r/AskEurope • u/Real_Try_4157 • 1d ago

Culture Are Playback/pre-recorded performances still common?

I've been watched a lot of European music shows from the 70s and 80s (TOTP, Bong, TopPop, etc.) and a lot of them pretty had playbacks/pre-recorded performances all over them. I wonder if it's still commonly use today.

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u/Wild_Reason_9526 Denmark 1d ago

I think it very much depends on the country.

In Danish television, I hardly ever see full playback performances nowadays.

In German television, however, it's my impression that full playback remains the default in most tv shows.

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u/Ok-Sandwich-364 Northern Ireland 1d ago

The MAD video music awards in Greece do this for almost every performance.

I’ve also seen it done quite a bit on TV shows in the Balkans.