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[bubosquared]

Okay, so keep in mind I've not watched Eurovision since the time Belgium won, which was in 1986. So i'm not only clueless about any changes in trends, but also kind of cynical. And snarky.

Cyprus sent a boyband. This amuses me.

The UK sent someone with a ballad and not enough money to buy actual clothes. I can hear Jennifer Lopez seethe with jealousy from here.

Austria sent a half-Spaniard who sings something that sounds vaguely familiar. Hey, this is All Right Now! Somebody get that idiot off the stage!

Greece. Dude. This is a cross between the scariest of the Eighties, and these outfits, set to a scarily bad electronic whatver. Oi.

Spain's candidate has apparently a) undergone a metamorphosis in order to get here -- lost 25 kilo, major tooth adjustments, lost the glasses -- and b) won the spanish version of Popstars -- think MtB but less glamorous. I can't say i'm enthused about this song.

Croatia ... Eh. Nothing to say. Some chick with weird trousers doing a stripclub-like dance with shiny ropes. Eh?

Russia. Another boyband, this one in white. At least it's not O-Town. On the other hand, O-Town doesn't have a Barry White lookalike.

Estland has a Swedish candidate. Huh? The song is written by someone who also writes for lkylie Minogue, and sounds like an uptempo version of I Believe I Can Fly.

Aha! This is more like the Eurovision I remember. Camp and kitch, and what country is this? Oh, Macedonia, Whatever.

Israel's candidate needs to be introduced to a good hairstylist, or at least to a hairbrush. Not a bad song, though.

Switserland's candidate makes me have flashbacks to Eigfhties eye makeup. No, no, make it stop! Also, tonight's theme colours are red and black, apparently.

Sweden. Who hate us, because Sergio is a stupid ass. Okay, he was joking. And the Swedes can't take a joke. Song is okay, outfits are skimpy.

Finland sent another Eighties flashbacks. Goddammit, they're doing this on purpose!

Denmark sent someone who won a Soundmix Show two years ago? My lord. Does it show? Yes. She wants to look like Lylie Minogue. I'm sensing a trend, here.

Bosnia-Herzegovina; Not bad, actually. Catchy song, nice singer.

Belgium! Woooooo! Go Sergio! People standing! Yay! Win this one for me, boy!

Aaaand it's Celine Dion. Woops, sorry, my mistake, it's Celine Dion Lite, for France.

Germany sent the twin sister of Germany's candidate. Oi.

(And now, a message about the Belgian commenters: Ahahaha! These guys are snarkier than I am!)

Oooh, Turkey. I like.

Malta. Whatever

Romania. Nice. Very nice. Classical singing education pays, kiddies.

Slovenia sent a bunch of transvestites. Yawn. Been done.

Um. Latvia. Hello, sexy! Drag King and lesbian vibed and woa! And good song, too.

Lithuania. Yet Even more Eighties Outfits. Kill me now?

Will be updated as the show goes on.

Comments

[carraway54.livejournal.com]

I take it Eurovision is a sort of pan-European talent show? Like Star Search, but with singers only?

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

More or less, yes. it's camp as shit. See also http://www.eurovision.tv/

[sandrine]

Just wanted to thank you for that entry. It helped me a great deal to remember who did what when I placed my vote. :)

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. :) So what'd you think of Belgium?

[sandrine]

I thought it was good, though it had little to do with Chanson, did it? He had an amazing voice, though. Probably one of the few people there who could actually sing.

In general, I have to say that I enjoyed the Grand Prix far more when they were still obliged to sing in their native language. There were too many English pop songs there, IMO.

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it wasn't that typical Eurosong, but I rather liked it. And yes, Sergio has a great voice. (I've heard him sing soul songs. Guh.)

yeah, I liked the mishmash of languages better, too, but it did unfairly influence the result in favour of languages where French or English wis a native language. Of course, now the political voting just shows more and more, but you know.

[slippery-fish.livejournal.com]

*grins insanely* Come one, Greece was sexy!

Sorry. I had to get drunken to survive them...

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

It was SCARY! And I was completemly sobre for the whole thing!

[slippery-fish.livejournal.com]

*g* The clothes were ...interesting...And their dance! Wohooo! :P

[pelicanzed.livejournal.com]

Heh, spot on. I didn't watch it (I could hear it in the next room, but it's just not the same if you can't see the outfits), but I did a couple of years ago and wrote an entry about it here (http://www.verbalvoodoo.org/life/126.html). Weirdly enough, a bunch of people from a pro-Eurovision mailing list found it and sent me praise-ridden e-mails, so you may get some too.

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

You explained the whole thing quite nicely, btw. I think I'll have to send people there for an explanation from now on.

And from one of my newsgroups:

There must be at least one fat, middle-aged rocker who, if he'd had any decency, would have expired from a drugs overdose decades ago (well done, Belgium).

*huff* I liked Sergio, dammit.