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4.5.04
14 - Russia - Believe Me - Julia Savicheva

Blimey! Women are like buses. [I’ve removed a very bad taste joke from here, but you can insert your own.] You wait all that time, and then here’s another one.
Last year, we also had a Julia from Russia. She was one of those t.A.T.u twins, and she was nothing but trouble, so let’s hope that this one’s nice, at least. First impressions imply otherwise though, especially if you are concerned about eating disorders. Julia clearly isn’t: “Bulimia? Just don’t care,” she sings, heartlessly, in the opening line, before you realise it’s just a pronunciation problem. She has a problem with the word ‘shoulder’ too, but let this not detract from the fact that this is a cracking good pop song. Julia stands on stage in the video, strumming her guitar like (to quote my friend Andy) Olga Lavigne. She’s receiving adulatory applause from the audience, and has a really exciting pyrotechnic display too, until you realise that it’s all cut’n’paste. The audience is there for someone else, and when she’s performing, there’s no evidence of an audience for her. Weird.
Love the track though – it’s very catchy, and if she brushes up on her English pronunciation, this should be top ten.

15 - Qualifier from the semi-final.
16 - Qualifier from the semi-final.

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