Phil: It is just as bad as everyone has feared. Vocally – it’s somewhat meh. There are really bad moments, right at the beginning where she seems to be struggling to get the notes and then in the middle eight, she has trouble with the low notes. Surely it would be a prerequisite to be able to sing your own song. There is some vaguely Israeli-like dancing and that only adds to the feeling that this is a refugee from a late 80s kdam. This is not qualifying …
Franko: I have to say I’ve barely noticed this as it’s been on as it’s tedious. When I have looked up I’ve seen something that in musical terms equates to a toilet break. Quite why anyone thought this was a good idea is beyond me. The staging is unspectacular, the song boring and at the risk of being politically incorrect only one blind singer has ever finished in the top 10 at Eurovision and that’s because he had the good sense to do his song seated at a piano. The effect of someone standing clutching a microphone like they are giving head is somewhat disturbing if not unsuitable for a pre-watershed audience. Then a giant net curtain appears on stage which the backing singers try and wrestle their way through for no apparent reason like they are on an army assault course. It certainly appears as if the task ahead of this bunch is like wading through treacle. Chances of success less than miniscule!
Nick: Georgia’s just completely passed me by. I looked up a couple of times when particularly evil notes were hit, but that’s about as much as I can say for it. I can only apologise.
