Results from the 2nd semi-final were dominated by the Eastern bloc, with a Western fillip at the end:
* Azerbaijan (I liked this one)
* Croatia
* Ukraine (allegedly the Paris-Hilton-a-like singer remortgaged her house to pay for the elaborate set)
* Lithuania
* Albania (weak)
* Moldova (really not very good)
* Denmark (co-written by Ronan Keating. No, really)
* Estonia (Foreign Corrs - good)
* Norway (the favourite)
* Greece (also a main contender - they've spent some brass on this, apparently)
Add to this the results from the 1st semi:
Armenia (really?)
Malta (REALLY?)
Romania (I think these may have all been prostitutes. I mean that in a good way)
Bosnia & Herzogovina (hahahahaha)
Finland (surprising result)
Portugal (even more surprising)
Israel (I don't understand this at all)
Turkey (Brilliant)
Sweden (actually quite good)
Iceland (so was this)
Then of course you have the automatic qualifiers (the people who pay for the damn thing):
UK (We have a Leona Lewis-a-like, tune written by populist shortarse Andrew Lloyd-Webber, and it's not bad at all)
France (Patricia Kaas, who I've heard of, so is properly famous already)
Germany (a respectable Ricky Martin type deal. Apparently Dita von Teese is performing on stage with them on Saturday night. I cannot fathom why.)
Spain (former air hostess. Crikey, she's good looking. I assume she must have been singing too, but I couldn't hear a thing over the sound of my lechery.)
And the previous winner:
Russia (haven't seen or heard this. 12 points.)
I think it's set to be a cracking competition.
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