And believe it or not, Simon Cowell is not involved (that I can tell but am sure he is in the shadows somewhere - part of the Illuminati of the music industry).
The Winner - Norway - with a guy who reminded my of Fivel sang with a violin. It was pretty good and since the competition is supposed to be about the song, acceptable as a winner. oh yea - he won by the largest total score ever.
Portugal - fun up beat tune. sounded like something you'd here in a local taxi on holiday. It was ok.
Thats really all I'll bore you with. Some of the other songs were typical europop trash, sone had local/folk influences and some were just plan bad. A few were ok but wouldn't want to hear them more than twice. If you judge a country and its people by its musical/entertainment out put, I'd hate to know what people think of the US... oh wait - I get that everyday since most peopl ethink its just like the movies and tv...
Eurovision... think of it as American Idol where each state puts forth an act (solo or group) to sing. Except that each country in Europe is involved. THey do it in stages and i think only broadcast the finals. But you have to be in the top 25 acts (out of about 40 or so) to make the finals. Voting tends to be very political (eastern europe voting for each other and so on) and a bit of a popularity contest - several countries put local/regional personalities up. Whilst others hold national talent contests.
It definitely makes you wonder deeply about the cultural state of some of these countries. A few highlights are...
The Winner - Norway - with a guy who reminded my of Fivel sang with a violin. It was pretty good and since the competition is supposed to be about the song, acceptable as a winner. oh yea - he won by the largest total score ever.Isreal - making a political statement - surprised?? - had two female singers an Isreali Jew and an Israeli Arab singing "There must be another way"... 'nuff said.
France - decent song song by one of the top French personalities. She was gorgeous, only lacking a cigarette and wine glass to be stereotypically French. good overall - I did turn on the subtitles to understand the lyrics through most of the program...
Portugal - fun up beat tune. sounded like something you'd here in a local taxi on holiday. It was ok.
Iceland - nice ballad sung by a gorgeous, albeit young - 18 i think, girl. She came in second, which was a really good result I'd think.
Greece- this is one that really made me laugh hard. really hard. The guy singing was an Olympic gymnast or something and had some really bad backup singers/dancers that was like watching a Janet Jackson or boy band dress rehearsal from the early 90s. The lead reminded me of the old "Wanna disco" SNL sketch... definitely thought highly of himself.
Thats really all I'll bore you with. Some of the other songs were typical europop trash, sone had local/folk influences and some were just plan bad. A few were ok but wouldn't want to hear them more than twice. If you judge a country and its people by its musical/entertainment out put, I'd hate to know what people think of the US... oh wait - I get that everyday since most peopl ethink its just like the movies and tv...
On the other side of things - I had to go up north to a little town - Wigan - for work. Small, nothing there, boring...
Also for your trivia knowledge - the word heckling (heckler) was derived from the textile trade back in the nineteenth century in Scotland (specifically Dundee). Heckling meant to tease or comb the flax and hemp fibres. The hecklers in Dundee were infamous for interrupting politicians and as part of their daily routine would actually argue about the news during work. Apparently they were a radical and belligerent group, I'd blame it on the job. Combing fibres is probably a bit boring.
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