I've fallen in love with Eurovision ever since I first watched it, stuck in a hostel in Grundarfjörður, Iceland due to freezing rain. The 2006 Eurovision gave us great acts from Lithuania and Finland. The song contest, a bastion of Eurotrash pop, was turned on its head after Finland ended up winning. This left people asking, what's next? Many countries tried following Finland's lead and going with more rocking entries, all of which failed. The most memorable entry was Ukraine, which, sadly, lost to a completely unremarkable Serbian entry (perhaps the worst result of the dissolution of Yugoslavia is their voting power in Eurovision). The saddest moment for me, though, was that my favorite entry, Belgium, didn't even make it out of the Semi-Finals.
Since the Lordi method proved to be impossible to duplicate, it seems that everyone went a different direction this year, which has produced some amazing results. So many in fact I can actually produce a top ten list of all the songs I would love to see win.
10. Estonia - I don't actually want this entry to win, but it is kind of catchy
9. Bulgaria - The song itself is just insipid, but at least it's different than the usual Eurovision fare. Plus the video is fun
8. Finland - Nowhere near as good as Lordi, but I want to encourage Finland in this direction
7. Spain - Really? This is Spain's entry?
6. Belgium - I came for the folksy music, I stayed for the neck dancing
5. Ireland - This song has gotten a lot of press because it's sung by a turkey puppet. However, even if it weren't being song by a turkey, it would still be on this list
4. Latvia - This gimmick is absolutely brilliant, steal the show indeed
3. Israel - This song is actually really good. No gimmick or anything
2. France - This song is actually kind of fun and rather subdued, by Eurovision standards
1. Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wait, is... is that a live chicken? What is that girl doing on stage? Why does that guy have a scythe?
I would like to post one last entry. After watching the video for every country this year, I can say, without question, that Lithuania's entry is by far the worst. This songs drops the ball in basically every category imaginable. The guy can't sing, the lyrics are atrocious (even by Eurovision standards), and it doesn't even have a gimmick.
2 comments:
I'm glad good is in quotes. I was surprised and disappointed that
France's entry was in english.
And that neck dance was pretty distracting.
I didn't give it much thought, but yeah, it is kind of surprising France's entry is in English. At least it's not imaginary, like the I discovered the Belgium one is.
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