It would be surprising, if only I hadn’t predicted it over on The Cheeky Diva all the way back on the 3rd April. Don’t believe me see for yourself! From now on I will be hiring out my services to anyone wanting to take a punt on Eurovision winners, as long as I get a cut of any winnings. Any losses are on you.
Here’s the winning entry, because you can never have enough of this one…
I knew this was a winning entry the moment I first saw and heard it. The music is lyrical and haunting. The flute is beautiful. Emmelie de Forest is beautiful and has an amazing voice. The bare-footed imp look is a real winner. You can just imagine her frolicking in the forest with the fairy folk. The song is really catchy and I have been singing it for months now. I am so glad to see my predictions come true. If Denmark didn’t win we may very well have been purchasing a new flat screen TV today as ours would have been smashed by projectiles!
And so we say farewell to another wonderful year of Eurovision. See you next year in Denmark!
The Eurovision semi-finals are finished, over and done. Here is the list of qualifiers for tonight’s grand finals..
Here are some highlights from the last two night’s shenanigans…
Semi-Final 1
Semi-Final 1 was a bit of a ballad-a-thon, which is always a bit disappointing. There were some highlights though. Montenegro didn’t let me down. Space suits and plastic wings, because after all, it’s Eurovision!
Unfortunately they didn’t make the finals. For shame!
Another highlight was the entry from Moldova. If you watch this girl’s sparkly dress, there’s a surprise at the end (hint – she’s channeling Daryl Hannah)
But my pick of semi-final 1 is of course the wonderful Emmelie De Forest with ‘Only Teardrops’. She is my pick for the winner this year. The song is epic, she is gorgeous, bring it home Denmark!!
I’ll dry your tear drops!
Semi-Final 2
Semi-Final 2 was where Eurovision came in to it’s own this year. Within the first three songs we had what was arguably the first stage dive in Eurovision history, a keytar, and a giant, red, yodelling woman, all to a techno beat!
now we’re talking! Fancy a bit of yodeling?
Yes, my very red friend, sing it to me!
The biggest hightlight for me was Krista from Finland. If you recall my previous Eurovision recaps, I had Krista down for best accent fail. As it turns out, she is better than I thought. In a dramatic ending to what started out as a slap in the face for the feminist movement, Krista advocates for same-sex marriage and kisses a girl on stage. It’s a pretty lame kiss, but we’ll let her have it. I may just be voting Finland tonight instead of Denmark. The jury is still out
Go Krista! (and for the record she’s singing “for you”, just wanted to clear that up!)
Another highlight from Semi-final 2 was Cezar from Romania with ‘It’s My Life’. The genre has been lovingly labelled ‘Popera’. Just to clarify, he does want to paint his world in poo, and if you watch, here’s another tribute to Darryl Hannah (evidently dress extensions are a thing this year)
And guess what? He made it through to the finals! But you knew that from studying the table at the top of this post right?
The final highlight for the night came from Albania in the form of ejaculating guitars
Because every guitar is better with sparkles!
I am pumped for tonight’s finals. I can’t decide whether to swoosh my pom poms for Krista or Emmelie, but either way, poms poms will be a-swooshing! Follow me on twitter to catch me tweeting stuff (@skweego). Have a great night!
Well hello Peeps. I have a special treat for you today. A guest post! Let’s give him a big warm She Said What welcome. We have to make him feel good. It might not happen again for a bloody long time!
I have three wonderful children. A 9 year old daughter with a heart bigger than Texas, my 7 year old clone and 20 month old boy wonder make up the team. It is decided that because we’ve done such a great job making the first three, it’s time to make sure IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN! Yep, it’s time to get the snip.
