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Monday, May 16 2011, 14:33
Dusseldorf calling
I'm experiencing a bit of post-Eurovision anticlimax today. All of the previous two weeks' anticipation and build-up to yesterday's final (Saturday's final, for you northern hemispherers) gone in a violent explosion of glamour, wow, and bedazzlement. Thankfully I've still got the double CD to listen to and relive the evening's glories. If you want an excellent round-up of the night's drama, you could do worse than the Guardian's hilarious live-blog.
After yesterday's show, I've come to accept that my personal favour is the kiss of death for any country's entrant. Year after year, my europop/dance picks have plunged to scoreboard oblivion. This year, Blue managed to stay in the top half (just), Hungary hardly scored anything; and Estonia came second from last. I guess that means I'm completely out of touch with Eurovision fashion - if such a thing exists...
Conversely some drivel did quite well; Ukraine's was pleasant but forgettable other than the lady with the purple vampire outfit doing patterns in sand; Greece, Bosnia, and Georgia were all a bit average and Moldova was ear-bleedingly awful - although I suppose anyone who gets a fairy unicycling around a band wearing gnome hats deserves some recognition on the scoreboard...
And Jedward... this track is slowly growing on me against my will - more so if I just listen and manage to avoid seeing that irritating pair of clowns. But even they were robbed - Ireland's entry was a lot better than others in the top 10. But let's face it, the last thing Ireland needs to pay for right now is a glitzy Eurovision show. Speaking of which, Azerbaijan, whose song I actually quite liked), has huge shoes to fill. In my far from humble opinion, the best thing I saw at Eurovision this year was the arena in Dusseldorf was the stage. AMAZEBALLS!
PS. Australia voted on Sunday night - check out the results on the Eurovision official site.
PPS. It's been a long break from blogging. I'll see if I can fill in the blanks over the last few months...
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