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DENMARK – Hallucination – Sissal
Denmark haven’t graced a Eurovision final since Leonora sat on her high chair in 2019, and I think that’s the longest run of NQs of any of the current regular participants. Even that one only scraped over the line by a single point. They’re not in good form.
Melodi Grand Prix 2025 wasn’t great either. It all seemed very vanilla. generally.
But little of that matters, as Europe won’t be voting on Denmark’s last five years, nor a rather bland arena show from the spring – it’s all about Sissal, and only about Sissal.
And Sissal’s really very cookie-cutter. Flash back in time a decade or so, and you’ll find Cascada trying to channel some own-brand Loreen energy and being severely punished for it on the scoreboard. Same mistake here, I think – you don’t buy your euphoria from Aldi and you don’t get your tattoos in the middle aisle of Lidl.
[We’re hearing rumours that there are in fact tentative plans to offer tattoos in the middle aisle of Lidl later in the year – Ed]
This looks more like a first rehearsal than a ready-for-TV finished product. Even the wind machine seems like it’s having to summon up one last breath of a breeze. The whole thing just seems terribly half-hearted. Everyone’s trying their best with it, I’m sure, but I’m not very whelmed at all.
Nick’s score: 2