Special Eurovision Report (Part Three)

And more from our Eurovision Consultant!

I really should have included the Andorran entry in my previous wrap-up – it’s Gisela with Casanova – a highly jaunty Europop ditty that harks back to the Eurovision of yore (ie before the tedious Eastern Europeans joined with their insufficently gay ethnic dirges). Tonight (European time) is crunch time for poor Gisela, who is being savaged as I type at the dress rehearsal for tonight’s semifinal, due to her poor costuming, by the bloggers at leading Eurovision website oikotimes.com, in the most humourous ESL manner available. To wit:

Oikotimes on Andorra’s first dress rehearsal on 19 June: “Gisela and the Andorran delegation once again suicided on the Eurovision stage with their clothes, having in mind the mistakes they did the last years as well. … Now on my personal view, I don’t want this song to proceed because the presentation is insulting for my taste.”

Oikotimes on Andorra’s second dress rehearsal this afternoon: “Gisela must be arrested by Fashion Police the style of Barbarella is not in fashion any more. Vocally you cannot notice the good performance of Gisela because you remain shocked by the outfits. Once again a great song, destroyed by the outfits as it happened so many times in the past by Andorra. Andorran national broadcaster should be ashamed for allowing this, especially now that they have such a great song entry.”

Poor Andorra! Here is the video for the song, which contains the gorgeous Gisela in full Catriona Rowntree-impersonator mode:

Please notice:

* every chorus is a key change
* Gisela romping around about tiny Andorra
* gorgeous gowns alert
* general pleasingness

Andorra have yet to qualify to the final of Eurovision and it would please me ever so if this made it. It surely will not please the likes of Herzegovina though, which is likely to be determinative. Still! ENJOY.