Doin' the Omoralisk Schlagerfestival (2)

Ashamed of myself, I watched the Eurovision Song Contest yesterday. And to show that my complete lack of music taste according to rest of Europe, only 1 of the 3 songs I picked for my favorites went to Finals. That was Armenia. Kinda catchy tune with some eastern feeling. My other favorites was Switzerland, but now I forgot how it went so it was not that remarkable at first or second hearing. Lastly it was Andorra. Happy song that got stuck in my head. This statement will probably haunt me for a long time.

Other songs that needs mentioning is Turkey, not for it's music but the show. I be that one of the dancing girl got sick or something because it was the singer backed up with 2 dancers on each side. The Funny thing that 3 of them are dressed in red dresses and the last one is a guy dressed in brown jeans and a green shirt (guess that he was the choreograph). That couldn't have been the original thought because the symmetry is so awful. Another song to mention is that Sweden went to the Finals, but then again I would really liked to gloat if we had lost. Stupid voters (of course, if we happens to win everything will be forgotten, right???).

A funny incident during our own finals was our entertainment that even got the attention from the Russian Embassy that demanded an excuse for the "Tingeling" segment. And then they to the same thing (admittenly their was a bit more bombastic) in between songs. Talk about hypocrits.

How is then our chances on winnning this year? Slim. First of all both Finland, Sweden and Island went to the finals, Norway feels expected to do so as well which gives Denmark the only questionmark. Anyway, 4 or 5 of the Nordic countries goes to the finals and this consist of most of our voting base, and my guess is that Norway will get the 12s as it's a more energetic song then our own so we need to hit very good with rest of Europe (and frankly, not even I see that opera would be the usic style to convert the masses). Then again, my knowledge of knowing Europes music taste is very low.