This day is a sad day. Anna Bergendahl lost in the semifinals, and will not be singing tomorrow in the big finale. For the first time in 34 years, Sweden will not be represented in the Eurovision Song Contest Finals. She had a great performance and the song was good, a lot better than some other crappy songs we have sent over the years (our dear Lena PH for example, hurts, oh it hurts, really hurts to hear that song). But it was not enough. I'm not going to blame anyone though, just conclude that the competition was stiff yesterday, and Azerbadjan and Ukraine that followed Anna kind of put her performance in the shadow by just being a little bit more and bigger and more memorable. And also, you have to acount for the fact that even people with bad taste are allowed to vote (come on, the Cypriotic song... "tell me about your feelings" they sang in the refrain... how cliché and stupid and unrealistic... How many guys likes to talk about feelings, or better yet begs a girl to talk about her feelings? Denmark kind of sucked to, but they had a typical Schlager that will probably get a lot of Swedish votes.).
Uhm, long parenthesis. Anyways. I will look at the finale tomorrow nevertheless. Just need to find some other country to root for. So far, I like Belgium and Ukraine, and Germany seems promising too. Be sure to watch it, extremly important for monday lunch room conversations. :-)
Love,
Helena
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