Portugal struggling to mark an impression

Filipa Azvedo
Filipa's charm was a key component in Oslo. Photo: Giel Domen (EBU)

Filipa Azvedo appears to be wearing a bridesmaid’s dress with a black cummerbund. She worries me. She is trying very hard, but to my ear, ultimately failing to do anything – she may look pretty and garner votes for that but, overall, I feel that she struggles on the high notes and lacks confidence that she is even going to attempt to come close to them, which is a bit of a worry in your own song I find. The only bit she connects with me is when she walks to the front of the stage and looks at the camera, that part of the training has gone well.

Failing that, as Dermot said to me, “It’s all kinds of wrong – she’s hitting all the right notes, but not in the right order”

His words, my people, not mine!!