Absolutely the best TV event of the year, beats the world cup by miles. Everything about ESC 2010 was incredible. The hosts were amazing, particularly Erik Solbakken who did so many random, bizarre things on live TV that I shall forever have respect for him. The artists were all incredible, all of the entries have been growing on me and I don't hate any of them now. The interval act was the best interval act I have ever seen in my life for anything, I had goosebumps and I was shaking afterwards because of how amazing it was. I somehow felt inspired, like I could do anything. I can't figure out why, but I did.
Particularly 'stand out' performances for me were:
Jon Lilygreen and The Islanders (Cyprus) - I felt sorry for his poor guitar, as he seemed to have covered it in gaffa tape, perhaps due to a hideous accident that damaged the poor thing? I expected his vocals not to hold out for the performance, so I was delighted when they did. I've loved the song since I first heard it months ago, so I was really quite disappointed with its placement of 21st place.
Tom Dice (Belgium) - I was blown away by how strong his performance in the semi final was, and I was thrilled that it was just as strong, if not stronger, for the actual final. There's just something incredibly charming about a man singing a song about his guitar, whilst just playing his guitar. It was simple, strong and quirky, and I loved it.
Giorgos Alkaios and Friends (Greece) - As usual, an incredibly strong Greek performance. They haven't not qualified since 2000, I think, so it's hardly any surprise that the Greek act would be amazing. Some criticised the song for being 'too Greek' but I think that's what makes it good, they stayed true to their roots (something the UK could do with thinking about for 2011...) and pulled off an incredible performance. Giorgos' dad dancing also put a smile on my face...
Jessy Matador (France) - I hadn't seen the stage show for this song as it was one of the Big Four and qualified automatically, so it wasn't at either semi final, so I was worried that it wouldn't match the recorded version - I was wrong. I particularly loved whatever it was that they did at the end (it began with a 'H', apparently?) as it somehow made the performance feel 'more French', not sure how but it did.
Lena (Germany) - Hadn't seen the stage show for this either, so again I was worried that it wouldn't be as good as expectation suggested it would. Lena's vocals were a bit off at one or two points, but I think that just comes with the territory of performing live. Anyway, I loved her performance and I was glad that she won.
Harel Skaat (Israel) - I've made it no secret that I kind of love this man now. His song was incredibly powerful and I could feel the emotion he had when he really got into it at the end. I never predicted or expected that I'd feel so moved by a Eurovision song. I identified with the lyrics in this song, as well as being able to experience the emotion I got from it. I would be disappointed that it didn't place higher than 14th, but 14 is my 'favourite number', so I'm actually really happy about it.
Oslo did an incredible job of hosting Eurovision this year, and I think it's going to be incredibly hard to beat by Germany in 2011. I had a good ESC experience this year, particularly due to the fact that I was tweeting throughout the semis and the final alongside several big ESC fans (@tugcefindikoglu, @TomKei and a few more) and getting to see so many opinions of others. I was disappointed with the UK coming last, especially as it was obvious that our act, Josh Dubovie, had enthusiasm in bucket loads for the whole thing and really didn't deserve to come last. The votes this year seemed to be slightly more political than last in my opinion, but I'm not trying to excuse why he came last - he came last because the song was too outdated for this year's competition, especially when so many other countries had modernised (Germany, France, Belgium...) and produced songs that sounded good, looked good and were actually promoted. Why we can't send somebody already well known is beyond me...
So there we have it, Eurovision is over for another year and I'm already looking forward to the next. What's great about it being over is that I've discovered tons more music through it, particularly Eric Saade :)
Besos ♥
Rachel
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Saturday, 29 May 2010
Happy
Just a quick post to address two things. Firstly, today is the five month anniversary of this blog, so I thought I should definitely pop in to say thank you to everybody that has been alongside me, reading everything I write. Thank you :)
Secondly, tonight was the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest final and I am still 'buzzing' from the exctiement of the evening. Oslo put on an INCREDIBLE show and the flashmob interval act was amazing. The competition was incredibly tight, and I loved so many songs this year that I really can't be sad about the fact that the UK came last. It's Germany 2011 to look forward to now :D This year was absolutely incredible and will stick in my mind for being the best ESC in my lifetime so far. My fellow tweeters also made the event amazing, and I had so much fun reading what everybody had to say as well as commenting myself. I have a feeling that I just won't sleep tonight. After the songs finished (and Spain had performed again due to stagecrashing from an apparant 'fan') - I was genuinely shaking with excitement and I've actually never felt anything like it.
Will be back tomorrow for a proper blog. Just wanted to get this out before midnight to celebrate the five month anniversary and just get my current thoughts down on paper (well, not technically) on what an amazing evening this has been. Some people in my year went to a house party tonight...I bet they didn't have as much fun as I did :)
Besos ♥
Rachel
Secondly, tonight was the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest final and I am still 'buzzing' from the exctiement of the evening. Oslo put on an INCREDIBLE show and the flashmob interval act was amazing. The competition was incredibly tight, and I loved so many songs this year that I really can't be sad about the fact that the UK came last. It's Germany 2011 to look forward to now :D This year was absolutely incredible and will stick in my mind for being the best ESC in my lifetime so far. My fellow tweeters also made the event amazing, and I had so much fun reading what everybody had to say as well as commenting myself. I have a feeling that I just won't sleep tonight. After the songs finished (and Spain had performed again due to stagecrashing from an apparant 'fan') - I was genuinely shaking with excitement and I've actually never felt anything like it.
Will be back tomorrow for a proper blog. Just wanted to get this out before midnight to celebrate the five month anniversary and just get my current thoughts down on paper (well, not technically) on what an amazing evening this has been. Some people in my year went to a house party tonight...I bet they didn't have as much fun as I did :)
Besos ♥
Rachel
Friday, 28 May 2010
Five
I said I'd get round to doing it, and now here I am. Here I plan to talk you through the five Eurovision entries that automatically qualified as I promised I would several days ago.
My favourite of these five has to be Didrik Solli-Tangen with My Heart Is Yours for Norway. They've had a really strong two years in my opinion, and I think it helps that Didrik is the sort of singer you fall in love with after the first few seconds of the song. I've had it in my head all day and was silently singing it to myself as I walked home from school. I'm hoping he can pull of the big notes on the night.
Second favourite is definitely Germany (Satellite - Lena). Lena's quirky charm seems to capture me each time I hear the song, and much like Mr Solli-Tangen's entry, it gets stuck in my head over and over again. My only worry is whether or not she can capture the simple charm of the song on a huge stage in a massive arena. I'm sure she's up to the task though. The lyrics continue to amuse me in the way they're incredibly random (I left on the porch light for you, I bought new underwear, they blue, etc etc). Being a teenager, I think this could be a hit with my generation.
In third it has to be France. Jessy Matador with Allez Ola Olé is definitely the most 'out-there' entry I could have ever imagined France would send. I think it's definitely going to be added to my summer playlist, it's a good song that you can just dance to without needing to understand. I'm hoping they don't use too many on-stage gimmicks though, that would ruin it.
In joint fourth (because I really can't decide) - it's Spain's Daniel Diges with Algo Pequenito (there should be a tilde over the 'n', I just can't get it on my keyboard) and our very own Josh Dubovie with That Sounds Good To Me. I'm hoping that after tomorrow evening, I can rate Josh much higher, however the only live performance I've seen is the national selection...which was a bit naff to be honest. There's something very feelgood and happy about Josh's song though, and being a complete and total pop fan, of course I love the song. I haven't paid too much attention to Senor (again, tilde over the 'n') Diges so far, I'm hoping his Spanish charm will win me over on Saturday. There's something very mysterious yet likeable about his song. The theme they seem to be running with is a bit odd but I'm hoping he can pull it off on the night.
So there we have it, five songs, none of them needed to qualify as they were automatically in. What do YOU think?
Besos ♥
Rachel
My favourite of these five has to be Didrik Solli-Tangen with My Heart Is Yours for Norway. They've had a really strong two years in my opinion, and I think it helps that Didrik is the sort of singer you fall in love with after the first few seconds of the song. I've had it in my head all day and was silently singing it to myself as I walked home from school. I'm hoping he can pull of the big notes on the night.
Second favourite is definitely Germany (Satellite - Lena). Lena's quirky charm seems to capture me each time I hear the song, and much like Mr Solli-Tangen's entry, it gets stuck in my head over and over again. My only worry is whether or not she can capture the simple charm of the song on a huge stage in a massive arena. I'm sure she's up to the task though. The lyrics continue to amuse me in the way they're incredibly random (I left on the porch light for you, I bought new underwear, they blue, etc etc). Being a teenager, I think this could be a hit with my generation.
In third it has to be France. Jessy Matador with Allez Ola Olé is definitely the most 'out-there' entry I could have ever imagined France would send. I think it's definitely going to be added to my summer playlist, it's a good song that you can just dance to without needing to understand. I'm hoping they don't use too many on-stage gimmicks though, that would ruin it.
In joint fourth (because I really can't decide) - it's Spain's Daniel Diges with Algo Pequenito (there should be a tilde over the 'n', I just can't get it on my keyboard) and our very own Josh Dubovie with That Sounds Good To Me. I'm hoping that after tomorrow evening, I can rate Josh much higher, however the only live performance I've seen is the national selection...which was a bit naff to be honest. There's something very feelgood and happy about Josh's song though, and being a complete and total pop fan, of course I love the song. I haven't paid too much attention to Senor (again, tilde over the 'n') Diges so far, I'm hoping his Spanish charm will win me over on Saturday. There's something very mysterious yet likeable about his song. The theme they seem to be running with is a bit odd but I'm hoping he can pull it off on the night.
So there we have it, five songs, none of them needed to qualify as they were automatically in. What do YOU think?
Besos ♥
Rachel
Favourite
...is a word that I've used (typed) a lot over the past few days - mostly down to the excitement and tension of both Eurovision semi finals however I do feel that I've used it a lot. I'm currently still pretty impressed that all of my favourites (except one) from Eurovision made it through the semi finals. I'm also still convinced that I'm starting to fall in love with Harel (Israeli entry), but that's another story...
I wasn't shocked by the qualifiers (except perhaps Ukraine), it was a pretty tight competition and it was obvious who definitely wouldn't make it through before the show even began. Armenia was an OK song, quite catchy and the first time I heard it, it stuck in my head all day and just refused to leave. I'm also amazed at how anyone can have hair as long as Eva... Everybody on Twitter seemed to think that Harel Skaat's vocals were a bit off, but I only really noticed it at the end. Israel is still my favourite though. My dad summed it up as ''I know why you like the song, nice young man..." - yeah, thanks dad, I wanted to go bright red. I still can't (and won't) get my head around the Danish entry. It's a combination of about fifteen already existing songs and therefore it kind of just annoys me. It was obvious that Azerbaijan would make it through, although Safura's lovely running/singing combination at the end showed how bad her vocals can be. I didn't think it was a particularly strong performance, nor do I think the song is particularly worthy of winning (the Beyonce choreographer thing really doesn't sway me like it does some). Ukraine's entry this year was rather dull in comparison to recent years, and I was shocked that it made it through - I'm now starting to think it's a bit like Greece...it'll get through no matter how bad the song is (though Greece always send good songs). Romania's entry is very forgettable to me, it was OK but the piano arrangement was a bit odd and if you can't remember the song after...it's not THAT good, is it? I was pleased to see that everybody in the arena seemed to be rooting for Niamh Kavanagh for Ireland. Her vocals were a bit off but the song is so good in comparison to last year that I really didn't care. I was almost ecstatic that Cyprus got through. Nobody really seemed to believe in their song but I've loved it from when I first heard it. I'm hoping that it's going to be a bit of a 'dark horse' on Saturday night and really surprise people. I missed most of Georgia's performance as the Sky box decided to just stop working (damn Sky!) but I caught the end and was a bit surprised to see that she was, well, screaming the song. I still like it though. Finally there's Turkey...who were also guaranteed to get through despite the fact that their stage show probably caused several epileptic fits.
Saturday night's competition is looking like the best line up in years, and it seems incredibly tight (like the semi final last night). I've got quite a few favourites that are as follows:
#3 Norway - Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart Is Yours
#5 Cyprus - Jon Lilygreen and The Islanders - Life Looks Better in Spring
#7 Belgium - Tom Dice - Me and My Guitar
#9 Belarus - 3+2 feat Robert Wells - Butterflies
#10 Ireland - Niamh Kavanagh - It's For You
#11 Greece - Giorgos Alkaios and Friends - Opa
#12 UK - Josh Dubovie - That Sounds Good To Me (you can't not support your own country, just praying that the performance is vastly improved from the selection show)
#13 Georgia - Sofia Nizharadze - Shine
#18 France - Jessy Matador - Allez Ola Olé
#22 Germany - Lena - Satellite
#24 Israel - Harel Skaat - Milim
And I will get round to blogging about the 'big four' (including Norway) at some point before tomorrow evening, I promise! I'm also quite pleased that my favourites are spread throughout. I was also secretly pleased to know that Azerbaijan are performing first, as it means that their performance is more likely to be forgotten. It sounds horrible, I know, but I really don't think it's anything special or worthy of winning - spending lots and lots of money does not equal a decent song...and in my opinion it's not.
Besos ♥
Rachel
I wasn't shocked by the qualifiers (except perhaps Ukraine), it was a pretty tight competition and it was obvious who definitely wouldn't make it through before the show even began. Armenia was an OK song, quite catchy and the first time I heard it, it stuck in my head all day and just refused to leave. I'm also amazed at how anyone can have hair as long as Eva... Everybody on Twitter seemed to think that Harel Skaat's vocals were a bit off, but I only really noticed it at the end. Israel is still my favourite though. My dad summed it up as ''I know why you like the song, nice young man..." - yeah, thanks dad, I wanted to go bright red. I still can't (and won't) get my head around the Danish entry. It's a combination of about fifteen already existing songs and therefore it kind of just annoys me. It was obvious that Azerbaijan would make it through, although Safura's lovely running/singing combination at the end showed how bad her vocals can be. I didn't think it was a particularly strong performance, nor do I think the song is particularly worthy of winning (the Beyonce choreographer thing really doesn't sway me like it does some). Ukraine's entry this year was rather dull in comparison to recent years, and I was shocked that it made it through - I'm now starting to think it's a bit like Greece...it'll get through no matter how bad the song is (though Greece always send good songs). Romania's entry is very forgettable to me, it was OK but the piano arrangement was a bit odd and if you can't remember the song after...it's not THAT good, is it? I was pleased to see that everybody in the arena seemed to be rooting for Niamh Kavanagh for Ireland. Her vocals were a bit off but the song is so good in comparison to last year that I really didn't care. I was almost ecstatic that Cyprus got through. Nobody really seemed to believe in their song but I've loved it from when I first heard it. I'm hoping that it's going to be a bit of a 'dark horse' on Saturday night and really surprise people. I missed most of Georgia's performance as the Sky box decided to just stop working (damn Sky!) but I caught the end and was a bit surprised to see that she was, well, screaming the song. I still like it though. Finally there's Turkey...who were also guaranteed to get through despite the fact that their stage show probably caused several epileptic fits.
Saturday night's competition is looking like the best line up in years, and it seems incredibly tight (like the semi final last night). I've got quite a few favourites that are as follows:
#3 Norway - Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart Is Yours
#5 Cyprus - Jon Lilygreen and The Islanders - Life Looks Better in Spring
#7 Belgium - Tom Dice - Me and My Guitar
#9 Belarus - 3+2 feat Robert Wells - Butterflies
#10 Ireland - Niamh Kavanagh - It's For You
#11 Greece - Giorgos Alkaios and Friends - Opa
#12 UK - Josh Dubovie - That Sounds Good To Me (you can't not support your own country, just praying that the performance is vastly improved from the selection show)
#13 Georgia - Sofia Nizharadze - Shine
#18 France - Jessy Matador - Allez Ola Olé
#22 Germany - Lena - Satellite
#24 Israel - Harel Skaat - Milim
And I will get round to blogging about the 'big four' (including Norway) at some point before tomorrow evening, I promise! I'm also quite pleased that my favourites are spread throughout. I was also secretly pleased to know that Azerbaijan are performing first, as it means that their performance is more likely to be forgotten. It sounds horrible, I know, but I really don't think it's anything special or worthy of winning - spending lots and lots of money does not equal a decent song...and in my opinion it's not.
Besos ♥
Rachel
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Is that your ghost, or are you really there?
I was reading the blog of a girl I know with my friend earlier, and it really became apparant that my generation of people are completely obsessed with being almost clones of each other. I used to be one of these people, that is until year seven ended and I realised how utterly dull it was.
Even now we've left, people are still desperate to be the same as each other. Thankfully I won't have to see or speak to many of them again, however lots of them are going to the same college as me (I don't know why, they're failing at least half of their GCSEs...) and I'm dreading seeing them. It's all well and good talking about how college is a fresh start, but it isn't entirely. I'm hoping and praying that I'll meet people who are more like-minded, instead of just a new bunch of image-obsessed, selfish idiots.
I've never fully understood it. Why would anybody want to pretend to like everything someone else likes, just to fit in. I'd rather have only a few friends based on my own strengths, likes, dislikes etc, than lots of friends based on the strengths, likes and dislikes of basically nobody.
This girl (the one whose blog it was) is the sort of person that willingly will switch their opinion several times within just one conversation in order to please the others in the conversation. She's very much into being ''individual'' and ''outspoken'' but nothing she ever says or does is real. I don't understand it, why are people so image driven, so desperate to be the person somebody else supposedly wants them to be?
Why people can't just simply be themselves is beyond me, but it seems that each day more and more people I know are just giving in and being somebody they're really not. Surely, and I know this is a radical idea, but surely it is a much better idea to be yourself - and be proud of it.
I like music that nobody else seems to like - I hate so called 'indie' music with a passion but I love anything from Eurovision or similar. I genuinely would rather spend my Friday nights doing work (homework, revision, trying to learn random foreign words...) than drunk in a field somewhere. I wouldn't be caught dead going to the gig of a rubbish band somebody in my year is in - and no, I'm not being uncool...I'm being this concept called real, and sticking to my own opinions. I'd rather listen to my teachers and feel inspired by them than pick apart everything they say and humiliate them while they're trying to actually teach us something - that's no bad thing. I don't want a 'boyfriend' just so I can tell people I love someone and am loved back. And guess what? I don't care whether people are happy with that or not, because I'm fine with it...and nothing else really matters in the end, does it?
I know that sounds a little like I don't care what other people think about me, I do, of course I do. To say I didn't would be lying, because I think everybody does, even just a little bit. I'm more interested in how my peers view my own personality though, rather than how cool they think I am or similar. I'd much rather be liked by one person for being myself than ten people for being somebody else, wouldn't you?
I'll leave you with that little question and will (hopefully) be back later with a 'review' of the 5 already qualified ESC songs (what can I say, I'm obsessed...)
Besos ♥
Rachel
Even now we've left, people are still desperate to be the same as each other. Thankfully I won't have to see or speak to many of them again, however lots of them are going to the same college as me (I don't know why, they're failing at least half of their GCSEs...) and I'm dreading seeing them. It's all well and good talking about how college is a fresh start, but it isn't entirely. I'm hoping and praying that I'll meet people who are more like-minded, instead of just a new bunch of image-obsessed, selfish idiots.
I've never fully understood it. Why would anybody want to pretend to like everything someone else likes, just to fit in. I'd rather have only a few friends based on my own strengths, likes, dislikes etc, than lots of friends based on the strengths, likes and dislikes of basically nobody.
This girl (the one whose blog it was) is the sort of person that willingly will switch their opinion several times within just one conversation in order to please the others in the conversation. She's very much into being ''individual'' and ''outspoken'' but nothing she ever says or does is real. I don't understand it, why are people so image driven, so desperate to be the person somebody else supposedly wants them to be?
Why people can't just simply be themselves is beyond me, but it seems that each day more and more people I know are just giving in and being somebody they're really not. Surely, and I know this is a radical idea, but surely it is a much better idea to be yourself - and be proud of it.
I like music that nobody else seems to like - I hate so called 'indie' music with a passion but I love anything from Eurovision or similar. I genuinely would rather spend my Friday nights doing work (homework, revision, trying to learn random foreign words...) than drunk in a field somewhere. I wouldn't be caught dead going to the gig of a rubbish band somebody in my year is in - and no, I'm not being uncool...I'm being this concept called real, and sticking to my own opinions. I'd rather listen to my teachers and feel inspired by them than pick apart everything they say and humiliate them while they're trying to actually teach us something - that's no bad thing. I don't want a 'boyfriend' just so I can tell people I love someone and am loved back. And guess what? I don't care whether people are happy with that or not, because I'm fine with it...and nothing else really matters in the end, does it?
I know that sounds a little like I don't care what other people think about me, I do, of course I do. To say I didn't would be lying, because I think everybody does, even just a little bit. I'm more interested in how my peers view my own personality though, rather than how cool they think I am or similar. I'd much rather be liked by one person for being myself than ten people for being somebody else, wouldn't you?
I'll leave you with that little question and will (hopefully) be back later with a 'review' of the 5 already qualified ESC songs (what can I say, I'm obsessed...)
Besos ♥
Rachel
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
I am Sharing the Moment
Tonight was the first of two semi finals for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. I was thrilled to check my blog after it ended and see I'd had three Norwegian visitors - as Norway are this years host country. God kveld to you guys, whoever you are, your country put on an excellent show tonight :)
This evening was fun firstly because of the songs/artists/show put on at the Telenor Arena over in Norway/Oslo, however also because I was tweeting while watching the show and it was fun reading the tweets made by fellow ESC fans. There's always a great sense of community on Twitter during occasions like this, I love that :)
I'm also pleased as my three favourite entrants (Belarus, Belgium and Greece) made it into the final, and it seems that they're all much more well liked than people seem to be letting on, which makes me happy. I didn't particularly hate any of the qualifiers this year, which is good. I was amused by Serbia's entry, however I think ''ovo je balkan, ovo je balkan, ovo je..." will be going round my head from now until at least Saturday. Russia's entry is slowly growing on me - I'm viewing it this way: nothing can be more strange or dull than last year's entry in my eyes... Tonight was the first time I heard Moldova's entry, it was a bit odd but I liked the lit-up violin and it could have been much worse. I'm kind of glad that Bosnia and Herzegovina got through, as they're at least something different for the final on Saturday. Tom Dice looked incredibly nervous when they were announcing the results (as did I, probably...) but I'm insanely happy that he got through, and his blue guitar was incredibly cute :) I already have Juliana Pasha's song for Albania in my head, and I was singing it as I went downstairs a few minutes ago. ESC songs have a habit of sticking in my head for a VERY LONG TIME. Oh dear... I'm also insanely happy that Greece's entry got through as now I can walk around all week shouting ''OPAAAAAAA!'' at people and not be considered strange (well, maybe). I was shocked that Portugal got through, as I thought their entry was a bit dull to be honest - that, and she sounded like she was making some words up as she sung it. I loved the Belarussian entry, and I'm pleased that one got through too :) The butterfly wings were, well, a shock? They were OK, but they were also quite funny and distracted from the song. If the singers had turned into butterflies like in the video, they'd be guaranteed first place on Saturday... Finally there was Iceland. The singer, Hera Bjork, looks a bit like Chiara from last year. I found it slightly odd how she sung in two languages that aren't official ones for her country, but they are the ones spoken by the presenters so I suppose it works.
For the semi final on Thursday, I'm hoping that the following get through:
Israel - Harel Skaat - Milim (think I'm slightly in love with this man...)
Ireland - Niamh Kavanagh - It's for You (good old soppy love song)
Bulgaria - Miro - Angel si ti (he's following me on Twitter, how could you not support this man?!)
Cyprus - Jon Lilygreen and The Islanders - Life Looks Better in Spring (happy, happy, happy)
Georgia - Sopho (Sofia?) Nizharadze - Shine (another soppy one, but I love it anyway)
I also found myself ''sharing the moment'' earlier when I learnt that my friend and I had sat the same hideous English Literature exam this morning. Pretty dull news, I know, but it cheered me up for some unknown and probably bizarre reason. I'm also pretty sure I spotted a grammatical error in the text given to us this morning, oh well. Join me again either tomorrow (for something less ESC-ish) or Thursday (for something very ESC-ish) :D
Besos ♥
Rachel
This evening was fun firstly because of the songs/artists/show put on at the Telenor Arena over in Norway/Oslo, however also because I was tweeting while watching the show and it was fun reading the tweets made by fellow ESC fans. There's always a great sense of community on Twitter during occasions like this, I love that :)
I'm also pleased as my three favourite entrants (Belarus, Belgium and Greece) made it into the final, and it seems that they're all much more well liked than people seem to be letting on, which makes me happy. I didn't particularly hate any of the qualifiers this year, which is good. I was amused by Serbia's entry, however I think ''ovo je balkan, ovo je balkan, ovo je..." will be going round my head from now until at least Saturday. Russia's entry is slowly growing on me - I'm viewing it this way: nothing can be more strange or dull than last year's entry in my eyes... Tonight was the first time I heard Moldova's entry, it was a bit odd but I liked the lit-up violin and it could have been much worse. I'm kind of glad that Bosnia and Herzegovina got through, as they're at least something different for the final on Saturday. Tom Dice looked incredibly nervous when they were announcing the results (as did I, probably...) but I'm insanely happy that he got through, and his blue guitar was incredibly cute :) I already have Juliana Pasha's song for Albania in my head, and I was singing it as I went downstairs a few minutes ago. ESC songs have a habit of sticking in my head for a VERY LONG TIME. Oh dear... I'm also insanely happy that Greece's entry got through as now I can walk around all week shouting ''OPAAAAAAA!'' at people and not be considered strange (well, maybe). I was shocked that Portugal got through, as I thought their entry was a bit dull to be honest - that, and she sounded like she was making some words up as she sung it. I loved the Belarussian entry, and I'm pleased that one got through too :) The butterfly wings were, well, a shock? They were OK, but they were also quite funny and distracted from the song. If the singers had turned into butterflies like in the video, they'd be guaranteed first place on Saturday... Finally there was Iceland. The singer, Hera Bjork, looks a bit like Chiara from last year. I found it slightly odd how she sung in two languages that aren't official ones for her country, but they are the ones spoken by the presenters so I suppose it works.
For the semi final on Thursday, I'm hoping that the following get through:
Israel - Harel Skaat - Milim (think I'm slightly in love with this man...)
Ireland - Niamh Kavanagh - It's for You (good old soppy love song)
Bulgaria - Miro - Angel si ti (he's following me on Twitter, how could you not support this man?!)
Cyprus - Jon Lilygreen and The Islanders - Life Looks Better in Spring (happy, happy, happy)
Georgia - Sopho (Sofia?) Nizharadze - Shine (another soppy one, but I love it anyway)
I also found myself ''sharing the moment'' earlier when I learnt that my friend and I had sat the same hideous English Literature exam this morning. Pretty dull news, I know, but it cheered me up for some unknown and probably bizarre reason. I'm also pretty sure I spotted a grammatical error in the text given to us this morning, oh well. Join me again either tomorrow (for something less ESC-ish) or Thursday (for something very ESC-ish) :D
Besos ♥
Rachel
Monday, 24 May 2010
An extended tweet, really...
Ever had a moment where you just don't care? About anything at all? I'm having one of those now. It's like suddenly everything is falling into place and people that used to bother me don't have any relevance anymore. The worrying and endless studying and working is paying off. Summer has finally come around and brought an end to my (self diagnosed :P) seasonal affective disorder and I actually feel happy. That's all for today, come back soon for a proper blog post...
Besos ♥
Rachel
Besos ♥
Rachel
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