Holy Crap! It's the Eurovision Song Contest!

[scheherazade_79]

Were you watching the same programme as me??


Appalling was United Kingdom.
Many of the others were bland and infinitely forgettable
Several others were oustandingly bad in an amusing camp way.
But the Serbian gal could sing, it was a recognisable song, and apparently the rest of Europe thought so.

Last night made me ashamed to be British. We deserved every negative comment after choosing that appalling apology for a song.

Ah, but the British entry was so awful it was glorious. As for the Serbian entry... could you sing the tune? I couldn't. It was so bland and non-descript that even if I heard it ten times I probably wouldn't remember it.

What about Hungary? She had the best bloody voice of the lot.

I'm trying to work out what it was that made Serbia win. At the moment I'm thinking it was either a sympathetic political vote, or the lesbian novelty. And I' m sorry, but I've seen WAY hotter dykes at the local farmer's market than the chick who was singing, and the backing singers who made suggestive movements with their hands, but never really touched each other at all.

The lesbian theme had a lot of potential, and they didn't even scrape the surface.

BRING BACK RUSLANA!

I'm an absolute bitch critic when it comes to music. I took notes last night. My first entry read:

Bosnia + Herzegovina: Wood nymph / gipsy woman dressed in green, singing slow and instantly forgettable ballad. Sang slightly flat with no expression. Could do with a cattle prod.

I won't read what I wrote about Serbia.

 

[scheherazade_79]

The other thing is, take away the visual distractions and just listen to the song without watching them perform. I'm in the process of downloading as many as I can. I'll send you some of the best, along with the Serbian entry. Listen carefully, then tell me if you still think they rock.

 

[scheherazade_79]

Belarus had a good entry, too. It was the James Bondish one.

 

[starrkers]

It's on on my TV right now. I'm not watching, just hearing.
That's more than enough.