Badger’s Eurovision Round Up, Part Deux

Well, we said if you asked we would, and we are true to our word.  Amadeus said the following:

Hello Badger,
I liked the songs of Italy and Belguim too. Please let me know what you thought of those songs?
And what about Australia to enter the competition?
Thanks big berenknuffel
Amadeus

So…

Australia

Well there is a reason I didn’t touch on this one in the first roundup, and that’s because I was trying to pretend it didn’t happen, but you did ask.

There seems to be a growing fashion amongst younger men to wear trousers with elasticated bottoms, and what appears to be deck shoes?  The sooner those of you with a Y chromosome realise that this is totally unacceptable and move on, the less traumatised the rest of us will be.  Men should wear socks, fact.  Why have I digressed into fashion when that is clearly Annie’s area of expertise?  Well, Australian entry, first impressions count I’m afraid, and those trousers certainly made an impression.  Cream coloured and tight around the calves and ankles, but with a low hanging crotch, the nearest caparison I can make is with a badly fitted pair of jodhpurs.  With the navy suit jacket and tie combo he looked like he was ready to enter a dressage competition, where the judge would have told him to tuck his shirt in and sort his tie out.  But it’s fashion, what do I know?  That’s Annie’s area, so I has asked if she would like to do a Eurovision fashion report.

The problem was of course, that this outfit, along with the hotpants that I haven’t touched on distracted from the song, and made it very difficult to give a fair review!  So, having closed my eyes the nearest comparison I can make is to 911’s early work.  You remember 911 don’t you? ’90s diminutive boy band? Sure you do.  So, for a 90’s boy band impression the song was fine I guess.  Did not really touch on the building bridges theme, but Australia is so far away they probably don’t know about the troubles in Europe.  Also they obviously spent a lot of time and effort choosing their outfits, so well done for that, chaps.  For a first try it was OK.  Form your own opinion below.

Belgium

With more strobes than a bad horror movie I am surprised half the audience didn’t end up fitting during the Belgium entry.  Opening on what looked like an interpretive dance troop all in white, the singer was contrasted in a black suit, which did serve to make him stand out.  There was a backing beat, but the backing music came from the people in white, which was a very clever idea, and the song itself was entirely unique and very clever.  The choreography was interesting, there was a point when he was stroking his own face, presumably he forgot his comforter, and another point where he was randomly lying on the floor.  I did worry that the strobes had got him, but it seems he was supposed to be down there.

So, a clever song, and using voices as a backing track was both innovative and different from anything I’ve heard in a long time.  Sort out the strobes and the slightly weird gyrating (don’t get me wrong, I’m sure lots of people liked the gyrating, just not really my cup of tea) and this would have had more votes I think.  It’s hard to pick up the phone and vote if you are trying to avoid severe over strobing (if this isn’t a thing it is now).

Video posted below, but be warned, it contains flashing images, strobe lights and what appears to be interpretive dance.  You click at your own risk.

Italy

Last but not least the Italian entry. Rather like the three tenors (because there were three of them, and they were tenors) this entry was rather good.  Classical voices singing in Italian, in the classical style.  They are classically handsome in classic suits too, which was obviously going to help.  Someone obviously told them to make love to the camera too, which led to them trying a bit too hard in my view, and I did have to contain a shudder.  You’ll spot it now I’ve mentioned it.  Have a look below.

Have we missed something you would like us to touch on? Or perhaps there is something you feel would really benefit from a Newsnibbles review?  Post a comment below and we will do our best to accommodate you.

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