Varied activities for TEFL based on songs from the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest.

1. EUROVISION SURVIVAL KIT - Saturday, 13th
May 2017 - Kiev, Ukraine
SWEDEN
Robin Bengtsson - “I can’t go on”
1. Some lines from this song aren't in the right place. Can you put them back where they belong?
I can’t go on (x2)
gotta keep it together
Don’t get me wrong (x2)
(A) ………………………………………………………
Hey! With just one look you make me shiver
(B) ………………………………………………………
Wanna go aaaah
Yeah I wanna go aaaah
Now girl you make me a believer
(C) ………………………………………………………
Wanna go aaaah
you make me wanna go aaaah
I just can’t go on no more
when you look this freakin’ beautiful
Ooh hands down to the floor my love
(D) ………………………………………………………
CHORUS
I can’t go on
I can’t go on
when you look this freakin’ beautiful
(x2)
You’ve got me good (x2)
(E) ………………………………………………………
Right in your hook
that’s understood
but I’mma take you somewhere
I just can’t go on no more
when you look this freakin’ beautiful
Ooh hands down to the floor my love
(F) ………………………………………………………
CHORUS
So freakin’ beautiful
(G) ………………………………………………………
‘cause
baby
you
m
ake
m
e
better
I
just
wanna
take
you
hom
e
I
wanna
take
off
all m
y
clothes
A
nd
I’m
doing
whatever
you
want
(x2)
A
nd
I’m
not
going
nowhere
Baby
I
just
can’t
go
on

2. EUROVISION SURVIVAL KIT - Saturday, 13th
May 2017 - Kiev, Ukraine
ICELAND
Svala - “Paper”
2. The text of the song contains some mistakes. Can you correct them?
You’re under the water
Trying to push me up
I reach for you (x2)
You can throw it all at me, I won’t give you up
I can handle all your sadness, take it as it comes
I love you right, but you make me feel like
CHORUS
Paper, you cut right through
I’m stuck like sand to you
Paper, your darkness pulls
I lose control again
Drawing every bit of my lies
Colour me in with your blue
Paper, you cut right through
A million words for you
I know I wasn’t a part of you plan
I know you think that you’re being a boy
Tell me to leave you alone
Tell me I would be so better off
But you don’t know
I can t leave you, babyʼ
I can’t leave you
But you make me feel like
CHORUS (x2)
3. The next song you are going to listen to is called “Verona”. Verona is the Italian city
where Shakespeare set his famous play Romeo and Juliet. The song “Verona” tells a love
story that has some elements in common with Romeo and Juliet’s.
Can you predict at least 10 words from the text? When you have your 10 words,
turn the page, listen and check how many you got right!

3. EUROVISION SURVIVAL KIT - Saturday, 13th
May 2017 - Kiev, Ukraine
ESTONIA
Koit Toome & Laura - “Verona”
Sleeping all alone
You wake up with a bottle in your hands
No sound of serenade
‘Cause we both know we lost our game
I was always high on loving you
Before the romance turned to drama
Like Romeo and Juliet once before
We are lost in Verona
Learning through the scars
Will make you stronger, time is the proof
I´m not a loner kind
I know I just can't get over you
I was always trying to tell the truth
Before the romance turned to drama
I hoped the best in me was always you
Before we lost our Verona
We are lost, lost in the crowd of the street
We are lost, like two sailing boats in the sea
We are lost, ‘cause sometimes we building and burning down love
We have lost our Verona
CHORUS
Aaaah we lost and we found our Verona
Aaaah we are lost in Verona
Reckless type of love (x2)
We never said: “I’m sorry”
We never said: “Enough!”
This western type of woman
Western type of man
Disappeared in Verona
CHORUS
We are lost, lost in the crowd of the street
We are lost, like two sailing boats in the sea
We are lost, ‘cause sometimes we building and burning down love
We have lost our Verona
CHORUS (x2)

4. EUROVISION SURVIVAL KIT - Saturday, 13th
May 2017 - Kiev, Ukraine
F.Y.R. MACEDONIA
Jana Burčeska - “Dance alone”
4. The posters on the wall show parts of phrases that are very frequent in English songs.
Match them and complete this song with the resulting phrases.
(A) ……………………………………………………… , (B) ………………………………………………………
It’s gonna be a one-man show
I gotta feel good infatuation
And I’m the only one who knows
CHORUS
I will dance alone
Wherever I am the rhythm follows
I will dance alone,
I’m lost in the sound of no tomorrow
I let the pavement be my catwalk
Oh, bring the fire on, (C) ………………………………………………………
And all I need to (D) ………………………………………………………
Is (E) ………………………………………………………
CHORUS
I let it go, I, I, I let it go wild
I let it go, I, I, I let it go
I will dance alone wherever I am
The rhythm follows
(F) ………………………………………………………
Show me the faces that I’ve never seen
CHORUS
I let it go, I, I, I let it go wild
I let it go, I, I, I let it go wild
I let it go, I, I, I let it go wild
I let it go, I, I, I let it go wild
I'll be dancing on my own
Wishing you could hold me close

5. EUROVISION SURVIVAL KIT - Saturday, 13th
May 2017 - Kiev, Ukraine
take out my hair
wash off my make-up
feel the heat
keep on moving
the sound of my heartbeat
take me to places I've never been

6. EUROVISION SURVIVAL KIT - Saturday, 13th
May 2017 - Kiev, Ukraine
SWITZERLAND
Timebelle - “Apollo”
5. Guess the missing words in this song based on the pictures. Then listen and check.
Like a in my chest
You’re written, bound and etched
Forever in my mind
We are fading in our
Lost somewhere in wasteland
Not knowing up from down
But when the walls are caving in
The keeps turning
We got the love, we got to love
CHORUS
No, I will never let you go
All the walls won’t make me fold
It is never easy
I’ll follow you, Apollo
No, I will never let you go
Give it and we will grow
Ain’t no fun in easy
I’ll follow you, Apollo (x2)
I wear my on my sleeve
You do the same for me
When autumn comes around
But when the walls are caving in
The keeps turning
We got the love, we got to love
CHORUS
So don’t pull the from underneath us
We’re in trouble but we got the love
So don’t pull the ... from underneath us
Crashing down fast, as fragile as
But what are we now if we never tried?
What are we now?
CHORUS

7. EUROVISION SURVIVAL KIT - Saturday, 13th
May 2017 - Kiev, Ukraine
UNITED KINGDOM
Lucie Jones - “Never give up on you”
6. Predict the missing words. They’re all rhyming words, so read the line before or after!
Tell me your secrets, I’ll keep them (A) ……………………………
No sign of weakness, it’s a sign of faith
We’ll stand tall so you don’t fall
You’re not defeated, you’re in repair
Don’t have to call me, I’ll always be (B) ……………………………
We’ll stand tall, so you don’t fall
If you could see how far you’ve walked
You would see that all is not lost
CHORUS
I will never give up on you
I don’t care what I’ve got to lose
Just give me your hand and hold on
Together we’ll dance through this storm
I will never give up on you
You’re the one that I’m running to
Just give me your hand and hold on
Together we’ll dance through this storm
Under the surface, I see you glow
I’m right beside you, you’re never (C) ……………………………
Don’t let go, when you’re so close
If you could see how far you’ve walked
You would see that all is not lost
CHORUS
This madness, we’re running through
This magic, it’s inside of (D) ……………………………
It’s madness (x2)
Now you can see how you’ve walked,
The mountain climbed, the oceans (E) ……………………………
CHORUS
Listen to these hot favourites on YouTube (they’re not in English)! Which do you like the most?
Italy: Francesco Gabbani - “Occidentali’s Karma” Portugal: Salvador Sobral - “Amar Pelos Dois”
Belarus: Naviband - “Historyja Majho Žyccia” France: Alma - “Requiem”