Sunday, 10 April 2011

Eurovision Preview

The great Eurovision handicap is almost upon us... here are my initial thoughts about each of the entries (in no particular order, except alphabetical):

Albania: 3/10, Hi, we're re-working elements of that Turkish winning entry... can't see this doing much other than being loud and bad.

Armenia: 3/10, Boom boom chaka, chaka... I'd like to say this should die a death, but this is Armenia so it'll make the final.

Austria: 4/10, Might squeeze through qualifying, but incoming huff in 5, 4, 3...

Azerbaijan: 5/10, Actually, nice little pop song, perhaps not the sort of thing that wins Eurovision, but they'll qualify with ease - but I'd like to see if their performance is anything like the video.

Belarus: 3/10, "I love Belarus", well, that probably has limited appeal, as a tourist information song it hits all the notes... but selling the uranium clad borders to the song loving public, that's a harder act.

Belgium: 0/10, this makes no sense on any level, and is just wrong. Won't qualify.

Bosnia & Herzegovina: 4/10, cutesy, comical, Bosnian... checks, beard (no Deen), guitar... I've no idea anymore with this stuff, probably top 10 for no readily apparent reason.

Bulgaria: 1/10, utterly bland.

Croatia: 5/10, well it's trying to be an early 00s dancey classic, but hitting a late 80s cheesy pop song... and well, you'll notice I haven't mentioned her nose yet. Oh.

Cyprus: 0/10, HIYA GREECE WE CAN HAZ 12 POINTEYS PLZ, TATHXS!

Denmark: 6/10, A Friend In London, errm, bit meh, bit no, bit yeah, bit nothing. Lead singer is quite cute though.

Estonia: 6/10, Has potential, works quite nicely, but seems to have fabrics from 1984.

Finland: 8/10, POLITICALLY CORRECT SONG AHOY! But it's a cute little song, no, nothing to do with him. Tom Dice will be proud.

France: 0/10, Bookies favourite apparently... I assume for the bottom of the table.

Georgia: 0/10, HI WE FOUND RAPPING... it's never worked in Eurovision before, it won't start now.

Germany: 7/10, I prefer this to last year's song... so it'll come last.

Greece: 0/10,"Watch my dance"... I'm failing to see any dancing.

Hungary: 10/10, Something left off the Ray of Light album, which I think is great... surely a potential winner?

Iceland: 0/10, Utter bollocks.

Ireland: 2/10, "you spend money like you're on death row", "are you heading for a car crash?" - nuff said.

Israel: 4/10, Dublin's best airport makes a return to the Grand Prix, with a big walloper.

Italy: 0/10, Italy pressed pause 14 years ago, and they just pressed play again. Terrible.

Lativa: 5/10, Pop song, tick, haircuts tick, performance tick, performers - ermmm... yeah should qualify.

Lithuania: 2/10, "pork on my fork" type rhyming.

Macedonia: -10/10, HI BYE.

Malta: 2/10, It's not a ballad, what did the Doctor do?

Moldova: 0/10, NO GRANNY NO POINTS!

Netherlands: 7/10, Bit of a U2 vibe to this, it's good, but will it stand out?

Norway: 8/10, Clap, clap, shake, shake, hey, hey, woo, woo. T&A margin, claps, easy song, and a good rhythm will help this entry. Should be top 10. And if it's a warm summer night across Europe... who knows?

Poland: 6/10, Funky, dancey, should do better than it will.

Portugal: -100/10, Easily my favourite song of the contest, Portugal return to their roots of sending mad rubbish nobody else will understand or vote for, this will struggle to score a single point. Fantastic!

Romania: 8/10, On the plus side, we see his sex & painful wee face in the same song... but I don't think this is going to be a first win for Romania.

Russia: 10/10, What I believe to the likely winner, and he's not so bad looking himself. Loud, memorable, easy to understand... a good performance and we'll be back to Moscow for 2012.

San Marino: 9/10, And another great song, would be great for such a small "country" to win, but in the meantime I'd really like them to qualify with this.

Serbia: 9/10, they've found the 60s, and a good sounding pop song with it... this should make top 5 easily.

Slovakia: 3/10, Twins, climbing all over a car, not sure this will translate to the stage.

Slovenia: 1/10, I think that Eurovision has moved on from these sorts of songs...

Spain: 2/10, Un Bloody Mary, por favor!

Sweden: 1/10, Justin Timberlake, rhyming impossible with possible, smashing glass, loud, pop song, he's not unattractive. Did anyone mention he can't sing?

Switzerland: 0/10, Bit of a copy of Lena from last year (which I hated), so this has to die a death, boo!

Turkey: 4/10, err no.

Ukraine: 5/10, not quite what we've come to expect from the Ukraine recently, which is a shame.

United Kingdom: 10/10, well, it's a Blue song... it's a decent pop song, I've not been here with the UK entry for a long time... top 5, come on guys!