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10.4.03

Eurovision - the songs


So, where's that review of the Eurovision songs that Chig promised? Apologies - I had trouble finding an MP3 of Belgium, so only heard it on Monday. That night though, myself and twelve other poufs dedicated Eurovision fans watched the preview videos 'live' on Turkish TV, so I'm adjusting the reviews slightly to take those into account, and will reveal all in a few days. In the meantime though, I've made a list this evening of my 26 songs in rough order of preference. See below.

The official website is now a positive galaxy of useful stuff. Every song available as MP3 downloads, all videos available for download, photos of every artist and the lyric to every song. Go to Participants and pick your country from there.

The website also reveals in passing that there's a nightclub in Riga called the Pupu Lounge. Lovely.

Chig's list so far...
Love 'em!:
Latvia (Loved it the moment I heard it, and 25 more songs later, it's still my favourite - and then I saw the video. Swoon!)

Russia (Shouty brilliance, with 'scandal' attached.)
Ukraine (Totally original - love it. Unlike the Norwegian media.)
Turkey (Excellent modern pop.)

Very good:
Spain
Romania (Moving up after seeing the fantastic video - a self-fulfilling
prophecy if it wins?)
Iceland
B&H (Rocketed up the list after seeing the homoerotic video. Oddly enough,
it won the combined vote of 13 poufs on Monday night too.)
France (Sliding down my list slightly.)

Good:
Germany (Cute video)
Slovenia (Slumped after hearing how crap the English lyric is - should have
been left in Slovenian.)
Poland (Thought this was awful at first, now being sucked in by it and the
new romantic video!)
Norway

Okay:
Ireland
Croatia
Estonia (See what the singer thinks about Tallinn being 'a paradise for gays')
Sweden
Belgium
Malta (Interview here.)

Not so good:
Cyprus (but better than it was)
Netherlands
UK (It hurts me to say it.)
Greece

Appalling:
Austria (Saved from bottom place by at least being original.)
Israel (No redeeming qualities whatsoever)
Portugal (Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz)

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