Last Saturday was the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song contest. This is something I watch every year. One year I watched it on catch up how sad is that?
I can’t really sit here and tell you it is good but it is something I wouldn’t miss – hence watching it on catch-up the year I couldn’t catch the show on the night.
There was an incident with the UK entry: And I have to say the way SuRie recovered was remarkable. It didn’t help the UK in getting votes but isn’t it supposed to be about the taking part? I say ‘Yes’.
It is no secret that the UK hasn’t done well in Eurovision. We won in 1997, second in 1998, third in 2002, and then the infamous Gemini happened 2003. Since then the best we have done is fifth in 2009. If the UK wants to do better they might want to submit something good!
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That was a little mean. While I would say that Daz Samson and Scootch were a crime against music I have enjoyed other recent entries.
This was enjoyable:
And so was this: Even if I have no idea after four years I have no idea what it means.
I liked this one too: And it certainly didn’t deserve to do as badly as it did.
This years entry was nice: It didn’t make me embarrassed to be British and it fit nicely with the others.
The winner this year was Israel: Which was not one of my favourites. Maybe I just don’t get music. And ‘not one of my favourites’ is putting it mildly. I have seen worse, the aforementioned British entries of Daz Samson and Scootch, but I have also seen a lot better ones too.
The weird thing about Eurovision is that one or two songs always end up jockeying for first place. Given all the countries participating, and surely all with different tastes, it would be reasonable to expect a more even spread of points.
I didn’t have a standout favourite this year but here are some I liked. The first one that stood out for me was: It may have something to do with the fact that the singer is rather beautiful.
There were other good songs too of course. Ireland’s song was lovely. That is pretty much what I would expect from Ireland – although the did give us a singing Turkey one year. And the staging, if not the song, of Moldova was very interesting.
In conclusion it was a mixed evening with some good songs, few face palms, and a, to me, rather incomprehensible winner. So yes nice simple songs were rejected in favour of a woman making chicken noises. So about normal for this show.
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I just wanted to say that I have checked this post. I really have. Unfortunately my particular combination of dyslexia and dyspraxia makes it really hard for me to spot typos. Please enjoy and I’ll try not to make too many errors.
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