I must point out at this point, that this is observations from the ESCDaily Video and may well be altered by the time I see a different video later.
It is safe to say that Eric has flown in today and is protecting his voice, certainly, but the performance, such as it is, raises rather more questions than answers for me. Firstly, why hide the 2 backing singers left and right of shot? are they that ugly?, or is it a ploy to give him wonder-bra support (see what I did there) when it comes to the singing. I further hear that he has fecked his shoulder as well and has been spotted wincing, the boy isn’t getting any more lucky as the rehearsal session is going on is he?!
I asked an accredited journalist on a scale of 0-10, 0 being sub-optimal, where it was placed as he was seeing them live and contacting us at the same time. “2” was the reply. This could well be in danger of not qualifying, alternatively with a better voice and some rest, it could be up there…. It’s just MEH at the moment and if this is what Europe will see (plus a substandard voice) it has no chance – although I suspect it wont be what Europe sees!