Eurovision Reaction Thread

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I have been arguing about it for half an hour at work. :(

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[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Reaction in Slovenia was weird (I was in Ljubljana for a long weekend and watched it in a bar in the centre of the city). The Slovenes generally don't get along that well with their Balkan neighbours, and generally, there was booing of the performances by Serbia and Bosnia. Yet when the voting was announced, Slovenia gave Serbia 12 points, which confused me. Personally, I'm very disappointed that Ukraine didn't win, with the most camp Eurovision song since Dana International, whilst I also had high hopes for Germany's swing effort, and was thoroughly annoyed with Malta and Ireland for ruining our own nil points attempt.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I thought Germany's effort was horrible. That whole rat pack re-creation thing gives me the creeps at the best of times and it was like they'd purposefully ratcheted up the creepiness even further. Plus the lyrics were horrendously misogynistic.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Germany's current strategy seems to be unexpected genre pastiches - viz the country one last time (which I liked a LOT) (this one wasn't so hot).

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

People apparently like the rat pack re-creation thing. We had a fake Frank Sinatra at the Aber May Ball and apparently people not only enjoyed it due to the £10 free beer tickets as a result of Jamelia not turning up but they were quite excited about the whole thing beforehand. :( Horror, horror, horror.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Ah but if you like the actual Ratpack (as I do!) then you will have higher expectations! I thought Germany shouldn't have bothered as a) dude didn't have good enough voice/charm combination b) song was rub and they should have boshed it up halfway through.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Germany was terrible! Almost as bad as Ireland!