Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Evrovisia 2007
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 To your right is a photograph of the mighty Ruslana, who won the Eurovision Song Contest for the Ukraine a couple of years back. Sadly, there is NO Ruslana at this years comp which means there will be NO crazy outfits made of roadkill, and NO large sticks being bung about on stage. So, aside from the disappointing lack of the 'lana, I'm embracing the fact that this years Eurovision is only a few days away. So I finally took the time to listen through each of the 42 entries today, in order to select my pre-show favourites. Out of all those songs, only 14 of them sparked any interest to my ears. Pretty unimpressive contest by the sounds of it, sadly. Anyways, out of the 14 songs I quite enjoyed, these are the 10 I would vote for were I judge on the evening...
12 POINTS
FYR MACEDONIA
Karolina Gocheava - Mojot Svet
Out of all the non-English songs sung in this years contest, there are 6 (Bosnian, Croation, Slovanian, Serbian, Montenegro, Macedonian) that I can fluently understand. Out of those six, only one of them comes close to being brilliant. And what a song it is. VERY big chorus, really strong nay-na-nay-na's, great verses and a very pretty girl with a good voice fronting it. I'm going to be mighty angry if she performs the English version of this on the night though, which is - sadly - more likely to happen. Pity, I really thought Carola's English performance of her entry last year spoilt the songs original beauty... It's a European song contest so I firmly believe they should sing in their native tongue. This is SUCH a touching song in its Macedonian version, but the English version is terribly boring: "Music knows no queen or colour, day by day, we live our dream". Aside from the lyrics being quite tired, they are COMPLETELY different to what the original offers. I have a feeling I'm going to be very disappointed come Sunday.
10 POINTS
DENMARK
DQ - Drama Queen
Arguably, Dana International was the first Drag Queen/Transesxual/Et Cetera to perform in the Eurovision Song Contest. Her song "Diva" was fabulous, and following in that tradition, Denmark's DQ's song and dance about being a Drama Queen is just as special. What's not to love about this song? Feathers, elaborate dancers, feathers, feathers, feathers, and a momentous key change. It's the Kylie Showgirl Tour crammed into 3 minutes and 5 seconds.
08 POINTS
RUSSIA
Serebro - Song No. 1
The CFBGoesPop Girls LOVE this, and with very good reason. That chorus is smoking hot! They say "bitches", and call their Fifi-Box a "cherry pie". Sweet! And THAT breakdown... how very Janet "Nasty-Boys"!
07 POINTS
GREECE
Sarbel - Yassou Maria
This song is incredibly confusing. It starts off incredibly Greek, turns into something by Panic! At The Disco, then into a Ricky Martin song, before slamming itself into a bit of Hellogoodbye. All before the first chorus which takes things back to Greece. Fucking crazy.
06 POINTS
UKRAINE
Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai
Bonkers. ABSOLUTELY BONKERS. It reminds me of the kind of thing Patsy Stone might dream about after a night on the town. Secretly, I want this to win win win.
05 POINTS
BELARUS
Dima Koldun - Work Your Magic
The clip does this gorgeous boy no favours. But the amazing Londonboy and his tremendous blog DO. HIM. QUITE. A. FEW. Songs not bad either.
04 POINTS
ANDORRA
Anonymous - Let's Save The World
Good looking emo boys at Eurovision. This trend has officially gone from 'fashion statement' to 'epidemic'. It's like a watered down James Bourne, which possibly speaks volumes. In fact, this song isn't terribly good at all, but considering the caliber of the REMAINING songs in the competition....... Actually, I'm beginning to hate this.
03 POINTS
ESTONIA
Gerli Padar - Partners In Crime
I love it when 50 year old women try their best not to look like 50 year old women by rocking it out on stage. Madonna's not 50 yet smart arses.
02 POINTS
UNITED KINGDOM
Scooch - Flying The Flag
For Christ's sake, surely Gina G was not busy?. I cannot stand this, what a fucking piece of shit. Yet I have listened to it no less than 20 times in the past week. That said, come back Javine!! All is forgiven.
01 POINT
FRANCE
Les Fatals Picards - L'amour A La Francaise
We may as well pack up and leave now.
Things might change on the actual night (considering some of the songs haven't even made it past the semi-finals yet), but not by much. Labels: Eurovision
6 Comments:
- 8:00 AM | Poster Girl said...
I'm so glad you think Sarbel's song is one of the better ones! I do, too, but I haven't heard to many people who agree.
I'll remain silent on the semifinals results for now, since you have to wait to see them :)
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- 10:08 AM | Adem IAR said...
Some bastard SENT ME THE QUALIFYING 10 COUNTRIES IN AN SMS THIS MORNING!!
ARGH!
(Did Macedonia sing in Macedonian??)
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- 3:00 PM | Paul said...
i think two points for England is uber generous!
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- 11:59 AM | Poster Girl said...
Partly--she started in Macedonian (I presume) but at the end switched to English.
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- 4:36 PM | Schlagerboys said...
How come there were no points for Malta in your countdown?? Olivia had everything - a key change, massive frock, wind-machine and a really understated dance routine... What more could you ask for?
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