Its been a while since I blogged because its been mayhem here in Oz for me.
I'm leaving for Moscow and Eurovision tomorrow!
The Euros have been bought, the bag packed, the contacts made, the tickets and visa secured...
Between work and sleep I've pretty much lived and breathed Eurovision stuff. The rehearsals started on Sunday and they are conveniently scheduled in the evening Australian time, so I have been following the events online via other blogs (the excellent 'All Kinds of Everything' and 'On Europe' livejournals particularly), and then EscToday, Oikotimes, and obviously Eurovision.tv websites, and YouTube clips.
So far only 3 acts have REALLY impressed me. Armenia, Bosnia and Norway.
There have been plenty of 'good' acts and plenty of 'ohmigod! I hope they improve in the next week' acts. And then there's the ones worth having a giggle over... so far Czech Republic, Serbia, Belgium (although I like the song, it does look rather over the top) and Latvia.
Here are my thoughts so far for qualification in the first semi
(in my preferenced order - borderline I'm not sure of, could easily been taken over by the 'needs improvement' acts) -
Definite qualifiers: Bosnia, Armenia, Turkey
Good chances: Switzerland, Malta, Iceland, Portugal
Borderline: Sweden, Finland, Romania
Need improvement: Bulgaria, Israel, Montenegro, FYR Macedonia, Belarus, Andorra, Czech Republic, Belgium.
Yesterday, the most impressive acts were Norway and Denmark. It does seem to be a good year for the Scandis.
Today is probably the most exciting of the rehearsal days. Looking forward to seeing the unknown but possible favourites Greece, Azerbaijan, Ukraine.
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