Friday, May 25, 2012
From the top, this is my first Eurovision online - and the Twitter feeds from #SBSEurovision viewers are just hilarious. But a quick wrap-up of the songs...
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Montenegro - Euro Negro by Rambo Amadeus - everything ending in -matic and lines like "monetary breakdance" and "change to refinance", this was RANDOM. Loved his interview comment to Julia: "I don't suppose I have any fans in Australia... maybe one. Hello."
- Rated 60 per cent on SBS Eurovision immediately after the song
Iceland - Never Forget - I usually like Iceland. Cool epic violins, but the guy's stare was just uber scary. Ended with a pyrotechnic bang.
- 62 per cent
Greece - Aphrodisiac - She's as hot as Helena Paparizou... and the song was alright! Loved the little tastes of Greek dancing there... Think she'll do well. If Sakis Rouvas offered her a job she must be good.
- Missed rating. People were more concerned with her costume...
Latvia - woman struggled with tight dress and heels a bit. OK. Thought Julia got it spot on with her "canteen mums" analysis.
- 67 per cent
Albania - Oh oh. Oh oh oh. Oh oh. Weird dreadlock bun and Gaga-inspired for a soft ballad are not good fits. Can hold a note alright though.
- Missed rating
Romania - Mandinga - One couldn't get on stage (only six at a time). Satin undies. Warbling. Lots of wind. Made Greece's dress look tame.
- 58 per cent
Swtizerland - Unbreakable by Sinplus - Nickleback but turns into a real rock sound. Like U2. Vocals like World Idol winner's back in the day. Hottest guy award goes to the lead.
- 69 per cent
Belgium- Would You by Iris - At 17, young. Not good. Wavered, nervous maybe.
- 59 per cent still though. Hm.
Finland - Nar jag blundar - Mullet dress, someone tweeted a suggestion she'd gotten confused with being Scottish. Realised Finnish language sounds really strange, hypnotic.
- 61 per cent
Israel - Time - Upbeat, got a 70s look happening. Hebrew and English. Lol at Sam's David Mathieson remark.
- Ooh, only 27 per cent.
San Marino - The Social Network Song - Pretty much, if you wanna be seen by everyone... go on YouTube. Or Eurovision to log into a glittery laptop on stage. As you do.
- 45 per cent
Friday, December 03, 2010
Wow, what a morning... wake up at 1:45am to discover FIFA have delayed the announcements of the World Cup 2018/2022. Good thing I didn't wake up earlier. But I was glad to discover OneHD were talking to none other than Hamish McDonald, who was trying to get updates via Twitter while talking with Brad McEwen. Man I love this guy. Best young journalist ever. Seriously, he puts a smile on my face. WHY DON'T WE GET AL-JAZEERA ENGLISH IN AUSTRALIAAAA?! So I felt better that I hadn't missed the big call AND felt in the loop because of the discussion.
Took the advice and went on Twitter. Early reports tweeted on there first rang true: Russia (you could see the distaste on Prince William's face, it was kind of funny. Oh, and the VP blocking Vodianova - that right? - in the official photos: hilarious) and then... QATAR. Ok, so Russia I can handle, never done Eastern Europe, cool. But Qatar?! REALLY? I've only seen Doha Airport, and after spending six hours in the place it wasn't that great. Pluuuuus the humidity is ri-DI-culous. And they're not even the size of TASMANIA. WHAAAAT?! I did not know this. Read somewhere we should've just based our bid out of there... could we have done any better? I don't know. All I do is that money talks. Money talks. Dirty cash I want you, dirty cash I need you oh. Disappointing.
In other European news, ITALY HAVE APPLIED FOR EUROVISION 2011. Another total left-of-field result. They've had a 13-year absence. To quote from the press release sent to my email (I'm trying to get tickets, okay?):
"We are eager to show the Italian people how the contest has evolved over the past 13 years. I am sure they will be positively surprised!" (Jorgen Franck)
So they're good enough for it now are they? What's Berlusconi been doing all this time? Shocked it's taken him this long... whether Dusseldorf will be better for it who knows. But this is the biggest news to hit the Contest in years. Maybe as big as the whole TATU controversy. Ah TATU. Those were the days...
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