I would like to issue a formal apology for two reasons:
For one, I have mocked France for their lack of moustaches when they were singing about their inability to grow moustaches. I have dealt a terrible insult at the coldest of times.
Secondly, I have confused Armenia's wubs for Azerbaijan's fire starter, and am sorry for any injuries that this may have caused.
Also didn't expect Netherlands to finish this high. Yeah the song was decent, but ultimately boring, I think? Personally, my money was on the Hungary. Liked Iceland too. And Poland was so silly I really wanted it to win. And strange enough, seems like I was amongst 0,1% that actually though France had a cool song.
Despite everything though, booing Russia/whenever Russia got points was just wrong and it makes me effin sad.
I have a feeling that France didn't want to win [occasionally you get the big 5 fielding their weaker singers to make sure they don't have to pay for the next eurovision] but that was sad, and it was at least as good as Greece's [which isn't saying much]. Armenia demonstrated the best of dubstep, in that it is a buildup of guttural emotion and noise without once actually losing track of the rising melody or the message. As opposed to massive wubs for the sake of wubs. Netherlands I'd disagree as being boring, simply unusual to see in the eurovision. I'm not just saying they should have won because they were different, I'm saying they should have won because they were good! The chemistry was good, the song good, the set wasn't opulent, the whole thing kept my attention in a vice grip without loud noises or flashing lights, its soft and sonorous piece drawing you closer into the spinning cameras that wouldn't fucking stop revolving [which is not their fault in any case
]. Hungary's combination of soul and D&B was also quite a surprise, I thought their's was quite all right. I loved how fun Iceland was, and they were singing about a message that of course is always good for Eurovision. Germany had a pink-alike, though her song dragged on just a little and was close to being perfect for its genre.
Poland.
Switzerland was not lacking at all in ambition, I can't help but compare it to Rybak as obviously they were both keen on the violins; it worked for Switzerland [though not nearly as well] but was still a good song, the whistling just made it all the better; it has one of the most memorable melodies. Norway's ballad [ok, some may be tired of them, but this one still has a place with me] was good, Denmark's weird Bruno Mars/One Direction hybrid worked well despite me being apathetic or distasteful towards Bruno Mars and One Direction. Russia fielded one of their strongest singing groups in a while, and it's no secret that their booing can be attributed to the Ukraine crisis and the censorship of yesteryear, a proper shame that. I joke about the UK being the best, I honestly don't think they were, but they were actually genuinely good this year - I guess Europe just doesn't like victory anthems as much as we do. Y'all need some Freddie Mercury.
Looking over the voting scores and the points spread is interesting. Also in Belarus, both the public and the jury ranked Russia #1 [though not that surprising, especially considering at the high end the jury and the public both tend to hover around the same decision].
Unanimous consensus! That's something you see never!
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