Special Eurovision Report (Part Two)

Continuing on from his passionate assessment of Sweden, our Euro Correspondent Will now takes on a couple more Eurovision entries…

Next, we have Bosnia and Herzegovina. It’s Laka, with Pokusaj. See here:

This is some rather entertaining socialist performance art isn’t it! They initially sought to have a live chicken on the stage but the EBU forbade it unfortunately. I am pleased to announce that I saw them do this live in London last month at the Eurovision promotional party and it was a definite crowd favourite. They are brother and sister too, Rachel and Sufjan Stevens style, which I always like to see. Anyway, I think you will find this bonkers and delightful.

Also, you must have a look at France (after the jump).
Aren’t you lucky, you don’t need to worry about whether or not this will qualify as France will be in the final automatically this year. Just look at this:

This fellow, Sébastien Tellier, has done things with Daft Punk and other serious French pop acts and so is one of the more “credible”, if gin-raddled, acts this year. This is a sweet little song which will not win but even so, I think Defamer-reading hipster types will enjoy it. He plans to drive a golf buggy onto the stage during his act, and everyone is quite excited as it is the first time they have had a vehicle on stage during the ESC. Recent controversy: conservative French politician being upset that this song is mainly sung in English. Result: entertaining response from Sébastien about how singing in English would not make “tomorrow’s baguette” any less tasty. The French seem sadly disinterested in Sébastien, despite the fact that this is the first time in many years that France has sent a “name” (Tina Arena was unfortunately overlooked) rather than the usual terrified Corsican hairdresser, plucked from obscurity by TV France 3 out of desperation.

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ED: YES