It's rehearsals time! YAY!!!

So.... this afternoon/morning/night (depending where you are) rehearsals for Eurovision kicked off.



Now, obviously these are just the first rehearsals so you can't really tell much about the end product, but you can tell a few things... so pretty much regard this post as filled with BIG SPOILERS!!!!


Montenegro:
Disappointingly straight-looking, but there's potential for something ridiculous to come.... I hope. That EuroNeuro banner definitely leaves the potential for hijinks. Is never going to qualify, so yeah... let's move on*

Iceland:
These two are so pro. This song is so cool (in every sense, they're from Iceland!)

Latvia:
Still boring

Greece:
I'm thinking this song is going to flop out like Armenia last year. Eleftheria's only move seems to be to shake her hair around a bit. God, does that look stupid.

Albania:
I'm rooting for this one. Come on, people, this is just the first rehearsal, that woman has pipes!

Romania:
Looks more promising than before, a bit fun.

Switzerland:
It seems like this song has been around forever now. This one was first previewed like last September or so. So if it's not made an impression yet, it never will.

Belgium:
Will never like this song. Annoyingly false. Annoyingly bland, and provides a nice toilet break.

Finland
Still under-rated. Still a bit sappy. Green is a good colour for red-heads.

Latvia: Now with improved English

Latvia's entry has been altered a bit. Oh, don't worry, concerned readers, it's still bad! The lyrics are just slightly more grammatically correct (as far as dodgy songs can be grammatically correct)

The more I see of Anmary and this song, the less I get it, or understand where it's trying to go. The video seems so po-faced and serious, but the lyrics and theme of the song are just so appallingly stupid. I seriously thing this should be a comedy entry, but this video suggests they really do intend to play it straight.

Or this joke is being too subtle? I dunno, maybe this is a very covert Silvia Night.

Latvia: Beautiful Song, Anmary

Oh, this has one of those titles that's just ASKING for trouble. Beautiful Song? More like Ugly Song, More like Stupid Song, More like Shit Song, More like Embarrasing Song. You see?

The opening lines are cringeingly bad.

#I was born in a distant 1980
The year the Irish Johnny Logan won#

Congratulations, you're 32.

#Now he's old, you know, still kind of famous#

In a way, I suspect, that you never will be.

I've already said that comedy entries have passed their peak. This is a semi-comedy entry, I suppose. It's a song about wanting to be a Eurovision winner, and being famous from it. Kudos for a lack of Abba references, but Mick Jagger references are sooooooo last year!

Songs actually about winning the Eurovision never do well. Comedy entries are notable for being really over-the-top and ridiculous. This one, perhaps sensing the shifting tide, is a bit modestly silly. It starts with her as some sort of of naive country girl outfit and then !!!!!OBVIOUS COSTUME CHANGE ALERT!!!! changing into a long black skirt. It doesn't work. To me, the overall affect is, whatever!  If you're singing a song about how you're going to win the Eurovision and you're going to be really famouse you need to do it in a really extravagant, brash and cocky manner. You need to be Silvia Night, Dustin, LT United. Anmary looks like someone who doesn't want to seem completely ridiculous. Look at her sexy-girl styling in the semi-final. It defeats the purpose, somewhat.