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The UK entry.

I like it.

 

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It feels a bit unremarkable, which doesn't feel great for a Eurovision song. 

No idea what is good for a Eurovision song anymore though tbh, I think Olly Alexander has some kind of following which I guess is good. 

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gingerjon

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The Dutch entry is quite the thing

 

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I still haven't got over Cha Cha Cha not winning last year. 🟢🟢🟢

I like the UK entry. Nice to see a 'current' pop star giving it a go with plenty of enthusiasm.

Will it win? Who knows.

Just embrace the madness.

12 months ago, I never knew how much I would enjoy Finnish rap music! 😀

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Eurovision judges like humorous uplifting songs. As usual, the UK's picked a clunker. That video is like an advert for a private psychiatry practice.

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1 hour ago, Wolford6 said:

Eurovision judges like humorous uplifting songs. As usual, the UK's picked a clunker. That video is like an advert for a private psychiatry practice.

But if the humorous song is a bit too pleased with itself, or there's a gimmick that's belaboured too far, the judges and public can turn on them. You can never entirely predict what will play well, except that cynical/lazy/desperate copies of the previous year's winner usually do very badly.

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3 hours ago, Wolford6 said:

Eurovision judges like humorous uplifting songs. 

The above misconception is probably why the UK doesn't allow the public to choose its entries anymore.

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31 minutes ago, John Drake said:

The above misconception is probably why the UK doesn't allow the public to choose its entries anymore.

Going back over recent-ish winners, it's certainly both hard to spot a trend and hard to find one that really meets the criteria of 'humorous' and 'uplifting'.

At least the UK appears to have moved on from "cheap but camp as Christmas" or "veteran with no staging budget" as its entries.

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Does every Serb entry look and sound like this?

 

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Very enjoyable first semi-final last night, I thought. I don't actively dislike any of the songs, but the ones that stood out for me...

Ireland: Blimey! The song is very shouty and disjointed, but the performance was everything. Like a musical nightmare. Disturbing, but brilliant. Fair play to them doing something different. It's in another universe to Johnny Logan or Jedward. I'm glad it qualified. I wouldn't choose to listen to this kind of music, but I want to see this again. 

Croatia: I loved this one. Easy to see why it is one of the big favourites to win. Lively, colourful performance and a chant-along chorus that gets the audience involved. Cha Cha Cha, er, sorry, I mean Rim Tim Tagi Dim!

Finland: If the UK had done something like this at Eurovision, I'm sure I would have hated it, but this was pure fun. The Austin Powers style camerawork was genius. The chap doing the bulk of the singing while Windows95Man prats about in the background has a decent voice too.

Lithuania and Ukraine were the other stand-outs for me.

Nice to see the 'big five' and the host country getting to perform during the semi-finals, even though they don't have to qualify.

The United Kingdom performance by Olly Alexander won't be everyone's cup of tea, but after years (and years, geddit?) of moaning that we don't send established stars or make much of an effort with staging, both those criticisms can be binned off this year. I don't think it can win, there are better songs in the contest and the performance will no doubt alienate as many as it enthuses, but if this doesn't do better than James 'Double-0' Newman or Jemini on Saturday, there ain't no justice.

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Thanks for your input.

Barring one or two obviously weak efforts (hello Poland!), cutting five from last night's semi would have been pretty close at the bottom. Croatia are looking like a very good bet, while Ireland's is like a heavy metal Lene Lovich*.

All entries are staged in the round this year, which some contestants adapted to better than others.

*reference point for the teenagers, there.

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