Eurovision

[schneefink]

This week Austria had student union election and I didn't go. It's the first election I was eligible for that I didn't vote in, and I feel a bit guilty about it. But I was sick the whole week and didn't have the brain to look at any of the party programs, so I decided to spare myself the trip. The union will survive.

I also didn't vote for a Eurovision contestant, though in hindsight I wish I had. I watched it with LB tonight, which we never did before, but it was a lot of fun. He usually almost exclusively listens to classical music, and my musical taste is most times "whatever's on the radio" and I switch stations three times a year, but we have surprisingly strong opinions about songs. Very important for both of us is that we want songs to have a good structure and not just repeat the same phrase all the time, which is why we're both very unhappy with Sweden winning :( The song was boring, 0815 pop lalala. Russia, on the other hand, had a very good song, and Gagarina would have made an excellent ambassador. Disappointing.

Other countries: I really liked Serbia's song, I was surprised she got so few votes. Her voice is fantastic. Australia had a flawless presentation and a good song. I really liked Romania, and also Montenegro, who both also got bonus points from me for using their native languages. Georgia had a good presentation, but should have tweaked the song just a little, same with Latvia. Israel and Italy were fun.
Countries I didn't like very much: Estonia (boring and repetitive), the UK (as the Austrian announcer said, wtf), Germany (terrible presentation), Spain (wannabe queen of the universe) and a few others were boring but I don't remember them.

I thought Austria did a good job with hosting. The short intros before each song were fun, and a Grubinger percusssion performance during voting was perfect.

Comments

[extempore]

Stimme bezgl. Rumänien und Montenegro zu. Eines der faszinierenden Merkmale unseres Kontinents sind ja die vielen Sprachen. Das so unter den Tisch fallen zu lassen, finde ich sehr schade. Vor allem Rumänien hätte ich aber auch wegen des Liedthemas mehr Stimmen gewünscht. Belgien fand ich klasse, und ja, Deutschland hat mir zu einfallslos den Bond gegeben (Conchita war wenigstens Bond mit Einfall *g*).

Nur bei den Moderatorinnen bin ich anderer Meinung. Die einzige, die natürlich und zugleich professionell rüberkam, war die ARTE-Dame. Arabella und Miriam sind neben ihr völlig abgesackt.

[st_aurafina]

I'm kind of glad it's not going to Russia? I don't think they deserve to have something as queer-accepting and fabulous as Eurovision. The Winter Olympics were hard enough to watch.

[extrapenguin]

What was your opinion on the Finnish Punk group? Did both of your ears spontaneously combust?

[tielan]

I watched Eurovision with my sister last night on the TV. (There were two broadcasts of it - the "on time" one at 5am on Sunday morning so Australians could vote, and the customary 7:30pm 'late broadcast' on Sunday night.) We enjoyed it one way or the other. Where we didn't enjoy the song, we enjoyed snarking about it. :)

And, of course, it was nice for Australia not to come last. That's all we were really hoping for, I think. :D

[dhampyresa.livejournal.com]

It's interesting we had such completely different opinions abiut the Russian song. I thought it was a fairly boring power ballad. I do agree that the Swedish song wasn't the best, but I thought the effects were amazing.

Austria did an excellent job with hosting!

Which song was your favourite? Mine was Georgia.