Thursday, May 18, 2006

Eurovision blogging

I wish I thought of this when the show started. Our story so far:

1. Armenia (Andre: "Without Your Love") - Generic Eastern Mediterranean pop. Blah.
2. Bulgaria (Mariana Popova: "Let Me Cry") - Stiff singer, decent song, bad back-up dancers.
3. Slovenia (Anžej Dežan: "Mr Nobody") - Good song, even if it's generic Eurotrash discopop. More bad dancing.
4. Andorra (Jennifer: "Sense Tu") - Non-English. Sounded like Vanilla Ninja. Even more bad dancing.
5. Belarus (Polina Smolova: "Mum") - Think of a hard-rocking Backstreet Boys with a female singer and 80s clothing. Plus the back-ups almost dropped the singer when they lifted her.
6. Albania (Luiz Ejlli: "Zjarr e Ftohtë") - Ooo, traditional musicans. More generic Eastern Mediterranean pop, though. Not surprisingly, this is not in English.
7. Belguim (Kate Ryan: "Je T'Adore") - Ooo, fluorescent pink mike stands! Someone has heard the "Chess" album. Key lyric: "Je t'adore and I can't conceal it."
8. Ireland (Brian Kennedy: "Every Song Is a Cry for Love") - And every Irish entry is a cry for help. Awful.
9. Cyprus (Annette Artani: "Why Angels Cry") - Buxom singer. Flabby pop song.
10. Monaco (Séverine Ferrer: "La CoCo-Dance") - Had a Hawaiian theme. Grass skirts and everything. Lame. It was sung in French. [NOTE: Actually, it's Tahitian. My bad.]
11. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Elena Risteska: "Ninanajna") - Slutty. The singer, the music, the lyrics. Slutty. Kinda awesome, but only in a Britney Spears way.
12. Poland (Ich Troje: "Follow My Heart") - White tails on the piano player. Polish rapping, in a Real McCoy way. The male singer has green hair. The female singer is in a mask. It's like Andrew Lloyd Webber did a song for Dead or Alive.