Watching it on the BBC, the worst part of the show would have to again be the commentary. Sara Cox's 90s laddette humour is more pathetic everytime you see it. Their humour seemed to be limited to 'foreign countries are funny!', as exemplified by the comment 'Baku? It sounds like the name of an IKEA table lamp' and Cox's idiotic attempts at trying to say good luck in Icelandic. Scott Mills began a weird and somewhat bigoted twitter speculation on whether contestants were 'gay and european.' (why would their being 'european' be questioned? This is a european contest. The United Kingdom is in Europe too)as if their sexuality and nationality needed to be very clearly established.
Terrible BBC commentary aside, there's not much to really comment on in last night's semi. Everyone who got through was pretty much who was expected to get through, with the exception possibly of Malta.
Even the post-show draw didn't throw any curveballs, with favourites Sweden and Serbia occupying the 'winners corner' of the last half. The most interesting thing about it is the news that there was a tie for the tenth position in last nights semi.
So, with the semi finals being profoundly unshocking, the final may well go the same way. One of the disadvantages of the tightly-placed semis and final is that there's no room for changes, so we've already seen everything. Plus, the internet coverage of rehearsals provides massive spoilers for everything (even costumes aren't secret.)
It's almost a deterrent.
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