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Special Eurovision Report (Part Four)
Posted by Jess McGuire at 7:19 PM on May 21, 2008
More AMAZING Eurovision commentary from our Euro Correspondent Will - ED
GREECE TO WIN, THE OTHERS CAN PACK UP AND GO HOME NOW, or, MEASURED REMARKS ON THE FIRST SEMIFINAL FOR EUROVISION 2008
Here are my faintly hysterical thoughts on some of the finalist countries that qualified via last night's first semifinal:
1. Greece! AMAZING!
This little scamp is Kalomoira, a North American of Greek extraction who, failing to realise success in the music industry in the US and Canada, promptly packed her bags for the "land of her people" where she is a giant, if supremely irritating, star. Highlights of her campaign to represent her country so far include publicly alleging that the Greek national broadcaster ERT had sought to undermine her performance and chances of winning by providing faulty wind machines at the Greek national final (entertainingly, this resulted in Kalomoira being informed by ERT that she was not to give any more interviews without an ERT representative present).
When I heard this song for the first time several months ago, my immediate reaction to a song called "My Secret Combination" was that the staging should involve a giant combination safe, which the delightful Kalomoira would have to be released from - perhaps by the dancers - USING HER "SECRET COMBINATION". Oh, I entertain myself so. Anyway, I grudgingly admit that the presentation of this song was far better than anything I could have come up with myself. This was by far the strongest performance last night. Basically, Bitch. Tore. It. Up. This performance also contains the best dancing in a Eurovision entry that I can remember in the past 10 years.
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