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May. 14th, 2005 @ 11:19 am (no subject)
Good morning on the 3rd day of reheasals.

We are back to the top half of the draw with Austria due on at 11am which is about now as write.
Luckily i can watch it on the big screen while writing this up.

After yesterdays report I managed to catch Poland reaheasal before going home to freshen up.

Poland have a great position in the draw and as Keith said will pick up eastern votes.
Performance was good and this may have sneaked into my top 10 for qualification which surprised me.

Denmark surfaced after Poland so i was already in the bath when I heard they were on.
Sources including Keith told me the performance was competent with good backing singers.

Austria on now and their costumes are white and red with black in evidence as well.
Another good rehearshal from Austria.

Went out for dinner last night with a contingent that consisted in parts with the AKOE team and
the OnEurope team. We decided we are doing a sweepstake amongst us for the 10 qualifiers from the Semi.
The most right wins the Ukrainian pot of gold. We did an impromtue vote tally round the table based
on what we had seen in each countries first rehearsal.

And the ten countries that will qualify for the final are(in no particular order)

Hungary
Croatia
Romania
Iceland
Monaco
Norway
Ireland
Belarus
Netherlands
Poland

Austria,Switzerland and Israel just missed out on qualifying
and 7 countries failed to score at all.
They were Lithuania,Portugal,Latvia,Belgium,Andorra,Bulgaria and Slovenia.

Euroclub last night was attended after dinner and we had our Eurovision DJ from israel at last
with a 40minute set. The place was packed and includes scant female dancers, burly security, a casino and lots of locals
who pay to get in, We all get in free. If u want to sit down at a table u have to pay anything from 50 quid upwards
for the pleasure and drink that amount in alcohol. We were turfed off a table(4 of us) and worked out that at 1.5 quid a beer
we would all have to have drunk 8 half litres of beer to justify the seat. As if we would consume that much alcohol!!!

Righto more later off to rehearsals
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May. 14th, 2005 @ 11:35 am Y asi...Awakening
Current Mood: sleepy
I had a great plan to rise early this morning and give you my thoughts on Kyiv in general, and the venue in particular, but a little over indulgence in the Euroclub last night, and the 4am start on Friday meant that I slept in, and just made it to the Press Centre in time to catch the Austrian rehearsal. By Press Centre I mean the giant bouncy castle looking build at the end of the Eurovision universe. It is so far away from the arena and the press conferences that you never need to go to a gym here, you can just  run up and down the six flights of steps! I'll work on my thoughts on Kyiv and the Sports Palau as the day goes on and post them later. I also hope to have some photos later on today.

AUSTRIA
She's still in the red and black pinafore number and the boys are dressed in tracksuits. The stage looks amazing for this. The glass floor reflects some great old spooling video film strips. (it's hard to describe). Most of the focus is on the lead singer until half way through when the saxaphonist doubles as a yodeller, and he does a little dance with the singer. At times I was thinking that they were asking too much of him but he got better as the rehearsal went on. It's all quite charming, but the endless repitiiton of the title gets really annoying towards the end. There are two cheeky boys on the singers right trying to get attention by camping it up, but they have the co-ordination of epilectic caterpillar and it's all a bit distracting. Two more senior members on guitar and accordian on the left of the singer are more calm.

This was a good rehearsal, and they are certainly lively and they sound well, but I'm not sure that there's enough in it to leave a lasting impact after 24 other songs have been performed. Chances of qualifying : 30%

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May. 14th, 2005 @ 11:55 am Little by little...
LITHUANIA
Laura is now dressed in what I believe will be her outfit for Thursday night. A short white mini skirt and knee high white boots, but she's a bit of a Monet for me; from afar she really looks great but unfortunatly up close (and there are plenty of close ups) her features are not as attractive as I remember from the preview video, and in certain Dublin areas she might be described as a bit of a brasser! The performce is generally good. There's some nice interplay with "The Lovers" who now look a less like secret service agents and more like a real rock band. There's a nice side step shuffle (well Israeli doesn't need it this year) and the routine gets better with each performance and there's a bit of feeble dry ice towards the end. It's all very pleasant, even iif the stage isn't really used that well but in the end it's completly unsubstantial and again it suffers from a early draw. I just can't see this making it through. Chances of qualifying : 20%.

I'm now off to the first press confeence.
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May. 14th, 2005 @ 01:23 pm Portgal and Moldova
PORTUGAL
Now there is no country which I want to see win the contest as much as Portugal, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to wait a lot longer for my hoped for Eurovision visit to my beloved Lisboa. This now starts with some reverse somersaults from one of the backing dancers before the lights come up on Luciana and Rui. Rui looks great but Luciana has morphed innto a 2005 Cyndi Lauper wannabe complete with ra-ra skirt and a some arcitectural hair effects. There's tons of overly complicated dancing (if you remember the video from Adam & The Ants "Prince Charming" you will know what to expect. Lots of good camera work and the vocals are foreced without any sweetness, but there's one major lacking here; a song. There's no hook whatsoever and the mismash of English and Portuguese doesn't work. Chances of qualifying : 10% at best.

MOLDOVA
The most eagerly awaited rehearsal of the day, as Zbob (shi) Zbub were too busy touring rural parts of Moldova to be arsed turning up on Thursday. They took forever to setup and they needn't have bothered as far a I'm concerned. The lead singer dressed in a red tracksuit with a nice embroidered skirt to add to the effect hogs the limelight. Behind him two guitarist run around like demented muggers and a drummer and trumpeter barely get a look in. "Grandma" sits in her rocking chair (drum on her lap) for the first two minutes but then comes centre stage for one of the most laughable moments in Eurovision history (you're going to see this on Eurovision compilation programmes in years to come). Overall the performance, once it got going was fine. Some think that its so bad that its good. I think its so bad its embarrassing. Howwever I wouldn't rule this one out given its sheer in your face rock appeal and the novelty factor. Chances of qualifying : 25%

It's lunch time and I' still waiting for a song I can say looks good to qualify.
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May. 14th, 2005 @ 01:30 pm Kyiv (never Kiev)
I had totally underestimated the size of the city. It is absolutly huge, stretching widely across both banks of the Dniper. There are huge parks around the city and it is far prettier than I thought it would be. As well as some lovely monastries there was this enormous stainless steel statue on the air in from the airport. It would dwarf the "Man Of The North" but I found its old style communist iconography a bit offputting. Another throwback to the communist days is the large number of rather ugly tower blocks around the outskirts of the city.

The streets are wide and there are few traffic jams. There are loads on modern big cars mainly parked on the footpaths. You are just as likely to be run over walking on the footpath as crossing the road. There is a huge amount of building going on, which is no harm as there are a lot of buildings that have seen better days.

Eating out is cheap and tasty. Andrew and I joined the OnEurope team last night in TGIFs, but Peter dined in the ArenaCity where the Euroclub is held. You have to be pretty hungry or thirstly to spend 20 Euros on a meal, with drinks. I'm told that the local delicasies like dumplings ravioli stuffed with potato are bit stodgy.

The Ukrainian people around the venue are very helpful if a little dour, but nothing like as bad as the grim looking customs and passport people at the airport. Most of them had the expression of someone who had just bitten into a sandwitch that the cat had pissed on.

The venue is now covered in green cloth which makes it look like a bilding site, but I'm told that on the night there will be images projected onto it and a large section of the show will actually come from outside. I think that this could well be the best looking Eurovision ever. More later.....
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May. 14th, 2005 @ 01:51 pm (no subject)
Four Rehearsals this morning before lunch. Keith has given you details and my swift thoughts are as follows.

Austria another good rehearsal with lots of red,white and black in their costumes.
Still think this may sneak into the final. After at their press conference they gave their rendition
of Wild Dances which was fab.

Lithuania was also a good rehearsal for me, Laura was indeed wearing here performance costume, all white with some glitter
and knee length white boots. Again they were handing out condoms in their press kits. I dont think this will qualify though
despite me loving it. I think there are just to many others that have better songs or gimmicks.

Portugal was indeed all Ra ra skirt and whacky hairstyle. It was a steady rehearshal and i felt they were holding back in parts
of the vocal which is understandable sometimes(Ruslana did the same last year many times). This could also scrape through to the final.

Moldova!!!
Well it is indeed sooooo bad that its damn good in my opinion. I dont like the song one little bit. But the boisterious jumping about
and granny in her rocking chair, then moving to centre stage, will have everyone back home rolling around on the floor with sore sides.
Eurovision moments never come better than this......Much!! It will not qualify though

Lunchtime is upon here on a lovely almost warm sunny saturday in Kyiv.

PS Granny Moldova is taking centre stage at the press conference as I write and has just done a typical Moldovan folk song with
drum accompanymentwhich should have been their entry.
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May. 14th, 2005 @ 03:23 pm Latvia Monaco and Israel
LATVIA
Peter has given you all you need to know about this last Thursday. They start on stools (did I have tell you about my "no stools at Eurovision" campaign?), then they walk to the centre of the stage and sing and sign the lyrics. The "Sound of Music" suits are gone, and they sound fine, and I can understand how such a dull song might need a gimmick, but this isn't it. Heartfelt it may be but it's not a qualifier. Chances of qualification : 20%

MONACO
She looks great in a stunning red and pink frock that looks like its made of rags. She sings fantasically, and really sells the song. If this was 1975 I'd say we might have a winner, but Eurovision has moved pn so much that this is really only going to the francophones and Eurovision traditionalists. I can see why some people think it might qualify, but I just don't see it. Chances of qualification : 35%....because....

ISRAEL
Shiri comes right after Monaco and completly blows it away. She's now in her semi-final frock (and I mean FROCK!) which looks like it was made of cushion material from a old people's home (lots of roses). However everything about this is perfect. Shiri looks stunning, sings like an angel and the whole stage setting is simple but effective. If this really was a SONG contest, this would be a real contender, but are other countries gimmicks and political voting going to hurt it? I hope not. Chances of qualification : 55%
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May. 14th, 2005 @ 04:08 pm I'm here!
Hi. Sorry for delay with all this. Keith and Andrew have given their comments on Today's rehearsals so far so now it's my turn to run through Austria up to Belarus.

Austria

Many of the participants were wearing their outfits today and it looks like Austria will be in the same outfits as the National Final. Good rehearsal, good sound and same stage setting a Wednesday

Lithuania

Laura was wearing a white mimi skirt and white top and white high heel boots. She had the look of a younger Lena Philippson.No change in set but a much better rehearsal than wednesday IMHO. On one run through of the song near the end we had a smoke and wind machine on Laura which was pretty effective but not sure if theis effect will be used in the semi final.

Portugal

Luciana was dressed in a black skirt and red top and black high heel boots and with spikey hair, a sort of Cindu Lauper effect. the song began with one of the backing dancers doing a cople of backward somersaults (as you do!). Sound much improved from first rehearsal. Radio mikes were working this time.

Moldova

I did not give this song a prayer before I saw this rehearsal but it got the biggest reaction to date in the hall! We had the drumming Grandmother on stage! before she does here drummimh , she sits on stage in a wicker rocking chair!!!!!!

The video effects for this one are pink and white spinning petals wth blue and pink pulsating flowers on the background fins. the funnels are extended but compress into cylinders during the song.

This was a very good performance for Moldova. Could be a surprise qualifier!

Latvia

This was the same as the first rehearsal, a little weaker to me though but a good performance

Monaco

Lise was dressed in a fabulous red, pink and white dress, very classy look. The camera work on this was excellent, great editing and great use of the steady Cam.

Israel

Shiri was weraing a figure hugging glittering gold and red dress showing her assets to their fullest.(if you know what I mean) With the reflection in the floor this really lloked excellent on screen. Excellent vocals, great performance. The only thing I worry is that we have 2 stronglt performed ballads one after the other so they might cancel each other out.

Belarus

This got the biggest reaction of the week in the hall so far! The three dancers were dressed in black trousers, denim tops of white ruffled shorts! Angelica started of in the gold cape, then her dress was dark blue with gold a nd then , near the end, that came off to show a gold catsuit! Great vocals and a great performance. Might be an idea to look up Minsk on the internet for 2006 after all!!


Went to the Euroclub last night and had an hour of Eurovision music. Met Joseph McCaul and the 4 irish backing songers/dancers who wer really great. The sight of Joseph McCaul dancing to 1999's Maria Magdalena will live with me until the day I die!!!

Ok, That's it for now, off back through 200 security checks to get back into the hall to see the next batch of rehearsals.


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May. 14th, 2005 @ 04:34 pm (no subject)
Another brief break in the schedule allows me to write up on the mid afternoon rehearsals.

Both Peter and Kieth will have furnished you with their thoughts and observations on those and in addition here are mine too.

Latvia is now a bit lost to me. It was one of my favourite ballads precontest but now we have the two of them sitting on their
stools to start, then move to the front of stage and step and walk around a bit. Finally they move their mikes onto stands and
finish with the sign language gimmick from 1st rehearshal. Although I think its quite sweet to include the two youngest competitors
do not manage to fill the stage and their performance suffers a little.

Monaco has her show dress on and it is truly stunning. She does indeed sell the song beautifully, a lovely voice.
This is now for me an almost definate qualifier but not a winner.

Israel also has a lovely dress on her. Nice rehearsal , but I am not sure if it has the oomph needed to qualify.

Belarus is breathtaking, wonderful camp and very theatrical. It to me has the first hint of Winner written all over the performance.
I always loved it and now I think it will not only qualify with ease but finish possible top 3 in the final.
Angelica goes through 3 costume stages during the song and they are wonderfully done. Gold cape is followed by a long dress, blue
with gold trim then finally a peachy looking catsuit/trouser suit.

Netherlands is about to start to better run.

One final thing for those of you who decided not to travel to Kyiv, due to the ticket fiasco, may be interested or dissappionted to
hear that tickets are now available at the box office here for Ukrainian cash.
I had already gotten tickets for rehearshals on wednesday and friday evenings and I have a promise of a final ticket.
My only missing one in the set was a semi final ticket for Thursday evening.
They had stacks of them today and i managed to get a good seat for 350 Hrn=35 quid.

Now I am one big happy bunny and can concentrate on the socialising now, as if I already hadn't
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May. 14th, 2005 @ 05:16 pm Belarus, Netherlands and Iceland
BELARUS
Where to start? By the time Angelica's limousine arrived outside the venue, the hype surrounding the Belarus song was already in full swing. If there is any song getting a buzz going around the arena its this. The performance is amazingly theatrical. Angelica starts by being draped in a cloak and gives the song a very sublte opening, not even hinting at what's to come. Then BANG, the clock is removed from behind to show another amazing frock underneath. She is accompanied by three big girls blouses doing the campest routine you've ever seen. (Imagine a gayer version of Army Of Lovers, if you can remember them). There's voguing a plently before we get to yet another costume change which reveals a very shapely Angelica in a glittered bellbottomed catsuit. I have to be honest and say that I liked the song before I came here, but this is totally amazing. If I have a reservation is that it could be slightly overdone and could get a "No Goodbyes" type result, but Angelica is a star and she's amazingly charming in the press conference and her years doing interviews in beauty contests has paid off. Most of the young gay "fanoracks" love it to bits although the more elderly ones are tut-tutting a bit (they hated Sakis last year, so I'm not surprised). If this doesn't qualify, I'll sulk for a week. Chances of qualifying : 85% (It would be 100% but Belarus isn't exactly falling over with friendly neighbours).

NETHRERLANDS
Every year I ask the same question and I never get an answer. "Who exactly is responsible for dressing the Dutch singers at Eurovision?" I ask again because whoever came up with this white chiffon pearl encrusted number should be locked in a wardrobe with no time off for good behaviour. The reason why I'm talking about the dress is that with nothing and no one on stage apart from Glennis (even the screen project images of Glennis) she needs to look great, but with a collapsed frizzy perm and looking as wide as two double decker buses covered in white material, it's NOT a pretty sight. The vocal performance is fine (although there are minor timing problems in places), and the song is still the product of the "cut and paste Whitney songbook". I thought that this was a surefire qualifier before I came here, but with Israel and Belarus having much more quality and theatrics in their performances, I'm not so sure anymore. If I could advise the Dutch I would say "dress her in black and NEVER let her turn around". Chances of qualifying 55%.

ICELAND
Selma is in a red top and trousers and her four backing dancers are in white. I had this down as my most likely winner, but I'm not so sure anymore. The performance is solid rather than spectacular. The stage and lighing are not used as well as they could be and whil the routine is slick (much better than 1999). There's lots of very ell performed and beautifully time moves, but the break (always a problem in this song) just does not come alive as I would have hoped. The ending is also just limp. It's probably still a qualifier but I wouldn't be putting any money on it to win. Chances of qualifying : 90%


BELGIUM
Black embroidered velvet suit, red shirt, empty stage, DULL performance (apart from Nuno standing on his head between takes). It's all very musical theatre wannabe for my liking, and I cannot see how something that could have been sung in Eurovision 40 years ago is going to go in the modern era. It's ok vocally but its chance of qualifying are 5% at best.


I've just been chatting to Shiri, who's vey charming. I told her I thouught she would qualify, which after the rest of today's performances, I think is very likely. For me it's Belarus then Israel then Iceland and probably nothing else from the first eleven songs.
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May. 14th, 2005 @ 06:04 pm Next 3 reviews May 14th 2005
Hi again

Here's a quick review of the last 3 rehearsals as it's now dinner break!

Netherlands

Keith and I have a MAJOR difference of opinion on Netherlands. For me , it was a quality performance, excellently performed. The dress looks great to me , very classy and not dated at all. We'll just have to wait and see how many agree with me and how many side with Keith! :))) No change in the stage setting from the first rehearsal


Iceland

Now the backing singers were dressed in gold basques but Selma was not wearing her outfit today. This was a very good performance from Selma. the problem for me is I want to like this more than I actually do and i don't know why I don't!(If that makes ANY sense!) With Belarus followed by Netherlands followed by Iceland, one of them may not qualify. I may be wrong though!! :))

Belgium

Nothing major to report on this one. Nuno was wearing a black patterned suit and red shirt. Good performance, the vocal was a little ropey in a few places bit overall it was good. Same stage as first rehearsal.

Keith is giving his predictions on the likelyhood of who will qualify. I am waiting until the dress rehearsal. After that, I will list the 10 songs I THINK will qualify and the 10 songs I WANT to qualify. And it won't be easy to choose for me! :))

I'll be back in a little while after the Estonian and Norwegian rehearsal.


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May. 14th, 2005 @ 06:41 pm (no subject)
Hi once again

Peter and Kieth have already added their input on the next set of rehearsals. As there is a conflicting mix of comments
and thoughts between both of them I will add my UK thoughts to hopefully confirm or clarify our overall feelings.
Also I will see that both Keith and I will do the same as Peter with our top 10 predictions so all of you back home
can see who is the wisest of us all.

Netherlands was a most beautifully set performance, Glennis wore a lovely dress and sang so sweetely but also most powerfully
too. A great rehearshal for me confirmed my feeling that Netherlands should and will qualify.

Iceland is another superbly choreographed stage show. Her sister had a hand in its conception and there were some hints of
Paul Oscar choreography in the set. Selma confirmed herself at the press conference later that her sister has indeed worked
with Paul. The chances of Iceland qualifying for the final are as good as June following May this year.
Selma also did a version of All out of Luck with a German chorus. Went down well in the press centre.

Belgium was beautifully sung and had a nice stage setting too. But its not my cup of tea I am afraid and a bit too dated for me.
So non qualifier for me.

On to Estonia and finally Norway for today soon.

Expect mega Glam rock costomes from Wig Wam as i have already seen a sneak look at the lead singers costumes.
Visions of him trying to eat a burger with a silver glam rock outfit and black lipstick and nail varnish is one of those
priceless moments today.
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May. 14th, 2005 @ 06:42 pm Another blog from Kyiv
Andy Mikheev from Kazakhstan
If there's anymore that I'm not aware of let me know.

It's dinner time here and some people are actually eating, tsk some people have no stamina. "Eating is cheating" men! 

I've just run into WigWam without their make-up, and they are ten times as scarey with if off! They also have a combined age odf about 200 or have lived VERY full lives.
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May. 14th, 2005 @ 07:11 pm Some questions....
I believe people are finding it difficult to make comments unless they are  LJ members, so feel free to ask questiions by mail (allkindsofeverything@gmail.com).

Some I've aready had and I can answer;
None of the instruments that that are played "live" are actually miked, so you are hearing 100% backing tracks.
It is the head of the country's delegation that chooses the 10 seconds to reprise for the voting.
The official site here will webcast both the semi-final and  final. I believe other sites will as well and when I know more I'll let you know.
Switzerland does NOT have vocals on the backing track anymore. All the vocals are now done live.
A few songs are different from the compilation CD version. Belarus now has a much fuller sound in the backing track, Israel is -lingual, and there's added guitar in Netherland.

Right I'm off to get loud with the Estonian girls......

 
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May. 14th, 2005 @ 08:02 pm Estonia and Norway May 14th 2005
Back again!

Ok, before I collapse in a heap, here is a brief review of the last 2 rehearsals of the evening.

Estonia

This definitely improved on the first rehearsal. Not as much shouting in the middle of the song but still too much which made it sound messy.

No change in stage design. Overall, still disappointing for Estonia. They still seem to tire trying to sing and do a dance routine at the end. Was hoping for better personally!




Norway

Now, every year I have a song that I cannot stand but know it has a good chance of winning. I put my hand up now and admit that this year it's Norway. I really do NOT want this to win. But it could.

Excellent performance by Wig Wam. Great camera work. Same stage as first rehearsal. Lead singer had his costume for the night, an understated tinfoil looking silver catsuit with black stars and big flares finished off by 12 inch silver platform shoes! Went down very well in the hall and looked great on stage.

This could win!(but please no!!)

Ok, off to eat now. back in the morning for the next set of rehearsals. Hope all of my comments and reviews are appreciated!! Send me any comments/questions to the blog or my email is erener1@hotmail.com

Back tomorrow!

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May. 14th, 2005 @ 08:20 pm (no subject)
Peter is sending his report as we sit beside each other in the press centre.

I will tell you now about two totally contrasting performances from the last two for today.

Estonia was at best messy and dire at their first rehearsal 2 days ago.
Too much uncoordinated shouting and poor performance.
Today they have tightened up the performance by a mile. More composed shout and a bit more together.
But sadly its still too messy for me and will fail to qualify.

Now to Norway. Lots of black from the group and backing singers. Lead vcal is a spangly glam rock silver number
which with high platform boots which could easily have been borrowed from Gary Glitter or Brian Connelly from Sweet.(god rest his soul)
Way way the best OTT performance of the day by a long way. I love it so much. Definite final qualifier and possible winner overall.
Norwegian delegation tell me that they will choose Oslo for next year so start saving up those beer tokens lads.


Right thats me for today, off to freshen up before dinner and another night of networking at Euroclub.
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May. 14th, 2005 @ 08:59 pm Estonia & Norway
ESTONIA
You know what to expect here. The girls start behind the record decks  and there's loads of panning shots as the work hard to look excited and as if they are having fun, and at times it does look like it's hard work. Some of the vocals were weak and at least one of the girls was having a really bad hair day. Once they come to the front of the stage and do their kiddie dance routine it gets going, but there is too much reptition and the while the stage looks amazing in red with circles and then firework effects, this really does lack the kind of spark it needs  to stand out. I  wouldn't rule out a qualification but  its  got a lot of work to do before  Thursday.  Chances of qualification : 25%

NORWAY
The stage is in blue with floating black and white stripes. The lead singer still looks like  an Action Man doll that your sister put Barbie's clothes on, and he's in shot for 90% of the performance. I feel like  the only person here who doesn't get this. It's the same as the preview with one KEY difference, the lack of fireworks, and without that it's just a bog standard rock song by a bunch of ageing wannabes (and the close up reveals how old these guys are). Yes its different for Eurovision, but people who like real rock will laugh at this tame imitation, while people who watch Eurovision will wonder if the cat sat on the remote control while their backs were turned. It may qualify as the standard in the first half of the semi is pretty poor, but I think Norway will be back in next year's semi . Chances of qualification : 55%.   
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