D"usseldorf, guten Tag!!!
Well, this year started off modest, yet modern, not too much and yet not too less. Lena Meier didn't sing at the opening, perhaps she'll sing during the final opening, but then again, she's once again the german contestant and 2 times Lena is just 1 time too much.
Well, off with the review of the first contestants, I'll start with those who didn't make it to the final on Saturday.
Poland: Girl, you sang off the tune, horrible. She looked good and I haven't heard the song otherwise but live during the semi, so perhaps it is a good song and she might even sing well. But not in the semi. In my opinion one of the worse performances of the evening.
Norway: Haba haba huba huba babubabaubaaaa... kidding. Loved it. Loved the charismatic singer, her dancing. Loved the song. I really don't why it didn't get through, perhaps Haba Haba didn't sound European enough?
Albania: Powerful voice, powerful song, powerful performance. Was absolutely one of my favorites. It did have strong competition from Georgia, with kinda similar style of song and voice. It's really a pity that Albania didn't make to the final.
Armenia: I guess the studio version of this song is a catchy summer dance tune. The live performance was really bad. I can't tell who sang off tune more: the singer of the backing vocal. Gosh, Armenians are in shock. Dutch, Belgian and German diaspora couldn't vote, guess that's the reason why Emmy is out of the final. But if you ask me, she didn't deserve getting into the final anyway, so.. justice it is.
Turkey: I simply love the fact that Turkey is sending rock musicians every now and then. This entry wasn't as great as 2009, but still very very very very nice!!! I'm really surprised that Turkey is out of the finals, although this snakechick in the back wasn't adding anything to the song and worked more distracting.
Croatia: OMG... awful. Bad song, ugly performer, stupid dresses and what's with the dude??? Gothic addict DJ??? This was for me the worst performance of the whole night!
Malta: ehm... yeah.... simply bad. Don't even remember it. Just a regular dancesong, nothing worth paying attention to.
San Marino: awww, thanks for tryin guys. Now, goodbye!! No, seriously, such a song could only work for countries that are already in the final. But not for San Marino. They're still learning, so...
Portugal: always original, always different, always... bad. This was bad, though the idea is clear, even funny... the song is even catchy. But it was baaaaaaaaad....
Well, now those who DID get into the final on Saturday:
Serbia: oh Nina, if I only had your eyes, your figure, your smile, your voice... I'd be performing on Eurovision! Nice song, very well sang, nice visuals... one of the better ones in my opinion.
Lithuania: not my piece of cake. SEMAHAVIEE sounds more Swahili than French... but well, she sang excellent and I guess people liked it.
Greece: I liked it!!!! Yes I liked it!!! Even the stupid rap part didn't bother me enough not to like it!!!
Azerbajdjan: Decent song, decent performance, not sparkling enough to become a winner, but might well be top 5. Always On My Mind was a better entry anyway.
Georgia: My fsvorite so far!!! Rocked like a hurricane!!! Tiny girl with a huge voice. A mix of Albania and Turkey and with all the right ingredients to beat those two and get into the final!
La Suisse: big surprise it got through! I liked the song, the way it was performed, it reminded me of the good old early 70s Eurovision. I'm really wondering how it's gonna end Saturday.
Hungary: well, does my jaw hit the floor or what?? She sang off tune!!! And looked like a drag!!! Why is this in the final and not Albania or Turkey or Norway???
Finland: Ugh... the song is nice. I'll just leave other comments out.
Russia: RedOne (Radwan the Arab?) wrote a lousy song, Lady gaga refused to sing it and silly russians bought it?? Sad... why not just sing in Russian and use Russian talent instead??? Well, no surprise it's in the final.. Vorobyev is hot, so many gay voters for him.
Iceland: wait, I've just seen this.. oh that was Finland. I guess this is the jury vote, not my thingy though. Think this one will be somewhere in the lowest regions this Saturday.
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