Kiev 2005 -part 3
"Is the end still not in sight, Piglet" I can hear you moan. Well, my lovelies, the total so far (after this post) is 15 countries. There are 39 countries in total. You do the math! Don't blame me, blame the massive popularity of the thing that is Eurovision.
But let's get on with the show, and who better to start with than...
- Belgium : Nuno Resende - Le grand soir
Welcome back to tonight's most annoying ballad/wannabe-powerballad show. I'm Belgian, I'm allowed to be cruel about this. There are just no words. I've heard he's planning on wearing a suede carpet-patterned suit (this is becoming a theme), he's microscopically clipping his beard and he's going to have a sex change live on stage.
Ok, I made those last two things up (well... the beard... it could be). I have to invent stuff to make up for how boring this entry is. It's shameful. But! But! Since I liked last year's Xandee... rather loved it in fact... and horrible "things" like "Du Bist" (Austria) got higher than her, evil manufactured creatures like Sakis Rouvas even became third... well, in that view you could say that this song stands a great chance. The songs I like hardly ever do well, so that might be good news.
No?
Ah hell, he's Portuguese and singing in French, that should give us some votes (two).
- Estonia: Suntribe - Let's get loud
And this song should shake you awake again! It's the Estonian Spice Girls, singing Estonenglish and I love them. It's a catchy song (took two hours to write), they look about 16 and I foresee a funny dance routine (unless they fuck up by bringing instruments on stage. Yuck. Imagine that). The Girlfriend's not a fan, but she'll just have to learn to love it. I'll be playing it often enough.
- Norway: Wig Wam - In my dreams
COME ON COME ON COME ON! LOVE IS ALL OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVER ME (over me)! It's on to this year's winner (unless I just doomed them) because this song is fan-bloody-tastic. Over the top 80s "rock" (think "The Darkness" and "Europe") with silver spandex trousers and top hats! Could this be any better? Well, they throw in some black lipstick as well. I rest my case.
- Romania: Lumini?a and Sistem - Let me try
Romania didn't send us a blonde bimbo this year but a sexy, sultry brunette with a load of men. It's erm... well. I don't know what it is. It's a ballad, then it's a cheap dance song and in between all this there's a panflute doing god knows what. (A panflute, yes) This is one of the "bad" songs that make Eurovision so very Eurovision. It should be good for much singing along and panflute-miming in my household, but that's about it.
- Hungary: Nox - Forogj Világ
"Spin, world!- sweep me into the light,
Or I shall not live tomorrow!
Your wild night kills me -,
although it waits for me with a kiss..."
is what we'll be hearing (only in Hungarian, one would presume). A very Riverdance song (with a Riverdance-routine I heard) which should do well with the folkies. Since I'm a bit of a folkie, you won't hear me saying a bad word about it. Unless they decide to guest-star that idiot Michael Flatley, then all bets are (quite understandably) off. Hajnananana indeed!
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"Is the end still not in sight, Piglet" I can hear you moan. Well, my lovelies, the total so far (after this post) is 15 countries. There are 39 countries in total. You do the math! Don't blame me, blame the massive popularity of the thing that is Eurovision.
But let's get on with the show, and who better to start with than...
- Belgium : Nuno Resende - Le grand soir
Welcome back to tonight's most annoying ballad/wannabe-powerballad show. I'm Belgian, I'm allowed to be cruel about this. There are just no words. I've heard he's planning on wearing a suede carpet-patterned suit (this is becoming a theme), he's microscopically clipping his beard and he's going to have a sex change live on stage. Ok, I made those last two things up (well... the beard... it could be). I have to invent stuff to make up for how boring this entry is. It's shameful. But! But! Since I liked last year's Xandee... rather loved it in fact... and horrible "things" like "Du Bist" (Austria) got higher than her, evil manufactured creatures like Sakis Rouvas even became third... well, in that view you could say that this song stands a great chance. The songs I like hardly ever do well, so that might be good news.
No?
Ah hell, he's Portuguese and singing in French, that should give us some votes (two).
- Estonia: Suntribe - Let's get loud
And this song should shake you awake again! It's the Estonian Spice Girls, singing Estonenglish and I love them. It's a catchy song (took two hours to write), they look about 16 and I foresee a funny dance routine (unless they fuck up by bringing instruments on stage. Yuck. Imagine that). The Girlfriend's not a fan, but she'll just have to learn to love it. I'll be playing it often enough.
- Norway: Wig Wam - In my dreams
COME ON COME ON COME ON! LOVE IS ALL OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVER ME (over me)! It's on to this year's winner (unless I just doomed them) because this song is fan-bloody-tastic. Over the top 80s "rock" (think "The Darkness" and "Europe") with silver spandex trousers and top hats! Could this be any better? Well, they throw in some black lipstick as well. I rest my case.- Romania: Lumini?a and Sistem - Let me try
Romania didn't send us a blonde bimbo this year but a sexy, sultry brunette with a load of men. It's erm... well. I don't know what it is. It's a ballad, then it's a cheap dance song and in between all this there's a panflute doing god knows what. (A panflute, yes) This is one of the "bad" songs that make Eurovision so very Eurovision. It should be good for much singing along and panflute-miming in my household, but that's about it.
- Hungary: Nox - Forogj Világ
"Spin, world!- sweep me into the light,
Or I shall not live tomorrow!
Your wild night kills me -,
although it waits for me with a kiss..."
is what we'll be hearing (only in Hungarian, one would presume). A very Riverdance song (with a Riverdance-routine I heard) which should do well with the folkies. Since I'm a bit of a folkie, you won't hear me saying a bad word about it. Unless they decide to guest-star that idiot Michael Flatley, then all bets are (quite understandably) off. Hajnananana indeed!
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