Yay, it’s The Eurovision Song Contest night again. I love Eurovision. Have done since I was little and used to beg to stay up late to see whether the UK had won, back in the days when we, or any western country, stood a chance of winning.
Not that I’m going to go into a rant about political voting. I’ve always been drawn to the eastern European entries anyway. Estonia caught my attention a few years before they won, 1994 or 1996, and I’ve been searching for their entry ever since. It was in the days before it became cool to watch so no CD was released.
I’m still kicking myself for not putting a bet on Estonia the year they won. I’d contemplated placing it online before the show that year – they were 110-1. I used to predict the winner a lot back then, shame I’ve lost that skill.
Now for my thoughts on this year:
Marvellous staging. Spectacular and actually quite artistic. The presenters have been too intrusive either, which is nice.
The UK’s Scootch is Eurovision friendly with quite an appropriate ‘flying the flag’ theme and it’s rather fun. Although I don’t hold out much hope for getting into double figures with the votes. Mind you, it got quite a good cheer from the audience.
So far I’m backing Sweden. It was funky, psychedelic and foot-tappingly retro fun. But I’ve also enjoyed the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, annd Hungary but wouldn’t mind the simple artistry of Lithuania’s performance to win.
I didn’t mind the Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova entries either. Big, belt songs.
The Ukrainian entry was insane!
Romania’s effort smacked of desperation to me. All those languages.
I did rate all the entries out of ten, being the Eurovision nerd that I am, but I won’t bore you with it. I miss being able to see Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway and Cyprus though. Norway always came up with something interesting.
So what’s my top pick? I think Sweden was the best entry but that Ukraine will win.
Who do want to win?
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