"One thing that became apparent over the last week...was that despite a strong voice and a winning personality, Josh simply lacked the experience of his competitors.We wuz robbed! Again...
"Last night saw MTV Award winners, Pop Idol victors and former Eurovision champions take to the stage. They handled the audience and television cameras like seasoned professionals. It was unfair to expect a novice to share their poise and confidence."
- Mark Savage, BBC Eurovision blog.
Despite all the hoo-ha about a brand new Pete Waterman song, the UK's Eurovision entry That Sounds Good To Me sung by the lovely Josh Dubovie obviously didn't sound good to the voters. We came last, as bloc-voting by our European "allies" came to the fore once again.
It wasn't that bad a song - we all scored it quite highly at our party - and compared to the likes of Spain, Cyprus or Belarus it was positively Cole Porter...
We were most disappointed with our other high-scorers, Iceland (who only stumped up 41 points) and Albania (who scraped up 62 points). At least Greece got a respectable 140 - Opa!!
However, it becomes really obvious that there is more than just music being voted for when a steaming pile of doggy-doo like Apricot Stone (Armenia) can get 141 points, that bloody awful Walking in Memphis-rip-off from Belgium gets 143 points, the putrid Russian entry gets points from all its neighbours, and that dire Turkish entry can come second. As for the winner, ho hum - what the Eurovision Song Contest really needs is a nasal Gabriella Cilmi-lookie-likey singing a song ripped entirely from the Ting-Tings. I don't think so...
There were some very good entries among the dross - I rather liked the Ukraine entry (she has a great voice), and Moldova's dancy number and Romania's techno pianos were both great. There were, of course, some spectacular outfits and pyrotechnics galore, and some (un)intentionally hilarious moments - the best image of the evening was that large lady from Iceland sitting at her table next to a smoking model of a volcano, what the Belarus entry lacked in a song they made up for with corny butterfly wings, and Moldova positively exploded onto the stage!
The totty level was quite high, too - Norway, Israel and France all had high scores in the "phwoooar" factor! ...
Of course, in reality none of it matter in comparison to the hilarity and fun of our party - flags, food and booze from all nations, scorecards, national costumes, lots of shouting at the telly and dancing - can't wait till next year!!!
And at least dear little Josh is still smiling, bless him...
