by vickyp » 25th May 08, 22:36
I was talked into watching this last night, and although I didn't see our entry I saw most of the others and the voting. The voting was totally predictable based mainly upon geography and politics and yes, they clearly hate us for not taking it seriously. However, the other countries (even France) were still singing in English because statistically the English songs have more chance of winning. Oh and if having an ice skater in a song contest isn't a gimmic I don't know what is.
Personally, my favourites were the Finnish Metal band (metal!! Axes!!) and the Pirates. They may have been disco pirates, but they had their own dance routine and I think I detected a chorus, which is more than I can say for most the other entries.
They don't want Page and Plant, they want sequins, costume changes and gimics. Give 'em Alice Cooper. (yes, I do know he's not English...but one of the Eastern Europen countries entered a Yank so why can't we)