Categories: eurovision
Date: 13 May 2007 13:43:27
Argh! I spent the whole day avoiding Wiblogs and blogs, and news sites, and the news, just in case I should find out who the winner was. So what happened this evening? During an ad-break during the broadcast of the voting, I flipped channels (I'm sure you can see where this is going...), only to see the end of a newsbreak telling me Serbia had won.
Well done to Marija and her Serbian team: though I will say this is the first time I have utterly disliked the winning song and cannot see how it could have gained so many votes (even with the "block voting" they got a huge score -- 268). While I didn't like Lordi's act last year (I'm not a metal / rock person), I could at least see what the appeal was. No offence to Marija, but I found the song exceptionally dull. If anyone can explain it to me, please do so.
Oh well: the winner, while a worthy prize, is only part of the magic of Eurovision. I thought Sir Terry did a wonderful job, and he seemed far more on target with comments than in past years. And I truly did enjoy some of the acts: and thought some wonderfully silly. In terms of acts seen only in the final, I liked both Greece's and Turkey's songs -- toe-tapping and get-up-and-dance numbers; I laughed along with the UK's entry, which I really thought deserved more than the 19 points (thanks to Ireland and Malta) they got: loved it, and laughed throughout the song -- especially the 'safety demonstration' part. France's entry was just odd -- even in terms of Eurovision; I felt as if Ireland definitely did not want to win; and Russia was rather bland.
As mentioned on earlier blogs, I really loved Germany's entry: Roger Cicero was great I thought, and I'll be buying his album, being a fan of swing and big bands. And I did enjoy the operatic quality (and the mysterious lights on the hand) of Slovenia. Hungary grew on me hearing it for a second-time: not a bad song at all.
Here are the final places in case you're interested.
Finally, I think the hosts, Jaana and Mikko, were some of the best seen for a while: minimum of useless chatter and very personable. The stage design and projections were great also: well done Finland!