The Romanian entry is meant to be symbolic of the chemistry between our two performers in that the two pianos they are playing are welded together at the middle as an act of union. Indeed the piano intro is the best bit of this. If this is playing with fire as the title suggests then it would have been better if the match had never been invented. There’s less chemistry between these two than there is between David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Indeed the latter two are far more convincing at persuading you that they don’t hate each other and completely agree on all their views.
I’m sorry but what on earth possessed them to enter this drivel? The song is as wooden as a Norwegian wood. Even they don’t look like they’re enjoying it so there’s no hope for the rest of us.
If we were depending on passion between these two the human race would be extinct!
Burn baby burn!!!
Phil: You remember yesterday, dear reader, when there was a certain Danish song and we all to a man said that there was no chemistry?, well the Romanians haven’t exactly got the chemistry set out either. Ovi and Paula clearly, though, get on but there is not a spark that you would expect when a duo are singing a song together. It’s also wrong that the backing singers are doing all the choreography in a song and that is limited to arm movements. Although towards the end of the song Ovi gets off his chair and does some movements but he is more wooden than any Gerry Anderson puppet you have ever seen.
I am told that their performance in London was not the greatest but surely it has to be better than the one that I have just seem. It appears fake and there is no warmth in the stage show and that bothers me and it should bother the viewers at home.
I thought it could just scrape through, now I am thinking it is bombing big time unless they inject something into the performance because the strong is strong enough.
Nick: I think this is my favourite song this year. Nothing too surprising in the presentation – what you saw in the Romanian national selection is teamed up with what you hear in the official promo video. It’s 10:30 on the morning after the opening of Eurocafe, and the rehearsal has been full throttle, full on from the very first run-through. They’re giving me a feeling of utter confidence in their vocal performance that I can’t remember seeing before too often in a first rehearsal. The only thing that’s going to get in the way here is if Europe doesn’t like the song (or possibly the rather spectacular overacting which I still personally approve of).