Of course, I'd never admit it in public, but Eurovision last night was quite fun. Sussi came over and cooked supper for us, Astrid brought a mountain of strawberries and Zo danced all night. I tried hard (unconvincingly) to be cool, ironic and sardonic. As none of the contestants was a giant transforming robot, Kai's interest was lukewarm.
Some of the national presenters listing their countries' votes definitely had a somewhat robot-like appearance, but let's be generous and blame their rigid posture and staccato voice on the tele-prompter. And their dresses! Fashion-wise, Belarus and neighbours seem to be perpetually stuck in a garish caricature of the 70ties.
SvaraRaderaBoth Viveca and the undersigned found the show to be better than expected from a musical point of view. Even so, the highlight was, as so many times before, the intermission entertainment. The European flash-mob idea was brilliantly conceived and executed. Music is truly the international language above all.
Ove & Viveca