Sarah blogs Eurovision - part 2
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sarahxNow, where were we?!
Ukraine - Tina Karol, Show me your love And yes, what a surprise, it's another upbeat Eastern-influence number. MIcro white classical Grecian-style frock with boots that look like they've got Christmas trees on. The backing dancers are in a modern take on Cossack uniforms, with moves to match. Shaking a tambourine and her boobs aside, she didn't move much. Nice and bouncy,
Finland - Lordi, Hard rock Hallelujah Now this is the one I was waiting for. And I wasn't remotely disappointed. Ludicrous horror-style costumes, a death metal growl on top of sub-Rainbow thumping music, loads of pyrotechnics, and Lordi himself had the most astonishing platform boots that must have been a foot high, and those wings... Words fail me. The top hat emblazoned with the Finnish flag was a marvellous final touch that looked superbly out of place. As![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
stu_n is fond of saying, the Finns are mad and dangerous. Gets my vote!
Netherlands - Treble, Amambamba A three-piece poppy girlband, with bongos and an acoustic guitar. If they smiled any more their faces would crack. Some was in English, and the rest I suspect the rest was what they thought the Swahili equivalent of 'Boom bang-a-bang' might be.
Lithuania - LT United, We are the winners They walked up to the microphones looking for all the world like a six-piece version of G4 or Il Divo. And then started singing, 'We are the winners of Eurovision' and shamelessly pleading for votes in dodgy rock style. Well, at least they were up-front about it. Not so sure about the singing through a megaphone, or the bloke who seems to have taken dancing lessons from Harry Hill.
Portugal - Nonstop, Coisas de nada Oh heck. What dodgy costumes this four-piece girl band have been saddled with. Leotards with corsets and dangly skirt-y bits. Can't make up their mind whether to sing in English or Portuguese. And yet another forgettable up-tempo Europop special. Come back Girls Aloud, all is (almost) forgiven.
Sweden - Carola, Invincible Oooh, it's that bird who won in 1991, isn't it? And she's nicked the wind machine from the Belgian bird. Only she's got longer hair and started off with a 20-foot-long frock to wave in the breeze, with the help of her backing singers holding the corners.The skirt was dispensed with to reveal a rather unwise pair of gold trousers, and a lot of arm-waving. Celine Dion with a beat-box. Oh dear.
Estonia - Sandra, Through my window The opening riff was blatantly ripped off from Abba's 'Does your mother know'. Blonde bird in blue satin one-shouldered short frock and thigh-high boots. She looks Swedish. That's probably because she is. In fact, the whole entry looked much more like a Swedish one - Abba with dance moves. And it's much better than the official Swedish entry. I actually quite like this one.
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Hari Mata Hari, Lejla Jingly-jangly folky intro, more people dressed up like Greek statues, and a pleasant enough ballad in Bosnian whose tempo picks up as the song pootles along. Hardly earth-shattering, though.
Iceland - SIlvia Night, Congratulations A chorus of boos greeted her entrance (apparently she's been jokily slagging off the Greek organisation, or something). Apparently, she's an actress, and the whole thing is a pretence. She wore a very peculiar costume that wouldn't look out of place in the Moulin Rouge, with lots of glitter, and some very strange props on the stage, including a slide in the shape of a shoe, and showery-type things that looked like candy sticks, one of which had a telephone in it. And she lost half the costume towards the end. She's a bit squeaky in places. Most odd. But what do you expect from the country that brought us Bjork? Rounded off by more boos.
That's all for tonight. Just the voting to come. Finland, Slovenia and Estonia get my votes, with an honourable mention for Armenia. But what do I know?
Roll on Saturday night!
Ukraine - Tina Karol, Show me your love And yes, what a surprise, it's another upbeat Eastern-influence number. MIcro white classical Grecian-style frock with boots that look like they've got Christmas trees on. The backing dancers are in a modern take on Cossack uniforms, with moves to match. Shaking a tambourine and her boobs aside, she didn't move much. Nice and bouncy,
Finland - Lordi, Hard rock Hallelujah Now this is the one I was waiting for. And I wasn't remotely disappointed. Ludicrous horror-style costumes, a death metal growl on top of sub-Rainbow thumping music, loads of pyrotechnics, and Lordi himself had the most astonishing platform boots that must have been a foot high, and those wings... Words fail me. The top hat emblazoned with the Finnish flag was a marvellous final touch that looked superbly out of place. As
stu_n is fond of saying, the Finns are mad and dangerous. Gets my vote!Netherlands - Treble, Amambamba A three-piece poppy girlband, with bongos and an acoustic guitar. If they smiled any more their faces would crack. Some was in English, and the rest I suspect the rest was what they thought the Swahili equivalent of 'Boom bang-a-bang' might be.
Lithuania - LT United, We are the winners They walked up to the microphones looking for all the world like a six-piece version of G4 or Il Divo. And then started singing, 'We are the winners of Eurovision' and shamelessly pleading for votes in dodgy rock style. Well, at least they were up-front about it. Not so sure about the singing through a megaphone, or the bloke who seems to have taken dancing lessons from Harry Hill.
Portugal - Nonstop, Coisas de nada Oh heck. What dodgy costumes this four-piece girl band have been saddled with. Leotards with corsets and dangly skirt-y bits. Can't make up their mind whether to sing in English or Portuguese. And yet another forgettable up-tempo Europop special. Come back Girls Aloud, all is (almost) forgiven.
Sweden - Carola, Invincible Oooh, it's that bird who won in 1991, isn't it? And she's nicked the wind machine from the Belgian bird. Only she's got longer hair and started off with a 20-foot-long frock to wave in the breeze, with the help of her backing singers holding the corners.The skirt was dispensed with to reveal a rather unwise pair of gold trousers, and a lot of arm-waving. Celine Dion with a beat-box. Oh dear.
Estonia - Sandra, Through my window The opening riff was blatantly ripped off from Abba's 'Does your mother know'. Blonde bird in blue satin one-shouldered short frock and thigh-high boots. She looks Swedish. That's probably because she is. In fact, the whole entry looked much more like a Swedish one - Abba with dance moves. And it's much better than the official Swedish entry. I actually quite like this one.
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Hari Mata Hari, Lejla Jingly-jangly folky intro, more people dressed up like Greek statues, and a pleasant enough ballad in Bosnian whose tempo picks up as the song pootles along. Hardly earth-shattering, though.
Iceland - SIlvia Night, Congratulations A chorus of boos greeted her entrance (apparently she's been jokily slagging off the Greek organisation, or something). Apparently, she's an actress, and the whole thing is a pretence. She wore a very peculiar costume that wouldn't look out of place in the Moulin Rouge, with lots of glitter, and some very strange props on the stage, including a slide in the shape of a shoe, and showery-type things that looked like candy sticks, one of which had a telephone in it. And she lost half the costume towards the end. She's a bit squeaky in places. Most odd. But what do you expect from the country that brought us Bjork? Rounded off by more boos.
That's all for tonight. Just the voting to come. Finland, Slovenia and Estonia get my votes, with an honourable mention for Armenia. But what do I know?
Roll on Saturday night!
