What the heck is "Sunčane Skale"?

"The music festival Sunčane Skale, year after year, is becoming more popular and known for gathering many international singers." - not really

Welcome to my blog about uh... well, Sunčane Skale and other related things. Huh, what's that? Well...
On two nights a year, countries all across the Balkans who all hate each other put down the swords and join together in a celebration of music. It's kinda like the Eurovision except it's for Eastern Europe only so BUTT OUT BRITAIN. Well, except that Britain shows up every year, with America. More on that later.
Boasting itself as 'the biggest music contest in the Balkans' (I don't suppose there is much competition, although it did beat off such critically acclaimed contests such as 'Beosong' and 'Skopje Fest') Sunčane Skale has been going since 1994. And if you watch any of it, you will see that for them it is still 1994. I'm not saying it's horribly dated but... wait. I am. It is. But it ain't a bad show. Year after year, many talented singers from all over the world arrive in Herceg Novi to perform their songs, and the contest has seen it's fair share of great music.

Short explanation: Montenegrin Eurovision rip-off. This makes Bundesvision look like an original concept.

Unique stuff to Sunčane Skale:

More than one entry:
As a fair and well balanced contest, Britain only has one entry each year. Meanwhile, Macedonia has ten entries. Like I said, a fair and balanced contest.

Token countries:
Sometimes it's Germany, sometime's Denmark, and last year we had Tajikistan, there's always one token country that's there and totally isn't out of place at all.

The British-American joint entry:
Glenys Vargas and Kevin Ettienne return to Sunčane Skale year after year to fly the flag for Great Britain (and America, but mostly Britain). Truly a triumph of the special relationship, they continually get robbed by Balkan bloc voting.

No Phone Voting:
As a fair and balanced contest, Sunčane Skale is a true model for the democratic world. There is no phone voting in the contest, the entire thing is decided by juries. Who needs things like public opinion? Not here at Sunčane Skale, we don't!

Same Host Every Year:
The beach city of Herceg Novi is the perfect host for the contest every year.

Sunny music note - Symbol of Sunčane Skale

                                     
Useful Links: Sunčane Skale official website
Sunčane Skale 2012

I'll try and do something for the contest this year, I promise.