINTS
ITALY WERE 7 POINTS
SPAIN WERE 8 POINTS
GREECE WERE 10 POINTS
SWEDEN WERE 12 POINTS WELL DONE
Great you guys loved all of them.Here is my votes
Italy – 6 points
Greece – 7 points
Germany – 8 points
Sweden – 10 points
Spain – 12 points
Congratulations everyone !
Congratulations to everyone. The songs are all brilliant!
My votes are as follows:-
Spain – 12
Italy – 10
Germany – 8
Sweden – 7
Greece – 6
The results from the Bishopton Primary School P6/7 Jury are in!
We all really enjoyed listening to your Eurogavin entries and are incredibly impressed at the standard of music you have created. We will put the voting forms with comments in the post to you today.
We worked out the average of our paired votes to give our final class results. The points are awarded as follows….
5th Place – Italy – 6 points
4th Place – Spain – 7 points
3rd Place – Greece – 8 points
2nd Place – Sweden – 10 points
1st Place – Germany – 12 points
The voting was very close and there was lots of discussion on the excellent use of instruments, vocals and song structure in all of the tracks.
Well done Gavinburn musical geniuses! We have been doing our own Battle of the Bands style topic and will perhaps put some songs online for you to have a listen to.
Miss Burnett and P6/7 at Bishopton Primary, Renfrewshire
Well done Gavinburn! Primary Five – nine-year-olds – wow!
Here is the voting from the Amochrie Moffats.
Italy 12 points
Sweden 10 points
Spain 8 points
Greece 7 points
Germany 6 points
A fantastic effort by children and teachers. Everyone’s a winner!
Good evening, Old Kilpatrick! Here are the votes from three panels from the Kingdom of Fife!
Madras College, St Andrews
Spain 12 points
Greece 10 points
Sweden 8 points
Italy 7 points
Germany 6 points
What fantastic work! Our fifthe years couldn’t have managed that!
Greyfriars Primary School, St Andrews
Spain 12 points
Italy 10 points
Germany 8 points
Sweden 7 points
Greece 6 points
Can I come to your school? Anya, Primary 6! It’s like School of Rock!
Bell Baxter High School, Cupar, Fife
Greece 12 points
Spain 10 points
Sweden 8 points
Italy 7 points
Germany 6 points
Wow! You’re dope, dudes, as Will I am would say. Hit the TV soon!
That concludes the voting from the Kingdom! We’d love to see you dances. Please post so that we can try them out in our schools.
I thought the Gavins were good last year, but you really have done some wonderful work here, Gavinburn. here’s what the University of Strathclyde, School of Education think.
Spain 12 points
Greece 10 points
Italy 8 points
Germany 7 points
Sweden 6 points
It is amazing to hear about and watch what you folks are learning. If ever I hear teachers complaining about Curriculum for Excellence, I just need to send them to Gavinburn Primary 5 and 6 and you can show them exactly why it works and how it works.
Thanks for sharing your learning with us!
Hugh Gallagher,
Lecturer
Fantastic!!!! Well done to everyone – and we were so lucky to get a sneak preview when we came to see you!!
Votes are…….
Italy – 12 Points
Spain – 10 Points
Greece – 8 Points
Sweden – 7 Points
Germany – 6 Points
And one last question, is there enough room in Primary 5 & 6 for the Kudlian Team to come and join in next year? We’ll behave….. we promise!