I can’t believe I missed this thread! So I’m bumping it.
The Andrew Lloyd Webber mess was the worst song of the year. IMHO, they should have swapped their points with the Czech Republic, which scored 0. Aven Romale!
I wonder what happened to Sweden to go from 4th place in the semi-final to 21st in the final. They should have sent the Tingeling Russian remix.
What was the minute of silence for? The Swedish commentators decided to talk over him (seriously, I am pretty sure they were going on about what time it was in Russia right now) so we didn’t get to hear it.
His country didn’t make the final IIRC so he said he’d have a minute silence for it. He held it for about 20 seconds and the hosts who were dealing with a live show that was still going at 2am in the morning Russia time had a little bit of a sweat on because of it. I would have loved to see the directors booth at that stage. I’d guess there was lots of roaring at the screens.
Yup, they had not made it to the finals for the past 2 years.
And amanset, I watched the semi-finals on the SVT internet feed, so I know what you mean. But how else would I have learned that the Azerbaijani costumes were designed and made in Sweden?! This is important info we’re talking about!
ETA: A poll – Sarah Dawn Finer’s singing of the top three point getters from Sweden. Clever/cute or obnoxious/self-centered?
Personally I liked Iceland’s entry despite the prom dresses. Also, Malta is always a sentimental fave because 1) Chiara has an amazing voice even though the songs themselves are snoozeworthy, and 2) they always throw lots of points at the UK (for reasons I can’t quite fathom - must be the ex-pats voting).
Jade, the UK singer, surprised me by making the most of a dismal song. ALW needs to go away from my television screens as soon as possible. I still maintain that we should have sent Peter Kay in drag to sing “The Winner’s Song”.
And the inevitable “horrible but incredibly catchy entry” prize this year goes to the big Hora from Moldova. Seriously, I was tapping along by the end of it.
I found it amusing that they pretty much gave up on supporting Sweden and went with Azerbaijan due to the “immigrant living in Sweden” angle. And Christ they never let us forget it.
Any deviation from “saying it was a good show in crap English followed by the handing out of the scores” is an abomination in my book and needs to be slapped down. At least there was Robert Gustafsson this year. I remember seeing in Aftonbladet the day after last Eurovision (or was it the one before?) that Europe was in shock due to appearance of someone looking drunk giving out scores. No we weren’t, we could clearly see that it was a bad comedian making an obvious joke.
What would the results have been discounting the juries? I’m guessing the winner would be the same due to the large score margin, but what would the scoreboard look like if only the televoting was considered?
Goddammit!! I’ve been dragging myself through my morning with my 14 functioning brain cells running two thoughts through my poor weary head: 1) ‘Must have coffee’ and 2) 'I’m in LOOOOOOVE with a fairy TAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE … ’
Unfortunately (?) it hasn’t started yet this year, that I know of, and I don’t have last year’s figures to hand. I’m not sure I want to ever be in a position where I would have them to hand either.
