I felt the same way. The Portuguese guy is obviously ill with some ailment or other; I'm just surprised more people didn't pick up on it.Didn't like Bulgaria or Portugal at all. No bets, but I'd go for a top 5 of Italy, Romania, Belgium, Croatia and Sweden, with a top 10 finish for Uk. And Spain last, because fuck me that was awful.
I felt the same way. The Portuguese guy is obviously ill with some ailment or other; I'm just surprised more people didn't pick up on it.
The way he was stamping his foot I thought it was pretty obvious he wasn't playing live, but I'm disillusioned that Andrew Lloyd Webber wasn't playing the piano onstage in 2009. http://www.andtheconductoris.eu/index.htm?content/eoh.htmGoing off on a tangent after a debate with the Mrs about whether that Moldovan bloke was genuinely playing the saxophone, found this - "1999 Countries preferences to use backing tracks virtually leads to the abolition of orchestras. Live music became optional and all broadcasters since 1999 have declined to use an orchestra. In 2004, all live music was banned; even artists on stage were not allowed to play their instruments live, even if they explicitly voiced their wish to do so. This live music prohibition is still in place"
Had no idea they weren't allowed to play any instruments. Good to see that the spirit of Eurovision involves stamping out any hint of musical talent.
Is this why Germany came next to bottom:
There's a lot going on here from the "bash the favourite" element, Italy shortening their song for the contest which made it lose some of its impact, the anti-intellectual snobs where there's been a tradition of marking down the Italian entry in the past and of course the bias against the Big Five, who don't go through the process of qualification. I just wonder how the Portuguese and Bulgarian songs would have placed had they been sung by a German youth.
This was the only Steve_uk thread I ever read. Love watching the show with a few beers