Honestly, Romania deserves more credit. THEY BROUGHT A HOLOGRAM. AND FIREWORKS. (I also gave Lithuania points for the hand holes in her tutu because WAT
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Oh yeah! Israel's flag was strips of blue fabric against the Dead Sea! (Because she's Israeli. Get it?)
And she actually did sing it correctly (that is, English>Hebrew>English), but she's growly to begin with. (And then it went downhill when she language-switched. It basically sounded like she was hacking up phlegm for that entire verse.)
Slovenia got ranked high because so many of the songs themselves annoyed me in this semis.
Actually, when I went to do my voting on the goon site for finals, Slovenia still was high enough in my rankings that it got my 1 or 2 points. I think it's because Poland's song finally started grating on my ears enough to overwhelm the hilarity of their stage show and moved way down my list.
Re: Poland - From what I've heard, there was a HUGE dichotomy between the jury and the public voting - for example, according to the Telegraph, Poland was ranked last by the UK jury, but came in first in tele-voting. (To be fair, IIRC the largest immigrant group in the UK is Poles, but even still.) Also according to them, if there were no juries, Poland would have racked up something like 162 points.
(I can't find the article right now, but it is...interesting. The comments devolve into allegations that the Brits voted for the tits, which is funny because...suffice to say, the Eurovision demographic is not exactly noted for its fascination with breasts.)
About Slovenia - It just seemed like almost exactly the kind of song you'd hate. (And I'd like for some reason.) It's not quite a sleepy ballad, but it's close, and Tinkara Kovac (Slovenia's singer) basically just stood on stage as lights whirled around her. Her song was good, but not that good.
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And she actually did sing it correctly (that is, English>Hebrew>English), but she's growly to begin with. (And then it went downhill when she language-switched. It basically sounded like she was hacking up phlegm for that entire verse.)
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Actually, when I went to do my voting on the goon site for finals, Slovenia still was high enough in my rankings that it got my 1 or 2 points. I think it's because Poland's song finally started grating on my ears enough to overwhelm the hilarity of their stage show and moved way down my list.
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(I can't find the article right now, but it is...interesting. The comments devolve into allegations that the Brits voted for the tits, which is funny because...suffice to say, the Eurovision demographic is not exactly noted for its fascination with breasts.)
About Slovenia - It just seemed like almost exactly the kind of song you'd hate. (And I'd like for some reason.) It's not quite a sleepy ballad, but it's close, and Tinkara Kovac (Slovenia's singer) basically just stood on stage as lights whirled around her. Her song was good, but not that good.
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