Song contest
Please tell me I am not the only one that thinks that this yrs' song contest was one of the worst ever. The two *lovely* hosts were bad (yes, they always are), the two people commenting from the "green room" (which was once again NOT green) were so in your face happy and funny, it was almost painful to watch. The music was exceptionally bad this year, as well.
Let's see what I remember (I am trying to *forget*).....
Romania. That was the one with the Tenor and the female singer. Mostly boring, I guess. Forgettable.
UK. Really, really bad. It was like a very cheap version of Seal (on a bad day).
Albania. The youngest contestant, who got booed at rehersals for being Albanian. Another forgettable one.
Germany. OMG! How bad was *that*! Did they even hit a single note? What happened to No Angels? They used to be able to sing, no? And all of Germany wonders why they only made last place. C'mon guys, haven't you seen/heard them?
Armenia. One of many, many half-naked dancing young women with an annoying song. My brother put it this way, "The Armenien girl thinks that the one that screams the loudest gets the price." I must say that I agree. But it did pretty good, as clone-songs are bound to do. People are simply so used to all that chart crap that they think they like it.
Bosnia & Herzegovina. Surely, they were joking, weren't they? One of the more bizzare entries.
Israel. What boyband did they plug that guy out of???
Finland. They couldn't hold a candle to Lordi.
Croatia. This was actually not that bad, I thought. At least the music was different (or, it actually was music) and 75 Cent was pretty cool....but the elderly gentlemen seemed to be confused by the woman dancing around him. Of course, that was probably planned but he looked like he had no idea where he was most of the time.
Poland. What the hell was that? She looked like a cousin of Dana International. For a moment I thought it was a guy in drag. The Austrian commentator said, "She spent a lot of time inside a toaster." Can one look more cliché? And the song had too many bumps in it. Crap.
Iceland. Did the disco stuff from two decades ago really only make it to Iceland now? I had Dr. Alban flashbacks (which is so not a good thing).
Turkey. Rock! Not all that bad.
Portugal. I liked this. OK, I have a thing for anything Portuguese, but this was actually a good song. At this point it was the first contestant that could actually sing.
Latvia. They were pirates. Uhm. They were pirates.
Sweden. OMG! What happened to her?!?!? She won the contest a few years back and I remember her looking halfway *normal* then. Now, some parts of her are probably younger than the last time she participated. Thomas Herrmanns (who hosted the German Grand Prix Party) said he was sursprised she did not lift off with all that botox. If you ever need an argument *against* face lifts, she is it.
Denmark. This was nice. Almost classic song contest material.
Georgia. Why do blind people always have the meanest wardrobe people? Seriously, the poor girl. "Ok, we have those boots here that no-one in their right mind would ever wear. How can we put them to good use before we throw them out? I know, let's have a blind person wear them. They won't mind."
Ukraine. Another half-naked clone. Obviously, it did well.
France. I loved it! A French entry in ENGLISH! Just imagine! This was an issue that went all the way up to government level. One of the performers that doesn't take himself too seriously.
Azerbaijan. Was this the angel/devil one??? OMG! OK, at first there was the angel guy....singing, well, uhm, soprano. He wore freaky contacts, making his eyes look almost white. Then there was the evil one in black. They sort of sang against each other. Good prevailed over evil.
Greece. And another dancing clone. I think it made top 5.
Spain. This was the lowest point of the show. They aimed for humor, I know that. But WTF??? Not even remotely funny. Only bad. Really, really, really bad. And I think this guy would be extremely ugly without his elvis-ish disguise.... Look here:
Serbia. I understand the need for a schmalzy Song Contest ballad but this was sleep-inducing at best.
Russia. The eventual winner. A Russian superstar with open shirt, a Hungarian violinist playing a real Stradivary (the intrument had its own bodyguard) and the ice-skating world champion/olympic champion/european champion and now eurovision champion.
Norway. Thank you Norway for a classic song contest entry.
Overall, it was crap, crap, crap.
Can't wait for next year.
Let's see what I remember (I am trying to *forget*).....
Romania. That was the one with the Tenor and the female singer. Mostly boring, I guess. Forgettable.
UK. Really, really bad. It was like a very cheap version of Seal (on a bad day).
Albania. The youngest contestant, who got booed at rehersals for being Albanian. Another forgettable one.
Germany. OMG! How bad was *that*! Did they even hit a single note? What happened to No Angels? They used to be able to sing, no? And all of Germany wonders why they only made last place. C'mon guys, haven't you seen/heard them?
Armenia. One of many, many half-naked dancing young women with an annoying song. My brother put it this way, "The Armenien girl thinks that the one that screams the loudest gets the price." I must say that I agree. But it did pretty good, as clone-songs are bound to do. People are simply so used to all that chart crap that they think they like it.
Bosnia & Herzegovina. Surely, they were joking, weren't they? One of the more bizzare entries.
Israel. What boyband did they plug that guy out of???
Finland. They couldn't hold a candle to Lordi.
Croatia. This was actually not that bad, I thought. At least the music was different (or, it actually was music) and 75 Cent was pretty cool....but the elderly gentlemen seemed to be confused by the woman dancing around him. Of course, that was probably planned but he looked like he had no idea where he was most of the time.
Poland. What the hell was that? She looked like a cousin of Dana International. For a moment I thought it was a guy in drag. The Austrian commentator said, "She spent a lot of time inside a toaster." Can one look more cliché? And the song had too many bumps in it. Crap.
Iceland. Did the disco stuff from two decades ago really only make it to Iceland now? I had Dr. Alban flashbacks (which is so not a good thing).
Turkey. Rock! Not all that bad.
Portugal. I liked this. OK, I have a thing for anything Portuguese, but this was actually a good song. At this point it was the first contestant that could actually sing.
Latvia. They were pirates. Uhm. They were pirates.
Sweden. OMG! What happened to her?!?!? She won the contest a few years back and I remember her looking halfway *normal* then. Now, some parts of her are probably younger than the last time she participated. Thomas Herrmanns (who hosted the German Grand Prix Party) said he was sursprised she did not lift off with all that botox. If you ever need an argument *against* face lifts, she is it.
Denmark. This was nice. Almost classic song contest material.
Georgia. Why do blind people always have the meanest wardrobe people? Seriously, the poor girl. "Ok, we have those boots here that no-one in their right mind would ever wear. How can we put them to good use before we throw them out? I know, let's have a blind person wear them. They won't mind."
Ukraine. Another half-naked clone. Obviously, it did well.
France. I loved it! A French entry in ENGLISH! Just imagine! This was an issue that went all the way up to government level. One of the performers that doesn't take himself too seriously.
Azerbaijan. Was this the angel/devil one??? OMG! OK, at first there was the angel guy....singing, well, uhm, soprano. He wore freaky contacts, making his eyes look almost white. Then there was the evil one in black. They sort of sang against each other. Good prevailed over evil.
Greece. And another dancing clone. I think it made top 5.
Spain. This was the lowest point of the show. They aimed for humor, I know that. But WTF??? Not even remotely funny. Only bad. Really, really, really bad. And I think this guy would be extremely ugly without his elvis-ish disguise.... Look here:
Serbia. I understand the need for a schmalzy Song Contest ballad but this was sleep-inducing at best.
Russia. The eventual winner. A Russian superstar with open shirt, a Hungarian violinist playing a real Stradivary (the intrument had its own bodyguard) and the ice-skating world champion/olympic champion/european champion and now eurovision champion.
Norway. Thank you Norway for a classic song contest entry.
Overall, it was crap, crap, crap.
Can't wait for next year.