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Thursday, May 10th, 2007
OH, THERE’S A SUMMARY.
Missed the first one…
Israel – looked pretty darn amusing to me.
Cyprus – sounded pretty good.
Belarus – cheesy. who cares, he is doing magic.
Iceland – There are big eyes in the background. He not only sounds like Meatloaf, he looks like Meatloaf.
Georgia – cool. Go girl! Is it me or does she looks a little too happy?
Montenegro – eh?
Switzerland – I love the guy with the mohawk.
Moldova – well, she’s in tune
Netherlands – sounds just like anastacia
Albania – wow, he’s old
Denmark – pitchy. But that’s some headdress.
Croatia – pitchy. Painful.
Poland – I don’t have time to start.
Serbia – she looks like Lea Delaria. sounded ok from what I could tell.
Czech – yes, they rock. lower case rock.
Portugal – she’s pretty. weak singer. much quieter than all the others.
FYR Macedonia – heh heh she said douche
Norway – she’s old
Malta – there’s a gong in the background
Andorra – ARROWS!!!! Wow, they’re totally out of tune.
Hungary – tight, she sounded good. I love the tank top and jeans, totally stripped down look which is a nice contrast to the glammed up other acts.
Estonia – sorry, I missed it. Dave came in and needed cash.
The rest I already did.
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Tags: Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Eurovision, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Switzerland
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Seems to have taken his costuming inspiration from Kylie Minogue’s latest tour. I hadn’t expected him to be so gay. There’s definitely a drag queen thing going on this year between Denmark, Ukraine’s entry and this one.
OHH!! I get it, an AIDS ribbon.
GET ALIVE. I see we have another act in the vampire theme.
Still Austria is making an active effort to engage the Helsinki crowd. That’s good. Also, he’s in tune.
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Tags: Austria, Eurovision
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
She’s feeling her inner smile. It makes her smile on the outside. I have no idea why she’s dressed like a vampire. Doesn’t she know that’s Switzerland’s thing this year? But I have to admit, having Torino’s Olympic logo all in lights and on her hand is pretty cool.
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Tags: Eurovision, Slovenia
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Finally signing on here for a moment or two.
Man, Belgium sucks. Pitchy. Uninspired performace, 70s style sunglasses, and off white silk pajamas are not the sign of hip. Really shows up the weakness of the song.
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Tags: Belgium, Eurovision
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
So in the absence of having rated the tracks, here are my 10 picks to make it out of the Semi-finals.
Bulgaria – because it doesn’t suck
Belarus – because apparently he really is planning on doing magic. I wasn’t just making that up.
Georgia – because the track is sweet
Switzerland – because it’s awesome
Denmark – because he’s pretty
Serbia – because she can sing, and, evidently, is the odds on favorite
Andorra – because Andorra needs Malcolm in the Middle
Hungary – because she can sing
Turkey – because it’s awesome
Austria – because I have to root for my peeps
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Tags: Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Denmark, Eurovision, Georgia, Hungary, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Verka Serduchka – “Dancing Lasha Tumbai”
This song to me sounds subversive. It takes me to a very dark place. In truth, it reminds me of Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus. Like a whole bunch of persecuted Jewish mice dancing and mocking German technopop. I’m going to go listen to Turkey’s entry again.
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Tags: Eurovision, Ukraine
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Kenan Dogulu – “Shake It Up Shekerim”
Justin Timberlake records for Bollywood. Everybody Bhangra!
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Tags: Eurovision, Turkey
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Alenka Gotar – “Cvet Z Juga”
You hate to demean a song as having nothing redeeming it about it. I mean, I think of the sincerity of the songwriter, the vocal training necessary to sing opera, the effort in finding backup singers, teaching them the part, the years of training in the studio musicians, then the expense of time in the studio, and the costs of producing, and mixing. And then, I’m sure there was a competitive process in Slovenia, which means that Alenka Gotar had to beat out other people to get to this point.
That said, there is nothing redeeming about this song.
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Tags: Eurovision, Slovenia
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
The Ark – “The Worrying Kind”
This year Sweden seems to have forgone ABBA for the Partridge Family. And, like all the best tracks from the Partridge Family, this one is tuneful, catchy, and completely non-threatening, right down to its sax solo. You’ve got to figure Sweden is in for another top 5 finish this year.
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Tags: Eurovision, Sweden
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Serebro – “Song No. 1″
Orchestrations by Die Prinzen. Vocals by Britney Spears. It’s got a beat and you can dance to it. When you’ve got that it doesn’t matter what the lyrics are. This one is catchy, and I’m not ashamed to say so.
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Tags: Eurovision, Russia